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In this report, unless otherwise stated or as the context otherwise requires, references to “Semler Scientific,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar references refer to Semler Scientific, Inc. The Semler Scientific logo, QuantaFlo and other trademarks or service marks of Semler Scientific, Inc. appearing in this report are the property of Semler Scientific, Inc. This report also contains registered marks, trademarks and trade names of other companies. All other trademarks, registered marks and trade names appearing in this report are the property of their respective holders.
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include those that express plans, anticipation, intent, contingency, goals, targets or future development and/or otherwise are not statements of historical fact. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology, such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “should,” “continue,” “could” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. Any forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed throughout this report. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and projections about future events and they are subject to risks and uncertainties known and unknown that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements, including risks associated with:
● | implementation of our business strategy and the fact that we actively market only two FDA-cleared products and may not benefit from our recent investments in other companies developing complementary products or the extension of QuantaFlo to test for other cardiovascular diseases; |
● | the failure of physicians and other customers to widely adopt our products, or to determine that our product provides a safe and effective alternative to existing ankle brachial index, or ABI, devices; |
● | the fact that our testing product is generally but not specifically approved for reimbursement under any third-party payor codes; |
● | our reliance on the talents of a small number of key personnel, and a small direct sales force; |
● | not requiring customers to enter into long-term licenses; |
● | concentration of our revenues and accounts receivable with a limited number of customers; |
● | our reliance on a small number of independent suppliers and facilities for the manufacturing of our product; |
● | our business being subject to many laws and government regulations, including governing the manufacture and sale of medical devices, patient data, and others; |
● | our ability to protect our intellectual property; |
● | impacts of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and macroeconomic factors that could impact our business, such as the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the global economy and supply chain and inflation; and |
● | the other factors set forth under the caption “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 4, 2022. |
Because the risks and uncertainties referred to above and in our SEC reports could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
You should read this quarterly report and the documents that we reference herein and therein and have filed as exhibits to this report and our other filings with the SEC. You should assume that the information appearing in this quarterly report is accurate as of the date of this quarterly report only. Further, any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of the information presented in this quarterly report, and particularly our forward-looking statements, by these cautionary statements.
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
Semler Scientific, Inc.
Condensed Statements of Income
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Condensed Balance Sheets
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Condensed Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Unaudited
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
1. Basis of Presentation
Semler Scientific, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Semler” or “the Company”), prepared the unaudited interim financial statements included in this report in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. As such, the information included in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 4, 2022 (the “Annual Report”). In the opinion of management, these financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The results of operations for the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future period, including the full year.
COVID-19
In 2021, variable fee license revenues (fee-per-test), which grew strongly in the first half of 2021, decreased subsequently in the second half of 2021. The Company believes this new pattern in the home-testing market is due to a change in the behavior of insurance plans when ordering QuantaFlo testing from its health risk assessment customers.
The extent and duration of the pandemic is still unknown due to new variants spreading, and the future effects of the new variants on the Company’s business are uncertain and difficult to predict. The Company is continuing to monitor the events and circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, which may require adjustments to the Company’s estimates and assumptions in the future.
As the Company looks forward into the remaining three months of 2022 and first half of 2023, there is continued uncertainty as recent outbreaks of new variants have occurred and vaccination rates lag in certain jurisdictions. New, additional or different restrictions could be imposed, which could impact the usage of its product by its customers, or further impact the timing of demand for its products. Other customers who have fixed-fee licenses could decide to cancel their licenses if they are not able to use the Company’s device as frequently as they had anticipated in light of such restrictions.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted
In May 2021, the financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2021-04, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt—Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options. This update provides guidance for a modification or an exchange of a freestanding equity-classified written call option that is not within the scope of another Topic. This update is effective for the Company’s fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company adopted this ASU prospectively effective January 1, 2022 and determined that the adoption of this new accounting standard did not have a material impact on its financial statements.
In July 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-05, Leases (Topic 842): Lessors—Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments. This update addresses stakeholders’ concerns by amending the lease classification requirements for lessors to align them with practice under Topic 840. Lessors should classify and account for a lease with variable lease payments that do not depend on a reference index or a rate as an operating lease if both of the following criteria are met: i) The lease would have been classified as a sales-type lease or a direct financing lease in accordance with the classification criteria in paragraphs 842-10-25-2 through 25-3, ii) the lessor would have otherwise recognized a day-one loss. This update is effective for the Company’s fiscal years beginning after
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Unaudited
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
December 15, 2021. The Company adopted this ASU prospectively to the leases that commence or modified on or after January 1, 2022 and determined that the adoption of this new accounting standard did not have a material impact on its financial statements.
In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-10, Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance. This ASU increases the transparency of government assistance to include the disclosure of (1) the types of assistance, (2) an entity's accounting for the assistance, and (3) the effect of the assistance on an entity's financial statements. The guidance in ASU 2021-10 is effective for financial statements of all entities, including private companies, for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021, with early application permitted. Entities are required to provide the new disclosures prospectively for all transactions with a government entity that are accounted for under either a grant or a contribution accounting model and are reflected in the financial statements at the date of initially applying the new amendments, and to new transactions entered into after that date. The Company adopted ASU No. 2021-10 prospectively to the government assistance received after January 1, 2022 and determined that the adoption of this new accounting standard did not have a material impact on its financial statements.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“Topic 326”). This ASU requires timelier recording of credit losses on loans and other financial instruments held. Instead of reserves based on a current probability analysis, Topic 326 requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. All organizations will now use forward-looking information to better inform their credit loss estimates. Topic 326 requires enhanced disclosures regarding significant estimates and judgments used in estimating credit losses, as well as the credit quality and underwriting standards of an organization’s portfolio. These disclosures include qualitative and quantitative requirements that provide information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. In addition, Topic 326 amends the accounting for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities and purchased financial assets with credit deterioration. In April 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-04, Codification Improvements to Topic 326 Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments, to introduce amendments which will affect the recognition and measurement of financial instruments, including derivatives and hedging. In May 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-05, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326); Targeted Transition Relief. The amendments in this ASU provide entities that have certain instruments within the scope of Subtopic 326-20 with an option to irrevocably elect the fair value option in Subtopic 825-10, applied on an instrument-by-instrument basis for eligible instruments upon adoption of Topic 326. This standard and related amendments are effective for the Company’s fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will adopt the new standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. While the Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance its effect will largely depend on the composition and credit quality of the Company's portfolio of financial assets and the economic conditions at the time of adoption.
In March 2020, FASB issued ASU No. 2020-03, Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments. This ASU improves and clarifies various financial instruments topics, including the current expected credit losses standard issued in 2016 (ASU No. 2016-13). The ASU includes seven different issues that describe the areas of improvement and the related amendments to GAAP, intended to make the standards easier to understand and apply by eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarifications. The amendments have different effective dates. The issues 1-5 are conforming amendments, which are effective upon issuance of this final update. The Company determined that issues 1-5 have no impact on its financials. The amendments related to issue 6 and 7 effect ASU No. 2016-13, Financial instruments – credit losses (Topic 326): measurement of credit losses on financial statements. Effective dates of issue 6 and 7 are the same as the effective date of ASU No. 2016-13. The Company will adopt the new standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance, but does not expect adoption will 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 ASU improves the accounting for acquired revenue contracts with customers in a business combination by addressing diversity in practice and inconsistency related to recognition of an acquired
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
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(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
contract liability and payment terms and their effect on subsequent revenue recognized by the acquirer. For public business entities, this guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. For all other entities, this guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. This ASU should be applied prospectively to all business combinations in the year of adoption. The Company will adopt the new standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on its financial statements.
In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU No.2022-02, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures, which eliminates the troubled debt restructuring accounting model in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 310-40 for creditors that have adopted the guidance on measurement of credit losses in ASU 2016-13. Additionally, the ASU requires the public business entities to disclose current period gross writeoffs by year of origination for financing receivables and net investments in leases as part of their vintage disclosures under ASC 326. For entities that have adopted the amendments in ASU 2026-13, the amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. For entities that have not yet adopted the amendments in ASU 2016-13, the effective dates are the same as effective dates in ASU 2016-13. The Company will adopt this ASU along with ASU 2016-13 in the first quarter of 2023. The Company does not expect the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on its financial statements.
2.Variably-Priced Revenue
The Company recognizes variable-fee licenses (i.e., fee per test) and sales of hardware equipment and accessories in accordance with ASC 606. Total fees from variable-fee licenses represent approximately $
3. Inventory
Inventory, which is made up of finished goods, is recorded at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out method. The Company periodically analyzes its inventory levels to identify inventory that has a cost basis in excess of its estimated realizable value, and writes down such inventory as appropriate. Inventory balance was $
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
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(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
4. Assets for Lease, net
The Company enters into contracts with customers for the Company’s QuantaFlo product. The Company has determined these contracts meet the definition of a lease under Topic 842. Operating leases are short-term in nature (monthly, quarterly or one year), and all of which have renewal options. The assets that may be associated with these leasing arrangements are identified below as assets for lease. Upon shipment under operating leases, assets for lease are depreciated. During the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized approximately $
Upon shipment under variable-fee license contracts, these assets for lease are sold to the customers, and the asset is recognized as cost of revenue under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
Assets for lease consist of the following:
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5. Property and Equipment, net
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
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(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
6.Long-Term Investments
Long term investments consist of the following for the periods presented:
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In September 2020, the Company acquired a promissory note from NeuroDiagnostics Inc., which is doing business as Synaps Dx (“Synaps”), in the principal amount of $
In October 2020, the Company acquired from a seller a convertible promissory note previously issued by Mellitus Health Inc., (“Mellitus”) to such seller for a purchase price of $
Subsequently, in October 2020, the Company purchased $
The investments in Synaps and Mellitus securities that were retained by the Company as of September 30, 2022 were recorded in accordance with ASC 321, Investments – equity securities, which provides that investments in equity securities in privately-held companies without readily determinable fair values are generally recorded at cost, plus or minus subsequent observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments, less impairments. The Company elected the practical expedient permitted by ASC 321 and recorded the above investments on a cost basis. As a part of the assessment for impairment indicators, the Company considers significant deterioration in the earnings performance and overall business prospects of the investee as well as significant adverse changes in the external environment these investments operate. If qualitative assessment indicates the investments are impaired, the fair value of these equity securities would be estimated, which would involve a significant degree of judgement and subjectivity. In accordance with ASC 321, the Company assessed qualitatively for impairment and determined that there was
7. Notes Receivable
Notes receivable consist of the following for the periods presented:
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Senior secured promissory notes | $ | | $ | — | ||
Secured convertible promissory note |
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Total notes receivable | $ | | $ | — |
In June 2022, the Company loaned Mellitus an aggregate of $
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Unaudited
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
In May 2022, to facilitate the subordination of such notes in connection with the purchase of the senior secured notes, the Company acquired $
The Company accrued interest income of $
8. Other Non-current assets
Other non-current assets consist of the following for the periods presented:
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In April 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with Mellitus to exclusively market and distribute its product line in the United States, including Puerto Rico, except for selected accounts. The Company is currently developing a marketing plan. Under this distribution agreement, the Company agreed to purchase $
Other includes right-of-use asset (“ROU”) of $
9. Accrued Expenses
Accrued expenses consist of the following:
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10. Concentration of Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk of loss from amounts owed by the financial counterparties. Credit risk can occur at multiple levels; as a result of broad economic conditions, challenges within specific sectors of the economy, or from issues affecting individual companies. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to credit risk consist of cash and accounts receivable.
The Company maintains cash with major financial institutions. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents consist of bank deposits and money market funds held with banks that, at times, exceed federally insured limits. The cash and cash equivalents also include short term treasury bills with original maturities of three months or less. The Company invested in treasury bills in the amount of $
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Unaudited
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
dealing with counterparties that are considered to be of high credit quality and by performing periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of these financial institutions.
Management periodically monitors the creditworthiness of its customers and believes that it has adequately provided for any exposure to potential credit loss. For the three months ended September 30, 2022,
As of September 30, 2022,
11. Leases
On July 31, 2020, the Company entered into a lease agreement for office space to use, as necessary, for office administration, lab space and assembly and storage purposes, located in Santa Clara, California. The Company took possession of the leased office space in September 2020, and the lease is effective through September 30, 2025.
As of September 30, 2022, the remaining lease term is with
The following table summarizes the future minimum rental payments required under operating leases that had initial or remaining non-cancelable lease terms greater than one year as of September 30, 2022:
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As of September 30, 2022, the Company’s was $
Lease Arrangements
The Company enters into contracts with customers for the Company’s QuantaFlo product. The Company has determined these contracts meet the definition of a lease under Topic 842. The lease portfolio primarily consists of operating leases that are short-term in nature (monthly, quarterly or one year, all of which have renewal options). The Company allocates the consideration in a bundled
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Unaudited
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
contract with its customers based on relative standalone selling prices of the lease and non-lease components. The Company made an accounting policy election to apply the practical expedient to not separate lease and eligible non-lease components. The lease component is the predominant component and consists of fees charged for use of the equipment over the period of the arrangement. The nature of the eligible non-lease component is primarily software support. The assets associated with these leasing arrangements are separately identified in the Balance Sheet as Assets for Lease and separately disclosed in Note 4 to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements.
12. Commitments and Contingencies
Facilities Leases
On July 31, 2020, the Company entered into a
lease agreement for office space to use, as necessary, for office administration, lab space and assembly and storage purposes, located in Santa Clara, California. The Company took possession of the leased office space in September 2020, and the lease is effective through September 30, 2025. See Note 11 to the Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements for the details.Indemnification Obligations
The Company enters into agreements with customers, partners, lenders, consultants, lessors, contractors, sales representatives and parties to certain transactions in the ordinary course of the Company’s business. These agreements may require the Company to indemnify the other party against third party claims alleging that its product infringes a patent or copyright. Certain of these agreements require the Company to indemnify the other party against losses arising from: a breach of representations or covenants, claims relating to property damage, personal injury or acts or omissions of the Company, its employees, agents or representatives. The Company has also agreed to indemnify the directors and certain of the officers and employees in accordance with the by-laws of the Company. These indemnification provisions will vary based upon the nature and terms of the agreements. In many cases, these indemnification provisions do not contain limits on the Company’s liability, and the occurrence of contingent events that will trigger payment under these indemnities is difficult to predict. As a result, the Company cannot estimate its potential liability under these indemnities. The Company believes that the likelihood of conditions arising that would trigger these indemnities is remote and, historically, the Company has not made any significant payment under such indemnification provisions. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any liabilities relating to these agreements. In certain cases, the Company has recourse against third parties with respect to the aforesaid indemnities, and the Company believes it maintains adequate levels of insurance coverage to protect the Company with respect to potential claims arising from such agreements.
401(K) Plan
Effective January 1, 2022, the Company started to match
Other
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) provides for an employee retention payroll tax credit for certain employers, which is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the qualified wages an eligible employer pays to employees after March 12, 2020 and before December 31, 2021. For each employee, wages (including health plan costs) up to $10,000 can be counted to determine the amount of the 50% credit. The Company started claiming this credit on its July 2020 payroll until mid-April 2021 when it determined that it no longer qualified given the change in government restrictions on travel that had impacted its sales activities. The Company’s determination that it qualified to claim the employee retention payroll tax credit is subjective and subject to audit by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). If the IRS were to disagree with the Company’s tax position, it could be required to pay the retention credit claimed, along with penalties. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has claimed $
Litigation
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Unaudited
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
From time to time in the normal course of business, the Company is subject to various legal matters such as threatened or pending claims or litigation. Although the results of claims and litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does not believe it is a party to any claim or litigation the outcome of which, if determined adversely to it, would individually or in the aggregate be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on its results of operations or financial condition.
13. Stock Incentive Plan
The Company’s stock-based compensation program is designed to attract and retain employees while also aligning employees’ interests with the interests of its stockholders. Stock options have been granted to employees under the stockholder-approved 2007 Key Person Stock Option Plan (“2007 Plan”) and stock options and restricted stock have been granted to employees under the stockholder-approved 2014 Stock Incentive Plan (“2014 Plan”). Stockholder approval of the 2014 Plan became effective in September 2014. The 2014 Plan originally provided that the aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the 2014 Plan may not exceed
In light of stockholder approval of the 2014 Plan, the Company no longer grants equity awards under the 2007 Plan. As of September 30, 2022, there were
Treasury Stock Acquired
On March 14, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program under which it may repurchase up to $
Stock Awards
The Company granted fully vested stock awards of
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Unaudited
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
Stock Options
Aggregate intrinsic value represents the difference between the closing market value as of September 30, 2022 of the underlying common stock and the exercise price of outstanding, in-the-money options. A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows:
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On May 17, 2022 the Company awarded
The Company has recorded an expense of $
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14. Income Taxes
The Company’s income tax provision for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was $
For uncertain tax positions that meet a “more likely than not” threshold, the Company recognizes the benefit of uncertain tax positions in the financial statements. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense in the statements of operations.
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Semler Scientific, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Financial Statements
Unaudited
(In thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)
The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 was
The effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 differed from the U.S. federal statutory rate of
As of September 30, 2022, and December 31, 2021, the Company had $
On August 16, 2022, the "Inflation Reduction Act" (H.R. 5376) was signed into law in the United States. Among other things, the IRA imposes a 15% corporate alternative minimum tax for tax years beginning after December 31, 2022, levies a 1% excise tax on net stock repurchases after December 31, 2022, and provides tax incentives to promote clean energy. The Company is still in the process of analyzing the provisions of the IRA. The Company does not currently expect the Inflation Reduction Act to have a material impact on the Company's Financial Statements.
15. Net Income Per Share, Basic and Diluted
Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) represent net income attributable to common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the measurement period. Diluted EPS represents net income attributable to common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the measurement period while also giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method.
Basic and diluted EPS is calculated as follows:
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As of September 30, 2022,
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our condensed unaudited financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and with the audited financial statements and notes for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and the information under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 4, 2022, or the Annual Report. This discussion contains forward-looking statements reflecting our current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of the uncertainties, risks and assumptions associated with these statements. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those discussed in our forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report.
Overview
We are a company providing technology solutions to improve the clinical effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare providers. Our mission is to develop, manufacture and market innovative products and services that assist our customers in evaluating and treating chronic diseases. In 2011, we began commercializing our first patented and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, cleared product, which measured arterial blood flow in the extremities to aid in the diagnosis of peripheral arterial disease, or PAD. In March 2015, we received FDA 510(k) clearance for the next generation version of our product, QuantaFlo, which we began commercializing in August 2015.
In April 2021, we entered into an agreement with Mellitus Health, Inc., or Mellitus, a private company to exclusively market and distribute Insulin Insights, an FDA-cleared software product that recommends optimal insulin dosing for diabetic patients in the United States, including Puerto Rico, except for selected accounts. We made investments in Mellitus, including a recent senior secured loan of $1.0 million and secured convertible promissory note of $179 thousand (see Note 7 to our unaudited condensed interim financial statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q), and in another private company that does business as Synaps Dx, whose product, Discern, is a test for early Alzheimer’s disease. We continue to develop additional complementary, innovative products in-house. For example, QuantaFlo can now be used as an aid to identify patients with another cardiovascular disease. We intend to sell this extension to our existing customer base and others as an upgrade to our software as a service business model. The clinical problem may be as important as PAD. A medical aide performs the test in a primary care setting similar to how one uses QuantaFlo for PAD. It uses the existing FDA clearance as we anticipated this extension many years ago. The technology is protected by trade secrets. A manuscript has been submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication. Because the peer review and publication date are controlled by the publisher, the timing is not under our control. The process of selling the product has begun. The product is on the shelf and ready to ship as soon as the contracts are signed. We also intend to continue to seek out other arrangements for additional products and services that we believe will bring value to our customers and to our company. We believe our current products and services, and any future products or services that we may offer, position us to provide valuable information to our customer base, which in turn permits them to better guide patient care.
In the three months ended September 30, 2022, we had total revenues of $14.0 million and net income of $3.7 million, compared to total revenues of $14.0 million and net income of $4.2 million in the same period in 2021. In the nine months ended September 30, 2022, we had total revenues of $42.9 million and net income of $11.1 million, compared to total revenues of $41.5 million and net income of $15.7 million in the same period in 2021.
Recent Developments
Overall, testing is up at our largest customers. The number of fixed-fee license units from both new customers and established customers has increased. Our variable-fee revenues have declined in part due to a large customer reachng a volume pricing milestone and market share shifts from higher priced customers to lower priced customers.
Common Stock Repurchase Program
On March 14, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program under which we may repurchase up to $20.0 million of our outstanding common stock. Under this program, we may purchase shares on a discretionary basis from time to time through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or other means, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans or through the use of other techniques such as accelerated share repurchases. The timing and amount of any transactions will be subject to our discretion and based upon market conditions and other opportunities that we may have for the use or investment of our cash
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balances. The repurchase program has no expiration date, does not require the purchase of any minimum number of shares and may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time without prior notice. We purchased 47,458 shares of our common stock for approximately $2.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 148,500 shares of our common stock for approximately $5.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2021
Revenues
We had revenues of $14.0 million for the each of three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021. Our revenues are primarily from fees charged to customers for use of our products and from sale of accessories used with these products. We recognized revenues of $13.5 million from fees for our products for the three months ended September 30, 2022, consisting of $8.6 million from fixed-fee licenses and $4.9 million from variable-fee licenses compared to $13.7 million in the same period of the prior year, consisting of $7.8 million from fixed-fee licenses and $5.9 million from variable-fee licenses. The remainder was from sales of hardware and equipment accessories, which were $0.5 million for three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to $0.3 million for the same period in the prior year.
Revenues from fees for products are recognized monthly, usually billed as a fixed monthly fee or; as a variable monthly fee dependent on usage.
The primary reason for the increase in fixed-fee revenues was growth in the number of installed units from both new customers and established customers, which we believe is the result of our sales and marketing efforts. The primary reasons for the decrease in variable-fee revenues were a large customer reaching a volume pricing milestone and market share shifts from higher priced customers to lower priced customers.
Operating expenses
We had total operating expenses of $9.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $0.9 million or 10%, compared to $8.7 million in the same period in the prior year. The primary reasons for this change were increased expenses associated with our expanding business, such as increased personnel expense. As a percentage of revenues, operating expenses increased to 68% in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to 63% in the prior year period. The changes in the various components of our operating expenses are described below.
Cost of revenues
We had cost of revenues of $1.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of $0.3 million or 18%, compared to $1.4 million for the same period in 2021. The decrease was primarily due to an inventory adjustment in the prior year period. As a percentage of revenues, cost of revenues decreased to 8% in the third quarter of 2022 as compared to 10% in the prior year period.
Engineering and product development expense
We had engineering and product development expense of $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $0.2 million, or 20%, compared to $1.0 million in the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily due to annual pay increases and consulting costs associated with ongoing projects to extend QuantaFlo to additional cardiovascular diseases, partially offset by lower clinical studies costs. As a percentage of revenues, engineering and product development expense was at 9% in the third quarter of each of 2022, compared to 7% for the prior year period.
Sales and marketing expense
We had sales and marketing expense of $4.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $0.2 million, or 5%, compared to $4.0 million in the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily due to annual salary increases, and associated expense to serve a continued expansion of customer activities, as well as increase in trade shows and
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subscription costs. As a percentage of revenues, sales and marketing expense increased to 30% in the third quarter of 2022, as compared to 28% in the prior year period.
General and administrative expense
We had general and administrative expense of $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $0.7 million, or 29%, compared to $2.4 million in the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily due to the growth in our business, which led to increased expenses including, compensation due to increased headcount and annual salary increases, higher professional fee and insurance costs. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expense increased to 22% in the third quarter of 2022, as compared to 17% in the prior year period.
Other income
We had total other income of $134 thousand for the three months ended September 30, 2022 compared to $4 thousand in 2021. The increase of $130 thousand from the prior year period is primarily due to increase in interest income from higher rates on short term government debt and money market funds.
Income tax provision (benefit)
We had income tax provision of $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of $0.2 million or 18%, compared to income tax expense of $1.1 million in the same period of the prior year. The change was primarily due to lower taxable income.
Net income
We had net income of $3.7 million, or $0.55 per basic share and $0.46 per diluted share, for the three months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of $0.5 million, or 11%, compared to a net income of $4.2 million, or $0.61 per basic share and $0.51 per diluted share, for the same period of the prior year.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021
Revenues
We had revenues of $42.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $1.4 million, or 3%, compared to $41.5 million in the same period in 2021. Our revenues are primarily from fees charged to customers for use of our products and from sales of accessories used with these products. We recognized revenues of $41.8 million from fees for our products for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, consisting of $25.1 million from fixed-fee licenses and $16.7 million from variable-fee licenses, compared to $40.7 million in the same period of the prior year, consisting of $22.7 million from fixed-fee licenses and $18.0 million from variable-fee licenses. The remainder was from sales of hardware and equipment accessories, which were $1.1 million compared to $0.8 million in the same period of the prior year.
Revenues from fees for products are recognized monthly for each unit installed with a customer, usually billed as a fixed monthly fee or; as a variable monthly fee dependent on usage.
The primary reason for the increase in fixed-fee revenues was growth in the number of installed units from both new customers and established customers, which we believe is the result of our sales and marketing efforts. The primary reasons for the decrease in variable-fee revenues were a large customer reaching a volume pricing milestone and market share shift from higher priced customers to lower priced customers.
Operating expenses
We had total operating expenses of $29.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $5.5 million or 23%, compared to $23.8 million in the same period in the prior year. The primary reasons for this change were increases due to personnel expense, including employee benefits due to an increased headcount, increases of insurance cost and expiry of COVID-19 related payroll tax credits received in the prior year period, and increases in patent and legal expenses. As a percentage of revenues,
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operating expenses increased to 68% in the first nine months of 2022 as compared to 57% in the prior year period. The changes in the various components of our operating expenses are described below.
Cost of revenues
We had cost of revenues of $3.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of $0.9 million, or 22%, compared to $4.0 million in the same period of the prior year. The primary reasons for this change were decreased third party customer support, consulting expenses and an inventory adjustment in the prior year period. As a percentage of revenues, cost of revenues decreased to 7% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to 10% in the prior year period.
Engineering and product development expense
We had engineering and product development expense of $3.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $0.7 million, or 29%, compared to $2.7 million in the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily due to personnel expense due to an increased headcount and associated expense, consulting expenses and expiry of COVID-19 related payroll tax credits received in the prior year. As a percentage of revenues, engineering and product development expenses increased to 8% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to 7% in the prior year period.
Sales and marketing expense
We had sales and marketing expense of $13.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $2.6 million, or 25%, compared to $10.4 million in the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily due to increased headcount and associated expense to serve a continued expansion of customer activities, dues and subscriptions, travel costs, trade show costs and expiry of COVID-19 related payroll tax credits received in the prior. As a percentage of revenues, sales and marketing expense increased to 30% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to 25% in the prior year period.
General and administrative expense
We had general and administrative expense of $9.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $3.1 million, or 45%, compared to $6.7 million in the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily due to the growth in our business, which led to increased expenses including insurance, compensation due to increased headcount and annual salary increases, information technology related subscriptions, legal expenses and expiry of COVID-19 related payroll tax credits received in the prior year. As a percentage of revenues, general and administrative expense increased to 23% in the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as compared to 16% in the prior year period.
Other income
We had other income of $149 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to other income of $14 thousand in the same period of the prior year. The increase was primarily due to higher interest income from higher rates on short term government debt and money market funds and interest on promissory notes.
Income tax provision
We had income tax provision of $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of $0.6 million or 29%, compared to $2.0 million in the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to lower tax benefits associated with stock-based compensation plans.
Net income
For the foregoing reasons, we had net income of $11.1 million, or $1.65 per basic share and $1.38 per diluted share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of $4.6 million, or 29%, compared to a net income of $15.7 million, or $2.34 per basic share and $1.93 per diluted share, for the same period of the prior year.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
We had cash and cash equivalents of $45.5 million on September 30, 2022 compared to $37.3 million at December 31, 2021, and total current liabilities of $8.4 million at September 30, 2022 compared to $4.9 million at December 31, 2021. Cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2022, includes treasury bills. As of September 30, 2022, we had working capital of approximately $43.3 million. We believe the current high inflation has minimal impact on our liquidity.
Our cash and cash equivalents are held in a variety of interest and non-interest bearing bank, money market accounts and treasury bills. All cash is readily available and not restricted. We may also hold interest-bearing instruments subject to investment guidelines allowing for holdings in U.S. government and agency securities, corporate securities, taxable municipal bonds, commercial paper and money market accounts. In addition, we may also choose to invest some of our cash resources in other entities that may have complementary technologies or product offerings, such as prepayment for product licenses for distribution in the United States, including Puerto Rico, of Insulin Insights, as well as make minority investments in other privately-held companies in new product areas similar to our investments in Mellitus and Synaps Dx.
Operating activities
We generated $15.8 million of net cash from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $14.4 million of net cash from operating activities for the same period of the prior year. The change was primarily due to lower inventory, higher accrued expenses, and lower prepaid expenses during the nine months ended September 2022, which decreased our working capital requirements as compared to the prior year period. Non-cash adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities provided net cash of $1.2 million and were primarily due to stock-based compensation expense of $0.7 million, depreciation of $0.5 million, loss on disposal of assets for lease of $0.3 million, and allowance for doubtful accounts of $0.1, partially offset by higher deferred tax expense of $0.4 million. Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $3.5 million of net cash. These changes in operating assets and liabilities included cash provided by prepaid expenses and other assets of $2.1 million, accrued expenses of $3.2 million and deferred revenue of $0.2 million, partially offset by cash used by other non-current assets of $1.9 million and trade receivable of $0.1 million.
Investing activities
We used $2.5 million of net cash in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, which reflects purchase of long-term notes receivable of $1.2 million, funding to purchase assets for lease of $0.9 million and fixed asset purchases of $0.4 million to support our growing business.
We used $0.6 million of net cash in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, which reflects funding of purchases of assets for lease of $0.3 million and fixed asset purchases $0.3 million to support our growing business.
Financing activities
We used $5.0 million in net cash from financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, which reflects payment of taxes withheld for stock grants of $0.1 and $5.0 million for the treasury stock acquisition, under our recently announced share purchase program, partially offset by proceeds from exercise of stock options of $0.1 million.
We generated $54.0 thousand in net cash from financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, due to proceeds from exercise of stock options.
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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures in the financial statements. Critical accounting policies are those accounting policies that may be material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such matters to change, and that have a material impact on financial condition or operating performance. While we base our estimates and judgments on our experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. For a discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and notes to the financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the SEC on March 4, 2022. There have been no material changes to these critical accounting policies and estimates through September 30, 2022 from those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Not applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure material information required to be disclosed in our reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, our Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting and our Vice President, Finance, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required financial disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, we recognized that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. Management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
Under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, our Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting and our Vice President, Finance, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of September 30, 2022. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer, our Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting and our Vice President, Finance concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting during our third fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022.
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Not applicable.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
(a) Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
None.
(b) Use of Proceeds
Not Applicable.
(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
The following table reflects the share repurchase of our common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2022.
(a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |||||||
Period |
| Total number of shares (or units) purchased |
| Average price paid per share (or unit) |
| Total number of shares (or units) purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs |
| Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares (or units) that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs | ||
July 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022 | - | - | - | $ | 17,055,011 | |||||
August 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022 | 47,458 | $ | 43.08 | 47,458 | $ | 15,008,846 | ||||
September 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022 | - | - | - | $ | 15,008,846 | |||||
Total | 47,458 | $ | 15,008,846 |
On March 14, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program under which we may repurchase up to $20.0 million of our outstanding common stock. Under this program we may purchase shares on a discretionary basis from time to time through open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or other means, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans or through the use of other techniques such as accelerated share repurchases. The timing and amount of any transactions will be subject to our discretion based upon market conditions and other opportunities that we may have for the use or investment of our cash balances. The repurchase program has no expiration date, does not require the purchase of any minimum number of shares and may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time without prior notice.
Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
Exh. No. |
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| Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer of Registrant | |
| Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer of Registrant | |
32.1* |
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101.INS |
| XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
101.SCH |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema |
101.CAL |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase |
101.DEF |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase |
101.LAB |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase |
101.PRE |
| Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase |
104 | The cover page from Semler Scientific's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2022 is formatted in Inline XBRL and it is contained in Exhibit 101 |
* These certifications are furnished to the SEC pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
November 4, 2022 | SEMLER SCIENTIFIC, INC. | |
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| By: | /s/ Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, M.D. |
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| Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, M.D. |
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| Chief Executive Officer |
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| By: | /s/ Andrew B. Weinstein |
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| Andrew B. Weinstein |
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| Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting |
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Exhibit 31.1
RULE 13A-14(A) CERTIFICATION
I, Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, M.D., certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Semler Scientific, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(e) and 15d–15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d–15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: November 4, 2022 | |
| /s/ Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, M.D. |
| Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, M.D. |
| Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 31.2
RULE 13A-14(A) CERTIFICATION
I, Andrew B. Weinstein, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Semler Scientific, Inc., a Delaware corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(e) and 15d–15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d–15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Dated: November 4, 2022 | |
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| /s/ Andrew B. Weinstein |
| Andrew B. Weinstein |
| (Principal Financial Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Each of the undersigned, Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Semler Scientific, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Andrew B. Weinstein, Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting of the Company, does hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge (1) the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended September 30, 2022, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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| /s/ Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, M.D. |
| | Name: Douglas Murphy-Chutorian, M.D. |
| | Title: Chief Executive Officer |
| | (Principal Executive Officer) |
| | Dated: November 4, 2022 |
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| | /s/ Andrew B. Weinstein |
| | Name: Andrew B. Weinstein |
| | Title: Senior Vice President, Finance and Accounting |
| | (Principal Financial Officer) |
| | Dated: November 4, 2022 |
This certification accompanies and is being “furnished” with this Report, shall not be deemed “filed” by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Report, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.