Unassociated Document
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc.
200 Kelly
Red, Suite 100
Warrington,
PA 18976-3622
CONFIDENTIAL
VIA
EDGAR
November
10, 2010
Jim B.
Rosenberg
Division
of Corporation Finance
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F
Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re: Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. (the “Company”)
Form 10-K
for the Year Ended December 31, 2009 (“2009 10-K”)
Form
10-K/A for the Year Ended December 31, 2009
Forms
10-Q for the Quarterly Periods Ended March 31 and June 30, 2010
File No.
000-26422
Dear Mr.
Rosenberg:
We refer
to the following:
(a) the
September 17, 2010 comment letter of the staff (the “Staff”) of the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on the Company’s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2009, the amendment to such Annual
Report on Form 10-K/A and the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly
Periods Ended March 31 and June 30, 2010, and to the Company’s responses thereto
of October 1, 2010;
(b) a
telephone call on November 5, 2010 between Messrs. Ira Kotel and Roland Chase of
our counsel, SNR Denton US LLP, and Ms. Ibolya Ignat of the Staff, in which Ms.
Ignat conveyed additional comments on behalf of the Staff;
(c) our
response dated November 8, 2010 to such comments (the “November 8 Response”),
which was filed as correspondence on EDGAR; and
(d) a
telephone call on November 9, 2010 between Mr. Kotel and Mr. Marc Brunhofer of
the Staff, in which Mr. Brunhofer relayed preliminary feedback on the November 8
Response.
Securities
and Exchange Commission
November
10, 2010
Page
2
As discussed in the conversations with
the Staff yesterday and today, and in order to assist the Staff in its review,
we are enclosing as Appendix A hereto a
draft of Amendment No. 2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Year Ended
December 31, 2009 and as Appendix B hereto a
draft of Amendment No. 1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly
Period Ended March 31, 2010, both which the Company proposes to file and which
includes the financial statement impact of the change in accounting treatment to
reflect the reclassification of the affected warrants from equity to liability
in an amount equal to the fair value of the warrants, as of the dates of
issuance, calculated using the Black Scholes option pricing model. The
restatement will not have an impact on any other amounts previously reported,
including Assets; Revenues; Research and Development Expenses and other
operating expenses; Cash Flows; Loans, Equipment Loan and Accounts Payables; and
Contractual Obligations. It is our intention to provide draft disclosure with
respect to Amendment No. 1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2010 as soon as possible this week.
If you
have any questions, or if we may be of any assistance, please do not hesitate to
contact the undersigned at (415) 488-9347 or Ira Kotel or Roland Chase at our
counsel, SNR Denton US LLP, at (973) 912-7100.
Sincerely,
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/s/ Mary B. Templeton
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Mary
B. Templeton
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Senior
Vice President and
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Deputy
General Counsel
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Copy
to:
Ibolya
Ignat, Staff Accountant
Marc
Brunhofer, Accounting Reviewer
Jennifer
C. Riegel, Staff Attorney
Division
of Corporation Finance
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F
Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
John C.
Cooper
David L.
Lopez
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc.
200 Kelly
Red, Suite 100
Warrington,
PA 18976-3622
Ira L.
Kotel
SNR
Denton US LLP
Two World
Financial Center
New York,
NY 10281-1008
Securities
and Exchange Commission
November
10, 2010
Page
3
Roland S.
Chase
SNR
Denton US LLP
101 JFK
Parkway
4th
Floor
Short
Hills, NJ 07078-2708
Appendix
A
DRAFT -
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-K/A
(Amendment
No. 2)
x
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
or
¨
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from
to
Commission
file number 000-26422
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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94-3171943
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
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2600
Kelly Road, Suite 100
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Warrington,
Pennsylvania 18976-3622
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(215)
488-9300
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
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Name of each exchange on which
registered
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Common
Stock, $0.001 par value
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The
Nasdaq Capital Market
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Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights
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Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
__________________
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in
Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES ¨
NO x
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. YES ¨
NO x
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 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 the 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 ¨
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 the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or
information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K/A
or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o
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” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large
accelerated filer
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Accelerated
filer x |
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Non-accelerated
filer
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Smaller
reporting company
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x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
YES
¨
NO x
The
aggregate market value of shares of voting and non-voting common equity held by
non-affiliates of the registrant computed using the closing price of common
equity as reported on The Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol DSCO on June 30,
2009, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second
fiscal quarter, was approximately $126 million. For the purposes of
determining this amount only, the registrant has defined affiliates to include:
(a) the executive officers named in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K;
(b) all directors of the registrant; and (c) each shareholder, if any, that has
informed the registrant by March 1, 2009 that it is the beneficial owner of 10%
or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of the
registrant.
As of
November 12, 2010, 206,652,815 shares of the registrant’s common stock were
outstanding.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:
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FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
We are
filing this Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 10, 2010 (“Annual Report on Form 10-K”),
(i) to amend Item 1A – “Risk Factors” to add to the risk factors previously
provided in our Annual Report on Form 10-K additional risk factors related to
the restatement of our financial statements, (ii) to amend Item 6 – “Selected
Financial Data, ” and Item 8 – “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” to
restate our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009 to reflect the reclassification of certain warrants from equity to
liabilities, as discussed below, (iii) to make corresponding amendments to Item
7 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations” (“MD&A”) and to provide in MD&A additional disclosure with
respect to research and development expenses, (iv) to amend Item 9A – “Controls
and Procedures,” to reflect that the restatement of our audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 resulted from ineffective
disclosure controls and procedures which in turn led to ineffective control over
financial reporting.
Other
than the foregoing, and the new certifications required by Rule 13a-14(a) under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), our Annual Report
on Form 10-K is not being amended or updated in any respect. This
Amendment No. 2 continues to describe the conditions as of the date of the
Annual Report on Form 10-K, and, except as contained herein, we have not
modified or updated the disclosures contained in the Annual Report on Form
10-K. This Amendment No. 2 should be read in conjunction with our
filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Annual Report on Form
10-K, including any amendment to those filings.
Restatement
of Financial Statements
In
connection with a review of our Annual Report on Form 10-K among the Audit
Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”), and our management,
with the assistance of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”), our
independent registered public accounting firm, and our outside legal advisors,
the Audit Committee has reassessed the accounting classification of certain
warrants that we
issued in May 2009 with respect to ASC 815 “Derivatives and Hedging — Contracts
in Entity’s Own Equity” (“ASC 815,” formerly known as Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and
Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock”). The review was conducted
to respond to certain comments raised by the Staff of the SEC following its
periodic review of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
We have
historically accounted for warrants, which prior to May 2009 were issued in
private transactions, as equity instruments. Our warrants generally
provide that, in the event the related registration statement or an exemption
from registration is not available for the issuance or resale of the warrant
shares, the holder may exercise the warrant on a cashless basis.
However, notwithstanding the availability of cashless exercise and without
any evaluation of remoteness or probability, ASC 815, as interpreted,
establishes a presumption that, in the absence of express language to the
contrary, registered warrants may be subject to net cash settlement, as it is
not within our absolute control to provide freely-tradable shares in all
circumstances.
After
extensive discussion, the Audit Committee, together with our management and in
consultation with Ernst & Young and our outside legal advisors, determined
that, notwithstanding the highly–remote and theoretical possibility of net cash
settlement, the warrants identified above should have been recorded as
liabilities, measured at fair value calculated using the Black Scholes option
pricing model on the date of issue, with changes in the fair values recognized
in our quarterly statement of operations in its quarterly financial
reports. Accordingly, the Audit Committee also concluded on November
8, 2010 that our previously-filed consolidated financial statements for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 on Form 10-K; Ernst & Young’s reports on
the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009; each of the
consolidated financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
for the periods ended June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009; and all related
earnings releases and similar communications that we issued with respect to the
foregoing, should no longer be relied upon. As
a result, we are restating our previously-filed consolidated financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 on Form 10-K. We do
not plan to amend our consolidated financial statements included in our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30, 2009 and September
30, 2009.
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
The
restatements will have no impact on amounts previously reported for Assets;
Revenues; Operating Expenses; Cash Flows; Loans, Equipment Loan and Accounts
Payables; and Contractual Obligations. The restatements will have no
effect on our development programs, including Surfaxin®, anticipated development
milestones, business strategy or operations. See, Item
7 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations,” in this Amendment No. 2.
We have
also determined that ineffective disclosure controls and procedures that
resulted in the restatement constituted a material weakness in our internal
control over financial reporting. The material weakness related to the initial
classification and subsequent accounting of registered warrants as either
liabilities or equity instruments. See, “Item 9A - Controls and
Procedures.”
Unless
the context otherwise requires, all references to “we,” “us,” “our,” and the
“Company” include Discovery Laboratories, Inc., and its wholly-owned, presently
inactive subsidiary, Acute Therapeutics, Inc.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
Amendment No. 2 contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of
the Exchange Act. The forward-looking statements include all matters that
are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are only predictions
and provide our current expectations or forecasts of future events and financial
performance and may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology,
including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,”
“intends,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative, or other
variations or comparable terminology, though the absence of these words does not
necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. We intend that
all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking
statements in this report are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or
anticipated results, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and
“Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of
Operations” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K and elsewhere in, or incorporated
by reference into, the Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, including this
Amendment No. 2.
Except to
the extent required by applicable laws, rules or regulations, we do not
undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or to publicly
announce revisions to any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
DRAFT -
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC.
Table
of Contents to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 2)
For
the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009
PART
I
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ITEM
1A.
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RISK
FACTORS
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1
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PART
II
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ITEM
6.
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SELECTED
FINANCIAL DATA
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3
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ITEM
7.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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4
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ITEM
8.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
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24
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ITEM
9A.
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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24
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PART
IV
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ITEM
15.
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EXHIBITS
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
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27
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SIGNATURES
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28
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DRAFT -
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
ITEM
1A. RISK FACTORS.
In addition to the risk factors and other information concerning risks set forth in our Annual Report on Form
10-K and in the
documents incorporated by reference in our Form 10-K [and this Amendment
No. 2], you should carefully consider the
following risks before deciding to invest in shares of our common
stock.
If any of the following
risks actually occurs, our business prospects, financial condition or results of
operations could be
materially harmed. In such case, the market
price of our common stock would likely decline due to the occurrence of any of
these risks, and you could lose all or part of your
investment.
The restatement of our historical
financial statements has already consumed a significant amount of our time and
resources and may have a material adverse effect on our business and stock
price.
As
described earlier, we have restated our consolidated financial statements. The
restatement process was highly time and resource-intensive and involved
substantial attention from management and significant legal and accounting
costs. Although we have now completed the restatement, we cannot guarantee that
we will have no inquiries from the SEC or The NASDAQ Capital Market® (“Nasdaq
Capital Market”) regarding our restated financial statements or matters relating
thereto.
Any
future inquiries from the SEC as a result of the restatement of our historical
financial statements will, regardless of the outcome, likely consume a
significant amount of our resources in addition to those resources already
consumed in connection with the restatement itself.
Further,
many companies that have been required to restate their historical financial
statements have experienced a decline in stock price and stockholder lawsuits
related thereto.
If we fail to maintain an effective
system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to
accurately report our financial results, and current and potential stockholders
may lose confidence in our financial reporting.
We are
required by the SEC to establish and maintain adequate internal control over
financial reporting that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We are likewise
required, on a quarterly basis, to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal
controls and to disclose any changes and material weaknesses in those internal
controls.
As
described elsewhere in this Amendment No. 2, in connection with the restatement
process, we identified a material weakness with regard to accounting for warrant
instruments in our internal control over financial reporting, specifically with
regard to our prior interpretation of ASC 815, as it related to the initial
classification and subsequent accounting of registered warrants as either
liabilities or equity instruments dating back to May 2009. Upon a
reassessment of those financial instruments, in light of GAAP as currently
interpreted, we determined that we should have accounted for certain warrant
instruments as debt instead of equity. Given this material weakness with regard
to warrants, management was unable to conclude that we maintained effective
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2009.
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Since the
determination regarding this material weakness, we plan to devote significant
effort and resources to the remediation and improvement of our internal control
over financial reporting. While we have processes to identify and
intelligently apply developments in accounting, we plan to enhance these
processes to better evaluate our research and understanding of the nuances of
increasingly complex accounting standards. Our plans include the
following: enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials and
documents; and increased communication among our legal and finance personnel and
third party professionals with whom to consult regarding complex accounting
applications. The elements of our remediation plan can only be
accomplished over time and we can offer no assurance that these initiatives will
ultimately have the intended effects. Any failure to maintain such
internal controls could adversely impact our ability to report our financial
results on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial statements are
not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of our operations.
Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a timely basis as
required by the SEC and Nasdaq, we could face severe consequences from those
authorities. In either case, there could result a material adverse affect
on our business. Inferior internal controls could also cause investors to
lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could have a
negative effect on the trading price of our stock. We can give no
assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in the future will
remediate the material weaknesses identified or that any additional material
weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not arise in the future due
to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal control over financial
reporting or circumvention of these controls. In addition, even if we are
successful in strengthening our controls and procedures, in the future those
controls and procedures may not be adequate to prevent or identify
irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair presentation of our
consolidated financial statements.
DRAFT -
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
PART
II
ITEM
6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The
selected financial data set forth in this Item 6 give effect to the restatements
described in “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations,” and in Note 2 to our consolidated
financial statements and should be read in conjunction therewith. The
consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2009
(as restated), 2008 and 2007 and consolidated balance sheet data as of December
31, 2009 (as restated) and 2008 have been derived from audited consolidated
financial statements included as part of this Amendment No. 2. The
consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2006
and 2005 and consolidated balance sheet data as of December 31, 2007 and 2006
and 2005 are derived from audited financial statements not included in this
Amendment No. 2.
Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:
(in thousands, except per share data)
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For the year ended December 31,
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|
|
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2009
(As Restated)
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|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
Revenues
from collaborative agreements
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|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
4,600 |
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|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
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|
$ |
134 |
|
Operating
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Research and
development
|
|
|
19,077 |
|
|
|
26,566 |
|
|
|
26,200 |
|
|
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23,716 |
|
|
|
24,137 |
|
General and
administrative
|
|
|
10,120 |
|
|
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16,428 |
|
|
|
13,747 |
|
|
|
18,386 |
|
|
|
18,505 |
|
Restructuring
charges
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|
– |
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|
– |
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– |
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4,805 |
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|
|
– |
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In-process research and
development
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|
– |
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|
|
– |
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|
– |
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|
– |
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16,787 |
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Total
expenses(1)
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29,197 |
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42,994 |
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39,947 |
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46,907 |
|
|
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59,429 |
|
|
|
|
(29,197 |
) |
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|
(38,394 |
) |
|
|
(
39,947 |
) |
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|
(46,907 |
) |
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|
|
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Change
in fair value of common stock warrant liability
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|
369 |
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|
– |
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– |
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|
– |
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|
|
– |
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Other
(expense) / income
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(1,043 |
) |
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|
(712 |
) |
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(58 |
) |
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|
574 |
|
|
|
391 |
|
Net
loss
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$ |
(29,871 |
) |
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$ |
(
39,106 |
) |
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$ |
(
40,005 |
) |
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$ |
(46,333 |
) |
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$ |
(58,904 |
) |
Net
loss per common share - basic and diluted
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$ |
(0.26 |
) |
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$ |
(
0.40 |
) |
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$ |
(0.49 |
) |
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$ |
(0.74 |
) |
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$ |
(1.09 |
) |
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
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115,200 |
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98,116 |
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81,731 |
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62,767 |
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54,094 |
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(1)
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Included
in the net loss for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006
were non-cash charges for stock-based compensation for employees in
accordance with ASC Topic 718 of $2.7 million, $4.6 million, $5.3 million
and $5.5 million,
respectively.
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Consolidated Balance Sheet Data:
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(in thousands)
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December 31,
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|
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2009
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|
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2008
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2007
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|
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2006
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2005
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash
and investments
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$ |
15,741 |
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$ |
24,792 |
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$ |
53,007 |
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$ |
26,402 |
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$ |
50,908 |
|
Working
capital (before common stock warrant liability)
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|
|
176 |
|
|
|
15,551 |
|
|
|
43,149 |
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|
|
18,999 |
|
|
|
33,860 |
|
Total
assets
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|
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21,403 |
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|
|
32,889 |
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|
|
62,744 |
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|
|
34,400 |
|
|
|
56,008 |
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Long-term
obligations, less current potion
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|
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1,118 |
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|
|
12,090 |
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|
|
13,494 |
|
|
|
12,110 |
|
|
|
3,562 |
|
Total
stockholder’s equity
|
|
$ |
1,296 |
|
|
$ |
10,933 |
|
|
$ |
38,781 |
|
|
$ |
14,322 |
|
|
$ |
34,838 |
|
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DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
ITEM
7.
|
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS.
|
RESTATEMENT OF
PREVIOUSLY-ISSUED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In this Amendment No. 2, we have restated our
previously-issued
consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009 and each of the
quarterly consolidated financial statements on Form 10-Q for the periods
ended June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009 to
reclassify warrants that we issued in May 2009,
based on a reassessment of
the applicable accounting [guidelines] and classification.
In
accordance with our interpretation of applicable accounting guidance contained
in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 815 “Derivatives and
Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” (ASC 815) (formerly known
as Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial
Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock”), we
have historically accounted for warrants as equity instruments. Prior to
May 2009, we issued warrants in private transactions. In May 2009, we
issued warrants in connection with a registered offering. To respond to
certain comments raised by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) following its periodic review of our Annual Report on Form 10-K, the
Audit Committee of our Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”), and our
management, with the assistance of Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst &
Young”), our independent registered public accounting firm, and our outside
legal advisors, reassessed the accounting classification of the May 2009
registered warrants with respect to
ASC 815.
The May
2009 warrants provide that, in the event the related registration statement or
an exemption from registration is not available for the issuance or resale of
the warrant shares, the holder may exercise the warrant on a cashless
basis. However, notwithstanding the availability of cashless exercise, ASC
815, as interpreted, establishes a presumption that, in the absence of express
language to the contrary, registered warrants may be subject to net cash
settlement, as it is not within our absolute control to provide freely-tradable
shares in all circumstances. After extensive discussion, our
management, Ernst & Young, and our outside legal advisors concluded that,
although the interpretation and applicability of ASC 815 as it relates to
registered warrants is complex and subject to varying interpretations, it should
be applied based on a strict reading of the authoritative
literature.
Applying
such a strict reading, the Audit Committee, together with management and in
consultation with Ernst & Young and our outside legal advisors, determined
that, notwithstanding the highly-remote and theoretical possibility of net cash
settlement, the warrants that we issued in May 2009 in connection with a
registered offering should have been recorded as liabilities, measured at fair
value on the date of issue, with changes in the fair values recognized in our
quarterly statement of operations in its quarterly financial reports.
Accordingly, the Audit Committee also concluded on November 8, 2010 that
our previously-filed consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009 on Form 10-K; Ernst & Young’s reports on the financial
statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009; each of the consolidated financial
statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended
June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009; and all related earnings releases and
similar communications that we issued with respect to the foregoing, should no
longer be relied upon. As a result, we are amending and restating our
previously-filed consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009 on Form 10-K. We do not plan to amend our consolidated
financial statements included in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
periods ended June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009.
The
restatements reflect the reclassification of the warrants from equity to a
liability in the following amounts, which represents the fair value of the
warrants, as of the issuance dates, calculated using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model.
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DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Issuance Date
|
|
Number of Warrants
Issued
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Expiration of
Warrants
|
|
Fair Value of
Warrants at Issuance
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In
thousands)
|
|
May
13, 2009
|
|
|
7,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
May
13, 2014
|
|
$ |
3,560
|
|
The
revaluation of the fair value of warrants at each subsequent balance sheet date
results in a change in the carrying value of the liability, which change is
recorded as “Change in fair value of common stock warrant liability” in the
consolidated statement of operations. The net effect of these changes for fiscal
year ended December 31, 2009, and for each of the quarterly consolidated
financial statements on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30,
2009 and September 30, 2009 are as follows:
Reporting Period
|
|
Income (Loss) Resulting from Change
in Fair Value of Common Stock
Warrant Liability (In thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual
|
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
369 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interim
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter
ended June 30, 2009
|
|
|
(1,323 |
) |
Quarter
ended September 30, 2009
|
|
|
(1,662 |
) |
Quarter
ended December 31, 2009
|
|
|
3,354 |
|
We have
not amended our previously-filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods
ended June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009 to reflect the restatements
described in this Amendment No. 2, and thus the financial statements and related
financial statement information contained in those reports should no longer be
relied upon. Throughout this Amendment No. 2, all amounts presented from prior
periods and prior period comparisons that have been revised are labeled as
“restated” and reflect the balances and amounts on a restated
basis.
INTRODUCTION
Management’s
discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations
(MD&A) is provided as a supplement to the accompanying consolidated
financial statements and footnotes to help provide an understanding of our
financial condition, the changes in our financial condition and our results of
operations. This item should be read in connection with our consolidated
financial statements. See, “Item 15 – Exhibits and
Financial Statement Schedules.”
The
information below has been adjusted solely to reflect the impact of the
restatement of our financial results, which is more fully described above and in
Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in this Amendment
No. 2, and to provide in MD&A additional disclosure with respect to
research and development expenses, and does not reflect any subsequent
information or events occurring after the date of the filing of our Annual
Report on Form 10-K or update any disclosure herein to reflect the passage of
time since the date of such filings.
Our
discussion is organized as follows:
|
·
|
Company Overview and Business
Strategy: this section provides a general description of our
company and business plans.
|
|
·
|
Critical Accounting
Policies: this section contains a discussion of the
accounting policies that we believe are important to our financial
condition and results of operations and that require the exercise of
judgment and use of estimates on the part of management in their
application. In addition, all of our significant accounting
policies, including the critical accounting policies and estimates, are
discussed in Note 3 to the accompanying consolidated financial
statements.
|
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DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
|
·
|
Results of
Operations: this section provides an analysis of our results
of operations presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of
operations, including comparisons of the results for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and
2007.
|
|
·
|
Liquidity and Capital
Resources: this section provides a discussion on our capital
resources, future capital requirements, cash flows, committed equity
financing facilities, historical financing transactions, outstanding debt
arrangements and commitments.
|
OVERVIEW
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. (referred to as “we,” “us,” or the “Company”) is a
biotechnology company developing our novel KL4
proprietary technology, which produces a synthetic, peptide-containing
surfactant (KL4
surfactant) that is structurally similar to pulmonary surfactant, a substance
produced naturally in the lung and essential for survival and normal respiratory
function. In addition, our proprietary capillary aerosol-generating
technology (capillary aerosolization technology) produces a dense aerosol with a
defined particle size, to potentially deliver our aerosolized KL4 surfactant
to the lung. As many respiratory disorders are associated with surfactant
deficiency or surfactant degradation, we believe that our proprietary technology
platform makes it possible, for the first time, to develop a significant
pipeline of surfactant products targeted to treat a wide range of respiratory
problems.
We are
developing our lead products, Surfaxin®(lucinactant),
Surfaxin LS™ and Aerosurf®, to
address the most significant respiratory conditions affecting pediatric
populations. Our research and development efforts are currently focused on
the management of RDS in premature infants. We believe that the RDS market
represents a significant opportunity from both a medical and a business
perspective. We further believe that Surfaxin, Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf,
have the potential to greatly improve the management of RDS and, collectively,
represent the opportunity, over time, to significantly expand the current RDS
worldwide annual market.
In
addition to our lead products, we plan over time to develop our KL4 surfactant
technology into a broad product pipeline that potentially will address a variety
of debilitating respiratory conditions for which there currently are no or few
approved therapies, in patient populations ranging from premature infants to
adults. Our KL4 surfactant
is in clinical development to potentially address pediatric patients with Acute
Respiratory Failure (ARF) and patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). We are
conducting research and preclinical development with our KL4 surfactant
potentially to address Acute Lung Injury (ALI), and, potentially in the future,
other diseases associated with inflammation of the lung, such as Asthma and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We have also initiated
exploratory preclinical studies to assess the feasibility of using our KL4 surfactant
in combination with small and large molecule therapeutics to efficiently and
effectively deliver therapies to the lung to treat a range of pulmonary
conditions and disease.
An
important priority is to secure strategic and financial resources to potentially
maximize the inherent value in our KL4 surfactant
technology. We would prefer to accomplish our objectives through strategic
alliances. With respect to our lead products, we are actively engaged in
discussions with potential strategic and/or financial partners, although there
can be no assurance that any strategic alliance or other financing transaction
will be successfully concluded. With respect to our early stage
exploratory programs, our plans include potentially taking these initiatives
through a Phase 2 proof-of-concept phase and, if successful, thereafter
determining whether to seek strategic alliances or collaboration arrangements or
to utilize other financial alternatives to fund their further
development.
We have
focused our current resources on our lead products, primarily to address the
requirements to gain the potential approval of Surfaxin in the United
States. Until such time as we secure sufficient strategic and
financial resources to support the continuing development of our KL4 surfactant
technology and support our operations, we will continue to conserve our
resources, predominantly by curtailing and pacing investments in our pipeline
programs.
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The
reader is referred to, and encouraged to read in its entirety “Item 1 –
Business” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which contains a discussion of our
Business and Business Strategy, as well as information concerning our
proprietary technologies and our current and planned KL4 pipeline
programs.
As of
December 31, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of $15.7 million. In
February 2010, we completed a public offering resulting in gross proceeds of
$16.5 million ($15.1 million net). Also, as of December 31, 2009, our
$10.5 million loan with Quintiles is classified as a current liability, payable
in April 2010. We are pursuing a potential strategic restructuring of this
loan: however, there can be no assurance that any such restructuring will occur.
Currently, under our two Committed Equity Financing Facilities (CEFFs), we may
potentially raise (subject to certain conditions, including minimum stock price
and volume limitations) up to an aggregate of $69.5 million. However, as
of March 1, 2010, neither CEFF was available because the market price of our
common stock price was below the minimum price required to utilize the
facility. During 2009, we raised aggregate gross proceeds of $22.0
million. In May 2009, we completed a registered direct public offering in
resulting in gross proceeds of $11.3 million ($10.5 million net), and,
throughout 2009, we raised an aggregate of $10.7 million from 10 draw-downs
under our CEFFs. See, ”– Committed Equity
Financing Facilities (CEFFs)”, and “– Financings Pursuant to Common Stock
Offerings.”
Our
future capital requirements depend upon many factors, including the success of
our efforts to secure one or more strategic alliances or other collaboration
arrangements to support our product development activities and, if approved,
commercialization plans. We are currently focused on developing our lead
KL4
surfactant products, Surfaxin LS, Aerosurf and Surfaxin, to address the most
significant respiratory conditions affecting pediatric populations.
However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to secure strategic
partners or collaborators to support and advise our activities, that our
research and development projects will be successful, that products developed
will obtain necessary regulatory approval, that any approved product will be
commercially viable, that any CEFF will be available for future financings, or
that we will be able to obtain additional capital when needed on acceptable
terms, if at all. In addition to multiple strategic alternatives, we
continue to consider potential additional financings and other similar
opportunities to meet our capital requirements and continue our
operations. Even if we succeed in securing strategic alliances, raising
additional capital and developing and subsequently commercializing product
candidates, we may never achieve sufficient sales revenue to achieve or maintain
profitability.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
preparation of financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States, requires management to make estimates,
judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
We
believe the following accounting policies are the most critical for an
understanding of our financial condition and results of operations. For
further discussion of our accounting policies, see “Note 3 – Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, in Part IV to this Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
Revenue
recognition under strategic alliances and collaboration agreements
Revenue
under strategic alliances and our collaboration agreements is recognized based
on the performance requirements of the contract. Grant revenue is recorded
upon receipt of funds.
Research
and development expenses
Research
and development costs consist primarily of expenses associated with our
personnel, facilities, manufacturing operations, formulation development,
research, clinical, regulatory, other preclinical and clinical activities and
medical affairs. Research and development costs are charged to operations
as incurred.
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We
account for common stock warrants in accordance with applicable accounting
guidance provided in ASC 815 as either derivative liabilities or as equity
instruments depending on the specific terms of the warrant agreement. In
compliance with applicable securities law, registered common stock warrants that
require the issuance of registered shares upon exercise and do not sufficiently
preclude an implied right to cash settlement are accounted for as derivative
liabilities. We classify these derivative warrant liabilities on the
consolidated balance sheet as a current liability, which is revalued at each
balance sheet date subsequent to the initial issuance. We use the
Black-Scholes pricing model to value the derivative warrant liability. Changes
in the fair market value of the warrants are reflected in the consolidated
statement of operations as “Change in the fair value of common stock warrant
liability.”
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The net
loss for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $29.9 million
(or $0.26 per share), $39.1 million (or $0.40 per share), and
$40.0 million (or $0.49 per share), respectively. Included in the net
loss for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 were stock-based
compensation expenses of $2.7 million (or $0.02 per share), $4.6 million (or
$0.05 per share), and $5.3 million (or $0.06 per share), respectively. In
addition, the net loss for the year ended December 31, 2009 includes $0.4
million of income from warrant obligations in connection with the restatement of
our previously reported financial statements.
Revenue
The
company did not record any revenues in 2009 and 2007.
In March
2008, we restructured our December 2005 strategic alliance with Philip Morris
USA Inc. (PMUSA), d/b/a Chrysalis Technologies (Chrysalis), and assumed full
responsibility from Chrysalis for the further development of the capillary
aerosolization technology. As part of the restructuring, Chrysalis
completed a technology transfer to us, provided development support through June
30, 2008, and also paid us $4.5 million to support our future development
activities, which we recognized as revenue in 2008. See, “Item 1 – Business
– Licensing, Patents and Other Proprietary Rights and Regulatory Designations –
Patents and Proprietary Rights – Philip Morris USA Inc. and Philip Morris
Products S.A.”
Research
and Development Expenses
Our
research and development expenses are charged to operations as incurred and we
track such costs by category rather than by project. As many of our
research and development activities form a foundation for the development of our
KL4
surfactant technology platform, they benefit more than a single project.
For that reason, we cannot reasonably estimate the costs or our research and
development activities on a project-by-project basis. We believe that
tracking our expenses by category is a more accurate method of accounting for
these activities. Our research and development costs consist primarily of
expenses associated with (a) manufacturing development, (b) development
operations, and (c) direct pre-clinical and clinical programs. We
also track our research and development expenses by the following categories:
(i) salaries and benefits, (ii) contracted services, (iii) rents and utilities,
(iv) raw materials and supplies, (v) stock-based compensation and (vi)
other.
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DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Research
and development expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
were $19.1 million, $26.6 million and $26.2 million, respectively.
These costs are charged to operations as incurred and are tracked by category,
as follows:
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and Development Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing
development
|
|
$ |
9,118 |
|
|
$ |
14,165 |
|
|
$ |
11,888 |
|
Development
operations
|
|
|
7,100 |
|
|
|
9,113 |
|
|
|
10,196 |
|
Direct
pre-clinical and clinical programs
|
|
|
2,859 |
|
|
|
3,288 |
|
|
|
4,116 |
|
Total
Research and Development Expenses (1)
|
|
$ |
19,077 |
|
|
$ |
26,566 |
|
|
$ |
26,200 |
|
For a
description of the clinical programs included in research and development, see “– Surfactant Replacement
Therapy for Respiratory Medicine.”
Manufacturing
Development
Manufacturing
development includes the cost of our manufacturing operations, quality assurance
and analytical chemistry capabilities to assure adequate production of clinical
and potential commercial drug supply for our KL4 surfactant
products, in conformance with current good manufacturing practices (cGMP).
These costs include employee expenses, facility-related costs, depreciation,
costs of drug substances (including raw materials), supplies, quality control
and assurance activities and analytical services, etc. Additionally, in
2008 costs included activities to address issues identified in an Approvable
Letter that we received from the FDA with respect to Surfaxin in May 2008 (May
2008 Approvable Letter).
The
decrease in manufacturing development expenses in 2009 as compared to 2008 is
primarily due to our efforts in 2009 to conserve financial resources following
receipt of the April 2009 Complete Response Letter.
The
increase in manufacturing development expenses in 2008 as compared to 2007 is
primarily due to: (i) expenditures in 2008 to support our quality assurance
and analytical chemistry capabilities, including implementation and validation
of analytical methods and quality testing of drug product for our development
programs; (ii) activities related to preparation of the Complete Response to the
May 2008 Approvable Letter; and (iii) purchases of active ingredients for the
production of Surfaxin.
Manufacturing
development expenses included charges of $0.4 million, $0.8 million and $0.7
million associated with stock-based employee compensation for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007, respectively.
Development
Operations
Development
operations includes: (i) medical, scientific, clinical, regulatory, data
management and biostatistics activities in support of our KL4 surfactant
development programs; (ii) medical affairs activities to provide scientific
and medical education support in connection with our KL4 surfactant
technology pipeline programs; (iii) design and development for the
manufacture of our novel capillary aerosolization systems, including an aerosol
generating device, the disposable dose delivery packets and patient interface
system necessary to administer Aerosurf for our planned Phase 2 clinical trials
and; (iv) pharmaceutical development activities, including development of a
lyophilized (dry powder) formulation of our KL4
surfactant. These costs include personnel, expert consultants, outside
services to support regulatory, data management and device development
activities, symposiums at key neonatal medical meetings, facilities-related
costs, and other costs for the management of clinical trials.
The
decrease in development operations expenses in 2009 as compared to 2008 is
primarily due to our efforts in 2009 to conserve financial resources and limit
investment in our KL4
respiratory pipeline programs following receipt of the April 2009 Complete
Response Letter. The decrease in development operations expenses in 2008
as compared to 2007 is primarily due to cost reductions resulting from the
relocation of our analytical testing and pharmaceutical development activities
previously performed at our laboratories located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania,
and Mountain View, California, and consolidation of those activities into our
new laboratory space in Warrington, Pennsylvania, in the fourth quarter of
2007. The decrease in 2008 from 2007 was partially offset by expenditures
in 2008 associated with our medical affairs capabilities, including
medical science liaisons and symposiums at key pediatric medical meetings in
anticipation of the potential approval and commercial launch of Surfaxin in May
2008. Expenses associated with medical affairs activities were $0.6
million, $2.0 million and $0.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2009,
2008 and 2007, respectively.
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Development
operations expenses included charges of $0.3 million, $0.7 million and $0.9
million associated with stock-based employee compensation for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007, respectively.
Direct Pre-Clinical and
Clinical Programs
Direct
pre-clinical and clinical programs include: (i) pre-clinical activities,
including toxicology studies and other pre-clinical studies to obtain data to
support potential Investigational New Drug (IND) and NDA filings for our product
candidates; (ii) activities associated with conducting human clinical
trials, including patient enrollment costs, external site costs, clinical drug
supply and related external costs such as contract research consultant fees and
expenses; (iii) activities related to addressing the items identified in
the April 2009 Complete Response Letter; and (iv) activities related to
preparation of the Complete Responses (submitted in November 2007 and October
2008, respectively) to an Approvable Letter received from the FDA with respect
to Surfaxin in April 2006 (April 2006 Approvable Letter) and the May 2008
Approvable Letter.
Direct
pre-clinical and clinical programs expenses in 2009 included: (i) costs
associated with activities to address issues identified in the April 2009
Complete Response Letter; (ii) activities associated with the ongoing Phase
2 clinical trial evaluating the use of Surfaxin in children up to two years of
age suffering with ARF; and (iii) pre-clinical and preparatory activities
for anticipated Phase 2 clinical trials for Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf for RDS in
premature infants.
Direct
pre-clinical and clinical programs expenses in 2008 and 2007 included:
(i) costs associated with preparation of the Complete Responses to the May
2008 Approvable Letter and the April 2006 Approvable Letter;
(ii) activities associated with the ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial
evaluating the use of Surfaxin in children up to two years of age suffering with
ARF; and (iii) pre-clinical and preparatory activities for anticipated
Phase 2 clinical trials for Aerosurf for RDS in premature infants. The
decrease in expenses in 2008 as compared to 2007 is primarily due to our efforts
to conserve financial resources following receipt of the May 2008 Approvable
Letter.
The
decrease in direct pre-clinical and clinical program expenses in 2009 compared
to 2008 and 2007 is primarily due to our efforts to conserve financial resources
and limit our investment in research and development programs in anticipation of
potentially securing a strategic or financial alternative to fund our research
and development activities.
Research and Development
Expenses by Category
We also
track our research and development expenses in major categories as shown in
the following table:
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries
& Benefits
|
|
$ |
8,693 |
|
|
$ |
11,651 |
|
|
$ |
9,808 |
|
Contracted
Services
|
|
|
4,832 |
|
|
|
6,378 |
|
|
|
8,522 |
|
Rents
& Utilities
|
|
|
1,310 |
|
|
|
1,628 |
|
|
|
2,105 |
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
1,235 |
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
|
|
1,135 |
|
Raw
Materials & Supplies
|
|
|
1,466 |
|
|
|
2,241 |
|
|
|
1,091 |
|
Stock-Based
Compensation
|
|
|
694 |
|
|
|
1,503 |
|
|
|
1,681 |
|
All
Other
|
|
|
847 |
|
|
|
1,654 |
|
|
|
1,858 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
19,077 |
|
|
$ |
26,566 |
|
|
$ |
26,200 |
|
Year-to-year
changes in salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation generally reflect
changes in the size and mix of our employee base over time. In the second
half of 2007, we increased our workforce in anticipation of the potential
commercial launch of Surfaxin in 2008 and, with the prospect of generating
revenues, a potential acceleration of our investment in our pipeline
programs. We maintained our employee base at approximately the same level
throughout 2008. Following receipt of the April 2009 Complete Response
Letter for Surfaxin, we reduced our workforce and restructured certain functions
in research and development, primarily medical affairs. See, “– Results of Operations
– General and Administrative Expenses.”
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Contracted
services include the cost of pre-clinical studies, clinical trial activities,
certain components our manufacturing operations, quality control and analytical
testing of our drug product, biological activity testing, consulting services,
aerosol device design and engineering services, etc. Contracted services
decreased over the three-year period primarily due to limiting our investment in
our KL4 pipeline
programs to conserve financial resources following receipt of the May 2008
Approvable Letter.
Rents and
utilities are associated with our leased manufacturing, laboratory and related
facilities, including our manufacturing operations in Totowa, New Jersey.
The decrease in rents and utilities over the three-year period is due to
termination of leases for office and analytical laboratory space in Doylestown,
Pennsylvania, and Mountain View, California, in mid-2008. The activities
performed at these locations were consolidated in the fourth quarter of
2007 into our new analytical and development laboratory at corporate
headquarters at, in Warrington, Pennsylvania.
Depreciation
is associated with manufacturing and laboratory equipment, as well as leasehold
improvements at our manufacturing operations in Totowa and our laboratories and
related space at our headquarters in Warrington, Pennsylvania. The increase
in depreciation from 2007 to 2008 is associated with investments made to
complete the new analytical and development laboratory in Warrington,
Pennsylvania, at the end of 2007. Approximately $300,000 of depreciation
in 2008 (and 2009) represents a full year of depreciation with respect to the
new laboratory. The decline from 2008 to 2009 is due to our limiting
purchases of equipment during 2008 and 2009 to conserve financial resources.
In addition, certain older assets became fully depreciated in this period,
resulting in a decrease in depreciation expense.
Raw
materials and supplies consist of purchases of our active pharmaceutical
ingredients for the manufacture of our KL4 product
candidates and supplies to support our manufacturing and laboratory operations,
including component parts for the disposable dose delivery packets and patient
interface system necessary to administer Aerosurf via our novel capillary
aerosolization systems.
All other
includes the cost of employee travel, insurances, shipping and
taxes.
Research and Development
Projects
A
substantial portion of our cumulative losses to date, including approximately
$71.8 million in the three-year period ending December 31, 2009, relate to
investments in our research and development activities. Due to the
significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the clinical development and
regulatory approval processes, the nature, timing and costs of the efforts
necessary to complete individual projects in development are not reasonably
estimable. With every phase of a development project, there are
significant unknowns that may significantly impact cost projections and
timelines. As a result of the number and nature of these factors, many of
which are outside our control, the success, timing of completion and ultimate
cost, of development of any of our product candidates is highly uncertain and
cannot be estimated with any degree of certainty.
Certain
of the risks and uncertainties affecting our ability to estimate projections and
timelines are discussed in “Item 1– Business – Government Regulation;” and in
“Item 1A – Risk Factors– The regulatory approval process for our products is
expensive and time-consuming and the outcome is uncertain. We may not
obtain required regulatory approvals for the commercialization of our products;”
“– Our research and development activities involve significant risks and
uncertainties that are inherent in the clinical development and regulatory
approval processes;” “– Our ongoing clinical trials may be delayed, or
fail, which will harm our business,” “– The manufacture of our drug products is
a highly exacting and complex process, and if we, our contract manufacturers or
any of our materials suppliers encounter problems manufacturing our products or
the drug substances used to make our products, this could potentially cause us
to delay development or clinical programs or, following approval, product
launch, or cause us to experience shortages of products inventories;” as well as
elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Our lead
development projects are initially focused on the management of RDS in premature
infants and include Surfaxin, Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf. We believe that
these neonatal programs have the potential to greatly improve the management
of RDS and expand the current RDS market worldwide. All of these
potential products are either in regulatory review or clinical or pre-clinical
development and none are available for commercial sale. While we
anticipate that we will be in a position to file a complete response with the
FDA with respect to Surfaxin for the prevention of RDS in premature infants in
the first quarter 2011, which could lead to potential approval of Surfaxin in
2011, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in securing such
approval or that, if approved, we will be successful in commercializing Surfaxin
and realizing a profit in the foreseeable future. We are preparing for
clinical programs for Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf; however, our ability to move
forward will depend upon the success of our efforts to secure appropriate
strategic alliances and capital to fund these activities. Accordingly, we
are unable to project when we might implement these programs, the pace of such
implementation or the overall anticipated expense that we might
incur.
The
status of our lead projects and our other pipeline candidates, including the
potential timing and milestones for each, is discussed in “Item 1– Business –
Surfactant Replacement Therapy for Respiratory Medicine.” See also, “Item 1 –
Business – Business Strategy,” and “Item 1A – Risk Factors – We may not
successfully develop and market our products, and even if we do, we may not
become profitable,” “– We will require significant additional capital to
continue our planned research and development activities and continue to operate
as a going concern. Moreover, such additional financing could result in
equity dilution.”
In
addition to our lead products, we plan over time to develop our KL4 surfactant
technology into a broad product pipeline that potentially will address a variety
of debilitating respiratory conditions in patient populations ranging from
premature infants to adults. After we have completed Phase 2
proof-of-concept studies for each potential indication, if successful, we plan
to assess the potential markets for these products and determine whether to seek
strategic alliances or collaboration arrangements, or utilize other financial
alternatives to fund their further development. At the present time,
however, we continue to conserve our resources, predominantly by curtailing and
pacing investments in these pipeline programs. See, “Item 1 – Business –
Business Operations,” and “ – Surfactant Replacement Therapy For Respiratory
Medicine.”
Our
ability to generate sufficient capital to support our product development
activities and, if approved, commercialization plans, depends upon many factors,
including the success of our efforts to secure one or more strategic alliances
or other collaboration arrangements. We believe that our ability to
successfully enter into meaningful strategic alliances will likely improve with
advances, if any, that we are able to make in finalizing our development efforts
and filing the Complete Response for Surfaxin, and in our Surfaxin LS and
Aerosurf programs leading to initiation of clinical trials. There can be
no assurance, however, that we will be able to secure strategic partners or
collaborators to support and provide expert advice to guide our activities, that
our research and development projects will be successful, or that we will be
able to obtain additional capital to support our activities when needed on
acceptable terms, if at all.
Ultimately,
if we do not successfully develop and gain marketing approval for our drug
product candidates, in the United States or elsewhere, we will not be able to
commercialize, or generate any revenues from the sale of, our products and the
value of our company and our financial condition and results of operations will
be substantially harmed.
General
and Administrative Expenses
General
and administrative expenses consist primarily of the costs of executive
management, business and commercial development, finance and accounting,
intellectual property and legal, human resources, information technology,
facility and other administrative costs.
General
and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, and
2007 were $10.1 million, $16.4 million, and $13.7 million, respectively.
General and administrative expenses included charges of $2.2 million, $3.1
million and $3.6 million associated with stock-based employee compensation for
the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007, respectively.
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Expenses
for pre-launch commercial activities for the years ended December 31, 2009, and
2008 and 2007 were $0.7, $5.0 million, and $2.2 million,
respectively. A significant component of 2008 and 2007 general and
administrative expenses is associated with pre-launch commercial activities to
prepare for the potential approval and commercial launch of Surfaxin in May
2008. These activities began in the second half of 2007 and were
accelerated in early 2008 up to receipt of the May 2008 Approvable Letter.
Following receipt of the May 2008 Approvable Letter, we scaled back our
commercial activities. Throughout the remainder of 2008 and into 2009, we
made limited investments in our commercial capabilities in anticipation of the
potential approval of Surfaxin in the United States. Following receipt of
the April 2009 Complete Response Letter, we have reassessed our business
strategy and have curtailed investment in commercial capabilities. We no
longer plan to establish our own specialty pulmonary commercial organization to
launch our KL4 surfactant
products in the Unites States and are now seeking to enter into strategic
alliances to support our research and development programs and, if approved, to
commercialize our products in all markets, including the United States.
Although we are actively engaged in discussions with potential strategic
and/or financial partners, there can be no assurance that any strategic
alliance or other financing transaction will be successfully
concluded.
In
addition, following receipt in April 2009 Complete Response Letter, to conserve
our cash resources, we implemented cost containment measures and reduced our
workforce from 115 to 91 employees. The workforce reduction was focused
primarily in our commercial and corporate administrative groups. We
incurred a one-time charge of $0.6 million ($0.4 million in general and
administrative expenses and $0.2 million in research and development expenses)
in 2009 related to the workforce reduction. As of December 31, 2009, we had
77 full-time employees, the majority of which are devoted to research and
development.
We
believe our existing general and administrative resources, including legal,
finance, business development, information technologies, human resources and
general management capabilities, are sufficient to support our business
operations for the foreseeable future. We may make additional investments
in the future to enhance these capabilities as and when required to meet the
needs of our business.
To
sustain and perfect our potential competitive position, we expect to invest in
maintaining our existing patent portfolio, trademarks, trade secrets and
regulatory exclusivity designations, including potential orphan drug and new
drug product exclusivities, and when appropriate, patent extensions, new
patents, new trademarks, and new regulatory exclusivity designations, when
available. See, “Item 1 – Business –
Licensing, Patents and Other Proprietary Rights and Regulatory
Designations.”
Other
Income / (Expense)
Other
income/(expense), net was ($1.0) million, ($0.7) million and ($0.1) million for
the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively, as summarized in
the chart below:
(Dollars in thousands)
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
$ |
48 |
|
|
$ |
842 |
|
|
$ |
1,794 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(1,096 |
) |
|
|
(1,614 |
) |
|
|
(1,906 |
) |
Other
income / (expense)
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
Other
income / (expense), net
|
|
$ |
(1,043 |
) |
|
$ |
(712 |
) |
|
$ |
(58 |
) |
Interest
income consists of interest earned on our cash and marketable securities.
The decrease in interest income in 2009 and 2008 is due to a general decline in
market interest rates and in our average cash and marketable securities
balance.
Interest
expense consists of interest accrued on the outstanding balance of our loan with
Quintiles and under our equipment financing facilities. In addition,
interest expense includes $0.5 million, $0.5 million and $0.5 million for the
years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively, associated with the
amortization of deferred financing costs for warrants issued to Quintiles in
October 2006 as consideration for restructuring our loan in 2006. The
decrease in interest expense in 2009 and 2008 is due to a decline in the
variable interest rate on our Quintiles loan, which is equal to the U.S. prime
rate.
DRAFT - FOR
DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Other
income/(expenses) primarily consists of proceeds from the sale of our
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania research and development tax credits of $5,000,
$0.1 million, and $0.2 million for the years 2009, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. The decrease in proceeds from the sale of these tax credits
is due to more credits being available for sale in 2007 and 2008 as
compared to 2009.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
We have
incurred substantial losses since inception due to investments in research and
development, manufacturing and potential commercialization activities and we
expect to continue to incur substantial losses over the next several
years. Historically, we have funded our business operations through
various sources, including public and private securities offerings, draw downs
under our CEFFs, capital equipment and debt facilities, and strategic
alliances. We expect to continue to fund our business operations through a
combination of these sources, as well as sales revenue from our product
candidates, beginning with Surfaxin for the prevention of RDS, if
approved.
Following
receipt of the April 2009 Complete Response Letter for Surfaxin, we made
fundamental changes in our business strategy. We now believe that it
is in our best interest financially to seek to develop and commercialize our
KL4
technology through strategic alliances or other collaboration
arrangements. However, there can be no assurance that any strategic
alliance or other arrangement will be successfully concluded.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will
continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and
satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As a result
of our cash position as of December 31, 2009, the audit opinion we received from
our independent auditors, which is included in our financial statements in this
report, contains a notation related to our ability to continue as a going
concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on our
ability to raise additional capital, to fund our research and development and
commercial programs and meet our obligations on a timely basis. If we are
unable to successfully raise sufficient additional capital, through strategic
and collaborative arrangements with potential partners and/or future debt
and equity financings, we will likely not have sufficient cash flows and
liquidity to fund our business operations, which could significantly limit our
ability to continue as a going concern. In that event, we may be forced to
further limit development of many, if not all, of our programs and consider
other means of creating value for our stockholders, such as licensing the
development and/or commercialization of products that we consider valuable and
might otherwise plan to develop ourselves. If we are unable to raise the
necessary capital, we may be forced to curtail all of our activities and,
ultimately, cease operations. Even if we are able to raise additional
capital, such financings may only be available on unattractive terms, or could
result in significant dilution of stockholders’ interests and, in such event,
the market price of our common stock may decline. Our December 31, 2009
financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to recoverability
and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification
of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue in
existence.
Our
future capital requirements depend upon many factors, including the success of
our efforts to secure one or more strategic alliances to support our product
development activities and commercialization plans, and the ultimate success of
our product development and commercialization plans. Currently, we are
focused on developing our lead KL4 surfactant
products to address the most significant respiratory conditions affecting
pediatric populations. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able
to secure strategic partners to support our activities, that our research and
development projects will be successful, that products developed will obtain
necessary regulatory approval, that any approved product will be commercially
viable, that any CEFF will be available for future financings, or that we will
be able to obtain additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at
all. In addition to multiple strategic alternatives, we continue to
consider potential additional financings and other similar opportunities to meet
our capital requirements and continue our operations. Even if we succeed
in raising additional capital and developing and subsequently commercializing
product candidates, we may never achieve sufficient sales revenue to achieve or
maintain profitability.
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
As of
December 31, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of $15.7 million. In
February 2010, we completed a public offering resulting in gross proceeds of
$16.5 million ($15.1 million net). Also, as of December 31, 2009, our
$10.5 million loan with Quintiles is classified as a current liability, payable
in April 2010. We are pursuing a potential strategic restructuring of this
loan: however, there can be no assurance that any such restructuring will occur.
Currently, under our two CEFFs, we may potentially raise (subject to certain
conditions, including minimum stock price and volume limitations) up to an
aggregate of $69.5 million. However, as of March 5, 2010, neither the May
2008 CEFF nor the December 2008 CEFF was available because the market price of
our common stock was below the minimum price required ($1.15 and $0.60,
respectively) to utilize the facility. During 2009, we raised aggregate
gross proceeds of $22.0 million. In May 2009, we completed a registered
direct public offering in resulting in gross proceeds of $11.3 million ($10.5
million net), and, throughout 2009, we raised an aggregate of $10.7
million from 10 draw-downs under our CEFFs. See, “– Committed Equity
Financing Facilities (CEFFs),” and “– Financings Pursuant to Common Stock
Offerings.”
To meet
our capital requirements, we continue to consider multiple strategic
alternatives, including, but not limited to potential business alliances,
commercial and development partnerships, additional financings and other
similar opportunities, although there can be no assurance that we will take any
further specific actions or enter into any transactions. Until such
time as we secure the necessary capital, we plan to continue conserving our
financial resources, predominantly by limiting investments in our pipeline
programs. See, “Item 1A – Risk Factors
– We will require significant additional capital to continue our planned
research and development activities and continue to operate as a going
concern. Moreover, such additional financing could result in equity
dilution,” and “– The terms of our indebtedness may impair our ability to
conduct our business,” “– Future sales and issuances of our common stock or
rights to purchase our common stock, including pursuant to our CEFFs, stock
incentive plans and upon the exercise of outstanding securities exercisable for
shares of our common stock, could result in substantial additional dilution of
our stockholders, cause our stock price to fall and adversely affect our ability
to raise capital.”
Cash
Flows
We had
cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $15.7 million, $24.8 million
and $53.0 million as of December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
The decrease of $9.1 million in 2009 is primarily due to $30.0 million used in
operating activities, capital expenditures and principal payments on equipment
loans, partially offset by proceeds of $10.4 million from financings under our
CEFFs and $10.5 million from our May 2009 Registered Direct Offering. See, “– Committed Equity
Financing Facilities (CEFFs)”, and “– Financings Pursuant to Common Stock
Offerings.”
Cash
Flows Used in Operating Activities
Cash
flows used in operating activities were $27.4 million, $31.8 million and $29.4
million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
Our cash
flows used in operating activities are a result of our net operating losses
adjusted for non-cash items associated with stock-based compensation, fair value
adjustment of common stock warrants, depreciation and changes in our accounts
payable and accrued liabilities. See, “– Results of
Operations.” Cash flows from operating activities in 2008 also include
$4.5 million received from Chrysalis to support development of our
capillary aerosolization technology.
Cash
Flows From / (Used in) Investing Activities
Cash
flows from / (used in) investing activities include capital expenditures of $0.1
million, $0.6 million and $3.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2009,
2008 and 2007, respectively. Capital expenditures were primarily for
laboratory and manufacturing equipment to support analytical, quality,
manufacturing and development activities. In 2007, we completed
construction of a new analytical and development laboratory in our headquarters
in Warrington, Pennsylvania, for a total cost of approximately $3.0 million and
consolidated at this location the analytical, quality and development activities
previously conducted at locations in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and Mountain
View, California. The new laboratory expanded our capabilities by
providing additional capacity to conduct analytical testing as well as
opportunities to exploit our internal professional expertise across a broad
range of projects, improving both operational efficiency and financial
economics. The leases for our Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and Mountain View,
California, locations either expired or terminated in 2008. See, “– Contractual
Obligations.”
DRAFT -
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Cash
flows from / (used in) investing activities also include cash used to purchase
short-term marketable securities and cash received from the sale and/or maturity
of short-term marketable securities. When assessing our cash position and
managing our liquidity and capital resources, we do not consider cash flows
between cash and marketable securities to be meaningful. Cash used to
purchase marketable securities is subject to an investment policy that is
approved by the Board of Directors and provides for the purchase of high-quality
marketable securities, while ensuring preservation of capital and fulfillment of
liquidity needs. As of December 31, 2009, the company did not have any
available-for-sale marketable securities.
Cash
Flows from Financing Activities
Cash
flows from financing activities were $18.3 million, $4.2 million and $59.7
million for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively, as
summarized in the chart below:
(In millions)
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financings
under CEFFs
|
|
$ |
10.3 |
|
|
$ |
6.3 |
|
|
$ |
7.0 |
|
Financings
pursuant to common stock offerings
|
|
|
10.5 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
51.7 |
|
Proceeds
from equipment financing facilities
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
Debt
service payments
|
|
|
(2.5 |
) |
|
|
(3.0 |
) |
|
|
(1.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities, net
|
|
$ |
18.3 |
|
|
$ |
4.2 |
|
|
$ |
59.7 |
|
The
following sections provide a more detailed discussion of our cash flows from
financing activities.
Committed
Equity Financing Facilities (CEFFs)
We have
entered into four Committed Equity Financing Facilities (CEFFs) with Kingsbridge
Capital Limited (Kingsbridge), a private investment group, under which
Kingsbridge is committed to purchase, subject to certain conditions,
newly-issued shares of our common stock. The CEFFs allow us, at our
discretion, to raise capital at the time and in amounts deemed suitable to us,
to support our business plans. We are not obligated to utilize any of the
funds available under the CEFFs. Each CEFF is available for a period of
two or three years from inception. Should we choose to utilize any of the
CEFFs, our ability to access the funds available under the CEFFs is subject to
certain conditions, including stock price and volume limitations.
As of
December 31, 2009, we had two CEFFs available for future financings as
follows: the CEFF dated December 12, 2008 (December 2008 CEFF) and the CEFF
dated May 22, 2008 (May 2008 CEFF). A third CEFF entered in April 2006
expired on May 12, 2009 and is no longer available. The following table
sets forth an overview of the “draw down” requirements and availability under
each CEFF:
DRAFT - FOR
DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
(in millions, except per
share data and trading days)
|
|
Minimum
Price
|
|
Minimum
|
|
# of Trading
Days
|
|
|
Amount per
Contract
|
|
|
Potential Availability
at
December 31, 2009
|
|
CEFF
|
Expiration
|
|
to Initiate
Draw
Down(1)
|
|
VWAP for Daily
Pricing(2)
|
|
In Each
Draw
Down(2)
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Maximum
Proceeds
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Maximum
Proceeds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
2008
|
June
18, 2011
|
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
90%
of the
closing
market
price
on the
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
19.3 |
|
|
|
$
60.0 |
|
|
|
12.8
|
|
|
|
$
51.8 |
|
Dec.
2008
|
Feb.
6, 2011
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
day
preceding
the
first day of
draw
down
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
|
|
$
25.0 |
|
|
|
7.1
|
|
|
|
$
17.7 |
|
|
(1)
|
To
initiate a draw down, the closing price of our common stock on the trading
day immediately preceding the first trading day of the draw down period
must be at least equal to the minimum price set forth
above.
|
|
(2)
|
If
on any trading day, the daily volume-weighted average of our common stock
(VWAP) is less than the minimum VWAP set forth above, no shares are
purchased on that trading day and the aggregate amount that we originally
designated for the overall draw down is reduced for each such day by
1/8th in
the case of the December 2008 CEFF, and 1/6th in
the case of the May 2008 CEFF, respectively . Unless we and
Kingsbridge agree otherwise, a minimum of three trading days must elapse
between the expiration of any draw-down pricing period and the beginning
of the next draw-down pricing
period.
|
Each draw
down is limited in amount as follows:
|
·
|
May
2008 CEFF – the lesser of 3.0 percent of the closing price market value of
the outstanding shares of our common stock at the time of the draw down or
$10 million; and
|
|
·
|
December
2008 CEFF – the lesser of 1.5 percent of the closing price market value of
the outstanding shares of our common stock at the time of the draw down or
$3 million.
|
The
purchase price of shares sold to Kingsbridge under the CEFFs is at a discount to
the VWAP (as defined in the applicable agreement) for each of the trading days
following our initiation of a “draw down” under the CEFF, as
follows:
Daily VWAP
|
|
% of VWAP
|
|
|
Applicable Discount
|
|
May
2008 CEFF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater
than $7.25 per share
|
|
|
94 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $7.25 but greater than $3.85 per share
|
|
|
92 |
% |
|
|
8 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $3.85 but greater than $1.75 per share
|
|
|
90 |
% |
|
|
10 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $1.75 but greater than or equal to $1.15 per
share
|
|
|
88 |
% |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
2008 CEFF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater
than $7.25 per share
|
|
|
94 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $7.25 but greater than $3.85 per share
|
|
|
92 |
% |
|
|
8 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $3.85 but greater than $1.75 per share
|
|
|
90 |
% |
|
|
10 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $1.75 but greater than or equal to $1.10 per
share
|
|
|
88 |
% |
|
|
12 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $1.10 but greater than or equal to $.60
|
|
|
85 |
% |
|
|
15 |
% |
In
addition, Kingsbridge may terminate the CEFFs under certain circumstances,
including if a material adverse event relating to our business continues for 10
trading days after notice of the material adverse event.
In
connection with the December 2008 CEFF, we issued a warrant to Kingsbridge on
December 22, 2008 to purchase up to 675,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $1.5132 per share. The warrant expires in May 2014 and
is exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash, except in limited circumstances,
with expected total proceeds to us, if exercised, of approximately $1.0
million. As of December 31, 2009, this warrant had not been
exercised.
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In
connection with the May 2008 CEFF, we issued a warrant to Kingsbridge on May 22,
2008 to purchase up to 825,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price
of $2.506 per share. The warrant expires in November 2013 and is
exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash, except in limited circumstances,
with expected total proceeds to us, if exercised, of approximately $2.1
million. As of December 31, 2009, this warrant had not been
exercised.
In
connection with the 2006 CEFF, we issued a Class C Investor Warrant to
Kingsbridge on April 17, 2006 to purchase up to 490,000 shares of our common
stock at an exercise price equal to $5.6186 per share. The warrant expires
in October 2011 and is exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash, except in
limited circumstances, with expected total proceeds to us, if exercised, of
approximately $2.8 million. As of December 31, 2009, this Class C Investor
Warrant had not been exercised.
In
connection with a CEFF that we entered in 2004, we issued a Class B Investor
Warrant to Kingsbridge to purchase up to 375,000 shares of our common stock at
an exercise price equal to $12.0744 per share. The warrant expired
unexercised in January 2010.
CEFF
Financings
The financings that we completed under the December 2008 CEFF are:
(in thousands, except per share
data)
Completion Date
|
|
Shares Issued
|
|
|
Gross Proceeds
|
|
|
Discounted
Average Price
Per Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April
8, 2009
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
|
$
1,000 |
|
|
|
$
1.24 |
|
May
7, 2009
|
|
|
1,273 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
0.79 |
|
September
23, 2009
|
|
|
1,793 |
|
|
|
1,583 |
|
|
|
0.88 |
|
October
13, 2009
|
|
|
1,909 |
|
|
|
1,800 |
|
|
|
0.94 |
|
October
21, 2009
|
|
|
2,101 |
|
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
0.90 |
|
The
financings that we completed under the May 2008 CEFF are:
(in thousands, except per share
data)
Completion Date
|
|
Shares Issued
|
|
|
Gross Proceeds
|
|
|
Discounted
Average Price
Per Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July
11, 2008
|
|
|
1,105 |
|
|
|
$
1,563 |
|
|
|
$
1.41 |
|
July
31, 2008
|
|
|
992 |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
1.51 |
|
October
17, 2008
|
|
|
914 |
|
|
|
1,313 |
|
|
|
1.44 |
|
November
20, 2008
|
|
|
221 |
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
1.13 |
|
January
2, 2009
|
|
|
479 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
1.04 |
|
January
16, 2009
|
|
|
419 |
|
|
|
438 |
|
|
|
1.04 |
|
February
18, 2009
|
|
|
857 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
1.17 |
|
March
31, 2009
|
|
|
1,015 |
|
|
|
1,094 |
|
|
|
1.08 |
|
October
13, 2009
|
|
|
559 |
|
|
|
606 |
|
|
|
1.09 |
|
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
The
financings that we completed under the now expired 2006 CEFF are:
(in thousands, except per share
data)
Completion Date
|
|
Shares Issued
|
|
|
Gross Proceeds
|
|
|
Discounted
Average Price
Per Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
29, 2006
|
|
|
1,079 |
|
|
|
$
2,188 |
|
|
|
$
2.03 |
|
October
11, 2006
|
|
|
1,205 |
|
|
|
2,300 |
|
|
|
1.91 |
|
November
10, 2006
|
|
|
1,372 |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
2.19 |
|
February
22, 2007
|
|
|
943 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
2.12 |
|
October
12, 2007
|
|
|
1,909 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
2.62 |
|
September
9, 2008
|
|
|
676 |
|
|
|
1,250 |
|
|
|
1.85 |
|
Financings
Pursuant to Common Stock Offerings
Historically,
we have funded, and expect to continue to fund, our business operations through
various sources, including financings pursuant to common stock
offerings.
2008
Universal Shelf
In June
2008, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-151654) (2008 Universal Shelf) with the SEC for the proposed offering from
time to time of up to $150 million of our securities, including common stock,
preferred stock, varying forms of debt and warrant securities, or any
combination of the foregoing, on terms and conditions that will be determined at
that time.
In
February 2010, we completed a public offering of 27,500,000 shares of our common
stock and warrants to purchase 13,750,000 shares of our common stock, sold as
units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to
purchase 0.50 of a share of common stock, at a public offering price of $0.60
per unit, resulting in gross and net proceeds to us of $16.5 million and
approximately $15.1 million, respectively. The warrants expire in February
2015 and are exercisable, subject to an aggregate share ownership limitation, at
a price per share of $0.85, for cash or, in the event that the related
registration statement or an exemption from registration is not available for
the resale of the warrant shares, on a cashless basis.
In May
2009, we completed a registered direct offering of 14,000,000 shares of our
common stock and warrants to purchase 7,000,000 shares of our common stock, sold
as units to select institutional investors, with each unit consisting of one
share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.50 of a share of common stock,
at an offering price of $0.81 per unit, resulting in gross and net proceeds to
us of $11.3 million and $10.5 million, respectively. The warrants expire
in May 2014 and are exercisable, subject to an aggregate share ownership
limitation, at a price per share of $1.15, for cash or, in the event that the
related registration statement or an exemption from registration is not
available for the resale of the warrant shares, on a cashless
basis.
As of
December 31, 2009 and March 1, 2010, respectively, up to $138.7 million and
$122.2 million of our securities are potentially available for issuance pursuant
to the 2008 Universal Shelf.
2005
Universal Shelf
In
October 2005, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-128929) (2005 Universal Shelf) with the SEC for the proposed
offering, from time to time, of up to $100 million of our debt or equity
securities.
In
December 2007, we completed a registered direct offering of 10,000,000 shares of
our common stock to select institutional investors. The shares were priced
at $2.50 per share resulting in gross and net proceeds to us of $25.0 million
and $23.6 million, respectively.
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In April
2007, we completed a registered direct offering of 14,050,000 shares of our
common stock to select institutional investors. The shares were priced at
$2.15 per share resulting in gross and net proceeds to us of $30.2 million and
$28.1 million, respectively.
The
October 2005 universal shelf registration statement expired in December 2008 and
is no longer available.
Debt
Historically,
we have funded, and expect to continue to fund, our business operations through
various sources, including debt arrangements such as credit facilities and
equipment financing facilities.
Loan
with Quintiles
Quintiles
extended to us a secured, revolving credit facility, which we restructured in
October 2006. The outstanding principal balance of the loan, $8.5 million,
is due and payable on April 30, 2010, together with all unpaid interest accrued
since July 1, 2006. Since October 2006, interest is calculated at the
prime rate, compounded annually. We may repay the loan, in whole or in
part, at any time without prepayment penalty or premium. In addition, our
obligations to Quintiles under the loan agreement are secured by a security
interest in substantially all of our assets, subject to limited exceptions set
forth in the related security agreement.
Also in
October 2006, in consideration of Quintiles’s agreement to restructure the loan,
we entered into a Warrant Agreement with Quintiles, pursuant to which Quintiles
has the right to purchase 1.5 million shares of our common stock at an exercise
price of $3.5813 per share. The warrants have a seven-year term and are
exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash, cancellation of a portion of our
indebtedness under the Quintiles loan agreement, or a combination of the
foregoing, in an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price for the shares
being purchased upon any exercise.
As of
December 31, 2009, the outstanding balance under the loan was $10.5 million
($8.5 million principal and $2.0 million accrued interest) and was classified as
a current liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of such
date.
For the
years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we incurred interest expense
associated with the Quintiles loan of $0.3 million, $0.5 million and $0.7
million, respectively. The decrease in interest expense in 2009 and 2008
is due to declines in the prime rate during 2008 ranging from 7.25% to
3.25%. During 2009, the prime rate remained at 3.25%. In addition,
for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we incurred interest
expense associated with the amortization of deferred financing costs in
connection with warrants issued to Quintiles in October 2006 of $0.5 million,
$0.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
Equipment
Financing Facilities
Historically,
we have funded our purchases of capital expenditures through the use of
equipment financing facilities, although we currently do not have a facility
available. The outstanding principal balance of these facilities as of
December 31, 2009 and 2008 was as follows:
DRAFT - FOR
DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
(in
thousands)
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GE
Business Financial Services, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term
|
|
$ |
538 |
|
|
$ |
2,385 |
|
Long-term
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
|
664 |
|
Total
|
|
|
603 |
|
|
|
3,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania
Machinery and Equipment Loan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
Long-term
|
|
|
363 |
|
|
|
428 |
|
Total
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Short-term
|
|
|
597 |
|
|
|
2,442 |
|
Total
Long-term
|
|
|
428 |
|
|
|
1,092 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,025 |
|
|
$ |
3,534 |
|
GE Business Financial Services Inc.
In May
2007, we entered into a Credit and Security Agreement (Credit Agreement) with GE
Business Financial Services Inc. (formerly Merrill Lynch Business Financial
Services Inc.) (GE), as Lender, pursuant to which GE agreed to provide us a
$12.5 million facility (Facility) to fund our capital programs. The right
to draw under this Facility expired on November 30, 2008. Over the term of
the Facility, we received $7.2 million, $4.0 million of which was applied
to prepayment of a prior facility and $2.3 million of which was associated
with construction and equipment for the analytical and development laboratory
that we built in our Warrington, Pennsylvania headquarters in 2007.
Proceeds
received under the Facility were $0.0 million, $0.4 million and $6.8 million for
the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Advances
under the Facility to finance the acquisition of property and equipment are
amortized over a period of 36 months and all other equipment and related
costs are amortized over a period of 24 months. The advance to prepay our
prior facility is amortized over a period of 27 months. Interest on each
advance accrues at a fixed rate per annum equal to one-month LIBOR plus 6.25%,
determined on the funding date of such advance. Principal and interest on
all advances are payable in equal installments on the first business day of each
month. We may prepay advances, in whole or in part, at any time, subject
to a prepayment penalty, which, depending on the period of time elapsed from the
closing of the Facility, will range from 4% to 1%.
Principal
payments under the Facility were $2.4 million, $3.0 million and $1.2 million for
the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Interest
expense under the Facility was $0.2 million, $0.5 million and $0.7 million for
the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The
remaining outstanding loan balance under the Facility was $0.6 million as of
December 31, 2009, which will be paid over the next 21 months, with the final
payment in September 2011.
Our
obligations under the Facility are secured by a security interest in (i) the
financed property and equipment, and (ii) all of our intellectual property
(Supplemental Collateral), subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Loan
Agreement. The Supplemental Collateral will be released on the earlier to
occur of (a) receipt by us of FDA approval of our NDA for Surfaxin for
the prevention of RDS in premature infants, or (b) the date on which we shall
have maintained over a continuous 12-month period ending on or after March 31,
2008, measured at the end of each calendar quarter, a minimum cash balance equal
to our projected cash requirements for the following 12-month period. In
addition, we, GE and Quintiles entered into an Intercreditor Agreement under
which GE agreed to subordinate its security interest in the Supplemental
Collateral (which does not include financed property and equipment) to the
security interest in the same collateral that we previously granted to Quintiles
(as discussed above).
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Pennsylvania – Department of Community and Economic Development –
Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund
We
entered into a Loan Agreement and Security Agreement with the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development (Department) in
September 2008, pursuant to which the Department made a loan to us from the
Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund in the amount of $500,000 (MELF Loan) to fund
the purchase and installation of new machinery and equipment and the upgrade of
existing machinery and equipment at our analytical and development laboratory in
Warrington, Pennsylvania. Principal and interest on the MELF Loan is
payable in equal monthly installments over a period of seven years.
Interest on the principal amount accrues at a fixed rate of five percent (5.0%)
per annum. We may prepay the MELF Loan at any time without
penalty.
In
addition to customary terms and conditions, the MELF Agreement provides that we
must meet certain criteria regarding retention and creation of new jobs within a
three-year period. In the event that we fail to comply with this
requirement, the interest rate on the Promissory Note, except in limited
circumstances, will be adjusted to a fixed rate equal to two percentage points
above the current prime rate for the remainder of the term.
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
We did
not have any material off-balance sheet arrangements at December 31, 2009, 2008
or 2007, or for the periods then ended.
Contractual
Obligations
Payments
due under contractual debt obligations at December 31, 2009, including principal
and interest, are as follows:
(in thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
There-
after
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan
payable(1)
|
|
$ |
10,573 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
10,573 |
|
Equipment
loan obligations(1)
|
|
|
722 |
|
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
1,199 |
|
Operating
lease obligations
|
|
|
1,127 |
|
|
|
1,146 |
|
|
|
1,166 |
|
|
|
320 |
|
|
|
150 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
3,909 |
|
CEO
severance obligations
|
|
|
1,211 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
1,211 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
13,633 |
|
|
$ |
1,298 |
|
|
$ |
1,251 |
|
|
$ |
405 |
|
|
$ |
235 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
16,892 |
|
(1) See, “– Liquidity and Capital
Resources - Debt.” For the purposes of this table, we have assumed that
the Quintiles Loan will accrue interest through maturity at an average rate that
is equal to the current prime rate of 3.25%.
Operating
Lease Agreements
Our
operating leases consist primarily of facility leases for our operations in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We maintain our headquarters in Warrington,
Pennsylvania. The facility is 39,594 square feet and serves as the main
operating facility for clinical development, regulatory, analytical technical
services, research and development, and administration. In April
2007, the lease, which originally expired in February 2010 with total aggregate
payments of $4.6 million, was extended an additional three years through
February 2013 with additional payments of $3.0 million over the extension
period.
We lease
approximately 21,000 square feet of space for our manufacturing facility in
Totowa, New Jersey, at an annual rent of $150,000. This space is
specifically designed for the manufacture and filling of sterile pharmaceuticals
in compliance with cGMP and is our only manufacturing facility. The lease
expires in December 2014, subject to the landlord’s right, upon two years’ prior
notice, to terminate the lease early. This early termination right is
subject to certain conditions, including that the master tenant, a related party
of the landlord, must have ceased all activities at the premises, and, depending
upon the timing of the notice, if we satisfy certain financial conditions, the
landlord would be obligated to make early termination payments to us. At
the present time, we understand that the master tenant continues to be active in
the premises. The total aggregate payments over the term of the lease are
$1.4 million. In connection with our manufacturing operations in Totowa,
New Jersey, we have 15 employees subject to a collective bargaining arrangement
which expires on December 3, 2010. See, “Item 1 – Business –
Business Operations – Manufacturing and Distribution,” and “Item 2 –
Properties.”
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Our lease
for 5,600 square feet of office and analytical laboratory space in Doylestown,
Pennsylvania was terminated effective July 31, 2008 and all activities at this
location have been consolidated into our laboratory space in Warrington,
Pennsylvania. Our lease for 16,800 square feet of office and laboratory
space at our facility in Mountain View, California, expired without renewal or
extension on June 30, 2008. In December 2007, we consolidated these
activities into our laboratory space in Warrington, Pennsylvania.
Rent
expense under all leases for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, and 2007
was $1.1 million, $1.2 million and $1.5 million respectively.
Former
CEO Commitment
Effective
August 13, 2009, Dr. Robert J. Capetola resigned his positions as our President
and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board. The Board
elected Mr. W. Thomas Amick, Chairman of the Board, to serve as Chief Executive
Officer on an interim basis. We entered into a separation agreement and
general release (Separation Agreement) with Dr. Capetola providing for (i) an
upfront severance payment of $250,000, and (ii) periodic payments in an amount
equal to his base salary (calculated at a rate of $490,000 per annum), in
accordance with our payroll practices and less required withholdings. The
periodic payments will end the earlier of (x) May 3, 2010 or (y) the date, if
ever, that a Corporate Transaction (as defined below) occurs. In addition,
Dr. Capetola will be entitled to (A) continuation of medical benefits and
insurance coverage for a period of 24 or 27 months, depending upon
circumstances, and (B) accelerated vesting of all outstanding restricted shares
and options, which shall remain exercisable to the end of their stated
terms.
The
Separation Agreement provides further that, upon the occurrence of a Corporate
Transaction prior to May 4, 2010, Dr. Capetola will receive a payment of up to
$1,580,000 (the “Additional Severance”) or, if any such Corporate Transaction
also constitutes a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the Separation
Agreement), a payment of up to $1,777,500; provided, however, that, in each
case, any such payment will be reduced by the sum of the amounts described in
clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph that theretofore have been paid. A
“Corporate Transaction” is defined in the Separation Agreement as (1) one or
more corporate partnering or strategic alliance transactions, Business
Combinations or public or private financings that (A) are completed during the
Severance Period (as defined in the Separation Agreement) and (B) result in cash
proceeds (net of transaction costs) to the Company of at least $20 million
received during the Severance Period or within 90 calendar days thereafter, or
(2) an acquisition of the Company, by business combination or other similar
transaction, that occurs during the Severance Period and the consideration paid
to stockholders of the Company, in cash or securities, is at least
$20 million. For this purpose, net proceeds will be calculated
without taking into account any amounts received by the Company as reimbursement
for costs of development and research activities to be performed in connection
with any such transaction.
Since
August 13, 2009, we have raised approximately $5.89 million in gross proceeds
utilizing our CEFFs (see, “– Committed Equity
Financing Facilities (CEFFs)”). In addition, on February 23, 2010, we
completed a public offering that resulted in net proceeds to us of approximately
$15.1 million (see, “– Financings
Pursuant to Common Stock Offerings.”). As the receipt from financings of
more than $20 million qualifies as a Corporate Transaction, our obligation under
the Separation Agreement to make payment to Dr. Capetola of the Additional
Severance has matured. Therefore, in accordance with the Separation
Agreement, on March 5, 2010, we issued a payment to Dr. Capetola in the amount
of approximately $1.06 million (less withholding), representing his Additional
Severance payment, reduced by the payments previously made to him under the
Severance Agreement, which total approximately $0.52 million. Our
obligation to make periodic payments under the Separation Agreement has been
satisfied and no further payments are due at this time.
Future
Milestone Commitment
In
addition to the contractual obligations above, we have certain milestone and
royalty payment obligations to Johnson & Johnson related to our product
licenses. To date, of the $2,500,000 aggregate potential milestone
payments, we have paid $450,000 for milestones that have been
achieved.
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
ITEM
8.
|
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
|
See, Index to Consolidated
Financial Statements on Page F-1 attached hereto.
ITEM
9A.
|
CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES.
|
(a)
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
Our
management, including our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control
over financial reporting will prevent all error and all fraud. A control
system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable,
not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met.
Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are
resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative
to their costs. 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 the company have been
detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments
in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple
error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts
of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override
of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on
certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no
assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all
potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance
with policies or procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a
cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and
not be detected. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and
procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no
matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of
achieving the desired control objectives and our management necessarily was
required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of
possible controls and procedures.
In
connection with the preparation of this Amendment No. 2, our Interim Chief
Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer evaluated the effectiveness of
the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of
December 31, 2009. In making this evaluation, they considered the material
weakness related to the classification of warrants discussed below. Solely
as a result of the material weakness, our Interim Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2009.
(b)
Management’s Report on our Internal Control over Financial
Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f)
promulgated under the Exchange Act. Our internal control system is
designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of
directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial
statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed,
have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be
effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial
statement preparation and presentation.
In
connection with this Amendment No. 2, management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, reassessed the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009. In
making this assessment, our management used the criteria set forth by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in
Internal Control-Integrated Framework. This evaluation identified a
material weakness in our internal control regarding our process and procedures
related to the initial classification and subsequent accounting of registered
warrants as liabilities or equity instruments. This material weakness in
our internal controls resulted in the restatement of our 2009 financial
statements. Accordingly we did not maintain effective internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on the COSO
criteria.
DRAFT - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
The
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of
December 31, 2009 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which
is included herein.
(c)
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Changes
in internal controls
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There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified
in connection with the evaluation described above that occurred during the
quarter ended December 31, 2009 that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
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Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm [TO BE UPDATED BY
E&Y]
The Board
of Directors and Stockholders
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. and Subsidiary
We have
audited Discovery Laboratories, Inc. and subsidiary’s internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in
Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. and subsidiary’s management is responsible for maintaining
effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of
the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the
accompanying Management’s Report on our Internal Control over Financial
Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal
control over financial reporting based on our audit.
We
conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective
internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material
respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over
financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing
and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based
on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
A
company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed 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. A company’s internal control over
financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to
the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly
reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2)
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are
being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of
the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s
assets that could have a material effect on the financial
statements.
Because
of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not
prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
In our
opinion, Discovery Laboratories, Inc. and subsidiary maintained, in all material
respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31,
2009, based on the COSO criteria.
We also
have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2009 of
Discovery Laboratories, Inc. and subsidiary and our report dated March 10, 2010
(and November 15, 2010 as to Note 2[others?]) expressed an unqualified opinion
thereon.
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
[March
10, 2010][November 15, 2010]
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PART
IV
ITEM
15.
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EXHIBITS
AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES.
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The
consolidated financial statements required to be filed in this Annual Report on
Form 10-K are listed on the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page
F-1 hereof.
Exhibits
are listed on the Index to Exhibits at the end of this Annual Report on Form
10-K. The exhibits required to be filed pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation
S-K, which are listed on the Index in response to this Item, are incorporated
herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC.
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Date:
November 15, 2010
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By:
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W.
Thomas Amick, Chairman of the Board
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and
Principal Executive
Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been
signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
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Name & Title
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Date
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W.
Thomas Amick
Chairman
of the Board and Principal Executive Officer
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November
15, 2010
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John
G. Cooper
Executive
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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November
15, 2010
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Antonio
Esteve, Ph.D.
Director
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November
15, 2010
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Max
E. Link, Ph.D.
Director
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November
15, 2010
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Herbert
H. McDade, Jr.
Director
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November
15, 2010
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Bruce
A. Peacock
Director
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November
15, 2010
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Marvin
E. Rosenthale, Ph.D.
Director
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November
15, 2010
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
The
following exhibits are included with this Annual Report on Form
10-K/A.
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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3.1
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
(Discovery), dated December 9, 2009.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on December 9, 2009.
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3.2
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Certificate
of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating
Cumulative Preferred Stock of Discovery, dated February 6,
2004.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Discovery’s Form 8-A, as filed with the SEC
on February 6, 2004.
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3.3
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Amended
and Restated By-Laws of Discovery, as amended effective September 3,
2009.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on September 4, 2009
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4.1
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Shareholder
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2004, by and between Discovery
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on February 6, 2004.
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4.2
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Form
of Class A Investor Warrant.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on June 20, 2003.
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4.3
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Class
B Investor Warrant dated July 7, 2004, issued to Kingsbridge Capital
Limited.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K as
filed with the SEC on July 9, 2004.
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4.4
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Warrant
Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2004, by and between Discovery and
QFinance, Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, as filed with the SEC on
November 9, 2004.
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4.5
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Class
C Investor Warrant, dated April 17, 2006, issued to Kingsbridge Capital
Limited
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 21, 2006.
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4.6
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Second
Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of October 25, 2006, issued
to PharmaBio Development Inc. (“PharmaBio”)
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on October 26, 2006.
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4.7
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Warrant
Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2006, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on October 26, 2006.
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4.8
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Warrant
Agreement, dated November 22, 2006
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on November 22,
2006.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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4.9
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Warrant
Agreement dated May 22, 2008 by and between Kingsbridge Capital Limited
and Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K as
filed with the SEC on May 28, 2008.
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4.10
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Warrant
Agreement dated December 12, 2008 by and between Kingsbridge Capital
Limited and Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on December 15, 2008.
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4.11
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Form
of Stock Purchase Warrant issued in May 2009
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on May 8, 2009.
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4.12
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Form
of Stock Purchase Warrant issued in February 2010
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on February 18, 2010.
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4.13
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Warrant
Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2010, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
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10.1+
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Sublicense
Agreement, dated as of October 28, 1996, between Johnson & Johnson,
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation and Acute Therapeutics,
Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Discovery’s Registration Statement on Form
SB-2, as filed with the SEC on January 7, 1997 (File No.
333-19375).
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10.2
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated June 16, 1998, among Discovery, Johnson &
Johnson Development Corporation and The Scripps Research
Institute.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, as filed with the SEC on
April 9, 1999.
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10.3*
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Restated
1993 Stock Option Plan of Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Discovery’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No.
33-92-886).
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10.4*
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1995
Stock Option Plan of Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Discovery’s Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No.
33-92-886).
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10.5*
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Amended
and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan of Discovery (amended as of May 13,
2005).
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Registration Statement on Form
S-8, as filed with the SEC on August 23, 2005 (File No.
333-116268).
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10.6*
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Form
of Notice of Grant of Stock Option under the 1998 Stock Incentive
Plan.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-QSB for the quarter ended September 30, 1999, as filed with the SEC on
November 17, 1999.
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10.7*
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Discovery’s
2007 Long Term Incentive Plan
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on June 28,
2007.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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10.8*
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Form
of 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan Stock Option Agreement
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, as filed with the SEC on August 9,
2007.
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10.9*
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Form
of Stock Issuance Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007, between the
Discovery and the Grantees
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on November 5, 2007.
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10.10+
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Amended
and Restated Sublicense and Collaboration Agreement made as of December 3,
2004, between Discovery and Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve,
S.A.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on March 16,
2005.
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10.11+
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Amended
and Restated Supply Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2004, by and
between Discovery and Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on March 16,
2005.
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10.12
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Assignment
of Lease and Termination and Option Agreement, dated as of December 30,
2005, between Laureate Pharma, Inc. and Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, as filed with the SEC on March
16, 2006.
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10.13
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Common
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated April 17, 2006, by and between Discovery
and Kingsbridge Capital Limited.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 21, 2006.
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10.14
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Second
Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2001,
amended and restated as of October 25, 2006, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on October 26, 2006.
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10.15*
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Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2006, by and between
Discovery and Robert J. Capetola, Ph.D.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on May 10,
2006.
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10.16*
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Amendment
to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of May 4, 2006
between Robert J. Capetola and Discovery Laboratories,
Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on January 3, 2008
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10.17*
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Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2006, by and between
Discovery and John G. Cooper.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on May 10,
2006.
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10.18*
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Amendment
to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of May 4, 2006
between John G. Cooper and Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on January 3,
2008
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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10.19*
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Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2006, by and between
Discovery and David L. Lopez, Esq., CPA
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on May 10,
2006.
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10.20*
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Amendment
to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of May 4, 2006
between David L. Lopez and Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on January 3, 2008.
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10.21*
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Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2006, by and between
Discovery and Robert Segal, M.D.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on May 10,
2006.
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10.22*
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Amendment
to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of May 4, 2006
between Robert Segal, M.D., F.A.C.P., and Discovery
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on July 15, 2008.
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10.23*
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Amendment
dated December 12, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement
dated as of May 4, 2006 between Robert Segal, M.D., F.A.C.P., and
Discovery
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on December 18, 2008.
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10.24*
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Amended
and Restated Employment Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2006, by and between
Discovery and Charles Katzer.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC on
March 16, 2007.
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10.25*
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Amendment
to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement dated as of May 4, 2006
between Charles F. Katzer and Discovery
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on July 15, 2008.
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10.26*
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Amendment
dated December 12, 2008 to the Amended and Restated Employment Agreement
dated as of May 4, 2006 between Charles F. Katzer and Discovery
Laboratories, Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on December 18, 2008.
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10.27
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Lease
Agreement dated May 26, 2004, and First Amendment to Lease Agreement,
dated April 2, 2007, by and between TR Stone Manor Corp. and Discovery
Laboratories, Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on
Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on April 6, 2007.
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10.28
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Credit
and Security Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2007, by and between Discovery
and Merrill Lynch Capital, a division of Merrill Lynch Business Financial
Services, Inc.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on May 24,
2007.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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10.29
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First
Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement (the “Amendment”) dated May 30,
2008, between the Company and GE Business Financial Services Inc.
(formerly Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc.)
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on June 2, 2008.
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10.30
+
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Amended
and Restate License Agreement by and between Discovery and Philip Morris
USA Inc., d/b/a/ Chrysalis Technologies, dated March 28,
2008
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on May 9,
2008.
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10.31
+
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License
Agreement by and between and Philip Morris Products S.A., dated March 28,
2008
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, as filed with the SEC on May 9,
2008.
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10.32
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Common
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 22, 2008, by and between
Kingsbridge Capital and Discovery
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on May 27, 2008.
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10.33
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2008, by and between
Kingsbridge Capital and Discovery
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on May 27, 2008.
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10.34
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Common
Stock Purchase Agreement, dated December 12, 2008, by and between
Discovery and Kingsbridge Capital Limited.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on December 15, 2008.
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10.35
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Registration
Rights Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2008, by and between
Kingsbridge Capital and Discovery
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on December 15, 2008.
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10.36*
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Agreement,
dated as of August 13, 2009, by and between Discovery and W. Thomas Amick
Regarding Service as Chief Executive Officer on a Part-Time, Interim
Basis
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on September 4,2009.
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10.37*
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Separation
of Employment Agreement and General Release, dated as of August 13, 2009,
by and between Discovery and Robert J. Capetola
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on September 4, 2009.
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10.38
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Payment
Agreement and Loan Amendment (amending the Second Amended and Restated
Loan Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2001, amended and restated as of
October 25, 2006) dated April 27, 2010, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
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10.39
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Third
Amended Promissory Note dated April 27, 2010 (amending and restating the
Second Amended Promissory Note dated as of October 25, 2006), payable to
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 28,
2010.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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10.40
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Securities
Purchase Agreement dated April 27, 2010, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio
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|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1.3 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
|
21.1
|
|
Subsidiaries
of Discovery.
|
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 21.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-KSB
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, as filed with the SEC on
March 31, 1998.
|
|
|
|
|
|
23.1
|
|
Consent
of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting
firm.
|
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 23.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on March
10, 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
|
23.2
|
|
Consent
of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting
firm.
|
|
Filed
herewith.
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act.
|
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 31.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on March
10, 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act.
|
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 31.2 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on March
10, 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.3
|
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act.
|
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 31.3 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on
April 30, 2010..
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.4
|
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act.
|
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 31.4 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on
April 30, 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.5
|
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act.
|
|
Filed
herewith
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.6
|
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act.
|
|
Filed
herewith
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 32.1 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on March
10, 2010.
|
DRAFT - FOR
DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Exhibit No.
|
|
Description
|
|
Method of Filing
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 31.4 to Discovery’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, as filed with the SEC on
April 30, 2010.
|
|
|
|
|
|
32.3
|
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
|
|
Filed
herewith
|
+ Confidential
treatment requested as to certain portions of these exhibits. Such
portions have been redacted and filed separately with the
Commission.
* A
management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as
an exhibit to this annual report pursuant to Item 15(b) of Form
10-K.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Contents [CHECK
WHEN FINAL]
|
Page
|
Consolidated
Financial Statements
|
|
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-2
|
|
|
Balance
Sheets as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008
|
F-3
|
|
|
Statements
of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and
2007
|
F-4
|
|
|
Statements
of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31,
2009, 2008 and 2007
|
F-5
|
|
|
Statements
of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and
2007
|
F-6
|
|
|
Notes
to consolidated financial statements
|
F-7
|
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Report of
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm [NEED UPDATE FROM
E&Y]
The Board
of Directors and Stockholders
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc.
We have
audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Discovery Laboratories,
Inc. and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits.
We
conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan
and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our
opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial position of Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. and subsidiary at December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the
consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the
three years in the period ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company
will continue as a going concern. As more fully described in Note 2, the Company
has incurred recurring operating losses and has generated negative cash flows
from operations since inception and expects such results to continue for the
foreseeable future. In addition, there is uncertainty as to the
Company’s ability to raise additional capital sufficient to meet its obligations
on a timely basis. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the
Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard
to these matters also are described in Note 2. The December 31, 2009
consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the
possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or
the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome
of this uncertainty.
We also
have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States), the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations
of the Treadway Commission and our report dated [March 10, 2010] expressed [an
unqualified][an adverse] opinion thereon.
/s/ Ernst
& Young LLP
March 10,
2010
(and
November 15, 2010 as to Note 2 [others?])
Philadelphia,
PA
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
(In
thousands, except per share data)
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
(As
Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
15,741 |
|
|
$ |
22,744 |
|
Available-for-sale
marketable securities
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
2,048 |
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
233 |
|
|
|
625 |
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
15,974 |
|
|
|
25,417 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
|
4,668 |
|
|
|
5,965 |
|
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
400 |
|
|
|
600 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
361 |
|
|
|
907 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
$ |
21,403 |
|
|
$ |
32,889 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
& STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
1,294 |
|
|
$ |
2,111 |
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
3,446 |
|
|
|
5,313 |
|
Common
stock warrant liability
|
|
|
3,191 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Loan
payable, including accrued interest
|
|
|
10,461 |
|
|
|
– |
|
Equipment
loan, current portion
|
|
|
597 |
|
|
|
2,442 |
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
18,989 |
|
|
|
9,866 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan
payable, including accrued interest
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
10,128 |
|
Equipment
loan, non-current portion
|
|
|
428 |
|
|
|
1,092 |
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
|
690 |
|
|
|
870 |
|
Total
liabilities
|
|
|
20,107 |
|
|
|
21,956 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or
outstanding
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
Common
stock, $0.001 par value; 380,000 and 180,000 shares authorized; 126,689
and 101,588 shares issued, 126,376 and 101,275 shares outstanding at
December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
102 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
361,503 |
|
|
|
341,293 |
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
|
(357,280 |
) |
|
|
(327,409 |
) |
Treasury
stock (at cost); 313 shares
|
|
|
(3,054 |
) |
|
|
(3,054 |
) |
Accumulated
other comprehensive income
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
1,296 |
|
|
|
10,933 |
|
Total
liabilities & stockholders’ equity
|
|
$ |
21,403 |
|
|
$ |
32,889 |
|
See notes to consolidated financial
statements
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
(In
thousands, except per share data)
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(As
Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
from collaborative arrangement and grants:
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
4,600 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
& development
|
|
|
19,077 |
|
|
|
26,566 |
|
|
|
26,200 |
|
General
& administrative
|
|
|
10,120 |
|
|
|
16,428 |
|
|
|
13,747 |
|
Total
expenses
|
|
|
29,197 |
|
|
|
42,994 |
|
|
|
39,947 |
|
Operating
loss
|
|
|
(29,197 |
) |
|
|
(38,394 |
) |
|
|
(39,947 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in fair value of common stock warrant liability
|
|
|
369 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
income / (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
and other income
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
902 |
|
|
|
2,029 |
|
Interest
and other expense
|
|
|
(1,082 |
) |
|
|
(1,614 |
) |
|
|
(2,087 |
) |
Other
income / (expense), net
|
|
|
(1,043 |
) |
|
|
(712 |
) |
|
|
(58 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(29,871 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,106 |
) |
|
$ |
(40,005 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss per common share - basic and diluted
|
|
$ |
(0.26 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.40 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.49 |
) |
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding - basic and
diluted
|
|
|
115,200 |
|
|
|
98,116 |
|
|
|
81,731 |
|
See notes to consolidated financial
statements
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity
For
Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unearned
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
Portion of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Com-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Stock
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
|
Compensatory
|
|
|
Accumulated
|
|
|
Treasury Stock
|
|
|
prehensive
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Stock Options
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
Income/(Loss)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
Balance
– January 1, 2007
|
|
|
69,871 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
265,604 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
(248,298 |
) |
|
|
(313 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,054 |
) |
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
14,322 |
|
Comprehensive
loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(40,005 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(40,005 |
) |
Other
comprehensive loss – unrealized gains on investments
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
Total
comprehensive loss
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(39,963 |
) |
Issuance
of common stock, stock option exercises
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
106 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
106 |
|
Issuance
of common stock, 401(k) employer match
|
|
|
118 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
294 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
294 |
|
Issuance
of common stock, April 2007 financing
|
|
|
14,050 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
28,131 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
28,145 |
|
Issuance
of common stock, December 2007 financing
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
23,550 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
23,560 |
|
Issuance
of common stock, CEFF financings
|
|
|
2,852 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
6,997 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
7,000 |
|
Stock–based
compensation expense
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
5,317 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
5,317 |
|
Balance
– December 31, 2007
|
|
|
96,953 |
|
|
$ |
97 |
|
|
$ |
329,999 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
(288,303 |
) |
|
|
(313 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,054 |
) |
|
$ |
42 |
|
|
$ |
38,781 |
|
Comprehensive
loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(39,106 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(39,106 |
) |
Other
comprehensive loss – unrealized gains on investments
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
Total
comprehensive loss
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(39,147 |
) |
Issuance
of common stock, stock option exercises
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Issuance
of common stock, 401(k) employer match
|
|
|
231 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
380 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
380 |
|
Issuance
of common stock, CEFF financings
|
|
|
4,387 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
6,266 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
6,271 |
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
4,627 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
4,627 |
|
Balance
– December 31, 2008
|
|
|
101,589 |
|
|
$ |
102 |
|
|
$ |
341,293 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
(327,409 |
) |
|
|
(313 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,054 |
) |
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
10,933 |
|
Comprehensive
loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(29,871 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(30,240 |
) |
Other
comprehensive loss – unrealized gains on investments
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Total
comprehensive loss
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(30,241 |
) |
Issuance
of common stock, restricted stock awards
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
Issuance
of common stock, 401(k) employer match
|
|
|
347 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
290 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
290 |
|
Issuance
of common stock, May 2009 financing
|
|
|
14,000 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
6,891 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
6,905 |
|
Issuance
of common stock, CEFF financings
|
|
|
10,732 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
10,346 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
10,357 |
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
2,683 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
2,683 |
|
Balance
– December 31, 2009
|
|
|
126,689 |
|
|
$ |
127 |
|
|
$ |
361,503 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
(357,280 |
) |
|
|
(313 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,054 |
) |
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
1,296 |
|
See notes to consolidated financial
statements
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(In
thousands)
|
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Cash
flow from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(29,871 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,106 |
) |
|
$ |
(40,005 |
) |
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
1,992 |
|
|
|
2,215 |
|
|
|
2,062 |
|
Stock–based
compensation and 401(k) match
|
|
|
2,973 |
|
|
|
5,007 |
|
|
|
5,613 |
|
Fair
value adjustment of common stock warrants
|
|
|
(369 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
on disposal of property and equipment
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
110 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Changes
in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
392 |
|
|
|
(56 |
) |
|
|
(89 |
) |
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
(817 |
) |
|
|
1,353 |
|
|
|
(871 |
) |
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
(1,867 |
) |
|
|
(1,773 |
) |
|
|
2,762 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
Other
liabilities and accrued interest on loan payable
|
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
495 |
|
|
|
1,080 |
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(27,415 |
) |
|
|
(31,752 |
) |
|
|
(29,395 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flow from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(147 |
) |
|
|
(632 |
) |
|
|
(3,765 |
) |
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Purchase
of marketable securities
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(25,765 |
) |
|
|
(38,355 |
) |
Proceeds
from sale or maturity of marketable securities
|
|
|
2,047 |
|
|
|
39,754 |
|
|
|
22,319 |
|
Net
cash provided by / (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
2,100 |
|
|
|
13,357 |
|
|
|
(19,801 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flow from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from issuance of securities, net of expenses
|
|
|
20,820 |
|
|
|
6,292 |
|
|
|
58,809 |
|
Proceeds
from equipment loans
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
896 |
|
|
|
2,862 |
|
Principal
payments under equipment loan obligations
|
|
|
(2,508 |
) |
|
|
(2,978 |
) |
|
|
(1,948 |
) |
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
18,312 |
|
|
|
4,210 |
|
|
|
59,723 |
|
Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash
equivalents
|
|
|
(7,003 |
) |
|
|
(14,185 |
) |
|
|
10,527 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents – beginning of year
|
|
|
22,744 |
|
|
|
36,929 |
|
|
|
26,402 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents – end of
year
|
|
$ |
15,741 |
|
|
$ |
22,744 |
|
|
$ |
36,929 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplementary
disclosure of cash flows information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
paid
|
|
$ |
208 |
|
|
$ |
529 |
|
|
$ |
676 |
|
Non-cash
transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized
gain / (loss) on marketable securities
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
42 |
|
Exchange
of equipment loan obligation
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
3,968 |
|
See notes to consolidated financial
statements
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Restatement
of Historical Financial Statements
The
accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2009 and the
Consolidated Statement of Operations, Equity, and Cash Flows for the year ended
December 31, 2009, have been restated in this report to reclassify certain
warrants based on a reassessment of the applicable accounting [guidelines] and
classification, as discussed in Note 2.
Note
1 – The Company and Description of Business
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. (referred to as “we,” “us,” or the “Company”) is a
biotechnology company developing surfactant therapies to treat respiratory
disorders and diseases for which there frequently are few or no approved
therapies. Our novel KL4
proprietary technology produces a synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant
(KL4
surfactant) that is structurally similar to pulmonary surfactant, a substance
produced naturally in the lung and essential for survival and normal respiratory
function. In addition, our proprietary capillary aerosol-generating
technology (capillary aerosolization technology) produces a dense aerosol with a
defined particle size, to potentially deliver our aerosolized KL4 surfactant
to the lung. As many respiratory disorders are associated with
surfactant deficiency or surfactant degradation, we believe that our proprietary
technology platform makes it possible, for the first time, to develop a
significant pipeline of surfactant products targeted to treat a wide range of
previously unaddressed respiratory problems.
We are
developing our lead products, Surfaxin®(lucinactant),
Surfaxin LS™ and Aerosurf®, to
address the most significant respiratory conditions affecting pediatric
populations. In April 2009, we received a Complete Response Letter
from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with respect to our New Drug
Application (NDA) for Surfaxin for the prevention of Respiratory Distress
Syndrome (RDS) in premature infants, our first product based on our novel
KL4
surfactant technology. The letter focused primarily on certain
aspects of our fetal rabbit biological activity test (BAT, a quality control and
stability release test for Surfaxin and our other KL4 pipeline
products), specifically whether analysis of preclinical data from both the BAT
and a well-established preterm lamb model of RDS demonstrates the degree of
comparability that the FDA requires and whether the BAT can adequately
distinguish change in Surfaxin biological activity over time. We met
with the FDA at an end-of-review meeting in June 2009 and by teleconference in
September 2009 to discuss specific proposals to resolve this sole remaining
Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control (CMC) issue, which must be addressed to
obtain approval of Surfaxin. Based on these and other interactions
with the FDA, we are currently implementing a protocol intended to optimize and
revalidate the BAT. This effort is ongoing and, although not
necessarily indicative of the final results, the BAT is presently meeting all
pre-specified acceptance criteria. Once the BAT is optimized and
revalidated, we plan to initiate a comprehensive preclinical program that will
consist of a series of a series of side-by-side studies comparing the results of
the BAT with those of the well-established preterm lamb model of RDS in order to
satisfy the FDA’s requirements with respect to the BAT. If these
studies are successful, we believe that we could be in a position to file a
Complete Response to the April 2009 Complete Response Letter in the first
quarter of 2011, which could lead to approval of Surfaxin for the prevention of
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in premature infants in 2011. If
approved, Surfaxin would be the first synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant
for use in pediatric medicine.
Surfaxin
LS, our lyophilized KL4
surfactant, is a dry powder formulation that is resuspended as a liquid prior to
use and is intended to improve ease of use for healthcare practitioners,
eliminate the need for cold-chain storage, and potentially further improve
clinical performance. Aerosurf is our proprietary KL4 surfactant
in aerosolized form, which we are developing using our capillary aerosolization
technology, initially to treat premature infants at risk for
RDS. Premature infants with RDS are treated with surfactants that are
administered by means of invasive endotracheal intubation and mechanical
ventilation, procedures that frequently result in serious respiratory conditions
and complications. If approved, we believe that Aerosurf will make it
possible to administer surfactant into the lung without subjecting patients to
such invasive procedures. We believe that Aerosurf has the potential
to enable a significant increase in the use of surfactant therapy in pediatric
medicine.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In
addition to our lead products, we plan over time to develop our KL4 surfactant
technology into a broad product pipeline that potentially will address a variety
of debilitating respiratory conditions for which there currently are no or few
approved therapies, in patient populations ranging from premature infants to
adults. Our plans include potentially taking these initiatives
through a Phase 2 proof-of-concept phase and, if successful, thereafter
determining whether to seek strategic alliances or collaboration arrangements or
to utilize other financial alternatives to fund their further
development. We have an ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of Surfaxin to
potentially address Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF) and our KL4 surfactant
is the subject of an investigator-initiated Phase 2a clinical trial assessing
the safety, tolerability and short-term effectiveness (via improvement in
mucociliary clearance) of aerosolized KL4 surfactant
in patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). We are conducting research and
preclinical development with our KL4 surfactant
potentially to address Acute Lung Injury (ALI), and, potentially in the future,
other diseases associated with inflammation of the lung, such as Asthma and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We have also initiated
exploratory preclinical studies to assess the feasibility of using our KL4 surfactant
in combination with small and large molecule therapeutics to efficiently and
effectively deliver therapies to the lung to treat a range of pulmonary
conditions and disease.
We are
actively assessing various strategic and financial alternatives to secure the
necessary capital to advance our KL4
respiratory pipeline programs to maximize stockholder value, although we
prefer to accomplish our objectives through strategic alliances. We
are actively engaged in current discussions with potential strategic and/or
financial partners, but there can be no assurance that any strategic alliance or
other financing alternatives will be successfully
concluded. Until we secure an alliance or other financing
alternative, we will continue to focus our financial resources on the potential
approval of Surfaxin, while minimizing investments in our other pipeline
programs.
Note
2 – Restatement of Financial Statements
In this Amendment No. 2, we have restated our previously issued
consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009, and each of the
quarterly consolidated financial statements on Form 10-Q for the periods
ended June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009 to
reclassify
certain
warrants based on a reassessment of the
applicable accounting [guidelines] and classification.
We have
historically accounted for warrants, which prior to May 2009 were issued in
private transactions, as equity instruments. Our warrants generally
provide that, in the event the related registration statement or an exemption
from registration is not available for the issuance or resale of the warrant
shares, the holder may exercise the warrant on a cashless
basis. However, notwithstanding the availability of cashless
exercise, Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 815 “Derivatives and
Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” (ASC 815) (formerly known
as Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial
Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock”), as
interpreted, establishes a presumption that, in the absence of express language
to the contrary, registered warrants may be subject to net cash settlement, as
it is not within our absolute control to provide freely-tradable shares in all
circumstances. After extensive discussion, our management, Ernst
& Young, and our outside legal advisors concluded that, although the
interpretation and applicability of ASC 815 as it relates to registered warrants
is complex and subject to varying interpretations, it should be applied based on
a strict reading of the authoritative literature without respect to any
evaluation of remoteness or probability.
Applying
such a strict reading, the Audit Committee, together with management and in
consultation with Ernst & Young and our outside legal advisors, determined
that, notwithstanding the highly-remote and theoretical possibility of net cash
settlement, the warrants that we issued in May 2009 in connection with a
registered offering of securities should have been recorded as liabilities,
measured at fair value on the date of issue, with changes in the fair values
recognized in our statement of operations in our quarterly financial
reports. Accordingly, the Audit Committee also concluded on
November 8, 2010 that the Company’s previously-filed consolidated financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 on Form 10-K; Ernst &
Young’s reports on the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009;
each of the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30, 2009 and September
30, 2009; and all related earnings releases and similar communications issued by
the Company with respect to the foregoing, should no longer be relied
upon.
The
restatements reflect the reclassification of the warrants from equity to a
liability in the following amounts, which represents the fair value of the
warrants, as of the issuance dates, calculated using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model:
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Issuance Date
|
|
Number of Warrants
Issued
|
|
|
Exercise Price
|
|
Expiration of
Warrants
|
|
Fair Value of
Warrants at Issuance
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
May
13, 2009
|
|
|
7,000,000 |
|
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
May
13, 2014
|
|
$ |
3,560 |
|
The
revaluation of the fair value of warrants at each subsequent balance sheet date,
results in a change in the carrying value of the liability, which change is
recorded as “Change in fair value of common stock warrant liability” in the
consolidated statement of operations. The net effect of these changes for fiscal
year ended December 31, 2009, and for each of the quarterly consolidated
financial statements on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30,
2009 and September 30, 2009 are as follows:
Reporting Period
|
|
Income (Loss) Resulting from Change
in Fair Value of Common Stock
Warrant Liability (In thousands)
|
|
|
Net Effect on Loss
Per Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Annual
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
ended December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
369 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
Interim
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter
ended June 30, 2009
|
|
|
(1,323 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
Quarter
ended September 30, 2009
|
|
|
(1,662 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
Quarter
ended December 31, 2009
|
|
|
3,354 |
|
|
|
0.03 |
|
We have
not amended our previously-filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods
ended June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009 to reflect the restatements
described in this Amendment No. 2, and thus the financial statements and related
financial statement information contained in those reports should no longer be
relied upon. Throughout this Amendment No. 2, all amounts presented from prior
periods and prior period comparisons that have been revised are labeled as
“restated” and reflect the balances and amounts on a restated
basis.
The
following tables summarize the effect of the restatement on the specific items
presented in our historical consolidated financial statements included in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K as of the year ended
December 31, 2009:
Consolidated Balance Sheet
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
(As previously reported)
|
|
|
(As restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock warrant liability
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
3,191 |
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
15,798 |
|
|
|
18,989 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
paid-in-capital
|
|
|
365,063 |
|
|
|
361,503 |
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
|
(357,649 |
) |
|
|
(357,280 |
) |
Total
Stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
4,487 |
|
|
|
1,296 |
|
Consolidated Statement of Operations
|
|
Year Ended
December 31, 2009
|
|
|
Year Ended
December 31, 2009
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
(As previously reported)
|
|
|
(As restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in fair value of common stock warrant liability
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
369 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss
|
|
|
(30,240 |
) |
|
|
(29,871 |
) |
Loss Per Share
|
|
|
(0.26 |
) |
|
|
(0.26 |
) |
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Note
3 – Liquidity Risks and Management’s Plans
We have
incurred substantial losses since inception, due to investments in research and
development, manufacturing and potential commercialization activities and we
expect to continue to incur substantial losses over the next several
years. Historically, we have funded our business operations through
various sources, including public and private securities offerings, draw downs
under our CEFFs, capital equipment and debt facilities, and strategic
alliances. We expect to continue to fund our business operations
through a combination of these sources, as well as sales revenue from our
product candidates, beginning with Surfaxin for the prevention of RDS, if
approved.
Following
receipt of the April 2009 FDA Complete Response Letter for Surfaxin, we made
fundamental changes in our business strategy. We now believe
that it is in our best interest financially to seek to develop and
commercialize our KL4 technology
through strategic alliances or other collaboration
arrangements. However, there can be no assurance that any strategic
alliance or other arrangement will be successfully concluded.
The
accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will
continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and
satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As a
result of our cash position as of December 31, 2009, the audit opinion we
received from our independent auditors, which is included in our financial
statements in this report, contains a notation related to our ability to
continue as a going concern. Our ability to continue as a going
concern is dependent on our ability to raise additional capital, to fund our
research and development and commercial programs and meet our obligations on a
timely basis. If we are unable to successfully raise sufficient
additional capital, through strategic and collaborative arrangements with
potential partners and/or future debt and equity financings, we will likely
not have sufficient cash flows and liquidity to fund our business operations,
which could significantly limit our ability to continue as a going
concern. In that event, we may be forced to further limit development
of many, if not all, of our programs and consider other means of creating value
for our stockholders, such as licensing the development and/or commercialization
of products that we consider valuable and might otherwise plan to develop
ourselves. If we are unable to raise the necessary capital, we may be
forced to curtail all of our activities and, ultimately, cease
operations. Even if we are able to raise additional capital, such
financings may only be available on unattractive terms, or could result in
significant dilution of stockholders’ interests and, in such event, the market
price of our common stock may decline. Our December 31, 2009
financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to recoverability
and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification
of liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue in
existence.
Our
future capital requirements will depend upon many factors, including our efforts
to secure one or more strategic alliances to support our product development
activities and commercialization plans, and the ultimate success of our product
development and commercialization plans. Currently, we are focused on
developing our lead KL4 surfactant
products to address the most significant respiratory conditions affecting
pediatric populations. However, there can be no assurance that our
research and development projects will be successful, that products developed
will obtain necessary regulatory approval, that any approved product will be
commercially viable, that any CEFF will be available for future financings, or
that we will be able to secure strategic alliances or obtain additional capital
when needed on acceptable terms, if at all. Even if we succeed in
securing strategic alliances, raising additional capital and developing and
subsequently commercializing product candidates, we may never achieve sufficient
sales revenue to achieve or maintain profitability.
As of
December 31, 2009, we had cash and cash equivalents of $15.7
million. In February 2010, we completed a public offering resulting
in gross proceeds of $16.5 million ($15.1 million net). Also, as of
December 31, 2009, our $10.5 million loan with Quintiles (formerly PharmaBio
Development Inc. and NovaQuest™), a strategic investment group of Quintiles
Transnational Corp., is classified as a current liability, payable in April
2010. We are pursuing a potential strategic restructuring of this
loan; however, there can be no assurance that any such restructuring will occur.
Currently, under our two CEFFs, we may potentially raise (subject to certain
conditions, including minimum stock price and volume limitations) up to an
aggregate of $69.5 million. However, as of March 5, 2010, neither the
May 2008 CEFF nor the December 2008 CEFF was available because the market price
of our common stock price was below the minimum price required ($1.15 and $0.60,
respectively) to utilize the facility. See, Note 10 – Stockholders’
Equity, for details about our CEFFs. During 2009, we raised aggregate
gross proceeds of $22.0 million. In May 2009, we completed a public
offering of or common stock, resulting in gross proceeds of $11.3 million ($10.5
million net), and, throughout 2009, we raised an aggregate of $10.7 million from
10 draw-downs under our CEFFs. See, “Item 7 – Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations –
Liquidity and Capital Resources – Committed Equity Financing Facilities
(CEFFs),” and “– Financings Pursuant to Common Stock Offerings.”
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Note
4 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
The
consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes are prepared in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States.
Consolidation
The
consolidated financial statements include all of the accounts of Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. and its inactive subsidiary, Acute Therapeutics,
Inc. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated
in consolidation.
Use
of estimates
The
preparation of financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States, requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ
from those estimates.
Cash,
cash equivalents and marketable securities
We
consider all highly liquid marketable securities purchased with a maturity of
three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Marketable
securities are classified as available-for-sale and carried at fair market
value, based on quoted market prices for these or similar
instruments. Realized gains and losses are computed using the average
cost of securities sold. Any appreciation/depreciation on these
marketable securities is recorded as other comprehensive income (loss) in the
statements of changes in stockholders’ equity until
realized. Realized gains (losses) on disposition of marketable
securities are recorded in the statement of operations when
disposed.
Marketable
securities are purchased pursuant to an investment policy approved by our Board
of Directors (the Board) that provides for the purchase of high-quality
marketable securities, while ensuring preservation of capital and fulfillment of
liquidity needs.
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
Our
financial instruments consist principally of cash and cash equivalents,
marketable securities and restricted cash. The fair values of
the Company’s cash equivalents and marketable securities are based on quoted
market prices. The carrying amount of cash equivalents and marketable
securities is equal to their respective fair values at December 31, 2009 and
December 31, 2008.
Other
financial instruments, including accounts payable and accrued expenses, are
carried at cost, which the Company believes approximates fair
value.
Property
and equipment
Property
and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line
method over the estimated useful lives of the assets (generally three to ten
years). Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the
estimated useful lives or the remaining term of the lease. Repairs
and maintenance costs are charged to expense as incurred.
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Long-lived
assets
Our
long-lived assets, primarily consisting of equipment, are reviewed for
impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount
of an asset may not be recoverable, or its estimated useful life has changed
significantly. When an asset’s undiscounted cash flows are less than
its carrying value, an impairment is recorded and the asset is written down to
its estimated value. No impairment was recorded during the years
ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, as management believes there are no
circumstances that indicate the carrying amount of the assets will not be
recoverable.
Revenue
recognition under strategic alliances and collaboration agreements
Revenue
under strategic alliances and our collaboration agreements is recognized based
on the performance requirements of the contract. Upfront,
non-refundable license fees received in connection with collaboration agreements
are deferred and recognized as revenue over the life of the agreement or period
of performance obligations. Revenues derived from the achievement of
milestones are recognized when the milestone is achieved, as long as there are
no further performance obligations. Deferred revenue results from
cash received or amounts receivable in advance of revenue recognition based upon
the performance requirements of the contract. Grant revenue is
recorded upon receipt of funds.
Research
and development
Research
and development costs consist primarily of expenses associated with our
personnel, facilities, manufacturing operations, formulation development,
research, clinical, regulatory, other preclinical and clinical activities and
medical affairs. Research and development costs are charged to
operations as incurred.
Stock-based
compensation
Effective
January 1, 2006, we adopted the fair value recognition provisions of Accounting
Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 718 “Stock Compensation,” using
the modified-prospective-transition method. See, Note 11 – Stock Options
and Stock-based Employee Compensation, for a detailed description of our
recognition of stock-based compensation expense.
Warrant
accounting
We
account for common stock warrants in accordance with applicable accounting
guidance provided in ASC 815 as either derivative liabilities or as equity
instruments depending on the specific terms of the warrant agreement. In
compliance with applicable securities law, registered common stock warrants that
require the issuance of registered shares upon exercise and do not sufficiently
preclude an implied right to cash settlement are accounted for as derivative
liabilities. We classify these derivative warrant liabilities on the
consolidated balance sheet as a current liability, which is revalued at each
balance sheet date subsequent to the initial issuance. We use the
Black-Scholes pricing model to value the derivative warrant liability. Changes
in the fair market value of the warrants are reflected in the consolidated
statement of operations as “Change in the fair value of common stock warrant
liability.”
Income
taxes
We
provide for income taxes in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification
(ASC) Topic 740, “Accounting
for Income Taxes”. ASC Topic 740 requires the recognition of
deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of
temporary differences between financial statement
carrying
amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities.
We use a
recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement
recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a
tax return. The adoption of ASC 740 on January 1, 2007 did not have a
material impact on the consolidated financial statements. Due to the
fact that we have never realized a profit, management has fully reserved the net
deferred tax asset since realization is not assured.
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Comprehensive
Loss
Comprehensive
loss consists of net loss plus the changes in unrealized gains and losses on
available-for-sale securities. Comprehensive loss for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:
(in thousands)
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(29,871 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,106 |
) |
|
$ |
(40,005 |
) |
Change
in unrealized (losses)/gains on marketable securities
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
42 |
|
Comprehensive
loss
|
|
$ |
(29,872 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,147 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,963 |
) |
Net
loss per common share
Basic net
loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding for the periods. For the
years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, 30.9 million,
25.1 million and 20.3 million shares of common stock, respectively, were
potentially issuable upon the exercise of certain stock options and warrants and
vesting of restricted stock awards. Due to our net loss, these
potentially issuable shares were not included in the calculation of diluted net
loss per share as the effect would be anti-dilutive, therefore basic and
dilutive net loss per share are the same.
Business
segments
We
currently operate in one business segment, which is the research and development
of products focused on surfactant replacement therapies for respiratory
disorders and diseases. We are managed and operated as one business. A single
management team that reports to the Chief Executive Officer comprehensively
manages the entire business. We do not operate separate lines of business with
respect to our product candidates.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
In
June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued the Accounting Standards
Codification™ (the Codification). The Codification now is the
single source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by FASB to be
applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements
in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), in the
United States. The Codification became effective for interim and
annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. All other
accounting literature not included in the Codification will be nonauthoritative,
except for additional authoritative rules and interpretive releases issued by
the United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). The
Codification is not intended to change GAAP; instead, it reorganizes the
thousands of US GAAP pronouncements into approximately 90 Accounting
Topics. Adoption of the Codification did not have an impact on our
consolidated financial statements.
In May
2009, FASB issued new guidance for accounting for subsequent
events. The new guidance, which is now part of Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC) Topic 855, Subsequent Events, is
consistent with existing auditing standards in its definition of subsequent
events, but requires disclosure of the date through which an entity has
evaluated subsequent events and the basis for that date. There are
two types of subsequent events: (1) events that provide additional evidence
about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date, and are recognized in
the financial statements, and (2) events that provide evidence about
conditions that did not exist at the balance sheet date, but arose before the
financial statements are issued or are available to be issued, and are not
recognized at the balance sheet date. The adoption of the new
guidance had no impact on our consolidated financial statements. We
evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after December 31, 1009 up
through March 10, 2010, the date these financial statements were issued and
filed with the SEC. During this period we had three material
nonrecognized subsequent events, which are described in Note
18.
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In
December 2007, FASB issued new guidance for accounting for collaborative
arrangements. The new guidance, which is now part of ASC Topic 808,
Collaborative
Arrangements, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2008. The scope of the new guidance is limited to collaborative
arrangements where no separate legal entity exists and in which the parties are
active participants and are exposed to significant risks and rewards that depend
on the success of the activity. The new guidance requires certain
income statement presentation of transactions with third parties and of payments
between parties to the arrangement, along with disclosure about the nature and
purpose of the arrangement. The adoption of the new guidance on
January 1, 2009 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
In
December 2007, FASB issued new guidance for accounting for business
combinations. The new guidance, which is now part of ASC topic 805,
Business Combinations,
is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning on or
after December 15, 2008. The new guidance establishes principles
and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial
statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any
noncontrolling interest in the acquiree, and the goodwill acquired in the
business combination. ASC Topic 805 also establishes disclosure
requirements to enable the evaluation of the nature and financial effects of the
business combination. We adopted the new guidance on January 1, 2009, which had
no immediate impact on our financial statements; however, it may have an impact
on the accounting for any potential future business combinations.
Note
5 – Fair Value Measurements
ASC Topic
820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures establishes a framework for
measuring fair value under GAAP and enhances disclosures about fair value
measurements.
Fair
value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or
paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for
the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on
the measurement date.
Valuation
techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs
and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy
is based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered
observable and the last unobservable, as follows:
|
·
|
Level
1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and
liabilities. Level 1 is generally considered the most reliable
measurement of fair value under ASC
820.
|
|
·
|
Level
2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or
indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities,
quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are
observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for
substantially the full term of the assets or
liabilities.
|
|
·
|
Level
3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity
and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or
liabilities.
|
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Fair
Value on a Recurring Basis
Assets
and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are categorized in
the table below as of December 31, 2009:
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
Fair value measurement using
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
December 31,
2009
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money
markets (1)
|
|
$ |
14,690 |
|
|
$ |
14,690 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
Certificate
of deposit
|
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$ |
15,290 |
|
|
$ |
15,290 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock warrant liability
|
|
$ |
3,191 |
|
|
$ |
$ – |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
3,191 |
|
(1)
Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund.
The
following table summarizes the activity of Level 3 inputs measured on a
recurring basis for the year ended December 31, 2009:
(in thousands)
|
|
Fair Value Measurements of Common
Stock Warrants Using Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2008
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Issuance
of common stock warrants
|
|
|
3,560 |
|
Change
in fair value of common stock warrant liability
|
|
|
(369 |
) |
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
3,191 |
|
Note
6 – Marketable Securities
We did
not hold any available-for-sale marketable securities as of December 31,
2009. The following is a summary of available-for-sale marketable
securities as of December 31, 2008 and 2007:
(in thousands)
|
|
Amortized
Cost Basis
|
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Gains
|
|
|
Gross
Unrealized
Holding
Losses
|
|
|
Aggregate
Fair Value
|
|
December 31, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
treasury notes
|
|
$ |
2,047 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
2,048 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
2,047 |
|
|
$ |
1 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
2,048 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial
paper
|
|
$ |
16,010 |
|
|
$ |
42 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
16,052 |
|
Certificates
of deposit
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
16,036 |
|
|
$ |
42 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
16,078 |
|
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Available-for-sale
marketable securities consist of United States treasury notes, certificates of
deposits, and high-quality commercial paper with a maturity of greater than
three months. All available-for-sale marketable securities have a
maturity period of less than one year. These assets are measured at
fair market value at each reporting period. The fair market value is
recorded using quoted prices from active markets.
Marketable
securities are purchased pursuant to an investment policy approved by our Board
that provides for the purchase of high-quality marketable securities, while
ensuring preservation of capital and fulfillment of liquidity
needs.
Note
7 – Restricted Cash
Restricted
cash consists of a security deposit held by our bank in the amount of $600,000
to secure a letter of credit in the same notional amount held by our landlord to
secure our obligations under our Lease Agreement dated May 26, 2004 for our
headquarters location in Warrington, Pennsylvania (See, Note 14 – Commitments,
for further discussion on our leases). Under the terms of our Lease,
beginning in March 2010, the letter of credit (and the related security deposit)
will be reduced to $400,000 and will remain in effect at that level through the
remainder of the lease term. Subject to certain conditions, upon
expiration of the lease in February 2013, the letter of credit will expire and
the security deposit will be released.
Note
8 – Property and Equipment
Property and equipment as of December
31, 2009 and 2008 was comprised of the following:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment
|
|
$ |
7,265 |
|
|
$ |
7,143 |
|
Furniture
|
|
|
791 |
|
|
|
791 |
|
Leasehold
improvements
|
|
|
2,838 |
|
|
|
2,813 |
|
Subtotal
|
|
|
10,894 |
|
|
|
10,747 |
|
Accumulated
depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(6,226 |
) |
|
|
(4,782 |
) |
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
$ |
4,668 |
|
|
$ |
5,965 |
|
Equipment
primarily consists of: (i) manufacturing equipment to produce our KL4 surfactant
products, including Surfaxin and Aerosurf, for use in our preclinical studies,
clinical trials and potential commercial needs; (ii) laboratory
equipment for manufacturing, analytical, research and development activities;
and (iii) computers and office equipment to support our overall business
activities.
Leasehold
improvements primarily consists of construction of a new analytical and
development laboratory in our Warrington, Pennsylvania headquarters, which was
completed in 2007 and where we consolidated the analytical, quality and
development activities previously located in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and
Mountain View, California. The activities conducted in our laboratory
include release and stability testing of raw materials as well as preclinical,
clinical and, if approved, commercial drug product supply. We also
perform development work with respect to our aerosolized KL4 surfactant
and novel formulations of our KL4 surfactant
technology. The laboratory will be amortized through the end of the
lease term for our Warrington, Pennsylvania headquarters in 2013. In
addition, in 2007, we built a microbiology laboratory at our manufacturing
facility in Totowa, New Jersey, to support production of our drug product
candidates. The microbiology laboratory will be amortized through the
end of the lease term for our Totowa, New Jersey facility in 2014.
Depreciation
and amortization expense on property and equipment for the years ended December
31, 2009, 2008, and 2007 was $1.4 million, $1.6 million, and $1.5 million,
respectively.
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Note
9 – Accrued Expenses
Accrued
expenses as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 were comprised of the
following:
|
|
December 31,
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued
compensation(1)
|
|
$ |
1,763 |
|
|
$ |
2,390 |
|
Accrued
manufacturing
|
|
|
568 |
|
|
|
1,174 |
|
Accrued
research and development
|
|
|
332 |
|
|
|
374 |
|
All
other accrued expenses
|
|
|
783 |
|
|
|
1,375 |
|
Total
accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
$ |
3,446 |
|
|
$ |
5,313 |
|
Accrued
compensation consists of potential employee incentive arrangements (pursuant to
plans approved by our Board), contractual future severance arrangements for our
former President and Chief Executive Officer (see, Note 14 – Commitments,
for further discussion of this arrangement) and existing union
employees at our manufacturing operations, and employees’ unused earned
vacation.
Note
10 Debt
Loan Payable –
Quintiles
Quintiles
(formerly PharmaBio Development, Inc. and NovaQuest™) in 2001 extended to us a
secured, revolving credit facility, which we restructured in October
2006. The outstanding principal balance of the loan, $8.5 million, is
due and payable on April 30, 2010, together with all unpaid interest accrued
since July 1, 2006. Since October 2006, interest is calculated at the
prime rate, compounded annually. We may repay the loan, in whole or
in part, at any time without prepayment penalty or premium. In
addition, our obligations to Quintiles under the loan agreement are secured by a
security interest in substantially all of our assets, subject to limited
exceptions set forth in the related security agreement.
Also in
October 2006, in consideration of Quintiles’s agreement to restructure the loan,
we entered into a Warrant Agreement with Quintiles, pursuant to which Quintiles
has the right to purchase 1.5 million shares of our common stock at an exercise
price of $3.5813 per share. The warrants have a seven-year term and
are exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash, cancellation of a portion of our
indebtedness under the Quintiles loan agreement, or a combination of the
foregoing, in an amount equal to the aggregate purchase price for the shares
being purchased upon any exercise.
As of
December 31, 2009, the outstanding balance under the loan was $10.5 million
($8.5 million principal and $2.0 million accrued interest) and was classified as
a current liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of such
date.
For the
years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we incurred interest expense
associated with the Quintiles loan of $0.3 million, $0.5 million and $0.7
million, respectively. The decrease in interest expense in 2009 and
2008 is due to declines in the prime rate during 2008 ranging from 7.25% to
3.25%. During 2009, the prime rate remained at 3.25%. In
addition, for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we incurred
interest expense associated with the amortization of deferred financing costs in
connection with warrants issued to Quintiles in October 2006 of $0.5 million,
$0.5 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Equipment
Loans
Our
equipment loan liabilities as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 are as
follows:
(in
thousands)
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GE
Business Financial Services, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term
|
|
$ |
538 |
|
|
$ |
2,385 |
|
Long-term
|
|
|
65 |
|
|
|
664 |
|
Total
|
|
|
603 |
|
|
|
3,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pennsylvania
Machinery and Equipment Loan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
Long-term
|
|
|
363 |
|
|
|
428 |
|
Total
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Short-term
|
|
|
597 |
|
|
|
2,442 |
|
Total
Long-term
|
|
|
428 |
|
|
|
1,092 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
1,025 |
|
|
$ |
3,534 |
|
For the
years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, we incurred interest expense
associated with our equipment loans of $0.2 million, $0.6 million and $0.6
million, respectively.
Equipment
Financing Facility with GE Business Financial Services Inc.
In May
2007, we entered into a Credit and Security Agreement (Credit Agreement) with GE
Business Financial Services Inc. (formerly Merrill Lynch Business Financial
Services Inc.) (GE), as Lender, pursuant to which GE agreed to provide a $12.5
million facility (Facility) to fund our capital programs. The right
to draw under this Facility expired on November 30, 2008. Over the
term of the Facility, we received $7.2 million, $4.0 million of which was
applied to prepayment of a prior facility and $2.3 million of which was
associated with construction and equipment for the analytical and development
laboratory that we built in our Warrington, Pennsylvania headquarters in
2007.
Advances
under the Facility to finance the acquisition of property and equipment are
amortized over a period of 36 months and all other equipment and related
costs are amortized over a period of 24 months. The advance to prepay
our prior facility is amortized over a period of 27 months. Interest
on each advance accrues at a fixed rate per annum equal to one-month LIBOR plus
6.25%, determined on the funding date of such advance. Principal and
interest on all advances are payable in equal installments on the first business
day of each month. We may prepay advances, in whole or in part, at
any time, subject to a prepayment penalty, which, depending on the period of
time elapsed from the closing of the Facility, will range from 4% to
1%.
Our
obligations under the Facility are secured by a security interest in (i) the
financed property and equipment, and (ii) all of our intellectual property
(Supplemental Collateral), subject to limited exceptions set forth in the Loan
Agreement. The Supplemental Collateral will be released on the
earlier to occur of (a) receipt by us of FDA approval of our NDA for
Surfaxin for
the prevention of RDS in premature infants, or (b) the date on which we shall
have maintained over a continuous 12-month period ending on or after March 31,
2008, measured at the end of each calendar quarter, a minimum cash balance equal
to our projected cash requirements for the following 12-month
period. In addition, we, GE and Quintiles entered into an
Intercreditor Agreement under which GE agreed to subordinate its security
interest in the Supplemental Collateral (which does not include financed
property and equipment) to the security interest in the same collateral that we
previously granted to Quintiles as discussed above.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Pennsylvania
Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund (MELF)
We
entered into a Loan Agreement and Security Agreement with the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development (Department),
effective September 8, 2008, pursuant to which the Department made a loan to us
from the Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund in the amount of $500,000 (MELF Loan)
to fund the purchase and installation of new machinery and equipment and the
upgrade of existing machinery and equipment at our analytical and development
laboratory in Warrington, Pennsylvania. Principal and interest on the
MELF Loan is payable in equal monthly installments over a period of seven
years. Interest on the principal amount accrues at a fixed rate of
five percent (5.0%) per annum. We may prepay the MELF Loan at any
time without penalty.
In
addition to customary terms and conditions, the MELF Agreement provides that we
must meet certain criteria regarding retention and creation of new jobs within a
three-year period. In the event that we fail to comply with this
requirement, the interest rate on the Promissory Note, except in limited
circumstances, will be adjusted to a fixed rate equal to two percentage points
above the current prime rate for the remainder of the term.
Sss[MBT]
Note
11 – Stockholders’ Equity
Registered Public Offerings
and Private Placements
In
February 2010, we completed a public offering of 27,500,000 shares of our common
stock and warrants to purchase 13,750,000 shares of our common stock, sold as
units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to
purchase 0.50 of a share of common stock, at a public offering price of $0.60
per unit, resulting in gross and net proceeds to us of $16.5 million and $15.1
million, respectively. The warrants expire in February 2015 and are
exercisable, subject to an aggregate share ownership limitation, at a price per
share of $0.85, for cash or, in the event that the related registration
statement or an exemption from registration is not available for the resale of
the warrant shares, on a cashless basis. This offering was made
pursuant to the 2008 Universal Shelf (see, Universal Shelf
Registration Statements of this Note).
In May
2009, we completed a registered direct offering of 14,000,000 shares of our
common stock and warrants to purchase 7,000,000 shares of our common stock, sold
as units to select institutional investors, with each unit consisting of one
share of common stock and a warrant to purchase 0.50 of a share of common stock,
at an offering price of $0.81 per unit, resulting in gross and net proceeds to
us of $11.3 million and $10.5 million, respectively.
The
warrants expire in May 2014 and are exercisable, subject to an aggregate share
ownership limitation, at a price per share of $1.15, for cash or, in the event
that the related registration statement or an exemption from registration is not
available for the resale of the warrant shares, on a cashless
basis. This offering was made pursuant to our 2008 Universal
Shelf.
In
December 2007, we completed a registered direct offering of 10,000,000 shares of
our common stock to select institutional investors. The shares were
priced at $2.50 per share resulting in gross and net proceeds to us of $25.0
million and $23.6 million, respectively. This offering was made
pursuant to the 2005 Universal Shelf (see, Universal Shelf
Registration Statements of this Note).
In April
2007, we completed a registered direct offering of 14,050,000 shares of our
common stock to select institutional investors. The shares were
priced at $2.15 per share resulting in gross and net proceeds to us of $30.2
million and $28.1 million, respectively. This offering was made
pursuant to our 2005 Universal Shelf.
Committed Equity Financing
Facilities (CEFFs)
We have
entered into four Committed Equity Financing Facilities (CEFFs) with Kingsbridge
Capital Limited (Kingsbridge), a private investment group, under which
Kingsbridge is committed to purchase, subject to certain conditions,
newly-issued shares of our common stock. The CEFFs allow us, at our
discretion, to raise capital at the time and in amounts deemed suitable to us,
to support our business plans. We are not obligated to utilize any of
the funds available under the CEFFs. Each CEFF is available for a
period of 2 to 3 years from inception. Should we choose to utilize
any of the CEFFs, our ability to access the funds available under the CEFFs is
subject to certain conditions, including stock price and volume
limitations.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT
- - FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
As of
December 31, 2009, we had two CEFFs available for future financings as follows:
the CEFF dated December 12, 2008 (December 2008 CEFF) and the CEFF dated May 22,
2008 (May 2008 CEFF). A third CEFF entered in April 2006 expired on
May 12, 2009 and is no longer available. The following table sets
forth an overview of the “draw down” requirements and availability under each
CEFF:
(in
millions, except per
share
data and trading
days)
|
|
Minimum
Price
to
Initiate
|
|
Minimum
VWAP
for
|
|
#
of
Trading
Days
In
Each
|
|
|
Amount
per
Contract
|
|
|
Potential
Availability
at
December
31, 2009
|
|
|
Expiration
|
|
Draw
Down(1)
|
|
Daily
Pricing(2)
|
|
Draw
Down(2)
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Maximum
Proceeds
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Maximum
Proceeds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
2008
CEFF
|
June
18, 2011
|
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
90%
of the closing market price on the
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
19.3 |
|
|
$ |
60.0 |
|
|
|
12.8 |
|
|
$ |
51.8 |
|
Dec.
2008
CEFF
|
Feb.
6, 2011
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
day
preceding the first day of
draw
down
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
|
$ |
25.0 |
|
|
|
7.1 |
|
|
$ |
17.7 |
|
|
(1)
|
To
initiate a draw down, the closing price of our common stock on the trading
day immediately preceding the firsttrading day of the draw down period
must be at least equal to the minimum price set forth
above.
|
|
(2)
|
If
on any trading day, the daily volume-weighted average of our common stock
(VWAP) is less than the minimum VWAP set forth above, no shares are
purchased on that trading day and the aggregate amount that we originally
designated for the overall draw down is reduced for each such day by
1/8th
in the case of the December 2008 CEFF, and 1/6th
in the case of the May 2008 CEFF, respectively . Unless we and
Kingsbridge agree otherwise, a minimum of three trading days must elapse
between the expiration of any draw-down pricing period and the beginning
of the next draw-down pricing
period.
|
Each draw
down is limited in amount as follows:
|
·
|
May
2008 CEFF – the lesser of 3.0 percent of the closing price market value of
the outstanding shares of our common stock at the time of the draw down or
$10 million; and
|
|
·
|
December
2008 CEFF – the lesser of 1.5 percent of the closing price market value of
the outstanding shares of our common stock at the time of the draw down or
$3 million.
|
The
purchase price of shares sold to Kingsbridge under the CEFFs is at a discount to
the VWAP (as defined in the applicable agreement) for each of the trading days
following our initiation of a “draw down” under the CEFF, as
follows:
Daily VWAP
|
|
% of VWAP
|
|
|
Applicable Discount
|
|
May
2008 CEFF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater
than $7.25 per share
|
|
|
94 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $7.25 but greater than $3.85 per share
|
|
|
92 |
% |
|
|
8 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $3.85 but greater than $1.75 per share
|
|
|
90 |
% |
|
|
10 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $1.75 but greater than or equal to $1.15 per
share
|
|
|
88 |
% |
|
|
12 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December
2008 CEFF
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Greater
than $7.25 per share
|
|
|
94 |
% |
|
|
6 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $7.25 but greater than $3.85 per share
|
|
|
92 |
% |
|
|
8 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $3.85 but greater than $1.75 per share
|
|
|
90 |
% |
|
|
10 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $1.75 but greater than or equal to $1.10 per
share
|
|
|
88 |
% |
|
|
12 |
% |
Less
than or equal to $1.10 but greater than or equal to $.60
|
|
|
85 |
% |
|
|
15 |
% |
In
addition, Kingsbridge may terminate the CEFFs under certain circumstances,
including if a material adverse event relating to our business continues for 10
trading days after notice of the material adverse event.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In
connection with the December 2008 CEFF, we issued a warrant to Kingsbridge on
December 22, 2008 to purchase up to 675,000 shares of our common stock at an
exercise price of $1.5132 per share. The warrant expires in May 2014
and is exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash, except in limited
circumstances, with expected total proceeds to us, if exercised, of
approximately $1.0 million. As of December 31, 2009, this warrant had
not been exercised.
In
connection with the May 2008 CEFF, we issued a warrant to Kingsbridge on May 22,
2008 to purchase up to 825,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price
of $2.506 per share. The warrant expires in November 2013 and is
exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash, except in limited circumstances,
with expected total proceeds to us, if exercised, of approximately $2.1
million. As of December 31, 2009, this warrant had not been
exercised.
In
connection with the 2006 CEFF, we issued a Class C Investor Warrant to
Kingsbridge on April 17, 2006 to purchase up to 490,000 shares of our common
stock at an exercise price equal to $5.6186 per share. The warrant
expires in October 2011 and is exercisable, in whole or in part, for cash,
except in limited circumstances, with expected total proceeds to us, if
exercised, of approximately $2.8 million. As of December 31, 2009,
this Class C Investor Warrant had not been exercised.
In
connection with a CEFF that we entered in 2004, we issued a Class B Investor
Warrant to Kingsbridge to purchase up to 375,000 shares of our common stock at
an exercise price equal to $12.0744 per share. The warrant expired
unexercised in January 2010.
CEFF
Financings
The financings that we completed under
the December 2008 CEFF are:
(in thousands, except per share
data)
Completion Date
|
|
Shares Issued
|
|
|
Gross Proceeds
|
|
|
Discounted
Average Price
Per Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April
8, 2009
|
|
|
806 |
|
|
$ |
1,000 |
|
|
$ |
1.24 |
|
May
7, 2009
|
|
|
1,273 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
0.79 |
|
September
23, 2009
|
|
|
1,793 |
|
|
|
1,583 |
|
|
|
0.88 |
|
October
13, 2009
|
|
|
1,909 |
|
|
|
1,800 |
|
|
|
0.94 |
|
October
21, 2009
|
|
|
2,101 |
|
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
0.90 |
|
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
The
financings that we completed under the May 2008 CEFF are:
(in thousands, except per share
data)
Completion Date
|
|
Shares Issued
|
|
|
Gross Proceeds
|
|
|
Discounted
Average Price
Per Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
July
11, 2008
|
|
|
1,105 |
|
|
$ |
1,563 |
|
|
$ |
1.41 |
|
July
31, 2008
|
|
|
992 |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
1.51 |
|
October
17, 2008
|
|
|
914 |
|
|
|
1,313 |
|
|
|
1.44 |
|
November
20, 2008
|
|
|
221 |
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
1.13 |
|
January
2, 2009
|
|
|
479 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
1.04 |
|
January
16, 2009
|
|
|
419 |
|
|
|
438 |
|
|
|
1.04 |
|
February
18, 2009
|
|
|
857 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
1.17 |
|
March
31, 2009
|
|
|
1,015 |
|
|
|
1,094 |
|
|
|
1.08 |
|
October
13, 2009
|
|
|
559 |
|
|
|
606 |
|
|
|
1.09 |
|
The
financings that we completed under the now expired 2006 CEFF are:
(in thousands, except per share
data)
Completion Date
|
|
Shares Issued
|
|
|
Gross Proceeds
|
|
|
Discounted
Average Price
Per Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
29, 2006
|
|
|
1,079 |
|
|
$ |
2,188 |
|
|
$ |
2.03 |
|
October
11, 2006
|
|
|
1,205 |
|
|
|
2,300 |
|
|
|
1.91 |
|
November
10, 2006
|
|
|
1,372 |
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
|
2.19 |
|
February
22, 2007
|
|
|
943 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
2.12 |
|
October
12, 2007
|
|
|
1,909 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
2.62 |
|
September
9, 2008
|
|
|
676 |
|
|
|
1,250 |
|
|
|
1.85 |
|
401(k) Employer
Match
We have a
voluntary 401(k) savings plan covering eligible employees that allows for
periodic discretionary matches as a percentage of each participant’s
contributions (up to the maximum deduction allowed, excluding “catch up”
amounts) in newly issued shares of common stock. For the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007, the match resulted in the issuance of 346,904,
231,287, and 118,330 shares of common stock, respectively.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Common Shares Reserved for
Future Issuance
Common shares reserved for potential
future issuance upon exercise of warrants
The chart
below summarizes shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance upon
the exercise of warrants.
(in thousands, except price per share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
Expiration
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
Price
|
|
Date
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investor
Warrants – May 2009 Financing (1)
|
|
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
1.15 |
|
5/13/2014
|
Kingsbridge
– December 2008 CEFF(2)
|
|
|
675 |
|
|
|
675 |
|
|
$ |
1.51 |
|
6/12/2014
|
Kingsbridge
– May 2008 CEFF(2)
|
|
|
825 |
|
|
|
825 |
|
|
$ |
2.51 |
|
11/22/2013
|
Private
Placement – 2006 (3)
|
|
|
2,315 |
|
|
|
2,315 |
|
|
$ |
3.18 |
|
11/22/2011
|
Quintiles
- 2006 Loan Restructuring (4)
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
$ |
3.58 |
|
10/26/2013
|
Class
C Investor Warrants - 2006 CEFF (2)
|
|
|
490 |
|
|
|
490 |
|
|
$ |
5.62 |
|
10/17/2011
|
Quintiles
- 2004 Partnership Restructuring (5)
|
|
|
850 |
|
|
|
850 |
|
|
$ |
7.19 |
|
11/3/2014
|
Class
B Investor Warrants - 2004 CEFF (2)
|
|
|
375 |
|
|
|
375 |
|
|
$ |
12.07 |
|
1/6/2010
|
Class
A Investor Warrants – 2003
|
|
|
809 |
|
|
|
809 |
|
|
$ |
6.88 |
|
9/19/2010
|
Total
|
|
|
14,839 |
|
|
|
7,839 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
Refer
to the Registered Public Offerings and Private Placements section of this
Note.
|
|
(2)
|
Refer
to the Registered Public Offerings and Private Placements section of this
Note.
|
|
(3)
|
In
Nov. 2006, in connection with a sale of 4.6 million shares of our common
stock, we issued warrants to purchase common stock at an exercise price
equal to $3.18 per share. The warrants expire in Nov. 2011 and, subject to
an aggregate share ownership limitation, are exercisable, in whole or in
part, for cash, except in limited circumstances, with expected proceeds to
us of $7.4 million. As of December 31, 2009, the warrants had not been
exercised
|
|
(4)
|
Refer
to Note 9 – Debt
|
|
(5)
|
Issued
in connection with a restructuring of a 2003 arrangement with Quintiles
Transnational Corp that resulted in cancellation of a 2001
commercialization agreement and extension of the Quintiles Loan. Refer to
Note 9 – Debt.
|
Common
shares reserved for potential future issuance upon exercise of stock
options
In June
2007, our stockholders approved the adoption of the 2007 Long-Term Incentive
Plan (the “2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan provides for the grant of long-term equity
and cash incentive compensation awards and replaced the Amended and Restated
1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the “1998 Plan”) whose ten-year term was to expire in
March 2008. The 2007 Plan continues many of the features of the 1998 Plan, but
is updated to reflect changes to Nasdaq rules regarding equity compensation,
other regulatory changes and market and corporate governance developments.
Awards outstanding under the 1998 Plan will continue to be governed by the terms
of the 1998 Plan and the agreements under which they were
granted.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Stock
options outstanding and available for future issuance as of December 31, 2009
and 2008 are as follows:
(in thousands)
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007
Plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
6,688 |
|
|
|
7,296 |
|
Available
for Future Grants
|
|
|
1,812 |
|
|
|
1,204 |
|
Total
|
|
|
8,500 |
|
|
|
8,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1998
Plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
|
9,298 |
|
|
|
9,916 |
|
Available
for Future Grants
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
Total
|
|
|
9,298 |
|
|
|
9,916 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Outstanding
|
|
|
15,986 |
|
|
|
17,212 |
|
Total
Available for Future Grants
|
|
|
1,812 |
|
|
|
1,204 |
|
Total
|
|
|
17,798 |
|
|
|
18,416 |
|
The 1998
Plan was suspended upon approval of the 2007 Plan in June 2007; therefore, no
shares were available for future grants under the 1998 Plan. See, Note 11 – Stock Options
and Stock-based Employee Compensation.
Universal Shelf Registration
Statements
2008 Universal Shelf
In June
2008, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-151654) (2008 Universal Shelf) with the SEC for the proposed offering from
time to time of up to $150 million of our securities, including common stock,
preferred stock, varying forms of debt and warrant securities, or any
combination of the foregoing, on terms and conditions that will be determined at
that time. As of December 31, 2009 and March 1, 2010, respectively, up to $138.7
million and $122.2 million of our securities are potentially available for
issuance pursuant to the 2009 Universal Shelf. See, Registered Public
Offering and Private Placements in this Note for offerings made pursuant to the
2008 Universal Shelf.
2005
Universal Shelf
In
October 2005, we filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3
(File No. 333-128929) (2005 Universal Shelf) with the SEC for the proposed
offering, from time to time, of up to $100 million of our debt or equity
securities. See,
Registered Public Offering and Private Placements in this Note for a discussion
of offerings pursuant to the 2008 Universal Shelf. The October 2005 Universal
Shelf expired in December 2008.
Common
shares reserved for potential future issuance under CEFF
arrangements
As of
December 31, 2009, the Company had two CEFFs available for future financings, as
follows:
(in thousands)
|
|
Potential future issuance
as of December 31,
|
|
|
Expiration
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May
2008 CEFF
|
June
18, 2011
|
|
|
12,768 |
|
|
|
15,618 |
|
December
2008 CEFF
|
February 6, 2011
|
|
|
7,118 |
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Common
shares reserved for potential future issuance under our 401(k)
Plan
In
September 2009 and December 2008, our Board approved an increase of 160,000 and
350,000 shares, respectively, to the reserve for issuance under the 401(k) Plan.
As of December 31, 2009 and 2008, we had 137,435 and 324,339 shares,
respectively, reserved for potential future issuance under the 401(k)
Plan.
Note
12 – Stock Options and Stock-based Employee Compensation
Long-Term
Incentive Plans
In June
2007, our stockholders approved the 2007 Plan, which replaced the 1998 Plan,
which by its terms would have expired in March 2008. See, Note 10 – Common shares
reserved for potential future issuance upon exercise of stock options. The
purposes of the 2007 Plan are to (i) encourage eligible participants to acquire
a proprietary interest in our company, (ii) provide employees incentives to
contribute to our future success, thereby enhancing stockholder value, and
(iii) attract and retain exceptionally qualified individuals upon whom, in
large measure, our sustained progress, growth and profitability
depend.
Under the
2007 Plan, we may grant awards for up to 8,500,000 shares of our common stock.
An administrative committee (the Committee – currently the Compensation
Committee of the Board) or Committee delegates may determine the types, the
number of shares covered by, and the terms and conditions of, such awards.
Eligible participants may include any of our employees, directors, advisors or
consultants.
The 2007
Plan continues many of the features of the 1998 Plan, but is updated to reflect
changes to Nasdaq rules regarding equity compensation, other regulatory changes
and market and corporate governance developments. Awards outstanding under the
1998 Plan continue to be governed by the terms of that plan and the applicable
award agreements.
Award
under the two plans may include:
Stock
Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs)
The
Committee may award nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, or SARs
with a term of not more than ten years and a purchase price not be less than
100% of the fair market value on the date of grant. The Committee will establish
the vesting schedule for stock options and the method of payment for the
exercise price, which may include cash, shares, or other awards. Although
individual grants may vary, option awards generally are exercisable upon
vesting, vest based upon three years of continuous service and have a 10-year
term. In addition, the 2007 Plan provides for limits on the number of options
and SARs granted to any one participant and the terms of any incentive stock
option must comply with the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Restricted
Stock and Restricted Stock Units
The
Committee may grant restricted stock awards (RSAs) and restricted stock units
and, among other things, establish the applicable restrictions, including any
limitation on voting rights or the receipt of dividends, and will establish the
manner and timing under which restrictions may lapse. If employment is
terminated during the applicable restriction period (other than as a result of
death or disability), shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units
still subject to restriction will be forfeited, except as determined otherwise
by the Committee.
Performance
Awards and Other Stock-Based Awards
The
Committee may grant performance awards, which may be denominated in cash,
shares, other securities or other awards and payable to, or exercisable by, the
participant upon the achievement of performance goals during performance
periods, as established by the Committee. The Committee may grant other
stock-based awards that are denominated or payable in shares, under the terms
and conditions as the Committee will determine. The Committee may decide to
include dividends or dividend equivalents as part of a performance or other
stock-based award, and may accrue dividends, with or without interest, until the
award is paid.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Automatic
Grant of Non-Employee Director Options
Each
non-employee directors is entitled to automatic option grants on specified dates
as follows: (i) options to purchase 40,000 shares on the date of first election
or appointment to the board and (ii) options to purchase 30,000 shares on the
date of each subsequent annual stockholders meeting if such director continues
to, and has served as a director for at least six months. Non-employee director
options vest on the first anniversary of the date of grant (subject to continued
service through such date) and will otherwise vest in full upon the termination
of service as a result of death or disability. Non-employee director options
have a term of ten years (subject to earlier termination twelve months after any
termination of service).
No SARs
or Performance Awards have been granted under either plan. No RSAs have been
granted under the 2007 Plan. Under the 1998 Plan, in 2007, 56,660 RSAs were
granted to certain employees for no cash consideration. These RSAs initially
were to vest on the date that Surfaxin for RDS first becomes widely commercially
available; however, the Committee amended the vesting provisions in 2009 to
provide for vesting on the third anniversary of the grant date. As of December
31, 2009, there were 27,500 unvested restricted stock awards outstanding, which
vested on January 3, 2010.
Under the
2007 Plan, as of December 31, 2009, options to purchase 6,687,719 shares of
common stock were outstanding and 1,812,281 shares were available for potential
future grants. As of December 31, 2008, options to purchase 7,295,667 shares of
common stock were outstanding and 1,204,333 shares were available for potential
future grants. Under the 1998 Plan, options to purchase 9,297,792 and 9,916,644
shares of common stock were outstanding as of December 31, 2009 and December 31,
2008, respectively. No shares are available for future grants under the 1998
Plan.
A summary
of option activity under the 2007 Plan and 1998 Plan as of December 31, 2009 and
changes during the periods ended December 31, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively,
is presented below:
(in thousands, except for weighted-average data)
Stock Options
|
|
Price Per Share
|
|
Shares
|
|
Weighted-Average
Exercise
Price
|
|
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (In Yrs)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2006
|
|
$0.19
– $10.60
|
|
10,690
|
|
$ |
4.89
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
2.08
– 3.58
|
|
3,907
|
|
|
2.94
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
0.19
– 2.46
|
|
(61)
|
|
|
1.72
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
or expired
|
|
0.19
– 9.80
|
|
(606)
|
|
|
5.07
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
|
$0.19
– $10.60
|
|
13,930
|
|
$ |
4.35
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
1.21
– 2.90
|
|
3,950
|
|
|
1.78
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
0.32
– 1.62
|
|
(18)
|
|
|
1.21
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
or expired
|
|
0.19
– 10.60
|
|
(650)
|
|
|
5.17
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2008
|
|
$0.81
– $10.43
|
|
17,212
|
|
$ |
3.72
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
0.49
– 1.18
|
|
297
|
|
|
0.78
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
or expired
|
|
0.81
– 9.17
|
|
(1,523)
|
|
|
2.63
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2009
|
|
$0.49
– $10.43
|
|
15,986
|
|
$ |
3.76
|
|
|
6.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable
at December 31, 2009
|
|
$1.15
– $10.43
|
|
13,608
|
|
$ |
4.09
|
|
|
5.7
|
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Based
upon application of the Black-Scholes option-pricing formula described below,
the weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the years
ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $0.56, $0.88 and $2.05, respectively.
The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December
31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was $0, $13,000 and $57,000, respectively. The total
intrinsic value of options outstanding, vested and exercisable as of December
31, 2009 is $13,000, $0 and $0, respectively.
A summary
of the status of our nonvested shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding
options and changes during 2009 is presented below:
(shares in thousands)
|
|
Option
Shares
|
|
Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-vested
at December 31, 2008
|
|
6,607
|
|
$ |
1.40
|
|
Granted
|
|
297
|
|
|
.56
|
|
Vested
|
|
(3,636)
|
|
|
1.55
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
(891)
|
|
|
1.33
|
|
Non-vested
at December 31, 2009
|
|
2,377
|
|
$ |
1.11
|
|
The
following table provides detail with regard to options outstanding, vested and
exercisable at December 31, 2009:
(shares in thousands)
|
|
Outstanding
|
|
Vested and Exercisable
|
Price per share
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted-
Average
Price
per Share
|
|
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Weighted-
Average
Price
per Share
|
|
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
|
$0.49
– $2.00
|
|
|
4,148 |
|
|
$ |
1.63 |
|
7.86
Years
|
|
|
2,404 |
|
|
$ |
1.69 |
|
7.23
years
|
$2.01
– $4.00
|
|
|
7,463 |
|
|
$ |
2.66 |
|
6.41
Years
|
|
|
6,829 |
|
|
$ |
2.65 |
|
6.44
years
|
$4.01
– $6.00
|
|
|
657 |
|
|
$ |
4.75 |
|
0.88
Years
|
|
|
657 |
|
|
$ |
4.75 |
|
0.88
years
|
$6.01
– $8.00
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
$ |
6.87 |
|
5.26
Years
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
$ |
6.87 |
|
5.26
years
|
$8.01
– $10.00
|
|
|
2,343 |
|
|
$ |
8.93 |
|
4.24
Years
|
|
|
2,343 |
|
|
$ |
8.93 |
|
4.24
years
|
$10.01
– $10.43
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
$ |
10.43 |
|
4.22
Years
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
$ |
10.43 |
|
4.22
years
|
|
|
|
15,986 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,608 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-Based
Compensation
As a
result of adopting Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 718 “Stock Compensation,” on
January 1, 2006, we recognized compensation expense for the years ended December
31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 of $2.7 million, $4.6 million and $5.3 million,
respectively.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Stock-based
compensation expenses was classified as follows:
|
|
Years Ended December 31,
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
$ |
649 |
|
|
$ |
1,501 |
|
|
$ |
1,706 |
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
2,035 |
|
|
|
3,127 |
|
|
|
3,613 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
2,684 |
|
|
$ |
4,628 |
|
|
$ |
5,319 |
|
The fair
value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing formula that uses assumptions noted in the
following table. Expected volatilities are based upon the historical volatility
of our common stock and other factors. We also use historical data and other
factors to estimate option exercises, employee terminations and forfeiture rates
within the valuation model. The risk-free interest rates are based upon the U.S.
Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.
|
|
Years Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
average expected volatility
|
|
|
99 |
% |
|
|
81 |
% |
|
|
88 |
% |
Weighted
average expected term
|
|
4.7
years
|
|
|
4.6
years
|
|
|
4.8
years
|
|
Weighted
average risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
1.7 |
% |
|
|
2.1 |
% |
|
|
4.8 |
% |
Expected
dividends
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
The total
fair value of the underlying shares of the options vested during 2009, 2008, and
2007 equals $5.6 million, $4.7 million and $4.9 million, respectively. As of
December 31, 2009, there was $2.2 million of total unrecognized compensation
cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under
the Plan. That cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average vesting
period of 1.37 years.
On August
13, 2009, Dr. Robert J. Capetola, our former President and Chief Executive
Officer, resigned his position and with us and as a member of our Board. Under
the terms of a Separation of Employment Agreement and General Release dated
August 13, 2009 between Dr. Capetola and ourselves, all of Dr. Capetola’s
outstanding RSAs and options immediately vested and all such RSAs and options
shall remain exercisable to the end of their stated terms. During 2009, the
company recognized $0.3 million in stock option modification costs related to
these items.
Note
13 – Corporate Partnership, Licensing and Research Funding
Agreements
Laboratorios
del Dr. Esteve, S.A.
We have a
strategic alliance with Laboratorios del Dr. Esteve, S.A. (Esteve) for the
development, marketing and sales of a broad portfolio of potential products in
Andorra, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. Esteve will pay us a transfer price
on sales of Surfaxin and other KL4 surfactant
products. We will be responsible for the manufacture and supply of all of the
covered products and Esteve will be responsible for all sales and marketing in
the territory. Esteve is obligated to make stipulated cash payments to us upon
our achievement of certain milestones, primarily upon receipt of marketing
regulatory approvals for the covered products. In addition, Esteve has agreed to
contribute to Phase 3 clinical trials for the covered products by conducting and
funding development performed in the territory. As part of a restructuring of
this alliance in December 2004, we regained full commercialization rights to our
KL4
surfactant technology in portions of the original territory licensed to Esteve,
including key European markets, Central America, and South America (Former
Esteve Territories) and agreed to pay to Esteve 10% of any cash up-front and
milestone fees (not to exceed $20 million in the aggregate) that we may receive
in connection with any strategic collaborations for the development and
commercialization of certain of our KL4 surfactant
products, including Surfaxin and Aerosurf in the Former Esteve
Territories.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Licensing
and Research Funding Agreements
Philip
Morris USA Inc. and Philip Morris Products S.A.
In March
2008, we restructured our December 2005 strategic alliance with Philip Morris
USA Inc. (PMUSA), d/b/a Chrysalis Technologies (Chrysalis), and assumed full
responsibility from Chrysalis for the further development of the capillary
aerosolization technology, including finalizing design development for the
initial prototype aerosolization device platform and disposable dose packets. In
connection with the restructuring, we restated our prior agreement as of March
28, 2008 and entered into an Amended and Restated License Agreement with PMUSA
with respect to the United States (U.S. License Agreement), and, as PMUSA had
assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (PMPSA) all rights in and to the
capillary aerosolization technology outside of the United States (International
Rights), effective on the same date, we entered into a License Agreement with
PMPSA with respect to the International Rights (International License Agreement)
on substantially the same terms and conditions as the U.S. License Agreement. We
currently hold exclusive licenses to the capillary aerosolization technology
both in and outside of the United States for use with pulmonary surfactants
(alone or in combination with any other pharmaceutical compound(s)) for all
respiratory diseases and conditions (the foregoing uses in each territory, the
Exclusive Field). In addition, under the U.S. License Agreement, our license to
use the capillary aerosolization technology includes other (non-surfactant)
drugs to treat a wide range of pediatric and adult respiratory indications in
hospitals and other health care institutions.
As part
of the restructuring, Chrysalis completed a technology transfer, provided
development support to us through June 30, 2008, and also paid us
$4.5 million to support our future development activities. We are obligated
to pay royalties at a rate equal to a low single-digit percent of sales of
products sold in the Exclusive Field in the territories. In connection with
exclusive undertakings of PMUSA and PMPSA not to exploit the capillary
aerosolization technology for all licensed uses, we are obligated to pay
royalties on all product sales, including sales of aerosol devices and related
components that are not based on the capillary aerosolization technology;
provided, however, that no royalties are payable to the extent that we exercise
our right to terminate the license with respect to a specific indication. We
also agreed in the future to pay minimum royalties, but are entitled to a
reduction of future royalties in an amount equal to the excess of any minimum
royalty paid over royalties actually earned in prior periods.
Johnson
& Johnson and Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
We,
Johnson & Johnson and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ortho Pharmaceutical
Corporation, are parties to an agreement granting to us an exclusive worldwide
license to the proprietary KL4 surfactant
technology, including Surfaxin, in exchange for certain license fees, milestone
payments aggregating up to $2,500,000 and royalties. To date, we have paid
$450,000 of such amount for milestones that have been achieved.
Note
14 – Commercial Strategy and Cost Containment Measures
Following
receipt of the April 2009 Complete Response Letter for Surfaxin for the
prevention of RDS in premature infants, we reviewed all aspects of our business
with a view to conserving our cash and implemented a fundamental change in our
business strategy. We no longer are planning to establish our own specialty
pulmonary organization to commercialize our potential pediatric products in the
United States. Rather, to secure capital and advance our KL4 surfactant
pipeline programs, we are now seeking strategic alliances in all markets,
including the United States, to support our research and development programs
and, if approved, to commercialize our products.
In
addition, in April 2009, we implemented cost containment measures and reduced
our workforce from 115 to 91 employees, focusing primarily on our commercial and
corporate administrative groups. We continue to maintain our core capabilities
to support development of our KL4 surfactant
technology, including quality, manufacturing and research and development
resources. We incurred a charge of $0.6 million in the second quarter of 2009
associated with staff reductions and the close-out of certain contractual
arrangements, which is included within the appropriate line items on the
Statements of Operations ($0.4 million in general and administrative expenses
and $0.2 million in research and development expenses). As of December 31, 2009,
payments totaling $0.6 million had been made related to these items and $29,000
was unpaid, as follows:
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
(in thousands)
|
|
Severance
and Benefits
Related
|
|
|
Termination
of
Commercial
Programs
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q2
2009 Charge
|
|
$ |
554 |
|
|
$ |
74 |
|
|
$ |
628 |
|
Payments
/ Adjustments
|
|
|
(450 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(450 |
) |
Liability
as of June 30, 2009
|
|
$ |
104 |
|
|
$ |
74 |
|
|
$ |
178 |
|
Payments
/ Adjustments
|
|
|
(97 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(101 |
) |
Liability
as of September 30, 2009
|
|
$ |
7 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
77 |
|
Payments
/ Adjustments
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
(48 |
) |
Liability
as of December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
29 |
|
|
$ |
29 |
|
Note
15 – Commitments
Future
payments due under contractual obligations at December 31, 2009 are as
follows:
(in thousands)
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
There-after
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan
payable(1)
|
|
$ |
10,573 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
10,573 |
|
Equipment
loan obligations(1)
|
|
|
722 |
|
|
|
152 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
70 |
|
|
|
1,199 |
|
Operating
lease obligations
|
|
|
1,127 |
|
|
|
1,146 |
|
|
|
1,166 |
|
|
|
320 |
|
|
|
150 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
3,909 |
|
CEO
Severance obligations
|
|
|
1,211 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
1,211 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
13,633 |
|
|
$ |
1,298 |
|
|
$ |
1,251 |
|
|
$ |
405 |
|
|
$ |
235 |
|
|
$ |
70 |
|
|
$ |
16,892 |
|
(1) See, Note 9: “Debt”
Our
operating leases consist primarily of facility leases for our operations in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
We
maintain our headquarters in Warrington, Pennsylvania. The facility is 39,594
square feet and serves as the main operating facility for clinical development,
regulatory, analytical technical services, research and development, and
administration. In April 2007, the lease, which originally expired in February
2010 with total aggregate payments of $4.6 million, was extended an additional
three years through February 2013 with additional payments of $3.0 million over
the extension period.
We lease
approximately 21,000 square feet of space for our manufacturing facility in
Totowa, New Jersey, at an annual rent of $150,000. This space is specifically
designed for the manufacture and filling of sterile pharmaceuticals in
compliance with cGMP and is our only manufacturing facility. The lease expires
in December 2014, subject to the landlord’s right, upon two years’ prior notice,
to terminate the lease early. This early termination right is subject to certain
conditions, including that the master tenant, a related party of the landlord,
must have ceased all activities at the premises, and, depending upon the timing
of the notice, if we satisfy certain financial conditions, the landlord would be
obligated to make early termination payments to us. At the present time, we
understand that the master tenant continues to be active in the
premises. The total aggregate payments over the term of the lease are $1.4
million. In connection with our manufacturing operations in Totowa, New Jersey,
we have 15 employees subject to a collective bargaining arrangement which
expires on December 3, 2010. For a discussion of our manufacturing strategy,
see, “Item 1 – Business
– Business Operations – Manufacturing and Distribution,” in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Our lease
for 5,600 square feet of office and analytical laboratory space in Doylestown,
Pennsylvania was terminated effective July 31, 2008 and all activities at this
location have been consolidated into our laboratory space in Warrington,
Pennsylvania. Our lease for 16,800 square feet of office and laboratory space at
our facility in Mountain View, California, expired without renewal or extension
on June 30, 2008. In December 2007, we consolidated these activities into our
laboratory space in Warrington, Pennsylvania.
Rent
expense under all of these leases for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008,
and 2007 was $1.1 million, $1.2 million and $1.5 million,
respectively.
In
addition to the contractual obligations above, we have certain milestone and
royalty payment obligations to Johnson & Johnson related to our product
licenses. To date, of the $2,500,000 aggregate potential amount of such
milestone payments, we have paid $450,000 for milestones that have been
achieved.
Former
CEO Commitment
Effective
August 13, 2009, Dr. Robert J. Capetola resigned his positions as our President
and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of our Board. We entered into a
separation agreement and general release (Separation Agreement) with Dr.
Capetola providing for (i) an upfront severance payment of $250,000, and (ii)
periodic payments in an amount equal to his base salary (calculated at a rate of
$490,000 per annum), in accordance with our payroll practices and less required
withholdings. The periodic payments will end the earlier of (x) May 3, 2010 or
(y) the date, if ever, that a Corporate Transaction (as defined below)
occurs. In addition, Dr. Capetola will be entitled to (A)
continuation of medical benefits and insurance coverage for a period of 24 or 27
months, depending upon circumstances, and (B) accelerated vesting of all
outstanding restricted shares and options, which shall remain exercisable to the
end of their stated terms.
The
Separation Agreement provides further that, upon the occurrence of a Corporate
Transaction prior to May 4, 2010, Dr. Capetola will receive a payment of up to
$1,580,000 (Additional Severance) or, if any such Corporate Transaction also
constitutes a Change of Control (as such term is defined in the Separation
Agreement), a payment of up to $1,777,500; provided, however, that, in each
case, any such payment will be reduced by the sum of the amounts described in
clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph that theretofore have been paid. A
“Corporate Transaction” is defined in the Separation Agreement as (1) one or
more corporate partnering or strategic alliance transactions, Business
Combinations or public or private financings that (A) are completed during the
Severance Period (as defined in the Separation Agreement) and (B) result in cash
proceeds (net of transaction costs) to the Company of at least $20 million
received during the Severance Period or within 90 calendar days thereafter, or
(2) an acquisition of the Company, by business combination or other similar
transaction, that occurs during the Severance Period and the consideration paid
to stockholders of the Company, in cash or securities, is at least
$20 million. For this purpose, net proceeds will be calculated
without taking into account any amounts received by the Company as reimbursement
for costs of development and research activities to be performed in connection
with any such transaction. See
also, Note 18 – Subsequent Events.
Note
16 – Litigation
We are
not aware of any pending or threatened legal actions that would, if determined
adversely to us, have a material adverse effect on our business and
operations.
We have
from time to time been involved in disputes and proceedings arising in the
ordinary course of business, including in connection with the conduct of our
clinical trials. In addition, as a public company, we are also potentially
susceptible to litigation, such as claims asserting violations of securities
laws. Any such claims, with or without merit, if not resolved, could be
time-consuming and result in costly litigation. There can be no assurance that
an adverse result in any future proceeding would not have a potentially material
adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Note
17 – Income Taxes
Since our
inception, we have never recorded a provision or benefit for Federal and state
income taxes.
The
reconciliation of the income tax benefit computed at the Federal statutory rates
to our recorded tax benefit for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
is as follows:
(in thousands)
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
Income
tax benefit, statutory rates
|
|
$ |
10,156 |
|
|
$ |
13,296 |
|
|
$ |
13,601 |
|
State
taxes on income, net of Federal benefit
|
|
|
423 |
|
|
|
2,102 |
|
|
|
2,363 |
|
Research
and development tax credit
|
|
|
756 |
|
|
|
1,026 |
|
|
|
960 |
|
Employee
Related
|
|
|
(1,471 |
) |
|
|
(1,306 |
) |
|
|
(1,118 |
) |
Other
|
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
(32 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
Income
tax benefit
|
|
|
9,971 |
|
|
|
15,086 |
|
|
|
15,782 |
|
Valuation
allowance
|
|
|
(9,971 |
) |
|
|
(15,086 |
) |
|
|
(15,782 |
) |
Income
tax benefit
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
The tax
effects of temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and
deferred tax liabilities, at December 31, 2009 and 2008, are as
follows:
(in thousands)
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Long-term
deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
operating loss carryforwards (Federal and state)
|
|
$ |
126,291 |
|
|
$ |
115,401 |
|
Research
and development tax credits
|
|
|
7,893 |
|
|
|
7,137 |
|
Compensation
expense on stock
|
|
|
4,730 |
|
|
|
4,334 |
|
Charitable
contribution carryforward
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Other
accrued
|
|
|
1,635 |
|
|
|
2,073 |
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
2,341 |
|
|
|
2,494 |
|
Capitalized
research and development
|
|
|
2,069 |
|
|
|
2,411 |
|
Total
long-term deferred tax assets
|
|
|
144,965 |
|
|
|
133,857 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
Net
deferred tax assets
|
|
|
144,632 |
|
|
|
133,857 |
|
Less:
valuation allowance
|
|
|
(144,965 |
) |
|
|
(133,857 |
) |
Deferred
tax assets, net of valuation allowance
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
We are in
a net deferred tax asset position at December 31, 2009 and 2008 before the
consideration of a valuation allowance. Due to the fact that we have never
realized a profit, management has fully reserved the net deferred tax asset
since realization is not assured.
At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, we had available carryforward net operating losses
for Federal tax purposes of $315.5 million and $292.6 million, respectively, and
a research and development tax credit carryforward of $7.9 million and $7.1
million, respectively. The Federal net operating loss and research and
development tax credit carryforwards began to expire in 2008 and will continue
through 2028. Approximately $11.9 million of the $315.5 net operating loss
carryforwards expire prior to 2013.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
At
December 31, 2009, we had available carryforward Federal and state net operating
losses of $1.8 million and $16,000, respectively, related to stock based
compensation. Additionally, at December 31, 2008 and 2007, we had available
carryforward losses of approximately $271.1 million and $250.2 million,
respectively, for state tax purposes. Of the $271.1 state tax carryforward
losses, $246.7 million is associated with the state of Pennsylvania, with the
remainder associated with New Jersey, California and Florida.
Utilization
of net operating loss (NOL) and research and development (R&D) credit
carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation under Section
382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 due to ownership change limitations
that have occurred previously or that could occur in the future. These ownership
changes may limit the amount of NOL and R&D credit carryforwards that can be
utilized annually to offset future taxable income and tax, respectively. There
also could be additional ownership changes in the future which may result in
additional limitations in the utilization of the carryforward NOLs and
credits.
A full valuation allowance has been
provided against our research and development credits and, if a future
assessment requires an adjustment, an adjustment would be offset by an
adjustment to the valuation allowance. Thus, there would be no impact to the
consolidated balance sheet or statement of operations if an adjustment were
required.
Federal
and state net operating losses, $1.8 million and $16,000, respectively, relate
to stock-based compensation, the tax effect of which will result in a credit to
equity as opposed to income tax expense, to the extent these losses are utilized
in the future.
On
January 1, 2007, we adopted the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification
(ASC) Topic 740, “Accounting
for Income Taxes”. Topic 740 creates a single model to address
uncertainty in tax positions and clarifies the accounting for income taxes by prescribing the
minimum recognition threshold a tax position is required to meet before being
recognized in the financial statements. The provisions of Topic 740 apply to all
material tax positions in all taxing jurisdictions for all open tax years. The adoption of Topic
740 did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or
results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Note
18 – Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)
The
following table contains unaudited statement of operations information for each
quarter of 2009 and 2008. The operating results for any quarter are not
necessarily indicative of results for any future period.
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
2009 Quarters Ended:
|
|
|
|
(in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
Mar. 31
|
|
|
June 30
|
|
|
Sept. 30
|
|
|
Dec. 31
|
|
|
Total Year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
5,607 |
|
|
|
5,052 |
|
|
|
4,530 |
|
|
|
3,888 |
|
|
|
19,077 |
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
3,096 |
|
|
|
2,592 |
|
|
|
2,417 |
|
|
|
2,015 |
|
|
|
10,120 |
|
Total
expenses
|
|
|
8,703 |
|
|
|
7,644 |
|
|
|
6,947 |
|
|
|
5,903 |
|
|
|
29,197 |
|
Operating
loss
|
|
|
(8,703 |
) |
|
|
(7,644 |
) |
|
|
(6,947 |
) |
|
|
(5,903 |
) |
|
|
(29,197 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in fair value of common stock warrant liability
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,323 |
) |
|
|
(1,662 |
) |
|
|
3,354 |
|
|
|
369 |
|
Other
expense, net
|
|
|
(297 |
) |
|
|
(264 |
) |
|
|
(244 |
) |
|
|
(238 |
) |
|
|
(1,043 |
) |
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(9,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,231 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,853 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,787 |
) |
|
$ |
(29,871 |
) |
Net
loss per common share - basic and diluted
|
|
$ |
(0.09 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.08 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.26 |
) |
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
|
|
102,093 |
|
|
|
112,712 |
|
|
|
119,993 |
|
|
|
125,638 |
|
|
|
115,200 |
|
2009 Quarters Ended:
|
|
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
Mar. 31
|
|
|
June 30
|
|
|
Sept. 30
|
|
|
Dec. 31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
|
(As Restated)
|
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$ |
26,271 |
|
|
$ |
29,940 |
|
|
$ |
23,809 |
|
|
$ |
21,403 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|
$ |
8,844 |
|
|
$ |
22,437 |
|
|
$ |
23,488 |
|
|
$ |
18,989 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities
|
|
$ |
20,832 |
|
|
$ |
23,864 |
|
|
$ |
24,730 |
|
|
$ |
20,107 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
Equity
|
|
$ |
5,439 |
|
|
$ |
6,076 |
|
|
$ |
(921 |
) |
|
$ |
1,296 |
|
2008 Quarters Ended:
|
|
|
|
(in thousands, except per share data)
|
|
Mar. 31
|
|
|
June 30
|
|
|
Sept. 30
|
|
|
Dec. 31
|
|
|
Total Year
|
|
Revenues
|
|
$ |
2,050 |
|
|
$ |
2,500 |
|
|
$ |
50 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
4,600 |
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research
and development
|
|
|
7,232 |
|
|
|
7,439 |
|
|
|
6,724 |
|
|
|
5,170 |
|
|
|
26,566 |
|
General
and administrative
|
|
|
4,505 |
|
|
|
5,076 |
|
|
|
3,726 |
|
|
|
3,121 |
|
|
|
16,428 |
|
Total
expenses
|
|
|
11,737 |
|
|
|
12,515 |
|
|
|
10,450 |
|
|
|
8,291 |
|
|
|
42,994 |
|
Operating
loss
|
|
|
(9,687 |
) |
|
|
(10,015 |
) |
|
|
(10,400 |
) |
|
|
(8,291 |
) |
|
|
(38,394 |
) |
Other
expense, net
|
|
|
(27 |
) |
|
|
(200 |
) |
|
|
(239 |
) |
|
|
(246 |
) |
|
|
(712 |
) |
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(9,714 |
) |
|
$ |
(10,215 |
) |
|
$ |
(10,639 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,537 |
) |
|
$ |
(39,106 |
) |
Net
loss per common share - basic and diluted
|
|
$ |
(0.10 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.08 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.40 |
) |
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
|
|
96,649 |
|
|
|
96,691 |
|
|
|
98,619 |
|
|
|
100,474 |
|
|
|
98,116 |
|
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
DRAFT:
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Note
19 – Subsequent Events
We
evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after December 31, 2009 up
through the date we issued these financial statements. During this period we did
not have any material recognized subsequent events, however, there were three
nonrecognized subsequent events described below:
In
February 2010, we completed a public offering of 27,500,000 shares of our common
stock and warrants to purchase 13,750,000 shares of our common stock, sold as
units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and a warrant to
purchase 0.50 of a share of common stock, at a public offering price of $0.60
per unit, resulting in gross and net proceeds to us of $16.5 million and $15.1
million, respectively. See, Note 10 – Stockholders’
Equity – Registered Public Offerings and Private Placements, for a further
discussion of this offering.
With
respect to our Former CEO Commitment (see, Note 14 – Commitments –
Former CEO Commitment), since August 13, 2009, we have raised approximately
$5.89 million in gross proceeds utilizing our CEFFs (see, Note 10 – Stockholders’
Equity – Committed Equity Financing Facilities – CEFF Financings). In addition,
on February 23, 2010, we completed a public offering that resulted in net
proceeds to us of approximately $15.1 million (see, Note 10 – Stockholders’
Equity – Registered Public Offerings and Private Placements). As the receipt
from financings of more than $20 million qualifies as a Corporate Transaction,
our obligation under the Separation Agreement to make payment to Dr. Capetola of
the Additional Severance has matured. Therefore, in accordance with the
Separation Agreement, on March 5, 2010, we made a payment to Dr. Capetola in the
amount of approximately $1.06 million (less withholding), representing his
Additional Severance payment, reduced by the payments previously made to him
under the Severance Agreement, which total approximately $0.52 million. Our
obligation to make periodic payments under the Separation Agreement has been
satisfied and no further payments are due at this time.
On
February 16, 2010, we announced that we had received written guidance from the
FDA advising us that, since an acceptable animal model (preterm lamb) of RDS
already exists, a PD clinical trial approach would not be appropriate. We had
previously expected, based on prior guidance received from the FDA, that a
limited, pharmacodynamic-based (PD) clinical trial in preterm infants would be
required to address the sole remaining CMC issue relating to the BAT that must
be addressed to obtain approval of Surfaxin for the prevention of RDS in
premature infants. As a result, instead of pursuing a limited clinical trial, we
are now focused on completing the optimization and revalidation of the BAT and
developing a comprehensive preclinical plan intended to meet the FDA’s
requirements. If these studies are successful, we believe that we could be in a
position to file a Complete Response to the April 2009 Complete Response Letter
in the first quarter of 2011, which could lead to approval of Surfaxin for the
prevention of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS) in premature infants in
2011.
Appendix
B
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q/A
Amendment
No. 1
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION
13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2010
or
¨ 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 000-26422
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
|
|
94-3171943
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
|
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
|
|
2600
Kelly Road, Suite 100
|
|
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Warrington,
Pennsylvania 18976-3622
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(215)
488-9300
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 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 the 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 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit
and post such files). YES ¨ NO ¨
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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
accelerated filer
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
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reporting company
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES ¨ NO x
As of
November 12, 2010, 206,652,815 shares of the registrant’s common
stock, par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding.
DRAFT – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
We are
filing this Amendment No. 1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended March 31, 2010, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 10, 2010, to: (i) amend Item 1 – “Financial
Statements” to restate our financial statements for the quarter ended March 31,
2010 to reflect the reclassification of certain warrants from equity to
liabilities, as discussed below, (ii) to make corresponding amendments to the
following sections Item 2 – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” (“MD&A”): Results of Operations (first
sentence) and Liquidity and Capital Resources – Cash Flows – Cash Flows Used in
Operating Activities, (iii) to amend Item 4 – “Controls and
Procedures,” to reflect that the restatement of our financial statements for the
quarter ended March 31, 2010 resulted from ineffective disclosure controls and
procedures which in turn led to ineffective control over financial
reporting. The Form 10-Q was originally. We are filing this Form 10-Q/A to
restate the previously reported interim financial statements.
Other
than the foregoing, and the new certifications required by Rule 13a-14(a) under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), our Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q is not being amended or updated in any respect. This
Amendment No. 1 continues to describe the conditions as of the date of the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and, except as contained herein, we have not
modified or updated the disclosures contained in the Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q. This Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with our
filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q, including any amendment to those filings.
As
reported on Form 8-K filed on November 9, 2010, the Audit Committee of our Board
of Directors concluded that the financial statements included in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, and the Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010,
should be restated to reclassify certain warrants that we issued in May
2009 and February 2010 as liabilities based on a reassessment of the applicable
accounting [guidelines] and classification. See Note 2 to our consolidated
financial statements.
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Table
of Contents
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Page
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements
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1
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CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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As
of March 31, 2010 (unaudited) and December 31, 2009
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1
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)
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For
the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
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2
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CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)
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For
the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
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3
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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4
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Item 2.
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Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
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and
Results of Operations
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14
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
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25
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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25
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PART
II - OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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26
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Item 1A.
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Risk
Factors
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26
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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28
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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28
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Signatures
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29
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DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Unless
the context otherwise requires, all references to “we,” “us,” “our,” and the
“Company” include Discovery Laboratories, Inc., and its wholly-owned, presently
inactive subsidiary, Acute Therapeutics, Inc.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This
Amendment No. 1 contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 (“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of
the Exchange Act. The forward-looking statements include all matters that
are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are only predictions
and provide our current expectations or forecasts of future events and financial
performance and may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology,
including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “plans,”
“intends,” “may,” “will” or “should” or, in each case, their negative, or other
variations or comparable terminology, though the absence of these words does not
necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. We intend that
all forward-looking statements be subject to the safe-harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking
statements in this report are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or
anticipated results, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and
“Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of
Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, and in our periodic
reports on Forms 8-K and Form 10-Q. and elsewhere in this Amendment No.
1.
Except to
the extent required by applicable laws, rules or regulations, we do not
undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or to publicly
announce revisions to any of the forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise.
Appendix
B
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1.
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
(in
thousands, except per share data)
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March
31,
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December
31,
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2010
(Unaudited)
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2009
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(As
Restated)
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(As
Restated)
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ASSETS
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Current
Assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ |
24,172 |
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$ |
15,741 |
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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270 |
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233 |
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Total
Current Assets
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24,442 |
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15,974 |
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Property
and equipment, net
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4,444 |
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4,668 |
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Restricted
cash
|
|
|
400 |
|
|
|
400 |
|
Other
assets
|
|
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223 |
|
|
|
361 |
|
Total
Assets
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$ |
29,509 |
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$ |
21,403 |
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LIABILITIES
& STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
Liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ |
1,147 |
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$ |
1,294 |
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Accrued
expenses
|
|
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3,531 |
|
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3,446 |
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Common stock
warrant liability
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7,662 |
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3,191 |
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Loan
payable, including accrued interest
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10,545 |
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10,461 |
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Equipment
loans and capitalized leases, current portion
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472 |
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597 |
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Total
Current Liabilities
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23,357 |
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18,989 |
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Equipment
loans and capitalized leases, non-current portion
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405 |
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428 |
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Other
liabilities
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673 |
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690 |
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Total
Liabilities
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24,435 |
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20,107 |
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Stockholders’
Equity:
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Preferred
stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or
outstanding
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– |
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– |
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Common
stock, $0.001 par value; 380,000 shares authorized; 154,325 and 126,689
shares issued, 154,012 and 126,376 shares outstanding
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154 |
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127 |
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Additional
paid-in capital
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371,313 |
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361,503 |
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Accumulated
deficit
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(363,339 |
) |
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(357,280 |
) |
Treasury
stock (at cost); 313 shares
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(3,054 |
) |
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(3,054 |
) |
Total
Stockholders’ Equity
|
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5,074 |
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|
1,296 |
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Total
Liabilities & Stockholders’ Equity
|
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$ |
29,509 |
|
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$ |
21,403 |
|
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)
(in
thousands, except per share data)
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|
Three Months Ended
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March 31,
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2010
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2009
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(Restated)
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Revenue
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$ |
– |
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$ |
– |
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Expenses:
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Research
and development
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4,133 |
|
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5,607 |
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General
and administrative
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2,932 |
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3,096 |
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Total
expenses
|
|
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7,065 |
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8,703 |
|
Operating
loss
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(7,065 |
) |
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(8,703 |
) |
Change
in fair value of common stock liability
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1,230 |
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|
- |
|
Other
income / (expense):
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Interest
and other income
|
|
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19 |
|
|
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5 |
|
Interest
and other expense
|
|
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(242 |
) |
|
|
(302 |
) |
Other
income / (expense), net
|
|
|
(223 |
) |
|
|
(297 |
) |
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(6,058 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,000 |
) |
Net
loss per common share – Basic and diluted
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|
$ |
(0.04 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.09 |
) |
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding – basic and
diluted
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137,699 |
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|
102,093 |
|
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
DISCOVERY
LABORATORIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(in
thousands)
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
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|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
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(As
Restated)
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(6,058 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,000 |
) |
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation
and amortization
|
|
|
482 |
|
|
|
516 |
|
Stock-based
compensation and 401(k) match
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
|
976 |
|
Fair
value adjustment of common stock warrants
|
|
|
(1,230 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Gain
on sale of equipment
|
|
|
(16 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
Changes
in:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
(37 |
) |
|
|
287 |
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
(147 |
) |
|
|
(230 |
) |
Accrued
expenses
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
(160 |
) |
Other
assets
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Other
liabilities and accrued interest on loan payable
|
|
|
67 |
|
|
|
92 |
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(6,398 |
) |
|
|
(7,518 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of property and equipment
|
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
(53 |
) |
Restricted
cash
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
200 |
|
Proceeds
from sales or maturity of marketable securities
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
2,047 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
(2,194 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from issuance of securities, net of expenses
|
|
|
15,082 |
|
|
|
2,531 |
|
Principal
payments under equipment loan and capital lease
obligations
|
|
|
(196 |
) |
|
|
(826 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
14,886 |
|
|
|
1,705 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
8,431 |
|
|
|
(3,619 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents – beginning of period
|
|
|
15,741 |
|
|
|
22,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents – end of period
|
|
$ |
24,172 |
|
|
$ |
19,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplementary
disclosure of cash flows information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
paid
|
|
$ |
21 |
|
|
$ |
84 |
|
Non-cash
transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized
loss on marketable securities
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Equipment
acquired through capitalized lease
|
|
|
48 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Restatement
of Historical Financial Statements
The
accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2010 and the
Consolidated Statement of Operations and Cash Flows for the quarter ended March
31, 2010, have been restated in this report to reclassify certain warrants based
on a reassessment of the applicable accounting [guidelines] and classification,
as discussed in Note 2
Note
1 – The Company and Basis of Presentation
The
Company
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. (referred to as “we,” “us,” or the “Company”) is a
biotechnology company developing surfactant therapies to treat respiratory
disorders and diseases for which there frequently are few or no approved
therapies. Our novel KL4
proprietary technology produces a synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant
(KL4 surfactant)
that is structurally similar to pulmonary surfactant, a substance produced
naturally in the lung and essential for survival and normal respiratory
function. In addition, our proprietary capillary aerosol-generating
technology (capillary aerosolization technology) produces a dense aerosol with a
defined particle size, to potentially deliver our aerosolized KL4 surfactant
to the lung. As many respiratory disorders are associated with surfactant
deficiency or surfactant degradation, we believe that our proprietary technology
platform makes it possible, for the first time, to develop a significant
pipeline of surfactant products targeted to treat a wide range of previously
unaddressed respiratory problems.
We are
developing our lead products, Surfaxin®(lucinactant),
Surfaxin LS™ and Aerosurf®, to
address the most significant respiratory conditions affecting pediatric
populations. In April 2009, we received a Complete Response Letter from
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with respect to our New Drug
Application (NDA) for Surfaxin for the prevention of Respiratory Distress
Syndrome (RDS) in premature infants, our first product based on our novel
KL4
surfactant technology. The letter focused primarily on certain aspects of
our fetal rabbit biological activity test (BAT, a quality control and stability
release test for Surfaxin and our other KL4 pipeline products), specifically
whether analysis of preclinical data from both the BAT and a well-established
preterm lamb model of RDS demonstrates the degree of comparability that the FDA
requires and whether the BAT can adequately distinguish change in Surfaxin
biological activity over time. Based on meetings held in June and
September 2009 and other interactions with the FDA, we have optimized the BAT
and have recently completed the laboratory testing to re-validate the optimized
BAT. We expect to complete our revalidation efforts in
May 2010. See, “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations –
Overview – Business Strategy Update.”
Following completion of the BAT
optimization and revalidation, to address the sole remaining issue
for Surfaxin approval, we plan to initiate a comprehensive
program that will consist of a series of prospectively-designed, side-by-side
preclinical studies employing the optimized BAT and a well-established preterm
lamb model of RDS. We submitted the protocol for these
studies to the FDA for its review and now expect a written response from the FDA in May
2010. Subject to confirmation that we have satisfactorily revalidated the BAT, we expect to initiate the
side-by-side preclinical programs in the next few months. We believe that we remain on track to complete
our comprehensive program
and submit our Complete Response to the FDA in the
first quarter of 2011,
which could potentially lead to approval of Surfaxin for the
prevention of RDS in premature infants in 2011. If approved, Surfaxin
would be the first synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant for use in pediatric
medicine.
Surfaxin
LS, our lyophilized KL4
surfactant, is a dry powder formulation that is resuspended as a liquid prior to
use. Surfaxin LS is intended to improve ease of use for healthcare
practitioners, eliminate the need for cold-chain storage, and potentially
further improve clinical performance. Aerosurf is our proprietary KL4 surfactant
in aerosolized form, which we are developing using our capillary aerosolization
technology, initially to treat premature infants at risk for RDS.
Premature infants with RDS are treated with surfactants that are administered by
means of invasive endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, procedures
that frequently result in serious respiratory conditions and
complications. If approved, we believe that Aerosurf will make it possible
to administer surfactant into the lung without subjecting patients to such
invasive procedures. We believe that Aerosurf has the potential to enable
a significant increase in the use of surfactant therapy in pediatric
medicine.
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In
addition to our lead products, we plan over time to develop our KL4 surfactant
technology into a broad product pipeline that potentially will address a variety
of debilitating respiratory conditions for which there currently are no or few
approved therapies, in patient populations ranging from premature infants to
adults. Our plans include potentially taking these initiatives through a
Phase 2 proof-of-concept phase and, if successful, thereafter determining
whether to seek strategic alliances or collaboration arrangements or to utilize
other financial alternatives to fund their further development. We have
recently completed enrollment in a Phase 2 clinical trial of Surfaxin to
potentially address Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF) and expect that top line
results will be available in the second quarter 2010. Our KL4 surfactant
is also the subject of an investigator-initiated Phase 2a clinical trial
assessing the safety, tolerability and short-term effectiveness (via improvement
in mucociliary clearance) of aerosolized KL4 surfactant
in patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). We are conducting research and
preclinical development with our KL4 surfactant
potentially to address Acute Lung Injury (ALI), and, potentially in the future,
other diseases associated with inflammation of the lung, such as Asthma and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We have also initiated
exploratory preclinical studies to assess the feasibility of using our KL4 surfactant
in combination with small and large molecule therapeutics to efficiently and
effectively deliver therapies to the lung to treat a range of pulmonary
conditions and disease.
An
important priority is to secure strategic and financial resources to potentially
maximize the inherent value of our KL4 surfactant
technology. We prefer to accomplish our objectives through strategic
alliances, including potential business alliances, and commercial and
development partnerships. With respect to our lead products, we are
engaged in discussions with potential strategic and/or financial partners.
To secure required capital, we are also considering other alternatives,
including additional financings and other similar opportunities. Although
we continue to consider a number of potential strategic and financial
alternatives, there can be no assurance that we will enter into any strategic
alliance or otherwise consummate any financing or other similar
opportunities. Until such time as we secure the necessary capital, we plan
to continue conserving our financial resources, predominantly by limiting
investments in our pipeline programs.
Basis
of Presentation
The
accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States for interim financial information in accordance with the
instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the
information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments (consisting of normally recurring accruals)
considered for fair presentation have been included. Operating results for
the three months ended March 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the
results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2010. For
further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and
footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2009 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) on March 10, 2010 (2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K).
Note
2 – Restatement of Financial Statements
In this Amendment No. 1, we have restated our previously
issued consolidated financial statements and related disclosures for the
quarter ended March 31, 2010, to reclassify certain warrants based
on a reassessment of the applicable accounting [guidelines] and
classification.
We have
historically accounted for warrants, which prior to May 2009 were issued in
private transactions, as equity instruments. Our warrants generally
provide that, in the event the related registration statement or an exemption
from registration is not available for the issuance or resale of the warrant
shares, the holder may exercise the warrant on a cashless
basis. However, notwithstanding the availability of cashless
exercise, Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 815 “Derivatives and
Hedging — Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” (ASC 815) (formerly known
as Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial
Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock”), as
interpreted, establishes a presumption that, in the absence of express language
to the contrary, registered warrants may be subject to net cash settlement, as
it is not within our absolute control to provide freely-tradable shares in all
circumstances. After extensive discussion, our management, Ernst &
Young, and our outside legal advisors concluded that, although the
interpretation and applicability of ASC 815 as it relates to registered warrants
is complex and subject to varying interpretations, it should be applied based on
a strict reading of the authoritative literature without respect to any
evaluation of remoteness or probability.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Applying
such a strict reading, the Audit Committee, together with management and in
consultation with Ernst & Young and our outside legal advisors, determined
that, notwithstanding the highly-remote and theoretical possibility of net cash
settlement, the warrants that we issued in May 2009 and February 2010 in
connection with registered offerings of securities should have been recorded as
liabilities, measured at fair value on the date of issue, with changes in the
fair values recognized in our statement of operations in our quarterly financial
reports. Accordingly, the Audit Committee also concluded on November 8,
2010 that the Company’s previously-filed consolidated financial statements for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 on Form 10-K; Ernst & Young’s
reports on the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control
over financial reporting for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009; each of
the consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30, 2009, September 30, 2009,
March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010; and all related earnings releases and similar
communications issued by the Company with respect to the foregoing, should no
longer be relied upon.
The
restatements reflect the reclassification of the warrants from equity to a
liability in the following amounts, which represents the fair value of the
warrants, as of the issuance dates, calculated using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model:
The
following tables summarize the effect of the restatement on the specific items
presented in our historical consolidated financial statements included in the
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as of the quarter ended March 31,
2010:
Consolidated Balance Sheet
|
|
March 31, 2010
|
|
|
March 31, 2010
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
(As previously reported)
|
|
|
(As restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock warrant liability
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
7,662 |
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
15,695 |
|
|
|
23,357 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
paid-in-capital
|
|
|
380,573 |
|
|
|
371,313 |
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
|
(364,937 |
) |
|
|
(363,339 |
) |
Total
Stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
12,736 |
|
|
|
5,074 |
|
Consolidated Statement of Operations
|
|
Quarter Ended
March 31, 2010
|
|
|
Quarter Ended
March 31, 2010
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
(As previously reported)
|
|
|
(As restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in fair value of common stock warrant liability
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
1,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss
|
|
|
(7,288 |
) |
|
|
(6,058 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss
per share
|
|
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.04 |
) |
DRAFT – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Note
3 – Liquidity Risks and Management’s Plans
We have
incurred substantial losses since inception, due to investments in research and
development, manufacturing and potential commercialization activities and we
expect to continue to incur substantial losses over the next several
years. Historically, we have funded our business operations through
various sources, including public and private securities offerings, draw downs
under our Committed Equity Financing Facilities (CEFFs), capital equipment and
debt facilities, and strategic alliances. We expect to continue to fund
our business operations through a combination of these sources, as well as sales
revenue from our product candidates, beginning with Surfaxin for the prevention
of RDS, if approved.
Following
receipt from the FDA of a Complete Response Letter for Surfaxin in April 2009,
we made fundamental changes in our business strategy. We now believe that
it is in our best interest financially to seek to develop and commercialize our
KL4
technology through strategic alliances or other collaboration arrangements,
including in the United States. However, there can be no assurance that
any strategic alliance or other arrangement will be successfully
concluded.
The
accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been
prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates
the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course
of business. As a result of our cash position as of December 31, 2009, the
audit opinion we received from our independent auditors for the year ended
December 31, 2009 contains a notation related to our ability to continue as a
going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on
our ability to raise additional capital, to fund our research and development
and commercial programs and meet our obligations on a timely basis. If we
are unable to successfully raise sufficient additional capital, through
strategic and collaborative arrangements with potential partners and/or future
debt and equity financings, we will likely not have sufficient cash flows and
liquidity to fund our business operations, which could significantly limit our
ability to continue as a going concern. In that event, we may be forced to
further limit development of many, if not all, of our programs and consider
other means of creating value for our stockholders, such as licensing the
development and/or commercialization of products that we consider valuable and
might otherwise plan to develop ourselves. If we are unable to raise the
necessary capital, we may be forced to curtail all of our activities and,
ultimately, cease operations. Even if we are able to raise additional
capital, such financings may only be available on unattractive terms, or could
result in significant dilution of stockholders’ interests and, in such event,
the market price of our common stock may decline. Our financial statements
do not include any adjustments relating to recoverability and classification of
recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that
might be necessary should we be unable to continue in existence.
Our
future capital requirements will depend upon many factors, including our efforts
to secure one or more strategic alliances to support our product development
activities and commercialization plans, and the ultimate success of our product
development and commercialization plans. Currently, we are focused on
developing our lead KL4 surfactant
products to address the most significant respiratory conditions affecting
pediatric populations. However, there can be no assurance that our
research and development projects will be successful, that products developed
will obtain necessary regulatory approval, that any approved product will be
commercially viable, that any CEFF will be available for future financings, or
that we will be able to secure strategic alliances or obtain additional capital
when needed on acceptable terms, if at all. Even if we succeed in securing
strategic alliances, raising additional capital and developing and subsequently
commercializing product candidates, we may never achieve sufficient sales
revenue to achieve or maintain profitability.
As of
March 31, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $24.2 million, which
includes net proceeds of $15.1 million ($16.5 million gross) from a
public offering that we completed in February 2010. As of May 7, 2010,
neither the May 2008 CEFF nor the December 2008 CEFF was available to us because
the closing market price of our common stock ($0.47) was below the minimum price
required ($1.15 and $0.60, respectively) to utilize the facility. If and
when the CEFFs become available, we may potentially raise (subject to certain
conditions, including minimum stock price and volume limitations) up to an
aggregate of $69.5 million. See, Note 4 – Stockholders’
Equity, for details about our CEFFs.
As of
March 31, 2010, our $10.5 million loan with PharmaBio Development Inc
(PharmaBio), the former strategic investment subsidiary of Quintiles
Transnational Corp. (Quintiles), was classified as a current liability payable
on April 30, 2010. On April 28, 2010, we completed a restructuring of the
loan ($10.6M at the time of restructuring) pursuant to a Payment Agreement and
Loan Amendment dated April 27, 2010 (PharmaBio Agreement) that provided for
(a) payment in cash of an aggregate of $6.6 million, representing
$4.5 million in outstanding principal and $2.1 million in accrued
interest, (b) a maturity date extension for the remaining $4 million
principal amount under the loan, $2 million of which now will be due and
payable on July 30, 2010 and the remaining $2 million of which will be due
and payable on September 30, 2010, and (c) so long as we timely make each of the
remaining principal payments on or before their respective due dates, no further
interest will accrue on the outstanding principal amount. In addition, we
agreed to maintain (i) at least $10 million in cash and cash equivalents
until payment of the first $2 million installment is made on or before July
30, 2010, and (ii) at least $8 million in cash and cash equivalents until
the payment of the second $2 million installment on or before September 30,
2010, after which the PharmaBio loan will be paid in full. Also under the
PharmaBio Agreement, PharmaBio surrendered to us for cancellation warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 2,393,612 shares of our common stock that we had issued
previously to PharmaBio in connection with the PharmaBio loan and a previous
offering of securities. See, Note 8 – Subsequent
Events.
DRAFT – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
The
PharmaBio Agreement also provides that we and PharmaBio will negotiate in good
faith to potentially enter into a strategic arrangement under which PharmaBio
would provide funding for a research collaboration between Quintiles and us
relating to the possible research and development, and commercialization of two
of our drug product candidates, Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf, for the prevention and
treatment of RDS in premature infants. However, neither party is obligated
to enter into any such arrangement except to the extent that the parties, in
their individual and sole discretion, enter into definitive documents with
respect thereto. Accordingly, there can be no assurances that any such
arrangement will be completed. See, Note 8 – Subsequent
Events.
Also on
April 27, 2010, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to
which PharmaBio agreed to purchase 4,052,312 shares of our common
stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,026,156 shares of common stock,
resulting in gross proceeds to us, on April 29, 2010, of $2.2 million
($2.1 million net). The shares of common stock and warrants were sold
as units, with each unit consisting of (a) one share of common stock, and
(b) one-half of a warrant to purchase a share of common stock, at an
offering price of $0.5429 per unit. The warrants generally will be
exercisable beginning 181 days after the date of issuance for a period of five
years from the original date of issuance at an exercise price of $0.7058 per
share. See, Note
4 – Stockholders’ Equity, and Note 8 – Subsequent Events.
Note 3 – Accounting Policies and Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting
policies
There
have been no changes to our critical accounting policies since December 31,
2009. For more information on critical accounting policies, see, Note 3 – “Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements” to
the consolidated financial statements included in our 2009 Annual Report on Form
10-K. Readers are encouraged to review those disclosures in conjunction
with the review of this Form 10-Q.
Net loss per common
share
Basic net
loss per common share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding for the periods. As of March
31, 2010 and 2009, 44.0 million and 24.8 million shares of common
stock, respectively, were potentially issuable upon the exercise of certain
stock options and warrants. Due to our net loss, these potentially
issuable shares were not included in the calculation of diluted net loss per
share as the effect would be anti-dilutive, therefore basic and dilutive net
loss per share are the same.
DRAFT – FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Comprehensive
loss
Comprehensive
loss consists of net loss plus the changes in unrealized gains and losses on
available-for-sale securities. Comprehensive loss for the three months
ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
|
|
For
the three months ended
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
(As
restated)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
$ |
(6,058 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,000 |
) |
Change
in unrealized gains/(losses) on marketable securities
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Comprehensive
loss
|
|
$ |
(6,058 |
) |
|
$ |
(9,001 |
) |
Recent accounting
pronouncements
In
March 2010, ASU 2010-17, Revenue Recognition—Milestone Method
(Topic 605): Milestone
Method of Revenue Recognition—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task
Force (“ASU 2010-17”) was issued and will amend the accounting for
revenue arrangements under which a vendor satisfies its performance obligations
to a customer over a period of time, when the deliverable or unit of accounting
is not within the scope of other authoritative literature, and when the
arrangement consideration is contingent upon the achievement of a milestone. The
amendment defines a milestone and clarifies whether an entity may recognize
consideration earned from the achievement of a milestone in the period in which
the milestone is achieved. This amendment is effective for fiscal years
beginning on or after June 15, 2010, with early adoption permitted. The
amendment may be applied retrospectively to all arrangements or prospectively
for milestones achieved after the effective date. We do not believe the adoption
of this ASU will have a material impact on our financial
statements.
Note 4 – Stockholders’
Equity
Registered Public
Offerings
In
February 2010, we completed a public offering of 27.5 million shares of our
common stock and warrants to purchase 13.8 million shares of our common
stock, sold as units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and
a warrant to purchase 0.5 of a share of common stock, at a public offering price
of $0.60 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds to us of $16.5 million
($15.1 million net). This offering was made pursuant to a prospectus
supplement dated April 28, 2010 and an accompanying prospectus dated June 18,
2008 pursuant to our existing shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-151654), which was filed with the SEC on June 13, 2008 and declared
effective by the SEC on June 18, 2008 (2008 Shelf Registration
Statement). The warrants expire in February 2015 and are exercisable,
subject to an aggregate beneficial ownership limitation, at a price per share of
$0.85. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable on
exercise of the warrants will be subject to adjustment in the event of any stock
split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization or
similar transaction. The exercise price and the amount and/or type of
property to be issued upon exercise of the warrants will also be subject to
adjustment if the Company engages in a “Fundamental Transaction” (as defined in
the form of warrant). The warrants are exercisable for cash only, except
that if the related registration statement or an exemption from registration is
not available for the resale of the warrant shares, the holder may exercise on a
cashless basis.
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In May
2009, we completed a registered direct public offering of 14.0 million
shares of our common stock and warrants to purchase seven million shares of
common stock, sold as units to select institutional investors, with each unit
consisting of one share and a warrant to purchase 0.5 of a share of common
stock, at a price of $0.81 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds to
us of $11.3 million ($10.5 million net). This offering was made
pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated May 8, 2009 to the prospectus dated
June 18, 2008 included in our 2008 Shelf Registration
Statement. The warrants expire in May 2014 and are exercisable at a price
per share of $1.15. The exercise price and number of shares of common
stock issuable on exercise of the warrants will be subject to adjustment in the
event of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
reorganization or similar transaction. The exercise price and the amount
and/or type of property to be issued upon exercise of the warrants will also be
subject to adjustment if the Company engages in a “Fundamental Transaction” (as
defined in the form of warrant). The warrants are exercisable for cash
only, except that if the related registration statement or an exemption from
registration is not available for the resale of the warrant shares, the holder
may exercise on a cashless basis.
Common Stock Offering with
PharmaBio Development Inc.
On
April 27, 2010, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with
PharmaBio, as the sole purchaser, related to an offering of 4,052,312 shares of
common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,026,156 shares of common
stock, sold as units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and
one half of a warrant to purchase a share of common stock, at an offering price
of $0.5429 per unit, representing the greater of (a) the
volume-weighted average sale price (“VWAP”) per share of the common stock on The
Nasdaq Global Market for the 20 trading days ending on April 27, 2010 and
(b) the last reported closing price of $0.5205 per share of the common
stock on The Nasdaq Global Market on such date. The offering resulted in
gross proceeds to us of $2.2 million ($2.1 million net). This
offering was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated April 28, 2010 to
the prospectus dated June 18, 2008 included in our 2008
Shelf Registration Statement. The warrants expire in April 2015
and generally will be exercisable beginning 181 days after the date of
issuance, subject to an aggregate beneficial ownership limitation of 9.9%, at a
price per share of $0.7058, which represents a 30% premium to the VWAP for the
20 trading days ending on April 27, 2010. The warrants are exercisable for
cash only, except that if the related registration statement or an exemption
from registration is not available for the resale of the warrant shares, the
holder may exercise on a cashless basis. See also, Note 8 – Subsequent
Events.
Committed Equity Financing
Facilities(CEFFs)
As of
March 31, 2010, we had two CEFFs with Kingsbridge Capital Limited (Kingsbridge),
under which Kingsbridge is committed to purchase, subject to certain conditions,
newly-issued shares of our common stock. The CEFFs, dated December 12,
2008 (December 2008 CEFF) and May 22, 2008 (May 2008 CEFF), allow us at our
discretion to raise capital for a period of three years ending February 6, 2011
and June 18, 2011, respectively, at the time and in amounts deemed suitable
to us. We are not obligated to utilize any of the funds available under
the CEFFs. Our ability to access funds available under the CEFFs is
subject to certain conditions, including stock price and volume
limitations.
Under the
December 2008 CEFF, as of March 31, 2010, we had 7.1 million shares
potentially available for issuance (up to a maximum of $17.7 million),
provided that the VWAP of our common stock on each trading day must be at least
equal to the greater of (i) $.60 or (ii) 90% of the closing price of our common
stock on the trading day immediately preceding the draw down period (Minimum
VWAP). Under the May 2008 CEFF, as of March 31, 2010, we had approximately
12.8 million shares potentially available for issuance (up to a maximum of
$51.7 million), provided that the VWAP on each trading day must be at least
equal to the greater of $1.15 or the Minimum VWAP. Use of each CEFF is
subject to certain other covenants and conditions, including aggregate share and
dollar limitations for each draw down. See, “Item 7 –Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations –
Liquidity and Capital Resources – Committed Equity Financing Facilities (CEFFs)”
included in our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K. As of May 7, 2010,
neither CEFF is currently available because the market price of our common stock
is less than the minimum price required to utilize either CEFF.
To date,
we have not utilized our CEFFs in 2010. During 2009, we raised an
aggregate of $10.7 million from 10 draw-downs under our CEFFs.
If and when the closing market price of our common stock is at least equal
to the minimum price required under our CEFFs, we anticipate using them to
support our working capital needs and maintain cash availability in
2010.
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Note
5 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments
We
adopted the provisions of ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value under GAAP and enhances disclosures about fair value
measurements.
Under ASC
Topic 820, fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received
for an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most
advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between
market participants on the measurement date.
Valuation
techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs
and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is
based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered
observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value
which are the following:
|
·
|
Level
1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and
liabilities. Level 1 is generally considered the most reliable
measurement of fair value under ASC
820.
|
|
·
|
Level
2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or
indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities;
quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are
observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for
substantially the full term of the assets or
liabilities.
|
|
·
|
Level
3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity
and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or
liabilities.
|
Fair Value on a Recurring
Basis
The table
below categorizes assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring
basis as of March 31, 2010:
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
Fair value measurement using
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
March 31, 2010
|
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money
markets (1)
|
|
$ |
21,890 |
|
|
$ |
21,890 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
Certificate
of deposit
|
|
|
400 |
|
|
|
400 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$ |
22,290 |
|
|
$ |
22,290 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock warrant liability
|
|
$ |
7,662 |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
– |
|
|
$ |
7,662 |
|
(1)
Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management Fund.
The
following table summarizes the activity of Level 3 inputs measured on a
recurring basis for the quarter ended March 31, 2010:
DRAFT – FOR
DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
(in thousands)
|
|
Fair Value Measurements of Common Stock
Warrants Using Significant Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance
at December 31, 2009
|
|
$ |
3,191 |
|
Issuance
of common stock warrants
|
|
|
5,701 |
|
Change
in fair value of common stock warrant liability
|
|
|
(1,230 |
) |
Balance
at March 31, 2010
|
|
$ |
7,662 |
|
Note
6 – Stock Options and Stock-Based Employee Compensation
We
recognize all share-based payments to employees and non-employee directors in
our financial statements based on their grant date fair values, calculated using
the Black-Scholes option pricing model. Compensation expense related to
share-based awards is recognized ratably over the requisite service period,
typically three years for employees.
The fair
value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the
Black-Scholes option-pricing formula that uses weighted average assumptions
noted in the following table.
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
|
|
99 |
% |
|
|
81 |
% |
Expected
term
|
|
4.7
years
|
|
|
4.6
years
|
|
Risk-free
interest rate
|
|
|
1.7 |
% |
|
|
2.1 |
% |
Expected
dividends
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
The total
employee stock-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and
2009 was as follows:
(in thousands)
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
Research
& Development
|
|
$ |
166 |
|
|
$ |
209 |
|
General
& Administrative
|
|
|
232 |
|
|
|
670 |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
398 |
|
|
$ |
879 |
|
As of
March 31, 2010, there was $1.8 million of total unrecognized compensation
cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under
the Amended and Restated 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (1998 Plan) and the 2007
Long-Term Incentive Plan (2007 Plan). That cost is expected to be
recognized over a weighted-average vesting period of 1.1 years.
Note
7 – Contractual Obligations and Commitments
Former
CEO Commitment
In
connection with the resignation in August 2009 of Robert J. Capetola, Ph.D., our
former President, Chief Executive Officer and member of our Board of Directors,
we entered into a separation agreement and general release (the “Separation
Agreement”) dated August 13, 2009, that provided, among other things, for
periodic severance payments through the earlier of (i) May 3, 2010 (Severance
Period) or (ii) the date, if ever, of a Corporate Transaction (defined
below). Under the Separation Agreement, if a Corporate Transaction were to
occur during the Severance Period, Dr. Capetola would become entitled to receive
an additional severance payment of up to $1,580,000 or, if any such Corporate
Transaction were to constitute a Change of Control, a payment of up to
$1,777,500; provided, however, that in each
case, any such payment is reduced by the sum of the aggregate cash severance
amounts already paid under the Separation Agreement.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
A
“Corporate Transaction” was defined in the Separation Agreement to
include one or more public or private financings that were completed during the
Severance Period and resulted in cash proceeds (net of transaction costs) to us
of at least $20 million received during the Severance Period or within 90
calendar days thereafter. From August 13, 2009 through February 23, 2010,
we raised approximately $21.0 million of aggregate net proceeds, consisting
of approximately $5.9 million from financing transactions under our CEFFs
throughout the period and $15.1 million from a public offering that was
completed on February 23, 2010. As these transactions satisfied the
criteria for a Corporate Transaction under the Separation Agreement, on March 3,
2010, we paid to Dr. Capetola an additional $1.06 million (less
withholding), representing $1.58 million reduced by the sum of the cash
severance amounts previously paid under the Separation Agreement, which totaled
approximately $0.52 million. At this time, our obligation to make
periodic payments under the Separation Agreement has been satisfied and no
further payments are due to Dr. Capetola.
The full
text of the Separation Agreement is attached to our Current Report on Form 8-K
that we filed with the SEC on August 19, 2009. For a summary of the
Separation Agreement, see, “Item 11– Executive
Compensation –Resignation of our President and Chief Executive Officer,” in our
Amendment No. 1 to our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K that we filed with the
SEC on April 30, 2010 (2009 Form 10-K/A).
Note
8– Subsequent Events
We
evaluated all events or transactions that occurred after March 31, 2010 up
through the date we issued these financial statements. During this period we did
not have any material recognized subsequent events, however, there was one
nonrecognized subsequent event described below:
Loan
Restructuring – PharmaBio Development Inc.
As of
March 31, 2010, our $10.5 million loan with PharmaBio was classified as a
current liability, payable on April 30, 2010. On April 27, 2010, we
entered into the PharmaBio Agreement and on April 28, 2010, completed a
restructuring of the loan ($10.6M at the time of restructuring). The
PharmaBio Agreement provided for (a) payment in cash of an aggregate of
$6.6 million, representing $4.5 million in outstanding principal and $2.1
million in accrued interest, (b) a maturity date extension for the
remaining $4 million principal amount under the loan, $2 million of which
now will be due and payable on July 30, 2010 and the remaining $2 million of
which will be due and payable on September 30, 2010, and (c) so long as we
timely make each of the remaining principal payments on or before their
respective due dates, no further interest will accrue on the outstanding
principal amount. In addition, we agreed to maintain (i) at least $10
million in cash and cash equivalents until payment of the first $2 million
installment is made on or before July 30, 2010, and (ii) at least
$8 million in cash and cash equivalents until the payment of the second
$2 million installment on or before September 30, 2010, after which the
PharmaBio loan will be paid in full. Also under the PharmaBio Agreement,
PharmaBio surrendered to us for cancellation the following warrants to purchase
an aggregate of 2,393,612 shares of our common stock that we had issued
previously to PharmaBio in connection with the PharmaBio loan and a previous
offering of securities: a warrant to purchase 850,000 shares of common stock at
$7.19 per share expiring on November 3, 2014, a warrant to purchase 1,500,000
shares of common stock at $3.58 per share expiring on October 26, 2013 and a
warrant to purchase 43,612 shares of the Company’s common stock at $6.875 per
share expiring on September 19, 2010.
The
PharmaBio Agreement also provided that we and PharmaBio would negotiate in good
faith to potentially enter into a strategic arrangement under which PharmaBio
would provide funding for a research collaboration between Quintiles and us
relating to the possible research and development, and commercialization of two
of our drug product candidates, Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf, for the prevention and
treatment of RDS in premature infants. However, neither party is obligated
to enter into any such arrangement except to the extent that the parties, in
their individual and sole discretion, enter into definitive documents with
respect thereto. Accordingly, there can be no assurances that any such
arrangement or collaboration will be completed.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Also, on
April 27, 2010, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to
which PharmaBio agreed to purchase 4,052,312 shares of our common stock and
warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,026,156 shares of our common stock,
resulting in gross proceeds to us, on April 29, 2010, of $2.2 million
($2.1 million net). The shares of common stock and warrants were sold
as units, with each unit consisting of (a) one share of common stock, and
(b) one-half of a warrant to purchase a share of common stock, at an
offering price of $0.5429 per unit. The offering price per unit was
calculated based on the greater of (a) the VWAP per share of the common stock on
The Nasdaq Global Market for the 20 trading days ending on April 27, 2010 and
(b) the last reported closing price of $0.5205 per share of the common stock on
The Nasdaq Global Market on such date. The warrants generally will be
exercisable beginning 181 days after the date of issuance for a period of five
years from the original date of issuance at an exercise price of $0.7058 per
share, which represents a 30% premium to the VWAP. The exercise price and
number of shares of our common stock issuable on exercise of the warrants will
be subject to adjustment in the event of any stock split, reverse stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization or similar transaction.
The exercise price and the amount and/or type of property to be issued upon
exercise of the warrants will also be subject to adjustment if we engage in a
“Fundamental Transaction” (as defined in the Warrant). This offering was
made pursuant to our 2008 Shelf Registration Statement. The
offering closed on April 30, 2010.
See Also, Note 2 – Liquidity
Risks and Management’s Plans, and Note 4 – Stockholders’ Equity – Common Stock
Offering with PharmaBio Development Inc. The full text of the the
PharmaBio Agreement, the Warrant and the Securities Purchase Agreement is
attached as exhibits to our Current Report on Form 8-K that we filed with the
SEC on April 28, 2010.
ITEM
2.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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“Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
(“MD&A”) is provided as a supplement to the accompanying interim unaudited
consolidated financial statements and footnotes to help provide an understanding
of our financial condition, the changes in our financial condition and our
results of operations. This item should be read in connection with our
accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements (including the
notes thereto) appearing elsewhere herein.
RESTATEMENT
OF PREVIOUSLY-ISSUED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
In
this Amendment No. 1, we have restated our previously-issued consolidated
financial statements and related disclosures for the quarter ended
March 31, 2010 to reclassify warrants that we issued in February 2010,
based on a reassessment of the applicable accounting [guidelines] and
classification. We are also making corresponding amendments to the
following sections of MD&A: Results of Operations (first sentence) and
Liquidity and Capital Resources – Cash Flows – Cash Flows Used in Operating
Activities.
OVERVIEW
Discovery
Laboratories, Inc. (referred to as “we,” “us,” or the “Company”) is a
biotechnology company developing surfactant therapies to treat respiratory
disorders and diseases for which there frequently are few or no approved
therapies. Our novel KL4
proprietary technology produces a synthetic, peptide-containing surfactant
(KL4
surfactant) that is structurally similar to pulmonary surfactant, a substance
produced naturally in the lung and essential for survival and normal respiratory
function. In addition, our proprietary capillary aerosol-generating
technology (capillary aerosolization technology) produces a dense aerosol with a
defined particle size, to potentially deliver our aerosolized KL4 surfactant
to the lung. As many respiratory disorders are associated with surfactant
deficiency or surfactant degradation, we believe that our proprietary technology
platform makes it possible, for the first time, to develop a significant
pipeline of surfactant products targeted to treat a wide range of previously
unaddressed respiratory problems.
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
We are
developing our lead products, Surfaxin®(lucinactant),
Surfaxin LS™ and Aerosurf®, to
address the most significant respiratory conditions affecting pediatric
populations. Our research and development efforts are currently focused on
the management of RDS in premature infants. We have filed a New Drug
Application (NDA) for our first product based on our novel KL4 surfactant
technology, Surfaxin for the prevention of Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
in premature infants, and received a Complete Response Letter from the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) in April 2009. We believe that the RDS
market represents a significant opportunity from both a medical and a business
perspective. We further believe that Surfaxin, Surfaxin LS and
Aerosurf, have the potential to greatly improve the management of RDS and,
collectively, represent the opportunity, over time, to significantly expand the
current RDS worldwide annual market.
In
addition to our lead products, we plan over time to develop our KL4 surfactant
technology into a broad product pipeline that potentially will address a variety
of debilitating respiratory conditions for which there currently are no or few
approved therapies, in patient populations ranging from premature infants to
adults. We have recently completed enrollment in a Phase 2 clinical trial
of Surfaxin to potentially address Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF) and expect
that top line results will be available in the second quarter 2010.
Our KL4 surfactant
is also the subject of an investigator-initiated Phase 2a clinical trial
assessing the safety, tolerability and short-term effectiveness (via improvement
in mucociliary clearance) of aerosolized KL4 surfactant
in patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF). We are conducting research and
preclinical development with our KL4 surfactant
potentially to address Acute Lung Injury (ALI), and, potentially in the future,
other diseases associated with inflammation of the lung, such as Asthma and
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). We have also initiated
exploratory preclinical studies to assess the feasibility of using our KL4 surfactant
in combination with small and large molecule therapeutics to efficiently and
effectively deliver therapies to the lung to treat a range of pulmonary
conditions and disease.
An
important priority is to secure strategic and financial resources to potentially
maximize the inherent value of our KL4 surfactant
technology. We prefer to accomplish our objectives through strategic
alliances, including potential business alliances, commercial and development
partnerships. With respect to our lead products, we are engaged in
discussions with potential strategic and/or financial partners. In
addition, our plans include potentially taking our early stage exploratory
programs through a Phase 2 proof-of-concept phase and, if successful, thereafter
determining whether to seek strategic alliances or collaboration arrangements or
to utilize other financial alternatives to fund their further development.
To secure required capital, we are also considering other alternatives,
including additional financings and other similar opportunities. Although
we continue to consider a number of potential strategic and financial
alternatives, there can be no assurance that we will enter into any strategic
alliance or otherwise consummate any financing or other similar
opportunities. Until such time as we secure the necessary capital, we plan
to continue conserving our financial resources, predominantly by limiting
investments in our pipeline programs.
We have
focused our current resources on our lead products, primarily to address the
requirements to gain the potential approval of Surfaxin in the United
States. Until such time as we secure sufficient strategic and financial
resources to support the continuing development of our KL4 surfactant
technology and support our operations, we will continue to conserve our
resources, predominantly by curtailing and pacing investments in our pipeline
programs.
Business
Strategy Update
The
reader is referred to, and encouraged to read in its entirety “Item 1 –
Business” included in our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which contains a
discussion of our Business and Business Strategy, as well as information
concerning our proprietary technologies and our current and planned KL4 pipeline
programs.
The
following are updates to our Business Strategy:
DRAFT
– FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
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·
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Surfaxin for the
Prevention of RDS in Premature
infants
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In
response to written guidance received in February 2010 from the FDA, we are
performing a comprehensive preclinical program to potentially address the sole
remaining issue that was identified in the April 2009 Complete Response
Letter. The letter focused primarily on certain aspects of our fetal
rabbit biological activity test (BAT, a quality control and stability release
test for Surfaxin and our other KL4 pipeline
products), specifically whether analysis of preclinical data from both the BAT
and a well-established preterm lamb model of RDS demonstrates the degree of
comparability that the FDA requires and whether the BAT can adequately
distinguish change in Surfaxin biological activity over time. A key
component of the comprehensive preclinical program is to first satisfactorily
optimize and re-validate the BAT. To optimize the BAT, we executed a
protocol that was previously submitted to the FDA for review and comment.
We expect to complete our revalidation efforts in May 2010. Additionally,
we have been interacting with the FDA regarding other important aspects of the
comprehensive preclinical program, including our proposed study design and
success criteria. We plan to initiate a series of prospectively-designed,
side-by-side preclinical studies employing the optimized BAT and a
well-established preterm lamb model of RDS. We submitted the protocol for
these studies to the FDA for its review and expect a written response from the
FDA in the near future. Subject to confirmation that we have
satisfactorily revalidated the BAT, we expect to initiate the side-by-side
preclinical studies in the next few months. We believe that we remain on
track to complete our comprehensive program and submit our Complete Response to
the FDA in the first quarter of 2011, which could potentially lead to approval
of Surfaxin for the prevention of RDS in premature infants in the United States
in 2011.
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·
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Surfaxin LS and
Aerosurf Development
Programs
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We are
currently conducting important preclinical activities for both Surfaxin LS and
Aerosurf to support regulatory requirements for our planned clinical
programs. We are preparing to further engage the FDA and interact with
international regulatory agencies with respect to our planned Phase 3 clinical
program for Surfaxin LS and our Phase 2 clinical program for Aerosurf. We
are also taking steps to focus our capillary aerosolization device development
activities on the capillary aerosolization device that we expect will support
our Aerosurf clinical development programs. We intend to initiate these
clinical programs upon determining a final regulatory strategy and after
securing appropriate strategic alliances and necessary capital.
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·
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Phase 2 Clinical
Trials to Address Acute Respiratory Failure and Cystic
Fibrosis
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We have
recently completed enrollment in a Phase 2 clinical trial to determine whether
Surfaxin improves lung function and reduces the duration and related
risk-exposure of mechanical ventilation in children up to two years of age
diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Failure (ARF). ARF is a severe
respiratory disorder associated with lung injury, often involving surfactant
dysfunction. ARF occurs after patients have been exposed to serious
respiratory infections, such as influenza (including the type A serotype
referred to as H1N1) or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Top-line
results of this trial are now expected to be available in June
2010.
Our
aerosolized KL4 surfactant
is being evaluated in an investigator-initiated Phase 2a clinical trial in
Cystic Fibrosis (CF) patients. The trial is being conducted at a leading
research center, The University of North Carolina, and is further supported by
the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The trial has been designed to assess the
safety, tolerability and short-term effectiveness (via improvement in
mucociliary clearance) of aerosolized KL4 surfactant
in CF patients. Top line results for this trial are now expected in the
third quarter of 2010.
As of
March 31, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $24.2 million, which
includes net proceeds of $15.1 million ($16.5 million gross) from a
public offering that we completed in February 2010. Currently, under our
two CEFFs, we may potentially raise (subject to certain conditions, including
minimum stock price and volume limitations) up to an aggregate of
$69.5 million. However, as of May 7, 2010, neither the May 2008 CEFF
nor the December 2008 CEFF was available because the market price of our common
stock price was below the minimum price required ($1.15 and $0.60, respectively)
to utilize the CEFFs. See, Note 4 – Stockholders’
Equity, for details about our CEFFs.
As of
March 31, 2010, our $10.5 million loan with PharmaBio Development Inc., the
former strategic investment subsidiary of Quintiles Transnational Corp
(Quintiles), was classified as a current liability, payable on April 30,
2010. On April 28, 2010, we completed a restructuring of the
loan ($10.6M at the time of restructuring) under which we satisfied a portion of
the loan and, as a result, the principal amount is now reduced to
$4 million, $2 million of which will be due and payable on July 30,
2010 and the remaining $2 million of which will be due and payable on
September 30, 2010. For details of the terms of the restructuring, see, “– Liquidity and Capital
Resources – Debt – Loan with PharmaBio Development, Inc.” We and
PharmaBio also agreed to negotiate in good faith to potentially enter into a
strategic arrangement under which PharmaBio would provide funding for a research
collaboration between Quintiles and us relating to the research and development,
and commercialization of Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf for the prevention and
treatment of RDS in premature infants, although there can be no assurances that
any such arrangement or collaboration will be accomplished. Also on April
30, 2010, we completed an offering of common stock and warrants to PharmaBio,
resulting in gross proceeds to us of $2.2 million ($2.1 million
net). See, “– Liquidity
and Capital Resources – Common Stock Offerings – Financings under the 2008
Shelf Registration Statement.”
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Our
future capital requirements depend upon many factors, including the success of
our efforts to secure one or more strategic alliances or other collaboration
arrangements to support our product development activities and, if approved,
commercialization plans. There can be no assurance, however, that we will
be able to secure strategic partners or collaborators to support and advise our
activities, that our research and development projects will be successful, that
products developed will obtain necessary regulatory approval, that any approved
product will be commercially viable, that any CEFF will be available for future
financings, or that we will be able to obtain additional capital when needed on
acceptable terms, if at all. In addition to multiple strategic
alternatives, we continue to consider potential additional financings and other
similar opportunities to meet our capital requirements and continue our
operations. Even if we succeed in securing strategic alliances, raising
additional capital and developing and subsequently commercializing product
candidates, we may never achieve sufficient sales revenue to achieve or maintain
profitability.
CRITICAL
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The
preparation of financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States, requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates. There have been no changes to our critical accounting
policies since December 31, 2009. For more information on critical
accounting policies, see our 2009 Annual Report on
Form 10-K. Readers are encouraged to review these disclosures in
conjunction with their review of this Form 10-Q.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
The net
loss for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was $6.1 million
(or $0.04 per share) and $9.0 million (or $0.09 per share),
respectively.
Research
and Development Expenses
Research
and development expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were
$4.1 million and $5.6 million, respectively. These costs are
charged to operations as incurred and are tracked by category, as
follows:
(
in thousands)
|
|
Three
Months Ended
March
31,
|
|
Research
and Development Expenses:
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Manufacturing
development
|
|
$ |
2,437 |
|
|
$ |
3,126 |
|
Development
operations
|
|
|
1,241 |
|
|
|
1,752 |
|
Direct
preclinical and clinical programs
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
|
729 |
|
Total Research &
Development Expenses (1)
|
|
$ |
4,133 |
|
|
$ |
5,607 |
|
|
(1)
|
Included
in research and development expenses are charges associated with
stock-based employee compensation in accordance with the provisions of ASC
Topic 718. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, these
charges were $0.2 million and $0.2 million,
respectively.
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DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Manufacturing
Development
Manufacturing
development includes the cost of our manufacturing operations, quality assurance
and analytical chemistry capabilities to assure adequate production of clinical
and potential commercial drug supply for our KL4 surfactant
products, in conformance with current good manufacturing practices (cGMP).
These costs include employee expenses, facility-related costs, depreciation,
costs of drug substances (including raw materials), supplies, quality control
and assurance activities and analytical services, etc.
The
decrease of $0.7 million in manufacturing development expenses for the
three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009, is
primarily due to our efforts to conserve financial resources following receipt
of the April 2009 Complete Response Letter and purchases in the first quarter of
2009 of active ingredients for the production of Surfaxin.
For the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, manufacturing development expenses
included charges associated with stock-based compensation of $0.1 million
and $0.1 million, respectively.
Development
Operations
Development
operations includes: (i) medical, scientific, clinical, regulatory, data
management and biostatistics activities in support of our KL4 surfactant
development programs; (ii) medical affairs activities to provide scientific
and medical education support in connection with our KL4 surfactant
technology pipeline programs; (iii) design and development for the
manufacture of our novel capillary aerosolization systems, including an aerosol
generating device, the disposable dose delivery packets and patient interface
system necessary to administer Aerosurf for our planned Phase 2 clinical trials
and; (iv) pharmaceutical development activities, including development of a
lyophilized (dry powder) formulation of our KL4
surfactant. These costs include personnel, expert consultants, outside
services to support regulatory, data management and device development
activities, symposiums at key neonatal medical meetings, facilities-related
costs, and other costs for the management of clinical trials.
The
decrease of $0.5 million in development operations expenses for the three
months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the same period in 2009, is
primarily due to our efforts to conserve financial resources following receipt
of the April 2009 Complete Response Letter, including a reduction of our
workforce and a restructuring of certain functions in research and development,
primarily medical affairs.
For the
three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, development operations expenses
included charges associated with stock-based compensation of $0.1 million
and $0.1 million, respectively.
Direct Preclinical and
Clinical Programs
Direct
pre-clinical and clinical programs include: (i) pre-clinical activities,
including toxicology studies and other pre-clinical studies to obtain data to
support potential Investigational New Drug (IND) and NDA filings for our product
candidates; (ii) activities associated with conducting human clinical
trials, including patient enrollment costs, external site costs, clinical drug
supply and related external costs such as contract research consultant fees and
expenses; and (iii) activities related to addressing the items identified
in the April 2009 Complete Response Letter.
Direct
pre-clinical and clinical programs expenses for the three months ended March 31,
2010 included: (i) costs associated with activities to address issues
identified in the April 2009 Complete Response Letter, including optimization
and re-validation of the optimized BAT; (ii) activities associated with the
ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the use of Surfaxin in children up to
two years of age suffering with ARF; and (iii) pre-clinical and preparatory
activities for anticipated Phase 2 clinical trials for Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf
for RDS in premature infants.
The
decrease of $0.3 million in direct preclinical and clinical program
expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the same
period in 2009, is primarily due to costs in the first quarter of 2009
associated with preclinical activities and product characterization testing of
our lyophilized form of Surfaxin, and our efforts to conserve financial
resources following receipt of the April 2009 Complete Response
Letter.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In an
effort to conserve our financial resources, we plan to continue limiting
investments in preclinical and clinical programs until we have secured
appropriate strategic alliances and necessary capital. Where appropriate,
we plan to meet with U.S. and European regulatory authorities to discuss the
requirements for our regulatory packages, including potential trial design
requirements, to prepare for our planned clinical trials.
General
and Administrative Expenses
General
and administrative expenses consist primarily of the costs of executive
management, business and commercial development, finance and accounting,
intellectual property and legal, human resources, information technology,
facility and other administrative costs.
General
and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009
were $2.9 million and $3.1 million, respectively. Included in
general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010
was a one-time charge of $1.0 million associated with certain contractual cash
severance obligations to our former President and Chief Executive Officer.
Additionally, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, general and
administrative expenses included charges associated with stock-based
compensation of $0.2 million and $0.7 million,
respectively.
Excluding
the one-time charge related to our severance obligation and charges associated
with stock based compensation, general and administrative expenses decreased
$0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, as compared to the
same period in 2009. The decrease was primarily due to investments in
pre-launch commercial capabilities in the first quarter of 2009 in anticipation
of the potential approval and commercial launch of Surfaxin. Following
receipt of the April 2009 Complete Response Letter for Surfaxin, to conserve our
cash resources, we curtailed investment in commercial capabilities, implemented
cost containment measures and reduced our workforce from 115 to 91
employees. The workforce reduction was focused primarily in our commercial
and corporate administrative groups. We also made a fundamental change in
our business strategy. To conserve financial resources, we no longer plan
to establish our own specialty pulmonary commercial organization and we are
instead seeking to develop and commercialize our KL4 technology
through strategic alliances or other collaboration arrangements, including in
the United States. Although we are engaged in discussions with potential
strategic and financial partners, there can be no assurance that any strategic
alliance will be successfully concluded. Until such time as we
secure an alliance or access to other capital, we continue to conserve our
financial resources by predominantly limiting investments in our pipeline
programs.
Other
Income and (Expense)
Other
income and (expense) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were
$(0.2) million and $(0.3) million, respectively.
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
|
Three
months
ended
|
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
$ |
3 |
|
|
$ |
5 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(242 |
) |
|
|
(302 |
) |
Realized
gain on sale of equipment
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
– |
|
Other
income / (expense), net
|
|
$ |
(223 |
) |
|
$ |
(297 |
) |
Interest
income consists of interest earned on our cash and marketable securities.
To ensure preservation of capital, we invest most of our cash and marketable
securities in a treasury-based money market fund.
Interest
expense consists of interest accrued on the outstanding balance of our loan with
PharmaBio and under our equipment financing facilities. In addition,
interest expense includes expenses associated with the amortization of deferred
financing costs for the warrant that we issued to PharmaBio in October 2006 as
consideration for a restructuring of our loan in 2006. The decrease in
interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the
same periods for 2009 is due to a reduction in the outstanding principal
balances on our equipment loans.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Overview
We have
incurred substantial losses since inception due to investments in research and
development, manufacturing and potential commercialization activities and we
expect to continue to incur substantial losses over the next several
years. Historically, we have funded our business operations through
various sources, including public and private securities offerings, draw downs
under our CEFFs, capital equipment and debt facilities, and strategic
alliances. We expect to continue to fund our business operations through a
combination of these sources, and, upon regulatory approval, also through sales
revenue from our product candidates, beginning with Surfaxin for the prevention
of RDS.
Following
receipt from the FDA of a Complete Response Letter for Surfaxin in April 2009,
we made fundamental changes in our business strategy. We now believe that
it is in our best interest financially to seek to develop and commercialize our
KL4
technology through strategic alliances or other collaboration arrangements,
including in the United States. However, there can be no assurance that
any strategic alliance or other arrangement will be successfully
concluded.
The
accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been
prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates
the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course
of business. As a result of our cash position as of December 31, 2009, the
audit opinion we received from our independent auditors for the year ended
December 31, 2009 contains a notation related to our ability to continue as a
going concern. Our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on
our ability to raise additional capital, to fund our research and development
and commercial programs and meet our obligations on a timely basis. If we
are unable to successfully raise sufficient additional capital, through
strategic and collaborative arrangements with potential partners and/or future
debt and equity financings, we will likely not have sufficient cash flows and
liquidity to fund our business operations, which could significantly limit our
ability to continue as a going concern. In that event, we may be forced to
further limit development of many, if not all, of our programs and consider
other means of creating value for our stockholders, such as licensing the
development and/or commercialization of products that we consider valuable and
might otherwise plan to develop ourselves. If we are unable to raise the
necessary capital, we may be forced to curtail all of our activities and,
ultimately, cease operations. Even if we are able to raise additional
capital, such financings may only be available on unattractive terms, and/or
could result in significant dilution of stockholders’ interests and, in such
event, the market price of our common stock may decline. Our financial
statements do not include any adjustments relating to recoverability and
classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of
liabilities that might be necessary should we be unable to continue in
existence.
Our
future capital requirements will depend upon many factors, including our efforts
to secure one or more strategic alliances to support our product development
activities and commercialization plans, and the ultimate success of our product
development and commercialization plans. Currently, we are focused on
developing our lead KL4 surfactant
products to address the most significant respiratory conditions affecting
pediatric populations. In particular, in response to written
guidance received in February 2010 from the FDA, we are performing a
comprehensive preclinical program to potentially address the sole remaining
issue that was identified in the April 2009 Complete Response Letter to gain
Surfaxin approval. See “– Business Strategy Update.” There can
be no assurance that our research and development projects (including the
ongoing preclinical program for Surfaxin) will be successful, that products
developed will obtain necessary regulatory approval, that any approved product
will be commercially viable, that any CEFF will be available for future
financings, or that we will be able to secure strategic alliances or obtain
additional capital when needed on acceptable terms, if at all. Even if we
succeed in securing strategic alliances, raising additional capital, developing
product candidates and obtaining regulatory approval and subsequently
commercializing product candidates, we may never achieve sufficient sales
revenue to achieve or maintain profitability.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
As of
March 31, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $24.2 million, which
includes net proceeds of $15.1 million ($16.5 million gross) from a
public offering that we completed in February 2010. As of May 7, 2010,
neither the May 2008 CEFF nor the December 2008 CEFF was available to us because
the closing market price of our common stock ($0.47) was below the minimum price
required ($1.15 and $0.60, respectively) to utilize the facility. If and
when the CEFFs become available, we may potentially raise (subject to certain
conditions, including minimum stock price and volume limitations) up to an
aggregate of $69.5 million. See, Note 4 – Stockholders’
Equity, for details about our CEFFs.
As of
March 31, 2010, our $10.5 million loan with PharmaBio Development Inc
(PharmaBio), the former strategic investment subsidiary of Quintiles
Transnational Corp. (Quintiles), was classified as a current liability payable
on April 30, 2010. On April 28, 2010, we completed a restructuring of the
loan ($10.6M at the time of restructuring) pursuant to a Payment Agreement and
Loan Amendment dated April 27, 2010 (PharmaBio Agreement) that provided for
(a) payment in cash of an aggregate of $6.6 million, representing
$4.5 million in outstanding principal and $2.1 million in accrued
interest, (b) a maturity date extension for the remaining $4 million
principal amount under the loan, $2 million of which now will be due and
payable on July 30, 2010 and the remaining $2 million of which will be due
and payable on September 30, 2010, and (c) so long as we timely make each of the
remaining principal payments on or before their respective due dates, no further
interest will accrue on the outstanding principal amount. In addition, we
agreed to maintain (i) at least $10 million in cash and cash equivalents
until payment of the first $2 million installment is made on or before July
30, 2010, and (ii) at least $8 million in cash and cash equivalents until
the payment of the second $2 million installment on or before September 30,
2010, after which the PharmaBio loan will be paid in full. Also under the
PharmaBio Agreement, PharmaBio surrendered to us for cancellation warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 2,393,612 shares of our common stock that we had issued
previously to PharmaBio in connection with the PharmaBio loan and a previous
offering of securities. See, “– Debt – Loan with
PharmaBio Development, Inc.” Also, on April 30, 2010, we completed an
offering of common stock and warrants to PharmaBio, resulting in gross proceeds
of $2.2 million ($2.1 million net). See, “– Financings
Pursuant to Common Stock Offerings – Financings under the 2008
Shelf Registration Statement.”
To meet
our capital requirements, we continue to consider multiple strategic
alternatives, including, but not limited to potential business alliances,
commercial and development partnerships, additional financings and other similar
opportunities, although there can be no assurance that we will take any further
specific actions or enter into any transactions. Until such time as we
secure the necessary capital, we plan to continue conserving our financial
resources, predominantly by limiting investments in our pipeline
programs.
Cash
Flows
As of
March 31, 2010, we had cash and cash equivalents of $24.2 million compared
to $15.7 million as of December 31, 2009, an increase of
$8.5 million. In February 2010, we completed a public offering of
common stock and warrants resulting in net proceeds of $15.1 million.
Additionally, cash outflows before financings for the first quarter of 2010
consisted of $5.3 million used for ongoing operating activities, a one-time
payment of $1.1 million to satisfy certain contractual cash severance
obligations to our former President and Chief Executive Officer, and
$0.2 million used for debt service.
Cash Flows Used in Operating
Activities
Cash
flows used in operating activities were $6.4 million and $7.5 million
the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Our cash
flows used in operating activities are a result of our net operating losses
adjusted for non-cash items associated with stock-based compensation, fair value
adjustment of common stock warrants, depreciation and changes in our accounts
payable, accrued liabilities and receivables. Cash flows used in operating
activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 included a one-time payment
of $1.1 million to satisfy certain contractual cash severance obligations
to our former President and Chief Executive Officer.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Cash Flows Used in Investing
Activities
Cash
flows used in investing activities included purchases of equipment of
$0.1 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31,
2010 and 2009, respectively.
Cash Flows from/(used in)
Financing Activities
Cash
flows from financing activities were $14.9 million and $1.7 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Cash
flows from financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2010
primarily included net proceeds of $15.1 million from the February 2010
public offering, partially offset by principal payments on our equipment loan
and capital lease obligations of $0.2 million. See, “– Common Stock
Offerings – Financings under the 2008 Shelf Registration
Statement.” Cash flows used in financing activities for the three
months ended March 31, 2009 included $2.5 million from financings pursuant
to our CEFFs, partially offset by $0.8 million of principal payments under
our equipment loan.
Committed
Equity Financing Facilities (CEFFs)
As of
March 31, 2010, we had two CEFFs as follows: (i) the CEFF dated December 12,
2008 (December 2008 CEFF) and; (ii) the CEFF dated May 22, 2008 (May 2008 CEFF),
which allow us, subject to minimum price requirements and volume limitations, to
raise capital for a period of three years ending February 6, 2011 and June 18,
2011, respectively, at the time and in amounts deemed suitable to us.
Under the December 2008 CEFF, as of March 31, 2010, we had 7.1 million
shares potentially available for issuance (up to a maximum of
$17.7 million), provided that the volume weighted-average price of our
common stock (VWAP) on each trading day during the draw-down period must be at
least equal to the greater of (i) $.60 or (ii) 90% of the closing price of our
common stock on the trading day immediately preceding the draw down period
(Minimum VWAP). Under the May 2008 CEFF, as of March 31, 2010, we had
approximately 12.8 million shares potentially available for issuance (up to
a maximum of $51.7 million), provided that the VWAP on each trading day
must be at least the greater of $1.15 or the Minimum VWAP. Use of each
CEFF is subject to certain other covenants and conditions, including aggregate
share and dollar limitations for each draw down. See our 2009 Annual Report on
Form 10-K – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Committed Equity
Financing Facility (CEFF)”). We anticipate using our CEFFs (at such times
as our stock price is at a level above the CEFF minimum price requirement) to
support our working capital needs and maintain cash availability in
2010.
To date,
we have not used the CEFFs in 2010. As the current market price of our
common stock is below the minimum price ($0.60 and $1.15) required by the CEFFs,
neither CEFF is currently available. In 2009, we raised an aggregate of
$10.7 million from 10 draw-downs under our CEFFs throughout the
year.
Common
Stock Offerings
Historically,
we have funded, and expect that we may continue to fund, our business operations
through various sources, including financings in the form of common stock
offerings. In June 2008, we filed a universal shelf registration statement
on Form S-3 (No. 333-151654) (2008 Shelf Registration Statement) with
the SEC for the proposed offering from time to time of up to $150 million
of our securities, including common stock, preferred stock, varying forms of
debt and warrant securities, or any combination of the foregoing, on terms and
conditions that will be determined at that time.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Financings under the 2008
Shelf Registration Statement
On
April 27, 2010, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with
PharmaBio, as the sole purchaser, related to an offering of 4,052,312 shares of
common stock and warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,026,156 shares of common
stock, sold as units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and
a warrant to purchase 0.50 of a share of common stock, at an offering price of
$0.5429 per unit, representing the greater of (a) the
volume-weighted average sale price (“VWAP”) per share of the common stock on The
Nasdaq Global Market for the 20 trading days ending on April 27, 2010 and
(b) the last reported closing price of $0.5205 per share of the common
stock on The Nasdaq Global Market on such date. The offering resulted in
gross proceeds to us of $2.2 million ($2.1 million net). The
warrants expire in April 2015 and generally will be exercisable beginning
181 days after the date of issuance, subject to an aggregate beneficial
ownership limitation of 9.9%, at a price per share of $0.7058, which represents
a 30% premium to the VWAP for the 20 trading days ending on April 27,
2010. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock issuable on
exercise of the warrants will be subject to adjustment in the event of any stock
split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization or
similar transaction. The exercise price and the amount and/or type of
property to be issued upon exercise of the warrants will also be subject to
adjustment if the Company engages in a “Fundamental Transaction” (as defined in
the form of warrant). The warrants are exercisable for cash only, except
that if the related registration statement or an exemption from registration is
not available for the resale of the warrant shares, the holder may exercise on a
cashless basis. The offering closed on April 30, 2010.
In
February 2010, we completed a public offering of 27.5 million shares of our
common stock and warrants to purchase 13.8 million shares of our common
stock, sold as units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and
a warrant to purchase 0.5 of a share of common stock, at a public offering price
of $0.60 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds to us of $16.5 million
($15.1 million net). The warrants expire in February 2015 and are
exercisable, subject to an aggregate share ownership limitation, at a price per
share of $0.85. The exercise price and number of shares of common stock
issuable on exercise of the warrants will be subject to adjustment in the event
of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization,
reorganization or similar transaction. The exercise price and the amount
and/or type of property to be issued upon exercise of the warrants will also be
subject to adjustment if the Company engages in a “Fundamental Transaction” (as
defined in the warrant agreement). The warrants are exercisable for cash
only, except that if the related registration statement or an exemption from
registration is not available for the resale of the warrant shares, the holder
may exercise on a cashless basis.
As of
March 31, 2010 and May 10, 2010, there was $122.2 million and
$120.0 million, respectively, remaining available under the 2008
Shelf Registration Statement for potential future
offerings.
Debt
Historically,
we have, and expect to continue to, fund our business operations through various
sources, including debt arrangements such as credit facilities and equipment
financing facilities.
Loan
with PharmaBio Development Inc.
As of
March 31, 2010, our $10.5 million loan with PharmaBio was classified as a
current liability, payable on April 30, 2010. On April 27, 2010, we
entered into the PharmaBio Agreement and on April 28, 2010, completed a
restructuring of the loan ($10.6M at the time of restructuring). The
PharmaBio Agreement provided for (a) payment in cash of an aggregate of
$6.6 million, representing $4.5 million in outstanding principal and $2.1
million in accrued interest, (b) a maturity date extension for the
remaining $4 million principal amount under the loan, $2 million of which
now will be due and payable on July 30, 2010 and the remaining $2 million of
which will be due and payable on September 30, 2010, and (c) so long as we
timely make each of the remaining principal payments on or before their
respective due dates, no further interest will accrue on the outstanding
principal amount. In addition, we agreed to maintain (i) at least $10
million in cash and cash equivalents until payment of the first $2 million
installment is made on or before July 30, 2010, and (ii) at least
$8 million in cash and cash equivalents until the payment of the second
$2 million installment on or before September 30, 2010, after which the
PharmaBio loan will be paid in full.
Also
under the PharmaBio Agreement, PharmaBio surrendered to us for cancellation the
following warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,393,612 shares of our common
stock that we had issued previously to PharmaBio in connection with the
PharmaBio loan and a previous offering of securities: a warrant to purchase
850,000 shares of common stock, at $7.19 per share expiring on November 3, 2014,
a warrant to purchase 1,500,000 shares of common stock at $3.58 per share
expiring on October 26, 2013 and a warrant to purchase 43,612 shares of the
Company’s common stock at $6.875 per share expiring on September 19,
2010.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
The
PharmaBio Agreement also provided that we and PharmaBio would negotiate in good
faith to potentially enter into a strategic arrangement under which PharmaBio
would provide funding for a research collaboration between Quintiles and us
relating to the possible research and development, and commercialization of two
of our drug product candidates, Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf, for the prevention and
treatment of RDS in premature infants. However, neither party is obligated
to enter into any such arrangement except to the extent that the parties, in
their individual and sole discretion, enter into definitive documents with
respect thereto. Accordingly, there can be no assurances that any such
arrangement or collaboration will be completed.
Also, on
April 27, 2010, we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement pursuant to
which PharmaBio agreed to purchase 4,052,312 shares of our common stock and
warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2,026,156 shares of our common stock,
resulting in gross proceeds to us, on April 29, 2010, of $2.2 million
($2.1 million net). See, “ – Common Stock
Offerings – Financing under the 2008 Shelf Registration
Statement.”
At the
present time, we are focused on securing appropriate strategic and financial
resources to fund our research and development programs, comply with our
financial covenants under the restructured PharmaBio loan, and pay the principal
amount when due. Under our amended PharmaBio loan, PharmaBio holds a
security interest in substantially all of our assets, including our proprietary
assets and intellectual property. If we fail to comply with the cash
covenants required under the restructuring, PharmaBio would have the right to
declare all borrowings to be immediately due and payable. If we are unable
to pay when due amounts owed to PharmaBio, whether at maturity or in connection
with acceleration of the loan following a default, PharmaBio would have the
right to proceed against the collateral securing the indebtedness.
To secure
the necessary capital to achieve our objectives, we prefer to enter into
strategic alliances, including potential business alliances, and commercial and
development partnerships, including the potential collaboration with
Quintiles. We are also considering other alternatives, including
additional financings and other similar opportunities. However, there can
be no assurance that we will achieve any strategic alliance or otherwise
consummate any financing or other similar opportunities. If we are unable
to secure the necessary capital to meet our covenants and financial commitments,
we will be forced to potentially downsize our operations and implement further
cutbacks in our program.
Equipment Financing
Facilities
In May
2007, we entered into a Credit and Security Agreement with GE Business Financial
Services Inc. (GE, formerly Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services
Inc.). The right to draw under this Facility expired on November 30,
2008. As of March 31, 2010, approximately $0.4 million was
outstanding under the facility ($0.4 million classified as current
liabilities and $36,000 as long-term liabilities).
In
September 2008, we entered into a Loan Agreement and Security Agreement with the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development
(Department), pursuant to which the Department made a loan to us from the
Machinery and Equipment Loan Fund in the amount of $500,000 (MELF Loan).
As of March 31, 2010, approximately $0.4 million was outstanding under the
facility ($0.1 million classified as current liabilities and
$0.3 million as long-term liabilities).
See, our 2009 Annual Report
on Form 10-K – “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources – Debt – Equipment
Financing Facilities.”
Contractual Obligations and
Commitments
During
the three-month period ended March 31, 2010, there were no material changes to
our contractual obligations and commitments disclosures as set forth in our 2009
Annual Report on Form 10-K, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources –
Contractual Obligations”, except as noted below.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In
connection with the resignation in August 2009 of Robert J. Capetola, Ph.D., our
former President, Chief Executive Officer and member of our Board of Directors,
we entered into a separation agreement and general release (the “Separation
Agreement”) dated August 13, 2009, that provided, among other things, for
periodic severance payments through the earlier of (i) May 3, 2010 (Severance
Period) or (ii) the date, if ever, of a Corporate Transaction (defined
below). Under the Separation Agreement, if a Corporate Transaction were to
occur during the Severance Period, Dr. Capetola would become entitled to receive
an additional severance payment of up to $1,580,000; provided, however, such payment
would be reduced by the sum of the aggregate cash severance amounts already paid
under the Separation Agreement.
A
“Corporate Transaction” was defined in the Separation Agreement to include one
or more public or private financings that were completed during the Severance
Period and resulted in cash proceeds (net of transaction costs) to us of at
least $20 million received during the Severance Period or within 90
calendar days thereafter. From August 13, 2009 through February 23, 2010,
we raised approximately $21.0 million of aggregate net proceeds, consisting
of approximately $5.9 million from financing transactions under our CEFFs
throughout the period and $15.1 million from a public offering that was
completed on February 23, 2010. As these transactions satisfied the
criteria for a Corporate Transaction under the Separation Agreement, on March 3,
2010, we paid to Dr. Capetola an additional $1.06 million (less
withholding), representing $1.58 million reduced by the sum of the cash
severance amounts previously paid under the Separation Agreement, which totaled
approximately $0.52 million. At this time, our obligation to make
periodic payments under the Separation Agreement has been satisfied and no
further payments are due to Dr. Capetola.
The full
text of the Separation Agreement is attached to our Current Report on Form 8-K
that we filed with the SEC on August 19, 2009. See also, “Item 11– Executive
Compensation – Resignation of our President and Chief Executive Officer,” in our
Amendment No. 1 to our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K that we filed with the
SEC on April 30, 2010 (2009 Form 10-K/A).
ITEM
3.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET
RISK
|
Our
exposure to market risk is confined to our cash, cash equivalents and available
for sale securities. We place our investments with high quality issuers
and, by policy, limit the amount of credit exposure to any one issuer. We
currently do not hedge interest rate or currency exchange exposure. We
classify highly liquid investments purchased with a maturity of three months or
less as “cash equivalents” and commercial paper and fixed income mutual funds as
“available for sale securities.” Fixed income securities may have
their fair market value adversely affected due to a rise in interest rates and
we may suffer losses in principal if forced to sell securities that have
declined in market value due to a change in interest rates.
ITEM
4.
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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Evaluation of disclosure
controls and procedures
Our
management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal control over
financial reporting will prevent all error and all fraud. A control
system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable,
not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met.
Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are
resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative
to their costs. 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 the company have been
detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments
in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple
error or mistake. Controls can also be circumvented by the individual acts
of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override
of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on
certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no
assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all
potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance
with policies or procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a
cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and
not be detected. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and
procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no
matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of
achieving the desired control objectives and our management necessarily was
required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of
possible controls and procedures.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
In
connection with the preparation of this Amendment No. 1, our Interim Chief
Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer evaluated the effectiveness of
the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March
31, 2010. In making this evaluation, they considered the material weakness
related to the classification of warrants discussed below. Solely as a
result of the material weakness, our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures
were not effective as of March 31, 2010.
Management’s
Report on our Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our
management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal
control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f)
promulgated under the Exchange Act. Our internal control system is
designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and board of
directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial
statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed,
have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be
effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial
statement preparation and presentation. In connection with this Amendment
No. 1, management, including our Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, reassessed the effectiveness of our internal control over
financial reporting as of March 31, 2010. In making this assessment, our
management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated
Framework. This evaluation identified a material weakness in our internal
control regarding our process and procedures related to the initial
classification and subsequent accounting of registered warrants as liabilities
or equity instruments. This material weakness in our internal controls
resulted in the restatement of our 2009 financial statements and our quarterly
report for the period ended March 31, 2010. Accordingly we did not
maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 31,
2010, based on the COSO criteria.
Changes in internal
controls
There
were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in
connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) under the Exchange Act
that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control
over financial reporting.
PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM
1.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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We are
not aware of any pending or threatened legal actions that would, if determined
adversely to us, have a material adverse effect on our business and
operations.
We have
from time to time been involved in disputes and proceedings arising in the
ordinary course of business, including in connection with the conduct of our
clinical trials. In addition, as a public company, we are also potentially
susceptible to litigation, such as claims asserting violations of securities
laws. Any such claims, with or without merit, if not resolved, could be
time-consuming and result in costly litigation. There can be no assurance
that an adverse result in any future proceeding would not have a potentially
material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial
condition.
In
addition to the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed in this Form
10-Q, see the risks and
uncertainties discussed in our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K and our 2009 Form
10-K/A, including the “Risk Factors” section contained in our 2009 Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
The
terms of our indebtedness may impair our ability to conduct our
business.
Our
capital requirements have been funded in part by the loan from PharmaBio, with
respect to which we completed a restructuring on April 28, 2010. Under the
restructuring, we paid in cash $6.6 million of the total outstanding
($10.6 million at the time of restructuring), representing
$4.5 million in outstanding principal and $2.1 million in accrued
interest. Of the remaining $4 million principal amount under the
loan, $2 million will now be due and payable on July 30, 2010 and the
balance of $2 million will be due and payable on September 30, 2010.
If we make our payments on time, no further interest will accrue on the
outstanding principal amount. The PharmaBio loan is secured by
substantially all of our assets, including our proprietary technologies, and
contains a number of covenants and restrictions that, with certain exceptions,
restricts our ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness,
borrow money or issue guarantees, use assets as security in other transactions,
and sell assets to other companies. In connection with the restructuring
we agreed to an additional covenant to maintain (i) at least $10 million in
cash and cash equivalents until payment of the first $2 million installment
is made on or before July 30, 2010, and (ii) at least $8 million in cash
and cash equivalents until the payment of the second $2 million installment
on or before September 30, 2010, after which the PharmaBio loan will be paid in
full. In order to comply with these cash covenants and to have sufficient
working capital to make payment of the remaining principal amount and
continue operate our business, we will likely need to secure sources of
additional capital. If we are unable to secure additional sources of
capital, we will be forced to further reduce our cash outflows and limit our
investments in our research and development programs. If we fail to comply
with the cash covenants required under the restructuring, PharmaBio would have
the right to declare all borrowings to be immediately due and payable. If
we are unable to pay when due amounts owed to PharmaBio, whether at maturity or
in connection with acceleration of the loan following a default, PharmaBio would
have the right to proceed against the collateral securing the
indebtedness.
Under the
restructuring, PharmaBio agreed to negotiate in good faith to potentially enter
into a strategic arrangement under which PharmaBio would provide funding for a
research collaboration between Quintiles and us relating to the possible
research and development, and commercialization of two of our drug product
candidates, Surfaxin LS and Aerosurf, for the prevention and treatment of RDS in
premature infants. In that event, it is possible that the remaining
principal payments might in the future be restructured, deferred or otherwise
satisfied without further cash outlays. However, neither party is
obligated to enter into any such arrangement and there can be no assurances that
any such arrangement will be completed or that we will be successful in securing
the additional capital required to continue our operations.
The restatement of our historical
financial statements has already consumed a significant amount of our time and
resources and may have a material adverse effect on our business and stock
price.
As
described earlier, we have restated our consolidated financial statements. The
restatement process was highly time and resource-intensive and involved
substantial attention from management and significant legal and accounting
costs. Although we have now completed the restatement, we cannot guarantee that
we will have no inquiries from the SEC or The NASDAQ Capital Market® (“Nasdaq
Capital Market”) regarding our restated financial statements or matters relating
thereto.
Any
future inquiries from the SEC as a result of the restatement of our historical
financial statements will, regardless of the outcome, likely consume a
significant amount of our resources in addition to those resources already
consumed in connection with the restatement itself.
Further,
many companies that have been required to restate their historical financial
statements have experienced a decline in stock price and stockholder lawsuits
related thereto.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
If we fail to maintain an effective
system of internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to
accurately report our
financial results, and current and potential stockholders may lose confidence in
our financial reporting.
We are
required by the SEC to establish and maintain adequate internal control over
financial reporting that provides reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of our financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We are likewise
required, on a quarterly basis, to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal
controls and to disclose any changes and material weaknesses in those internal
controls.
As
described elsewhere in this Amendment No. 1, in connection with the restatement
process, we identified a material weakness with regard to accounting for warrant
instruments in our internal control over financial reporting, specifically with
regard to our prior interpretation of ASC 815, as it related to the initial
classification and subsequent accounting of registered warrants as either
liabilities or equity instruments dating back to May 2009. Upon a
reassessment of those financial instruments, in light of GAAP as currently
interpreted, we determined that we should have accounted for certain warrant
instruments as debt instead of equity. Given this material weakness with regard
to warrants, management was unable to conclude that we maintained effective
internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2010.
Since the
determination regarding this material weakness, we plan to devote significant
effort and resources to the remediation and improvement of our internal control
over financial reporting. While we have processes to identify and
intelligently apply developments in accounting, we plan to enhance these
processes to better evaluate our research and understanding of the nuances of
increasingly complex accounting standards. Our plans include the
following: enhanced access to accounting literature, research materials and
documents; and increased communication among our legal and finance
personnel and third party professionals with whom to consult regarding
complex accounting applications. The elements of our remediation plan can
only be accomplished over time and we can offer no assurance that these
initiatives will ultimately have the intended effects. Any failure to
maintain such internal controls could adversely impact our ability to report our
financial results on a timely and accurate basis. If our financial
statements are not accurate, investors may not have a complete understanding of
our operations. Likewise, if our financial statements are not filed on a
timely basis as required by the SEC and Nasdaq, we could face severe
consequences from those authorities. In either case, there could result a
material adverse affect on our business. Inferior internal controls could
also cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information,
which could have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock. We
can give no assurance that the measures we have taken and plan to take in
the future will remediate the material weaknesses identified or that any
additional material weaknesses or restatements of financial results will not
arise in the future due to a failure to implement and maintain adequate internal
control over financial reporting or circumvention of these controls. In
addition, even if we are successful in strengthening our controls and
procedures, in the future those controls and procedures may not be adequate to
prevent or identify irregularities or errors or to facilitate the fair
presentation of our consolidated financial statements.
ITEM
2.
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UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF
PROCEEDS
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During
the three months ended March 31, 2010, we did not issue any unregistered shares
of common stock pursuant to the exercise of outstanding warrants and
options. There were no stock repurchases during the three months ended
March 31, 2010.
For
disclosure on our working capital restrictions under our PharmaBio loan, please
refer to “Liquidity and Capital Resources – Overview.”
Exhibits
are listed on the Index to Exhibits at the end of this Quarterly Report.
The exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, listed on such Index in
response to this Item, are incorporated herein by reference.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
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.
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Discovery
Laboratories, Inc.
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(Registrant)
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Date: November
15, 2010
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By:
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/s/ W. Thomas Amick
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W.
Thomas Amick, Chairman of the Board and
Principal
Executive Officer
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Date: November
15, 2010
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By:
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/s/ John G. Cooper
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John
G. Cooper
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President
and Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial
Officer)
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DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
The
following exhibits are included with this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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3.1
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Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Discovery Laboratories, Inc.
(Discovery), dated December 9, 2009.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on December 9, 2009.
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3.2
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Certificate
of Designations, Preferences and Rights of Series A Junior Participating
Cumulative Preferred Stock of Discovery, dated February 6,
2004.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to Discovery’s Form 8-A, as filed with the SEC
on February 6, 2004.
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3.3
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Amended
and Restated By-Laws of Discovery, as amended effective September 3,
2009.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on September 4, 2009
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4.1
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Shareholder
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2004, by and between Discovery
and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on February 6, 2004.
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4.2
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Form
of Class A Investor Warrant.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on June 20, 2003.
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4.3
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Class
B Investor Warrant dated July 7, 2004, issued to Kingsbridge Capital
Limited.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K as
filed with the SEC on July 9, 2004.
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4.4
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Warrant
Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2004, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio (formerly QFinance, Inc.)
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2004, as filed with the SEC on
November 9, 2004.
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4.5
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Class
C Investor Warrant, dated April 17, 2006, issued to Kingsbridge Capital
Limited
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 21, 2006.
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4.6
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Second
Amended and Restated Promissory Note, dated as of October 25, 2006, issued
to PharmaBio Development Inc. (“PharmaBio”)
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on October 26, 2006.
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4.7
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Warrant
Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2006, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on October 26, 2006.
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4.8
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Warrant
Agreement, dated November 22, 2006 by and between Discovery and Capital
Ventures International
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on November 22, 2006.
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4.9
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Warrant
Agreement dated May 22, 2008 by and between Kingsbridge Capital Limited
and Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K as
filed with the SEC on May 28,
2008.
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DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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4.10
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Warrant
Agreement dated December 12, 2008 by and between Kingsbridge Capital
Limited and Discovery.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on December 15, 2008.
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4.11
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Form
of Stock Purchase Warrant issued in May 2009
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on May 8, 2009.
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4.12
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Form
of Stock Purchase Warrant issued in February 2010
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on February 18, 2010.
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4.13
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Warrant
Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2010, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
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10.1
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Payment
Agreement and Loan Amendment (amending the Second Amended and Restated
Loan Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2001, amended and restated as of
October 25, 2006) dated April 27, 2010, by and between Discovery and
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
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10.2
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Third
Amended Promissory Note dated April 27, 2010 (amending and restating the
Second Amended Promissory Note dated as of October 25, 2006), payable to
PharmaBio
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 1.2 to Discovery’s Current Report on Form 8-K, as
filed with the SEC on April 28, 2010.
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10.3*
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Retention
Letter dated May 4, 2010 by and between Robert Segal, M.D., F.A.C.P., and
Discovery
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Filed
herewith.
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31.1
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 31.1 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,
as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2010.
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31.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 31.2 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,
as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2010.
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31.3
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange
Act.
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Filed
herewith.
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31.4
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer pursuant to
Rule 13a-14(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Filed
herewith.
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DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Exhibit No.
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Description
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Method of Filing
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32.1
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 32.1 to Discovery’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,
as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2010.
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32.2
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Certification
of Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Filed
herewith
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* A
management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as
an exhibit to this annual report pursuant to Item 15(b) of Form
10-K.
DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Exhibit
31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, W.
Thomas Amick, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this
Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Discovery Laboratories,
Inc.;
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.
Date:
November 15, 2010
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/s/ W. Thomas Amick
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W.
Thomas Amick
Chairman
of the Board and Interim Chief
Executive Officer
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DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Exhibit
31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, John
G. Cooper, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this
Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Discovery Laboratories,
Inc.;
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.
Date:
November 15, 2010
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/s/ John G.
Cooper
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John
G. Cooper
President
and Chief Financial
Officer
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DRAFT –
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
Exhibit
32.1
CERTIFICATIONS
Pursuant
to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, each of the undersigned officers of Discovery Laboratories,
Inc. (the “Company”) hereby certifies that, to his knowledge, the Company’s
Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ended March 31, 2010 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and that the
information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Date:
November 15, 2010
/s/ W. Thomas Amick
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W.
Thomas Amick
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Chairman
of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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/s/ John G. Cooper
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John
G. Cooper
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President
and Chief Financial Officer
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A signed
original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 has been provided to us and will be retained by us and furnished to
the SEC or its staff upon request.
This
certification is being furnished pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that
section. This certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.