1. BUSINESS DESCRIPTION

Business Description.

Precipio, Inc., and its subsidiaries, (collectively, “we”, “us”, “our”, the “Company” or “Precipio”) is a cancer diagnostics and reagent technology company providing diagnostic products, reagents and services to the oncology market. We have built and continue to develop a platform designed to eradicate the problem of misdiagnosis by harnessing the intellect, expertise and technologies developed in collaboration with academic institutions, and delivering quality diagnostic information to physicians and their patients worldwide.

We operate a cancer diagnostic laboratory located in New Haven, Connecticut and have partnered with various academic institutions to capture the expertise, experience and technologies developed within academia to provide a better standard of cancer diagnostics and aim to solve the growing problem of cancer misdiagnosis.

In support of our platform, we also operate a research and development facility in Omaha, Nebraska which focuses on the development of various technologies, among them our internally developed proprietary products IV-Cell and HemeScreen. To expand and accelerate our product offering capabilities to commercial laboratories, the Omaha facility was recently CLIA and CAP certified. Functioning side-by-side as a CLIA operating laboratory, the Omaha facility is designed to expand our proficiencies and know-how in transitioning R&D lab generated technology into a commercial laboratory environment.

Capitalizing on this strategy, during the end of the third quarter 2020, we transitioned our HemeScreen technology from the R&D facility to the commercial laboratory setting launching the HemeScreen Reagent Rental (HSRR) program. HSRR offers oncology practices and hospitals diagnostic reagent sets of the patent-pending HemeScreen technology at significantly lower costs, while reducing the test reporting time from seven (7) to ten (10) days down to one (1) day and improving patient care. HemeScreen tests various molecular markers required for the diagnosis of certain hematologic malignancies, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN). The HSRR program provides a turn-key test offering together with an option to lease-to-own diagnostic testing equipment from the Company. In most practice settings, such hematologic cancer tests are referenced out as both the cost of equipment and the cost of the diagnostic reagents are prohibitive. By utilizing our HSRR program, the customer can generate in-house testing revenues through reagent purchase contracts and economical lease-to-own rates instead of sending out the same tests to large commercial reference laboratories. The HSRR customer also benefits from obtaining faster results, thus ultimately providing better patient care. During the first quarter of 2021, the Company began to recognize recurring revenues from its first few HSRR accounts.

During the fourth quarter of 2020 the Company announced it entered into an agreement with a South Korean company to market and distribute an FDA-authorized COVID-19 serology antibody test that has recently received EUA (Emergency Use Authorization). Distribution of the product will take place in the U.S. as well as in other markets worldwide. The EUA allows the Company to distribute to all Point of Care facilities and any healthcare provider that has a National Provider Identifier (“NPI”) number.

The Company also holds an exclusive license to patented ICE-COLD-PCR (“ICP”) technology from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., or Dana-Farber, at Harvard University. We believe that such technology will provide additional services and products directed at improving diagnostic outcomes and providing physicians with options for targeted therapies.

Joint Venture.

In April 2020, the Company formed a joint venture with Poplar Healthcare PLLC (“Poplar”), which we refer to as the “Joint Venture”. The Joint Venture was formed by the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Precipio Oncometrix LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“POC”), which was entered into as of April 11, 2020 (the “Effective Date”), by and among POC, Poplar, and Precipio SPV Inc. (“Precipio SPV”), a newly formed subsidiary of the Company, together with such other persons who from time to time become party to the Limited Liability Company Agreement by executing a counterpart signature page in accordance with the terms hereof. POC was formed as a limited liability company on April 2, 2020 in accordance with the statutes and laws of the State of Delaware relating to limited liability companies. Precipio SPV was incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 10, 2020 for the sole purpose of being a party to the Joint Venture.

Under the terms of the Joint Venture, Precipio SPV has a 49% ownership interest in the Joint Venture, with Poplar having a 51 % ownership. Pursuant to the Limited Liability Company Agreement, Poplar, at any time, has the right to require Precipio SPV to purchase all, but not less than all, of Poplar’s shares in the Joint Venture (the “Poplar Put Right”). The purchase price for Poplar’s shares shall be $1.00 per share, or fifty-one dollars, and Precipio SPV would, therefore, become the sole 100% owner of the Joint Venture at the time the Poplar Put Right became effective. The Company has determined that it holds a variable interest in the Joint Venture and is the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity (“VIE”). See Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for further discussion regarding consolidation of variable interest entities.

The business purpose of the Joint Venture is to facilitate and capitalize on the combined capabilities, resources and healthcare industry relationships of its members by partnering, promoting and providing oncology services to office based physicians, hospitals and medical centers. Operational services of the Joint Venture are performed entirely by its members and employees of its members. Precipio SPV’s responsibilities include product and account management services, selling & marketing, laboratory diagnostic services and general & administrative services. Precipio SPV is entitled to a management fee for the services it provides. This management fee is established through service agreements which were executed in conjunction with the formation of the Joint Venture. Poplar receives a similar fee for the billing services that it provides.

Going Concern.

The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared using accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) applicable for a going concern, which assume that the Company will realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The Company has incurred substantial operating losses and has used cash in its operating activities for the past several years. As of March 31, 2021, the Company had a net loss of $1.5 million, negative working capital of $0.3 million and net cash used in operating activities of $1.3 million. The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern over the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q is dependent upon a combination of achieving its business plan, including generating additional revenue and avoiding potential business disruption due to the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, and raising additional financing to meet its debt obligations and paying liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due.

To meet its current and future obligations the Company has taken the following steps to capitalize the business and successfully achieve its business plan:

On March 26, 2020, the Company entered into a second agreement (the “LP 2020 Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund LLC (“Lincoln Park”), pursuant to which Lincoln Park has agreed to purchase from the Company up to an aggregate of $10.0 million of common stock of the Company (subject to certain limitations) from time to time over the term of the LP 2020 Purchase Agreement. The extent we rely on Lincoln Park as a source of funding will depend on a number of factors including, the prevailing market price of our common stock and the extent to which we are able to secure working capital from other sources. As of the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued, we have already received approximately $8.8 million from the LP 2020 Purchase Agreement from the sale of 4,980,000 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park from April 1, 2020 through the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued, leaving the Company an additional $1.2 million to draw subsequent to the filing of this Quarterly Report. See Note 8 Stockholders’ Equity for further discussion on Lincoln Park agreements;

During 2020, the Company received $0.8 million in funds from the PPP Loan and on February 11, 2021, the Company filed its application for loan forgiveness which was granted effective March 24, 2021. See Note 3 Long-Term Debt.; and

On April 2, 2021, the Company entered into a sales agreement with A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners (“A.G.P.”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) (the “Shares”), having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $22.0 million, to or through A.G.P., as sales agent (the “Sales Agreement”), from time to time, in an “at the market offering” (as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Shares (the “ATM Offering”). The Company is limited in the number of shares it can sell in the ATM Offering due to the offering limitations currently applicable to the Company under General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 and the Company’s public float as of the applicable date of such sales, as well as the number of authorized and unissued shares available for issuance, in accordance with the terms of the Sales Agreement. The offer and sales of our shares of Common Stock to or through A.G.P., will be made pursuant to the registration statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-237445), which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 13, 2020, for an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million. From April 2, 2021 through the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued, we have already received approximately $15.4 million in gross proceeds through the Sales Agreement from the sale of 4,501,000 shares of common stock, leaving the Company an additional $6.6 million available for future sales pursuant to the Sales Agreement.

Notwithstanding the aforementioned circumstances, there remains substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were issued. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully achieve its initiatives summarized above in order to continue as a going concern over the next twelve months from the date of issuance of this Quarterly Report Form 10‑Q. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern and do not include any adjustments that might result should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern as a result of the outcome of this uncertainty.