Note 8 – Equity
Equity Financing Programs
The Company maintains 2 facilities that enable equity financing on an ongoing basis at the Company’s sole discretion, our at-the-market offering and our common stock purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (the LPC facility). In November 2021, the Company entered into a sales agreement with a financial institution, pursuant to which the Company may issue and sell, from time to time, shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million (the Shares), subject to terms and conditions. The Shares will be offered and sold by the Company pursuant to its previously filed and currently effective registration statement on Form S-3. The Shares may only be offered and sold by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming part of the effective registration statement. Sales of the common stock, if any, will be made at market prices by methods deemed to be an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on The Nasdaq Global Market, or any other existing trading market for our common stock.
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On March 7, 2022 (the Effective Date), the Company entered into a purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (Lincoln Park), pursuant to which Lincoln Park has committed to purchase up to $50.0 million of the Company's common stock (the Purchase Agreement). Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to $50.0 million of the Company’s common stock. Such sales of common stock by the Company, if any, will be subject to certain limitations, and may occur from time to time, at the Company’s sole discretion, over the 36-month period commencing on the Effective Date. The number of shares the Company may sell to Lincoln Park on any single business day in a regular purchase is 50,000 shares, but that amount may be increased up to 100,000 shares, depending upon the market price of the Company’s common stock at the time of sale and subject to a maximum limit of $1.5 million per regular purchase. The purchase price per share for each such regular purchase will be based on prevailing market prices of the Company’s common stock immediately preceding the time of sale as computed under the Purchase Agreement. In addition to regular purchases, the Company may also direct Lincoln Park to purchase other amounts as accelerated purchases or as additional accelerated purchases.
Under applicable rules of the Nasdaq Capital Market, in no event may the Company issue or sell to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement more than 19.99% of the shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately prior to the execution of the Purchase Agreement (the Exchange Cap), unless (i) the Company obtains stockholder approval to issue shares of common stock in excess of the Exchange Cap or (ii) the average price of all applicable sales of common stock to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement equals or exceeds $2.20 per share, such that issuances and sales of the common stock to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement would be exempt from the Exchange Cap limitation under applicable Nasdaq rules.
Lincoln Park has no right to require the Company to sell any shares of common stock to Lincoln Park, but Lincoln Park is obligated to make purchases as the Company directs, subject to certain conditions. In all instances, the Company may not sell shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement if doing so would result in Lincoln Park beneficially owning more than 9.99% of its common stock.
Actual sales of shares of common stock to Lincoln Park under the Purchase Agreement will depend on a variety of factors to be determined by the Company from time to time, including, among others, market conditions, the trading price of the common stock and determinations by the Company as to the appropriate sources of funding for the Company and its operations. The net proceeds, if any, under the Purchase Agreement will depend on the frequency and prices at which the Company sells shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park. The Company intends to use any net proceeds from the sale of its common stock to Lincoln Park to advance its growth strategy and for general corporate purposes. On the Effective Date, the Company issued 184,275 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park as a commitment fee (the Initial Commitment Shares) for which the Company did not receive consideration and, upon the available amount being reduced to an amount equal to or less than $20.0 million, the Company will be required to issue 61,425 shares (the Additional Commitment Shares and together with the Initial Commitment Shares, collectively, the Commitment Shares). The Initial Commitment Shares issued were valued at $600,000 and are included on the balance sheet in 'Other long-term assets'. In addition to the Initial Commitment Shares, the Company recorded $129,000 of due diligence expenses and legal fees as deferred offering costs. The deferred offering costs will be charged against 'Additional paid-in capital' upon future proceeds from the sale of common stock under the Purchase Agreement. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, $18,000 of deferred offering costs were charged against 'Additional paid-in capital', respectively. As of June 30, 2022, $711,000 of deferred offering costs remain.
The Purchase Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time, at its sole discretion, without any cost or penalty, by giving one business day notice to Lincoln Park to terminate the Purchase Agreement. Lincoln Park has covenanted not to cause or engage in any manner whatsoever, any direct or indirect short selling or hedging of the common stock. Although the Company has agreed to reimburse Lincoln Park for a limited portion of the fees it incurred in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company did not pay any additional amounts to reimburse or otherwise compensate Lincoln Park in connection with the transaction, other than the issuance of the Commitment Shares.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company raised approximately $2.9 million and $4.5 million, respectively ($2.8 million and $4.0 million, respectively, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable), in gross proceeds from the sale of 1,419,139 and 2,127,891 common shares at a weighted average price per share of $2.03 and $2.11, respectively, under these programs. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had remaining available capacity for share issuances of approximately $29.9 million under the at-the-market facility and up to $49.2 million under the LPC facility, each subject to the restrictions and limitations of the underlying facilities, as applicable.
Subscription Agreements
On April 7, 2022, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the Subscription Agreements) with a consortium of investors (the Investors), including three members of our Board of Directors and other existing shareholders of the Company, for the issuance and sale by the Company of 6,508,376 shares of the Company’s common stock (the Shares) in an offering (the Private Placement). The three members of our Board of Directors acquired an aggregate of 3,631,284 shares pursuant to the form of a Subscription Agreement that did not include any registration rights. The remaining 2,877,092 shares were acquired by others pursuant to the form of a Subscription
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Agreement whereby the Company agreed to file, subject to certain exceptions, a shelf registration statement with respect to resales of such shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 60 days from April 7, 2022, which the Company filed on June 6, 2022.
Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Investors purchased shares at a purchase price (determined in accordance with Nasdaq rules relating to the “Minimum Value” of the Company’s common stock) of $1.79 per share, which is equal to the closing price of the Company's common stock on April 7, 2022, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $11.7 million. The Subscription Agreements include customary representations, warranties and covenants by the parties to the agreement.
Warrants
During 2018, the Company issued warrants to purchase shares of convertible preferred stock in conjunction with the sale of certain convertible preferred shares and issuance of debt. The Company issued to the lender a warrant to purchase 613,333 shares of Series G convertible preferred stock, at an exercise price of $0.75 per share, subject to adjustment upon specified dilutive issuances. The warrant was immediately exercisable upon issuance and expires on February 23, 2028. Through the effective date of the Company’s initial public offering (IPO) in October 2020, the Series G warrants were remeasured to an estimate of fair value using a Black-Scholes pricing model. As a result of the Company’s IPO, the preferred stock warrants were automatically converted to warrants to purchase 103,326 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $4.46 and were also transferred to additional paid-in capital. All common stock warrants remain outstanding as of June 30, 2022.
Note 9 – Revenue and Accounts Receivable Credit Concentration
We derive our revenue from two primary sources: (i) providing diagnostic testing in the clinical setting (Diagnostic tests); and (ii) providing biopharmaceutical companies with services that include diagnostic research, clinical research, clinical trial testing, development and testing services generally provided outside the clinical setting and governed by individual contracts with third parties as well as development and commercialization of companion diagnostics (Services).
Diagnostic test revenues consist of blood-based lung tests and COVID-19 tests, which are recognized in the amount expected to be received in exchange for diagnostic tests when the diagnostic tests are delivered. The Company conducts diagnostic tests and delivers the completed test results to the prescribing physician or patient, as applicable. The fees for diagnostic tests are billed either to a third party such as Medicare, medical facilities, commercial insurance payers, or to the patient. The Company determines the transaction price related to its diagnostic test contracts by considering the nature of the payer and historical price concessions granted to groups of customers. For diagnostic test revenue, the Company estimates the transaction price, which is the amount of consideration it expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for providing services based on its historical collection experience, using a portfolio approach. The Company recognizes revenues for diagnostic tests upon delivery of the tests to the physicians requesting the tests or patient, as applicable.
Services revenue consists of on-market tests, pipeline tests, custom diagnostic testing, and other scientific services for a purpose as defined by any individual customer, which is often with biopharmaceutical companies. The performance obligations and related revenue for these sales is defined by a written agreement between the Company and the customer. These services are generally completed upon the delivery of testing results, or other contractually defined milestone(s), to the customer. Revenue for these services is recognized upon delivery of the completed test results, or upon completion of the contractual milestone(s).
Revenues consisted of the following (in thousands):
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Diagnostic tests | | $ | 10,206 | | | $ | 10,838 | | | $ | 15,839 | | | $ | 38,033 | |
Services | | | 744 | | | | 1,047 | | | | 1,659 | | | | 2,718 | |
Total revenue | | $ | 10,950 | | | $ | 11,885 | | | $ | 17,498 | | | $ | 40,751 | |
Deferred Revenue
Deferred revenue consists of cash payments from customers received in advance of delivery. As test results are delivered, the Company recognizes the deferred revenue in ‘Revenues’ in the statements of operations. Of the $1.9 million in ‘Deferred revenue’ recorded in the balance sheet as of December 31, 2021, $0.8 million was recognized in revenues during the six months ended June 30, 2022, $0.3 million was added to ‘Deferred revenue’ for up-front cash payments received for which the revenue recognition criteria have not been met and $0.8 million was reclassified from non-current deferred revenue. The ‘Deferred revenue’ of $2.2 million recorded in the balance sheet as of June 30, 2022 is expected to be recognized in revenues over the next twelve months as test results are delivered and services are performed. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had 0 and $0.8 million in non-current deferred revenue,
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respectively, recorded within ‘Other long-term liabilities’ in the balance sheets which represent amounts to be recognized in excess of twelve months from the respective balance sheet date.
The Company’s customers in excess of 10% of total revenue both pertain to our COVID-19 diagnostic testing services, and their related revenue as a percentage of total revenue were as follows:
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
The State of Colorado | | | 22 | % | | | — | | | | 16 | % | | | — | |
The Big Ten Conference | | | — | | | | 40 | % | | | — | | | | 53 | % |
In addition to the above table, we collect reimbursement on behalf of customers covered by Medicare, which accounted for 28% and 33% of the Company’s total revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to 56% for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. The Company is subject to credit risk from its accounts receivable related to services provided to its customers. The Company does not perform evaluations of customers' financial condition and does not require collateral.
The Company’s third-party payors and other customers in excess of 10% of accounts receivable, and their related accounts receivable as a percentage of total accounts receivable were as follows:
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| | June 30, 2022 | | | December 31, 2021 | |
The State of Colorado | | | 27 | % | | | — | |
Medicare | | | 26 | % | | | 30 | % |
Janssen Research and Development, LLC | | | 11 | % | | | 14 | % |
LabCorp DD (formerly Covance) | | | 4 | % | | | 11 | % |
Note 10 – Share-Based Compensation
The Company’s share-based compensation awards are issued under the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (2020 Plan), the predecessor 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (2016 Plan) and 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (2006 Plan). Any awards that expire or are forfeited under the 2016 Plan or 2006 Plan become available for issuance under the 2020 Plan. As of June 30, 2022, 29,740 shares of common stock remained available for future issuance under the 2020 Plan.
Share-Based Compensation Expense
Pre-tax share-based compensation expense reported in the Company’s statements of operations was (in thousands):
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Direct costs and expenses | | $ | 13 | | | $ | 18 | | | $ | 28 | | | $ | 18 | |
Research and development | �� | | 192 | | | | 86 | | | | 280 | | | | 354 | |
Sales, marketing, general and administrative | | | 1,163 | | | | 435 | | | | 2,406 | | | | 1,919 | |
Total | | $ | 1,368 | | | $ | 539 | | | $ | 2,714 | | | $ | 2,291 | |
The remaining unrecognized stock‑based compensation expense for options and restricted stock units was approximately $9.4 million as of June 30, 2022, and is expected to be amortized to expense over the next 3.1 years.
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Stock Option Activity
Stock option activity during the six months ended June 30, 2022, excluding the Bonus Option Program described below, was (in thousands, except weighted average exercise price and weighted average contractual life):
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| | Number of Options | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | | Weighted Average Contractual Life (Years) | | | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | |
Outstanding ‑ January 1, 2022 | | | 2,878 | | | $ | 8.08 | | | | 7.7 | | | $ | 6,288 | |
Granted | | | 277 | | | | 3.37 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Forfeited/canceled | | | (154 | ) | | | 8.89 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Exercised | | | (130 | ) | | | 0.70 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Outstanding ‑ June 30, 2022 | | | 2,871 | | | $ | 7.92 | | | | 7.5 | | | $ | 1,094 | |
Exercisable - June 30, 2022 | | | 1,668 | | | $ | 6.11 | | | | 6.8 | | | $ | 782 | |
Restricted Stock Unit Activity
Restricted stock unit activity during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was (in thousands, except weighted average grant date fair value per share):
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| | Number of Shares | | | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share | |
Outstanding ‑ January 1, 2022 | | | 151 | | | $ | 5.30 | |
Granted | | | 1,473 | | | | 2.75 | |
Forfeited/canceled | | | (11 | ) | | | 3.69 | |
Released | | | (138 | ) | | | 6.59 | |
Outstanding ‑ June 30, 2022 | | | 1,475 | | | $ | 2.64 | |
Bonus-to-Options Program
As part of the Bonus-to-Options Program (Bonus Option Program), the Company recorded the following activity during the six months ended June 30, 2022 (in thousands, excepted weighted average exercise price and weighted average contractual life):
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| | Number of Options | | | Weighted Average Exercise Price | | | Weighted Average Contractual Life (Years) | | | Aggregate Intrinsic Value | |
Outstanding ‑ January 1, 2022 | | | 373 | | | $ | 17.00 | | | | 7.5 | | | $ | 76 | |
Granted | | | 244 | | | | 2.29 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Forfeited/canceled | | | (14 | ) | | | 20.89 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Exercised | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Outstanding ‑June 30, 2022 | | | 603 | | | $ | 10.96 | | | | 8.3 | | | | |
Exercisable - June 30, 2022 | | | 603 | | | $ | 10.96 | | | | 8.3 | | | | |
The Company accrued $0.4 million and $0.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to $0.1 million and $0.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, related to the estimate of the Bonus Option Program. Options granted, if any, pertaining to the performance of the Bonus Option Program are typically approved and granted in first quarter of the year following completion of the fiscal year.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
A total of 338,106 shares of our common stock have been reserved for issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). The ESPP provides for successive six-month offering periods beginning on September 1st and March 1st of each year. As of June 30, 2022, 142,680 shares have been issued under the ESPP leaving 195,426 shares remaining for future issuance.
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Note 11 – Net Loss per Common Share
Basic earnings per share (EPS) excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net loss attributable to the common stockholders by the weighted-average shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised, resulting in the issuance of shares of common stock that would then share in the earnings or losses of the Company.
In connection with the acquisition of Indi in 2018, the Company recorded contingent consideration (See Note 4 – Fair Value) for amounts contingently payable to Indi's selling shareholders pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement. The contingent consideration arrangement requires additional consideration to be paid by the Company to Indi upon attainment of a three-consecutive month gross margin target of $2.0 million within the seven-year period after the acquisition date. When the gross margin target was met, the Company was required to issue 2,520,108 shares of common stock. The Company met the gross margin target of $2.0 million for three consecutive months during the three months ended June 30, 2021. As a result of the achievement of the gross margin target, the Company included the 2,520,108 shares of common stock in the calculation of weighted-average shares outstanding used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. In August 2021, the Company entered into an amendment of the original agreement in which the Company has agreed to forgo the issuance of its Common Stock. Therefore, these shares are not included in the statements of stockholders' equity or shares issued and outstanding in the balance sheets and are not included in our earnings per share calculation subsequent to August 2021.
Basic and diluted loss per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 were (in thousands, except per share amounts):
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Numerator | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net loss attributable to common stockholders | | $ | (15,824 | ) | | $ | (11,402 | ) | | $ | (31,410 | ) | | $ | (18,363 | ) |
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Denominator | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Weighted-average shares outstanding used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted | | | 39,239 | | | | 27,730 | | | | 35,177 | | | | 27,020 | |
Net loss per share, basic and diluted | | $ | (0.40 | ) | | $ | (0.41 | ) | | | (0.89 | ) | | | (0.68 | ) |
The following outstanding common stock equivalents were excluded from diluted net loss attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented because inclusion would be anti-dilutive (in thousands):
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Options to purchase common stock | | | 3,474 | | | | 2,874 | | | | 3,474 | | | | 2,874 | |
Shares committed under ESPP | | | 44 | | | | — | | | | 44 | | | | — | |
Warrants | | | 103 | | | | 103 | | | | 103 | | | | 103 | |
Restricted stock units | | | 1,475 | | | | 119 | | | | 1,475 | | | | 119 | |
Total | | | 5,096 | | | | 3,096 | | | | 5,096 | | | | 3,096 | |
Note 12 - Income Taxes
Since inception, the Company has incurred net taxable losses, and accordingly, 0 provision for income taxes has been recorded. There was 0 cash paid for income taxes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
Note 13 – Commitments and Contingencies
Co‑Development Agreement
In April 2014 and amended in October 2016, the Company entered into a worldwide agreement with AVEO to develop and commercialize AVEO's hepatocyte growth factor inhibitory antibody ficlatuzumab with the Company's proprietary companion diagnostic test, BDX004, a version of the Company’s serum protein test that is commercially available to help physicians guide treatment decisions for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Under the terms of the agreement, AVEO will conduct a proof of concept (POC) clinical study of ficlatuzumab for NSCLC in which BDX004 will be used to select clinical trial subjects (the NSCLC POC Trial). Under the agreement, the Company and AVEO would share equally in the costs of the NSCLC POC Trial, and
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each would be responsible for 50% of development and regulatory costs associated with all future clinical trials agreed upon by the Company and AVEO. The Company and AVEO continue to conduct POC clinical trials of ficlatuzumab in combination with BDX004.
In September 2020, the Company exercised its opt-out right with AVEO for the payment of 50% of development and regulatory costs for ficlatuzumab effective December 2, 2020 (the Effective Date). In September 2021, AVEO announced that the FDA has granted Fast Track Designation (FTD) to ficlatuzumab for the treatment of patients with relapsed or recurrent head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. In November 2021 AVEO also announced plans to initiate a potential registrational Phase 3 clinical trial for ficlatuzumab in the first half of 2023. The Company had $0.1 million in remaining obligations related to the AVEO agreement as of June 30, 2022. Following the Effective Date, the Company is entitled to a 10% royalty of net sales of ficlatuzumab and 25% of license income generated from the licensing of ficlatuzumab from AVEO. There were 0 expenses related to this agreement for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
License Agreements
In August 2019, we entered into a non-exclusive license agreement with Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (Bio-Rad) (the Bio-Rad License). Under the terms of the Bio-Rad License, the Company received a non-exclusive license, without the right to grant sublicenses, to utilize certain of Bio-Rad’s intellectual property, machinery, materials, reagents, supplies and know-how necessary for the performance of Droplet Digital PCR™ (ddPCR) in cancer detection testing for third parties in the United States. The Company also agreed to purchase all of the necessary supplies and reagents for such testing exclusively from Bio-Rad, pursuant to a separately executed supply agreement (the Supply Agreement) with Bio-Rad. As further consideration for the non-exclusive license, the Company agreed to pay a royalty of 2.5% on the net revenue received for the performance of such ddPCR testing collected from third parties. On May 24, 2021, the Company entered into the First Amendment to the Non-Exclusive License Agreement with Bio-Rad which amended the Bio-Rad License such that, effective May 1, 2021, the Company will no longer pay a royalty of 2.5% on the net revenue received for the performance of such ddPCR testing collected from third parties. The Bio-Rad License expires in August 2024. Either party may terminate for the other’s uncured material breach or bankruptcy events. Bio-Rad may terminate the Bio-Rad License if the Company does not purchase licensed products under the Supply Agreement for a consecutive twelve-month period or for any material breach by us of the Supply Agreement. There were 0 expenses related to this agreement for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021.
On May 13, 2021 (Effective Date), we reached agreement with CellCarta Biosciences Inc. (formerly “Caprion Biosciences, Inc.”) (the CellCarta License) on a new royalty bearing license agreement for the Nodify XL2 test. The parties agreed to terminate all prior agreements and replace with this new arrangement, which has a 1% fee on net sales made from the first commercial sale of the Nodify XL2 test to the Effective Date as an upfront make-good payment covering past royalties due and a royalty rate of 0.675% on future Nodify XL2 test net sales worldwide for 15 years from the first commercial sale, ending in 2034. Royalty expense under the CellCarta License for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 was insignificant.
As part of the acquisition of the assets of Oncimmune USA, the Company entered into several agreements to govern the relationship between the parties. The Company agreed to a license agreement and royalty payment related to an acquired diagnostic test of 8% of recognized revenue for non-screening tests up to an annual minimum volume and 5% thereafter, with an escalating minimum through the first four years of sales. Royalty expenses were $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
Litigation, Claims and Assessments
From time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings or investigations which could have an adverse impact on our reputation, business and financial condition and divert the attention of our management from the operation of our business. We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Biodesix, Inc. is referred to throughout this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2022 (Form 10-Q) as “we”, “us”, “our” or the “Company”.
The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (Form 10-K) and the Condensed Financial Statements as of June 30, 2022 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, included in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, which provide additional information regarding our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. To the extent that the following MD&A contains statements which are not of a historical nature, such statements are forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those set forth under the caption “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and Item 1A “Risk Factors” of Part II in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and those discussed in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the risks described in Item 1A “Risk Factors” of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed on March 14, 2022.
The following MD&A discussion is provided to supplement the Condensed Financial Statements as of June 30, 2022 and 2021 and for the three and six months then ended included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We intend for this discussion to provide you with information that will assist you in understanding our financial statements, the changes in key items in those financial statements from period to period, and the primary factors that accounted for those changes.
Data for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 has been derived from our unaudited condensed financial statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
We are a leading data-driven diagnostic solutions company leveraging state of the art technologies with our proprietary AI platform to discover, develop, and commercialize solutions for clinical unmet needs, with a primary focus in lung disease. By combining a technology multi-omic approach with a holistic view of the patient’s disease state, we believe our solutions provide physicians with greater insights to help personalize their patient’s care and meaningfully improve disease detection, evaluation, and treatment. Our unique approach to precision medicine provides timely and actionable clinical information, which we believe helps improve overall patient outcomes and lowers the overall healthcare cost by reducing the use of ineffective and unnecessary treatments and procedures. In addition to our diagnostic tests, we provide biopharmaceutical companies with services that include diagnostic research, clinical trial testing, and the discovery, development, and commercialization of companion diagnostics.
Our core belief is that no single technology will answer all clinical questions that we encounter. Therefore, we employ multiple technologies, including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and radiomics, and leverage our proprietary AI-based Diagnostic Cortex® platform to discover innovative diagnostic tests for clinical use. The Diagnostic Cortex is an extensively validated deep learning platform optimized for the discovery of diagnostic tests, which we believe overcomes standard machine learning challenges faced in life sciences research. Our data-driven and multi-omic approach is designed to enable us to discover diagnostic tests that answer critical clinical questions faced by physicians, researchers, and biopharmaceutical companies.
We continuously incorporate new market insights and patient data to enhance our platform through a data-driven learning loop. We regularly engage with our customers, key opinion leaders, and scientific experts to stay ahead of the rapidly evolving diagnostic treatment landscape to identify additional clinical unmet needs where a diagnostic test could help improve patient care. Additionally, we incorporate clinical and molecular profiling data from our commercial clinical testing, research studies, clinical trials, and biopharmaceutical customers or academic partnerships, to continue to advance our platform. We have a variety of samples with associated data in our biobank, including tumor profiles and immune profiles, which are used for both internal and external research and development initiatives.
We have commercialized eight diagnostic tests which are currently available for use by physicians. Our Nodify XL2 and Nodify CDT tests, marketed as part of the Nodify Lung Nodule Risk Assessment testing strategy, assess the risk of lung cancer to help identify the most appropriate treatment pathway. We believe we are the only company to offer two commercial blood-based tests to help physicians reclassify risk of malignancy in patients with suspicious lung nodules. Our GeneStrat ddPCR, GeneStrat NGS, and VeriStrat tests, marketed as the IQLung testing strategy, are used following diagnosis of lung cancer to measure the presence of mutations in the tumor and the state of the patient’s immune system to establish the patient’s prognosis and help guide treatment decisions. The GeneStrat targeted tumor profiling test and the VeriStrat immune profiling test now have a 36-hour average turnaround time, down from the previous 72-hour average turnaround time, providing physicians with timely results to facilitate treatment decisions. The GeneStrat NGS test is our 72-hour average turnaround time blood-based NGS test, which was launched in November 2021 to a select group of physicians, with national launch in January 2022. The 52-gene panel includes guideline recommended mutations to help physicians treating advanced-stage lung cancer patients identify all four major mutation classes and genes, such as EGFR, ALK, KRAS, MET, NTRK, ERBB2, and others, and delivers them in an expedited timeframe so patient treatment can begin sooner.
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, through our partnership with Bio-Rad, we commercialized the Biodesix WorkSafe™ testing program. Our scientific diagnostic expertise, technologies, and existing commercial infrastructure enabled us to rapidly commercialize two FDA EUA authorized tests, a part of our customizable program. Both diagnostic tests are owned and were developed by Bio-Rad and Bio-Rad has granted us permission to utilize both tests for commercial diagnostic services. Then U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Azar declared a public health emergency for COVID-19 in February 2020 which justified the authorization of emergency use of diagnostic tests for the detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19. The Bio-Rad SARS-CoV-2 ddPCR test and the Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab test have been granted FDA EUA pursuant to the current emergency declaration. The Bio-Rad SARS-CoV-2 ddPCR test was FDA EUA authorized on May 1, 2020, authorizing performance of the test in laboratories certified under CLIA to perform high complexity tests. The second test is the Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab test, which is an antibody test intended for detecting a B-cell immune response to SARS-CoV-2, indicating recent or prior infection. The Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab test was FDA EUA authorized on April 29, 2020. Prior to using the Bio-Rad SARS-CoV-2 tests as part of our testing program, we performed feasibility, verification, and validation studies, including developing software for process automation, sample accessioning, data management and reporting, all required to demonstrate the test operated as claimed by the manufacturer and as required by our certifying regulatory agencies for high complexity laboratory testing. We secured independent reference specimens run with EUA tests to validate these tests as fit for diagnostic use in our laboratories. Post-launch development support for these tests have included improvements in on-boarding new personnel, logistics of sample collection, sample receipt and data reporting, all required to support our testing program. Additional releases of the laboratory data management software are ongoing and planned for the foreseeable future. Beginning in the quarter ended June 30, 2021, we began partnering with GenScript Biotech Corporation to commercialize the blood-based cPass SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibody testing as a service. The test is the first surrogate neutralizing antibody test with FDA EUA and uses ELISA technology to qualitatively detect circulating neutralizing antibodies to the RBD in the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 that are produced in response to a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Medical products that are granted an EUA are only permitted to commercialize their products under the terms and conditions provided in the authorization. The FDA may revoke an EUA where it is determined that the underlying health emergency no longer exists or warrants such authorization, if the conditions for the issuance of the EUA are no longer met, or if other circumstances make revocation appropriate to protect the public health or safety, and we cannot predict how long the EUAs for the SARS-CoV-2 tests will remain in place.
These tests under the Biodesix WorkSafe testing program are utilized by healthcare providers, including hospitals and nursing homes, and are also offered to businesses and educational systems. We have announced multiple partnerships for COVID-19 testing, and maintain an agreement with the State of Colorado to be one of the diagnostic companies to support widespread COVID-19 testing for the State which will expire on August 31, 2022. Additionally, we have overseen and managed onsite testing and validating testing for the Big Ten Conference athletic competitions through the term of our contract which expired on June 30, 2021.
In addition to the eight diagnostic tests currently on the market, we perform over 30 assays for research use as part of our laboratory services that have been used by over 60 biopharmaceutical companies and academic partners. All of our diagnostic testing is performed at one of our two accredited, high-complexity clinical laboratories in Boulder, Colorado and De Soto, Kansas.
Since our inception, we have performed over 550,000 clinical diagnostic tests, and continue to generate a large and growing body of clinical evidence consisting of over 300 clinical and scientific peer-reviewed publications, presentations, and abstracts. Through ongoing study of each of our tests, we continue to grow our depth of understanding of disease biology and the broad utility of each of our tests. We believe we are poised for rapid growth by leveraging our scientific development and laboratory operations expertise along with our commercial infrastructure which includes sales, marketing, reimbursement, and regulatory affairs.
In the United States, we market our tests to clinical customers through our targeted sales organization, which includes sales representatives that are engaged in sales efforts and promotional activities primarily to pulmonologists, oncologists, cancer centers and nodule clinics. We market our tests and services to biopharmaceutical companies globally through our targeted business development team, which promotes the broad utility of our tests and testing capabilities throughout drug development and commercialization which is of value to pharmaceutical companies and their drug-development process.
The Company continues to address our liquidity needs through improvements to our capital structure. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company entered into: (i) a private placement that raised approximately $11.7 million in net equity proceeds, (ii) an amendment and partial repayment of our 2021 Term Loan, (iii) modifications to extend payment terms under the Integrated Diagnostics asset purchase agreement (the Indi APA), (iv) common stock sales raising additional funds through our at-the-market facility, and (v) the closing of a $25.0 million debt facility with funding for up to $25.0 million occurring in two tranches. On May 9, 2022, we closed on the first tranche for gross proceeds of $15.0 million (approximately $12.8 million, net, after deducting debt issuance costs and OID) (Promissory Note One). Each of these strategic initiatives is described in further detail within the Notes to our condensed financial statements in Part 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as our Liquidity and Capital Resources section below.
We have funded our operations to date principally from net proceeds from the issuances of our common stock, the sale of convertible preferred stock, revenue from diagnostic testing and services, and the incurrence of indebtedness. We had cash and cash equivalents of $28.7 million, inclusive of $5.1 million in restricted cash, and $32.7 million as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.
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Factors Affecting Our Performance
We believe there are several important factors that impact our operating performance and results of operations, including:
•Testing volume and customer mix. Our revenues and costs are affected by the volume of testing and mix of customers from period to period. We evaluate both the volume of our commercial tests, or the number of tests that we perform for patients on behalf of clinicians, as well as tests for biopharmaceutical companies. Our performance depends on our ability to retain and broaden adoption with existing customers, as well as attract new customers. We believe that the test volume we receive from clinicians and biopharmaceutical companies are indicators of growth in each of these customer verticals. Customer mix for our tests has the potential to significantly impact our results of operations, as the average selling price for biopharmaceutical sample testing is currently significantly greater than our average selling price for clinical tests since we are not a contracted provider for, or our tests are not covered by all clinical patients’ insurance. We evaluate our average selling price for tests that are covered by Medicare, Medicare Advantage and commercial payers to understand the trends in reimbursement and apply those trends to our revenue recognition policies.
•Reimbursement for clinical diagnostic testing. Our revenue depends on achieving broad coverage and reimbursement for our tests from third-party payers, including both commercial and government payers. On June 7, 2022, we announced that WPS Government Health Administrators, the Medicare Administrative Contractor with jurisdiction for Biodesix’s De Soto, Kansas laboratory, has provided coverage for the Nodify CDT lung nodule test. All five Biodesix blood-based lung diagnostic tests within the Nodify Lung Nodule Risk Assessment testing strategy and IQLung strategy for lung cancer patients are now covered by Medicare. Payment from third-party payers differs depending on whether we have entered into a contract with the payers as a “participating provider” or do not have a contract and are considered a “non-participating provider.” Payers will often reimburse non-participating providers, if at all, at a lower rate than participating providers.
Historically, we have experienced situations where commercial payers proactively reduced the amounts they were willing to reimburse for our tests, and in other situations, commercial payers have determined that the amounts they previously paid were too high and have sought to recover those perceived excess payments by deducting such amounts from payments otherwise being made. When we contract to serve as a participating provider, reimbursements are made pursuant to a negotiated fee schedule and are limited to only covered indications. Becoming a participating provider generally results in higher reimbursement for covered indications and lack of reimbursement for non-covered indications. As a result, the impact of becoming a participating provider with a specific payer will vary. If we are not able to obtain or maintain coverage and adequate reimbursement from third-party payers, we may not be able to effectively increase our testing volume and revenue as expected. Additionally, retrospective reimbursement adjustments can negatively impact our revenue and cause our financial results to fluctuate.
•Investment in clinical studies and product innovation to support growth. A significant aspect of our business is our investment in research and development, including the development of new products and our investments in clinical utility studies. We have invested heavily in clinical studies for our on market and pipeline products. Our studies focus primarily on the clinical utility of our tests including the ongoing INSIGHT study which seeks to enroll up to 5,000 patients to continue our clinical understanding of the predictive and prognostic value of the VeriStrat test. The ALTITUDE study, launched during the fourth quarter 2020, seeks to further demonstrate the efficacy of the Nodify XL2 and Nodify CDT tests. A secondary focus of our studies is understanding the economic impact of our tests in assisting with decisions related to patient management and the potential impact of our tests in reducing overall healthcare costs.
Our clinical research has resulted in approximately 90 peer-reviewed publications for our tests. In addition to clinical studies, we are collaborating with investigators from multiple academic cancer centers. For example, on June 3, 2022, we announced the intent to develop a new novel molecular minimal residual disease (MRD) test as a part of a master sponsored research agreement (MSRA) with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). In addition, the MSRA between MSK and the Company also includes the potential future development of other diagnostic tests aimed at improving the treatment of cancer. We believe these studies are critical to gaining physician adoption and driving favorable coverage decisions by payers and expect our investments in research and development to increase. Further we also expect to increase our research and development expenses to fund further innovation and develop new clinically relevant tests.
•Ability to attract new biopharmaceutical customers and maintain and expand relationships with existing customers. Our business development team promotes the broad utility of our products for biopharmaceutical companies in the United States and internationally. Our revenue, business opportunities and growth depend in part on our ability to attract new biopharmaceutical customers and to maintain and expand relationships with existing biopharmaceutical customers. We expect to increase our sales and marketing expenses in furtherance of this as we continue to develop these relationships and expect to support a growing number of investigations and clinical trials. If our relationships expand, we believe we may have opportunities to offer our platform for companion diagnostic development, novel target discovery and validation efforts, and to grow into other commercial opportunities. For example, we believe our multi-omic data including genomic and proteomic
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data, in combination with clinical outcomes or claims data, has revenue-generating potential, including for novel target identification and companion diagnostic discovery and development.
On June 30, 2022, the Company announced an arrangement with Royal Philips, a global leader in health care technology, in which our Nodify Lung blood-based lung nodule risk assessment testing will be incorporated into Philips Lung Cancer Orchestrator lung cancer patient management system. The incorporation of proteomics data – along with the radiologic and patient history data currently used to determine treatment decisions – can help create diagnostic efficiency for cancer care centers in the management of a growing number of lung nodule cases, via the contextual launch of Biodesix Nodify Lung application within Lung Cancer Orchestrator. Philips Lung Cancer Orchestrator solution is designed to enable health systems to operationalize lung cancer screening and lung nodule management programs at scale.
•Motivating and expanding our field sales force and customer support team. Our field sales force is the primary point of contact in the clinical setting. These representatives of the company must cover expansive geographic regions which limits their time for interaction and education of our products in the clinical setting. We plan to continue investing in the field sales force, increasing the total number of sales representatives to drive continued growth, and thereby reduce the geographic footprint each representative must cover. This investment will allow the larger sales force to maximize their education and selling efforts and achieve greater returns. Additionally, we plan to invest in the Boulder-based marketing and customer support teams to continue to provide the field team with the resources to be successful in the field.
While each of these areas present significant opportunities for us, they also pose significant risks and challenges that we must address. See Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” within this Form 10-Q and Item 1A “Risk Factors” of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 for more information.
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted, and may continue to disrupt, our lung diagnostic testing operations. To protect the health and well-being of our workforce, partners, vendors and customers, we provide voluntary COVID-19 testing for employees working on-site, implemented social distance and building entry policies at work, restricted travel and facility visits, and followed the States of Colorado and Kansas’ public health orders and the guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Employees who can perform their duties remotely have the option to work from home. Our sales, marketing and business development efforts have also been constrained by our operational response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will continue to adjust our operational norms, as needed, to help slow the spread of COVID-19, including complying with government directives and guidelines as they are modified and supplemented.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the surge associated with the Delta and Omicron variants have negatively affected our lung diagnostic testing-related revenue and our clinical studies. For example, cancer patients had more limited access to hospitals, healthcare providers and medical resources as steps were taken to control the spread of COVID-19. Beginning in the third quarter 2020, the Company’s COVID-19 testing services began to experience rapid growth with a peak in the first quarter 2021; however, subsequent to this peak, we experienced a rapid decline in COVID-19 testing revenue primarily as a result of a few significant contracts that expired as well as the ongoing increase in COVID-19 vaccination rates across the U.S. and the adoption and availability of at-home testing. We do not anticipate the need for COVID testing to be commensurate with the peak demand experienced during the first quarter 2021 and instead expect the demand to moderate as new variants and infections occur. The reduction in demand for COVID-19 diagnostic testing will be a key indicator of continued recovery and is taken as a positive sign for both our Lung Diagnostic and Biopharmaceutical Services during 2022. There is no assurance that our COVID-19 testing program will continue to be accepted by the market or that other diagnostic tests will become more accepted, produce quicker results or are more accurate. Further, the longevity and extent of the COVID-19 pandemic is uncertain and the need for COVID-19 testing could vary which could have a significant effect on our results of operations and profitability. As a result, increases in revenue due to any increase in demand for these diagnostic tests may not be indicative of our future revenue. For example, we began to see recovery during the fourth quarter 2020 in our core lung diagnostic testing as our delivered tests exceeded first quarter 2020 delivered tests. The Company’s sales efforts continued to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic during the first half of the first quarter 2022 due to surges associated with variants, which negatively affected the growth rate of our core lung diagnostic testing-related revenue and our clinical studies. However, we began to see further recovery during the latter half of the first quarter and throughout the second quarter 2022 in lung diagnostic testing as health care practitioners, including pulmonologists, increasingly returned to pre-pandemic related care. While the full outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown, it continues to negatively impact our ability to grow and scale our business in line with our expectations and disclosures at the time of our initial public offering (IPO).
See Item 1A “Risk Factors” of Part II in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and those discussed in our other filings with the SEC, including the risks described in Item 1A “Risk Factors” of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed on March 14, 2022, for a description of how the COVID-19 pandemic may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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Second Quarter 2022 Financial and Operational Highlights
The following were significant developments affecting our business, capital structure and liquidity during the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021 unless otherwise noted:
•Total revenue of $11.0 million, a decrease of 8%, driven primarily by an anticipated year-over-year decline in COVID-19 diagnostic testing revenue, offset by strong year-over-year growth in core lung diagnostics:
oCore lung diagnostic revenue of $7.3 million, reflected a year-over-year increase of 52% that was driven primarily by the increased adoption of Nodify Lung nodule management tests (Nodify CDT & Nodify XL2);
oCOVID-19 testing revenue of $3.0 million reflected a year-over-year decrease of 51% that was driven by the shift to at-home rapid antigen testing;
oServices revenue of $0.7 million decreased 29% year-over-year. COVID-related delays in clinical study enrollment and sample shipping logistics have begun to recover but are still impacting timelines for existing and new agreements;
•Second quarter 2022 gross margin of $7.0 million, or 64% as a percentage of revenue as compared to 40% in the comparable prior year period primarily driven by the mix shift of sales to higher-margin core lung diagnostics and away from lower-margin COVID-19 testing;
•Operating expenses (excluding direct costs and expenses) of $18.6 million, an increase of 21% driven primarily by growth in sales and marketing to drive our growth in core lung diagnostic sales as well as the recent GeneStrat NGS commercial launch;
oIncludes non-cash stock compensation expense of $1.4 million as compared to $0.5 million;
•Net loss of $15.8 million, an increase of 39%, driven primarily by the loss on extinguishment charge resulting from the restructuring of the contingent consideration agreement with Indi;
•Cash and cash equivalents of $28.7 million, inclusive of $5.1 million in restricted cash, as of June 30;
oRaised net proceeds of $27.3 million during the quarter through debt and equity offerings;
oIncluded payment of $2.0 million for scheduled milestone payment in April 2022 to Indi.
Components of Operating Results
Revenues
We derive our revenue from two primary sources: (i) providing diagnostic testing in the clinical setting (Diagnostic Tests); and (ii) providing biopharmaceutical companies with services that include diagnostic research, clinical research, clinical trial testing, development and testing services generally provided outside the clinical setting and governed by individual contracts with third parties as well as development and commercialization of companion diagnostics (Services).
Diagnostic Tests
Diagnostic test revenue is generated from delivery of results from our diagnostic tests. In the United States, we performed tests as both an in-network and out-of-network service provider depending on the test performed and the contracted status of the insurer. We provide diagnostic tests in two primary categories: (i) core lung diagnostics testing and (ii) COVID-19 testing.
We consider diagnostic testing to be completed upon the delivery of test results to our customer, either the prescribing physician or third-party to which we contracted for services to be performed, which is considered the performance obligation. The fees for such services are billed either to a third party such as Medicare, medical facilities, commercial insurance payers, or to the patient. We determine the transaction price related to our contracts by considering the nature of the payer, the historical amount of time until payment by a payer and historical price concessions granted to groups of customers.
Services
Services revenue is generated from the delivery of our on-market tests, pipeline tests, custom diagnostic testing, and other scientific services for a purpose as defined by any individual customer. At times we collaborate with large biopharmaceutical companies in an attempt to discover biomarkers that would be helpful in their drug development or marketing. The performance obligations and related revenue for these sales is defined by a written agreement between us and our customer. These services are generally completed upon the delivery of testing results, or other contractually defined milestone(s), to the customer, which is considered the performance obligation. Customers for these services are typically large pharmaceutical companies where collectability is reasonably assured and therefore revenue is accrued upon completion of the performance obligations. Revenue derived from services is often unpredictable and can cause dramatic swings in our overall net revenue line from quarter to quarter.
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Operating Expenses
Direct costs and expenses
Cost of diagnostic testing generally consists of cost of materials, direct labor, including bonus, employee benefits, equipment and infrastructure expenses associated with acquiring and processing test samples, including sample accessioning, test performance, quality control analyses, charges to collect and transport samples; curation of test results for physicians; and in some cases, license or royalty fees due to third parties. Costs associated with performing our tests are recorded as the tests are processed regardless of whether revenue was recognized with respect to the tests. Infrastructure expenses include depreciation of laboratory equipment, rent costs, amortization of leasehold improvements and information technology costs. Royalties for licensed technology are calculated as a percentage of revenues generated using the associated technology and recorded as expense at the time the related revenue is recognized. One-time royalty payments related to signing of license agreements or other milestones, such as issuance of new patents, are amortized to expense over the expected useful life of the patents. While we do not believe the technologies underlying these licenses are necessary to permit us to provide our tests, we do believe these technologies are potentially valuable and of possible strategic importance to us or our competitors. Under these license agreements, we are obligated to pay aggregate royalties ranging from 1% to 8% of sales in which the patents or know-how are used in the product or service sold, sometimes subject to minimum annual royalties or fees in certain agreements.
We expect the aggregate cost of diagnostic testing to increase in line with the increase in the number of tests we perform, but the cost per test to decrease modestly over time due to the efficiencies we may gain as test volume increases, and from automation and other cost reductions. Cost of services includes costs incurred for the performance of development services requested by our customers. Costs of development services will vary depending on the nature, timing and scope of customer projects.
Research and development
Research and development expenses consist of costs incurred to develop technology and include salaries and benefits, reagents and supplies used in research and development laboratory work, infrastructure expenses, including allocated facility occupancy and information technology costs, contract services, clinical studies, other outside costs and costs to develop our technology capabilities. Research and development expenses account for a significant portion of our operating expenses and consist primarily of external and internal costs incurred in connection with the discovery and development of our product candidates.
External expenses include: (i) payments to third parties in connection with the clinical development of our product candidates, including contract research organizations and consultants; (ii) the cost of manufacturing products for use in our preclinical studies and clinical trials, including payments to contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) and consultants; (iii) scientific development services, consulting research fees and for sponsored research arrangements with third parties; (iv) laboratory supplies; and (v) allocated facilities, depreciation and other expenses, which include direct or allocated expenses for IT, rent and maintenance of facilities. External expenses are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using information provided to us by our service providers or our estimate of the level of service that has been performed at each reporting date. We track external costs by the stage of program, clinical or preclinical.
Internal expenses include employee-related costs, including salaries and related benefits for employees engaged in research and development functions. We do not track internal costs by product candidate because these costs are deployed across multiple programs and, as such, are not separately classified.
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Payments made prior to the receipt of goods or services to be used in research and development are deferred and recognized as expense in the period in which the related goods are received or services are rendered. Costs to develop our technology capabilities are recorded as research and development.
We expect our research and development expenses to increase as we continue to innovate and develop additional products and expand our data management resources. As our services revenue grows, an increasing portion of research and development dollars are expected to be allocated to cost of services for biopharmaceutical service contracts. This expense, though expected to increase in dollars, is expected to decrease as a percentage of revenue in the long term, though it may fluctuate as a percentage of our revenues from period to period due to the timing and extent of these expenses.
Sales, marketing, general and administrative
Our sales and marketing expenses are expensed as incurred and include costs associated with our sales organization, including our direct sales force and sales management, client services, marketing and reimbursement, as well as business development personnel who are focused on our biopharmaceutical customers. These expenses consist primarily of salaries, commissions, bonuses, employee benefits, and travel, as well as marketing and educational activities and allocated overhead expenses. We expect our sales and marketing expenses to increase in dollars as we expand our sales force, increase our presence within the United States, and increase our marketing activities to drive further awareness and adoption of our tests and our future products. These expenses, though expected to increase in dollars, are expected to decrease as a percentage of revenue in the long term, though they may fluctuate as a percentage of our revenues from period to period due to the timing and extent of these expenses.
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Our general and administrative expenses include costs for our executive, accounting, finance, legal and human resources functions. These expenses consist principally of salaries, bonuses, employee benefits, and travel, as well as professional services fees such as consulting, audit, tax and legal fees, and general corporate costs and allocated overhead expenses. We expect that our general and administrative expenses will continue to increase in dollars, primarily due to increased headcount and costs associated with operating as a public company, including expenses related to legal, accounting, regulatory, maintaining compliance with exchange listing and requirements of the SEC, director and officer insurance premiums and investor relations. These expenses, though expected to increase in dollars, are expected to decrease as a percentage of revenue in the long term, though they may fluctuate as a percentage from period to period due to the timing and extent of these expenses.
Change in Fair Value of Contingent Consideration
In connection with the purchase transaction of Indi, we recorded contingent consideration pertaining to the amounts potentially payable to Indi shareholder pursuant to the terms of the asset purchase agreement. The fair value of contingent consideration was assessed at each balance sheet date and changes, if any, to the fair value were recognized as operating expenses within the statement of operations. The Company met the gross margin target of $2.0 million for three consecutive months during the three months ended June 30, 2021. Subsequent changes to the contingent consideration following the achievement of the gross margin target are recorded as ‘Interest expense’ in the statements of operations resulting from the passage of time and fixed payment schedule. The significant unobservable inputs used in the measurement of fair value included the probability of successful achievement of the specified product gross margin targets, the period in which the targets were expected to be achieved, and discount rates which ranged from 11% to 16%. As a result of the achievement of the gross margin target, the only significant unobservable input used in the measurement of fair value includes the discount rate since all other inputs became fixed and determinable. During the period ended June 30, 2022, the Company increased the discount rate to reflect current market and Company specific conditions.
On April 7, 2022, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 to the Indi APA in which the parties agreed to restructure the milestone payments whereby the Company will make five quarterly installments of $2.0 million each beginning in April 2022, three quarterly installments of $3.0 million beginning in July 2023, one installment of $5.0 million in April 2024, and one installment of approximately $8.4 million in July 2024. In addition, the Company agreed to an exit fee of approximately $6.1 million in October 2024. Interest shall accrue on the difference between the payment schedule as agreed in the August 2021 amendment and the April 2022 amended payment schedule, at an aggregate per annum rate equal to 10%, with such interest to be payable quarterly on the following installment payment date.
Non-Operating Expenses
Interest Expense and Interest Income
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, interest expense consists of cash and non-cash interest from Promissory Note One, the 2021 Term Loan and changes in the value of our contingent consideration associated with the passage of time subsequent to the achievement of the gross margin target in the second quarter 2021. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, interest expense primarily consists of cash and non-cash interest from our 2021 Term Loan. Interest income, which is included in ‘Other income, net’ in the statements of operations consists of income earned on our cash and cash equivalents.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth the significant components of our results of operations for the periods presented (in thousands, except percentages).
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Change | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | | Change | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | $ | | | % | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | $ | | | % | |
Revenues | | $ | 10,950 | | | $ | 11,885 | | | $ | (935 | ) | | | (8 | )% | | $ | 17,498 | | | $ | 40,751 | | | $ | (23,253 | ) | | | (57 | )% |
Operating expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Direct costs and expenses | | | 3,980 | | | | 7,085 | | | | (3,105 | ) | | | (44 | )% | | | 7,215 | | | | 25,303 | | | | (18,088 | ) | | | (71 | )% |
Research and development | | | 3,361 | | | | 3,323 | | | | 38 | | | | 1 | % | | | 6,567 | | | | 6,644 | | | | (77 | ) | | | (1 | )% |
Sales, marketing, general and administrative | | | 15,235 | | | | 11,425 | | | | 3,810 | | | | 33 | % | | | 29,722 | | | | 23,352 | | | | 6,370 | | | | 27 | % |
Change in fair value of contingent consideration | | | — | | | | 639 | | | | (639 | ) | | | (100 | )% | | | — | | | | 1,622 | | | | (1,622 | ) | | | (100 | )% |
Impairment loss on intangible assets | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 81 | | | | — | | | | 81 | | | | 100 | % |
Total operating expenses | | | 22,576 | | | | 22,472 | | | | 104 | | | | 0 | % | | | 43,585 | | | | 56,921 | | | | (13,336 | ) | | | (23 | )% |
Loss from operations | | | (11,626 | ) | | | (10,587 | ) | | | (1,039 | ) | | | (10 | )% | | | (26,087 | ) | | | (16,170 | ) | | | (9,917 | ) | | | (61 | )% |
Other (expense) income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest expense | | | (1,346 | ) | | | (815 | ) | | | (531 | ) | | | (65 | )% | | | (2,483 | ) | | | (1,466 | ) | | | (1,017 | ) | | | (69 | )% |
Loss on extinguishment of liabilities | | | (2,952 | ) | | | — | | | | (2,952 | ) | | | (100 | )% | | | (2,952 | ) | | | (728 | ) | | | (2,224 | ) | | | (305 | )% |
Other income, net | | | 100 | | | | — | | | | 100 | | | | 100 | % | | | 112 | | | | 1 | | | | 111 | | | | 11100 | % |
Total other expense | | | (4,198 | ) | | | (815 | ) | | | (3,383 | ) | | | (415 | )% | | | (5,323 | ) | | | (2,193 | ) | | | (3,130 | ) | | | (143 | )% |
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Net loss | | $ | (15,824 | ) | | $ | (11,402 | ) | | $ | (4,422 | ) | | | (39 | )% | | $ | (31,410 | ) | | $ | (18,363 | ) | | $ | (13,047 | ) | | | (71 | )% |
Revenues
We generate revenue from our diagnostic tests and services that we provide. Our revenues for the periods indicated were as follows (in thousands, except percentages):
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| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | | Change | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | | Change | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | $ | | | % | | | 2022 | | | 2021 | | | $ | | | % | |
Diagnostic revenue | | $ | 10,206 | | | $ | 10,838 | | | $ | (632 | ) | | | (6 | )% | | $ | 15,839 | | | $ | 38,033 | | | $ | (22,194 | ) | | | (58 | )% |
Services revenue | | | 744 | | | | 1,047 | | | | (303 | ) | | | (29 | )% | | | 1,659 | | | | 2,718 | | | | (1,059 | ) | | | (39 | )% |
Total revenue | | $ | 10,950 | | | $ | 11,885 | | | $ | (935 | ) | | | (8 | )% | | $ | 17,498 | | | $ | 40,751 | | | $ | (23,253 | ) | | | (57 | )% |
Total revenue decreased $0.9 million or 8%, and $23.3 million or 57% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021.
Diagnostic test revenue decreased $0.6 million or 6%, and $22.2 million or 58% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021. The decrease for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to the same periods in 2021 is due to a $3.1 million and $25.4 million reduction in COVID-19 revenue, respectively, as the Company focuses its sales effort on the core lung diagnostic product lines. The reduction in Diagnostic test revenue was partially offset by an increase in our core lung diagnostic revenue of $2.5 million and $3.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021 driven primarily from an increase in Nodify XL2 and CDT, and GeneStrat NGS tests delivered. The Company’s sales efforts continued to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic during the first half of the first quarter 2022 due to surges associated with variants, which negatively affected the growth rate of our core lung diagnostic testing-related revenue and our clinical studies. However, we began to see further recovery during the latter half of the first quarter and throughout the second quarter 2022 in lung diagnostic testing as health care practitioners, including pulmonologists, increasingly returned to pre-pandemic related care.
Services revenue decreased $0.3 million or 29%, and $1.1 million or 39% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021 due to lower testing volumes driven by delayed receipt of samples from partner organizations, with an expected increase in volume in the coming months as those samples are delivered. In addition to delayed receipts in samples, service revenue can fluctuate due to several factors including contract timing, which can be long under normal circumstances, and currently reflects the slower pace of overall prospective clinical trial enrollment recovering from disruptions put forth by the recent Omicron COVID-19 variant spike.
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Operating expenses
Direct costs and expenses
Direct costs and expenses related to revenue decreased $3.1 million or 44%, and $18.1 million or 71% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021 driven primarily by the overall decline in COVID-19 testing, as vaccinations increase as well as broader adoption and availability of at-home testing, partially offset by an increase in direct costs and expenses associated with increased lung diagnostic revenue.
Research and development
Research and development expenses increased $38,000 or 1%, and decreased $77,000 or 1% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021. The increase in costs for the three months ended June 30, 2022 was due primarily to increased spending on clinical trials and employee compensation and benefit costs, partially offset by decreased other laboratory costs. The decrease in costs for the six months ended June 30, 2022 was due primarily to decreased spending on clinical trials and other laboratory costs, partially offset by employee compensation and benefit costs.
The following table summarizes our external and internal costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands, except percentages).
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External expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Clinical trials and associated costs | | $ | 750 | | | $ | 596 | | | $ | 154 | | | | 26 | % | | $ | 1,208 | | | $ | 1,307 | | | $ | (99 | ) | | | (8 | )% |
Other external costs | | | 803 | | | | 1,027 | | | | (224 | ) | | | (22 | )% | | | 1,839 | | | | 2,010 | | | | (171 | ) | | | (9 | )% |
Total external costs | | | 1,553 | | | | 1,623 | | | | (70 | ) | | | (4 | )% | | | 3,047 | | | | 3,317 | | | | (270 | ) | | | (8 | )% |
Internal expenses | | | 1,808 | | | | 1,700 | | | | 108 | | | | 6 | % | | | 3,520 | | | | 3,327 | | | | 193 | | | | 6 | % |
Total research and development expenses | | $ | 3,361 | | | $ | 3,323 | | | $ | 38 | | | | 1 | % | | $ | 6,567 | | | $ | 6,644 | | | $ | (77 | ) | | | (1 | )% |
Sales, marketing, general and administrative
Sales, marketing, general and administrative expenses increased $3.8 million or 33%, and $6.4 million or 27% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021. This increase was driven primarily by increases in employee compensation and benefits for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. This is also the result of increases in non-employee costs for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 associated with increased spending on various sales meetings, training, and campaigns.
Change in fair value of contingent consideration
Change in fair value of contingent consideration decreased $0.6 million or 100%, and $1.6 million or 100% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021. The net change to contingent consideration through the date the gross margin target was met is recorded as operating expenses in the statements of operations. The decrease of $0.6 million and $1.6 million is a result of the gross margin target being met during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and subsequent changes to the contingent consideration following the achievement of the gross margin target are recorded as ‘Interest expense’ in the statements of operations resulting from the passage of time and fixed payment schedule.
Non-operating expenses
Interest expense
Interest expense increased $0.5 million or 65%, and $1.0 million or 69% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2021. This increase for the three months ended June 30, 2022 is primarily related to the securities purchase agreement with Streeterville Capital, LLC (the Lender), in which the Lender purchased Promissory Note One for which the Company recorded $0.5 million in interest expense. Additionally, the increase for the six months ended June 30, 2022 is primarily driven by interest related to Promissory Note One and the accelerated accretion of the $2.7 million SVB final payment as interest expense over the expected remaining term of the loan.
Loss on extinguishment of liabilities
On April 7, 2022, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 to the Indi APA in which all parties agreed to restructure the milestone payments. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company evaluated Amendment No. 3 to the Indi APA in accordance with applicable accounting standards under U.S. GAAP which resulted in the extinguishment of the original instrument due to the substantially different terms. As a result, during the three months ended June 30, 2022, we recorded a loss on the extinguishment of $2.9 million.
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On March 19, 2021, the Company entered into a new Loan and Security Agreement (2021 Term Loan) for an original principal amount of $30 million with a maturity date of March 1, 2026. In connection with entering into the 2021 Term Loan, the Company repaid all outstanding principal and unpaid interest in the amount of $25.9 million due under the secured promissory note (2018 Notes) and contemporaneously terminated the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 23, 2018, as amended. As a result of the extinguishment of the 2018 Notes, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of $0.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We are an emerging growth company and, as such, have yet to generate positive cash flows from operations. We have funded our operations to date principally from net proceeds from the sale of our common stock, the sale of convertible preferred stock, revenue from diagnostic testing and services, and the incurrence of indebtedness.
During March 2020, a global pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization related to the rapidly growing outbreak of a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19). As a result of the pandemic, the Company diversified its diagnostic testing beyond lung diagnostic testing to include the critical service of COVID-19 diagnostic testing. Beginning in the third quarter 2020, the Company’s COVID-19 testing services began to experience rapid growth with a peak in the first quarter 2021; however, subsequent to this peak, we experienced a rapid decline in COVID-19 testing revenue primarily as a result of a few significant contracts that expired as well as the ongoing increase in COVID-19 vaccination rates across the U.S. and the adoption and availability of at-home testing. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected our lung diagnostic testing-related revenue and our clinical studies. We began to see recovery during the fourth quarter 2020 in our core lung diagnostic testing as our delivered tests exceeded first quarter 2020 delivered tests. The Company’s sales efforts continued to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic during the first half of the first quarter 2022 due to surges associated with variants, which negatively affected the growth rate of our core lung diagnostic testing-related revenue and our clinical studies. However, we began to see further recovery during the latter half of the first quarter and throughout the second quarter 2022 in lung diagnostic testing as health care practitioners, including pulmonologists, increasingly returned to pre-pandemic related care. While the full outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown, it continues to negatively impact our ability to grow and scale our business in line with our expectations and disclosures at the time of our IPO. As a result, the items identified above have had an adverse effect on our revenue, results of operations and cash flows.
In March 2021, we completed the closing of our 2021 Term Loan for a principal amount of $30 million and extinguished our prior 2018 term loan for $25.9 million. The 2021 Term Loan contains customary affirmative covenants, including covenants regarding compliance with applicable laws and regulation, payment of taxes, insurance coverage, notice of certain events, and reporting requirements. Further, the 2021 Term Loan contains customary negative covenants limiting the ability to, among other things, incur future debt, transfer assets except for the ordinary course of business, make acquisitions, make certain restricted payments, and sell assets, subject to certain exceptions. The 2021 Term Loan requires the Company to comply with a minimum liquidity ratio covenant (as defined in the 2021 Term Loan) of not less than 0.95 to 1.00, and had a trailing six-month rolling revenue requirement of not less than 70% of the Company’s projected revenue performed at the end each reporting period.
On September 30, 2021, we entered into the Consent and First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (the 2021 Term Loan Amendment) to, among other things, amend our 2021 Term Loan to eliminate the revenue covenant for the period ended September 30, 2021 and modify the revenue covenant threshold for the three month period ended December 31, 2021. In addition, we agreed to establish a restricted cash collateral account for $15 million for the benefit of our lender if the balance of our cash and cash equivalents declined below $40 million.
On December 30, 2021, the Company raised approximately $16.3 million in gross proceeds from the sale of 3,756,994 common shares at a public offering price of $4.35 per share in an at-the-market offering. The Company received net proceeds of $15.7 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company.
On December 31, 2021, we entered into the Consent and Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (Second Amendment) to, among other things, amend our 2021 Term Loan and First Amendment to: (i) obtain consent for the $4.6 million January 2022 milestone payment due under the Indi APA, (ii) repay $20 million in outstanding principal on December 31, 2021, (iii) waive the $600,000 prepayment fee on the $20 million Term Loan repayment, (iv) waive the minimum revenue covenant as of December 31, 2021, and (v) modify the minimum revenue requirement to not less than 75% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and not less than 75% on a trailing six month rolling basis for each quarter thereafter of the Company’s projected revenue performed at the end of each reporting period. The Lender agreed to apply the full amount of funds previously established within the restricted cash collateral account to partially repay the $20 million in outstanding principal, thereby eliminating the restricted cash collateral account.
On March 7, 2022 (the Effective Date), the Company entered into a purchase agreement with Lincoln Park, pursuant to which Lincoln Park has committed to purchase up to $50.0 million of the Company's common stock (the Purchase Agreement). Under the terms and subject to the conditions of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park, and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to $50.0 million of the Company’s common stock. Such sales of common stock by the Company, if any, will be subject to certain limitations, and may occur from time to time, at the Company’s sole discretion, over the 36-month
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period commencing on the Effective Date. As consideration for Lincoln Park's irrevocable commitment to purchase our common stock upon the terms of and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the purchase agreement, on the Effective Date, the Company issued 184,275 shares of common stock to Lincoln Park as a commitment fee valued at $600,000 for which no consideration was received.
On April 7, 2022, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the Subscription Agreements) with a consortium of investors (the Investors), including three members of our Board of Directors and other existing shareholders of the Company, for the issuance and sale by the Company of an aggregate of 6,508,376 shares of the Company’s common stock in an offering for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $11.7 million.
On April 7, 2022, the Company entered into the Consent and Third Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement (Third Amendment) whereby subject to the terms and conditions of the Third Amendment, certain waivers and consents were provided. Under the terms of the Third Amendment to our 2021 Term Loan, the Company agreed to the repayment of $3.0 million in outstanding principal in April 2022 with an additional $2.0 million to be paid no later than September 30, 2022, in exchange for the following:
•Consent for a $2.0 million April 2022 mutually agreed upon milestone payment under the Indi APA, as amended;
•Waiver of minimum revenue requirement for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and adjustment of remaining revenue milestones for 2022; and
•Waiver and elimination of the prepayment fee on the $3.0 million 2021 Term Loan partial repayment in April 2022 and subsequent $2.0 million principal repayment.
The Company further amended the Indi APA agreement in April 2022 in which all parties agreed to restructure the milestone payments whereby the Company will make five quarterly installments of $2.0 million each beginning in April 2022, three quarterly installments of $3.0 million beginning in July 2023, one installment of $5.0 million in April 2024, and one installment of approximately $8.4 million in July 2024. In addition, the Company agreed to an exit fee of approximately $6.1 million in October 2024. Interest shall accrue on the difference between the payment schedule as agreed in the August 2021 amendment and the April 2022 amended payment schedule, at an aggregate per annum rate equal to 10%, with such interest to be payable quarterly on the following installment payment date. Our ability to make these payments are subject to consent from our lender under the 2021 Term Loan and related amendments. We have obtained lender consent for contractual payments through the third milestone and interest payment of $2.1 million paid in July 2022 and we are in discussions with our lender to obtain consents for future payments.
On May 9, 2022, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with Streeterville Capital, LLC (the Lender), pursuant to which, among other things, the Lender: (i) purchased a secured promissory note (Promissory Note One) in the aggregate principal amount totaling $16.0 million in exchange for $15.0 million less certain expenses and (ii) agreed to purchase another secured promissory note at the Company’s election (Promissory Note Two and, together with Promissory Note One, the Promissory Notes), subject to certain conditions precedent in aggregate principal amount totaling $10.3 million in exchange for $10.0 million in cash proceeds. Each of the Promissory Notes may, at the Company's option, be settled in cash or shares of common stock of the Company, upon the terms and subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in the Promissory Notes. On May 9, 2022, the Company closed on the first tranche for gross proceeds of $15.0 million (approximately $12.8 million, net, after deducting debt issuance costs and OID), and intends to use the proceeds from such issuance for general corporate purposes.
As mentioned above, the Company maintains two facilities that enable equity financing on an ongoing basis at the Company’s sole discretion, our at-the-market offering and our common stock purchase agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (the LPC facility). During the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company raised approximately $2.9 million and $4.5 million, respectively ($2.8 million and $4.0 million, respectively, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable), in gross proceeds from the sale of 1,419,139 and 2,127,891 common shares at a weighted average price per share of $2.03 and $2.11, respectively, under these programs. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had remaining available capacity for share issuances of approximately $29.9 million under the at-the-market facility and up to $49.2 million under the LPC facility, each subject to the restrictions and limitations of the underlying facilities, as applicable.
As of June 30, 2022, we maintained cash and cash equivalents of $28.7 million, inclusive of restricted cash of $5.1 million, and we have $23.2 million in outstanding aggregate principal amount on our 2021 Term Loan and Promissory Note One. We have incurred significant losses since inception and, as a result, we have funded our operations to date primarily through the sale of common stock, the sale of convertible preferred stock, the issuance of notes payable, and from our two primary revenue sources: (i) diagnostic testing, which include lung diagnostic testing and COVID-19 testing, and (ii) providing biopharmaceutical companies with development and testing services. In accordance with Accounting Standards Update 2014-15 (ASC Topic 205-40), Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern: Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, the Company is required to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern each reporting period, including interim periods. In evaluating the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, management projected its cash flow sources, including the debt and equity funding and amendments to the 2021 Term Loan and Indi APA, and evaluated the conditions and events that could raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that these financial statements
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were issued. Management considered the Company’s current projections of future cash flows, current financial condition, sources of liquidity and debt obligations for at least one year from the date of issuance of this Form 10-Q in considering whether it has the ability to meet its obligations.
Our ability to meet our obligations as they come due may be impacted by our ability to remain compliant with financial covenants in our loan agreements or to obtain waivers or amendments that impact the related covenants. As of June 30, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all restrictive and financial covenants associated with its borrowings. However, due to the continued uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, significant risks remain with respect to our ability to meet these thresholds and any material adverse effect on our revenues, income and expenses could impact our ability to maintain compliance with these covenants.
Based on our current operating plan, unless we continue to raise additional capital (debt or equity) or obtain waiver from complying with such financial covenants, we expect that we will be unable to maintain our financial covenants under our existing loan agreements during the next twelve months, which could result in an Event of Default, as defined, causing an acceleration of the outstanding balances. We have taken steps to improve our liquidity through the actions noted above and have also undertaken several proactive measures to mitigate the financial and operational impacts of COVID-19 through the reduction of planned capital expenditures and certain operating expenses but we do not expect that these actions alone will be sufficient to maintain our financial covenants. We plan to raise additional funding through the issuance of equity or debt securities and any such financing activities are subject to market conditions. If we do raise additional capital through public or private equity offerings, the ownership interest of our existing stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect our existing stockholders’ rights. If we raise additional capital through debt financing, we may be subject to covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. There can be no assurance that additional capital will be available to us or, if available, will be available in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us or on a timely basis nor can there be any assurance that the Company will be a beneficiary of the COVID-19 Action Plan. If adequate capital resources are not available on a timely basis, we intend to consider limiting our operations substantially. This limitation of operations could include a hiring freeze, reductions in our workforce, reduction in cash compensation, deferring capital expenditures, and reducing other operating costs.
The Company’s revenues, results of operations and cash flows have been materially adversely impacted by the items noted above. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses for the foreseeable future and to incur operating losses in the near term while we make investments to support our anticipated growth. Our current operating plan, which is in part determined based on our most recent historical actual results and trends, along with the items noted above, raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Our unaudited financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern and do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern.
Cash Flows
The following summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated (in thousands):
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| | Six Months Ended June 30, | |
| | 2022 | | | 2021 | |
Net cash flows (used in) provided by: | | | | | | |
Operating activities | | $ | (22,693 | ) | | $ | (10,236 | ) |
Investing activities | | | (732 | ) | | | (864 | ) |
Financing activities | | | 19,299 | | | | 5,229 | |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | | $ | (4,126 | ) | | $ | (5,871 | ) |
Our cash flows resulted in a net decrease in cash and cash equivalents of $4.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the net decrease in cash of $5.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net cash used in operating activities increased by approximately $12.5 million due to a year-over-year increase in net loss from operations of $13.0 million, primarily driven by an increase in non-cash expenses of approximately $4.0 million, and unfavorable changes in net working capital of $3.5 million primarily as a result of a decrease in cash collections from customers and payments to vendors.
Net cash used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $0.7 million, a decrease of $0.1 million compared to the same period in 2021. The decrease in net cash used in investing activities was primarily due to decreases in purchases of property and equipment, partially offset by an increase in payments for patents and trademarks.
Net cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $19.3 million, an increase of $14.1 million compared to the same period in 2021. The net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2022 primarily resulted from $16.1 million net proceeds from the issuance of common stock, $12.8 million net proceeds from the issuance of Promissory Note One, partially offset by the milestone payments to Indi of $6.6 million and partial repayment of the 2021 Term Loan of $3.0 million. The net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2021 primarily resulted from the net proceeds
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from our 2021 Term Loan of $29.9 million, and proceeds from the exercise of stock options of approximately $0.7 million, primarily offset by the repayment of $25.4 million from our 2018 Term Loan.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
As a result of the entering into additional operating lease agreements, the secured promissory note, and Amendment No. 3 to the Indi APA, our non-cancelable contractual obligations and commitments for lease and debt obligations as presented in our Form 10-K have been modified. The following table provides an update as follows as of June 30, 2022 (in thousands):
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| | Total | | | Less than 1 year | | | 1 to 3 years | | | 4 to 5 years | | | More than 5 years | |
Borrowings and interest (1) | | $ | 27,416 | | | $ | 17,126 | | | $ | 10,274 | | | $ | 16 | | | $ | — | |
Contingent consideration (2) | | | 38,871 | | | | 8,656 | | | | 30,215 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Operating lease obligations(3) | | | 28,783 | | | | (19,084 | ) | | | 5,603 | | | | 3,938 | | | | 38,326 | |
Total | | $ | 95,070 | | | $ | 6,698 | | | $ | 46,092 | | | $ | 3,954 | | | $ | 38,326 | |
(1)Includes the Promissory Note One and 2021 Term Loan payments of principal, interest and final payment fee of $2.7 million due upon loan maturity.
(2)The gross margin target associated with the purchase transaction of Indi was achieved in the quarter ending June 30, 2021, giving rise to the previously disclosed contingent obligations of $37.0 million in the aggregate payable through the issuance of Company’s shares of common stock subject to a fixed price put option. The Company entered into an amendment in August 2021 to the original agreement in which all parties agreed to forgo the issuance of shares of common stock of the Company that would otherwise be issued, and the Company will instead make six quarterly installment payments of $4.6 million beginning in January 2022 and a final payment of approximately $9.3 million in July 2023 for a total of $37.0 million. The aggregate amount of payments owed by the Company under this amendment is the same as if Indi had exercised the put right or the Company had exercised the call right provided for in the original agreement. On April 7, 2022, the Company entered into Amendment No. 3 to the Indi APA in which all parties agreed to restructure the milestone payments associated with the contingent consideration whereby the Company will make five quarterly installments of $2.0 million each beginning in April 2022, three quarterly installments of $3.0 million beginning in July 2023, one installment of $5.0 million in April 2024, and one installment of approximately $8.4 million in July 2024. In addition, the Company agreed to an exit fee of approximately $6.1 million in October 2024. Interest shall accrue on the difference between the original payment schedule and the amended payment schedule, at an aggregate per annum rate equal to 10%, with such interest to be payable quarterly on the following installment payment date.
(3)Includes $20.8 million of tenant improvement allowances expected to be received during the remainder of 2022 and the first half of 2023.
There have been no other significant changes to our future contractual obligations as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2022, we have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we are required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed financial statements and accompanying notes. Certain of these estimates significantly influence the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require us to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments. Our critical accounting policies are described in greater detail below and in Note 2 to our condensed financial statements in Part 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Revenue Recognition
We recognize revenue when our customers obtain control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which we expect to receive in exchange for our goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for our arrangements with our customers, we perform a five-step process, which includes: (i) identifying the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identifying the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determining the transaction price; (iv) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognizing revenue when (or as) we satisfy our performance obligations.
Diagnostic test revenues
Diagnostic test revenues are recognized upon completion of our performance obligation to the deliver test results to our customer, either the prescribing physician or third-party to which we contracted for services to be performed. We consider diagnostic testing to be
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completed upon the delivery of test results to our customer which is considered the performance obligation. The fees for such services are billed either to a third party such as Medicare, medical facilities, commercial insurance payers, or to the patient. We determine the transaction price related to our contracts by considering the nature of the payer, the historical amount of time until payment by a payer and historical price concessions granted to groups of customers. These estimates require significant judgment by management.
Service revenues
Service revenues are recognized upon completion of our performance obligation to deliver testing results for assay development and testing services. The performance obligations and related revenue for these sales is defined by a written agreement between us and our customer. These services are generally completed upon the delivery of testing results, or other contractually defined milestone(s), to the customer, which is considered the performance obligation. Customers for these services are typically large pharmaceutical companies where collectability is reasonably assured and therefore revenue is accrued upon completion of the performance obligations. Revenue derived from services is often unpredictable and can cause dramatic swings in our overall net revenue line from quarter to quarter.
Share-based Compensation and Grant Date Fair Value
Share-based compensation related to stock options granted to our employees, directors and non-employees is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award. For our service-based awards, the fair value of each award is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective awards. Compensation expense for share-based awards with performance conditions is recognized based upon the probability the performance conditions will be met as defined in the grant. Restricted stock units are measured at their grant date fair value using the closing price of our common stock on the date of grant and recognized to expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of each award. We estimate forfeitures and adjust these estimates to actual forfeitures as they occur.
We use the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate the fair value of our share-based option awards, which requires assumptions to be made related to expected term of an award, expected volatility, the risk-free rate and expected dividend yield. The fair value of our common stock is based on our closing price as reported on the date of grant on the primary stock exchange on which our common stock is traded. Changes in these subjective assumptions can materially affect the estimated value of equity grants and the share-based compensation that we record in our financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-2, Leases (Topic 842). This ASU intends to make accounting for leasing activities more transparent and comparable, and requires substantially all leases be recognized by lessees on their balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability, including leases currently accounted for as operating leases. In addition to other related amendments, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements, which offers an additional transition method whereby entities may apply the new leases standard at the adoption date and recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings rather than application of the new leases standard at the beginning of the earliest period presented in the financial statements. The Company elected this transition method and adopted ASC 842 on January 1, 2022 and as a result, recorded operating lease right-of-use (ROU) assets of $1.3 million, including offsetting deferred rent of $0.1 million, along with the associated operating lease liabilities of $1.3 million. On January 1, 2022, the Company did not have any finance leases. Additional information and disclosures required by this new standard are contained in Note 3 and Note 7 to our condensed financial statements in Part 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (ASC Topic 326). This ASU requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets. This guidance will become effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2023 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this guidance and assessing the overall impact on its financial statements.
Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and Smaller Reporting Company
We are an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act). As an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of certain exemptions from various public company reporting requirements, including the requirement that our internal control over financial reporting be audited by our independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), certain requirements related to the disclosure of executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, the requirement that we hold a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and any golden parachute payments. We may take advantage of these exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies.
We have elected to take advantage of the extended transition period to comply with new or revised accounting standards and to adopt certain of the reduced disclosure requirements available to emerging growth companies. As a result of the accounting standards election,
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we will not be subject to the same implementation timing for new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, which may make comparison of our financials to those of other public companies more difficult.
We will remain an emerging growth company until the earliest to occur of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenue; (ii) the date we qualify as a “large accelerated filer,” with at least $700 million of equity securities held by non-affiliates; (iii) the date on which we have issued, in any three-year period, more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities; and (iv) until December 31, 2025 (the year ended December 31st following the fifth anniversary of our initial public offering).
Additionally, we are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K. Smaller reporting companies may take advantage of certain reduced disclosure obligations, including, among other things, providing only two years of audited financial statements. We will remain a smaller reporting company until the last day of the fiscal year in which: (i) the market value of our common shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $250 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter, or (ii) our annual revenues exceeded $100 million during such completed fiscal year and the market value of our common shares held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the end of that year’s second fiscal quarter.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We are exposed to market risk in the ordinary course of our business. Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates.
Interest rate risk
We are exposed to market risk for changes in interest rates related primarily to our cash and cash equivalents and our indebtedness, including our outstanding 2021 Term Loan. As of June 30, 2022, we had $7 million outstanding on the 2021 Term Loan subject to a floating per annum rate equal to the greater of (i) 2.00% above the prime rate, or (ii) 5.25%. Historically, we have not entered into derivative agreements such as interest rate caps and swaps to manage our floating interest rate exposure.
Periodically throughout the year, we have maintained balances in various operating accounts in excess of federally insured limits. Our cash and cash equivalents are funds held in checking and bank savings accounts, primarily at two U.S. financial institutions. We consider all highly liquid instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. We continually monitor our positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions with which we invest.
As of June 30, 2022, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would not have a material impact on our investment portfolio, financial position or results of operations.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain "disclosure controls and procedures," as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Exchange Act, that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the disclosure controls and procedures are met. Our disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to meet reasonable assurance standards. Additionally, in designing disclosure controls and procedures, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible disclosure controls and procedures. The design of any disclosure controls and procedures also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions.
Based on their evaluation as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
There were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended June 30, 2022, that have materially affected, or are reasonable likely to materially effect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
From time to time, we may become involved in legal proceedings or investigations which could have an adverse impact on our reputation, business and financial condition and divert the attention of our management from the operation of our business. We are not presently a party to any legal proceedings that, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, or cash flows.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
“Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed March 14, 2022, and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, if applicable, include a discussion of our risk factors. The information presented below updates, and should be read in conjunction with, the risk factors and information we previously disclosed and, except as presented below, there have been no material changes from the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to certain contractual and regulatory limitations on our ability to consummate future financings.
Pursuant to that certain securities purchase agreement we entered into in May 2022 in connection with the issuance of a promissory note to Streeterville Capital, LLC (Lender), we agreed to be subject to certain restrictions on our ability to issue securities during the term of the notes issued under the agreement. Specifically, we agreed to obtain the Lender’s consent prior to issuing any debt securities or certain equity securities where the pricing of such equity securities is tied to the public trading price of our common stock. Furthermore, we also must offer the Lender the right to purchase up to 30% of future equity and debt securities offerings, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, in each case during the term of any note issued to the Lender.
Furthermore, if our public float falls below $75 million at the next measurement date, we will be subject to the restrictions set forth in General Instruction I.B.6 to Form S-3 that limits our ability to conduct primary offerings under a Form S- 3 registration statement, like issuances under our at-the-market program. Under such limitations, we may not sell, during any 12-month period, securities on Form S-3 having an aggregate market value of more than one-third of our public float. These restrictions may delay or prevent us from entering into funding arrangements or being able to access the capital markets, including under our at-the-market program, on favorable terms or at all.
If we fail to comply with the restrictions and covenants in our May 2022 securities purchase agreement, there could be an event of default under the promissory notes issued thereunder, which could result in an acceleration of payments due under those notes and other consequences.
Failure to meet the restrictions, obligations, and limitations under the May 2022 securities purchase agreement may result in an event of default in accordance with the terms of Promissory Note One issued thereunder and could result in acceleration of obligations under other loan agreements. An event of default would, among other things, provide the noteholder with the right to increase the outstanding balance by 10% for certain major events of default and 5% for others. Additionally, upon an event of default, the noteholder may consider the promissory note immediately due and payable. Furthermore, upon an event of default, the interest rate may also be increased to the lesser of 15% per annum or the maximum rate permitted under applicable law.
The redemption feature under Promissory Note One is dependent upon the market value of our common stock, which could result in significant dilution to our existing stockholders.
Beginning on the date that is nine months after the issuance date of Promissory Note One, the Lender has the right to redeem up to $1.4 million of the outstanding balance per month. While we have the option to make such payments in either (a) cash, (b) in the form of shares of Common Stock with the number of redemption shares being equal to the portion of the applicable redemption amount divided by the Redemption Conversion Price or (c) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. Since the redemption conversion price shall equal 85% multiplied by the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock during the ten trading days immediately preceding the date the Lender delivers notice electing to redeem a portion of Promissory Note One, the number of shares to be issued by us in satisfaction of redemption will vary, perhaps considerably. A reduction in our trading value could cause us to issue a greater number of shares under a redemption notice and therefore increase the dilutive effect to other stockholders.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
On April 7, 2022, the Company entered into subscription agreements (the Subscription Agreements) with a consortium of investors (the Investors), including three members of our Board of Directors and other existing shareholders of the Company, for the issuance and sale by the Company of an aggregate of 6,508,376 shares of the Company’s common stock (the Shares) in an offering (the Private Placement). The three members of our Board of Directors acquired an aggregate of 3,631,284 shares pursuant to the form of a Subscription Agreement that did not include any registration rights as they are exempt from registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and Rule 506 promulgated thereunder. The remaining 2,877,092 shares were acquired by
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others pursuant to the form of a Subscription Agreement whereby we agreed to file, subject to certain exceptions, a shelf registration statement with respect to resales of such shares with the Securities and Exchange Commission no later than 60 days from April 7, 2022, which the Company filed on June 6, 2022.
Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Investors purchased shares at a purchase price (determined in accordance with Nasdaq rules relating to the “Minimum Value” of the Company’s common stock) of $1.79 per share, which is equal to the closing price of the Company's common stock on April 7, 2022, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $11.7 million, in order to, among other things, fund the partial repayment of the 2021 Term Loan and for general corporate purposes.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information.
None.
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Item 6. Exhibits.
* Filed herewith.
† Previously filed.
+ Management contract or compensatory plan.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: August 4, 2022 | | By: | /s/ RYAN H. SIUREK |
| | | Ryan H. Siurek |
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