Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Nature of Operations

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Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Note 1 - Nature of Operations

The Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on September 24, 1998. On September 22, 2011, the Company filed a Certificate for Renewal and Revival of Charter with Secretary of State of Delaware. Pursuant to Section 312(1) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company was revived under the new name of “VolitionRX Limited”. The name change to VolitionRX Limited was approved by FINRA on October 7, 2011 and became effective on October 11, 2011.

 

On October 6, 2011, the Company entered into a share exchange agreement with Singapore Volition Pte Limited., a Singapore corporation (“Singapore Volition”), and the shareholders of Singapore Volition, which was incorporated on August 5, 2010. Pursuant to the terms of the share exchange agreement, the former shareholders of Singapore Volition held 85% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. The issuance was deemed to be a reverse acquisition for accounting purposes. Singapore Volition, the acquired entity, is regarded as the predecessor entity as of October 6, 2011. The number of shares outstanding and per share amounts has been restated to recognize the recapitalization. All comparative financial data in these financial statements is that of Singapore Volition.

 

The Company’s principal business objective through its subsidiaries is to develop and bring to market simple, easy to use blood-based cancer tests to accurately diagnose a range of cancers. The tests are based on the science of Nucleosomics®, which is the practice of identifying and measuring nucleosomes in the bloodstream or other bodily fluid – an indication that disease is present. The Company has one wholly-owned subsidiary, Singapore Volition, which it acquired through a share exchange entered into on October 6, 2011. Singapore Volition has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Belgian Volition SPRL, a Belgium private limited liability company (“Belgian Volition”), which it acquired as of September 22, 2010, and Hypergenomics Pte Limited (“Hypergenomics”), which it formed as of March 7, 2011. Belgian Volition, has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Volition Diagnostics UK Limited, which it formed as of November 13, 2015 and Volition America, Inc., which it formed as of February 3, 2017 (see Note 11 to Consolidated Financial Statements). Following the acquisition of Singapore Volition the Company’s fiscal year end was changed from August 31 to December 31. The financial statements are prepared on a consolidated basis.