Exhibit 99.2
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The Merger
On June 15, 2020, Forte Biosciences Inc. (the “Company” or “Forte”) completed its business combination with the Delaware corporation that was previously known as “Tocagen, Inc.” In accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of February 19, 2020 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Telluride Merger Sub, Inc. (“Merger Sub”), and Tocagen, Inc.(“Tocagen”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Telluride Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tocagen, merged with and into Forte Subsidiary, Inc. (“Forte Sub”), with Forte Sub surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tocagen. Upon completion of the Merger, Tocagen changed its name to Forte Biosciences Inc. On June 15, 2020, in connection with, and prior to the completion of, the Merger, the Company effected a reverse stock split of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common Stock”), at a ratio of one for fifteen (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Following the completion of the Merger, the business conducted by the Company became primarily the business conducted by Forte Subsidiary, which is to advance the Company’s clinical program to and develop a live biotherapeutic for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases, particularly for pediatric atopic dermatitis patients for which there is currently a significant unmet need for safe and effective therapies.
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Company issued shares of common stock to Forte Subsidiary’s stockholders at an exchange rate of 0.2108 shares of Common Stock, after taking into account the Reverse Stock Split, for each share of Tocagen’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to the Merger. The exchange rate was determined through arms-length negotiations between the Company and Tocagen. In connection with the Merger, all outstanding stock options under the Forte Subsidiary’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan was exchanged into right to purchase a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to 0.2108 multiplied by the number of shares of Forte Subsidiary’s Common Stock previously represented by such options.
Immediately after the Merger, there were 10,799,611 shares of common stock outstanding, including 3,177,744 shares of common stock issued for conversion of Forte Subsidiary’s convertible preferred stock, and 3,804,817 shares of common stock issued for concurrent financing that raised gross proceeds of $19.4 million. Immediately after the Merger, the former stockholders of Tocagen owned approximately 15.3% of the fully-diluted common stock, with the Company’s stockholders, option holders and warrant holders owning, or holding rights to acquire, approximately 84.7% of the Fully-Diluted Common Stock.
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Financial Statements
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was prepared using the acquisition method of accounting under U.S. GAAP. For accounting purposes, Forte is considered to be acquiring Tocagen and the merger is expected to be accounted for as an asset acquisition. Forte is considered the accounting acquirer even though Tocagen will be the issuer of the common stock in the merger. To determine the accounting for this transaction under U.S. GAAP, a company must assess whether an integrated set of assets and activities should be accounted for as an acquisition of a business or an asset acquisition. The guidance requires an initial screen test to determine if substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single asset or group of similar assets. If that screen is met, the set is not a business. In connection with the acquisition, Tocagen does not have an organized workforce that significantly contributes to its ability to create output, and substantially all of its fair value is concentrated in cash and in-process research and development (“IPR&D”). As such, the acquisition is expected to be treated as an asset acquisition.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet data assumes that the merger took place on March 31, 2020 and combines the historical balance sheets of Tocagen and Forte as of such date. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations and comprehensive loss assumes that the Merger took place as of January 1, 2019 and combines the historical results of Forte and Tocagen for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the three months ended March 31, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of Article 11 of SEC Regulation S-X. The historical financial statements of Tocagen and Forte have been adjusted to give pro forma effect to events that are (i) directly attributable to the transaction, (ii) factually supportable, and (iii) with respect to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations and comprehensive loss, expected to have a continuing impact on the combined company’s results.