LifeMD Inc

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2023 AND 2022

NOTE 1 –NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS

Corporate History

LifeMD, Inc. was formed in the State of Delaware on May 24, 1994, under its prior name, Immudyne, Inc. The Company changed its name to Conversion Labs, Inc. on June 22, 2018 and then subsequently, on February 22, 2021, it changed its name to LifeMD, Inc. Effective February 22, 2021, the trading symbol for the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC changed from “CVLB” to “LFMD”.

On April 1, 2016, the original operating agreement of Immudyne PR LLC (“Immudyne PR”), a joint venture to market the Company’s skincare products, was amended and restated and the Company increased its ownership and voting interest in Immudyne PR to 78.2%. Concurrent with the name change of the parent company to Conversion Labs, Inc., Immudyne PR was renamed to Conversion Labs PR LLC (“Conversion Labs PR”). On April 25, 2019, the operating agreement of Conversion Labs PR was amended and restated in its entirety to increase the Company’s ownership and voting interest in Conversion Labs PR to 100%. On February 22, 2021, concurrent with the name of the parent company to LifeMD, Inc., Conversion Labs PR was renamed to LifeMD PR, LLC.

In June 2018, the Company closed the strategic acquisition of 51% of LegalSimpli Software, LLC, which operates a software as a service application for converting, editing, signing, and sharing PDF documents called PDFSimpli. In addition to LegalSimpli Software, LLC’s growth business model, this acquisition added deep search engine optimization and search engine marketing expertise to the Company. On July 15, 2021, LegalSimpli Software, LLC, changed its name to WorkSimpli Software LLC, (“WorkSimpli”). Effective January 22, 2021, the Company consummated a transaction to restructure the ownership of WorkSimpli (the “WSS Restructuring”) concurrently increased its ownership interest in WorkSimpli to 85.58%. Effective September 30, 2022, two option agreements were exercised which further restructured the ownership of WorkSimpli. As a result, the Company’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli decreased to 73.64%. Effective December 15, 2022, LifeMD PR, LLC merged into WorkSimpli, with WorkSimpli being the surviving entity.

Effective March 31, 2023, the Company redeemed 500 membership interest units in WorkSimpli and, as a result, the Company’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli increased to 74.06%. Effective June 30, 2023, an option agreement was exercised which further restructured the ownership of WorkSimpli. As a result, the Company’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli decreased to 73.32%. See Note 8 for additional information.

On January 18, 2022, the Company acquired Cleared Technologies, PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation (“Cleared”), a nationwide allergy telehealth platform that provides personalized treatments for allergy, asthma, and immunology (See Note 3).

Nature of Business

The Company is a direct-to-patient telehealth company providing a high-quality, cost-effective, and convenient way to access comprehensive, virtual and in-home healthcare. The Company believes the traditional model of visiting a doctor’s office, traveling to a retail pharmacy, and returning for follow up care or prescription refills is complex, inefficient, and costly, and discourages many individuals from seeking medical care. The Company is improving the delivery of healthcare through telehealth with our proprietary technology platform, affiliated-and-dedicated provider network, broad and expanding treatment capabilities, and unique ability to nurture patient relationships. Direct-to-patient telehealth technology companies, like the Company, connect consumers to affiliated, licensed, healthcare professionals for care across numerous indications, including urgent and primary care, weight management, sleep, hair loss, men’s and women’s health, hormonal therapy and dermatology, chronic care management and more.

The Company’s telehealth platform helps patients access their licensed providers for diagnoses, virtual care, and prescription medications, often delivered on a recurring basis. In addition to its telehealth prescription offerings, the Company sells over-the-counter (“OTC”) products. All products are available on a subscription or membership basis, where a patient can subscribe to receive regular shipments of prescribed medications or products. This creates convenience and often discounted pricing opportunities for patients and recurring revenue streams for the Company.

With its first brand, ShapiroMD, the Company has built a full line of proprietary OTC products for male and female hair loss—including Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved OTC minoxidil and an FDA-cleared medical device—and now a personalized telehealth platform offering that gives consumers access to virtual medical treatment from their providers and, when appropriate, a full lineof oral and topical prescription medications for hair loss. The Company’s men’s brand, RexMD, currently offers access to provider-based treatment for erectile dysfunction, as well as treatment for other common men’s health issues, including premature ejaculation and hair loss. In the first quarter of 2021, the Company launched NavaMD, a tele-dermatology and skincare brand for women. The Company has built a platform that allows it to efficiently launch telehealth and wellness product lines wherever it determines there is a market need.

In the first quarter of 2022, we launched our virtual primary care offering under the LifeMD brand, LifeMD Primary Care. This offering provides patients with 24/7 access to an affiliated high-quality provider for their primary care, urgent care, and chronic care needs.

In April 2023, we launched our GLP-1 Weight Management program providing primary care, weight loss, holistic healthcare, lab work and prescription services, as appropriate, to patients seeking to access a medically supported weight loss solution.

Business and Subsidiary History

In June 2018, the Company closed the strategic acquisition of 51% of WorkSimpli. As a result of various ownership restructurings, the Company’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli is 73.32% as of December 31, 2023. See Note 8 for additional information.

On January 18, 2022, the Company acquired Cleared, a nationwide allergy telehealth platform that provides personalized treatments for allergy, asthma, and immunology. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company acquired all outstanding shares of Cleared at closing in exchange for a $460 thousand upfront cash payment, and two non-contingent milestone payments for a total of $3.46 million ($1.73 million each on or before the first and second anniversaries of the closing date). The Company purchased a convertible note from a strategic pharmaceutical investor for $507 thousand which was converted upon closing of the Cleared acquisition. The Company also agreed to a performance-based earnout based on Cleared’s future net sales, payable in cash or shares at the Company’s discretion. On February 4, 2023, the Company entered into the First Amendment (the “Cleared First Amendment”) to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated January 11, 2022, between the Company and the sellers of Cleared (the “Cleared Stock Purchase Agreement”). The Cleared Stock Purchase Agreement was amended to, among other things: (i) reduce the total purchase price by $250 thousand to a total of $3.67 million; (ii) change the timing of the payment of the purchase price to $460 thousand paid at closing (which has already been paid by the Company), with the remaining amount to be paid in five quarterly installments beginning on or before February 6, 2023 and ending January 15, 2024; (iii) removing all “earn-out” payments payable by the Company to the sellers; and (iv) remove certain representations and warranties of the Company and sellers in connection with the transaction (See Note 3). The Company issued the following shares of common stock to the sellers of Cleared under the Cleared First Amendment: (1)337,895 shares on February 6, 2023, (2)455,319 shares on April 17, 2023, (3)158,129 shares on July 17, 2023, (4)117,583 shares on October 17, 2023 and (5)95,821 shares on January 16, 2024.

In February 2022, WorkSimpli closed on an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “ResumeBuild APA”) with East Fusion FZCO, a Dubai, UAE corporation (the “Seller”), whereby WorkSimpli acquired substantially all of the assets associated with the Seller’s business, offering subscription-based resume building software through software as a service online platforms (the “Acquisition”). WorkSimpli paid $4.0 million to the Seller upon closing. The Seller is also entitled to a minimum of $500 thousand to be paid out in quarterly payments equal to the greater of 15% of net profits (as defined in the ResumeBuild APA) or $62,500, for a two-year period ending on the two-year anniversary of the closing of the Acquisition. As of December 31, 2023, WorkSimpli has paid the Seller approximately $469 thousand in accordance with the ResumeBuild APA. WorkSimpli borrowed the purchase price from the Company pursuant to a promissory note with the obligation secured by an equity purchase guarantee agreement and a stock option pledge agreement from Fitzpatrick Consulting, LLC and its sole member Sean Fitzpatrick, who is Co-Founder and President of WorkSimpli (See Note 3).

Unless otherwise indicated, the terms “LifeMD,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to LifeMD, Inc. (formerly known as Conversion Labs, Inc.), Cleared, a Delaware public benefit corporation and our majority-owned subsidiary, WorkSimpli. The affiliated network of medical Professional Corporations and medical Professional Associations administratively led by LifeMD Southern Patient Medical Care, P.C., (“LifeMD PC”) is the Company’s affiliated, variable interest entity in which we hold a controlling financial interest. Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars.

Liquidity Evaluation

As of December 31, 2023, the Company has an accumulated deficit approximating $214.3 million and has experienced significant losses from its operations. Although the Company is showing significant positive revenue trends, the Company expects to incur further losses through 2024. However, losses have improved significantly, and the Company expects these losses to continue to improve. Additionally, the Company expects its burn rate of cash to continue to improve and to maintain positive operating cash flows for the next 12 months following the date of this report. To date, the Company has been funding operations primarily through the sales of its products, issuance of common and preferred stock, and through loans and advances. The Company’s continued operations are dependent upon obtaining an increase in its sale volumes and obtaining funding from third-party sources or the issuance of additional shares of common stock. There can be no assurances that we will be successful in increasing revenues, improving operational efficiencies, or that financing will be available or, if available, that such financing will be available under favorable terms.

On March 21, 2023, the Company entered into and closed on a loan and security agreement (the “Avenue Credit Agreement”), and a supplement to the Credit Agreement (the “Avenue Supplement”), with Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P. and Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund, L.P. (collectively, “Avenue”). The Avenue Credit Agreement provides for a convertible senior secured credit facility of up to an aggregate amount of $40 million, comprised of the following: (1) $15 million in term loans funded at closing, (2) $5 million of additional committed term loans which the Company received on September 26, 2023 under the First Amendment to the Avenue Credit Agreement (the “Avenue First Amendment”) and (3) $20 million of additional uncommitted term loans, collectively referred to as the “Avenue Facility”. The Avenue Facility matures on October 1, 2026. The Company issued Avenue warrants to purchase $1.2 million of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.24, subject to adjustments (the “Avenue Warrants”). In addition, Avenue may convert up to $2 million of the $15 million in term loans funded at closing into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time while the loans are outstanding, at a price per share equal to $1.49. Proceeds from the Avenue Facility were used to repay the Company’s outstanding notes payable balances with CRG Financial and are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. The Company is subject to certain affirmative and negative covenants under the Avenue Facility, including the requirement, beginning on the closing date, to maintain at least $5 million of unrestricted cash to be tested at the end of each month, and beginning on the period ended September 30, 2023, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, a trailing six-month cash flow, subject to certain adjustments as provided by the Avenue Credit Agreement, of at least $2 million. As of December 31, 2023, there was $19 million outstanding under the Avenue Facility, and the Company was in compliance with the Avenue Facility covenants. Loans under the Avenue Facility accrue interest at a variable rate per annum equal to the greater of(i) the sum of 4.75% plus the Prime Rate (as defined in the Avenue Supplement) and (ii) 12.50%. Payments are interest only for up to 24 months and then fully amortized thereafter. The Avenue Facility matures on October 1, 2026. The Company may prepay the loans, subject to a prepayment penalty of 1.00% to 3.00% of the principal amount prepaid, depending on the timing of the prepayment.

On December 11, 2023, the Company entered into a collaboration with Medifast, Inc. through and with certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Medifast”). Pursuant to certain agreements between the parties, Medifast has agreed to pay to the Company the amount of $10 million to support the collaboration, funding enhancements to the Company platform, operations and supporting infrastructure, of which $5 million was paid at the closing on December 12, 2023, and the remainder is to be paid in two $2.5 million installments on March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024 (or earlier upon the Company’s achievement of certain program milestones) (the “Medifast Collaboration”).

In addition, in connection with the Medifast Collaboration, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement and registration rights agreement with Medifast’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Jason Pharmaceuticals, Inc., whereby the Company issued 1,224,425 shares of its common stock in a private placement (the “Medifast Private Placement”) at a purchase price of $8.1671 per share, for aggregate proceeds of approximately $10 million.

Additionally, on June 8, 2021, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, which was declared effective on June 22, 2021 (the “2021 Shelf”). Under the 2021 Shelf at the time of effectiveness, the Company originally had the ability to raise up to $150 million by selling common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, and units. In conjunction with the 2021 Shelf, the Company also entered into an At Market Issuance Sales Agreement (the “ATM Sales Agreement”) with B. Riley Securities, Inc. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. relating to the sale of its common stock. In accordance with the terms of the ATM Sales Agreement, the Company may, but is not obligated to, offer and sell, from time to time, shares of common stock, through or to the Agents, acting as agent or principal. Sales of common stock, if any, will be made by any method permitted that is deemed an “at the market offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $53.3 million available under the ATM Sales Agreement and $32.0 million available under the 2021 Shelf.

The Company has a current cash balance of approximately $26.4 million as of the filing date.The Company reviewed its forecasted operating results and sources and uses of cash used in management’s assessment, which included the available financing and consideration of positive and negative evidence impacting management’s forecasts, market, and industry factors. Positive indicators that lead to its conclusion that the Company will have sufficient cash over the next 12 months following the date of this report include: (1) its continued strengthening of the Company’s revenues and improvement of operational efficiencies across the business, (2) the expected improvement in its cash burn rate over the next 12 months and positive operating cash flows during the year ended December 31, 2023, (3) positive working capital of $7.8 million as of December 31, 2023, (4) cash on hand of $33.1 million as of December 31, 2023, (5) $53.3 million available under the ATM Sales Agreement and $32.0 million available under the 2021 Shelf, (6) management’s ability to curtail expenses, if necessary, and (7) the overall market value of the telehealth industry and how it believes that will continue to drive interest in the Company already evidenced by the Medifast Collaboration and Private Placement noted above.

NOTE 2 –SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation

The Company evaluates the need to consolidate affiliates based on standards set forth in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810,Consolidation.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, Cleared, its majority owned subsidiary, WorkSimpli, and LifeMD PC, the Company’s affiliated, variable interest entity in which we hold a controlling financial interest. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company purchased an additional 34.6% of WorkSimpli for a total equity interest of approximately 85.6% as of December 31 2021. Effective September 30, 2022, two option agreements were exercised which further restructured the ownership of WorkSimpli. As a result, the Company’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli decreased to 73.64%. Effective March 31, 2023, the Company redeemed 500 membership interest units in WorkSimpli and, as a result, the Company’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli increased to 74.06%. Effective June 30, 2023, an option agreement was exercised which further restructured the ownership of WorkSimpli. As a result, the Company’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli decreased to 73.32%. See Note 8 for additional information.

All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased are considered to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, there were no cash equivalents. The Company maintains deposits in financial institutions in excess of amounts guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Cash and cash equivalents are maintained at financial institutions, and at times, balances may exceed federally insured limits. These balances could be impacted if one or more of the financial institutions in which we deposit monies fails or is subject to other adverse conditions in the financial or credit markets. We have never experienced any losses related to these balances.

Variable Interest Entities

In accordance with ASC 810,Consolidation, the Company determines whether any legal entity in which the Company becomes involved is a variable interest entity (a “VIE”) and subject to consolidation. This determination is based on whether an entity has sufficient equity at risk to finance their activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties or whose equity investors lack any of the characteristics of a controlling financial interest and whether the interest will absorb portions of a VIE’s expected losses or receive portions of its expected residual returns and are contractual, ownership, or pecuniary in nature and that change with changes in the fair value of the entity’s net assets. A reporting entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE and must consolidate it when that party has a variable interest, or combination of variable interests, that provides it with a controlling financial interest. A party is deemed to have a controlling financial interest if it meets both of the power and losses/benefits criteria. The power criterion is the ability to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance. The losses/benefits criterion is the obligation to absorb losses from, or right to receive benefits from, the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

The Company determined that the LifeMD PC entity, the Company’s affiliated network of medical Professional Corporations and medical Professional Associations administratively led by LifeMD Southern Patient Medical Care, P.C., is a VIE and subject to consolidation. LifeMD PC and the Company do not have any stockholders in common. LifeMD PC is owned by licensed physicians, and the Company maintains a managed service agreement with LifeMD PC whereby we provide all non-clinical services to LifeMD PC. The Company determined that it is the primary beneficiary of LifeMD PC and must consolidate, as we have both the power to direct the activities of LifeMD PC that most significantly impact the economic performance of the entity and we have the obligation to absorb the losses. As a result, the Company presents the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of LifeMD PC as part of the consolidated financial statements of the Company. There is no non-controlling interest upon consolidation of LifeMD PC.

Total revenue for LifeMD PC was approximately $4.3 million and $499 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Total net loss for LifeMD PC was approximately $1.2 million and $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Use of Estimates

The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Some of the more significant estimates required to be made by management include returns and allowances, stockholders’ equity-based transactions, the capitalization and impairment of capitalized software and impairment of other long-lived assets, estimates to cash flow projections, and liquidity assessment. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

The Company records revenue under the adoption of ASC 606,Revenue from Contracts with Customers, by analyzing exchanges with its customers using a five-step analysis:

For the Company’s product-based contracts with customers, the Company has determined that there is one performance obligation, which is the delivery of the product; this performance obligation is transferred at a discrete point in time. The Company generally records sales of finished products once the customer places and pays for the order, with the product being simultaneously shipped by a third-party fulfillment service provider. In all cases, delivery is considered to have occurred when the customer obtains control, which is usually commensurate upon shipment of the product. In the case where delivery is not commensurate upon shipment of the product, recognition of revenue is deferred until that time. In the case of its product-based contracts, the Company provides a subscription sensitive service based on the recurring shipment of products. The Company records the related revenue under the subscription agreements subsequent to receiving the monthly product order, recording the revenue at the time it fulfills the shipment obligation to the customer.

For its product-based contracts with customers, the Company records an estimate for provisions of discounts, returns, allowances, customer rebates, and other adjustments for its product shipments and are reflected as contra revenues in arriving at reported net revenues. The Company’s discounts and customer rebates are known at the time of sale; correspondingly, the Company reduces gross product sales for such discounts and customer rebates. The Company estimates customer returns and allowances based on information derived from historical transaction detail and accounts for such provisions, as contra revenue, during the same period in which the related revenues are earned. The Company has determined that the population of its product-based contracts with customers are homogenous, supporting the ability to record estimates for returns and allowances to be applied to the entire product-based portfolio population. Customer discounts, returns and rebates on telehealth product revenues approximated $2.1 million and $5.2 million, respectively, during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

For its LifeMD PC contracts with customers, the Company offers one-time and subscription-based access to the Company’s telehealth platform. The Company offers monthly and yearly subscriptions dependent upon the subscriber’s enrollment selection. The Company has estimated that there is one product and one performance obligation that is delivered over time, as the Company allows the subscriber to access the telehealth platform for the time period of the subscription purchased. The Company records the revenue over the customer’s subscription period for monthly and yearly subscribers.

The Company, through its majority-owned subsidiary WorkSimpli, offers a subscription-based service providing a suite of software applications to its subscribers, principally on a monthly subscription basis. The software suite allows the subscriber/user to convert almost any type of document to another electronic form of editable document, providing ease of editing. For these subscription-based contracts with customers, the Company offers an initial 14-day trial period which is billed at $1.95, followed by a monthly subscription, or a yearly subscription to the Company’s software suite dependent on the subscriber’s enrollment selection. The Company has estimated that there is one product and one performance obligation that is delivered over time, as the Company allows the subscriber to access the suite of services for the time period of the subscription purchased. The Company allows the customer to cancel at any point during the billing cycle, in which case the customer’s subscription will not be renewed for the following month or year depending on the original subscription. The Company records the revenue over the customer’s subscription period for monthly and yearly subscribers or at the end of the initial 14-day service period for customers who purchased the initial subscription. The Company offers a discount for the monthly or yearly subscriptions being purchased, which is deducted at the time of payment at the initiation of the contract term; therefore the Contract price is fixed and determinable at the contract initiation. Monthly and annual subscriptions for the service are recorded net of the Company’s known discount rates. Customer discounts and allowances on WorkSimpli revenues approximated $3.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively, during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

As noted above, on December 11, 2023, the Company entered into the Medifast Collaboration. Pursuant to certain agreements between the parties, Medifast agreed to pay to the Company the amount of $10 million to support the collaboration, funding enhancements to the Company platform, operations and supporting infrastructure, of which $5 million was paid at the closing on December 12, 2023, and the remainder is to be paid in two $2.5 million installments on March 31, 2024 and June 30, 2024.

The Company determined the transaction price totaled $10 million, of which $5 million was collected in December 2023. The Company has allocated the total $10 million initial transaction price to three distinct performance obligations. As the Company has completed its first performance obligation related to this agreement, the $5 million payment was fully recognized in the year ended December 31, 2023.

For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had the following disaggregated revenue:

Deferred Revenues

The Company records deferred revenues when cash payments are received or due in advance of its performance. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has accrued contract liabilities, as deferred revenue, of approximately $8.8 million and $5.5 million, which represent the following: (1) $4.2 million and $0 as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to obligations on telehealth in-process monthly or yearly contracts with customers, (2) $2.1 million and $3.0 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to obligations for telehealth products which the customer has not yet obtained control due to delivery not commensurate upon shipment of the product and (3) $2.5 million and $2.5 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, related to obligations on WorkSimpli in-process monthly or yearly contracts with customers.

Deferred revenue increased by $3.3 million to $8.8 million as of December 31, 2023 compared to $5.5 million as of December 31, 2022. The increase is primarily due to increased cash payments received in advance of satisfying performance obligations, offset by revenue recognized that had been included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period. The amount of revenue recognized during the year ended December 31, 2023, that was included in the deferred revenue balance as of December 31, 2022, was $4.8 million.

The Company expects to recognize $8.8 million of revenue during the year ended December 31, 2024 related to future performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied as of December 31, 2023.

Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets are included in right-of-use assets, net on the consolidated balance sheets. The current and long-term components of operating lease liabilities are included in the current operating lease liabilities and noncurrent operating lease liabilities, respectively, on the consolidated balance sheets.

Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. Certain leases may include options to extend or terminate the lease. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded in the balance sheet.

Accounts Receivable, net

Accounts receivable principally consist of amounts due from third-party merchant processors, who process our subscription revenues; the merchant accounts balance receivable represents the charges processed by the merchants that have not yet been deposited with the Company. The unsettled merchant receivable amount normally represents processed sale transactions from the final one to three days of the month, with collections being made by the Company within the first week of the following month. Management determines the need, if any, for an allowance for future credits to be granted to customers, by regularly evaluating aggregate customer refund activity, coupled with the consideration and current economic conditions in its evaluation of an allowance for future refunds and chargebacks. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the reserve for sales returns and allowances was approximately $528 thousand and $815 thousand, respectively. For all periods presented, the sales returns and allowances were recorded in accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets.

Inventory

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, inventory primarily consisted of finished goods, raw materials and packaging related to the Company’s OTC products included in the telehealth revenue section of the table above. Inventory is maintained at the Company’s third-party warehouse location in Wyoming and at various Amazon fulfillment centers. The Company also maintains inventory at a company owned warehouse in Pennsylvania.

Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined on an average cost basis. Management compares the cost of inventory with the net realizable value and an allowance is made for writing down inventory to net realizable, if lower. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company recorded an inventory reserve in the amount of $356 thousand and $161 thousand, respectively.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company’s inventory consisted of the following:

Product Deposit

Many of our vendors require deposits when a purchase order is placed for goods or fulfillment services. These deposits typically range from 10% to 33% of the total purchased amount. Our vendors include a credit memo within their final invoice, recognizing the deposit amount previously paid. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has approximately $486 thousand and $127 thousand, respectively, of product deposits with multiple vendors for the purchase of raw materials or finished goods. The Company’s history of product deposits with its inventory vendors, creates an implicit purchase commitment equaling the total expected product acceptance cost in excess of the product deposit. As of December 31, 2023, the Company approximates its implicit purchase commitments to be approximately $63 thousand, of which the vast majority are with two vendors that manufacturer the Company’s finished goods inventory for its RexMD product line.

Capitalized Software Costs

The Company capitalizes certain internal payroll costs and third-party costs related to internally developed software and amortizes these costs using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the software, generally three years. The Company does not sell internally developed software other than through the use of subscription service. Certain development costs not meeting the criteria for capitalization, in accordance with ASC 350-40*, Internal-Use Software*, are expensed as incurred. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company capitalized a net amount of $11.8 million and $8.8 million, respectively, related to internally developed software costs which are amortized over the useful life and included in development costs on our consolidated statement of operations.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment annually or more frequently, if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset may be impaired. Goodwill in the amount of $8.0 million was recognized in conjunction with the Cleared acquisition during the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company recorded an $8.0 million goodwill impairment charge during the year ended December 31, 2022 related to a decline in the estimated fair value of Cleared as a result of a decline in the Cleared financial projections (see Note 3).

Other intangible assets are comprised of: (1) the ResumeBuild brand, (2) a customer relationship asset, (3) the Cleared trade name, (4) Cleared developed technology, (5) a purchased license and (6) two purchased domain names. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded an $827 thousand impairment loss related to a decline in the estimated fair value of the Cleared customer relationship intangible asset with an original cost of $919 thousand and accumulated amortization of $92 thousand. Other intangible assets are amortized over their estimated lives using the straight-line method. Costs incurred to renew or extend the term of recognized intangible assets are capitalized and amortized over the useful life of the asset.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets include equipment and capitalized software. Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If such assets are considered to be impaired, an impairment is recognized as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the estimated fair values of the assets. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company determined that no events or changes in circumstances existed that would indicate any impairment of its long-lived assets.

Paycheck Protection Program

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received aggregate loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $249 thousand under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business. The loans and accrued interest are forgivable after eight weeks as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the eight-week period. The unforgiven portion of the PPP loan is payable over two years at an interest rate of 1%, with a deferral of payments for the first six months. The Company used the proceeds for purposes consistent with the PPP.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company had a total of $63 thousand, respectively, of its PPP loans forgiven by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) (see Note 6). As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had no remaining PPP loan balance.

Income Taxes

The Company files corporate federal, state, and local tax returns. WorkSimpli files a tax return in Puerto Rico; WorkSimpli is a limited liability company and files tax returns with any tax liabilities or benefits passing through to its members.

The Company records current and deferred taxes in accordance with ASC 740*, Accounting for Income Taxes*. This ASC requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between tax basis of assets and liabilities and the amounts at which they are carried in the financial statements, based upon the enacted rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company establishes a valuation allowance when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company periodically assesses the value of its deferred tax asset, a majority of which has been generated by a history of net operating losses and management determines the necessity for a valuation allowance. ASC 740 also provides a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Using this guidance, a company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position in its financial statements only if it is more likely-than-not (i.e., a likelihood of more than 50%) that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The Company’s tax returns for all years since December 31, 2020, remain open to audit by all related taxing authorities.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718,Share-Based Payment. Under this guidance compensation cost generally is recognized at fair value on the date of the grant and amortized over the respective vesting or service period. The fair value of options at the date of grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The expected option life is derived from assumed exercise rates based upon historical exercise patterns and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of the Company’s common shares using weekly price observations over an observation period that approximates the expected life of the options. The risk-free interest rate approximates the U.S. Treasury yield curve rate in effect at the time of grant for periods similar to the expected option life. Due to limited history of forfeitures, the Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur. Many of the assumptions require significant judgment and any changes could have a material impact in the determination of stock-based compensation expense.

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per common share (“EPS”) is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period presented. Shares of unissued vested restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) are included in our calculation of basic weighted average shares outstanding. Convertible securities, warrants and options to purchase common stock are included as common stock equivalents only when dilutive. Potential common stock equivalents are excluded from dilutive earnings per share when the effects would be antidilutive.

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 260,Diluted Earnings per Share. In computing diluted EPS, basic EPS is adjusted for the assumed issuance of all potentially dilutive securities. The dilutive effect of call options, warrants and share-based payment awards is calculated using the “treasury stock method,” which assumes that the “proceeds” from the exercise of these instruments are used to purchase common shares at the average market price for the period. The dilutive effect of traditional convertible debt and preferred stock is calculated using the “if-converted method.” Under the if-converted method, securities are assumed to be converted at the beginning of the period, and the resulting common shares are included in the denominator of the diluted EPS calculation for the entire period being presented.

The following table summarizes the number of shares of common stock issuable pursuant to our convertible securities that were excluded from the diluted per share calculation because the effect of including these potential shares was antidilutive even though the exercise price could be less than the average market price of the common shares:

Segment Data

Our portfolio of brands are included within two operating segments: Telehealth and WorkSimpli. We believe our current segments and brands within our segments complement one another and position us well for future growth. Segment operating results are reviewed by the chief operating decision maker to make determinations about resources to be allocated and to assess performance. Other factors, including type of business, revenue recognition and operating results are reviewed in determining the Company’s operating segments.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of a financial instrument is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities subject to ongoing fair value measurement are categorized and disclosed into one of the three categories depending on observable or unobservable inputs employed in the measurement. Hierarchical levels, which are directly related to the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to the valuation of these assets or liabilities, are as follows:

In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, the face amount of notes payable and convertible long-term debt approximate fair value for all periods presented.

Concentrations of Risk

The Company monitors its positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions with which it invests. The Company, at times, maintains balances in various operating accounts in excess of federally insured limits. We are dependent on certain third-party manufacturers and pharmacies, although we believe that other contract manufacturers or third-party pharmacies could be quickly secured if any of our current manufacturers or pharmacies cease to perform adequately. As of December 31, 2023, we utilized three (3) suppliers for fulfillment services, nine (9) suppliers for manufacturing finished goods, seven (7) suppliers for packaging, bottling, and labeling, and five (5) suppliers for prescription medications. As of December 31, 2022, we utilized four (4) suppliers for fulfillment services, six (6) suppliers for manufacturing finished goods, five (5) suppliers for packaging, bottling, and labeling, and three (3) suppliers for prescription medications.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, 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 an entity to utilize the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) impairment model to estimate its lifetime “expected credit loss” and record an allowance that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial assets and certain other instruments, including but not limited to available-for-sale debt securities. Credit losses relating to available-for-sale debt securities are recorded through an allowance for credit losses. ASU 2016-13 requires a cumulative effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10,Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates, which defers the effective date of ASU 2016-13 to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 for all entities except SEC reporting companies that are not smaller reporting companies. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 as of January 1, 2023. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-08,Business Combinations (Topic 805); Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers. This new guidance affects all entities that enter into a business combination within the scope of ASC 805-10. Under this new guidance, the acquirer should determine what contract assets and/or liabilities it would have recorded under ASC 606,Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as of the acquisition date, as if the acquirer had entered into the original contract at the same date and on the same terms as the acquirer. Under current U.S. GAAP, contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination are recorded by the acquirer at fair value. The Company adopted ASU 2021-08 as of January 1, 2023. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Other Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07,Segment Reporting (Topic 280). The amendments in this update improve reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. ASU 2023-07 will become effective for the Company’s annual period beginning on January 1, 2024. The Company does not expect the application of ASU 2023-07 to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09,Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to improve its income tax disclosure requirements. Under ASU 2023-09, entities must annually: (1) disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation and (2) provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. ASU 2023-09 will become effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2025. The Company does not expect the application of ASU 2023-09 to have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

All other accounting standards updates that have been issued or proposed by the FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

NOTE 3 –ACQUISITIONS

On January 18, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of Cleared. The acquisition adds to the Company’s growing portfolio of telehealth capabilities. The Company accounted for the transaction using the acquisition method in accordance with ASC 805,Business Combinations, with the purchase price being allocated to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their respective estimated fair values on the acquisition date. Fair values were determined using income approaches. The results of Cleared are included within the consolidated financial statements commencing on the acquisition date.

The purchase price was approximately $9.1 million, including cash paid upfront of approximately $1.0 million and payable in the future of approximately $3.0 million, and contingent consideration of $5.1 million. The purchase agreement included up to $72.8 million of potential earn-out payable in cash or stock upon achievement of revenue targets, which was originally recognized as contingent consideration. The Company, with the assistance of a third-party valuation expert, estimated the fair value of the acquired tangible and identifiable intangible assets using significant estimates such as revenue projections. The fair value of the identified intangible assets was based primarily on significant unobservable inputs and thus represent a Level 3 measurement as defined in ASC 820,Fair Value Measurement. The fair value of the trade name and developed technology were determined using the relief-from-royalty method under the income approach. The royalty rates used to determine the fair value of the trade name and developed technology were 0.10% and 1.0%, respectively. The fair value of the customer relationships was determined using the multi-period excess earnings method which involves forecasting the net earnings expected to be generated. The customer attrition rate used to determine the fair value of the customer relationships was 10.0%. The discount rate used to determine the fair value of the trade name, developed technology and customer relationships was 70.5%.

The following table summarizes the acquisition date fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

The purchase price and purchase price allocation for Cleared was finalized as of September 30, 2022 with no significant changes to preliminary amounts. Based on the final purchase price allocation, the aggregate goodwill recognized was $8.0 million, which is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The amount allocated to goodwill and intangible assets reflected the benefits the Company expected to realize from the growth of the acquisition’s operations.

On February 4, 2023, the Company entered into the Cleared First Amendment. The Cleared Stock Purchase Agreement was amended to, among other things: (i) reduce the total purchase price by $250 thousand to a total of $3.67 million; (ii) change the timing of the payment of the purchase price to $460 thousand paid at closing (which has already been paid by the Company), with the remaining amount to be paid in five quarterly installments beginning on or before February 6, 2023 and ending January 15, 2024; (iii) remove all “earn-out” payments payable by the Company to the sellers; and (iv) removing certain representations and warranties of the Company and sellers in connection with the transaction. The Company issued the following shares of common stock to the sellers of Cleared under the Cleared First Amendment: (1)337,895 shares on February 6, 2023, (2)455,319 shares on April 17, 2023, (3)158,129 shares on July 17, 2023, (4)117,583 shares on October 17, 2023 and (5)95,821 shares on January 16, 2024.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded a decrease of $5.1 million to the Cleared contingent consideration as a result of the remeasurement of the fair value. The decline in the estimated fair value of the Cleared contingent consideration is a result of a decline in the Cleared financial projections and the removal of all earn-out payments payable by the Company from the terms of the Cleared First Amendment. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company also recorded an $8.0 million goodwill impairment charge and an $827 thousand intangible asset impairment charge based on the decline in the Cleared financial projections (See Note 4).

The pro forma financial information, assuming the acquisition had taken place on January 1, 2022, as well as the revenue and earnings generated during the period after the acquisition date, were not material for separate disclosure and, accordingly, have not been presented.

In February 2022, WorkSimpli closed on the ResumeBuild APA to purchase the related intangible assets associated with the ResumeBuild brand, a subscription-based resume building software. The acquisition further adds to the capabilities of the WorkSimpli software as a service application. The purchase price was $4.5 million, including cash paid upfront of $4.0 million and contingent consideration of $500 thousand. In accordance with ASC 805,Business Combinations, the Company accounted for the ResumeBuild APA as an acquisition of assets as substantially all the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a group of similar assets. The Company has elected to group the complementary intangible assets acquired as a single brand intangible asset. Additionally, the Seller is entitled to quarterly payments equal to the greater of 15% of net profits (as defined in the ResumeBuild APA) or $62,500, for a two-year period ending on the two-year anniversary of the closing of the Acquisition. As of December 31, 2023, WorkSimpli has paid the Seller approximately $469 thousand in accordance with the ResumeBuild APA. The Company estimated the fair value of the contingent consideration using the income approach and will remeasure the fair value quarterly with changes accounted for through earnings.

NOTE 4 –GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company’s goodwill balance related to the Cleared acquisition was $0 for both the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded an $8.0 million goodwill impairment charge related to a decline in the estimated fair value of Cleared as a result of a decline in the Cleared financial projections.

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has the following amounts related to amortizable intangible assets:

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded an $827 thousand impairment loss related to a decline in the estimated fair value of the Cleared customer relationship intangible asset with an original cost of $919 thousand and accumulated amortization of $92 thousand. The aggregate amortization expense of the Company’s intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was $971 thousand and $927 thousand, respectively. Total amortization expense for 2024 through 2025 is approximately $980 thousand per year, 2026 is approximately $940 thousand and for 2027 is approximately $112 thousand.

NOTE 5 –ACCRUED EXPENSES

As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company has the following amounts related to accrued expenses:

NOTE 6 –NOTES PAYABLE

Working Capital Loans

In October 2022, the Company received proceeds of $976 thousand under a 12-month working capital loan with Amazon. The terms of the loan include interest in the amount of $62 thousand. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the outstanding balance was $111 thousand and $976 thousand, respectively, and is included in notes payable, net, on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet. The outstanding balance as of December 31, 2023 was repaid in January 2024.

In November 2022, the Company received proceeds of $1.9 million under two 10-month working capital loans with Balanced Management. The terms of the loans include loan origination fees in the amount of $60 thousand and total interest of $840 thousand. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the outstanding balance was $0 and $1.821 million, respectively, and is included in notes payable, net, on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

In January and February 2023, the Company received proceeds of $2 million under a $2.5 million loan facility with CRG Financial, maturing on December 15, 2023. The loan facility includes interest of 12%. The Company repaid the $2 million outstanding loan balance on March 21, 2023 with the proceeds received from the Avenue Facility and recorded a $325 thousand loss on debt extinguishment related to the repayment of the CRG Financial loan due to a prepayment penalty and various fees. As of both December 31, 2023 and 2022, the outstanding balance was $0 related to the CRG Financial loan.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company financed a $348 thousand prepaid insurance policy under a 10-month financing agreement with Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, LLC. The terms of the agreement include finance fees in the amount of $13 thousand. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the outstanding balance was $217 thousand and $0, respectively, and is included in notes payable, net, on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

Total interest expense on notes payable amounted to $256 thousand and $653 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

PPP Loan and Forgiveness

In June 2020, the Company and its subsidiaries received three loans in the aggregate amount of approximately $249 thousand (the “PPP Loan”) under the new Paycheck Protection Program legislation administered by the SBA. These loans bear interest at one percent per annum (1.0%) and mature five years from the date of the first disbursement. The proceeds of the PPP Loan must be used for payroll costs, lease payments on agreements entered into before February 15, 2020 and utility payments under lease agreements entered into before February 1, 2020. At least 60% of the proceeds must be used for payroll costs and certain other expenses and no more than 40% may be used on non-payroll expenses. Proceeds from the PPP Loan used by the Company for the approved expense categories may be fully forgiven by the SBA if the Company satisfies applicable employee headcount and compensation requirements. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company had a total of $63 thousand of its PPP loans forgiven by the SBA which is included in gain on debt forgiveness on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company had no remaining PPP loan balance.

NOTE 7 –LONG-TERM DEBT

Avenue Capital Credit Facility

As noted in Note 1 above, on March 21, 2023, the Company entered into the Avenue Credit Agreement and the Avenue Supplement. The Avenue Credit Agreement provides for a convertible senior secured credit facility of up to an aggregate amount of $40 million, comprised of the following: (1) $15 million in term loans funded at closing, (2) $5 million of additional committed term loans received on September 26, 2023 in conjunction with the Avenue First Amendment and (3) $20 million of additional uncommitted term loans, collectively referred to as the “Avenue Facility”. The Company issued Avenue Warrants to purchase $1.2 million of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.24, subject to adjustments. The Avenue Warrants have a term of five years. The relative fair value of the Avenue Warrants upon closing was $873 thousand. In addition, Avenue may convert up to $2 million of the $15 million in term loans funded at closing into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time while the loans are outstanding, at a price per share equal to $1.49. The relative fair value of the Avenue Warrants was recorded to debt discount and is included as a reduction to long-term debt on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023. The Company incurred other fees associated with the Avenue Facility including: (1) a $300 thousand financing fee, (2) a $200 thousand upfront commitment fee of 1% of the total $20 million in committed capital and (3) $27 thousand in legal fees. The total debt discount recorded of $1.4 million will be amortized over a forty-two-month period. Total amortization of debt discount was $334 thousand and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company received gross proceeds of $15.0 million at closing (net proceeds of $12.3 million after repayment of the $2 million outstanding CRG loan balance and various fees).

The Avenue Facility matures on October 1, 2026 andinterest is based on the greater of: (1) the Prime Rate (as defined in the Supplement) plus 4.75% and (2) 12.5%. At December 31, 2023, the interest rate was 13.25%. Payments are interest only until November 2024. The Company may prepay the loans, subject to a prepayment penalty of 1.00% to 3.00% of the principal amount prepaid, depending on the timing of the prepayment. Proceeds from the Avenue Facility were used to repay the Company’s outstanding notes payable balances with CRG Financial and are expected to be utilized for general corporate purposes.

On November 15, 2023, Avenue converted $1 million of the principal amount of the outstanding term loans into shares of the Company’s common stock. This resulted in 672,042 shares of common stock issued to Avenue. Additionally on November 15, 2023, Avenue exercised 96,773 of the Avenue Warrants on a cashless basis resulting in 79,330 shares of the Company’s common stock issued.

The Company is subject to certain affirmative and negative covenants under the Avenue Facility, including the requirement, beginning on the closing date, to maintain at least $5 million of unrestricted cash to be tested at the end of each month, and beginning on the period ended September 30, 2023, and at the end of each quarter thereafter, a trailing six-month cash flow, subject to certain adjustments as provided by the Avenue Credit Agreement, of at least $2 million. As of December 31, 2023, there was $19 million outstanding under the Avenue Facility and the Company was in compliance with the Avenue Facility covenants.

Total interest expense on long-term debt, inclusive of amortization of debt discounts, amounted to $2.0 million and $0 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

NOTE 8 –STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The Company has authorized the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value, of which 5,000 shares are designated as Series B Convertible Preferred Stock,1,610,000 are designated as Series A Preferred Stock and 3,385,000 shares of preferred stock remain undesignated.

On June 8, 2021, the Company filed the 2021 Shelf. Under the 2021 Shelf at the time of effectiveness, the Company originally had the ability to raise up to $150 million by selling common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and units. In conjunction with the 2021 Shelf, the Company also entered into the ATM Sales Agreement whereby the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, shares of common stock. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had $53.3 million available under the ATM Sales Agreement and $32.0 million available under the 2021 Shelf.

Series A Preferred Stock

In September 2021, the Company entered into the Preferred Underwriting Agreement and the Common Underwriting Agreement with B.Riley. Pursuant to the Preferred Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell 1,400,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock under the Preferred Stock Offering. The option was not exercised. Pursuant to the Common Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell to B. Riley 3,833,334 Common Shares under the Common Stock Offering. The offerings, closed on October 4, 2021. Net proceeds after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions, the structuring fee and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, but before repayment of debt, from the Offerings was approximately $55.3 million.

The Series A Preferred Stock ranks senior to the Company’s common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and liquidation rights. The Company will pay cumulative distributions on the Series A Preferred Stock, from the date of original issuance, in the amount of $2.21875 per share each year, which is equivalent to 8.875% of the $25.00 liquidation preference per share. Dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock will be payable quarterly in arrears, on or about the 15th day of January, April, July and October of each year. The first dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock sold in this offering was declared on December 23, 2021 to holders of record as of January 4, 2022 and was paid on January 14, 2022.

Dividends declared and paid on the Series A Preferred Stock during the year ended December 31, 2023 are as follows: (1) quarterly dividend declared on March 28, 2023 to holders of record as of April 7, 2023 and was paid on April 17, 2023, (2) quarterly dividend declared on June 27, 2023 to holders of record as of July 7, 2023 and was paid on July 17, 2023, (3) quarterly dividend declared on September 26, 2023 to holders of record as of October 6, 2023 and was paid on October 16, 2023 and (4) quarterly dividend declared on December 26, 2023 to holders of record as of January 5, 2024 and was paid on January 15, 2024.

Dividends declared and paid on the Series A Preferred Stock during the year ended December 31, 2022 are as follows: (1) quarterly dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock was declared on March 25, 2022 to holders of record as of April 5, 2022 and was paid on April 15, 2022, (2) quarterly dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock was declared on June 27, 2022 to holders of record as of July 5, 2022 andwas paid on July 15, 2022, (3) quarterly dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock was declared on September 27, 2022 to holders of record as of October 7, 2022 and was paid on October 17, 2022 and (4) quarterly dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock was declared on December 27, 2022 to holders of record as of January 6, 2023 and was paid on January 17, 2023. Dividends in the amount of $3.1 million are included in the Company’s results of operations for each of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have no voting rights except in the case of certain dividend nonpayments. If dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock are in arrears, whether or not declared, for six or more quarterly periods, whether or not these quarterly periods are consecutive, holders of Series A Preferred Stock and holders of all other classes or series of parity preferred stock with which the holders of Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together as a single class will be entitled to vote, at a special meeting called by the holders of record of at least 10% of any series of preferred stock as to which dividends are so in arrears or at the next annual meeting of stockholders, for the election of two additional directors to serve on our Board until all dividend arrearages have been paid. If and when all accumulated dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock for all past dividend periods shall have been paid in full, holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be divested of the voting rights set forth above.

The Series A Preferred Stock is perpetual and has no maturity date. No outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock have been redeemed. However, the Series A Preferred Stock will be redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, at the following redemption prices, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends up to, but not including, the date of redemption: 1) on and after October 15, 2022 and prior to October 15, 2023, at a redemption price equal to $25.75 per share, 2) on and after October 15, 2023 and prior to October 15, 2024, at a redemption price equal to $25.50 per share, 3) on and after October 15, 2024 and prior to and prior to October 15, 2025 at a redemption price equal to $25.25 per share and 4) on and after October 15, 2025 at a redemption price equal to $25.00 per share. In addition, upon the occurrence of a delisting event or change of control, we may, subject to certain conditions, at our option, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part within 90 days after the first date on which such delisting event occurred or within 120 days after the first date on which such change of control occurred, as applicable, by paying $25.00 per share, plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends up to, but not including, the redemption date.

Upon the occurrence of a delisting event or a change of control, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will have the right unless we have provided or provide notice of our election to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, to convert some or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder into a number of shares of our common stock (or equivalent value of alternative consideration) per share of Series A Preferred Stock, or the “Common Stock Conversion Consideration”. In the case of a delisting event or change of control, pursuant to which shares of common stock shall be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets (the “Alternative Form Consideration”), a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall receive upon conversion of such shares of Series A Preferred Stock the kind and amount of Alternative Form Consideration which such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive upon the delisting event or change of control, had such holder held a number of shares of common stock equal to the Common Stock Conversion Consideration immediately prior to the effective time of the delisting event or change of control.

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

On August 27, 2020, the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware delivered confirmation of the effective filing of the Company’s Certificate of Designations of the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, which established 5,000 shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, having such designations, rights and preferences as set forth therein (the “Series B Designations”).

The shares of Series B Preferred Stock have a stated value of $1,000 per share (the “Series B Stated Value”) and are convertible into Common Stock at the election of the holder of the Series B Preferred Stock, at a price of $3.25 per share, subject to adjustment (the “Conversion Price”). Each holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, with respect to each share of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding and held by such holder, dividends at the rate of thirteen percent (13%) per annum (the “Preferred Dividends”).

The Preferred Dividends shall accrue and be cumulative from and after the date of issuance of any share of Series B Preferred Stock on a daily basis computed on the basis of a 365-day year and compounded quarterly. The Preferred Dividends are payable only when, as, and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and the Company has no obligation to pay such Preferred Dividends; provided, however, if the Board determines to pay any Preferred Dividends, the Company shall pay such dividends in kind in a number of additional shares of Series B Preferred Stock (the “PIK Shares”) equal to the quotient of (i) the aggregate amount of the Preferred Dividends being paid by the Company in respect of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder, divided by (ii) the Series B Issue Price (as defined in the Series B Designations); provided, further, that, at the election of the purchasers holding a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding, in their sole discretion, such Preferred Dividends shall be paid in cash or a combination of cash and PIK Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Preferred Dividends may be paid in cash at the election of the Company if, and only if, (a) the purchasers holding a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding consent in writing to the payment of any specific dividend in cash, or (b) at any time following the twenty-four (24) month anniversary of the Closing, (i) the prevailing volume-weighted average price (“VWAP”) of the Common Stock over the trailing ninety (90)-day period is equal to or greater than $15.00 per share (subject to adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, reclassifications, combinations, reverse stock splits or other similar events), and (ii) the average trading volume of the Common Stock over the trailing ninety (90)-day period is equal to or greater than 40,000 shares of Common Stock per day, or (c) at any time following the thirty-six (36) month anniversary of the Closing.

The holders of Series B Preferred Stock rank senior to the Common Stock with respect to payment of dividends and rights upon liquidation and will vote together with the holders of the Common Stock on an as-converted basis, subject to beneficial ownership limitations, on each matter submitted to a vote of holders of Common Stock (whether at a meeting of stockholders or by written consent). In addition, as further described in the Series B Designations, if at least 30% of the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock sold at the Closing are outstanding, the Company will not take certain corporate actions without the affirmative vote at a meeting (or the written consent with or without a meeting) of the purchasers holding a majority of the shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding.

If at any time following the twelve (12)-month anniversary of the Closing (a) the prevailing VWAP (as defined in the Series B Designations) of the Common Stock over the trailing ninety (90)-day period is equal to or greater than $15.00 per share ($3.00 pre-split) (subject to adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations, reorganizations, reclassifications, combinations, reverse stock splits or other similar events), and (b) the average trading volume of the Common Stock over the trailing ninety (90)-day period is equal to or greater than 40,000 shares of Common Stock per day, the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to elect to convert all, but not less than all, of the then-outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock into Common Stock by delivering written notice of such election (the “Forced Conversion Notice”) to the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock within ten (10) Business Days following the satisfaction of the criteria of clauses (a) and (b) above (a “Forced Conversion”). On the Forced Conversion Date (as defined in the Series B Designations), each share of Series B Preferred Stock shall be converted into the number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of: (x) the sum of (1) the Series B Issue Price, plus (2) any accrued but unpaid dividends on such share of Series B Preferred Stock as of immediately prior to the conversion thereof, including the Preferred Dividends, divided by (y) the Conversion Price of such share of Series B Preferred Stock in effect at the time of conversion. The Forced Conversion Notice shall state (i) the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such Holder that are proposed to be converted, and (ii) the date on which such Forced Conversion shall occur, which date shall be the thirtieth (30 th) day following the date such Forced Conversion Notice is deemed given (a “Forced Conversion Date”).

In the event of a Forced Conversion, a holder may elect, in its sole discretion and in lieu of the Forced Conversion, to have each then-outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock held by such holder be redeemed by the Company (a “Forced Conversion Redemption”) by delivering written notice to the Company (a “Forced Conversion Redemption Notice” and the date such Holder delivers such notice to the Corporation, a “Forced Conversion Redemption Notice Date”) prior to the Forced Conversion Date, which notice shall state (a) the number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock that are to be redeemed, (b) the date on which such Forced Conversion Redemption shall occur, which date shall be the tenth (10th) Business Day following the applicable Forced Conversion Redemption Notice Date (the “Forced Conversion Redemption Date”) and (c) the wire instructions for the payment of the applicable amount owed to such holder. Each share of Series B Preferred Stock that is the subject of a Forced Conversion Redemption shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price per share equal to the sum of (1) the Series B Issue Price, plus (2) any accrued but unpaid dividends on such share of Series B Preferred Stock, including the Preferred Dividends (the “Per Share Forced Conversion Redemption Price”).

If a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock are not available to effect the conversion of the Series B Preferred Stock outstanding into Common Stock and the exercise of the warrants, each holder shall have the right, in its sole and absolute discretion (in addition to and not to the exclusion of any remedy such holder may have at law or in equity), to require that the Company redeem (an “Optional Redemption”), to the fullest extent permitted by law and out of funds lawfully available therefor, all or any portion of such holder’s Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding by delivering written notice thereof. The Series B Preferred Stock contains certain Change of Control provisions that preclude permanent equity classification.

On July 10, 2023, and August 14, 2023, PA001 Holdings, LLC (“PA001 Holdings”), the holder of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, elected to convert 2,275 and 1,225 shares, respectively, of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock into common stock, at a price of $3.25 per share of Series B Preferred Stock, pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement dated August 28, 2020 (“PA001 Securities Purchase Agreement”). The conversion was calculated based on the original issuance price of the Series B Preferred Stock plus all accrued dividends to date. The conversion resulted in 1,010,170 and 550,694 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to PA001 Holdings, on July 12, 2023 and August 15, 2023, respectively. The balance for the Series B Preferred Stock was $0 and $4.6 million as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Options and Warrants

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 74,372 shares of common stock related to the cashless exercise of options.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 37,500 shares of common stock related to the exercise of options for total proceeds of $94,500.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 79,330 shares of common stock related to the cashless exercise of warrants.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued an aggregate of 90,400 shares of common stock related to the exercise of options for total proceeds of $90,400.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued an aggregate of 29,691 shares of common stock related to cashless exercise of options.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued an aggregate of 22,000 shares of common stock related to the exercise of warrants for total proceeds of $38,500.

Common Stock

Common Stock Transactions During the Year Ended December 31, 2023

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 978,500 shares of common stock for service, including vested restricted stock.

On February 4, 2023, the Company entered into the Cleared First Amendment between the Company and the sellers of Cleared. The Cleared Stock Purchase Agreement was amended to, among other things change the timing of the payment of the purchase price to $460 thousand paid at closing (which has already been paid by the Company), with the remaining amount to be paid in five quarterly installments beginning on or before February 6, 2023 and ending January 15, 2024. The Company issued the following shares of common stock to the sellers of Cleared under the Cleared First Amendment during the year ended December 31, 2023: (1)337,895 shares on February 6, 2023, (2)455,319 shares on April 17, 2023, (3)158,129 shares on July 17, 2023 and (4)117,583 shares on October 17, 2023. The fair value of the stock issuances under the Cleared First Amendment during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $2.6 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company sold 1,009,907 shares of common stock under the ATM Sales Agreement and net proceeds received were $6.2 million.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued 100,000 shares of common stock related to the settlement of theHarborside Advisors LLC v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10593, and theSpecialty Medical Drugstore, LLC D/B/A GoGoMeds v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10599, matters. The shares issued were valued based on the closing price of the Company’s stock, or $5.32, on the date of settlement, July 10, 2023.

On July 10, 2023, and August 14, 2023, PA001 Holdings, the holder of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, elected to convert 2,275 and 1,225 shares, respectively, of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock into common stock, at a price of $3.25 per share of Series B Preferred Stock, pursuant to the terms of the PA001 Securities Purchase Agreement. The conversion was calculated based on the original issuance price of the Series B Preferred Stock plus all accrued dividends to date or approximately $5.1 million. The conversion resulted in 1,010,170 and 550,694 shares of the Company’s common stock issued to PA001 Holdings, on July 12, 2023 and August 15, 2023, respectively.

On March 21, 2023, in connection with the Company’s closing of the Avenue Credit Agreement, the Company issued Avenue Warrants to purchase $1.2 million of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.24, subject to adjustments. In addition, Avenue may convert up to $2 million of the $15 million in term loans funded at closing into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time while the loans are outstanding, at a price per share equal to $1.49. On November 15, 2023, Avenue converted $1 million of the principal amount of the outstanding term loans into shares of the Company’s common stock. This resulted in 672,042 shares of common stock issued to Avenue. Additionally on November 15, 2023, Avenue exercised 96,773 of the Avenue Warrants on a cashless basis, resulting in 79,330 shares of the Company’s common stock issued.

On December 11, 2023, in connection with the Medifast Collaboration, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with Medifast’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Jason Pharmaceuticals, Inc., whereby the Company issued 1,224,425 shares of its common stock, in a private placement at a purchase price of $8.1671 per share, for aggregate proceeds of approximately $10 million.

Common Stock Transactions During the Year Ended December 31, 2022

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued an aggregate of 306,250 shares of common stock for services rendered.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock related to a legal settlement.

WorkSimpli Software Restructuring Transaction (“WSS Restructuring”)

Effective January 22, 2021 (the “WSS Effective Date”), the Company consummated the WSS Restructuring. To effect the WSS Restructuring the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Conversion Labs PR (now “LifeMD PR”), entered into a series of membership interest exchange agreements, pursuant to which, Conversion Labs PR exchanged that certain promissory note, dated May 8, 2019 with an outstanding balance of $376 thousand (the “CVLB PR Note”), issued by WSS in favor of Conversion Labs PR, for 37,531 newly issued membership interests of WSS (the “Exchange”). Upon consummation of the Exchange the CVLB PR Note was extinguished.

Concurrently, in furtherance of the WSS Restructuring, Conversion Labs PR entered into two Membership Interest Purchase Agreements (the “Founding Members MIPAs”) with two founding members of WSS (the “Founding Members”) whereby Conversion Labs PR purchased from the Founding Members an aggregate of 2,183 membership interests of WSS for an aggregate purchase price of $225 thousand, paid in December 2020.

In furtherance of the WSS Restructuring, Conversion Labs PR entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with WSS, (the “CVLB PR MIPA”), pursuant to which Conversion Labs PR purchased 12,000 membership interests of WSS for an aggregate purchase price of $300 thousand.

Following the consummation of the WSS Restructuring, Conversion Labs PR increased its ownership of WSS from 51% to approximately 85.58% on a fully diluted basis. WSS entered into an amendment to its operating agreement (the “WSS Operating Agreement Amendment”) to reflect the change in ownership.

Concurrently with the WSS Restructuring, Conversion Labs PR entered into option agreements with Sean Fitzpatrick (the “Fitzpatrick Option Agreement”) and Varun Pathak (the “Pathak Option Agreement” together with Fitzpatrick Option Agreement the “Option Agreements”), pursuant to which Conversion Labs PR granted options to purchase membership interest units of WSS.

The Fitzpatrick Option Agreement grants Sean Fitzpatrick the option to purchase 10,300 membership interest units of WSS for an exercise price of $1.00 per membership interest unit. The Fitzpatrick Options vest in accordance with the following (i) 3,434 membership interests upon WSS achieving $2.5 million of gross sales in any fiscal quarter (ii) 3,434 membership interests upon WSS achieving $4.0 million of gross sales in any fiscal quarter, and (iii) 3,434 membership interests upon WSS achieving $8.0 million of gross sales with a ten percent (10%) net profit margin in any fiscal quarter.

The Pathak Option Agreement grants Varun Pathak the option to purchase 2,100 membership interest units of WSS for an exercise price of $1.00 per membership interest unit. The Pathak Options vest in accordance with the following (i) 700 membership interests upon WSS achieving $2.5 million of gross sales in any fiscal quarter (ii) 700 membership interests upon WSS achieving $4.0 million of gross sales in any fiscal quarter, and (iii) 700 membership interests upon WSS achieving $8.0 million of gross sales with a ten percent (10%) net profit margin in any fiscal quarter.

WorkSimpli Software Capitalization Update

On September 30, 2022, Sean Fitzpatrick and Varun Pathak exercised their options to purchase 10,300 and 2,100 membership interest units, respectively, of WorkSimpli for an exercise price of $1.00 per membership interest unit under the Option Agreements. Following the exercise of the Option Agreements, Conversion Labs PR decreased its ownership interest in WorkSimpli from 85.58% to 73.64%. Effective March 31, 2023, the Company redeemed 500 membership interest units in WorkSimpli. Following the retirement, Conversion Labs PR’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli increased to 74.06%. On June 30, 2023, WorkSimpli’s Chief Operating Officer, exercised her option agreement (the “WorkSimpli COO Option Agreement”) to purchase 889 membership interest units of WorkSimpli for an exercise price of $1.00 per membership interest unit. Following the exercise of the WorkSimpli COO Option Agreement, Conversion Labs PR decreased its ownership interest in WorkSimpli from 74.06% to 73.32%.

On June 30, 2023, WorkSimpli declared a cash dividend in the amount of $22.40 per membership interest unit to all unit holders of record as of June 30, 2023 and was paid on July 3, 2023. On July 31, 2023, WorkSimpli declared a cash dividend in the amount of $11.20 per membership interest unit to all unit holders of record as of July 28, 2023 and was paid on August 1, 2023. On August 31, 2023, WorkSimpli declared a cash dividend in the amount of $16.80 per membership interest unit to all unit holders of record as of August 30, 2023 and was paid on September 1, 2023. On September 30, 2023, WorkSimpli declared a cash dividend in the amount of $14.00 per membership interest unit to all unit holders of record as of September 30, 2023 and was paid on October 5, 2023. On October 31, 2023, WorkSimpli declared a cash dividend in the amount of $11.20 per membership interest unit to all unit holders of record as of October 31, 2023 and was paid on November 8, 2023. On December 31, 2023, WorkSimpli declared a cash dividend in the amount of $13.44 per membership interest unit to all unit holders of record as of January 5, 2024 and was paid on January 5, 2024. The total dividends declared to noncontrolling interest holders was $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 and is included in the Company’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Stock Options

2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”)

On January 8, 2021, the Company approved the 2020 Plan. Approval of the 2020 Plan was included as Proposal 1 in the Company’s definitive proxy statement for its Special Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 2020. The 2020 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board and initially provided for the issuance of up to 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan automatically increases by 150,000 shares of Common Stock on January 1st of each year, for a period of not more than ten years, commencing on January 1, 2021 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2030. Awards under the 2020 Plan can be granted in the form of stock options, non-qualified and incentive options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, and restricted stock units.

On June 24, 2021, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the 2020 Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the 2020 Plan by 1,500,000 shares. As of January 1, 2022, the Plan provided for the issuance of up to 3,300,000 shares of Common Stock.

On June 16, 2022, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the 2020 Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the 2020 Plan by 1,500,000 shares. As of December 31, 2023, the Plan provided for the issuance of up to 4,950,000 shares of Common Stock. Remaining authorization under the 2020 Plan was 61,611 shares as of December 31, 2023.

The forms of award agreements to be used in connection with awards made under the 2020 Plan to the Company’s executive officers and non-employee directors are:

Previously, the Company had granted service-based stock options and performance-based stock options separate from this plan.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 249,500 stock options to employees under the 2020 Plan and the prior plan. These stock options have contractual terms of 4 –6.5 years and vest in increments which fully vest the options over a two-to-three-year period, dependent on the specific agreements’ terms.

A summary of outstanding options activity under our 2020 Plan is as follows:

The total fair value of the options granted during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $324 thousand, which was determined by the Black-Scholes Pricing Model with the following assumptions: dividend yield of 0%, expected term of 4 years, volatility of 119.16% –133.67%, and risk-free rate of 0.82% –3.96%. Total compensation expense under the 2020 Plan options above was $4.5 million and $5.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, with unamortized expense remaining of $1.2 million as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, aggregate intrinsic value of vested service-based options outstanding was $1.2 million.

A summary of outstanding service-based options activity (prior to the establishment of our 2020 Plan above) is as follows:

The total fair value of the options granted during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $142 thousand, which was determined by the Black-Scholes Pricing Model with the following assumptions: dividend yield of 0%, expected term of 6.5 years, volatility of 187.76 –195.58%, and risk-free rate of 1.21 –2.26%. Total compensation expense under the above service-based option plan was $1.7 million and $2.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, with unamortized expense remaining of $290 thousand as of December 31, 2023. Of the total service-based options exercised during the year ended December 31, 2023,120,000 options were exercised on a cashless basis, which resulted in 74,372 shares issued. As of December 31, 2023, aggregate intrinsic value of vested service-based options outstanding was $5.2 million.

A summary of outstanding performance-based options activity is as follows:

Total compensation expense under the above performance-based option plan was $0 and $423 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, aggregate intrinsic value of vested performance options outstanding was $2.8 million.

RSUs and RSAs (under 2020 Plan)

A summary of outstanding RSUs and RSAs activity under our 2020 Plan is as follows:

The total fair value of the 3,625,750 RSUs and RSAs granted was $14.4 million which was determined using the fair value of the quoted market price on the date of grant. Total compensation expense under the above 2020 Plan RSUs and RSAs was $5.4 million and $2.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, with unamortized expense remaining of $5.5 million as of December 31, 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2023,674,625 RSUs and RSAs vested, of which 666,000 RSUs and RSAs were issued.

RSUs (outside of 2020 Plan)

A summary of outstanding RSUs and RSAs activity (outside of our 2020 Plan) is as follows:

The total fair value of the 725,000 granted RSUs and RSAs was $2.0 million which was determined using the fair value of the quoted market price on the date of grant. Total compensation expense for RSUs and RSAs outside of the 2020 Plan was $885 thousand and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, with unamortized expense remaining of $1.2 million as of December 31, 2023. During the year ended December 31, 2023,390,000 RSUs and RSAs vested, of which 312,500 RSUs and RSAs were issued.

Warrants

A summary of outstanding and exercisable warrant activity is as follows:

The total fair value of the warrants granted during the year ended December 31, 2023, was $895 thousand, which was determined by the Black-Scholes Pricing Model with the following assumptions: dividend yield of 0%, expected term of 4 years, volatility of 122.6% and risk-free rate of 3.73%. No stock-based compensation expense on the warrants granted during the year ended December 31, 2023 was recorded as the warrants are amortized through debt discount (see Note 7). As noted above, on November 15, 2023, Avenue exercised 96,773 of the Avenue Warrants on a cashless basis, resulting in 79,330 shares of the Company’s common stock issued.

Total compensation expense for warrants granted prior to the year ended December 31, 2023 was $18 thousand and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, withno unamortized expense remaining as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, aggregate intrinsic value of vested warrants outstanding was $18.4 million.

Stock-based Compensation

During the year ended December 31, 2023,1,010,000 RSUs and RSAs and 1,022,000 service-based stock options were cancelled and replaced with 2,388,750 RSAs for four executives and eight employees. Incremental compensation cost resulting from the modifications was immaterial to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The total stock-based compensation expense related to common stock issued for services, service-based stock options, performance-based stock options, warrants, RSUs and RSAs amounted to $12.5 million and $13.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Such amounts are included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations. Unamortized expense remaining related to service-based stock options, performance-based stock options, warrants, RSUs and RSAs was $8.2 million as of December 31, 2023, which is expected to be recognized through 2026.

NOTE 9 –LEASES

The Company leases office space domestically under operating leases. The Company’s headquarters are located in New York, New York for which the lease expires in 2025. We operate a marketing and sales center in Huntington Beach, California for which the lease expires in 2024, a patient care center in Greenville, South Carolina for which the lease expires in 2024 and a warehouse and fulfillment center in Columbia, Pennsylvania for which the lease expires in 2024. WorkSimpli leases two office spaces in Puerto Rico for which the leases expire in 2024.

The following is a summary of the Company’s operating right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023:

Total accumulated amortization of the Company’s operating right-of-use assets was $2.1 million as of December 31, 2023.

The table below reconciles the undiscounted future minimum lease payments under the above noted operating leases to the total operating lease liabilities recognized on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023:

Operating lease expenses were $861 thousand and $871 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and were included in other operating expenses in our consolidated statement of operations.

Other information related to operating lease liabilities consisted of the following:

We have elected to apply the short-term lease exception to the warehouse space we lease in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This lease has a term of 12 months and is not recognized on the balance sheet, but rather expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Straight-line lease payments are $3 thousand per month. Additionally, Conversion Labs PR utilizes office space in Puerto Rico, which is subleased from Fried LLC, on a month-to-month basis, incurring rental expense of approximately $3 thousand per month.

NOTE 10 -COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Royalty Agreements

During 2016, Conversion Labs PR entered into a sole and exclusive license, royalty and advisory agreement with Pilaris Laboratories, LLC (“Pilaris”) relating to Pilaris’ PilarisMax shampoo formulation and conditioner. The term of the agreement will be the life of the US Patent held by Pilaris, ten years. As consideration for granting Conversion Labs PR this license, Pilaris will receive on quarterly basis,10% of the net income collected by the licensed products based on the following formula: Net Income = total income – cost of goods sold – advertising and operating expenses directly related to the marketing of the licensed products. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, approximately $5 thousand and $138 thousand, respectively, was included in accrued expenses in regard to this agreement. The Company paid Pilaris approximately $138 thousand and $0 during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, in regard to this agreement.

During 2018, the Company entered into a license agreement (the “Alphabet Agreement”) with M.ALPHABET, LLC (“Alphabet”), pursuant to which Alphabet agreed to license its PURPUREX business which consists of methods and compositions developed by Alphabet for the treatment of purpura, bruising, post-procedural bruising, and traumatic bruising (the “Product Line”). Pursuant to the license granted under the Alphabet Agreement, Conversion Labs PR obtains an exclusive license to incorporate (i) any intellectual property rights related to the Product Line and (ii) all designs, drawings, formulas, chemical compositions and specifications used or useable in the Product Line into one or more products manufactured, sold, and/or distributed by Alphabet for the treatment of purpura, bruising, post-procedural bruising and traumatic bruising and for all other fields of use or purposes (the “Licensed Product(s)”), and to make, have made, advertise, promote, market, sell, import, export, use, offer to sell, and distribute the Licensed Product(s) throughout the world with the exception of China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia (the “License”). The Company shall pay Alphabet a royalty equal to 13% of Gross Receipts (as defined in the Agreement) realized from the sales of Licensed Products. No amounts were earned or owed as of December 31, 2023.

Upon execution of the Alphabet Agreement, Alphabet was granted a 10-year stock option to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.50. Further, if Licensed Products have gross receipts of $7.5 million in any calendar year, the Company will grant Alphabet an option to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.50; (ii) if Licensed Products have gross receipts of $10.0 million in any calendar year, the Company will grant Alphabet an additional option to purchase 20,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.50 and (iii) if Licensed Products have gross receipts of $20.0 million in any calendar year, the Company will grant Alphabet an option to purchase 40,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.75. The likelihood of meeting these performance goals for the licensed products are remote and, therefore, the Company has not recognized any compensation.

Purchase Commitments

Many of the Company’s vendors require product deposits when a purchase order is placed for goods or fulfillment services related to inventory requirements. The Company’s history of product deposits with its inventory vendors, creates an implicit purchase commitment equaling the total expected product acceptance cost in excess of the product deposit. As of December 31, 2023, the Company approximates its implicit purchase commitments to be approximately $63 thousand.

Legal Matters

In the normal course of business operations, the Company may become involved in various legal matters. As of December 31, 2023, other than as set forth below, the Company’s management does not believe that there are any potential legal matters that could have an adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position.

On December 10, 2021, a purported breach of contract, breach of duty of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, and fraud lawsuit, captionedHarborside Advisors LLC v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10593, was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company. The Harborside Complaint alleges, among other things, that the Company breached a Consulting Services Agreement dated as of June 5, 2019, and Harborside was entitled to 1 million shares (i.e.,200,000 shares post 5-for-1 reverse stock split) in the Company if the Conversion Labs Rx business achieved a topline revenue of $10 million and an additional 1 million shares (i.e.,200,000 shares post 5-for-1 reverse stock split) for each additional $5 million in topline revenue up to a maximum of 5 million shares (i.e.,1,000,000 shares post 5-for-1 reverse stock split). The Complaint further alleges that the Company fraudulently induced Harborside to give up its ownership interest in Conversion Labs Rx and that it was a breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing and fraudulent for the Company to have dissolved Conversion Labs Rx. Consequently, alleges Harborside, the Company was unjustly enriched, and Harborside is entitled to recover from the Company for quantum meruit. The Harborside Complaint implies between $5.0 million and $33.0 million in alleged damages related to failure to award the aforementioned stock but only specifically states that “Harborside has incurred damages in excess of $75 thousand, with the exact amount to be determined with specificity at trial” for each of the 5 counts. On February 11, 2022, the Company filed a Motion to Dismiss the Harborside Complaint, which Harborside opposed. The Company replied on April 4, 2022 and was awaiting a decision from the Court on whether the case will be fully or partially dismissed. In the meantime, the parties agreed to mediate both cases (Harborside Advisors LLC v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10593, andSpecialty Medical Drugstore, LLC D/B/A GoGoMeds v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10599, noted below) together. On September 22, 2022, as a result of mediation, the parties reached a settlement to resolve the matters in these cases. The Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 100,000 additional shares of common stock on July 10, 2023 related to this settlement. The costs of this settlement are reflected in the Company’s financial results.

On December 10, 2021, a purported breach of contract, unjust enrichment, quantum meruit, and account stated lawsuit, captionedSpecialty Medical Drugstore, LLC D/B/A GoGoMeds v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10599, was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the Company. The GoGoMeds Complaint alleges, among other things, that Conversion Labs Rx breached a Strategic Partnership Agreement (dated May 27, 2019) (the “SPA”) by the Company not paying two invoices (#3269 and 3270) totaling $274 thousand, and, therefore, “LifeMD has been unjustly enriched in an amount in excess of $274 thousand, with the exact amount to be determined with specificity at trial.” Further, GoGoMeds alleges that “to the extent that the SPA is inapplicable, GoGoMeds is entitled to recover from LifeMD from quantum meruit” because “GoGoMeds conferred a benefit on LifeMD by fulfilling over 17,000 prescriptions and over the counter drug orders for LifeMD’s clients.” On February 11, 2022, the Company filed its Answer and Counterclaim to the GoGoMeds Complaint, pleading the affirmative defenses that the claims are barred, in whole or in part: (i) because they fail to state claims upon which relief can be granted; (ii) by breach of contract by plaintiff; (iii) by offset, recoupment, and/or unjust enrichment to plaintiff; (iv) by accord and satisfaction; (v) for failure of condition precedent; (vi) because adequate remedies at law exist; (vii) by failure to mitigate; (viii) by the doctrine of unclean hands; and (ix) by consent ratification, waiver, excuse, and/or estoppel, (x) as well as that attorney fees and costs, as well as special, indirect, incidental, and/or consequential damages are not recoverable. Further, the Company counterclaimed against GoGoMeds for: (a) breach of contract for failing to: (i) provide adequate customer service and related pharmacy services; (ii) charge LifeMD actual costs for prescription and over the counter drugs (including shipping), as was contractually required; and (iii) provide regular reports and allow audits for review to establish adequate service and accurate costs; (b) trade secret misappropriation of the LifeMD Information, Data, and Materials, as defined therein; (c) unjust enrichment of GoGoMeds through its retention of such LifeMD Information, Data, and Materials, and for the benefit of the creation of the GoGoCare telehealth company; (d) conversion by GoGoMeds by exercising unauthorized dominion and control over the LifeMD Information, Data, and Materials; (e) detinue; and (f) an accounting. GoGoMeds’ responded to the counterclaims on March 4, 2022 and the parties had commenced fact discovery. In the meantime, the parties agreed to mediate both cases (Harborside Advisors LLC v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10593, andSpecialty Medical Drugstore, LLC D/B/A GoGoMeds v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10599) together. The court granted a 60-day stay in theSpecialty Medical Drugstore, LLC D/B/A GoGoMeds v. LifeMD, Inc.,Case No. 21-cv-10599, and the parties were amenable in theHarborside Advisors LLC v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 21-cv-10593, to the court foregoing any decision on our motion to dismiss until after mediation. On September 22, 2022, as a result of mediation, the parties reached a settlement to resolve the matters in these cases. As noted above, the Company issued 400,000 shares of common stock during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 100,000 additional shares of common stock on July 10, 2023 related to this settlement. The shares issued were valued based on the closing price of the Company’s stock, or $5.32, on the date of settlement, July 10, 2023. The costs of this settlement are reflected in the Company’s financial results.

On February 28, 2022, a purported breach of contract lawsuit (with six counts of alleged breach, and indemnity reliance concerning reasonable costs and expenses), captionedWilliam Blair LLC v. LifeMD, Inc., Case No. 2022L001978, was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois County Department, Law Division against the Company (the “Blair Complaint”). The Blair Complaint alleges, among other things, that LifeMD breached an engagement letter agreement entered into on January 7, 2021 with Blair that concerned potential debt financing. In particular, Blair alleges that the Company breached its obligations by,inter alia: (i) failing to advise Blair of, and ultimately completing, a debt financing transaction with a different investment banking firm on or about June 3, 2021; (ii) reproducing several pages from a Confidential Information Brochure used in the Company’s debt financing transaction with a different investment banking firm; (iii) failing to provide Blair with a right of first refusal to be its joint active bookrunning manager for a common stock sales agreement that it executed on or about June 3, 2021, through a different investment banking firm; (iv) failing to provide Blair with a right of first refusal to be its joint active bookrunning manager for a common stock sales agreement that it executed on or about September 28, 2021, through a different investment banking firm (despite the Company having formally terminated the engagement letter with Blair on or about July 16, 2021); (v) failing to provide Blair with a right of first refusal to be its joint active bookrunning manager for a preferred stock offering that it executed on or about September 28, 2021, through two different investment banking firms as bookrunning co-managers (despite the Company having formally terminated the engagement letter with Blair on or about July 16, 2021); and (vi) purchasing a convertible note from a pharmaceutical investor in connection with its acquisition of all outstanding shares of allergy telehealth platform, Cleared. The Blair Complaint seeks damages adequate to compensate Blair for the aforementioned alleged breaches (i.e., which implicitly meets or exceeds the purported $1.0 million minimum fee in the engagement letter), as well as reasonable costs and expenses incurred in this action. On May 22, 2022, the Company filed its answer, affirmative defenses, and counterclaim, denying the alleged breaches of its obligations under the engagement letter agreement. Further, the Company asserted the following affirmative defenses: (1) failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted; (2) laches; (3) breach of the engagement letter agreement; (4) unclean hands; (5) failure to mitigate; (6) the doctrines of waiver, accord, and satisfaction, and res judicata; (7) estoppel; and (8) repudiation/anticipatory breach. The Company also counterclaimed for a declaratory judgment that: (i) Plaintiff breached, repudiated and/or anticipatorily breached the engagement letter agreement; (ii) as a result, the Company was not bound by the terms of the engagement letter agreement from that time forward; (iii) Plaintiff is not owed any amounts under the engagement letter agreement; and (iv) and an award to the Company of any further relief that the Court deems just and proper.

The Court conducted virtual case management conferences on June 30, 2022 and August 3, 2022, and fact discovery (i.e., written discovery requests and responses) commenced thereafter. On August 29, 2022, the plaintiff subpoenaed B. Riley Financial, Inc. for documents. The Court subsequently held several case management and status conferences, beginning in October 2022 and continuing through March 2023. On April 5, 2023, the court granted the plaintiff’s motion to compel certain discovery and ordered the Company to conduct certain additional searches for documents and to produce responsive documents by April 26, 2023, which the Company did in compliance with the order. A further case management conference was held on May 17, 2023. In June 2023, the parties attended a mediation resulting in a settlement that fully resolved the matters in this case. The costs of this settlement are reflected in the Company’s financial results.

On September 5, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued a notice of deficiency to the Company in which the IRS asserted an income tax deficiency of approximately $1.9 million for the Company’s tax year ending December 31, 2019. The Company timely filed a petition in the United States Tax Court disputing all of the proposed tax deficiency. The case remains in its earliest stages. The Company should be served with the IRS’s answer to the Company’s petition in the near future. The Company filed an amended return well before the notice of deficiency was issued that the Company believes will resolve all or substantially all of the issues in the case. The Company intends to vigorously defend this case.

NOTE 11 –RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Working Capital Loan

In January and February 2023, the Company received proceeds of $2 million under a $2.5 million loan facility with CRG Financial, maturing on December 15, 2023. The loan facility includes interest of 12%. The Company repaid the $2 million outstanding loan balance on March 21, 2023 with the proceeds received from the Avenue Facility and recorded a $325 thousand loss on debt extinguishment related to the repayment of the CRG Financial loan (see Note 6). As of both December 31, 2023 and 2022, the outstanding balance was $0 related to the CRG Financial loan. Mr. Bhatia, a member of the Board of the Company, also serves on the Board of Directors of CRG Financial.

WorkSimpli Software

During the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company utilized CloudBoson Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (“CloudBoson”), formerly LegalSubmit Pvt. Ltd., a company owned by WorkSimpli’s Chief Software Engineer, to provide software development services. The Company paid CloudBoson a total of $2.5 million and $1.5 million during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, for these services. The Company owed CloudBoson $226 thousand as of December 31, 2023. There wereno amounts owed to CloudBoson as of December 31, 2022.

Director Consulting Agreements

On May 30, 2023, Will Febbo, a member of the Board of the Company, entered into a consulting services agreement with the Company, pursuant to which he provides certain investor relations and strategic business development services, in consideration for 375,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, which will vest in quarterly installments from August 30, 2023 through November 30, 2024. The Company issued 62,500 restricted shares of common stock related to this agreement during the year ended December 31, 2023.

On June 14, 2023, Robert Jindal, a member of the Board of the Company, entered into a consulting services agreement with the Company, pursuant to which Mr. Jindal provides certain investor relations and strategic business development services, in consideration for 225,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, which will vest in six-month installments from June 14, 2023 through December 31, 2024. The Company issued 112,500 restricted shares of common stock related to this agreement during the year ended December 31, 2023.

On June 14, 2023, Naveen Bhatia, a member of the Board of the Company, entered into a consulting services agreement with the Company, pursuant to which Mr. Bhatia provides certain investor relations and strategic business development services, in consideration for 225,000 restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, which will vest in six-month installments from June 14, 2023 through December 31, 2024. The Company issued 112,500 restricted shares of common stock related to this agreement during the year ended December 31, 2023.

NOTE 12 –INCOME TAXES

As of December 31, 2023, the Company has approximately $100.8 million of operating loss carryforwards for federal income tax reporting purposes that may be applied against future taxable income. All remaining net operating loss carryforwards were generated after 2017 and can be carried forward indefinitely. The net operating loss carryforwards could be subject to limitation in any given year in the event of a change in ownership as defined by Internal Revenue Code Section 382.

The valuation allowance overall increased by approximately $5.4 million and $11.8 million during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The Company has fully reserved the deferred tax asset resulting from available net operating loss carryforwards.

The income tax provision charged to continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 was as follows:

The provision for income taxes differs from the expected amount of income tax expense (benefit) determined by applying a combined U.S. federal and state (Puerto Rico) income tax rate of 25% to pretax income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 as follows:

Net deferred tax liabilities consist of the following components as of December 31, 2023 and 2022:

NOTE 13 –SEGMENT DATA

Our portfolio of brands are included withintwo operating segments: Telehealth and WorkSimpli. We believe our current segments and brands within our segments complement one another and position us well for future growth. Relevant segment data for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 is as follows:

NOTE 14 –SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date these consolidated financial statements were issued and has identified the following:

Stock Issued for Service

In January 2024, the Company issued 737,125 shares of common stock related to vested RSUs and RSAs with a total fair value of $3.3 million.

Stock Issued for Noncontingent Consideration Payment

On January 16, 2024, the Company issued 95,821 shares of common stock related to the fifth of five quarterly installment payments due to the sellers of Cleared under the Cleared First Amendment.