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| Item 4.02 | Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review. |
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On April 14, 2023, after discussions with its independent registered public accounting firm, RSM US LLP, Biocept, Inc. (the “Company”) determined that the Company’s unaudited interim condensed financial statements for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 (the “March 31, 2022 Financial Statements”), June 30, 2022 (the “June 30, 2022 Financial Statements”) and September 30, 2022 (the “September 30, 2022 Financial Statements” and together with the March 31, 2022 Financial Statements and June 30, 2022 Financial Statements, the “Relevant Financial Statements”) as included in the previously filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for such quarters, should no longer be relied upon.
While preparing the financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company discovered that there was an error in the inputs used within the black-scholes calculation for options granted in April 2019. Further, the Company discovered there was an error associated with the acceleration of stock-based compensation recorded in the March 31, 2022 Financial Statements. The Company determined that its review control over the completeness and accuracy of information used when calculating stock-based compensation expense did not operate effectively, resulting in a material error in the March 31, 2022 Financial Statements.
In addition, the Company discovered that it failed to consider, through its revenue recognition and account reconciliation process, and reflect in the June 30, 2022 Financial Statements and the September 30, 2022 Financial Statements, changes in payor class and implicit price concessions. The Company determined that its review control over the completeness and accuracy of data used in estimating net revenues and accounts receivable, as well as its control over the reconciliation process, did not operate effectively, resulting in a material error in the June 30, 2022 Financial Statements and the September 30, 2022 Financial Statements.
The Company plans to include restated financial statements in an amendment to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2022 that will correct the above-referenced errors in the Relevant Financial Statements, which the Company is working to complete as soon as possible. The Company currently expects to amend the aforementioned Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on April 17, 2023.
The Company’s management and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have discussed the matters disclosed in this Current Report on Form 8-K with RSM US LLP.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BIOCEPT, INC. | ||||
| Dated: April 17, 2023 | By: | /s/ Samuel D. Riccitelli | ||
| Name: | Samuel D. Riccitelli | |||
| Title: | Interim President and Chief Executive Officer | |||