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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

FORM 10-Q

xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021
OR
¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2021

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: 000-54495001-39683

REZOLUTE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

27-3440894

Nevada

27-3440894

(State ofor other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

201 Redwood Shores Parkway, Suite 315, Redwood City, California

94065

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(650) (650) 206-4507

(Registrant’s Telephone Number,telephone number, including Area Code)

area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

RZLT

RZLT

Nasdaq Capital Market

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. x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files.). x Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, and an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  ¨

Accelerated filer  ¨

Non-accelerated filer  x

Smaller reporting company x

Emerging Growth Company  ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 17(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) ¨ Yes x No

The registrant had 8,352,27715,556,516 shares of its $0.001 par value common stock outstanding as of May 12, 2021.February 7, 2022.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

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UnauditedUnaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – MarchDecember 31, 2021 and June 30, 20202021

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – Three and NineSix Months Ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’Shareholders’ Equity – NineSix Months Ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – NineSix Months Ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

32

26

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

32

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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

33

28

Item 1A. Risk Factors

33

28

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use Ofof Proceeds

35

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Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

35

28

Item 4. Mine Safety DisclosuresDisclosures

35

28

Item 5. Other Information

35

28

Item 6. Exhibits

29

35Signatures

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Signatures36

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Report”) contains statements reflecting assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions or beliefs about future events that are intended as “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements included or incorporated by reference in this Report, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that we expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements appear in a number of places, including, but not limited to “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” These statements represent our reasonable judgment of the future based on various factors and using numerous assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results and financial position to differ materially from those contemplated by the statements. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, and use words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “may,” “should,” “plan,” “project” and other words of similar meaning. In particular, these include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the following:

·projected operating or financial results, including anticipated cash flows used in operations;

·expectations regarding capital expenditures, research and development expenseexpenses and other payments;

·our expectation thatabout the disruptive impactextent and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic (“COVID-19”) on our business;

·our beliefs and assumptions relating to our liquidity position, including our ability to obtain additional financing;

·our ability to obtain regulatory approvals for our pharmaceutical drugs and diagnostics; and

·our future dependence on third party manufacturers or strategic partners to manufacture any of our pharmaceutical drugs and diagnostics that receive regulatory approval, and our ability to identify strategic partners and enter into license, co-development, collaboration or similar arrangements.

Any or all of our forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors including, but not limited to, the risks described in “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 20202021 (the “2020“2021 Form 10-K”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on October 13, 2020.

September 15, 2021 and as amended on September 27, 2021.

In addition, there may be other factors that could cause our actual results to be materially different from the results referenced in the forward-looking statements, some of which are included elsewhere in this Report, including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” Many of these factors will be important in determining our actual future results. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Our actual future results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements contained in this Report are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Report, except as otherwise required by applicable law.

Special Note About COVID-19

We have been actively monitoring the COVID-19 situation and its impact. Our primary objectives have remained the same throughout the pandemic: to support the safety of our team members and their families and continue to support our preclinical studies and clinical trials. Currently, with respect to the operation of our facilities, we are closely adhering to applicable guidelines and orders. Essential operations in research and maintenance that occur within our facilities are continuing in accordance with the permissions granted under government ordinances. Across all our locations, we have instituted a temporary work from home policy for all office personnel who do not need to work on site to maintain productivity. At this time, we have not identified a material change to our productivity as a result of these measures, but this could change, particularly if restricted travel, closed schools, and shelter-in-place orders are not removed or significantly eased in the areas in which we operate.

While our financial results for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021 and the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 were not significantly impacted by COVID-19, we cannot predict the impact of the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic on future results due to a variety of factors, including the continued good health of our employees, the ability of us to maintain operations, access to healthcare facilities and patient willingness to participate in our clinical trials, any further government and/or public actions taken in response to the pandemic and ultimately the length of the pandemic. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business operations, our ability to raise capital, as well as our preclinical studies and clinical trials remains uncertain and subject to change and will depend on future developments, which cannot be accurately predicted. Any prolonged material disruption of our employees, suppliers, or manufacturing may negatively impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows. We will continue to monitor the situation closely.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

Rezolute, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(inIn thousands, except per share amounts)

  March 31,  June 30, 
  2021  2020 
Assets        
Current assets:        
Cash and cash equivalents $31,989  $9,955 
Prepaid expenses and other  206  563 
Total current assets  32,195   10,518 
         
Long-term assets:        
Right-of-use assets, net  472   383 
Deferred offering and debt issuance costs  221   - 
Property and equipment, net  33   33 
Lease security deposits  12   31 
         
Total assets $32,933  $10,965 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity        
Current liabilities:        
Accounts payable $811  $893 
Accrued liabilities:        
Compensation and benefits  180   120 
Insurance premiums  -   188 
Other  469   180 
Derivative liability  1,807   - 
Current portion of license fees payable to Xoma  -   1,600 
Current portion of operating lease liabilities  321   245 
Total current liabilities  3,588   3,226 
         
Long-term liabilities:        
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion  213   165 
License fees payable to Xoma, net of current portion  -   209 
Total liabilities  3,801   3,600 
         
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 4 and 8)        
         
Stockholders' equity:        
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 400 shares and 20,000 shares authorized as of        
 March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020, respectively; no shares issued and outstanding  -   - 
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000 shares and 500,000 shares authorized as of  8   6 
 March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020, respectively; 8,352 and 5,867 shares issued and        
outstanding as of March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020, respectively        
Additional paid-in capital  190,772   154,595 
Accumulated deficit  (161,648)  (147,236)
Total stockholders' equity  29,132   7,365 
         
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $32,933  $10,965 

December 31, 

June 30, 

    

2021

    

2021

Assets

 

  

 

  

Current assets:

 

  

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

$

77,403

$

41,047

Prepaid expenses and other

695

946

Total current assets

 

78,098

 

41,993

Long-term assets:

Restricted cash

5,000

0

Right-of-use assets, net

237

396

Deferred offering costs and other

48

191

Property and equipment, net

 

22

 

29

Total assets

$

83,405

$

42,609

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

  

 

  

Current liabilities:

 

  

 

  

Accounts payable

$

4,349

$

1,035

Accrued liabilities:

Compensation and benefits

1,472

77

Insurance premiums

242

Other

477

349

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

147

265

Total current liabilities

 

6,445

 

1,968

Long-term liabilities:

Long term debt, net of discount

14,178

13,968

Embedded derivative liability

383

387

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion

134

187

Total liabilities

 

21,140

 

16,510

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 4 and 8)

 

  

 

  

Shareholders’ equity:

 

  

 

  

Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 400 shares shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding

 

 

Common Stock, $0.001 par value, 40,000 shares authorized ; 15,556 and 8,352 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021, respectively

 

16

 

8

Additional paid-in capital

 

250,816

 

194,229

Accumulated deficit

 

(188,567)

 

(168,138)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

62,265

 

26,099

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$

83,405

$

42,609

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


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Rezolute, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(inIn thousands, except per share amounts)

  Three Months Ended  Nine Months Ended 
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2021  2020  2021  2020 
Operating expenses:                
Research and development:                
Compensation and benefits, net of related party reimbursements $1,529  $1,399  $4,865  $4,567 
Clinical trial costs  1,495   622   3,276   3,535 
Licensing costs  -   -   1,000   - 
Material manufacturing costs  253   284   561   725 
Consultants and outside services  206   1,278   480   2,736 
Facilities and other  275   150   416   442 
Total research and development  3,758   3,733   10,598   12,005 
General and administrative:                
Compensation and benefits  850   762   3,498   3,079 
Professional fees  655   319   1,506   952 
Facilities and other  220   256   656   933 
Total general and administrative  1,725   1,337   5,660   4,964 
Total operating expenses  5,483   5,070   16,258   16,969 
Operating loss  (5,483)  (5,070)  (16,258)  (16,969)
Non-operating income (expense):                
Gain on change in fair value of derivative liability  1,784   -   1,784   - 
Interest and other  4   30   62   183 
Net loss $(3,695) $(5,040) $(14,412) $(16,786)
                 
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $(0.44) $(0.86) $(1.94) $(2.93)
                 
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted  8,352   5,866   7,445   5,719 

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

December 31, 

December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

Operating expenses:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Research and development

 

$

9,452

 

$

4,496

 

$

15,226

 

$

6,840

General and administrative

 

2,697

 

2,656

 

4,563

 

3,935

Total operating expenses

12,149

7,152

19,789

10,775

Operating loss

 

(12,149)

 

(7,152)

 

(19,789)

 

(10,775)

Non-operating income (expense):

 

 

 

Interest expense

(445)

(888)

Gain (loss) on change in fair value of embedded derivative liability

 

(12)

 

 

4

 

Employee retention credit

 

 

 

231

 

Other income

13

55

13

58

Total non-operating income (expense), net

(444)

55

(640)

58

Net loss

$

(12,593)

$

(7,097)

$

(20,429)

$

(10,717)

Net loss per common share - basic and diluted

$

(0.80)

$

(0.88)

$

(1.69)

$

(1.54)

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted

 

15,680

 

8,045

 

12,097

 

6,956

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


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Rezolute, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’Shareholders’ Equity

(in thousands, except per share amounts)Six Months Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

(In thousands)

        Additional     Total 
  Common Stock  Paid-in  Accumulated  Stockholders' 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Nine Months Ended March 31, 2021:                    
Balances as of June 30, 2020  5,867  $6  $154,595  $(147,236) $7,365 
Stock-based compensation  -   -   2,305   -   2,305 
Fair value of warrants issued to consultants for services  -   -   8   -   8 
Issuance of Units for cash  2,485   2   40,998   -   41,000 
Advisory fees and other offering costs  -   -   (3,550)  -   (3,550)
Issuance of common stock for services  -   -   7   -   7 
Reclassification of derivative liability for authorized share deficiency  -   -   (3,591)  -   (3,591)
Net loss  -   -   -   (14,412)  (14,412)
Balances as of March 31, 2021  8,352  $8  $190,772  $(161,648) $29,132 
                     
Nine Months Ended March 31, 2020:                    
Balances as of June 30, 2019  4,208  $4  $128,651  $(126,903) $1,752 
Stock-based compensation  -   -   2,734   -   2,734 
Fair value of warrants issued to consultants for services  -   -   76   -   76 
Issuance of common stock for cash:                    
Related parties at $14.50 per share  1,380   2   19,998   -   20,000 
Other investors at $14.50 per share  279   -   4,050   -   4,050 
Advisory fees and other offering costs  -   -   (1,500)  -   (1,500)
Net loss  -   -   -   (16,786)  (16,786)
Balances as of March 31, 2020  5,867  $6  $154,009  $(143,689) $10,326 

Additional

Total

Common Stock

Paid-in

Accumulated

Shareholders’

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Deficit

    

Equity

Six Months Ended December 31, 2021:

Balances as of June 30, 2021

 

8,352

$

8

$

194,229

$

(168,138)

$

26,099

Gross proceeds from issuance of equity securities for cash in Underwritten Public Offering:

Common stock

6,147

6

39,950

39,956

Pre-Funded Warrants

10,783

10,783

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock for cash:

In Registered Direct Offering

769

1

4,999

5,000

Under Equity Distribution Agreement

138

1

1,518

1,519

Under LPC Purchase Agreement

116

1,172

1,172

Underwriting discounts and other equity offering costs

(4,136)

(4,136)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

1,851

 

 

1,851

Commitment shares issued under LPC Purchase Agreement

34

450

450

Net loss

 

 

 

 

(20,429)

 

(20,429)

Balances as of December 31, 2021

 

15,556

$

16

$

250,816

$

(188,567)

$

62,265

Six Months Ended December 31, 2020:

Balances as of June 30, 2020

 

5,867

$

6

$

154,595

$

(147,236)

$

7,365

Issuance of Units for cash

2,485

2

40,998

41,000

Advisory fees and other offering costs

(3,550)

(3,550)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

1,775

 

 

1,775

Issuance of common stock for services

7

7

Fair value of warrants issued to consultants for services

6

6

Net loss

 

(10,717)

(10,717)

Balances as of December 31, 2020

 

8,352

$

8

$

193,831

$

(157,953)

$

35,886

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Rezolute, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

Six Months Ended

December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

  

 

  

Net loss

$

(20,429)

$

(10,717)

Share-based compensation expense

 

1,851

 

1,775

Accretion of debt discount and issuance costs

211

Non-cash lease expense

159

139

Depreciation and amortization expense

7

6

Change in fair value of embedded derivative liability

 

(4)

 

Fair value of shares of common stock issued for services

7

Fair value of warrants issued for services

6

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other assets

 

238

(2)

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable

 

3,320

(412)

Increase in other accrued liabilities

1,109

1,193

Decrease in license fees payable to Xoma

 

(1,809)

Net Cash Used In Operating Activities

 

(13,538)

 

(9,814)

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Proceeds from Underwritten Public Offering

 

50,738

 

Proceeds from Registered Direct Offering

5,000

Proceeds from issuances of common stock

2,690

Proceeds from issuance of Units

41,000

Payments for professional fees and other offering costs

(3,430)

(3,541)

Payments for debt discount and issuance costs

(104)

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

54,894

37,459

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

41,356

27,645

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period

41,047

9,955

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period

$

82,403

$

37,600

CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH:

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

77,403

$

37,600

Restricted cash, end of period

5,000

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

$

82,403

$

37,600

SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

Cash paid for interest

$

680

$

Cash paid for income taxes

Right-of-use assets acquired in exchange for operating lease liabilities

302

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities

184

140

NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

Issuance of commitment shares for deferred offering costs subsequently charged to additional paid-in capital

$

450

$

Increase in payables for deferred offering costs

32

Furniture and equipment received as inducement under operating lease

10

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


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Rezolute, Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

  Nine Months Ended 
  March 31, 
  2021  2020 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:        
Net loss $(14,412) $(16,786)
Stock-based compensation expense  2,305   2,734 
Depreciation and amortization expense  10   14 
Non-cash lease expense  214   167 
Fair value of warrants issued for services  8   76 
Fair value of shares of Common Stock issued for services  7   - 
Gain on change in fair value of derivative liability  (1,784)  - 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets  376   436 
Increase (decrease)  in accounts payable  (81)  694 
Decrease in accrued liabilities  (45)  (1,134)
Decrease in license fees payable to Xoma  (1,809)  (6,291)
Net Cash Used In Operating Activities  (15,211)  (20,090)
         
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES  -   - 
         
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Proceeds from issuance of Units  41,000   - 
Payment of commissions and other deferred offering costs  (3,680)  (1,500)
Payment of debt issuance costs  (75)  - 
Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock:        
Related parties  -   20,000 
Others  -   4,050 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities  37,245   22,550 
         
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash  22,034   2,460 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period  9,955   11,573 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $31,989  $14,033 
         
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH:        
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $31,989  $14,033 
Restricted cash, end of period  -   - 
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period $31,989  $14,033 
         
SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOW INFORMATION:        
Cash paid for interest $-  $- 
Cash paid for income taxes  -   - 
Right-of-use assets acquired in exchange for operating lease liabilities  302   - 
         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:        
Reclassification of derivative liability for authorized share deficiency $3,591  $- 
Furniture and equipment received as inducement under operating lease  10   - 
Increase in payables for debt issuance costs  16   - 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NoteNOTE 1 NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNFICANTSIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Nature of Operations

Rezolute, Inc. (the “Company”) is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company incorporateddeveloping transformative therapies for metabolic diseases related to chronic glucose imbalance.

Change in Delaware in 2010.Domicile

Reverse Stock Split

In August 2019, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a reverse stock split that was subject to stockholder approval at a special meeting that was concluded on October 28, 2019. Stockholders approved the proposal whereby the Board of Directors had the ability at any time on or before October 23, 2020 to execute a reverse stock split and set an exchange ratio between 20 and 100 shares of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, into one issued and outstanding share of Common Stock, without any change in the par value per share. On October 7, 2020, the Board of Directors approved reverse stock split whereby fifty shares were exchanged into one newly-issued share of the Company’s $0.001 par value Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”), resulting in the filing with the Delaware Secretary of State of a Certificate of Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation. The Amendment was effective on October 9, 2020. On February 17,June 2021, the Company filedmerged with and into its wholly owned subsidiary, Rezolute Nevada Merger Corporation, a certificateNevada corporation (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of correctionMerger, dated as of June 18, 2021 (the “Charter Revision”“Reincorporation Merger Agreement”), between the Company and Merger Sub, with Merger Sub as the State of Delaware Secretary of State. The Charter Revision changedsurviving corporation (the “Reincorporation Merger”). At the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 500,000,000 shares to 10,000,000 on February 17, 2021. The Charter Revision also changed the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock from 20,000,000 shares to 400,000 shares that were authorized beginning on February 17, 2021.

In connection with the Reverse Stock Split, proportionate adjustments were made to increase the per share exercise prices and decrease the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of stock options and warrants whereby approximately the same aggregate price is required to be paid for such securities upon exercise as had been payable immediately preceding the Reverse Stock Split. In addition, any fractional shares that would otherwise be issued as a resulteffective time of the Reverse Stock Split were rounded upReincorporation Merger (the “Effective Time”), the Merger Sub was renamed “Rezolute, Inc.” and succeeded to the nearest whole share. All references inassets, continued its business and assumed its rights and obligations by operation of law. The Reincorporation Merger Agreement was approved by the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements toCompany’s shareholders at the number2021 annual meeting of shares of Common Stock and per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the Reverse Stock Split.its shareholders held on May 26, 2021.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020,2021, has been derived from the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements. The unaudited interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s 20202021 Form 10-K, which contains the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto, together with the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal year ended fiscal June 30, 2020.

2021.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnote disclosures necessary for a comprehensive presentation of financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. It is management'smanagement’s opinion, however, that all material adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) have been made whichthat are necessary for a fair financial statement presentation.presentation have been made. The interim results for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the financial condition and results of operations that may be expected for any future interim period or for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021.2022.

Consolidation

Reclassifications

Certain amounts in the previously issued comparative interim financial statements for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020 have been reclassified to conform to the current interim financial statement presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the previously reported net loss, working capital, cash flows and stockholders’ equity.


Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Consolidation

On February 12, 2021, theThe Company filed a certificate of dissolution with the State of Delaware Secretary of State to dissolve AntriaBio Delaware, Inc., which was a dormant company with no assets, liabilities or operations. As a result, the Company now has two2 wholly owned subsidiaries consisting of Rezolute (Bio) Ireland Limited, and Rezolute Bio UK, Ltd. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its two wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

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Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances, to determine the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The Company’s significant accounting estimates include, but are not necessarily limited to, determination of the fair value of the derivative liability for an authorized share deficiency,liabilities, fair value of share-based payments, management’s assessment of going concern, accruedand clinical trial liabilities, and estimates of the probability and potential magnitude of contingentaccrued liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company'sCompany’s operations may be subject to significant risks and uncertainties including financial, operational, regulatory and other risks associated with a clinical stage company, including the potential risk of business failure as discussed further in Note 2, and the future impact of COVID-19 as discussed in Note 8.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. During the three months ended March 31, 2021the Company did not adopt any new accounting policies, however the Company did make the following accounting policy election with respect to accounting policies which are currently applied, as necessary, during the quarter:

Derivative Liability for Authorized Share Deficiency

As discussed above, the Company filed the Charter Revision that changed the number of authorized shares of Common Stock from 500,000,000 shares to 10,000,000 shares effective on February 17, 2021. Upon filing the Charter Revision, the Company had approximately 8,352,000 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding plus approximately 2,428,000 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s stock option plans and outstanding warrant agreements. Since authorized shares were limited to 10,000,000 shares, the Company could be required to settle in cash the shares subject to the deficiency of 780,000 shares. Since allItem 8 of the Company’s outstanding stock options and warrants previously met the criteria for classification in stockholders’ equity, the Company is required to reclassify the fair value related to 780,000 shares from stockholders’ equity to a liability beginning on February 17, 2021.2021 Form 10-K.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company made an accounting policy election to select the stock options and warrants with the earliest issuance dates to compute the estimated fair value of the financial instruments associated with the authorized share deficiency. The result of the election of this accounting policy was to determine the liability using the stock options and warrants that generally had the highest exercise prices that were least likely to be exercised. Fair value of the stock options and warrants associated with the deficiency are computed on the date the deficiency arose and at the end of each reporting period using the Black-Scholes-Merton (“BSM”) option-pricing model. Key assumptions inherent in this valuation model include the historical volatility of the Company’s Common Stock, the remaining contractual term of the options and warrants, and the market price of our Common Stock on the valuation date. Changes in these factors from period to period can result in significant increases and decreases in fair value of the derivative liability, with corresponding gains or losses reflected in our operating results for each reporting period. If the Company’s stockholders subsequently approve a sufficient increase in authorized shares, the Company will no longer include the derivative liability in its balance sheets after the approval date. However, any gains or losses reflected prior to the approval date will not be reversed.


Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

StandardsStandard Required to be Adopted in Future Years.Periods. The following accounting standards are not yet effective; management has not completed its evaluation to determine the impact that adoption of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU 2016-13 amends the guidance on the impairment of financial instruments. This update adds an impairment model (known as the current expected credit losses model) that is based on expected losses rather than incurred losses. Under the new guidance, an entity recognizes, as an allowance, its estimate of expected credit losses. In November 2019, ASU 2016-13 was amended by ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments- Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842) whereby the effective date for ASU 2016-13 for smaller reporting companies is now required for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years.

The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-13 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity). ASU 2020-06 reduces the number of accounting models for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock, which results in fewer embedded conversion features being separately recognized from the host contract as compared with current GAAP. Additionally, ASU 2020-06 affects the diluted earnings per share calculation for instruments that may be settled in cash or shares and for convertible instruments and requires enhanced disclosures about the terms of convertible instruments and contracts in an entity’s own equity. ASU 2020-06 allows entities to use a modified or full retrospective transition method and is effective for smaller reporting companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. EarlyThe Company plans to early adopt this standard using the full retrospective transition method effective July 1, 2022. The Company does not expect the impact of adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years.

will have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies that do not require adoption until a future date are not currently expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.

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Note 2 LiquidityRezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NOTE 2 — LIQUIDITY

The Company is in the clinical stage and has not yet generated any revenues. For the fiscal yearsix months ended June 30, 2020,December 31, 2021, the Company incurred a net loss of $20.3$20.4 million and net cash used in operating activities amounted to $24.2$13.5 million. For the nine monthsfiscal year ended March 31,June 30, 2021, the Company incurred a net loss of $14.4$20.9 million and net cash used in operating activities amounted to $15.2$20.4 million. As of MarchDecember 31, 2021, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $161.6$188.6 million, unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of $32.0$77.4 million, and total current liabilities of $3.8$6.4 million.

As discussed in Note 4, the Company is subject to license agreements that provide for future contractual payments upon achievement of various milestone events. Pursuant to the Xoma Agreement, the next milestone includes a $2.0 million payment upon dosing of the last patient in the Company’s ongoing Phase 2b clinical trial for RZ358. Dosing of the last patient in the ongoing Phase 2b study occurred in January 2022. Additionally, pursuant to the ActiveSite Agreement, the next milestone will consist of a $3.0 million payment upon dosing of the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial for RZ402.

As discussed in Note 6, onin October 9, 2020and November 2021 the Company completed an underwritten public offering for net proceeds of $47.3 million and a registered direct offering for net proceeds of $5.0 million, resulting in total net proceeds of approximately $52.3 million. In addition, for the six months ended December 31, 2021, the Company received aggregate grossnet proceeds of $41.0approximately $2.7 million from investors in a private placement fromequity issuances under the issuance of units that consisted of approximately 2.5 million shares of Common StockEquity Distribution Agreement and warrants for the purchase of approximately 0.8 million shares of Common Stock.

AsLPC Purchase Agreement discussed in Note 13,6. If additional capital resources are required in the future, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement in April 2021 that provides for total borrowings uphas the ability to $30.0 million. The Company received grossraise additional equity financing proceeds of $15.0 million in April 2021 and the remaining $15.0 million is available subject to satisfaction of certain conditions described in the loan agreement. As a condition of the loan agreement, the Company is required to maintain a restricted cash balance of $5.0 million beginning no later than December 31, 2021. Borrowings under the loan agreement provide for interest at 8.75% plus a variable margin of at least 0.12%. The Company is permitted to make interest-only payments through May 1, 2023, and the maturity date is on April 1, 2026.


Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Asas discussed in Note 8, COVID-19 has resulted in an economic environment that is unfavorable for many businesses to conduct operations6 under the captions Equity Distribution Agreement and pursue new debt and equity financings. The U.S. economy has been adversely affected by mass quarantines and government mandated stay-in-place orders to halt the spread of the virus. These orders are frequently changing and contain inherent uncertainty relative to their future application, creating considerable uncertainty surrounding the recovery period for the U.S. economy. The long-term effects on the Company are expected to result in higher costs in order to comply with safeguards to protect patients and staff engaged in clinical activities, and extended periods of time may be required to complete clinical trials. The current economic environment and financial market volatility is expected to make it more challenging for the Company to obtain funding for its clinical programs in the future.LPC Purchase Agreement.

Management believes the Company’s existingunrestricted cash and cash equivalents balance of $32.0$77.4 million combined with the debt financing proceeds of $15.0 million received in April 2021, will be adequate to carry out currently planned activities at least through June 30, 2022.February 2023.

NoteNOTE 3 OPERATING LEASES

The carrying value of right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and operating lease liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

 March 31, June 30, 
 2021  2020 

December 31, 

June 30,

    

2021

    

2021

Right-of-Use Assets, net $472  $383 

$

237

$

396

        

 

  

 

  

Operating Lease Liabilities:        

 

  

 

  

Current $321  $245 

$

147

$

265

Long-term  213   165 

 

134

 

187

Total $534  $410 

$

281

$

452

For the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, operating lease expense was as followfollows (in thousands):

 Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended 
 March 31,  March 31, 
 2021  2020  2021  2020 

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

December 31,

December 31,

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

Research and development $75  $49  $185  $138 

    

$

71

    

$

61

    

$

150

    

$

110

General and administrative  28   21   83   60 

 

20

 

30

 

43

 

54

                

Total $103  $70  $268  $198 

$

91

$

91

$

193

$

164

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On October 28, 2020, the Company entered into an assignment, assumption and amendment of lease agreement for ancillary office space in Bend, Oregon. The leased space consists of approximately 5,000 square feet and provides for average monthly rent of approximately $8,700 through the expiration date in February 2024. The lease provides one optionNotes to renew the lease for an additional three years at market rates. The Company determined it was not reasonably assured that this renewal option would be exercised whereby the resulting lease term was estimated at 40 months. Using a discount rate of 6.0%, the Company recognized an ROU asset and corresponding operating lease liability of approximately $0.3 million at inception of the lease.Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

As of MarchDecember 31, 2021, the weighted average remaining lease term under operating leases was 2.11.9 years, and the weighted average discount rate for operating lease liabilities was 7.6%6.6%. For each of the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities was $0.2 million. These cash payments were included in the determination of net cash used in operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.


Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Future payments under all operating lease agreements as of MarchDecember 31, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal year ending June 30,   

    

  

Remainder of fiscal year 2021 $92 
2022  283 

Remainder of fiscal year 2022

$

100

2023  117 

 

117

Thereafter  79 
    

2024

 

79

Total lease payments  571 

 

296

Less imputed interest  (37)

 

(15)

    
Present value of operating lease liabilities $534 

$

281

Note

NOTE 4 License AgreementsLICENSE AGREEMENTS

Xoma License Agreement

In December 2017, the Company entered into a license agreement (“License Agreement”) with XOMA Corporation (“Xoma”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, XOMA (US) LLC, pursuant to which Xoma granted an exclusive global license to the Company to develop and commercialize Xoma 358 (formerly X358, now RZ358) for all indications. In January 2019, the License Agreement was amended.amended with an updated payment schedule, as well as revising the amount the Company was required to expend on development of RZ358 and related licensed products, and revised provisions with respect to the Company’s diligence efforts in conducting clinical studies.

On March 31, 2020, the parties entered into Amendment No. 3 to the License Agreement to extend the payment schedule for the remaining balance of approximately $2.6 million. The revised payment schedule provided for seven quarterly payments to be paid from March 31, 2020 through September 30, 2021.

As discussed in Note 6, the Company completed a private placement of equity securities for gross proceeds of $41.0 million in October 2020, which resulted in acceleration of the entire obligation. On October 23, 2020, the Company paid the outstanding balance of $1.4 million. As of March 31, 2021, the Company does not have any remaining balance payable under Amendment No. 3 to the License Agreement. Upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory events under the License Agreement, the Company will be required to make up to $37.0 million in aggregate milestone payments to Xoma.

In addition toXoma, including the License Agreement betweennext scheduled payment of $2.0 million due upon the Company and Xoma in December 2017, both parties also entered into a stock purchase agreement (“Stock Purchase Agreement”). As of March 31, 2021, Xoma owns approximately 162,000 sharesdosing of the last patient in the Company’s Common Stock.ongoing Phase 2b clinical trial for RZ358. The Stock Purchase Agreement provided Xoma with the right and option to require the Company to use its best efforts to facilitate orderly salesdosing of the shares to a third party or purchase the shares (the “Put Option”). Xoma was permitted to exercise the Put Option for up to a total of 50,000 shares of Common Stock for the calendar year ending December 31, 2020, and up to an additional 50,000 shares thereafter. On November 3, 2020,last patient in the Company’s shares of Common Stock were approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and the Put Option terminated pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement.ongoing Phase 2b study occurred in January 2022.

ActiveSite License Agreement

On August 4, 2017, the Company entered into a Development and License Agreement with ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“ActiveSite”) pursuant to which the Company acquired the rights to ActiveSite’s Plasma Kallikrein Inhibitor program (“PKI Portfolio”). The Company is initially using the PKI Portfolio to develop an oral PKI therapeutic for diabetic macular edema (RZ402) and may use the PKI Portfolio to develop other therapeutics for different indications. The ActiveSite Development and License Agreement requires various milestone payments up to $46.5 million. The first milestone payment for $1.0 million was duepaid in December 2020 after acceptance ofclearance was received for an Initial Drug Application, or IND, filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). The Company is also required to pay royalties equal to 2.0% of any sales of products that use the PKI Portfolio.

On October 28, 2020, the Company submitted an IND to the FDA. On December 3, 2020, the Company received FDA clearance for the IND application filed by the Company. This clearance resulted in the Company owing the firstnext milestone payment of $1.0$3.0 million whichwill be due upon dosing of the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial for RZ402.

NOTE 5 — LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

On April 14, 2021, the Company entered into a $30.0 million Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with SLR Investment Corp. and certain other lenders (the “Lenders”). The Lenders agreed to loan up to $30.0 million in three tranches consisting of (i) a $15.0 million term A loan that was paid in December 2020. There have beenfunded on April 14, 2021, (ii) a $7.5 million term B loan to be funded upon request by the Company no events that would result in any royalty payments owed underlater than January 25, 2022, and (iii) a $7.5 million term C loan to be funded upon request by the ActiveSite DevelopmentCompany no later than September 25, 2022. Funding of the term B and License Agreementterm C loans was subject to date.the Company’s ability to obtain prescribed amounts of equity or subordinated debt financing and the achievement of certain clinical milestones related to RZ358 and RZ402. The Company did not achieve the initial clinical milestones to qualify for funding of the term B and term C loans. The term A loan has a maturity date of April 1, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”).

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Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Note 5 Employee termination benefits

In March 2021,addition, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents became subject to a blocked account control agreement (“BACA”) in favor of the Lenders whereby a cash balance of at least $5.0 million was required beginning on December 31, 2021. Accordingly, the Company entered intohas classified $5.0 million as a severance agreement with an officer of the Company that provides for an aggregate of $0.2 million paid in monthly installments from March 2021 through September 2021. The severance agreement also resulted in the modification of certain stock options that were permitted to continue vesting through September 2021, whereby an aggregate of 46,250 stock options exercisable at a weighted average price of $18.17 will now expire in December 2021. Absent the modification, stock options for an aggregate of 38,750 vested shares would have expired in June 2021 and stock options for 7,500 never would have vested. The Company accounted for the modification of the original awards, whereby compensation cost was remeasured on the date of the modification that resulted in an increase in fair value of the modified awards for $0.1 million. Accordingly, an aggregate charge of $0.3 million related to severance costs and the modification of stock options is included in compensation expense under general and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021.

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021, activity affecting the accrued liability for severance benefits is summarized as follows (in thousands):

Accrued severance, beginning of period $- 
Severance expense incurred  201 
Cash payments  (31)
     
Accrued severance, end of period $170 

The liability for accrued severance costs is included in accrued compensation and benefitslong-term restricted cash asset in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of MarchDecember 31, 2021. In the event of a default under the Loan Agreement, the BACA would enable the Lenders to prevent the release of funds from the Company’s cash accounts.

Outstanding borrowings under the Loan Agreement bear interest at a floating rate equal to (a) 8.75% per annum plus (b) the greater of (i) the rate per annum published by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. (“IEBA”) for a term of one month and (ii) 0.12% per annum. For the period from April 14, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the IEBA rate for a term of one month was approximately 0.12% per annum. Therefore, the contractual rate was 8.87% as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021. The Company is permitted to make interest-only payments on the term A loan through May 1, 2023. At the Company’s request, the interest-only period can be extended until May 1, 2024, if the Company obtains at least $70.0 million of equity or subordinated debt financing by September 2022 and no event of default shall have occurred. The Company will be required to make monthly payments of principal and interest commencing at the end of the interest-only period.

Note 6 The Company is obligated to pay the Lenders (i) a non-refundable facility fee in the amount of 1.00% of the term A loan that was funded (the “Facility Fee”), and (ii) a final fee equal to 4.75% of the aggregate amount of the term A loan that was funded (the “Final Fee”). As of December 31, 2021, the Company incurred debt discounts for an aggregate of $1.7 million that consisted of $0.4 million for financial advisory and legal fees, an aggregate of $0.9 million for the Facility Fee and the Final Fee, and an aggregate of $0.4 million as an exit fee as discussed below. The Final Fee is payable upon the earliest to occur of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the acceleration of the term loans, and (iii) the prepayment of the term loans. The total debt discount of $1.7 million related to the term A loan is being accreted to interest expense using the effective interest method that results in an overall current effective interest rate of 12.6% as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021.

Concurrently with the execution of the Loan Agreement, the Company entered into an exit fee agreement (the “Exit Fee Agreement”) that provides for a fee of 4.00% of the funded principal balance of each term loan in the event certain transactions (defined as “Exit Events”) occur prior to April 13, 2031. Exit Events include, but are not limited to, sales of substantially all assets, certain mergers, change of control transactions, and issuances of common stock that result in new investors owning more than 35% of the Company’s shares. As of April 14, 2021, the Company allocated a portion of the proceeds from the term A loan to recognize a liability for the fair value of this embedded derivative for approximately $354,000. Fair value was determined based on the Company’s strategic corporate development plans and management has performed a detailed evaluation of the different types of Exit Events that could occur and using a discounted rate equivalent to the effective rate for the term A loan. Fair value of this embedded derivative is assessed at the end of each reporting period with changes in fair value recognized as a nonoperating gain or loss.

The Company has the option to prepay all, but not less than all, of the outstanding principal balance of the term loans. In the event of a voluntary or mandatory prepayment prior to the Maturity Date, the Company will incur a prepayment fee ranging from 1.00% to 3.00% of the outstanding principal balance.

The Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all the Company’s assets, including its intellectual property. This security interest will not be released until all obligations are repaid, including the requirement to pay an Exit Fee of $0.6 million for certain fundamental transactions that may occur through April 13, 2031. The Loan Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants and also includes customary events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of covenants, and a default upon the occurrence of a material adverse change affecting the Company. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, a default interest rate of an additional 5.00% per annum may be applied to the outstanding loan balance, and the Lenders may declare all outstanding obligations immediately due and payable and exercise all of their rights and remedies as set forth in the Loan Agreement.

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STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITYRezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had outstanding contractual obligations under the Loan Agreement consisting of the principal balance of $15.0 million and the Final Fee of $0.7 million for a total of $15.7 million. After deducting the unaccreted discount of $1.5 million, the net carrying value was $14.2 million as of December 31, 2021. Future minimum principal payments and the net carrying value of the term A loan are as follows as of December 31, 2021 (in thousands):

Fiscal year ending June 30,

    

Remainder of fiscal year 2022

$

0

2023

 

833

2024

 

5,000

2025

 

5,000

2026

4,880

Total contractual payments

 

15,713

Less unaccreted debt discount

(1,535)

Net carrying value

$

14,178

NOTE 6 — SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Changes in Shareholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

The following table presents changes in shareholders’ equity for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

    

    

    

Additional

    

    

Total

Common Stock

Paid-in

Accumulated

Shareholders’

    

Shares

    

Amount

    

Capital

    

Deficit

    

Equity

Three Months Ended December 31, 2021:

Balances as of September 30, 2021

 

8,640

$

9

$

197,524

$

(175,974)

$

21,559

Gross proceeds from issuance of equity securities for cash in Underwritten Offering:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Common stock

 

6,147

 

6

 

39,950

 

 

39,956

Pre-Funded Warrants

 

 

 

10,783

 

 

10,783

Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock for cash in Registered Direct Offering

 

769

 

1

4,999

 

 

5,000

Underwriting discounts and other equity offering costs

 

 

 

(3,449)

 

 

(3,449)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

1,009

 

 

1,009

Net loss

 

 

 

 

(12,593)

 

(12,593)

Balances as of December 31, 2021

 

15,556

$

16

$

250,816

$

(188,567)

$

62,265

Three Months Ended December 31, 2020:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Balances as of September 30, 2020

 

5,867

$

6

$

155,232

$

(150,856)

$

4,382

Issuance of Units for cash

 

2,485

 

2

 

40,998

 

 

41,000

Advisory fees and other offering costs

 

 

 

(3,550)

 

 

(3,550)

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

1,141

 

 

1,141

Issuance of common stock for services

 

 

 

7

 

 

7

Fair value of warrants issued to consultants for services

 

 

3

 

 

3

Net loss

 

 

 

 

(7,097)

 

(7,097)

Balances as of December 31, 2020

 

8,352

$

8

$

193,831

$

(157,953)

$

35,886

For changes in stockholders’shareholders’ equity for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, please refer to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity on page 3. The following table presents changes in stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:shareholders’ equity.

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        Additional     Total 
  Common Stock  Paid-in  Accumulated  Stockholders' 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2021:                    
Balances as of December 31, 2020  8,352  $8  $193,831  $(157,953) $35,886 
Stock-based compensation  -   -   530   -   530 
Reclassification of derivative liability for authorized share deficiency  -   -   (3,591)  -   (3,591)
Fair value of warrants issued to consultants for services  -   -   2   -   2 
Net loss  -   -   -   (3,695)  (3,695)
                     
Balances as of March 31, 2021  8,352  $8  $190,772  $(161,648) $29,132 
                     
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020:                    
Balances as of December 31, 2019  5,867  $6  $153,331  $(138,649) $14,688 
Stock-based compensation  -   -   675   -   675 
Fair value of warrants issued to consultants for services  -   -   3   -   3 
Net loss  -   -   -   (5,040)  (5,040)
                     
Balances as of March 31, 2020  5,867  $6  $154,009  $(143,689) $10,326 


Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Underwritten Public Offering

Derivative Liability for Authorized Share Deficiency

As discussed in Note 1,On October 12, 2021, the Company filedentered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., as representative of the Charter Revision on February 17,underwriters listed therein (the “Underwriters”) for the planned issuance and sale of equity securities in an underwritten public offering (the “Underwritten Offering”). On October 15, 2021, closing occurred for the Underwritten Offering resulting in the issuance of (i) 6,030,847 shares of common stock at $6.50 per share for gross proceeds of $39.2 million, and (ii) 1,661,461 pre-funded warrants to changepurchase 1,661,461 shares of common stock at an issuance price of $6.49 per warrant (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) for gross proceeds of $10.8 million. The aggregate gross proceeds from the numberUnderwritten Offering amounted to $50.0 million, excluding the Underwriters’ Option discussed below, and before deductions for underwriting discounts and commissions of authorized6.0% of the gross proceeds and other offering costs of approximately $0.3 million. After deducting total offering costs of $3.3 million, the net proceeds of the Underwritten Offering amounted to approximately $46.7 million.

The Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,153,845 shares of its common stock in the Underwritten Offering at a public offering price of $6.50 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions (the “Underwriters’ Option”). In November 2021, the Underwriters’ Option was partially exercised for 116,266 shares resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $0.8 million.

In connection with the Underwritten Offering, certain of the Company’s officers and directors agreed not to sell or otherwise dispose of any common stock held by them through January 10, 2022 (the “Lock-Up Period”). In addition, during the Lock-Up Period the Company agreed to refrain from selling any shares of its common stock under the LPC Purchase Agreement or the EDA discussed below.

Pre-Funded Warrants

The Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.01 per share, which is subject to adjustment in the event of certain stock dividends and distributions, stock splits, stock combinations, reclassifications or similar events affecting the common stock. Each Pre-Funded Warrant is exercisable at any time and from time to time after issuance with no stated expiration date. In the event of certain corporate transactions, the holders of the Pre-Funded Warrants will be entitled to receive, upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants, the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property that the holders would have received had they exercised the Pre-Funded Warrants immediately prior to such transaction. The Pre-Funded Warrants do not entitle the holders thereof to any voting rights or any of the other rights or privileges to which holders of Common Stock are entitled.

The gross proceeds of $10.8 million received from 500,000,000 sharesissuance of the Pre-Funded Warrants was recorded as a component of shareholders’ equity within additional paid-in capital. In accordance with the terms of the warrant agreement, holders of the outstanding warrants are not entitled to 10,000,000 shares.exercise any portion of the Pre-Funded Warrant if, upon exercise of such portion of the warrant, the holder’s aggregate ownership of the Company’s common stock or the combined voting power beneficially owned by such holder would exceed a designated percentage elected by the holder ranging from 4.99% to 19.99%, after giving effect to the exercise (the “Maximum Ownership Percentage”). Upon filing the Charter Revision,at least 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, had approximately 8,352,000any warrant holder may elect to increase or decrease the Maximum Ownership Percentage to any other percentage not to exceed 19.99%. As of December 31, 2021, no shares underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants have been exercised.

Registered Direct Offering

Concurrently with the Underwritten Offering, a major shareholder (the “Purchaser”) that is affiliated with a member of Common Stock issued and outstanding, plus approximately 2,428,000 shares were required to be reservedour Board of Directors entered into a subscription agreement for issuancea registered direct offering, pursuant to which the Company’s stock option plans and outstanding warrant agreements. SinceCompany agreed to sell to the Charter Revision reduced authorized shares to 10,000,000 shares, a deficiency of approximately 780,000 shares existed as of February 17, 2021. As a result of this deficiency, it was not possible to issue up toPurchaser an aggregate of 780,000769,231 shares of Common Stock under outstanding stock options and warrants as of February 17, 2021. Accordingly, the Company could be required to settle in cash for the fair value of the 780,000 shares subject to this deficiency, which requires liability classification for these instruments beginning on February 17, 2021.

As discussed in Note 1, the Company made an accounting policy election to select the stock options and warrant agreements with the earliest issuance dates to compute the estimated fair value of the financial instruments associated with the authorized share deficiency. These stock options and warrants were generally those with the highest exercise prices that were least likely to be exercised. The fair value of such stock options and warrants is accounted for as a derivative liability that amounted to $3.6 million as of February 17, 2021. As a result of the expiration of stock options for approximately 40,000 shares in March 2021, the authorized share deficiency was reduced to approximately 740,000 as of March 31, 2021. Primarily due to the reduction in the market price of the Company’s Common Stock,common stock at a purchase price of $6.50 per share. The closing for the fair value of stock options and warrants for an aggregate of 740,000 shares amounted to $1.8 million as of March 31, 2021. Presented below is a summary of the derivative liability associated with stock options and warrants as of February 17,registered direct offering occurred on October 27, 2021, and March 31, 2021 (in thousands, expect per share amounts):

  February 17, 2021  March 31, 2021 
  Stock        Stock       
  Options  Warrants  Total  Options  Warrants  Total 
Number of shares  253   527   780   213   527   740 
Weighted average fair value per share $6.46  $3.71  $4.60  $4.03  $1.80  $2.44 
                         
Fair value of derivative liability $1,638  $1,953  $3,591  $858  $949  $1,807 

Due to the reduction in fair value of the derivative liability from February 17, 2021 to March 31, 2021,whereby the Company recognized a non-cash gainreceived gross proceeds of approximately $1.8 million in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements$5.0 million.

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Notes to determine the fair value of the stock options and warrants set forth above, the Company used the BSM option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the valuations performed as of February 17, 2021 and March 31, 2021:Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

  February 17, 2021  March 31, 2021 
  Stock        Stock       
  Options  Warrants  Total  Options  Warrants  Total 
Market price of Common Stock $11.99  $11.99  $11.99  $7.06  $7.06  $7.06 
Exercise price $84.19  $63.88  $70.48  $70.48  $63.84  $65.75 
Risk-free interest rate  0.6%  0.1%  0.3%  1.0%  0.2%  0.4%
Dividend rate  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%  0.0%
Remaining contractual term (years)  4.6   1.5   2.5   5.3   1.4   2.5 
Historical volatility  112.6%  123.5%  119.9%  118.4%  112.0%  113.9%

Equity Distribution Agreement

OnIn December 18, 2020, the Company and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. (the “Agent”) entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “EDA”) that provides for an “at the market offering” for the sale of up to $50.0 million in shares of the Company’s Common Stockcommon stock (the “Placement Shares”) through the Agent. The Agent is acting as sales agent and is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to sell all of the Placement Shares requested to be sold by the Company, consistent with the Agent’s normal trading and sales practices, on mutually agreed terms between the Agent and the Company. The EDA will terminate when all of the Placement Shares have been sold, or earlier upon the election of either the Company or the Agent.


Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The Company has no obligation to sell any of the Placement Shares under the EDA. The Company intends to use the net proceeds, if any, from amounts sold under the EDA for general corporate purposes, including working capital. Under the terms of the EDA, the Company agreed to pay the Agent a commission equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price of the Placement Shares plus certain expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with the offering. Through MarchFor the six months ended December 31, 2021, nothe Company sold 138,388 shares were soldof its common stock pursuant to the EDA and no commissions were incurred. Asfor net proceeds of Marchapproximately $1.5 million. Accordingly, the maximum amount remaining for sale under the EDA amounts to approximately $48.5 million as of December 31, 2021.

LPC Purchase Agreement

In August 2021, total expenses incurred by the Agent and the Company amountedentered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) and a registration rights agreement (the “RRA”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“LPC”), which provides that the Company may sell to LPC up to an aggregate of $0.1$20.0 million and are included in deferred offering costs inof shares (the “Purchase Shares”) of its common stock. The Company concurrently filed a prospectus supplement with the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

Reverse Stock Split

As discussed in Note 1,SEC to register the Company effected Reverse Stock Split on October 9, 2020. All references inshares issuable under the accompanying consolidated financial statements to thePurchase Agreement. The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock and per share amounts have been retroactively adjusted to give effect to the Reverse Stock Split.

Fiscal 2021 Equity Financing

On September 15, 2020,that the Company entered into financial advisory agreementscan sell to undertake a private placement of equity or equity equivalent securities (the “Fiscal 2021 Equity Financing”). Pursuant toLPC under the financial advisory agreements, the Company agreed to pay transaction fees to the financial advisors for an aggregate of 6.0% of the gross proceeds plus out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, for any financing completed within 60 days of the closing of the Fiscal 2021 Equity Financing, the financial advisors were entitled to additional transaction fees equal to 6.0% of the gross proceeds. As of March 31, 2021, the advisory agreements were no longer active.

On October 9, 2020, the Company completed the Fiscal 2021 Equity Financing through the sale of units (the “Units”) consisting of (i) approximately 2.5 millionPurchase Agreement may not exceed 1,669,620 shares of Commoncommon stock, and (ii) warrants entitlingsubject to certain exceptions set forth in the holders toPurchase Agreement.

LPC’s initial purchase consisted of 95,708 Purchase Shares at a purchase price of approximately 0.8 million shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”). The Warrants are exercisable at $19.50$10.45 per share for a period of seven years and may be exercised on a cash or cashless basis at the election of the holders.

The Units were issued for atotal purchase price of $16.50 per Unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $41.0$1.0 million. Pursuant to the financial advisory agreements,Concurrently, the Company paid transaction feesissued 33,799 shares of $2.5 million, and costscommon stock to LPC as an initial fee for professional fees and other offering costs amountedits commitment to approximately $1.1 million. After deductingpurchase shares of common stock under the financial advisory fees and other offering costs, the estimated net proceeds amounted to approximately $37.5 million. PursuantPurchase Agreement. Subject to the terms of the Fiscal 2021 Equity Financing,Purchase Agreement, the Company executedhas the Reverse Stock Splitright, in its sole discretion, to present LPC with a purchase notice (a “Regular Purchase Notice”), directing LPC to purchase up to 25,000 Purchase Shares (a “Regular Purchase”), which amounts may be increased under certain circumstances. LPC’s committed obligation under any single Regular Purchase generally will not exceed $2.0 million. The Purchase Agreement provides for a purchase price per share for each Regular Purchase (the “Purchase Price”) equal to the lesser of fifty shares into one share as discussed in Note 1 and agreed to enable trading(i) the lowest sale price of its Common Stockthe common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market whereby(“NCM”) on the Company’s listing application was approved by Nasdaqpurchase date of such shares; and (ii) the average of the three lowest closing sale prices for the common stock traded on November 3, 2020. The Company also entered into a registration rights agreement (“RRA”), pursuant tothe NCM during the ten consecutive business days ending on the business day immediately preceding the purchase date of such shares.

In addition, on any date on which the Company agreedsubmits a Regular Purchase Notice for the maximum amount allowed for such a Regular Purchase to use commercially reasonable effortsLPC, the Company also has the right, in its sole discretion, to registerpresent LPC with an accelerated purchase notice (an “Accelerated Purchase Notice”), directing LPC to purchase an amount of Purchase Shares (an “Accelerated Purchase”), which number of Purchase Shares will not exceed the lesser of (i) 300% of the number of shares purchased pursuant to such Regular Purchase Notice and (ii) 30% of the total volume of shares of the common stock traded on the NCM during the Accelerated Purchase period. The Purchase Price per Purchase Share for each such Accelerated Purchase will be equal to the lesser of 97% of (i) the sharesvolume-weighted average price of Common Stock included in the Units,common stock on the NCM during the applicable Accelerated Purchase period on the applicable Accelerated Purchase date; and (ii) the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exerciseclosing sale price of the warrants. The Company successfully registeredcommon stock on the unitsNCM on November 27, 2020.the applicable Accelerated Purchase date.

Fiscal 2020 Private Placement

In connection with a Series AA Preferred Stock financing in January 2019,On September 17, 2021, the Company granted call optionssubmitted a regular purchase notice, resulting in the sale of 20,000 Purchase Shares to Handok, Inc. and Genexine, Inc. (collectively, “H&G”) whereby upon the earlierLPC for net proceeds of (i) December 31, 2020 and (ii) such date that the Company requested H&G to provide additional financing, each investor was entitledapproximately $0.2 million. Accordingly, LPC is obligated to purchase up to $10.0a maximum of $18.8 million of Common Stock at a purchase price equal to the greater of (i) $14.50 per share or (ii) 75% of the volume weighted average closing price (“VWAP”) of the Company’s Common Stock during the thirty consecutive trading days prior to the date of the notice.

On June 19, 2019, the Company entered into a financial advisory agreement to undertake a private placement (the “Fiscal 2020 Private Placement”) of (i) the shares of Common Stock issuable under the H&G call options for a totalPurchase Agreement as of $20.0 million, plus (ii) up to $10.0 millionDecember 31, 2021.

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Table of equity or equity equivalent securities to be issued to other investors. On July 23, 2019, the Company entered into purchase agreements whereby H&G exercised their call options to purchase an aggregate of approximately 1.4 million shares of Common Stock for gross cash proceeds of $20.0 million at a purchase price of $14.50 per share. In addition, during July and August 2019 other investors purchased an aggregate of approximately 279,000 shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of $14.50 per share for gross cash proceeds of $4.1 million. Pursuant to the financial advisory agreement, the Company paid a fee of 6.0% of the gross proceeds received from the Fiscal 2020 Private Placement. The total advisory fees and other offering costs amounted to approximately $1.5 million, resulting in net proceeds of $22.6 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020.Contents


Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Restricted Cash

One ofPursuant to the investors inRRA, the Fiscal 2020 Private Placement purchased approximately 262,000 shares of Common Stock for gross proceeds of $3.8 million. The Company agreed to spend the proceeds for certain research and development activities and for a planned uplistinguse its reasonable best efforts to maintain effectiveness of the Company’s Common Stock toregistration statement and the Nasdaq Capital Market. Forrelated prospectus supplement within prescribed deadlines set forth in the three and nine months ended March 31, 2020,RRA. In addition, the Company made qualified expendituresis required to use its reasonable best efforts to secure and maintain its listing of $1.6 million and $2.3 million, respectively. Asthe Purchase Shares on the NCM. LPC has no obligation to purchase shares under the Purchase Agreement unless the Company complies with the terms of March 31, 2020, the entire $3.8 million had been spent on qualified activities and there was no restricted cash balance remaining, whereby there were no restrictions on cash balances after that date.RRA.

NoteNOTE 7 STOCK-BASEDSHARE-BASED COMPENSATION AND WARRANTS

Stock Option Plans

Presented below is a summary of the number of shares authorized, outstanding, and available for future grants under each of the Company’s stock option plans as of MarchDecember 31, 2021 (in thousands):

 Termination Number of Shares 

Termination

Number of Shares

Description Date Authorized  Outstanding  Available 

    

Date

    

Authorized

    

Outstanding

    

Available

2014 Plan March 2019  3   3   - 
2015 Plan February 2020  88   88   - 

 

February 2020

 

50

 

50

 

2016 Plan October 2021  560   483   77 

 

October 2021

 

260

 

260

 

2019 Plan July 2029  300   300   - 

 

July 2029

 

200

 

200

 

2021 Plan

 

March 2030

 

1,200

 

797

 

403

Total   951   874   77 

 

  

 

1,710

 

1,307

 

403

On March 31, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted, subject to stockholder approval, the Rezolute, Inc. 2021 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2021 Equity Plan”). The 2021 Equity Plan, if approved by stockholders, would provide authority to issue up to 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock with a plan termination date in ten years. Currently outstanding stock options under each of the stock option plans shown in the table above for an aggregated of approximately 874,000 shares will be governed by their own respective equity plans. The currently authorized shares available for grants under the 2016 Plan will no longer be available for future grants if stockholders approve the 2021 Equity Plan.

Stock Options Outstanding

The following table sets forth a summary of the stock option activity for options with time-based vesting and hybrid vesting granted under all of the Company’s stock option plans for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 (shares in thousands):

  Shares  Price (1)  Term (2) 
Outstanding, July 1, 2020  963  $33.06   8.1 
Stock options granted:            
Awards with time-based vesting  8   24.05     
Stock options forfeited:            
Awards with time-based vesting  (72)  95.28     
Awards with hybrid vesting conditions  (25)  14.50     
Outstanding, March 31, 2021  874   28.41   7.2 
             
Vested, March 31, 2021  508   38.02   6.5 

    

Shares

    

Price (1)

    

Term (2)

Outstanding, June 30, 2021

 

1,285

$

16.35

 

8.7

Granted

 

109

 

7.69

 

Forfeited

(87)

19.33

Outstanding, December 31, 2021

 

1,307

 

15.43

 

8.6

Vested, December 31, 2021

 

541

 

20.13

 

7.8

(1)(1)Represents the weighted average exercise price.

(2)(2)Represents the weighted average remaining contractual term for the number of years until the stock options expire.


For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the aggregate fair value of stock options granted for approximately 0.1 million shares of common stock that provide solely for time-based vesting, amounted to $0.6 million or approximately $5.72 per share as of the grant dates. Fair value was computed using the BSM option-pricing model and will result in the recognition of compensation cost ratably over the expected vesting period of the stock options. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, the fair value of stock options was estimated on the date of grant, with the following weighted-average assumptions:

Market price of common stock on grant date

   

$

7.69

Expected volatility

 

90

%

Risk free interest rate

 

1.1

%

Expected term (years)

 

6.1

Dividend yield

 

0

%

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Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Stock-basedShare-based compensation expense for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020 is included in compensation and benefits under the following captions in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):

 Three Months Ended
March 31,
  Nine Months Ended
March 31,
 
 2021  2020  2021  2020 

Three Months Ended

Six Months Ended

December 31, 

December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2021

    

2020

Research and development $284  $354  $1,098  $1,279 

$

378

$

493

$

687

$

814

General and administrative  246   321   1,207   1,455 

 

631

 

648

 

1,164

 

961

Total $530  $675  $2,305  $2,734 

$

1,009

$

1,141

$

1,851

$

1,775

Unrecognized stock-basedshare-based compensation expense related to stock options that provide solely for time-based vesting is approximately $1.5$6.9 million as of MarchDecember 31, 2021. This amount is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of 1.62.4 years.

Warrants

In July 2019,connection with the Underwritten Offering discussed in Note 6, the Company granted employee stock options for approximately 0.2 million shares that commence vesting upon the achievement of market, performance and service conditions (“Hybrid Options”). Total unrecognized compensation cost, net of forfeitures, for the Hybrid Options amountedissued 1,661,461 Pre-Funded Warrants to approximately $1.9 million as of November 2, 2020. The Hybrid Options will become exercisable when all of the following have occurred: (i) the option recipient has been employed by the Company for at least one year, (ii) the Company’spurchase 1,661,461 shares of Common Stock have been listedcommon stock at an issuance price of $6.49 per warrant for trading on a national stock exchange, and (iii) such date no later than July 31, 2023, whengross proceeds of $10.8 million. The Pre-Funded Warrants may be exercised at any time by paying the Company’s closing stockexercise price exceeds $29.00of $0.01 per share, for 20 trading days in any consecutive 30-day period. On November 3, 2020, the performance condition to obtain a listing on a national stock exchange was achieved, when the Company’s shares began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Prior to this date, no compensation cost had been recognized for the Hybrid Options as it was not considered probable that the performance condition would be achieved. Upon achievement of the performance condition, the Company recognized the cumulative effect of compensation cost of approximately $0.5 million for the period from the grant date through November 3, 2020. The remainder of the unrecognized compensation relatedsubject to the Hybrid Options of approximately $1.4 million, is being recognized ratably through July 2024 whenterms discussed in Note 6.

In addition, the Hybrid Options are expected to be fully vested. As of March 31, 2021, total unrecognized compensation cost, net of forfeitures, for the Hybrid Options amounted to approximately $1.2 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average term of 3.3 years.

Warrants

The Company has issued warrants in conjunction with various debt and equity financings and for services. The following table sets forth a summary of the warrant activity (excluding the Pre-Funded Warrants) for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 (shares in thousands):

  Shares  Price (1)  Term (2) 
Outstanding, June 30, 2020  618  $57.46   2.3 
Warrants issued  820(3)  19.50     
Warrants expired  (1)  92.50     
Outstanding, March 31, 2021  1,437   35.77   4.4 

    

Shares

    

Price(1)

    

Term(2)

Outstanding, June 30, 2021

 

1,252

$

28.91

 

4.8

Warrants expired

(65)

82.50

Outstanding, December 31, 2021

 

1,187

 

25.97

 

4.5

(1)(1)Represents the weighted average exercise price.

(2)(2)Represents the weighted average remaining contractual term for the number of years until the warrants expire.

(3)Represents warrants granted in connection with the Fiscal 2021 Equity Financing on October 9, 2020. The warrants are exercisable at $19.50 per share for a period of 7 years and may be exercised on a cash or cashless basis at the election of the holder.


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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NoteNOTE 8 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments

Please refer to Note 4 for further discussion of commitments to make milestone payments and to pay royalties under license agreements with Xoma and ActiveSite.

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COVID-19Rezolute, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

COVID-19

In December 2019,The current COVID-19 was reportedpandemic, which is impacting worldwide economic activity, poses risks that the Company or its employees, contractors, suppliers, and other partners may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time, including due to have surfacedshutdowns that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities. The extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Company’s business, including its clinical trials and financial condition, will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the pandemic, travel restrictions and social distancing in Wuhan, China,the United States and by March 2020other countries, business closures or business disruptions and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease. As COVID-19 continues to spread around the globe, including the spread of more contagious and virulent variants, we could experience disruptions, including delays or difficulties in enrolling patients in our clinical trials, delays or difficulties in clinical site initiation, interruption of key clinical trial activities, delays in clinical sites receiving the virus had resultedsupplies and materials needed to conduct our clinical trials, and delays in necessary interactions with local regulatory authorities. COVID-19 may also impact the Company’s ability to raise additional capital on a world-wide pandemic.timely basis or at all, which could negatively impact long-term liquidity.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the LPC Purchase Agreement discussed in Note 6, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement whereby it agreed to register all the shares issuable under the Purchase Agreement. The U.S. economy has been adversely affected by mass quarantinesCompany filed a prospectus supplement to meet this obligation in August 2021 and government mandated stay-in-place ordersis required to haltmaintain the spreadeffectiveness of the virus. While these orders are being lifted gradually,prospectus supplement on a full recovery of the U.S. economy may not occur until 2021 or later. Federal and state governments in the U.S. have approved funding for many programs that may provide financial assistance to individuals and businesses. The Company intends to pursue all material types of government assistance that it may be entitled to. However, no assurance can be provided that the Company will qualify and realize any material benefits from such assistance.reasonable best-efforts basis.

COVID-19 has resulted in an economic environment that is unfavorable for many businesses to pursue new equity financings. Accordingly, the current economic environment is expected to present greater challenges for the Company to obtain additional funding for its clinical programs on terms that are acceptable to the Company’s Board of Directors.

In February 2020, Rezolute announced the initiation of its Phase 2b trial in congenital hyperinsulinism. New site initiation and enrollment resumed during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2020. However, similar to many other clinical studies conducted by other companies throughout the world, effects of the pandemic remain uncertain, and no guarantees can be made that hold in future site initiation or enrollment will not be encountered again. There are no mitigation strategies we can employ to help avoid potential timeline delays should there be an extended enrollment pause due to COVID-19. The long-term effects of COVID-19 are expected to require additional safeguards to protect patients and staff engaged in clinical activities, and extended periods of time required to complete clinical trials, both of which are expected to result in higher overall costs. While the current business disruption is expected to be temporary, the long-term financial impact and the duration cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Legal Matters

From time to time, the Company may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of operations in the normal course of business. As of MarchDecember 31, 2021, there were no pending or threatened lawsuits that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations. At each reporting period, the Company evaluates known claims to determine whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under ASC 450, Contingencies. Legal fees are expensed as incurred.

NoteNOTE 9 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related Party Licensing Agreement

On September 15, 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with Handok, Inc. (the “Handok License”) for the territory of the Republic of Korea. The Handok License relates to pharmaceutical products in final dosage form containing the pharmaceutical compounds developed or to be developed by the Company, including those related to RZ358 and RZ402. The Handok License is in effect for a period of 20 years after the first commercial sale of each product and requires (i) milestone payments to the Company of $0.5 million upon approval of a New Drug Application (“NDA”) for each product in the territory, and (ii) the Company will sell products ordered by Handok at a transfer price equal to 70% of the net selling price of the products. To date, no0 milestone payments have been earned by the Company.

Equity Issuances

On July 23, 2019, H&G agreed to purchase an aggregate of approximately 1.4 million shares of Common Stock at an issuance price of $14.50 per share for gross proceeds of $20.0 million. This purchaseIn addition, Handok was made pursuant to the terms of call options that were issuedsole investor in connection with the Fiscal 2020 Private PlacementRegistered Direct Offering discussed in Note 6.


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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

On June 26, 2020, Handok entered into a 10b5-1 purchasing plan (the “10b5-1 Plan”) with JMP Securities. Subject to the terms of the 10b5-1 Plan, Handok purchased on the open market an aggregate of approximately 189,000 shares of Common Stock through October 2020. As of March 31, 2021, Handok, Inc. owns approximately 24% and Genexine, Inc. owns approximately 22% of the Company’s outstanding shares of Common Stock.

Master Services Agreement

Effective July 1, 2019, the Company entered into a Master Services Agreement (“MSA”) with H&G whereby the Company agreed to assist H&G in an evaluation of their long-acting growth hormone program referred to as GX-H9. For the nine months ended March 31, 2020, the Company billed H&G for employee services of approximately $0.1 million and reimbursable expenses incurred with unrelated parties of approximately $0.1 million. Amounts billed under the MSA for employee services are reflected as a reduction of research and development compensation costs in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2020. No amounts were billed under the MSA for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2021.

NoteNOTE 10 INCOME TAXES

Income tax expense during interim periods is based on applying an estimated annualannualized effective income tax rate applied to year-to-date operating results, plus any significant unusual or infrequently occurringthe respective quarterly periods, adjusted for discrete tax items which are recorded in the interim period.period in which they occur. The computation of the annualannualized estimated effective tax rate atfor each interim period requires certain estimates and significant judgment including, but not limited to, the expected operating results for the year, projections of the proportion of income earned and taxed in various jurisdictions, permanent and temporary differences, and the likelihood of recovering deferred tax assets generated in the current year. The accounting estimates used to compute the provision for income taxes may change as new events occur, more experience is obtained, additional information becomes known or as the tax environment changes.

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not record any income tax benefit due to a full valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets. The Company did not have any material changes to its conclusions regarding valuation allowances for deferred income tax assets or uncertain tax positions for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020.

NoteNOTE 11 EARNINGSNET LOSS PER SHARE

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares and Pre-Funded Warrants outstanding during the period. period, without consideration for potentially dilutive securities. The Pre-Funded Warrants are included in the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share as the exercise price is negligible and the Pre-Funded Warrants are fully vested and exercisable. Accordingly, weighted average shares outstanding is computed as follows for the three and six months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

    

Three Months Ended

    

Six Months Ended

December 31,

December 31,

2021

2020

2021

2020

Common Stock

 

14,289

 

8,045

 

11,402

 

6,956

Pre-Funded Warrants

 

1,391

 

 

695

 

Total

 

15,680

 

8,045

 

12,097

 

6,956

For the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, basic and diluted net loss per share were the same since all other common stock equivalents were anti-dilutive. As of MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, the following outstanding potential common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share since the impact of inclusion was anti-dilutive (in thousands):

 2021  2020 

    

2021

    

2020

Stock options  874   963 

 

1,307

 

948

Warrants  1,437   618 
        

Other warrants

 

1,187

 

1,438

Total  2,311   1,581 

 

2,494

 

2,386

NoteNOTE 12 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND SIGNIFICANT CONCENTRATIONS

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. When determining fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it transacts and considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability. The Company applies the following fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value into three levels and bases the categorization within the hierarchy upon the lowest level of input that is available and significant to the fair value measurement:


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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities accessible to the reporting entity at the measurement date.

Level 2—Other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset and liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available, thereby allowing for situations in which there is little, if any market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The Company’s embedded derivative liability is classified under Level 3 of the hierarchy and is required to be measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Fair value is determined based on management’s assessment of the probability and timing of occurrence

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

for the Exit Events discussed in Note 5 using a discount rate equal to the effective interest rate for the term A loan. The following table sets forth changes in the fair value of the embedded derivative liability for the six months ended December 31, 2021 (in thousands):

Fair value as of June 30, 2021

$

387

Gain from change in fair value

 

(4)

Fair value as of December 31, 2021

$

383

Except for the embedded derivative liability, the Company did not have any other assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021.

Due to the relatively short maturity of the respective instruments, the fair value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximated their carrying values as of MarchDecember 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020. The derivative liability2021. Due to the unique terms of the Loan Agreement discussed in Note 65, it was required to be measured on a non-recurring basis at fair value on a recurring basis beginning on February 17, 2021. Please refer to Note 6 for the keyusing Level 3 inputs used forwhen it was entered into in April 2021. Due to the valuationlack of this derivative liabilityobservable inputs, the Company was unable to determine fair value of the Loan Agreement as of February 17, 2021 and MarchDecember 31, 2021. The Company did not have any assets or other liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020.

The Company’s policy is to recognize asset or liability transfers among Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 as of the actual date of the events or change in circumstances that caused the transfer. During the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company did not have any transfers of its assets or liabilities between levels of the fair value hierarchy.

Significant Concentrations

Financial instruments that subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and cash equivalents.restricted cash. The Company maintains its cash, and cash equivalents and restricted cash at high-quality financial institutions. For the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021, cash deposits have exceeded the amount of federal insurance provided on such deposits. As of MarchDecember 31, 2021 and June 30, 2020,2021, the Company had cash, and cash equivalents and restricted cash with a single financial institution with an aggregate balance of $32.0$82.4 million and $10.0$41.0 million, respectively. The Company has never experienced any losses related to its investments in cash and cash equivalents.

NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENT

As noted in Note 13 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Loan Agreement

On April 14, 2021,2 and Note 4, in January 2022, the Company entered intodosed the last patient in their Phase 2b clinical trial for RZ358. This dosing triggered a $30.0 million Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with SLR Investment Corp. and certain other lenders (the “Lenders”). The Lenders agreedpayment due to loan up to $30.0 million in three tranches consisting of (i) a $15.0 million term A loan that was funded on April 14, 2021, (ii) a $7.5 million term B loan to be funded upon request by the Company no later than January 25, 2022, and (iii) a $7.5 million term C loan to be funded upon request by the Company no later than September 25, 2022. Funding of the term B loan is subject to the Company’s ability to obtain at least $35 million of equity or subordinated debt financing by January 2022 and the achievement of certain clinical milestones related to RZ358 and RZ402. Funding of the term C loan is subject to the Company’s ability to meet the conditions for funding the term B loan, plus obtaining an additional $35 million of equity or subordinated debt financing by September 2022 and the achievement of certain additional clinical milestones related to RZ358 and RZ402. Each term loan has a maturity date of April 1, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”). In addition, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents became subject to a blocked account control agreement (“BACA”) in favor of the Lenders whereby a cash balance of at least $5.0 million must be maintained beginning on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2021, and (ii) the date the term B loan is funded. In the event of a default under the Loan Agreement, the BACA would enable the Lenders to prevent the release of funds from the Company’s cash accounts.

Outstanding borrowings bear interest at a floating rate equal to (a) 8.75% per annum plus (b) the greater of (i) the rate per annum published by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. (“IEBA”) for a term of one month and (ii) 0.12% per annum. As of April 14, 2021, the IEBA rate for a term of one month was approximately 0.12% per annum. Therefore, the contractual rate at inception was 8.87%. The Company is permitted to make interest-only payments on each term loan through May 1, 2023. At the Company’s request, the interest-only period can be extended until May 1, 2024, if the Company obtains at least $70.0 million of equity or subordinated debt financing by September 2022 and no event of default shall have occurred. The Company will be required to make monthly payments of principal and interest commencing at the end of the interest-only period of the term loans.

The Company is obligated to pay the Lenders (i) a non-refundable facility feeXoma in the amount of 1.00% of each term loan that is funded (the “Facility Fee”), and (ii) a final fee equal to 4.75%$2.0 million within 30 days of the aggregate amountevent.

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Table of the term loans funded (the “Final Fee”). At the closing on April 14, 2021, the Company incurred debt discounts for an aggregate of $1.4 million that consisted of $0.5 million for financial advisory and legal fees, and $0.9 million for the Facility Fee and Final Fee related to the term A loan. Final Fees are payable upon the earliest to occur of (i) the maturity date, (ii) the acceleration of the term loans, and (iii) the prepayment of the term loans. The total debt discount of $1.4 million related to the term A loan will be accreted to interest expense using the effective interest method.Contents


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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Concurrently with the execution of the Loan Agreement, the Company entered into an exit fee agreement (the “Exit Fee Agreement”) that provides for a fee of 4.00% of the funded principal balance of each term loan in the event certain transactions (defined as “Exit Events”) occur prior to April 13, 2031. Exit Events include, but are not limited to, sales of substantially all assets, certain mergers, change of control transactions, and issuances of Common Stock that result in new investors owning more than 35% of the Company’s shares. If the Company determines that it is probable that an Exit Event will occur over the ten-year term of the Exit Fee Agreement, a liability will be recognized, and the corresponding fee will be accounted for as an additional debt discount.

The Company has the option to prepay all, but not less than all, of the outstanding principal balance of the term loans. In the event of a voluntary or mandatory prepayment prior to the Maturity Date, the Company will incur a prepayment fee ranging from 1.00% to 3.00% of the outstanding principal balance.

The Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all the Company’s assets, including its intellectual property. The Loan Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants and also includes customary events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of covenants, and a default upon the occurrence of a material adverse change affecting the Company. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, a default interest rate of an additional 5.00% per annum may be applied to the outstanding loan balance, and the Lenders may declare all outstanding obligations immediately due and payable and exercise all their rights and remedies as set forth in the Loan Agreement.


ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

Certain figures, such as interest rates and other percentages included in this section have been rounded for ease of presentation. Percentage figures included in this section have not in all cases been calculated on the basis of such rounded figures but on the basis of such amounts prior to rounding. For this reason, percentage amounts in this section may vary slightly from those obtained by performing the same calculations using the figures in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements or in the associated text. Certain other amounts that appear in this section may similarly not sum due to rounding. As used in the discussion below, “we,” “our,” “us,” and the “Company” refers to Rezolute, Inc.

Recent Developments

On October 9, 2020,12, 2021, we completed a private placemententered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., as representative of the underwriters listed therein (the “Underwriters”) for the planned issuance and sale of equity securities that resulted in net proceedsan underwritten public offering (the “Underwritten Offering”). On October 15, 2021, the initial closing occurred for the Underwritten Offering resulting in the issuance of approximately $37.5 million. The completion of this private placement triggered the repayment of our obligations to Xoma with a remaining balance due of $1.4 million as of September 30, 2020. Effective October 9, 2020, we implemented a reverse stock split where fifty shares of Common Stock outstanding were exchanged into one newly-issued share of our $0.001 par value Common Stock. On November 3, 2020, we obtained approval from Nasdaq to have our(i) 6,030,847 shares of common stock listed onat $6.50 per share for gross proceeds of $39.2 million, and (ii) 1,661,461 pre-funded warrants to purchase 1,661,461 shares of common stock at an issuance price of $6.49 per warrant (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) for gross proceeds of $10.8 million. In November 2021, the Nasdaq Capital Market.Underwriters partially exercised their option for the purchase of an additional 116,266 shares resulting in gross proceeds of approximately $0.8 million. The aggregate gross proceeds from the Underwritten Offering, including the overallotment option, amounted to $50.8 million. We paid underwriting discounts and commissions of 6.0% of the gross proceeds for a total of approximately $3.0 million and other offering costs amounted to $0.5 million. After deduction of all offering costs, the net proceeds of the Underwritten Offering amounted to approximately $47.3 million.

In February 2021, we filed a certificate of correctionConcurrently with the State of DelawareUnderwritten Offering, a major shareholder (the “Purchaser”) that revised the numberis affiliated with a member of our authorized sharesBoard of Common Stock from 500,000,000 shares to 10,000,000 shares, which resulted in a deficiency of 780,000 shares in the number of authorized shares that would be required if all of our stock options and warrants were exercised. We presently have stock options and warrants outstanding for an aggregate of approximately 2.4 million shares and substantially all of these instruments are out-of-the-money by a significant amount whereby the likelihood of any of the shares being exercised is remote. However, since it is possible that we could be required to settle the deficiency for 780,000 shares in cash, we recognized a liability of $3.6 million for the fair value of stock options and warrants that comprise the deficiency as of February 17, 2021. As of March 31, 2021, the fair value of this liability amounted to $1.8 million. If our stockholders approve the proposed increase to 40,000,000 authorized shares at a meeting scheduled for May 26, 2021, the deficiency will be eliminated resulting in the elimination of the liability since cash settlement would no longer be required.

In December 2020, weDirectors entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (“EDA”),a subscription agreement for a registered direct offering, pursuant to which we may offer andagreed to sell from time to time,the Purchaser an aggregate of 769,231 shares of the Company’sour common stock par value $0.001at a purchase price of $6.50 per share having an aggregate offering price(the “Registered Direct Offering”). The closing for the Registered Direct Offering occurred on October 27, 2021 and resulted in gross proceeds of up to $50.0$5.0 million. Since we don’t currently have sufficient authorized shares of Common Stock, we are presently unable to sell any shares pursuant to the EDA. However, if our stockholders approve an increase in authorized shares at a meeting scheduled for May 26, 2021, we would be able to begin selling shares under the EDA.

In April 2021, we entered into a Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with SLR Investment Corp. and certain other lenders (the “Lenders”) that provides for total borrowings up to $30.0 million in three tranches. The initial tranche of funding for $15.0 million was received in April 2021. Under the Loan Agreement, we are required to maintain a restricted cash balance of at least $5.0 million beginning no later than December 31, 2021. The second tranche for $7.5 million is available upon our request by January 2022, and the third tranche for $7.5 million term is available upon our request by September 2022. Access to the additional borrowings under the second and third tranches is subject to our ability by the requested funding date to raise cumulative equity or subordinated debt financing of $35.0 million and $70.0 million, respectively. We are permitted to make interest-only payments on each term loan at least through May 1, 2023, and the maturity date is on April 1, 2026.

Please refer to our discussion under Liquidity and Capital Resources below and in Note 6 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion of the October 2020 private placement, Early Payments due to Xoma, Reverse Stock Split, EDA,Underwritten Offering and the April 2021 Loan Agreement.Registered Direct Offering.

Special Note About COVID-19

We have been actively monitoring the COVID-19 situationpandemic and its impact.impact on our business activities. Our primary objectives have remained the same throughout the pandemic: to support the safety of our team members and their families and continue to support our preclinical studies and clinical trials.trials. Currently, with respect to the operation of our facilities, we are closely adhering to applicable guidelines and orders. Essential operations in research and maintenance that occur within our facilities are continuing in accordance with the permissions granted under government ordinances. Across all of our locations, we have instituted a temporary work from home policy for all office personnel who do not need to work on site to maintain productivity. At this time, weWe have not identified a material changerecently allowed these employees to our productivity as a result of these measures, but this could change, particularly if restricted travel, closed schools,voluntarily return to work on site with appropriate health and shelter-in-place orders are not removed or significantly eased in the areas in which we operate.safety measures.


While our financial results for the three and ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and the fiscal year ended June 30, 20202021 were not significantly impacted by COVID-19, we cannot predict the impact of the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic on future results due to a variety of factors, including the ongoing challenges associated with the pandemic, including the emergence of new variants of the coronavirus, such as the Delta and Omicron variants, resurgences in the number and rates of infection, the continued good health of our employees, the ability of us to maintain operations, access to healthcare facilities and patient willingness to participate in our clinical trials, any further government and/or public actions taken in response to the pandemic, and ultimately the length of the pandemic. The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business operations, our ability to raise capital, as well as our preclinical studies and clinical trials remainstrial timeliness remain uncertain and subject to change and will depend on future developments, which cannot be accurately predicted. Any prolonged material disruption of our employees, suppliers, or manufacturing may negatively impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. We will continue to monitor the situation closely.

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Summary of Clinical Assets

Our lead clinical asset, RZ358, is an antibody therapy in Phase 2b development as a potential treatment for congenital hyperinsulinism (“CHI”HI), an ultra-rare pediatric genetic disorder. In February 2020, we announced the initiation of the RZ358-606 Phase 2b study (“RIZE”RIZE) globally at multiple study centers. Prior to COVID-19, we had planned to complete the RIZE study by the middle of calendar year 2021. In March 2020, we paused the RIZE study as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the COVID-19 pandemic abatesbegan to abate in different regions, we are resumingresumed clinical activities including trial site initiations and as of January 2021, we have recommenced patient enrollment. Subject to COVID-19 conditions, we believe we will be ableare expecting to complete the RIZE studyreport top-line results in the secondfirst quarter of calendar year 2022.

In addition, during the first half of calendar year 2021.

2020 we had positive interactions with the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) whereby we were granted Rare Pediatric Disease (“RPD”) designation for RZ358, which qualified us to receive a priority review voucher (“PRV”) upon marketing approval of the drug in congenital HI. Such a voucher could be redeemed to receive a priority review of a subsequent marketing application for any drug candidate in any disease indication. Further, we submitted the RIZE protocol to FDA, which allowed us to expand the study to clinical sites in the United States.

Our second clinical asset, RZ402, is a selective and potent plasma kallikrein inhibitor (PKI)(“PKI”) being developed as a potential oral therapy for the chronic treatment of diabetic macular edema (DME)(“DME”). RZ402 is currently in Phase 1 development. In January 2021, we dosed the first subject in the Phase 1a study, and in May 2021 we announced positive topline results whereby single dose oral administration of RZ402 resulted in plasma concentrations that substantially exceeded target pharmacologically-active drug levels, demonstrating the potential for once daily dosing. RZ402 was generally safe and well-tolerated at all doses tested, without dose-limiting toxicities. The favorable results ofIn August 2021, we announced the Phase 1a study support our plans for ainitiation in the Phase 1b multiple-ascending dose (“MAD”) study that is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2021 and planned to be completed byin the first quarter of calendar year 2022. If favorable results are also obtained in the Phase 1b study, we expect to advance developmental activities toward a Phase 22a proof-of-concept study during the second half of calendar year 2022.

RZ358

CHICongenital HI is an ultra-rare pediatric genetic disorder characterized by excessive production of insulin by the pancreas. If untreated, the elevated insulin levels in these patients can induce extreme hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) events, increasing the risk of neurological and developmental complications, including persistent feeding problems, learning disabilities, recurrent seizures, brain damage or even death. There are no FDA approved therapies for CHIcongenital HI, and the current standard of care treatments are suboptimal. In some cases, pancreatic surgery is a treatment option, but this approach is invasive and may require repeat surgeries.

Rezolute’sOur lead candidate, RZ358, is an intravenously administered human monoclonal antibody that binds to a unique site (allosteric) on the insulin receptor throughout the body, such as in the liver, fat, and muscle. The antibody modifies insulin'sinsulin’s binding and signaling to maintain glucose levels in a normal range, which counteracts the effects of elevated insulin in the body. Therefore, we believe that RZ358 is ideally suited as a potential therapy for conditions characterized by excessive insulin levels, and it is being developed to treat the hyperinsulinism and low blood sugar characteristic of diseases such as CHI.congenital HI. As RZ358 acts downstream from the beta cells, it has the potential to be universally effective at treating CHIcongenital HI caused by any of the underlying genetic defects.

RZ358 received RPD designation in the United States as well as Orphan Drug Designation in both the U.S.United States and the European Union as well as Pediatric Rare Disease Designation in the U.S.Union. RZ358 is currently in Phase 2b development (the RIZE study, RZ358-606). The RIZE study is a multi-center, open-label, repeat-dose Phase 2b study of RZ358 in four sequential dosing cohorts of patients with CHIcongenital HI, who are at least two years old, and have residual low blood sugar (<70 mg/dL) that is inadequately controlled on existing therapies. In addition to safety and pharmacokinetic evaluations, continuous glucose monitoring (“CGM”CGM) and self-monitored blood glucose will be utilized to evaluate several glycemic efficacy endpoints. The primary endpoint is the time within a glucose target range of 70-180 mg/dL by CGM after week 8 of treatment compared to baseline.


RZ402

Diabetic Macular Edema (DME)DME is a vascular complication of diabetes and a leading cause of blindness in the U.S.United States. and elsewhere. Chronic exposure to high blood sugar levels can lead to inflammation, cell damage, and the breakdown of blood vessel walls. Specifically, in DME, blood vessels behind the back of the eye become porous and permeable leading to the unwanted infiltration of fluid into the macula. This fluid leakage creates distorted vision, and if left untreated could result in blindness.

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Currently available treatments for DME involve frequent burdensome anti-vascular growth factor (anti-VEGF) injections into the eye or invasive laser surgery. RZ402 is designed to be a once daily oral therapy for the treatment of DME. Unlike the anti-VEGF therapies, RZ402 targets the Kallikrein–Kinin System in order to address inflammation and vascular leakage. We believe that systemic exposure through oral delivery is critical to target the microvasculature behind the back of the eye. Further, as an oral therapy, RZ402 has the potential to substantially change the therapeutic paradigm for patients suffering with DME by providing a convenient, self-administered treatment option to encourage patients to initiate therapy sooner, adhere to prescribed treatment guidelines, and improve overall outcomes.

In January 2021, we dosed the first subject in the Phase 1a study, and in May 2021, we announced positive topline results whereby single dose oral administration of RZ402 resulted in plasma concentrations that substantially exceeded target pharmacologically-active drug levels, demonstrating the potential for once daily dosing. RZ402 was generally safe and well-tolerated at all doses tested, without dose-limiting toxicities. The favorable results of the Phase 1a study support our plans for a Phase 1b multiple-ascending dose study that is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2021 and to be completed by the first quarter of 2022. If favorable results are also obtained in the Phase 1b study, we expect to advance developmental activities toward a Phase 2 study during the second half of calendar year 2022.

Factors Impacting our Results of Operations

We have not generated any revenues since our inception in March 2010. Since inception, we have engaged in organizational activities, conducted private placements, and the Underwritten Offering to raise additional capital. During 2019 we changed our strategy to a licensing model to focus on research and development activities for our pipeline of product candidates.

Due to the time required to conduct clinical trials and obtain regulatory approval for anyall of our product candidates, we anticipate it will be some timeseveral years before we generate substantial revenues, if ever. We expect to generate operating losses for the foreseeable future; therefore, we expect to continue efforts to raise additional capital to maintain our current operating plans beyond the next year. We cannot assure youprovide assurance that we will secure suchcontinue to be successful in securing adequate financing or that it will be adequate for the long-term execution of our business strategy. Even if we obtain additional financing, it may be costly and may require us to agree to covenants or other provisions that will favor new investors over our existing stockholders.

shareholders.

Key Components of Consolidated Statements of Operations

Research and development expenses. Research and development (“R&D”) expenses (“R&D”) consist primarily of compensation and benefits for our personnel engaged in R&D activities, clinical trial costs, licensing costs, and consultantsconsulting and outside services. Our research and developmentR&D compensation costs include an allocable portion of our cash and stock-basedshare-based compensation, employee benefits, and consulting costs related to personnel engaged in the design and development of product candidates and other scientific research projects. We also allocate a portion of our facilities and overhead costs based on the personnel and other resources devoted to R&D activities.

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses (“G&A”) consist primarily of (i) an allocable portion of our cash and stock-basedshare-based compensation and employee benefits related to personnel engaged in our administrative, finance, accounting, and executive functions, and (ii) an allocable portion of our facilities and overhead costs related to such personnel. G&A expenses also include travel, legal, auditing, consulting, investor relations and other costs primarily related to our status as a public company.

Interest expense. The components of interest expense include the amount of interest payable in cash at the stated interest rate, and accretion of debt discounts and issuance costs (“DDIC”) using the effective interest method. DDIC arises from the issuance of debt instruments and other related contracts or agreements which possess certain terms and conditions resulting in additional financing costs arising from origination, exit and final fees, and other incremental and direct costs incurred to consummate the financing.

Gain (loss) on changeschange in fair value of derivative liability.We recognized a derivative liability related to a deficiencyliabilities for embedded derivatives in our authorized shares as discussed above under the caption Recent Developments. Since there is a possibility that we could be required to settle this share deficiency in cash, we recognized a derivative liability at fair value on the date that the deficiency occurred. The derivative liability isdebt agreements. Derivative liabilities are adjusted to fair value at the end of each reporting period with changesuntil the derivative liability contracts are settled, expire, or meet the conditions for equity classification. Changes in fair value are reflected as a gain or loss in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Employee retention credit. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States government has designed programs to assist businesses in dealing with the financial hardships caused by the pandemic. We recognize the right to receive governmental assistance payments in the period in which the related conditions on which they depend are substantially met.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

Overview

The discussion herein is based on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. These items are monitored and analyzed for changes in facts and circumstances, and material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results for the period in which they become known. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.


With respect to our significant accounting policies that are described in Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of our 20202021 Form 10-K, we believe that the following accounting policies involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our consolidated financial condition and results of operations.

Accounting for Complex Financings

Derivative Liability

The derivative liability relatesIn order to a deficiencyaccount for complex financing transactions, we are required to make judgments, assumptions, and estimates to determine the appropriate amounts reported in our authorized sharesconsolidated financial statements. These financing transactions typically involve entering into several distinct legal agreements, whereby we are required to identify and account for each freestanding financial instrument separately. The freestanding financial instruments may be classified as discussed above underdebt, temporary equity or permanent equity instruments depending on the caption Recent Developments. The derivative liability is adjusted to fair value at the endresults of each reporting period with changes in fair value reflected as a gain or loss in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. We made an accounting policy election to select the stock options and warrant agreements with the earliest issuance dates to compute the estimated fair valueevaluation. In addition, we evaluate if any of the financial instruments associated with the authorized share deficiency. These stock options and warrants were generally those with the highest exercise pricescontain embedded features that were least likelyare required to be exercised. Fairaccounted for as derivatives at fair value. Each freestanding financial instrument is required to be recognized at fair value on the closing date of the financing. The fair value of the stock options and warrants associated with the deficiency are computed on the date the deficiency arose and at the end of each reporting periodis generally determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton (“BSM”BSM) option-pricing model. Key assumptions inherent in this valuation model includeand the historical volatilityfair value of our Common Stock is based on the remaining contractual term of the options and warrants, and the markettrading price of our Common Stockshares on the valuationclosing date. Changes in these factors from period to period can result in significant increases and decreases in

For financial instruments classified as debt, a discount is recognized if the stated principal balance exceeds the initial allocation of fair value as of the derivative liability, with corresponding gains or losses reflectedclosing date. This discount is accreted to interest expense using the interest method that results in our operating results for each reporting period. If our stockholders subsequently approve an increase in our authorized shares, we will no longer includerecognition of interest expense at a fixed rate through the derivative liability in our balance sheets after the approvalexpected maturity date. However, any gains or losses reflected prior to the approval date will not be reversed.

Stock-BasedShare-Based Compensation Expense

We measure the fair value of services received in exchange for all stock options granted based on the fair value of the award as of the grant date. We compute the fair value of stock options with time-based vesting using the BSM option-pricing model and recognize the cost of the equity awards over the period that services are provided to earn the award. For awards granted whichthat contain a graded vesting schedule, and the only condition for vesting is a service condition, compensation cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period as if the award was, in substance, a single award. We recognize the impact of forfeitures in the period that the forfeiture occurs, rather than estimating the number of awards that are not expected to vest in accounting for stock-basedshare-based compensation.

We have granted For stock options with vesting that are voluntarily surrendered by employees, all unrecognized compensation is dependent on achieving certain market, performance and service conditions (“Hybrid Options”). For purposes of recognizing compensation cost, we determineimmediately recognized in the requisite service period as the longest of the derived, implicit and explicit vesting periods for each of the market, performance and service conditions, respectively. Due to achievement of the performance condition, we began recognizing compensation cost using the grant date fair value in November 2020 and continuing through the end of the requisite service period. Determination of the requisite service period of the Hybrid Options was based on the date that the performance condition was achieved. If the Hybrid Options do not ultimately become exercisable due to the option holders’ failure to achieve the requisite service period, any previously recognized compensation cost will be reversed.options are cancelled.

Research and Development

R&D costs are expensed as incurred. Intangible assets related to in-licensing costs under license agreements with third parties are charged to expense unless we are able to determine that the licensing rights have an alternative future use in other R&D projects or otherwise.

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Clinical Trial Accruals

Clinical trial costs are a component of R&D expenses. We accrue and recognize expenses for clinical trial activities performed by third parties based upon estimates of the percentage of work completed over the life of the individual study in accordance with agreements established with clinical research organizations and clinical trial sites. We determine the estimates through discussions with internal clinical personnel and external service providers as to the progress or stage of completion of trials or services and the agreed-upon fee to be paid for such services. Nonrefundable advance payments for goods and services that will be used or rendered in future R&D activities, are deferred and recognized as expense in the period that the related goods are delivered, or services are performed.


Results of Operations

Three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020

Results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 reflect net losses of approximately $3.7 million and $5.0 million, respectively. Our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, along with the changes between periods, are presented below (dollars in thousands):

     Changes 
  2021  2020  Amount  Percent 
Operating expenses:                
 Research and development:                
 Compensation and benefits, net of related party reimbursements $1,529  $1,399  $130   9%
 Clinical trial costs  1,495   622   873   140%
 Consultants and outside services  206   1,278   (1,072)  -84%
 Material manufacturing costs  253   284   (31)  -11%
 Facilities and other  275   150   125   83%
                 
 Total research and development  3,758   3,733   25   1%
                 
 General and administrative:                
 Compensation and benefits  850   762   88   12%
 Professional fees  655   319   336   105%
 Facilities and other  220   256   (36)  -14%
 Total general and administrative  1,725   1,337   388   29%
                 
 Total operating expenses  5,483   5,070   413   8%
                 
 Operating loss  (5,483)  (5,070)  (413)  8%
                 
Non-operating income (expense):                
Gain on change in fair value of derivative liability  1,784   -   1,784   n/a 
Interest and other  4   30   (26)  -87%
                 
 Net loss $(3,695) $(5,040) $1,345   -27%

Presented below is a discussion of the key factors that resulted in changes in our results of operations for these periods.

Revenue. As a clinical stage company, we did not generate any revenue for the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020. We are at an early stage of development as a proprietary product specialty pharmaceutical company, and we do not currently have any commercial products. Our existing product candidates will require extensive additional clinical evaluation, regulatory review, significant marketing efforts and substantial investment before they generate any revenues. We do not expect to be able to market any of our product candidates for several years.

Research and development expenses.R&D expenses were unchanged at approximately $3.7 million for each of the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020.2020 were as follows (in thousands, except percentages):

 

Increase

    

2021

    

2020

     

Amount

    

Percent

Total R&D expenses

$

9,452

$

4,496

$

4,956

110

%

CompensationThe increase in R&D expenses of $5.0 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was primarily attributable to increases in clinical trial costs of approximately $3.3 million for RZ358 and benefits.$0.7 million for RZ402. In addition to the increases in clinical trial costs, an increase of approximately $1.0 million was primarily due to initiating toxicology studies for RZ402. Compensation and benefits for our R&D workforce increased by approximately $0.8 million that was primarily attributable to an increase in the average number of R&D employees from $1.414 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 to 25 for the three months ended December 31, 2021. These increases in R&D expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2021 were partially offset by a decrease in licensing costs of $1.0 million. We did not incur any licensing costs for the three months ended December 31, 2021, whereas for the three months ended December 31, 2020, we incurred $1.0 million under our licensing agreement with ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“ActiveSite”). This payment to ActiveSite was triggered by the first milestone payment after acceptance of our investigational new drug application (“IND”) by the FDA in December 2020 pursuant to the Development and License Agreement entered into by us and ActiveSite on August 4, 2017. As discussed below under the caption Liquidity and Capital Resources, additional expenses will be incurred under our license agreements as we achieve certain clinical milestone events in future periods.

General and administrative expenses. G&A expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands, except percentages):

 

Increase

    

2021

    

2020

     

Amount

    

Percent

Total G&A expenses

$

2,697

$

2,656

$

41

2

%

The increase in G&A expenses of $0.04 million for the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2020 to $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 an increase of approximately $0.1 million. This increase was attributable to an increase of $0.2 million in cash-based compensation and benefits, partially offset by a decrease of $0.1 million in stock-based compensation expense. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, cash-based compensation increased by $0.2 million due to annual performance bonuses earned by members of our R&D workforce and the addition of employees to our R&D workforce. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, we hired seven employees to our R&D workforce to satisfy the need for additional resources to accommodate existing and planned clinical activities for the remainder of calendar year 2021. Accordingly, we expect that cash-based compensation for our R&D workforce will continue to increase during the 2021 calendar year.


Clinical trial costs. Clinical trial costs increased from approximately $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to approximately $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of $0.9 million. The increase was primarily attributable to higher costs due to patient enrollment in our RZ402 Phase 1 study.

Consulting and outside services. Consulting and outside services decreased from approximately $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to approximately $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. For the three months ended March 31, 2021, consulting and outside services were primarily attributable to laboratory expenses of $0.1 million related to RZ358 and RZ402. For the three months ended March 31, 2020, consulting and outside services were primarily attributable to IND enabling laboratory expense of $0.8 million related to RZ402, patent maintenance costs of $0.2 million, and chemistry, manufacturing and controls (“CMC”) consulting services of $0.2 million for RZ358.

Material manufacturing costs.Material manufacturing costs were unchanged at approximately $0.3 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. For each of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, material manufacturing costs were primarily related to RZ358.

Facilities and other. Costs allocable to R&D activities for facilities and other costs increased from $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase of $0.1 million was primarily attributable to increased spending for recruiting new employees hired during the three months ended March 31, 2021, partially offset by decreased spending in travel and entertainment expenses.

General and administrative expenses

G&A expenses increased from $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to approximately $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of $0.4 million. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in professional fees as discussed below.

Compensationassociated with corporate development activities, consulting services, and benefits. Compensation and benefits related to our G&A workforce increased fromstrategic financial advisory services totaling approximately $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020 to approximately $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of $0.1$0.4 million. This increase in compensation and benefits was primarily attributable to severance costs of $0.2 million, partially offset by a decrease in stock-based compensation expenseperformance bonuses earned by our G&A employees of $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Professional fees. Professional fees increased from approximately $0.3 million for the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 20202021 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2020.

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Interest Expense. Interest expense was approximately $0.6$0.4 million for the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021, an increase of $0.3 million. This increasewhereas we did not incur any interest expense for the same period in professional fees was primarily attributable to increased spending of $0.4 million for corporate development and strategic financial advisory services.

Facilities and other. Our G&A-related facilities and other costs were unchanged at approximately $0.2 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020.

Gain on changes in fair value of derivative liability

As discussed above under the caption Recent Developments, on February 17, 2021 we recognized a derivative liability of $3.6 million related to a deficiency in our authorized shares of Common Stock, since there is a possibility that we could be required to settle a portion of our outstanding stock options and warrants in cash. The derivative liability is adjusted to fair value at the end of each reporting period and amounted to $1.8 million as of March 31, 2021. The change in fair value of $1.8 million is reflected as a non-cash gain Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2021. For the period from February 17, 2021 through MarchDecember 31, 2021 a decreasewas solely attributable to the Loan Agreement (as defined below) entered into in April 2021 and consisted of (i) interest expense of $0.3 million based on the market pricecontractual rate of our Common Stock was the primary driver that resulted in the reduction in fair value8.87%, and the resulting non-cash gain.(ii) accretion of discount of $0.1 million.


Income Taxes

Taxes. For the three months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, we did not recognize any income tax benefit due to our net losses, and our determination that a full valuation allowance was required for all of our deferred tax assets.

NineSix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020

Results of operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 reflect net losses of approximately $14.4 million and $16.8 million, respectively. Our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, along with the changes between periods, are presented below (dollars in thousands):

     Changes 
  2021  2020  Amount  Percent 
Operating expenses:                
 Research and development:                
 Compensation and benefits, net of related party reimbursements $4,865  $4,567  $298   7%
 Clinical trial costs  3,276   3,535   (259)  -7%
 Licensing costs  1,000   -   1,000   100%
 Consultants and outside services  480   2,736   (2,256)  -82%
 Material manufacturing costs  561   725   (164)  -23%
 Facilities and other  416   442   (26)  -6%
                 
 Total research and development  10,598   12,005   (1,407)  -12%
                 
 General and administrative:                
 Compensation and benefits  3,498   3,079   419   14%
 Professional fees  1,506   952   554   58%
 Facilities and other  656   933   (277)  -30%
 Total general and administrative  5,660   4,964   696   14%
                 
 Total operating expenses  16,258   16,969   (711)  -4%
                 
 Operating loss  (16,258)  (16,969)  711   -4%
                 
 Non-operating income (expense):                
 Gain on change in fair value of derivative liability  1,784   -   1,784   n/a 
 Interest and other  62   183   (121)  -66%
                 
 Net loss $(14,412) $(16,786) $2,374   -14%

Presented below is a discussion of the key factors that resulted in changes in our results of operations for these periods.

Revenue

Revenue. As a clinical stage company, we did not generate any revenue for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020. We are at an early stage of development as a proprietary product specialty pharmaceutical company, and we do not currently have any commercial products. Our existing product candidates will require extensive additional clinical evaluation, regulatory review, significant marketing efforts and substantial investment before they generate any revenues. We do not expect to be able to market any of our product candidates for several years.


Research and development expenses

expenses. R&D expenses decreased from approximately $12.0for the six months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands, except percentages):

Increase

    

2021

    

2020

     

Amount

    

Percent

Total R&D expenses

$

15,226

$

6,840

 

$

8,386

123

%

The increase in R&D expenses of $8.4 million for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 20202021 was primarily attributable to increases in clinical trial costs of approximately $10.6$4.2 million for RZ358 and $2.0 million for RZ402. In addition to the nine months ended March 31, 2021, a decreaseincreases in clinical trial costs, an increase of $1.4 million. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were forcedapproximately $1.1 million was primarily due to curtail many of our R&D activitiesinitiating toxicology studies for the nine months ended March 31, 2021. As discussed below, compensation and benefits and licensing costs increased while the remaining categories of our R&D expense decreased for the nine months ended March 31, 2021.

Compensation and benefits.RZ402. Compensation and benefits for our R&D workforce increased from $4.6by approximately $1.3 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 to $4.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of approximately $0.3 million. This increasethat was primarily attributable to an increase in the average number of $0.5 millionR&D employees from 14 for the six months ended December 31, 2020 to 24 for the six months ended December 31, 2021. These increases in cash-based compensation and benefits,R&D expenses for the six months ended December 31, 2021 were partially offset by a decrease in licensing costs of $0.2 million in stock-based compensation expense. For$1.0 million. We did not incur any licensing costs for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021, cash-based compensationwhereas for the six months ended December 31, 2020, we incurred $1.0 million under our R&D workforce increasedlicensing agreement with ActiveSite that was triggered by $0.5 million primarily due to the additionfirst milestone payment after acceptance of five employees, anour IND by the FDA in December 2020.

General and administrative expenses. G&A expenses for the six months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows (in thousands, except percentages):

Increase

    

2021

    

2020

     

Amount

    

Percent

Total G&A expenses

$

4,563

$

3,935

 

$

628

16

%

The increase in annual performance bonuses and annual merit increases, partially offset by the receiptG&A expenses of the CARES Act employee retention credit in September 2020. For the nine months ended March 31, 2021, we hired five employees to our R&D workforce to satisfy the need for additional resources to accommodate existing and planned clinical activities for the remainder of calendar year 2021.Accordingly, we expect that cash-based compensation for our R&D workforce will continue to increase during the 2021 calendar year.

Clinical trial costs. Clinical trial costs decreased from approximately $3.5$0.6 million for the threesix months ended March 31, 2020 to approximately $3.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021, a decrease of $0.2 million. The reduction in clinical trial costs for the nine months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 was primarily due to lower costs due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and a reduction in costs as a result of the completion of our AB101 Phase 1 study in December 2019. These decreases were partially offset by increased spending attributable to patient enrollment in our RZ402 Phase 1 study.

Consulting and outside services. Consulting and outside services decreased from $2.7 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 to $0.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, a decrease of approximately $2.2 million. For the nine months ended March 31, 2021, consulting and outside services were primarily attributable to laboratory and CMC expenses of $0.3 million related to RZ358 and patent maintenance costs of $0.1 million. For the nine months ended March 31, 2020, consulting and outside services were primarily attributable to IND enabling laboratory expense of $1.5 million related to RZ402, patent maintenance costs of $0.4 million primarily related to AB101, and CMC consulting and contract laboratory services of $0.6 million for RZ358.

Licensing fees. Licensing costs increased by $1.0 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the nine months ended March 31, 2020, which was attributable to the $1.0 million milestone payment due to ActiveSite upon FDA clearance of our RZ402 IND application.

Material manufacturing costs.Material manufacturing costs decreased from $0.7 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 to $0.6 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021. For the nine months ended March 31, 2021, substantially all material manufacturing costs of $0.6 million related to RZ358. For the nine months ended March 31, 2020, material manufacturing costs consisted of $0.5 million related to RZ358 and $0.2 million for RZ402.

Facilities and other. Costs allocable to R&D activities for facilities and other costs were unchanged at approximately $0.4 million for each of the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. For the nine months ended March 31, 2021, we had increased spending of $0.2 million for recruiting new employees which was offset by reduced spending of $0.2 million for travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

General and administrative expenses

G&A expenses increased from approximately $5.0 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 to approximately $5.9 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of $0.9 million. As discussed below, this increase was primarily attributable to higher spending for professional fees of $0.5 million and increases in compensation and benefits for our administrative and executive workforce of $0.4 million.


Compensation and benefits. Compensation and benefits for our G&A workforce increased from $3.1 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 to $3.5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2021, an increase of approximately $0.4 million. This increase was attributable to an increase of $0.7 million in cash-based compensationprofessional fees associated with program market research assessments, consulting services, and benefits, partially offset by a decrease of $0.3 million in stock-based compensation expense. For the nine months ended March 31, 2021, cash-based compensation increased by $0.7 million duestrategic financial advisory services related to increases in annual performance bonuses and annual merit adjustments ofongoing financing efforts, totaling approximately $0.6 million, and an increase in severance costs of $0.1 million.

Professional fees. Professional fees increased fromInterest Expense. Interest expense was approximately $0.9 million for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 20202021, whereas we did not incur any interest expense for the same period in 2020. Interest expense for the six months ended December 31, 2021 was solely attributable to approximately $1.5the Loan Agreement (as defined below) entered into in April 2021 and consisted of (i) interest expense of $0.7 million based on the contractual rate of 8.87%, and (ii) accretion of discount of $0.2 million.

Employee Retention Credit. Employee retention credit income was $0.2 million for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021, an increase2021. This amount is a result of $0.6 million. This increase was primarily attributable to our Nasdaq uplisting, corporate development activities,the benefits we qualified for under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and strategic financial advisory services.

Facilities and other. Our G&A related facilities and other expenses decreased from approximately $0.9 millionEconomic Security Act during the six months ended December 31, 2021. We did not qualify for any employee retention credits for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2020 to approximately $0.7 million for2020.

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Income Taxes. For the ninesix months ended March 31, 2021, a decrease of $0.2 million. This decrease was primarily due to reduced travel and office-related expenses due to COVID-19 restrictions and a reduction in property tax expense.

Gain on changes in fair value of derivative liability

As discussed above under the caption Recent Developments, on February 17, 2021 we recognized a derivative liability of $3.6 million related to a deficiency in our authorized shares of Common Stock, since there is a possibility that we could be required to settle a portion of our outstanding stock options and warrants in cash. The derivative liability is adjusted to fair value at the end of each reporting period and amounted to $1.8 million as of March 31, 2021. The change in fair value of $1.8 million is reflected as a non-cash gain for the nine months ended March 31, 2021. For the period from February 17, 2021 through March 31, 2021, a decrease in the market price of our Common Stock was the primary driver that resulted in the reduction in fair value and the resulting non-cash gain.

Income Taxes

For the nine months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, we did not recognize any income tax benefit due to our net losses, and our determination that a full valuation allowance was required for all of our deferred tax assets.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of March 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling approximately $32.0 million and working capital was approximately $28.6 million. We have incurred cumulative net losses of $161.6$188.6 million since our inception, and as a clinical stage company we have not generated any revenue to date.

As discussed belowabove under Fiscalthe caption Recent Developments, in October and November 2021 Equity Financing, on October 9,we completed the Underwritten Offering for net proceeds of $47.3 million and the Registered Direct Offering for proceeds of $5.0 million, resulting in total net proceeds of approximately $52.3 million. As of December 31, 2021, we had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents totaling approximately $77.4 million, and working capital was approximately $71.7 million.

In December 2020, we receivedentered into the Equity Distribution Agreement (the “EDA”) with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. as sales agent that provides for an “at the market offering” for the sale of up to $50.0 million in shares of the Company (“Placement Shares”). For the six months ended December 31, 2021, we sold 138,388 Placement Shares for which aggregate net proceeds from investors in a private placement of approximately $37.5$1.5 million fromwere received. Accordingly, we may sell up to an additional $48.5 million under the issuanceEDA. For additional information about the EDA, please refer to Note 6 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of unitsthis Report.

In August 2021, we entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“LPC”), which provides that consistedwe may sell to LPC up to an aggregate of approximately 2.5$20.0 million of shares of Common Stock and warrants forour common stock (the “Purchase Shares”). The aggregate number of shares that we can sell to LPC under the purchase of approximately 0.8 millionPurchase Agreement may not exceed 1,669,620 shares of Common Stock.common stock, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Purchase Agreement. For the six months ended December 31, 2021, LPC purchased 115,708 Purchase Shares and we received net proceeds of $1.2 million. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement, LPC is obligated to purchase up to a maximum of $18.8 million under the Purchase Agreement as of December 31, 2021. For additional information about the Purchase Agreement, please refer to Note 6 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Report.

In April 2021, we entered into a Loan Agreement that provides for total borrowings up to $30.0 million in three tranches. The initial tranche of funding for $15.0 million was received in April 2021. Under the Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement we are required to maintain a restricted cash balance of at least $5.0 million beginning no later than December 31, 2021. The second”) with SLR Investment Corp. and third tranches available under the Loan Agreement are available after we raise up to an additional $70.0 million in equity or subordinated debt financing by September 2022. We are permitted to make interest-only payments on each term loan at least through May 1, 2023, and the maturity date is on April 1, 2026.

We believe our existing cash and cash equivalents balance, combined with the debt financing proceeds of $15.0 million received in April 2021, will be adequate to carry out currently planned activities at least through June 30, 2022. We also have flexibility to delay future clinical programs to conserve our capital resources.

Beginning in March 2020, COVID-19 has resulted in an economic environment that is unfavorable for many businesses to conduct operations. The U.S. economy had been adversely affected by mass quarantines and government mandated stay-in-place orders to halt the spread of the virus. While these orders have been relaxed at times, a full recovery of the U.S. economy may not occur until after 2021. The long-term effects on us are expected to result in higher costs in order to comply with safeguards to protect patients and staff engaged in clinical activities, and extended periods of time may be required to complete clinical trials. The current economic environment and financial market volatility may make it more challenging for us to continue to obtain funding in the future for our clinical programs.

Presented below is further discussion of transactions that impacted our liquidity and capital resources as of March 31, 2021, and a discussion of the April 2021 Loan Agreement that will have a significant impact on our future liquidity and capital resources.

Fiscal 2021 Equity Financing

On October 9, 2020, we completed a private placement of unitscertain other lenders (the “Units”) consisting of (i) approximately 2.5 million shares of Common stock, and (ii) warrants entitling the holders to purchase approximately 0.8 million shares of Common Stock (the “Warrants”Lenders). The Warrants are exercisable at $19.50 per share for a period of 7 years and may be exercised on a cash or cashless basis at the election of the holders. The Units were issued for a purchase price of $16.50 per Unit, resulting in gross proceeds of $41.0 million. Pursuant to a financial advisory agreement, weLenders agreed to pay the advisors a fee of 6.0% of the gross proceeds, and costs for professional fees and other offering costs amounted to approximately $1.1 million. After deducting the financial advisory fees and other offering costs, the estimated net proceeds amounted to approximately $37.5 million. Pursuant to the terms of the private placement, we executed the Reverse Stock Split, which was previously approved by the stockholders at our annual meeting on October 23, 2019 and that was effective on October 9, 2020. In addition, we were required to use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) list our shares of Common Stock for trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market, which was approved by Nasdaq on November 3, 2020, (ii) register the shares of Common Stock included in the Units, and (iii) register the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. The Company successfully registered the units on November 27, 2020.

Xoma License Agreement

In December 2017, we entered into a license agreement (“License Agreement”) with XOMA Corporation (“Xoma”) pursuant to which Xoma granted us an exclusive global license to develop and commercialize RZ358 for all indications. In January 2019, the License Agreement was amended. The amended License Agreement set forth an updated payment schedule, as well as revised the amount we were required to expend on development of RZ358 and related licensed products.


On March 31, 2020, we entered into Amendment No. 3 to the License Agreement to extend the previous payment schedule for the remaining balance of approximately $2.6 million. The revised payment schedule provided for seven quarterly payments to be paid beginning on March 31, 2020, whereby the outstanding balance was reduced to $1.4 million as of September 30, 2020. Pursuant to Amendment No. 3, we were obligated to repay the remaining outstanding balance within 15 days following the closing of a financing for $20.0 million or more. Accordingly, the completion of the Fiscal 2021 Equity Financing resulted in acceleration of the $1.4 million outstanding obligation, which was paid in full on October 23, 2020.

Upon the achievement of certain clinical and regulatory events, we will be required to make up to $37.0 million in aggregate milestone payments to Xoma. The first such milestone payment of $2.0 million will be triggered upon enrollment of the last patient in our ongoing phase 2 clinical study and we believe that, subject to COVID-19 conditions, we will be able to complete this study by the second half of calendar year 2021. Additionally, upon the future commercialization of RZ358, we will be required to pay royalties to Xoma based on the net sales of the related products, and milestone payments up to an additional $185.0 million if future annual sales related to RZ358 exceed targets ranging from $100.0 million to $1.0 billion.

ActiveSite License Agreement

In August 2017, we entered into a Development and License Agreement with ActiveSite Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  (“ActiveSite”) pursuant to which we acquired the rights to ActiveSite’s Plasma Kallikrein Inhibitor program (“PKI Program”).  We are planning to use the PKI Program to develop, file, manufacture, market and sell products for diabetic macular edema and other human therapeutic indications. The ActiveSite Development and License Agreement requires various milestone payments ranging from $1.0 million to $10.0 million when milestone events occur, up to $46.5 million of aggregate milestone payments. The first milestone payment for $1.0 million was paid in December 2020 after we had received clearance from the FDA related to an IND for RZ402. We will also be required to pay royalties equal to 2.0% of any sales of products that use the PKI Program.

April 2021 Loan Agreement

On April 14, 2021, we entered into the Loan Agreement that provides for total borrowingsloan up to $30.0 million in three tranches consisting of (i) a $15.0 million term A loan that was funded on April 14, 2021, (ii) a $7.5 million term B loan to be funded upon our request by us no later than January 25, 2022, and (iii) a $7.5 million term C loan to be funded upon our request by us no later than September 25, 2022. Funding of the term B loan isand term C loans was subject to our ability to obtain at least $35 millionprescribed amounts of equity or subordinated debt financing by January 2022 and the achievement of certain clinical milestones related to RZ358 and RZ402. FundingWe did not achieve the initial clinical milestones to qualify for funding of the term B and term C loan is subject to our ability to meet the conditions for funding theloans. The term B loan, plus obtaining an additional $35 million of equity or subordinated debt financing by September 2022 and the achievement of certain additional clinical milestones related to RZ358 and RZ402. Each termA loan has a maturity date of April 1, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”). In addition, our cash and cash equivalents became subject to a blocked account control agreement (“BACA”) in favor of the Lenders whereby a cash balance of at least $5.0 million must be maintained beginning on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2021, and (ii) the date the term B loan is funded. In the event of a default under the Loan Agreement, the BACA would enable the Lenders to prevent the release of funds from our cash accounts.

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Outstanding borrowings bear interest at a floating rate equal to (a) 8.75% per annum plus (b) the greater of (i) the rate per annum published by the Intercontinental Exchange Benchmark Administration Ltd. (“IEBA”IEBA) for a term of one month and (ii) 0.12% per annum. As ofFor the period from April 14, 2021 through December 31, 2021, the IEBA rate for a term of one month was approximately 0.12% per annum. Therefore, the contractual rate at inception was 8.87%. as of December 31, 2021 and June 30, 2021. We are permitted to make interest-only payments on eachthe term A loan at least through May 1, 2023. At our request, the interest-only period can be extended until May 1, 2024, if we obtain at least $70.0 million of equity or subordinated debt financing by September 2022 and assuming no event of default has occurred. We will be required to make monthly payments of principal and interest commencing at the end of the interest-only period of the term loans.

We are obligated to pay the Lenders (i)As a non-refundable facility fee in the amount of 1.00% of each term loan that is funded (the “Facility Fee”), and (ii) a final fee equal to 4.75% of the aggregate amount of the term loans funded (the “Final Fee”). At the closing on April 14, 2021, we incurred debt discounts for an aggregate of $1.4 million that consisted of $0.5 million for financial advisory and legal fees, and $0.9 million for the Facility Fee and the Final Fee. Final Fees are payable upon the earliest to occur of (i) the maturity date, (ii) the acceleration of the term loans, and (iii) the prepayment of the term loans. The total debt discount of $1.4 million related to the term A loan will be accreted to interest expense using the effective interest method.

Concurrently with the executioncondition of the Loan Agreement, we entered into an exit feeour cash and cash equivalents became subject to a blocked account control agreement (the “Exit Fee Agreement”(“BACA) that provides for a fee of 4.0%in favor of the funded principalLenders whereby a cash balance of each term loan in the event certain transactions (defined as “Exit Events”) occur prior to April 13, 2031. Exit Events include, but are not limited to, sales of substantially all assets, certain mergers, change of control transactions, and issuances of Common Stock that result in new investors owning more than 35% of our outstanding shares. If we determine that it is probable that an Exit Event will occur over the ten-year term of the Exit Fee Agreement, a liability will be recognized, and the corresponding fee will be accounted for as an additional debt discount.


We have the option to prepay all, but not less than all, of the outstanding principal balance of the term loans.at least $5.0 million was required beginning on December 31, 2021. In the event of a voluntarydefault under the Loan Agreement, the BACA would enable the Lenders to prevent the release of funds from our cash accounts until the default is cured or mandatory prepayment priorwaived. For additional information about the Loan Agreement, please refer to Note 5 to the Maturity Date,financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Report.

As discussed in Note 4 to the financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Report, we will incurare subject to license agreements that provide for future contractual payments upon achievement of various milestone events. Pursuant to the Xoma Agreement, the next milestone includes a prepayment fee ranging from 1.00% to 3.00%$2.0 million payment upon dosing of the outstanding principal balance.last patient in the Company’s ongoing Phase 2b clinical trial for RZ358. Dosing of the last patient in the Phase 2b study occurred in January 2022. Additionally, pursuant to the ActiveSite Agreement, the next milestone will consist of a $3.0 million payment upon dosing of the first patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial for RZ402.

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We believe our unrestricted cash and cash equivalents balance of $77.4 million as of December 31, 2021 will be adequate to meet our obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured by a first-priority security interest in substantially all ofand our assets, including our intellectual property. The Loan Agreement contains customary representations, warrantieslicense agreements, and covenants and also includes customary events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of covenants, and a default upon the occurrence of a material adverse change affecting us. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, a default interest rate of an additional 5.0% per annum may be applied to the outstanding loan balance, and the Lenders may declare all outstanding obligations immediately due and payable and exercise all their rights and remedies as set forth in the Loan Agreement.carry out other planned activities at least through February 2023.

Cash Flows Summary

Presented below is a summary of our operating, investing, and financing cash flows for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

 2021  2020  Change 

    

2021

    

2020

    

Change

Net cash provided by (used in):            

 

  

 

  

 

  

Operating activities $(15,211) $(20,090) $4,879 

$

(13,538)

$

(9,814)

$

(3,724)

Investing activities  -   -   - 

 

 

 

Financing activities  37,245   22,550   14,695 

 

54,894

 

37,459

 

17,435

Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities

For the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, cash flows used in operating activities amounted to $15.2$13.5 million and $20.1$9.8 million, respectively. The key components in the calculation of our cash used in operating activities are as follows (in thousands):

    

2021

    

2020

    

Change

Net loss

$

(20,429)

$

(10,717)

$

(9,712)

Non-cash expenses

 

2,228

 

1,933

 

295

Non-cash gains

 

(4)

 

 

(4)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net

 

4,667

 

(1,030)

 

5,697

Total

$

(13,538)

$

(9,814)

$

(3,724)

  2021  2020  Change 
Net loss $(14,412) $(16,786) $2,374 
Non-cash expenses  2,544   2,991   (447)
Non-cash gain  (1,784)  -   (1,784)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net  (1,559)  (6,295)  4,736 
             
Total $(15,211) $(20,090) $4,879 

For the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021, our net loss was $14.4$20.4 million compared to $16.8$10.7 million for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2020. For further discussion about changes in our operating results for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, please refer to Results of Operations above.

For the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, our non-cash expenses of $2.5$2.2 million and $3.0$1.9 million, respectively, were primarily attributable to stock-basedshare-based compensation expense. For the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021, our non-cash gainnet changes in operating assets and liabilities increased operating cash flow by $4.7 million, primarily driven by an increase in accounts payable of $1.8$3.3 million, was due toan increase in other accrued liabilities of $1.1 million, and a changedecrease in fair valueprepaid expenses and other assets of the derivative liability related to a deficiency in our authorized shares of Common Stock.$0.3 million. For the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021,2020, net changes in operating assets and liabilities decreased operating cash flow by $1.6$1.0 million, primarily driven by a $1.8 million decrease in payables to Xoma under the amended License Agreement. For the nine months ended March 31, 2020,Agreement, partially offset by an aggregate net changesincrease of $0.8 million in operating assetsaccounts payable and liabilities reduced operating cash flow by $6.3 million which was due to a decrease in payables to Xoma under the amended License Agreement.accrued liabilities.


Cash Flows Provided by Investing Activities

We did not have any cash flows from investing activities for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 and 2020.

Cash Flows Provided by Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities for the ninesix months ended MarchDecember 31, 2021 amounted to $54.9 million. This amount consisted of proceeds of (i) $50.7 million from the Underwritten Offering, (ii) $5.0 million from the Registered Direct Offering, (iii) $1.5 million from the EDA, and (iv) $1.2 million from the Purchase Agreement. The total proceeds from equity financing activities of $58.4 million were partially offset by payments of $3.4 million for underwriting discounts and other costs related to equity offerings, and $0.1 million of payments for debt issuance costs.

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Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended December 31, 2020 was $37.2$37.5 million. This amount consisted of $41.0 million received from a private placement of Units in October 2020 for the purchase of approximately 2.5 million shares of Common Stockcommon stock at a purchase price of $16.50 per share and (ii) warrants entitling the holders to purchase approximately 0.8 million shares of common stock, which partially offset by financial advisory fees and offering costs of approximately $3.5 million to result in net proceeds of $37.5 million. For the nine months ended March 31, 2021, we also incurred (i) deferred offering costs of $0.2 million primarily related to the EDA for an “at the market offering” entered into in December 2020, and (ii) debt issuance costs of $0.1 million related to our April 2021 Loan Agreement.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended March 31, 2020 amounted to $22.6 million. This amount consisted of (i) $20.0 million received from Handok, Inc. and Genexine, Inc. in July 2019 for the purchase of approximately 1.4 million shares of Common Stock at a purchase price of $14.50 per share and (ii) $4.1 million received from other investors in July and August 2019 for the purchase of approximately 0.3 million shares of our Common Stock at a purchase price of $14.50 per share. The gross proceeds from these equity issuances totaled $24.1 million and were partially offset by offering costs of $1.5 million to result in net proceeds of $22.6 million.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Please refer to Note 1 to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Report regarding the impact of certainrecent accounting pronouncements on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

pronouncements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not have any off-balance sheet transactions for the periods covered by this Report.


ITEMItem 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Not required for smaller reporting companies.applicable.

ITEMItem 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive and financial officer), of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”Act). Based on that assessment under those criteria, our management has determined that as of March 31, 2021, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective due to two material weaknesses in the system of internal control. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, that creates a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected in a timely manner.

The first material weakness identified by management is that due to our limited number of employees, we have not adequately segregated certain duties to prevent employees from overriding the internal control system. During our fiscal year ended June 30, 2020,2021, we hired a DirectorVice President of AccountingFinance and we implemented additional procedures to improve our segregation of duties. However, without hiring additional personnel we have been unable to fully remediate this material weakness. We cannot provide assurance that these or other measures will eventually result in the elimination of thisthe material weakness.weakness described above.

TheIn March 2021, we identified a second material weakness that resulted from ineffective treasury controls over review of outstanding authorized shares and requirements for all securities and contracts to issue common shares to ensure adequate authorized shares exist. This material weakness occurred in February 2021 when we decided to file a certificate of correction towith the certificateSecretary of amendment to our certificateState of incorporation (the “Charter Revision”). The Delaware (“Charter Revision”) that changed our authorized shares of capital stock in the same 50 shares for one share ratio that applied to our issued shares of Common Stock,common stock, stock options and warrants pursuant to a reverse stock split that was effected in October 2020. The impact of this adjustment caused an immediate reduction in our authorized shares of Common Stockcommon stock from 500,000,000 shares to 10,000,000 shares. Accordingly, after the Charter Revision we did not have a sufficient number of authorized shares of Common Stockcommon stock in the event that all of our outstanding stock options and warrants are subsequently exercised.

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On April 28,May 26, 2021, we filed a definitive proxy statementour shareholders voted to request approval by our stockholdersapprove motions to reincorporate from the state of Delaware to the state of Nevada and to increase our authorized shares of Common Stockcommon stock from the present 10,000,000 shares to 40,000,000 shares. If our stockholders approve these proposals at a meeting scheduled forAccordingly, the authorized share deficiency that occurred in February 2021 was cured on May 26, 2021, such that we will have an adequate number of shares of Common Stockcommon stock whereby all outstanding stock options and warrants may be exercised in exchange for shares of Common Stock.common stock. In addition to the shareholder proposalsapprovals to reincorporate and increase our authorized shares, we have implementedare implementing procedures to ensure that our Board of Directors provides explicit approval for all future charter amendments, and all future issuances of shares of our Common Stockcommon stock and any warrants and stock options that are not subject to a plan approved by our stockholders.shareholders. We cannot provide assurance that these or other measures will eventually result in the elimination of this material weakness or that our stockholders will approve the reincorporation in Nevada and increase in our authorized shares.

weakness.

Changes in internal controls over financial reporting

During the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we determined the existence of a material weaknessthere were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13(a)-15(f) or 15(d)-15(f)) related to the Charter Revision discussed above, that occurred during the period covered by this quarterly report that has materially affected, or isare reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEMItem 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

Legal Proceedings.

None

ITEMItem 1A. RISK FACTORS.

Risk Factors.

Certain factors exist which may affect the Company’s business and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in this Report are any of the risks described in Item 1.A. Risk Factors of our 20202021 Form 10-K, and the risk factor discussed below.10-K. Any of these factors could result in a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition. Additional risk factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business or results of operations.

COVID-19 could continue to adversely impact our business, including our clinical trials.

Beginning in March 2020, COVID-19 has resulted in an economic environment that is unfavorable for many businesses to conduct operations and to pursue new debt and equity financings. The U.S. economy has been adversely affected by mass quarantines and government mandated stay-in-place orders to halt the spread of the virus. While these orders have been relaxed, a full recovery of the U.S. economy may not occur until the second half of 2021 or later. The extent to which COVID-19 may continue to impact our business and clinical trials will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other countries, business closures or business disruptions, and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease. As COVID-19 continues to spread around the globe, we will likely experience disruptions that could severely impact our business and clinical trials, including:

·delays or difficulties in enrolling patients or maintaining scheduled study visits in our clinical trials;

·delays or difficulties in clinical site initiation, including difficulties in recruiting clinical site investigators and clinical site staff;

·diversion of healthcare resources away from the conduct of clinical trials, including the diversion of hospitals serving as our clinical trial sites and hospital staff supporting the conduct of our clinical trials;

·interruption of key clinical trial activities, such as clinical trial site monitoring, due to limitations on travel imposed or recommended by federal or state governments, employers and others;

·limitations in employee resources that would otherwise be focused on the conduct of our business or our clinical trials, including because of sickness of employees or their families, the desire of employees to avoid contact with large groups of people or as a result of the governmental imposition of “shelter in place” or similar working restrictions;

·delays in receiving approval from local regulatory authorities to initiate our planned clinical trials;

·delays in clinical sites receiving the supplies and materials needed to conduct our clinical trials;

·interruption in global shipping that may affect the transport of clinical trial materials, such as investigational drug product used in our clinical trials;

·changes in local regulations as part of a response to the COVID-19 outbreak which may require us to change the ways in which our clinical trials are conducted, which may result in unexpected costs, or to discontinue the clinical trials altogether;

·delays in necessary interactions with local regulators, ethics committees and other important agencies and contractors due to limitations in employee resources or forced furlough of government employees; and

·refusal of the FDA to accept data from clinical trials in affected geographies outside the United States.

COVID-19 is currently impacting countries, communities and markets. We require ongoing access to the capital markets to fund our future capital requirements. To the extent that our access to the capital markets is adversely affected by COVID-19, we may need to consider alternative sources of funding for our operations and for working capital, any of which could increase our cost of capital.


Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for certain litigation that may be initiated by our stockholders, including claims under the Securities Act, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees.

Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim for breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers, employees or agents to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. The choice of forum provision may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers, employees or agents, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, employees and agents. Stockholders who do bring a claim in the Court of Chancery could face additional litigation costs in pursuing any such claim, particularly if they do not reside in or near the State of Delaware. The Court of Chancery may also reach different judgments or results than would other courts, including courts where a stockholder considering an action may be located or would otherwise choose to bring the action, and such judgments or results may be more favorable to us than to our stockholders. Alternatively, if a court were to find the choice of forum provision contained in our certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business and financial condition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exclusive provision shall not preclude or contract the scope of exclusive federal or concurrent jurisdiction for actions brought under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.”

If we are not able to comply with the applicable continued listing requirements or standards of Nasdaq, Nasdaq could delist our Common Stock.

Our Common Stock is currently listed on Nasdaq. In order to maintain such listing, we must satisfy minimum financial and other continued listing requirements and standards, including those regarding director independence and independent committee requirements, minimum stockholders’ equity, minimum share price, and certain corporate governance requirements.

On December 28, 2020, the Company notified Nasdaq that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5605(b)(1) and 5605(c)(2)(A) as a result of the resignation of a member of the Company’s board who was also a member of the Company’s Audit Committee. Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(b)(1) requires a majority independent board and 5605(c)(2)(A) requires the Audit Committee to have at least three independent members (as defined by Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(a)(2) and Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), at least one of whom is an audit committee financial expert. As a result of the resignation of Mr. Jung-Hee Lim, the Company no longer has a majority independent board or an Audit Committee comprised of three independent directors. The Nasdaq Listing Rules provide for a cure period during which the Company may regain compliance. Under Nasdaq Listing Rules, the Company shall have until the earlier of its next annual meeting of stockholders or one year from the occurrence of the event that caused the failure to comply with Nasdaq Listing Rules 5605(b)(1) and 5605(c)(2)(A); provided, however, that if the next annual meeting of stockholders occurs no later than 180 days following the event that caused the vacancy, the Company shall instead have 180 days from such event to regain compliance.

There can be no assurances that we will be able to regain compliance with Nasdaq’s listing standards or if we do later regain compliance with Nasdaq’s listing standards, will be able to continue to comply with the applicable listing standards. If we are unable to maintain compliance with these Nasdaq requirements, our Common Stock will be delisted from Nasdaq.

If Nasdaq delists our Common Stock, we could face significant material adverse consequences, including:

·a limited availability of market quotations for our securities;

·a determination that our Common Stock is a “penny stock” which will require brokers trading in our Common Stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly resulting in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our Common Stock;

·a limited amount of news and analyst coverage for our company; and

·a decreased ability to issue additional securities or obtain additional financing in the future


ITEMItem 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

There were no reportable issuances of unregistered shares of the Company'sCompany’s equity securities for the period covered by this Report.

ITEMItem 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

ITEMItem 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

ITEMItem 5. OTHER INFORMATION.

Other Information.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are incorporated by reference or filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

Exhibit
Number

Description of Exhibits

3.1*

1.1

Certificate of Correction to Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Rezolute, Inc., dated February 17, 2021

10.1Loan and SecurityUnderwriting Agreement, dated as of April 14,October 12, 2021 by and among Rezolute,between the Company and Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., SLR Investment Corp., as collateral agent and lender, and the other lenders named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 of the Company’s Form 8-K filing on April 14,October 13, 2021)

10.2

4.1

Exit Fee Agreement, dated asForm of April 14, 2021 by and among Rezolute, Inc., SLR Investment Corp., as collateral agent and lender, and the other lenders named therein Pre-Funded Warrant to Purchase Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Form 8-K filing on April 14,October 13, 2021)

31.1*

10.1

Form of Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Form 8-K filing on October 13, 2021)

31.1*

Certification of Chief Executive and Principal Financial Officer as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

32.1*

32.1*

Certification of Chief Executive and Principal Financial Officer as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002*

101.INS*

Inline XBRL Instance Document

101.SC*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101.CA*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

101.DEF*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

101.LA*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

101.PRE*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101)

* Filed herewith.


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SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

REZOLUTE, INC.

REZOLUTE, INC.

Date: May 17, 2021February 9, 2022

By:

/s/ Nevan Elam

Nevan Elam

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive and Financial Officer)


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