ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. (the “Company”) is a medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of technology that enables physicians to see inside the brain using direct, intra-procedural magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) guidance while performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. The Company was incorporated in the state of Delaware in March 1998. The Company’s principal executive office and principal operations are located in Irvine, California. The Company established ClearPoint Neuro (Canada) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in Canada, in August 2013, primarily for the purpose of performing software development, and established ClearPoint Neuro U.K. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in the United Kingdom, in October 2020, primarily for the purpose of employing the Company’s clinical services representatives serving the Company’s customers in the United Kingdom and EU. The activities of both subsidiaries are reflected in these consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s ClearPoint system, an integrated system comprised of capital equipment and disposable products, is designed to allow minimally invasive procedures in the brain to be performed in an MRI suite. The Company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in 2010 to market the ClearPoint system in the United States for general neurosurgical interventional procedures.

On February 12, 2020, the Company changed its corporate name from MRI Interventions, Inc. to ClearPoint Neuro, Inc., pursuant to a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. In addition, effective as of February 12, 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the Second and Amended Restated Bylaws, to reflect the name change of the Company. No other changes were made to the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws. In connection with the Company’s name change, effective as of the opening of trading on February 12, 2020, the Company’s shares of common stock commenced trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “CLPT.”

COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized the spread of a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) as a global pandemic, and on March 13, 2020, the President of the United States proclaimed that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States constituted a national emergency. Continued widespread infection in the United States is a possibility. Extraordinary actions have been taken by federal, state and local governmental authorities to combat the spread of COVID-19, including issuance of “stay-at-home” directives and similar mandates for many individuals to substantially restrict daily activities and for many businesses to curtail or cease normal operations.  These measures, while intended to protect human life, have led to reduced economic activity, including the postponement or cancellation of elective surgical procedures, which historically have represented approximately 80% of the number of surgical procedures using the Company’s ClearPoint system. Furthermore, the recessionary conditions on the global economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, as hospitals postpone or reduce capital purchases and overall spending. Although most segments of the United States economy have reopened, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic remain intense in many areas of the country, and many public health experts continue to anticipate future surges of COVID-19 in 2021. Accordingly, reinstatement of directives and mandates requiring businesses to again curtail or cease normal operations, including the postponement or cancellation of elective surgeries, remains a possibility. The continuing uncertainty as to whether the federal government will address the resulting fiscal condition in both the near and long-term with measures such as additional fiscal stimulus, as well as other geopolitical issues relating to the global economic slowdown, has increased domestic and global instability. The rapid development and fluidity of the situation precludes any prediction as to the ultimate impact COVID-19 will have on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows, which will depend largely on future developments directly or indirectly relating to the duration and scope of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.

Liquidity

The Company has incurred net losses since its inception which has resulted in a cumulative deficit at December 31, 2020 of approximately $120 million. In addition, the Company’s use of cash from operations amounted to $7.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Since inception, the Company has financed its operations principally from the sale of equity securities, the issuance of notes payable and license arrangements.

As discussed in Note 8, in May 2019, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain accredited investors under which such investors purchased 2,426,455 shares of the Company’s common stock at $3.10 per share (the “2019 PIPE”), resulting in proceeds of approximately $7.5 million, before deducting offering expenses aggregating approximately $0.1 million.

In January 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with two investors (the “2020 Convertible Noteholders”) under which the Company issued an aggregate principal amount of $17.5 million of floating rate secured convertible notes (the “First Closing Notes”), resulting in proceeds, net of financing costs paid and payable, and a commitment fee paid to one of the 2020 Convertible Noteholders, of approximately $16.8 million. From the net proceeds received from the issuance of the First Closing Notes, which have a five-year term, the Company repaid and retired the 2010 Junior Secured Notes Payable (the “2010 Secured Notes”) that otherwise would have matured in October and November 2020.

The SPA also gave the Company the right, but not the obligation, to request one of the 2020 Noteholders to purchase an additional $5.0 million in principal amount of a note (the “Second Closing Note”, and, together with the First Closing Note, the “2020 Secured Notes”). On December 29, 2020, under the terms of an amendment to the SPA which, among other provisions, increased the principal amount of the Second Closing Note, the Company issued the Second Closing Note to the 2020 Convertible Noteholder in the principal amount of $7.5 million.

In April 2020, the Company received $0.9 million in proceeds through a loan funded under the Payroll Protection Program as part of the CARES Act (the “PPP Loan”). In November 2020, the Company was notified by the U.S. Small Business Administration that the loan had been forgiven under the provision of the CARES Act.

Additional information with respect to the 2020 Secured Notes and the PPP Loan is found in Note 6.

As discussed in Note 11, on February 23, 2021, the Company completed a public offering of 2,127,660 shares of its common stock. Net proceeds from the offering were approximately $46.8 million after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company.

Based on the foregoing, in management’s opinion, cash and cash equivalent balances at December 31, 2020, are sufficient to support the Company’s operations and meet its obligations for at least the next twelve months.