Form 10-K/A Amended Annual Report


U. S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment #1)

(Mark One)


  X .

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016


      .

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


For the transition period from ___________ to _____________


Commission File Number: 000-54296


AXIM BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Nevada

27-4092986

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)


45 Rockefeller Plaza

20th Floor, Suite 83

New York, NY 10111


______________________________________________________________

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 751-0001


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common stock, $.0001 par value

___________________


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act

Yes      . No  X .


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yes      . No  X .


Note – Checking in the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act form their obligations under those Sections.


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  X . No      .


Indicate by check mark whether registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  X . No      .


Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment of this Form 10-K. Yes      . No  X .





Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated

filer      .

Accelerated

filer      .

Non-accelerated filer      .

(Do not check if smaller

reporting company)

Smaller reporting

company  X .

Emerging growth

Company      .


If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.      .


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). No  X .


State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed fiscal quarter: $1,331,679 based upon the June 30, 2016, closing price of $.37 as quoted on Yahoo/Finance.com.


APPLICABLE ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY

PROCEEDINGS DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 after the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes      . No      .


(APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE REGISTRANTS)


Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of April 15, 2017, there were 52,566,441 shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding.


DOCUMENTS INCORPORATE BY REFERENCE: None




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EXPLANATORY NOTE


The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) for the year ended December 31, 2016, is to furnish Exhibit 101 to the Form 10-K in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101 to the Form 10-K provides the financial statements and related notes from the Form 10-K formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). No other changes have been made to the Form 10-K. This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 10-K speaks as of the original filing date of the Form 10-K, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to the original filing date, and does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the original Form 10-K. Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the interactive data files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.




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Item 15. Exhibits.

 

Statements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015.

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31 2016 and 2015.

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Deficit for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the Financial Statements or notes thereto.


Exhibits

Exhibit

#

Incorporated

by Reference

(Form Type)

Filing

Date

Filed

with

This

Report

 

 

 

 

 

Articles of Incorporation, as filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on November 18, 2010.

3.1

10-Q

11/14/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificate of Amendment, as filed with the Nevada Secretary of State on July 24, 2014.

3.2

10-Q

11/14/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated (As of August 17, 2016) Bylaws of AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc.

3.3

10-Q

8/22/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock

3.4

10-Q

8/22/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificate of Designation of Series C Preferred Stock

3.5

10-Q

8/22/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement effective September 1, 2016, by and between AXIM International, Inc. and Dr. George E. Anastassov

10.1

10-Q

11/21/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement effective September 1, 2016, by and between AXIM International, Inc. and Lekhram Changoer

10.2

10Q

11/21/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employment Agreement effective September 1, 2016, by and between AXIM International, Inc. and Dr. Philip A. Van Damme.

10.3

10-Q

11/21/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consent of Experts

23.1

10-K

4/17/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d-14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

31.1

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 and Rule 15d 14(a), promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended

31.2

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

XBRL Instance Document

101.INS

 

 

X

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.SCH

 

 

X

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.CAL

 

 

X

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.DEF

 

 

X

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.LAB

 

 

X

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

101.PRE

 

 

X



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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.


 

 

AXIM BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

Dated: April 18, 2017

By:

/s/ Dr. George Anastassov

 

 

Dr. George Anastassov

 

 

President and Director

Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

Dated: April 18, 2017

By:

/s/ Robert Malasek

 

 

Robert Malasek

 

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

Dated April 18, 2017

 

/s/ Lekhram Changoer

 

 

Lekhram Changoer

 

 

Director

 

 

 

Dated April 18, 2017

 

/s/ Dr. Philip A. Van Damme

 

 

Dr. Philip A. Van Damme

 

 

Director









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