1 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON D.C. 20549 FORM 10-QSB (Mark One) [x] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 1996 [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM ________________ TO ________________. Commission file number 0-22170 EPOCH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter) Delaware 91-1311592 (State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or organization) Identification Number) 1725 220th Street, S.E., No. 104, Bothell, Washington 98021 (Address of principal executive offices) (206) 485-8566 (Issuer's telephone number) NOT APPLICABLE ---------------------------------------------------- (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES X NO ------ ------ State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common equity as of the latest practicable date. Class Outstanding at July 30, 1996 ----- ----------------------------- Common Stock, $.01 par value 14,266,713 Page 1 of 54 Pages Exhibit Index on Page 14 2 EPOCH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. INDEX TO FORM 10-QSB PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Page Number ----------- Item 1. Financial Statements Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1995 and June 30, 1996 (unaudited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Statements of Operations (unaudited) for the three months and six months ended June 30, 1995 and 1996. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the six months ended June 30, 1995 and 1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Notes to Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 SIGNATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 EXHIBIT INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2 3 EPOCH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, JUNE 30, 1996 1995 (UNAUDITED) ------------- -------------- ASSETS Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,739,144 $ 5,860,879 Receivables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147,975 60,852 Prepaid expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52,968 48,525 ------------- ------------- Total current assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,940,087 5,970,256 Equipment and leasehold improvements, net . . . . . . . . . . . 350,045 282,348 Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39,363 21,150 ------------- ------------- Total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 4,329,495 $ 6,273,754 ============= ============= LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Notes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,217,994 $ 16,301 Accounts payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341,899 214,780 Accrued liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361,664 278,542 Accrued litigation costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000 -- ------------- ------------- Total current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,171,557 509,623 Stockholders' equity: Common stock, par value $.01; authorized 20,000,000 shares, issued and outstanding 7,023,400 and 14,246,713 shares . 70,234 142,467 Additional paid-in capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,860,059 52,087,320 Deferred compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (99,512) (70,712) Accumulated deficit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (44,672,843) (46,394,944) ------------- ------------- Total stockholders' equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,157,938 5,764,131 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity . . . . . . $ 4,329,495 $ 6,273,754 ============= ============= See accompanying notes to financial statements. 3 4 EPOCH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) THREE MONTHS ENDED SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, JUNE 30, ------------------------------ ------------------------------ 1995 1996 1995 1996 ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- Operating expenses: Research and development . . . . . . . . $ 6,881 $ 483,542 $ 456,383 $ 1,012,464 General & administrative . . . . . . . . 620,901 121,763 881,697 529,079 ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- Operating loss . . . . . . . . . . . (627,782) (605,305) (1,338,080) (1,541,543) Other income (expense): Interest income . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,099 26,250 9,636 62,193 Interest and financing expense . . . . . (57,277) (23,495) (107,219) (179,251) Other income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800 4,601 2,400 9,401 ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- Loss from continuing operations . . . (677,160) (597,949) (1,433,263) (1,649,200) Income (loss) from discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62,464 (79,934) 541,299 (72,901) ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (614,696) $ (677,883) $ (891,964) $(1,722,101) ========== ========== =========== =========== Loss per share from continuing operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (0.10) $ (0.08) $ (0.21) $ (0.22) Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.01 $ (0.01) $ 0.08 $ (0.01) ---------- ---------- ----------- ----------- Net loss per share . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (0.09) $ (0.09) $ (0.13) $ (0.23) Weighted average common shares outstanding during the period . . . . . . . 7,014,996 7,756,794 7,011,548 7,390,616 See accompanying notes to financial statements. 4 5 EPOCH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, -------------------------------- 1995 1996 ---------- ---------- Cash flows from operating activities: Net loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (891,964) $(1,722,101) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: Continuing operations: Depreciation and amortization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139,348 127,014 Amortization of discount on notes payable . . . . . . . . -- 122,326 Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,988 21,573 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities . . . . . . . . . (765,840) (446,745) Other current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124,687 (625) Discontinued operations: Changes in current assets and current liabilities . . . . 612,746 75,334 Decrease in net noncurrent assets in excess of noncurrent liabilities . . . . . . . . . 42,504 -- ---------- ----------- Net cash used in operating activities . . . . . . . . . . . (724,531) (1,823,224) Cash used in investing activities - acquisition of equipment and leasehold improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4,000) (30,516) ---------- ----------- Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from notes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,250,000 -- Principal payments on notes payable . . . . . . . . . . . . (144,274) (1,324,019) Principal payments on capital leases . . . . . . . . . . . . (13,425) Proceeds from sale of common stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . -- 4,632,500 Exercise of warrants and stock options . . . . . . . . . . . 4,420 666,994 ---------- ----------- Net cash provided by financing activities . . . . . . . . . 1,096,721 3,975,475 ---------- ----------- Net increase in cash and cash equivalents . . . . . . . . . . 368,190 2,121,735 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period . . . . . . . . 9,984 3,739,144 ---------- ----------- Cash and cash equivalents at end of period . . . . . . . . . . . $ 378,174 $ 5,860,879 ========== =========== Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information- cash payments made during the period for interest . . . . $ 13,688 $ 68,101 ========== =========== See accompanying notes to financial statements. 5 6 EPOCH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS JUNE 30, 1996 (UNAUDITED) (1) BASIS OF PRESENTATION Epoch Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Epoch" or "the Company"), formerly MicroProbe Corporation, was organized to develop, manufacture and market therapeutic and diagnostic products utilizing oligonucleotide technology. In November 1995, the Company sold its diagnostics assets to Becton, Dickinson and Company (see note 2). The Company's continuing activities are focused on the development of therapeutic technologies and products. The unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-QSB. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required to be presented for complete financial statements. The accompanying financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. Certain 1995 balances have been reclassified to conform with the 1996 presentation. The financial statements and related disclosures have been prepared with the presumption that users of the interim financial information have read or have access to the audited financial statements for the preceding fiscal year. Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 1996 (pursuant to Rule 12b-25 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). The Company has experienced significant quarterly fluctuations in operating results and it expects that these fluctuations in expenses and net losses will continue. (2) SALE OF DIAGNOSTICS ASSETS In November 1995, the Company sold the Company's assets and technology associated with its Diagnostics Division (the "Assets") to Becton, Dickinson and Company, a New Jersey corporation, through its Becton Dickinson Diagnostic Instrument Systems Division (collectively, "Becton"). The Assets related to the Company's development, marketing and sale of diagnostic products which involve the use of nucleic acid probes to detect and identify microorganisms in biological samples under the names "Affirm(R) VP," "Affirm(R) VPIII," "Affirm(R) DP," "Hybriquick(R)" and "Isoquick(R)". The Assets included: tangible personal property, interests in certain contracts and other instruments, rights in permits and licenses, raw materials and inventory, technology, trade secrets, patents, other intellectual property (including the name "MicroProbe"), rights in customer lists, records and data, computer software programs, goodwill and causes of action held by the Company against third parties. The aggregate purchase price paid by Becton for the Assets and for the Company's covenant not to compete with Becton for a period of five years was $8,510,000. The Purchase Price is subject to an upward adjustment of $1,500,000 contingent upon Procter & Gamble entering into a supply 6 7 agreement with Becton by November 2002, for the dental diagnostic products, which were transferred by the Company to Becton, and Procter & Gamble obtaining all clearances from the United States Food and Drug Administration necessary for the commercial sale of such products in the U.S. (3) PRIVATE PLACEMENT In June 1996, the Company successfully completed a private offering of Units, each Unit consisting of one share of the Company's Common Stock and one warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of the Company's Common Stock. The Company sold a total of 5 million Units, for an aggregate purchase price of $5 million to institutional and accredited individual investors. The term of the warrants is five (5) years, and they are exercisable at $2.50 per share (or $1.25 per 0.5 shares). Each warrant shall be redeemable by the Company at any time after eighteen months from the date that they are issued at $0.05 per warrant, provided that the closing trading price per share of Common Stock is at least $3.75 for twenty (20) consecutive trading days. In connection with the private placement, pursuant to an agreement with its financial advisor, David Blech, the Company paid fees of $350,000 to Mr. Blech. In addition, the Company cancelled fifty percent (50%) of the obligations of Mr. Blech arising in connection with the transactions involving Ribonetics GmbH, including the "put" rights contained in an agreement dated December 1, 1993 between the Company and Mr. Blech. The aggregate amount cancelled was $1,635,588. The balance is accruing interest at the minimum applicable federal rate. As the obligation had been fully reserved, and the remaining balance is fully reserved, neither the cancellation nor the remaining obligation is reflected on the Company's balance sheet. The Company also issued to Mr. Blech five year warrants to purchase 500,000 shares of Common Stock at $1.00 per share. The warrants are not exercisable for one year and are held in escrow by the Company until the balance of the Ribonetics debt is satisfied. In addition to completion of the private placement, major shareholders of the Company elected to exercise previously existing warrants to purchase 2,200,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at $0.30 per share generating an additional $660,000 of cash to the Company. ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS At June 30, 1996, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $5,861,000 which the Company anticipates will provide sufficient working capital to operate approximately fifteen months. The Company's continuing operations are research and development, and will not generate cash in the near term to fund future operations. In June 1996, the Company successfully completed a private offering of Units, each Unit consisting of one share of the Company's Common Stock and one warrant to purchase 0.5 shares of the Company's Common Stock as described in Note (3) of the Notes to the Financial Statements. 7 8 Also in June 1996, the Company announced that it intends to exchange for every two (2) warrants which were issued in conjunction with the Company's public offering in September 1993 at $6.50 per share, one (1) new warrant to purchase one (1) share of the Company's Common Stock with a term of five (5) years that is exercisable at $2.50 per share. Each warrant shall be redeemable by the Company at any time after eighteen months from the date that they are issued at $0.05 per warrant, provided that the closing trading price per share of Common Stock is at least $3.75 for twenty (20) consecutive trading days. Since inception, the Company has financed its operations primarily through the sales of its equity securities. In addition, the Company received $8,510,000 from the sale of its Diagnostics Division. To continue operations, the Company will be required to sell additional equity securities, borrow additional funds, or obtain additional financing through licensing, joint venture, or other collaborative arrangements. The Company is pursuing such financing arrangements but has no commitments for such financing and there can be no assurance that such financing will be available on satisfactory terms, if at all. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB contains certain forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations. In light of the important factors that can materially affect results, including those set forth below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB, the inclusion of forward-looking information herein should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that the objectives or plans of the Company will be achieved. The Company may encounter competitive, technological, financial and business challenges making it more difficult than expected to continue to develop and market therapeutic technologies and products; the market may not accept the Company's therapeutic products; the Company may be unable to retain existing key management personnel; and there may be other material adverse changes in the Company's operations or business. Certain important factors affecting the forward-looking statements made herein include, but are not limited to (i) the successful development of viable therapeutic technologies and products, (ii) accurately forecasting capital expenditures, and (iii) obtaining new sources of external financing. Assumptions relating to budgeting, marketing, product development and other management decisions are subjective in many respects and thus susceptible to interpretations and periodic revisions based on actual experience and business developments, the impact of which may cause the Company to alter its marketing, capital expenditure or other budgets, which may in turn affect the Company's financial position and results of operations. Future operating results may be impacted by a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated herein, which reflect management's current expectations. These factors include industry specific factors, the Company's ability to maintain access to external financing sources and its financial liquidity, the Company's ability to timely develop and produce commercially viable therapeutic products and the Company's ability to manage expense levels. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following discussion of results of operations reflects the Company's Diagnostics Division as discontinued operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1995 and 1996. 8 9 Research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 1996 increased $477,000 over the same period in the prior year. In the three month period ended June 30, 1995, research and development expense was reduced by $404,000 for a research contract which had been accrued but was subsequently cancelled. This same adjustment affects the comparison of the six month results. Additionally, increased research activity is being funded with proceeds from the sale of the diagnostic assets and from the private placement. Additional increases in expenditures for research and development throughout 1996 are anticipated as the Company devotes additional resources to these efforts. General and administrative expenses decreased in both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1996, compared to the corresponding period in 1995. Contributing to these reductions are the elimination of activities associated with selling the diagnostic division and patent litigation, both of which caused increased legal and travel expenses in the 1995 periods. Specifically, legal expenses were $105,000 and travel expenses were $66,000 in the three month period ended June 30, 1995, as compared to $15,000 for legal and $29,000 for travel in the same period of 1996. Also, the building lease was renegotiated in late 1995, resulting in savings on rent expense in the first six months of 1996, compared to the same six month period of 1995 of $54,000. Additionally, in July 1996 the In Re Blech Securities Litigation suit (see Part II, Item 1, Legal Proceedings) was dismissed. Accordingly, $250,000 of estimated costs which had been accrued for this matter was reversed as a reduction of expenses in the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1996. Interest income in the three and six month periods ended June 30, 1996 increased compared with the respective period in the prior year due to higher investable funds. Interest expense in the period increased over the respective periods in the prior year as a result of obligations incurred to secure bridge financing for the Company. While the Company received significant cash from the sale of the diagnostics division, the bridge loans were not fully paid off until completion of the private placement in June 1996. In addition to the interest on the principle amounts of the loans, interest expense in the six months ended June 30, 1996 includes $122,000 of amortization of debt discount relating to a $480,000 warrant price adjustment associated with the bridge refinancing. The price adjustment was credited to additional paid-in capital and the debt discount was being amortized over the term of the notes. At March 31, 1996 the discount had been fully amortized. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES The net cash increase of $2,122,000 from December 31, 1995 to June 30, 1996 was the result of the receipt of net proceeds of $4,633,000 from the private placement completed in June 1996, and the receipt of $660,000 from the exercise of warrants to purchase the Company's common stock by major shareholders in June 1996. These receipts were offset by the repayment of notes payable plus interest in the amount of $1,396,000, and disbursements for normal operating expenditures. The Company's accounts payable and accrued liabilities balances decreased by $210,000 from December 31, 1995 to June 30, 1996 primarily due to the payment of $66,000 in interest on notes payable as well as normal business fluctuations and payments issued after receipt of funds from the sale of the Diagnostics Division. 9 10 The Company's primary future needs for capital are for continued research and development. The Company's working capital requirements may vary depending upon numerous factors including the progress of the Company's research and development, competitive and technological advances and the FDA regulatory process. The Company will require additional funds to continue its operations and, over the longer term, will require substantial additional funds to maintain and expand its research and development activities and to ultimately commercialize, with or without the assistance of corporate partners, any of its proposed products. The Company will seek collaborative or other arrangements with large pharmaceutical companies, under which such companies would provide additional capital to the Company in exchange for exclusive or non-exclusive license or other rights to certain of the technologies and products the Company is developing. However, the competition for such arrangements with major pharmaceutical companies is intense, with a large number of biopharmaceutical companies attempting to satisfy their funding requirements through such arrangements. There can be no assurance that an agreement or agreements will arise from these discussions in a timely manner, or at all, or that revenues that may be generated thereby will offset operating expenses sufficiently to reduce the Company's short- or long-term funding requirements. Additional equity or debt financings may be required, and there can be no assurance that funds will be available from such financings on favorable terms, or at all. PART II. OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The Company has from time to time received written notices from parties alleging that the Company's products and proposed products infringe the proprietary rights of such parties. The Company believes that such notices are common in its industry and believes it is not infringing the proprietary rights of such parties. However, there can be no assurance that such parties will not ultimately bring legal proceedings against the Company. The Company was named as an additional defendant in In Re Blech Securities Litigation, 94 Civ. 7696 (RWS), pursuant to an Amended Consolidated Class Action Complaint (the "Amended Complaint") filed on March 28, 1995 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the "Court"). The plaintiffs brought this action as a purported class action on behalf of persons who purchased, during the period from July 1, 1991 through September 21, 1994, securities of 24 companies, including securities issued by the Company. The Amended Complaint names as defendants David Blech, D. Blech & Co., Mark S. Germain, Nicholas Madonia as trustee for various trusts, Mordechai Jofen as trustee for The Edward Blech Trust, Chancellor Capital Management, Inc., Parag Saxena, Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc., Baird Patrick & Co., and eleven of the foregoing 24 issuing companies. The Company was one of those eleven named defendant companies. The Amended Complaint sought to allege against the Company violations of antifraud provisions of the federal securities law and common law fraud and deceit in connection with a purported scheme to, inter alia, artificially inflate and maintain prices of the securities issued by the 24 companies 10 11 referenced above. In that regard, the Amended Complaint purports to allege fraudulent activities involving the foregoing securities, including without limitation unlawful "sham" transactions and the providing of undisclosed "incentives" to investment fund managers and others to purchase such securities. The Amended Complaint seeks the following relief: (a) certification of this action as a class action; (b) damages in an unspecified amount and interest; (c) costs and expenses of this action, including reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants and experts and other disbursements; and (d) such other and further relief as may be proper. The Company moved to dismiss the Amended Complaint as it applies to the Company on the grounds that the Amended Complaint failed to plead the purported fraud with the requisite particularity and failed to state a claim. Plaintiffs opposed the motion. Oral argument of the motion occurred on November 9, 1995. By decision dated June 6, 1996, the Court granted the Company's motion to dismiss for failure to plead fraud with particularity and declined to exercise jurisdiction over the pendent common law claims asserted against the Company under state law. The Court granted plaintiffs leave to replead their purported claims within twenty days of the date of the decision, which time the Court subsequently extended to July 26, 1996. The Company was not named in the repleading and the case has been dismissed with respect to the Company. 11 12 ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K (A) EXHIBITS 4.1 Form of Subscription Agreement with Private Placement Investors 4.2 Warrant Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated June 21, 1996, with form of Warrant 10.65 Consulting Agreement with David Blech dated March 29, 1996 27 Financial Data Schedules (B) REPORTS ON FORM 8-K The Company filed no Current Reports on Form 8-K during the quarter ended June 30, 1996. 12 13 SIGNATURES In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. EPOCH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Date: August 13, 1996 By: /s/ SANFORD ZWEIFACH --------------------------------- Sanford Zweifach President/Chief Financial Officer 13 14 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit Page Number Description Number ------ ----------- ------ 4.1 Form of Subscription Agreement with Private Placement Investors 15 4.2 Warrant Agreement between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company dated June 21, 1996, with form of Warrant 27 10.65 Consulting Agreement with David Blech dated March 29, 1996 52 27 Financial Data Schedules 54 14