Operating Expenses were $2,621,972 for the nine months ended January 31, 2006, versus $656,711 for the nine months ended January 31, 2005, an increase of $1,965,261. This increase is due to an increase in both G&A expenses and R&D.
G&A expenses were $2,220,102 for the nine months ended January 31, 2006, versus $483,057 for the nine months ended January 31, 2005, an increase of $1,737,045. This increase reflects primarily:
R&D expenses were $401,870 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2006, versus $173,654 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2005, an increase of $228,216. This increase reflects primarily:
Interest expenses were $1,016,021 for the nine month period ended January 31, 2006. There were no interest expenses for the nine month period ended January 31, 2005. The interest expense for the 2006 period includes the following items related to the Company’s secured convertible note issued to SCO (see Note 4, Convertible Note Payable):
The Deemed Dividend on Series A Preferred issued on January 31, 2006 (see Note 5, Private Placement, above) was $1,522,317. There was no similar expense in the nine month period ended January 31, 2005. The Dividend for the 2006 period reflects the non-cash expense required by EITF No. 00-27 for the non-cash value of the beneficial conversion feature associated with the Series A Preferred.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Since inception, we have funded our operations primarily through sales of our equity and debt securities. As of January 31, 2006, we had received $1,103,926 (unaudited) in net proceeds from sales of our equity securities and approximately $1,329,402 (unaudited) in debt financing. As of January 31, 2006, the $4,640,000 of gross proceeds from our private placement of Series A Preferred was recorded in our financial statements as a receivable from escrow. A portion of the debt financing was repaid in prior fiscal years. The balance was repaid at January 31, 2006.
As of January 31, 2006, we had approximately $7,201 (unaudited) in cash, cash equivalents compared to $102,885 at April 30, 2005, the end of our most recent fiscal year.
On August 23, 2005, we received $1,000,000 in net proceeds from a debt financing. We issued a $1,000,000 secured convertible note to SCO. The note was secured by the Company’s assets, carried an annual interest rate of 7.5%, and was due at the earlier of (i) the Company’s completion of an equity financing of at least $10,000,000 or (ii) August 23, 2006. SCO has the option to be repaid in cash or to purchase shares of the financing at the lowest price paid by institutional investors.
On November 7, 2005, we and SCO agreed to expand this facility up to $1,250,000. Under the terms of the revised arrangement, the security and interest rate remained unchanged. The terms were amended and restated to require repayment at the earlier of (i) the Company’s completion of an equity financing of at least $5,000,000 or (ii) February 28, 2006. In addition, for each $50,000 borrowed on the additional $250,000 line of credit, the Company agreed to issue a six-year warrant to purchase shares of common stock at $0.01 per share in the amount of 1% of the Company’s fully diluted common shares outstanding. The Company drew an additional $250,000 under this arrangement, for a total amount outstanding of $1,250,000 and has issued warrants to purchase 866,534 shares for $0.01 per share.
Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended January 31, 2006, totaled $1,359,918 (unaudited) and was used to fund our net losses in the period which were partly offset by increases in liabilities and non-cash expenses. In liabilities, our accounts payable increased $566,430, our accrued liabilities increased $349,638, and our liabilities due to an officer and a related party increased $201,607 as a part of our preparation for our re-incorporation and private placement. Our non-cash expenses included interest expense of $514,981 for the value of warrants related to the Company’s secured convertible note, interest expense of $364,721 for the value of beneficial conversion feature of secured convertible note and options expense of $233,310 to record the value of options issued to officers and directors.
Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended January 31, 2005, totaled $451,415 (unaudited) and was used to fund our net losses in the period, which were partly offset by increases in accounts payable of $74,426 due to an increased level of business activity and in options expense of $154,863 to record the value of options issued to officers and directors.
For the nine months ended January 31, 2006 the Company used $5,820 (unaudited) in investing activities, consisting of the acquisition of computer equipment. For the nine months ended January 31, 2005, the Company had no investing activities.
For the nine months ended January 31, 2006, the Company generated $1,269,834 (unaudited) of cash from financing activities, primarily $1,250,000 from the secured convertible note issued to SCO mentioned above, as well as the sale of equity to a private investor.
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For the nine months ended January 31, 2005, the Company generated $497,997 (unaudited) of cash from financing activities through the sale of equity to private investors.
We have consumed substantial amounts of capital since our inception. We do not believe our existing cash resources, including the net proceeds from our private placement in January, 2006 will be sufficient to fund our anticipated cash requirements beyond the first quarter of the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2006. We will require significant additional financing in the future to fund our operations. Our future capital requirements will depend on, and could increase significantly as a result of, many factors, including:
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| • | the scope, prioritization and number of research and development programs; |
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| • | the ability of our collaborators and us to reach the milestones, and other events or developments, under our future collaboration agreements; |
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| • | the costs involved in filing, prosecuting, enforcing and defending patent claims and other intellectual property rights; |
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| • | the costs of securing manufacturing arrangements for clinical or commercial production of drug candidates; and |
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| • | the costs of establishing, or contracting for, sales and marketing capabilities if we obtain regulatory clearances to market our drug candidates. |
Until we can generate significant continuing revenues, we expect to satisfy our future cash needs through strategic collaborations, private or public sales of our securities, debt financings or by licensing all or a portion of our drug candidates or technology to third parties. We cannot be certain that additional funding will be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of our research or development programs or our commercialization efforts.
To date, we have not had any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which are established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.
Critical Accounting Policies
Intangible Assets – Patents and Licenses
All patent and license costs are charged to expense when incurred.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation”, prospectively for all employee options granted, modified, or settled after May 1, 2003. Options under the Company’s plans vest over periods ranging from immediate to 27 months.
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On December 16, 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (SFAS 123R). SFAS 123R eliminates the alternative of applying the intrinsic value measurement provisions of APB 25 to stock compensation awards issued to employees. Rather, the new standard requires enterprises to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. That cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide services in exchange for the award, known as the requisite service period (usually the vesting period). On April 14, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the adoption of a rule that defers the required effective date of SFAS 123R. The SEC rule provides that SFAS 123R is now effective for registrants as of the beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005.
SFAS 123R will be effective for our fiscal quarter beginning May 1, 2006, and allows for the use of the Modified Prospective Application Method. Under this method, SFAS 123R is applied to new awards and to awards modified, repurchased, or cancelled after the effective date. Additionally, compensation cost for the portion of awards for which the requisite service has not been rendered (such as unvested options) that are outstanding as of the date of adoption is recognized as the remaining requisite services are rendered. The compensation cost relating to unvested awards at the date of adoption shall be based on the grant-date fair value of those awards as calculated for pro forma disclosures under the original SFAS 123. In addition, companies may use the Modified Retrospective Application Method. This method may be applied to all prior years for which the original SFAS 123 was effective or only to prior interim periods in the year of initial adoption. If the Modified Retrospective Application Method is applied, financial statements for prior periods will be adjusted to give effect to the fair-value-based method of accounting for awards on a consistent basis with the pro forma disclosures required for those periods under the original SFAS 123. Management is currently evaluating the impact SFAS 123(R) will have on the financial statements.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.
On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to accruals, valuation of stock options and warrants, and income taxes (including the valuation allowance for deferred taxes). We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from the other sources. Actual results may materially differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Material differences may occur in our results of operations for any period if we made different judgments or utilized different estimates.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 107, Disclosures about fair value of financial instruments, requires that the company disclose estimated fair values of financial instruments. The carrying amounts reported in the statements of financial position for current assets and current liabilities qualifying as financial instruments are a reasonable estimate of fair value.
Research and Development
All research and development costs consist of expenditures for royalty payments, licensing fees, and contracted research by third parties.
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ITEM 3. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Executive Chairman, CEO and CFO, of the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that as of January 31, 2006 our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
(b) There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2006 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
LIMITATIONS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL CONTROLS
The Company’s management, including the CEO and CFO, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all fraud and material error. An internal control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the internal control. The design of any system of controls 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. Over time, control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, and/or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In the ordinary course of our business, we become involved in various disputes regarding our business; however, we do not believe that the ultimate resolution of any such dispute will be material to our business, financial position or results of operations.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 6, 2006 (Commission File No. 2-98395-NY).
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not applicable
ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
Not applicable
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Not applicable
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
(a) Exhibits
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31.1 | | Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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31.2 | | Certifications of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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32.1 | | Certifications of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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32.2 | | Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Somanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Date: March 22, 2006 | By: | /s/ Terrance J. Bruggeman |
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| | Terrance J. Bruggeman |
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| By: | /s/ David Kramer |
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| | David Kramer |
| | Chief Financial Officer |
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