NOTE 6. CIRM GRANT

In November 2020, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (“CIRM”) awarded the Company $2.3 million in support of the research project related to a monoclonal antibody that depletes blood stem cells and enables chemotherapy-free transplants. The award is payable to the Company upon achievement of milestones over the next three years that are primarily based on patients’ enrollment to the Company’s clinical trials. CIRM may permanently cease disbursements if milestones are not met within four months of the scheduled completion date. Additionally, if CIRM determines, in its sole discretion, that the Company has not complied with the terms and conditions of the grant, CIRM may suspend or permanently cease disbursements. Funds received under this grant may only be used for allowable project costs specifically identified with the CIRM-funded project. Such costs can include but are not limited to salary for personnel, itemized supplies, consultants, and itemized clinical study costs. Under the terms of the grant, both CIRM and the Company will co-fund the research project and the amount of the Company’s co-funding requirement is predetermined as a part of the award. Under the terms of the CIRM grant, the Company is obligated to pay royalties and licensing fees based on 0.1% of net sales of CIRM-funded product candidates or CIRM-funded technology per $1.0 million of CIRM grant. As an alternative to revenue sharing, the Company has the option to convert the award to a loan. In the event the Company exercises its right to convert the award to a loan, it would be obligated to repay the loan within ten business days of making such election. Repayment amounts vary dependent on when the award is converted to a loan, ranging from 60% of the award granted to amounts received plus interest at the rate of the three-month LIBOR rate plus 25% per annum. Since the Company may be required to repay some or all of the amounts awarded by CIRM, the Company accounted for this award as a liability. Given the uncertainty in amounts due upon repayment, the Company has recorded amounts received without any discount or interest recorded, and upon determination of amounts that would become due, the Company will adjust accordingly. In the absence of explicit US GAAP guidance on contributions received by business entities from government entities, the Company has applied to the CIRM grant the recognition and measurement guidance in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 958-605 by analogy. As of December 31, 2020, the Company met a milestone and had recorded $0.6 million in other receivables for the milestone that was met and $0.6 million in other long-term liabilities related to this grant. The Company received an aggregate of $0.6 million from CIRM in January and March 2021. As of March 31, 2022, the Company recorded $0.6 million in other long-term liabilities related to this grant. As of March 31, 2022, $1.7 million is available for future distribution to the Company under the grant upon achievement of milestones.

NOTE 3. REVERSE RECAPITALIZATION

On the Closing Date, the Company consummated the Business Combination in accordance with the BCA. Merger Sub merged with Old Jasper, with Old Jasper as the surviving company and as a wholly owned subsidiary of AMHC. AMHC was renamed Jasper Therapeutics, Inc., and Old Jasper was renamed Jasper Tx Corp.

In accordance with the BCA, at the closing of the Business Combination, each share of Old Jasper common stock and Old Jasper redeemable convertible preferred stock outstanding immediately prior to the closing was automatically cancelled, extinguished and converted into the number of shares of the Company’s common stock or, in certain circumstances, the Company’s non-voting common stock, based on Old Jasper’s equity value of $275.0 million divided by $10.00. The exchange ratio agreed between the parties was one-for-0.282378 share of the Company’s common stock for all Old Jasper stockholders, except for Amgen Inc. (“Amgen”). Amgen’s 100 shares of Series A-2 redeemable convertible preferred stock were converted into 2,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, which represented 8% of the Old Jasper equity value, as per the terms of the Amgen’s agreement with Old Jasper. Each vested and unvested option to purchase shares of Old Jasper’s common stock outstanding at the closing of the Business Combination was converted into a comparable option to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, with the same terms after giving effect of the exchange ratio. Each unvested award of restricted shares of Old Jasper common stock outstanding immediately prior to the closing was converted into a comparable right to receive restricted shares of the Company’s common stock, after giving effect of the same exchange ratio.

In connection with the Business Combination, the Company received $95.3 million in net cash proceeds. This amount was comprised of $5.5 million of cash held in AMHC’s trust account from its initial public offering (after payment of redemptions and public offering expenses paid at the closing of the Business Combination) and $100.0 million of cash received by AMHC in connection with the PIPE Financing, net of AMHC’s transaction costs and placement agents’ fees of $9.0 million and operating expense payments of $1.2 million. The Company incurred $5.3 million of transaction costs, consisting of legal, professional, and banking fees, which were recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital.

NOTE 7. SIGNIFICANT AGREEMENTS

Amgen License Agreement

On November 21, 2019, the Company entered into a license agreement with Amgen (the “Amgen License Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company obtained an exclusive, sublicensable license for certain patents, data, and non-data know-how related to Amgen’s proprietary monoclonal antibody known as AMG 191, as renamed to JSP191 (“JSP191”).

The Amgen License Agreement terminates on a country-by-country basis on the 10th anniversary of the date on which the exploitation of the licensed products is no longer covered by a valid claim under a licensed patent in such country. On a country-by-country basis, upon the expiration of the term in each country with respect to the licensed products, the licenses to the Company by Amgen become fully paid and non-exclusive. The Company and Amgen have the right to terminate the agreement for a material breach as specified in the agreement.

Stanford License Agreement

In March 2021, the Company entered into a definitive license agreement (the “Stanford License Agreement”) with Stanford University (“Stanford”). The Company received a worldwide, exclusive license with a right to sublicense for JSP191 in the field of depleting endogenous blood stem cells in patients for whom hematopoietic cell transplantation is indicated. Stanford transferred to the Company certain know-how and patents related to JSP191 (together, the “Licensed Technology”). Under the terms of this agreement, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to develop, manufacture, and sell licensed product and to develop markets for a licensed product. In addition, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to meet the milestones as specified in the agreement over the six years from execution of the Stanford License Agreement and must notify Stanford in writing as each milestone is met.

The Company will pay annual license maintenance fees, beginning on the first anniversary of the effective date of the agreement and ending upon the first commercial sale of a product, method, or service in the licensed field of use, as follows: $25,000 for each first and second year, $35,000 for each third and fourth year, and $50,000 at each anniversary thereafter ending upon the first commercial sale. The Company is also obligated to pay late-stage clinical development milestones and first commercial sales milestone payments of up to $9.0 million in total. The Company will also pay low single-digit royalties on net sales of licensed products, if approved. The Company paid a $25,000 license maintenance fee in March 2022, which was recognized as research and development expense in the condensed statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

The Stanford License Agreement expires on a country-by-country basis on the last-to-expire valid claim of a licensed patent in such country. The Company may terminate the agreement by giving Stanford written notice at least 12 months in advance of the effective date of termination. The Company may also terminate the agreement solely with respect to any particular patent application or patent by giving Stanford written notice at least 60 days in advance of the effective date of termination. Stanford may terminate the agreement after 90 days from a written notice by Stanford, specifying a problem, including a delinquency on any report required pursuant to agreement or any payment, missing a milestone or for a material breach, unless the Company remediates the problem in that 90-day period.

NOTE 10: COMMON STOCK

On September 24, 2021, upon the closing of the Business Combination, the Company issued (1) 13,037,901 shares of voting common stock in exchange for AMHC’s outstanding shares of Class A common stock, (2) 23,482,387 shares of voting common stock and (3) 1,296,022 shares of non-voting common stock in exchange for outstanding shares of Old Jasper preferred stock and common stock.

The Company is authorized to issue 490,000,000 shares of voting common stock, 2,000,000 shares of non-voting common stock, and 10,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock. There were 36,578,185 shares of voting common stock, 1,296,022 shares of non-voting common stock and no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022.

Holders of the voting common stock and the non-voting common stock have similar rights, except that non-voting stockholders are not entitled to vote, including for the election of directors. Holders of voting common stock do not have conversion rights, while holders of non-voting common stock have the right to convert each share of non-voting common stock held by such holder into one share of voting common stock at such holder’s election by providing written notice to the Company, provided that as a result of such conversion, such holder, together with its affiliates, would not beneficially own in excess of 9.9% of the Company’s voting common stock following such conversion.

As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had shares of its common stock reserved for future issuance as follows: