LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. - Quarter Report: 2015 September (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)



þ	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2015



q	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from _____________ to _____________

Commission File Number: 000-30111

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



Delaware	76-0474169
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

8800 Technology Forest Place

The Woodlands, Texas 77381

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

(281) 863-3000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.



Yes	þ	No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).



Yes	þ	No

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

Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).



Yes	No	þ

As of November 4, 2015, 103,622,755 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, were outstanding.

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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		Page
Factors Affecting Forward-Looking Statements		2
Part I – Financial Information		3
Item 1.	Financial Statements	3
	Consolidated Balance Sheets – September 30, 2015 (unaudited) and December 31, 2014	3
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss (unaudited) – Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014	4
	Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (unaudited) – Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014	5
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) – Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and 2014	6
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	7
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	16
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	21
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	21
Part II – Other Information		22
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	22
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	22
Item 6.	Exhibits	24
Signatures		25

The Lexicon name and logo are registered trademarks of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Factors Affecting Forward Looking Statements

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “should” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks outlined under “Part II, Item 1A. - Risk Factors,” that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels or activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. We are not under any duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q to conform these statements to actual results, unless required by law.

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Part I – Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except par value)



	As of September 30,			As of December 31,
	2015			2014
Assets	(unaudited)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	61,674		$	137,266
Short-term investments, including restricted investments of $430	194,748			202,073
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $4 and $35, respectively	72			1,035
Assets held for sale	21,500			23,849
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	10,953			4,764
Total current assets	288,947			368,987
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization of $17,833 and $36,274, respectively	795			1,080
Goodwill	44,543			44,543
Other intangible assets	53,357			53,357
Other assets	3,498			3,409
Total assets	$	391,140		$	471,376
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	16,355		$	13,064
Accrued liabilities	14,913			10,120
Current portion of deferred revenue	1,743			1,618
Current portion of long-term debt	18,788			20,167
Total current liabilities	51,799			44,969
Deferred revenue, net of current portion	11,708			12,679
Long-term debt	87,500			87,500
Deferred tax liabilities	18,675			18,675
Other long-term liabilities	23,520			23,535
Total liabilities	193,202			187,358
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 5,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding	—			—
Common stock, $.001 par value; 225,000 and 128,571 shares authorized; 103,860 and 103,663 shares issued, respectively	104			104
Additional paid-in capital	1,396,207			1,390,619
Accumulated deficit	(1,195,684		)	(1,104,252		)
Accumulated other comprehensive gain (loss)	58			(63		)
Treasury stock, at cost, 237 and 183 shares, respectively	(2,747		)	(2,390		)
Total equity	197,938			284,018
Total liabilities and equity	$	391,140		$	471,376

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

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)



	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Revenues:
Collaborative agreements	$	505		$	312		$	2,635		$	1,111
Subscription and license fees	61			107			99			261
Total revenues	566			419			2,734			1,372
Operating expenses:
Research and development, including stock-based compensation of $893, $797, $2,865 and $3,195, respectively	23,111			24,108			64,745			69,248
Increase (decrease) in fair value of Symphony Icon, Inc. purchase liability	3,404			(1,072		)	5,145			518
General and administrative, including stock-based compensation of $779, $697, $2,548 and $2,389, respectively	5,379			4,617			17,387			15,423
Impairment loss on buildings	2,349			13,102			2,349			13,102
Total operating expenses	34,243			40,755			89,626			98,291
Loss from operations	(33,677		)	(40,336		)	(86,892		)	(96,919		)
Interest expense	(1,687		)	(449		)	(5,044		)	(1,361		)
Interest and other income, net	82			287			504			919
Consolidated net loss	$	(35,282	)	$	(40,498	)	$	(91,432	)	$	(97,361	)
Consolidated net loss per common share, basic and diluted	$	(0.34	)	$	(0.55	)	$	(0.88	)	$	(1.32	)
Shares used in computing consolidated net loss per common share, basic and diluted	103,616			73,542			103,580			73,494

Other comprehensive loss:
Unrealized gain (loss) on investments	(40		)	(3		)	121			—
Comprehensive loss	$	(35,322	)	$	(40,501	)	$	(91,311	)	$	(97,361	)

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

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)



	Common Stock			Additional					Accumulated Other
	Shares	Par Value		Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Deficit			Comprehensive Gain (Loss)			Treasury Stock			Total
Balance at December 31, 2013	73,478	$	73	$	1,175,549	$	(1,003,958	)	$	2		$	(1,503	)	$	170,163
Stock-based compensation	—	—		5,584		—			—			—			5,584
Issuance of common stock under Equity Incentive Plans	252	1		324		—			—			—			325
Repurchase of common stock	—	—		—		—			—			(887		)	(887		)
Net loss	—	—		—		(97,361		)	—			—			(97,361		)
Balance at September 30, 2014	73,730	$	74	$	1,181,457	$	(1,101,319	)	$	2		$	(2,390	)	$	77,824

Balance at December 31, 2014	103,663	$	104	$	1,390,619	$	(1,104,252	)	$	(63	)	$	(2,390	)	$	284,018
Stock-based compensation	—	—		5,413		—			—			—			5,413
Issuance of common stock under Equity Incentive Plans	197	—		114		—			—			—			114
Repurchase of common stock	—	—		—		—			—			(357		)	(357		)
Net loss	—	—		—		(91,432		)	—			—			(91,432		)
Unrealized gain on investments	—	—		—		—			121			—			121
Other	—	—		61		—			—			—			61
Balance at September 30, 2015	103,860	$	104	$	1,396,207	$	(1,195,684	)	$	58		$	(2,747	)	$	197,938

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

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)



	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014
Cash flows from operating activities:
Consolidated net loss	$	(91,432	)	$	(97,361	)
Adjustments to reconcile consolidated net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation	661			1,724
Impairment of fixed assets	2,349			13,344
Increase in fair value of Symphony Icon, Inc. purchase liability	5,145			518
Stock-based compensation	5,413			5,584
Amortization of debt issuance costs	380			37
Gain on disposal of property and equipment	(47		)	(811		)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Decrease in accounts receivable	963			625
Increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets	(6,189		)	(1,301		)
(Increase) decrease in other assets	(469		)	26
Increase in accounts payable and other liabilities	2,924			6,587
Decrease in deferred revenue	(846		)	(136		)
Net cash used in operating activities	(81,148		)	(71,164		)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(664		)	(46		)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment	335			1,808
Purchases of investments	(82,554		)	(20,651		)
Maturities of investments	90,000			81,186
Net cash provided by investing activities	7,117			62,297
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock	114			325
Repurchase of common stock	(357		)	(887		)
Repayment of debt borrowings	(1,379		)	(1,268		)
Other financing activities	61			(27		)
Net cash used in financing activities	(1,561		)	(1,857		)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(75,592		)	(10,724		)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	137,266			37,499
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	61,674		$	26,775

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	3,586		$	1,355

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Unrealized gain on investments	$	121		$	—

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

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Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)


1.	Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Lexicon” or the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Lexicon and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Intercompany transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.

For further information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in Lexicon’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the SEC.


2.	Net Loss Per Share

Net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the applicable period and excludes shares underlying convertible debt, stock options and restricted stock units because they are antidilutive. There are no differences between basic and diluted net loss per share for all periods presented.


3.	Stock-Based Compensation

The Company recorded $1.7 million and $1.5 million of stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company recorded $5.4 million and $5.6 million of stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company utilized the Black-Scholes valuation model for estimating the fair value of the stock compensation granted, with the following weighted-average assumptions for options granted in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014:



	Expected Volatility		Risk-free Interest Rate		Expected Term	Dividend Rate
September 30, 2015:
Employees	63	%	1.2	%	4	—	%
Officers and non-employee directors	81	%	1.8	%	8	—	%
September 30, 2014:
Employees	66	%	1.2	%	4	—	%
Officers and non-employee directors	80	%	2.3	%	8	—	%

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The following is a summary of option activity under Lexicon’s stock-based compensation plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2015:



	Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price
	(in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2014	3,372		$	14.98
Granted	1,131		6.48
Exercised	(9	)	12.16
Expired	(185	)	27.47
Forfeited	(67	)	9.46
Outstanding at September 30, 2015	4,242		12.26
Exercisable at September 30, 2015	2,604		$	14.59

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, Lexicon also granted its employees annual restricted stock units. These restricted stock units vest in four annual installments. The following is a summary of restricted stock units activity under Lexicon’s stock-based compensation plans for the nine months ended September 30, 2015:



	Shares		Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 2014	447		$	12.88
Granted	452		6.23
Vested	(167	)	12.91
Forfeited	(67	)	9.56
Nonvested at September 30, 2015	665		$	8.69

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, Lexicon granted its non-employee directors 21,360 shares of restricted stock awards. The restricted stock awards had a weighted average grant date fair value of $7.49 per share and vested immediately.


4.	Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, which amends FASB ASC Topic 606. ASU 2014-09 provides a single, comprehensive revenue recognition model for all contracts with customers. This standard contains principles for the determination of the measurement of revenue and the timing of when such revenue is recognized. Revenue recognition will reflect the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount that is expected to be earned in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 was scheduled to be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption was not permitted. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of Effective Date”, which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. ASU 2014-19 is now effective for annual periods after December 15, 2017 including interim periods within that reporting period. Early application is permitted only for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within that reporting period. Management is currently evaluating the impact of these pronouncements on Lexicon’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.” ASU 2014-15 will explicitly require management to assess an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, and to provide related footnote disclosure in certain circumstances. This pronouncement is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. Management does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have a material impact on Lexicon’s consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.” ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. This pronouncement is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2015, and early adoption is permitted.

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Management does not expect the adoption of this pronouncement to have a material impact on Lexicon’s consolidated financial statements.


5.	Cash and Cash Equivalents and Investments

The fair value of cash and cash equivalents and investments held at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are as follows:



	As of September 30, 2015
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	61,674	$	—	$	—		$	61,674
Securities maturing within one year:
Certificates of deposit	553		—		—			553
U.S. treasury securities	191,231		59		—			191,290
Corporate debt securities	2,906		—		(1		)	2,905
Total short-term investments	$	194,690	$	59	$	(1	)	$	194,748
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments	$	256,364	$	59	$	(1	)	$	256,422

	As of December 31, 2014
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses			Estimated Fair Value
			(in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	137,266	$	—	$	—		$	137,266
Securities maturing within one year:
Certificates of deposit	552		—		—			552
U.S. treasury securities	201,584		3		(66		)	201,521
Total short-term investments	$	202,136	$	3	$	(66	)	$	202,073
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments	$	339,402	$	3	$	(66	)	$	339,339

There were no realized gains or losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and no realized gains or losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method.


6.	Fair Value Measurements

The Company uses various inputs in determining the fair value of its investments and measures these assets on a recurring basis. Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value in the consolidated balance sheets are categorized by the level of objectivity associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. The following levels are directly related to the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to fair valuation of these assets and liabilities:


•	Level 1 - quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, which include U.S. treasury securities


•	Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, market corroborated inputs, etc.)


•	Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Company’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of the Symphony Icon purchase consideration liability)

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The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the credit risk associated with investing in those securities. The following table provides the fair value measurements of applicable Company assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis according to the fair value levels described above as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.



	Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of September 30, 2015
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	61,674	$	—	$	—	$	61,674
Short-term investments	191,290		3,458		—		194,748
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments	$	252,964	$	3,458	$	—	$	256,422
Liabilities
Accrued liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	2,864	$	2,864
Other long-term liabilities	—		—		19,169		19,169
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	22,033	$	22,033



	Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of December 31, 2014
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	137,266	$	—	$	—	$	137,266
Short-term investments	201,521		552		—		202,073
Total cash and cash equivalents and investments	$	338,787	$	552	$	—	$	339,339
Liabilities
Other long-term liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	17,638	$	17,638
Total liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	17,638	$	17,638

The Company’s Level 3 liabilities, which consist of the Symphony Icon purchase consideration liability, is estimated using a probability-based income approach utilizing an appropriate discount rate. Subsequent changes in the fair value of the Symphony Icon purchase consideration liability are recorded as an increase or decrease in Symphony Icon purchase liability expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. The following table summarizes the change in consolidated balance sheet carrying value associated with Level 3 liabilities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands).



Balance at December 31, 2014	$	17,638
Change in valuation of purchase consideration payable to former Symphony Icon stockholders	5,145
Payment of contingent payment obligation with cash	(750		)
Balance at September 30, 2015	$	22,033

Balance at December 31, 2013	$	27,710
Change in valuation of purchase consideration payable to former Symphony Icon stockholders	518
Balance at June 30, 2014	$	28,228

The Company also has assets that under certain conditions are subject to measurement at fair value on a non-recurring basis. These assets include goodwill associated with the acquisitions of Coelacanth Corporation in 2001 and Symphony Icon in 2010 and intangible assets associated with the acquisition of Symphony Icon in 2010. For these assets, measurement at fair value in periods subsequent to their initial recognition is applicable if one or more is determined to be impaired.

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7. Assets Held for Sale

Lexicon’s buildings and land have been reclassified as assets held for sale on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2015. The Company estimated the fair value of the net assets to be sold at approximately $21.5 million as of September 30, 2015, which represents estimated selling price less costs to sell. This resulted in impairment losses on the assets held for sale of $2.3 million and $13.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, which was recorded in impairment loss on buildings in the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. The fair value of the net assets to be sold was determined using Level 2 inputs using sales prices in similar real estate sales and offers received from potential purchasers of the building as well as considering future cash flows that may be generated from leasing the building.


8.	Debt Obligations

Convertible Debt. In November 2014, Lexicon completed an offering of $87.5 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). The conversion feature did not meet the criteria for bifurcation as required by generally accepted accounting principles and the entire principal amount was recorded as long-term debt on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

The Notes are governed by an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of November 26, 2014, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.25% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on June 1, 2015. The Notes mature on December 1, 2021. The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to the maturity date, and no sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

Holders of the Notes may convert their Notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date. Upon conversion, the Company will deliver for each $1,000 principal amount of converted Notes a number of shares of its common stock equal to the conversion rate, as described in the Indenture. The conversion rate is initially 118.4553 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of $8.442 per share of common stock). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, the Company will increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its Notes in connection with such a corporate event in certain circumstances.

If the Company undergoes a fundamental change, holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their Notes at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Company incurred $3.4 million of debt issuance costs, which is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. The debt issuance costs are amortized as interest expense over the expected life of the Notes using the effective interest method. The Company determined the expected life of the debt was equal to the seven-year term of the Notes. As of September 30, 2015, the balance of unamortized debt issuance costs was $2.9 million.

The fair value of the Notes was $129.8 million as of September 30, 2015 and was determined using Level 2 inputs based on the indicative pricing published by certain investment banks or trading levels of the Notes, which are not listed on any securities exchange or quoted on an inter-dealer automated quotation system.

Mortgage Loan. In April 2004, Lexicon obtained a $34.0 million mortgage on its facilities in The Woodlands, Texas. The mortgage loan originally had a ten-year term with a 20-year amortization and a fixed interest rate of 8.23%. The mortgage was amended in September 2013 to extend the maturity date from April 2014 to April 2017, with the mortgage loan’s monthly payment amount and fixed interest rate each remaining unchanged. The mortgage had a principal balance outstanding of $18.8 million as of September 30, 2015. This entire balance has been classified as current liabilities on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2015 as management intends to repay the mortgage when the assets that serve as collateral for the mortgage loan are sold. These assets have been reclassified to assets held for sale as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, as discussed in Note 7, Assets Held for Sale. The buildings and land that serve as collateral for the mortgage loan are included in assets held for sale at $59.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively, before accumulated depreciation, as of September 30, 2015. The fair value of Lexicon’s mortgage loan approximates its carrying value. The fair value of Lexicon’s mortgage loan was determined using Level 2 inputs using discounted cash flow analysis, based on the Company’s estimated current incremental borrowing rate.

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9.	Arrangements with Symphony Icon, Inc.

On June 15, 2007, Lexicon entered into a series of related agreements providing for the financing of the clinical development of certain of its drug candidates, including telotristat etiprate (LX1032) and LX1033, along with any other pharmaceutical compositions modulating the same targets as those drug candidates (the “Programs”). The agreements included a Novated and Restated Technology License Agreement pursuant to which the Company licensed to Symphony Icon, a then wholly-owned subsidiary of Symphony Icon Holdings LLC (“Holdings”), the Company's intellectual property rights related to the Programs. Holdings contributed $45 million to Symphony Icon in order to fund the clinical development of the Programs.

Under a Share Purchase Agreement, dated June 15, 2007, between the Company and Holdings, the Company issued and sold to Holdings 1,092,946 shares of its common stock on June 15, 2007 in exchange for $15 million and an exclusive purchase option (the “Purchase Option”) that gave the Company the right to acquire all of the equity of Symphony Icon, thereby allowing the Company to reacquire all of the Programs. On July 30, 2010, Lexicon entered into an Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement with Symphony Icon and Holdings and simultaneously exercised the Purchase Option, thereby reacquiring the Programs. Pursuant to the amended terms of the Purchase Option, Lexicon paid Holdings $10 million on July 30, 2010 and issued 1,891,074 shares of common stock to designees of Holdings on July 30, 2012 in satisfaction of an additional $35 million base payment obligation.

Lexicon also agreed to make up to $45 million in additional contingent payments, which will consist of 50% of any consideration Lexicon receives pursuant to any licensing transaction (a “Licensing Transaction”) under which Lexicon grants a third party rights to commercialize telotristat etiprate, LX1033 or other pharmaceutical compositions modulating the same target as those drug candidates (the “LG103 Programs”), subject to certain exceptions. The contingent payments will be due if and when Lexicon receives such consideration from a Licensing Transaction. In the event Lexicon receives regulatory approval in the United States for the marketing and sale of any product resulting from the LG103 Programs prior to entering into a Licensing Transaction for the commercialization of such product in the United States, in lieu of any contingent payment from such a Licensing Transaction, Lexicon will pay Holdings the sum of $15 million and the amount of certain expenses Lexicon incurred after its exercise of the Purchase Option which are attributable to the development of such product, reduced by up to 50% of such sum on account of any contingent payments paid prior to such United States regulatory approval attributable to any such Licensing Transaction outside of the United States with respect to such product. In the event Lexicon makes any such payment upon United States regulatory approval, Lexicon will have no obligation to make subsequent contingent payments attributable to any such Licensing Transactions for the commercialization of such product outside the United States until the proceeds of such Licensing Transactions exceed 50% of the payment made as a result of such United States regulatory approval. The contingent payments may be paid in cash or a combination of cash and common stock, in Lexicon’s discretion, provided that no more than 50% of any contingent payment will be paid in common stock. On December 4, 2014, Lexicon paid $5.8 million in cash and issued 666,111 shares of common stock to designees of Holdings in satisfaction of a $11.5 million contingent payment obligation as a result of receiving an upfront payment pursuant to Lexicon’s license and collaboration agreement with Ipsen Pharma SAS. On April 24, 2015, Lexicon paid $0.75 million in cash to Holdings in satisfaction of its contingent payment obligation as a result of receiving an additional upfront payment from Ipsen in March 2015 (see Note 12, Collaboration and License Agreements).

Lexicon accounted for the exercise of the Purchase Option and acquisition of Symphony Icon as a business combination. In connection with its acquisition of Symphony Icon, Lexicon paid $10.0 million in cash, and has also agreed to pay Holdings additional base and contingent payments as discussed above. The fair value of the base and contingent consideration payments was $45.6 million and was estimated by applying a probability-based income approach utilizing an appropriate discount rate. This estimation was based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market, referred to as Level 3 inputs. Key assumptions include: (1) a discount rate of 14% for the base payments; (2) a discount rate of 18% for the contingent payments; and (3) a probability adjusted contingency. The discount rate assumptions have not changed through September 30, 2015, and as programs progress, the probability adjusted contingency is adjusted as necessary. Subsequent changes in the fair value of the Symphony Icon purchase consideration liability are recorded as increase or decrease in fair value of Symphony Icon purchase liability expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive loss. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the fair value of the Symphony Icon purchase consideration liability increased by $5.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively. In August 2015, Lexicon announced that the pivotal TELESTAR Phase 3 clinical trial met its primary endpoint, showing the benefit of oral telotristat etiprate in treating cancer patients with carcinoid syndrome that is not adequately controlled by the current standard of care. The increase in the contingent purchase liability during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 reflects a greater likelihood following the top-line results from the TELESTAR trial that the Company will achieve certain milestones with telotristat etiprate, such as regulatory approval, that would trigger payments under the contingent liability.

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10. Commitments and Contingencies

Operating Lease Obligations: A Lexicon subsidiary leases office space in Basking Ridge, New Jersey under a lease agreement, the term of which began in June 2015 and terminates in December 2022. Rent expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lexicon is the guarantor of the obligations of its subsidiary under this lease agreement. The maximum potential amount of future payments the Company could be required to make under this agreement is $4.2 million as of September 30, 2015. Under a lease that expired in June 2015, the Company is required to maintain restricted investments to collateralize a standby letter of credit for this lease. The Company had $0.4 million and $0.4 million in restricted investments as collateral as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Additionally, Lexicon leases certain equipment under operating leases.

Legal Proceedings. Lexicon is from time to time party to claims and legal proceedings that arise in the normal course of its business and that it believes will not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.


11.	Reverse Stock Split

Effective May 20, 2015, Lexicon completed a one-for-seven reverse split of its common stock. All references to shares of common stock and per-share data for all periods presented in this report have been adjusted to give effect to this reverse stock split. Proportional adjustments were also made to all shares of common stock issuable under Lexicon’s equity incentive plans and upon conversion of Lexicon’s Notes. Concurrent with the reverse stock split, the authorized shares of common stock were reduced from 900 million (prior to the reverse stock split) to 225 million. As no change was made to the par value of the common shares, common stock and additional paid-in capital were adjusted on a retroactive basis to give effect to the reverse stock split. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the reverse stock split. Any fractional share of common stock that would otherwise have resulted from the reverse stock split were converted into cash payments equal to such fraction multiplied by the closing sales price of the common stock as last reported on the last trading day immediately preceding the effective date of the reverse stock split.


12.	Collaboration and License Agreements

Lexicon has derived substantially all of its revenues from drug discovery and development collaborations, target validation collaborations for the development and, in some cases, analysis of the physiological effects of genes altered in knockout mice, government grants and contracts, technology licenses, subscriptions to its databases and compound library sales. Revenues generated from third parties under collaborative arrangements are recorded on a gross basis on the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss as Lexicon is the principal participant for these transactions for the purpose of accounting for these arrangements.

Ipsen Pharma SAS. In October 2014, Lexicon entered into a License and Collaboration Agreement, which was amended in March 2015 (collectively, the “Ipsen Agreement”), with Ipsen Pharma SAS (“Ipsen”) for the development and commercialization of Lexicon’s drug candidate telotristat etiprate (LX1032) outside of the United States and Japan (the “Licensed Territory”).

Under the Ipsen Agreement, Lexicon granted Ipsen an exclusive, royalty-bearing right and license under its patent rights and know-how to commercialize telotristat etiprate in the Licensed Territory. Ipsen is responsible for using diligent efforts to commercialize telotristat etiprate in the Licensed Territory pursuant to a mutually approved commercialization plan. Subject to certain exceptions, Lexicon will be responsible for conducting clinical trials required to obtain regulatory approval for telotristat etiprate for carcinoid syndrome in the European Union, including those contemplated by a mutually approved initial development plan, and will have the first right to conduct most other clinical trials of telotristat etiprate. Lexicon is responsible for the costs of all clinical trials contemplated by the initial development plan. The costs of additional clinical trials will be allocated between the parties based on the nature of such clinical trials. Under the Ipsen Agreement, Ipsen has paid Lexicon an aggregate of $24.5 million through September 30, 2015. In addition, Lexicon is eligible to receive from Ipsen (a) up to an aggregate of approximately $34 million upon the achievement of specified regulatory and commercial launch milestones and (b) up to an aggregate of €72 million upon the achievement of specified sales milestones. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the achievement of the future regulatory and sales milestones, these payments will not be recognized as revenue unless and until they are earned as the Company is not able to reasonably predict if and when the milestones will be achieved. Lexicon is also entitled to tiered, escalating royalties ranging from low twenties to mid-thirties percentages of net sales of telotristat etiprate in the Licensed Territory, subject to a credit for amounts previously paid to Lexicon by Ipsen for the manufacture and supply of such units of telotristat etiprate. Lexicon’s receipt of these payments under the Ipsen Agreement triggers its obligation to make certain contingent payments to Holdings (see Note 9, Arrangements with Symphony Icon, Inc.).

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Lexicon and Ipsen will enter into a commercial supply agreement pursuant to which Lexicon will supply Ipsen’s commercial requirements of telotristat etiprate, and Ipsen will pay an agreed upon transfer price for such commercial supply.

The Company considered the following deliverables with respect to the revenue recognition of the $24.5 million upfront payments:


•	The exclusive license granted to Ipsen to develop and commercialize telotristat etiprate in the Licensed Territory;

•The development services Lexicon is performing for telotristat etiprate;


•	The obligation to participate in committees which govern the development of telotristat etiprate until commercialization; and

•The obligation to supply commercial supply of telotristat etiprate, under a commercial supply agreement.

The Company determined that the license had stand-alone value because it is an exclusive license that gives Ipsen the right to develop and commercialize telotristat etiprate or to sublicense its rights. In addition, telotristat etiprate is currently in development and it is possible that Ipsen or another third party could conduct clinical trials without assistance from Lexicon. As a result, the Company considers the license and the development services under the Ipsen Agreement to be separate units of accounting. The Company recognized the portion of the consideration allocated to the license immediately because Lexicon delivered the license and earned the revenue at the inception of the arrangement. The Company is recognizing as revenue the amount allocated to the development services and the obligation to participate in committees over the period of time Lexicon performs services, currently expected to be through mid-2017.

Due to the inherent uncertainty in obtaining regulatory approval, the applicability of the commercial supply agreement is outside the control of Lexicon and Ipsen. Accordingly, the Company has determined the commercial supply agreement is a contingent deliverable at the onset of the Ipsen Agreement. As a result, the Company has determined the commercial supply agreement does not meet the definition of a deliverable that needs to be accounted for at the inception of the arrangement. The Company has also determined that there is no significant and incremental discount related to the commercial supply agreement that should be accounted for at the inception of the arrangement.

The Company determined that the initial allocable arrangement consideration was the $24.5 million upfront payments because they were the only payments that were fixed and determinable at the inception of the arrangement. There was considerable uncertainty at the date of the agreement as to whether Lexicon would earn milestone payments, royalty payments or payments for finished drug product. As such, the Company did not include those payments in the allocable consideration. The Company allocated the allocable consideration based on the relative best estimate of selling price of each unit of accounting. The Company estimated the selling price of the license deliverable by applying a probability-based income approach utilizing an appropriate discount rate. The significant inputs the Company used to determine the projected income of the license included: estimated future product sales, estimated cost of goods sold, estimated operating expenses, income taxes, and an appropriate discount rate. The Company estimated the selling price of the development services by using internal estimates of the cost to hire third parties to perform the services over the expected period to perform the development. The Company estimated the selling price of the obligation to participate in committees by using internal estimates of the number of internal hours and salary and benefits costs to perform these services.

As a result of the allocation, the Company recognized $21.2 million of the $24.5 million upfront payments for the license in 2014, and an additional $1.4 million in 2015 upon entering into the amendment. The Company is recognizing the $1.7 million allocated to the development services deliverable over the estimated period of performance as development occurs, and is recognizing the $0.1 million allocated to the committee participation deliverable ratably over the estimated period of performance. Revenue recognized under the Ipsen Agreement was $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.


13.	Subsequent Event

On November 5, 2015, Lexicon entered into a Collaboration and License Agreement (the “Sanofi Agreement”) with Sanofi for the worldwide development of Lexicon’s diabetes drug candidate sotagliflozin (LX4211).

Under the Sanofi Agreement, Lexicon granted Sanofi an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing right and license under its patent rights and know-how to develop, manufacture and commercialize sotagliflozin. Subject to specified exceptions, neither party may (a) perform clinical development activities relating to any other compound which inhibits sodium-glucose cotransporters type 1 or type 2 or (b) commercialize any such compounds in the United States, countries of the European Union and certain other specified countries, in each case during the royalty terms applicable in such countries. Among the specified

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exceptions is a right Lexicon retained to pursue the development of its LX2761 drug candidate, with respect to which Lexicon granted Sanofi certain rights of first negotiation specified in the Sanofi Agreement.

Under the Sanofi Agreement, Sanofi will pay Lexicon an upfront payment of $300 million. In addition, Lexicon is eligible to receive from Sanofi (a) up to an aggregate of $430 million upon the achievement of specified development and regulatory milestones and (b) up to an aggregate of $990 million upon the achievement of specified sales milestones. Lexicon is also entitled to tiered, escalating royalties ranging from low double digit percentages to forty percent of net sales of sotagliflozin, based on indication and territory, with royalties for the higher band of such range attributable to net sales for type 1 diabetes in the United States, and subject in each case to customary royalty reduction provisions. Royalties payable with respect to net sales of sotagliflozin for type 1 diabetes in the United States will also be reduced in the event Lexicon does not exercise its co-promotion option described below.

Lexicon will continue to be responsible for all clinical development activities relating to type 1 diabetes and will retain an exclusive option to co-promote and have a significant role, in collaboration with Sanofi, in the commercialization of sotagliflozin for the treatment of type 1 diabetes in the United States. If Lexicon exercises its co-promotion option, Lexicon will fund forty percent of the commercialization costs relating to such co-promotion activities. Sanofi will be responsible for all clinical development and commercialization of sotagliflozin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes worldwide and will be solely responsible for the commercialization of sotagliflozin for the treatment of type 1 diabetes outside the United States. Lexicon will share in the funding of a portion of the planned type 2 diabetes development costs over the next three years, up to an aggregate of $100 million. Sanofi will book sales worldwide in all indications.

The parties are responsible for using commercially reasonable efforts to perform their development and commercialization obligations pursuant to mutually approved development and commercialization plans.

The parties’ activities under the Sanofi Agreement are governed by a joint steering committee and certain other governance committees which reflect equal or other appropriate representation from both parties. If the applicable governance committee is not able to make a decision by consensus and the parties are not able to resolve the issue through escalation to specified senior executive officers of the parties, then Sanofi will have final decision-making authority, subject to limitations specified in the Sanofi Agreement.

The Sanofi Agreement will expire upon the expiration of all applicable royalty terms for all licensed products in all countries. The royalty term for each licensed product in each country is the period commencing on the effective date of the Sanofi Agreement and ending on the latest of expiration of specified patent coverage, expiration of specified regulatory exclusivity and 10 years following the first commercial sale in the applicable country. Either party may terminate the Sanofi Agreement in the event of an uncured material breach by the other party. Prior to completion of the core development activities for type 2 diabetes specified in the development plan, Sanofi may terminate the Sanofi Agreement on a country-by-country and licensed product-by-licensed product basis, in the event of (a) notification of a material safety issue relating to the licensed product or the class of sodium-glucose cotransporters type 1 or type 2 inhibitors resulting in a recommendation or requirement that Lexicon or Sanofi cease development, (b) failure to achieve positive results with respect to certain clinical trial results, (c) the occurrence of specified fundamental adverse events or (d) the exploitation of the licensed product infringing third party intellectual property rights in specified major markets and Sanofi is unable to obtain a license to such third party intellectual property rights.

The effectiveness of the Sanofi Agreement is contingent upon satisfaction of the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”).

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

Overview

We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of breakthrough treatments for human disease. We have advanced multiple drug candidates into clinical development and are presently devoting most of our resources to the development of our two most advanced drug candidates:


•	We are developing telotristat etiprate, an orally-delivered small molecule drug candidate, as a treatment for carcinoid syndrome. We reported positive top-line data in August 2015 from our pivotal TELESTAR Phase 3 clinical trial of telotristat etiprate in carcinoid syndrome patients and have completed two additional Phase 2 clinical trials of telotristat etiprate in carcinoid syndrome patients.

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We are developing sotagliflozin, or LX4211, an orally-delivered small molecule drug candidate, as a treatment for type 1 and type 2 diabetes. We have completed two Phase 2 clinical trials of sotagliflozin in type 2 diabetes patients and an additional clinical trial of sotagliflozin in type 2 diabetes patients with renal impairment. We have also completed a Phase 2 clinical trial of sotagliflozin in type 1 diabetes patients. We are presently conducting Phase 3 development of sotagliflozin in type 1 diabetes and an additional Phase 2 clinical trial of sotagliflozin in a younger adult type 1 diabetes population in collaboration with JDRF. We do not intend to continue development of sotagliflozin in type 2 diabetes unless we enter into a collaboration partnership.

Our most advanced drug candidates, as well as compounds from a number of additional drug discovery and development programs that we have advanced into various stages of clinical and preclinical development, originated from our own internal drug discovery efforts. These efforts were driven by a systematic, target biology-driven approach in which we used gene knockout technologies and an integrated platform of advanced medical technologies to systematically study the physiological and behavioral functions of almost 5,000 genes in mice and assessed the utility of the proteins encoded by the corresponding human genes as potential drug targets. We identified and validated in living animals, or in vivo, more than 100 targets with promising profiles for drug discovery.

We are working both independently and through strategic collaborations and alliances with third parties to capitalize on our drug target discoveries and drug discovery and development programs. We seek to retain exclusive rights to the benefits of certain drug discovery and development programs by developing and commercializing drug candidates from those programs internally and to collaborate with other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with respect to the development and commercialization of drug candidates from other programs, particularly when the collaboration may provide us with access to expertise and resources that we do not possess internally or are complementary to our own.

We have derived substantially all of our revenues from drug discovery and development collaborations and other research collaborations and technology licenses, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. To date, we have generated a substantial portion of our revenues from a limited number of sources.

Our operating results and, in particular, our ability to generate additional revenues are dependent on many factors, including our success in establishing new collaborations and licenses, the success rate of our development efforts leading to opportunities for new collaborations and licenses, the timing and willingness of collaborators to commercialize products that would result in milestone payments and royalties and their success in such efforts, and general and industry-specific economic conditions which may affect research and development expenditures. Future revenues from our existing collaborations are uncertain because they depend, to a large degree, on the achievement of milestones and payment of royalties we earn from any future products developed under the collaboration. As a result, we depend, in part, on securing new collaborations and license agreements. Our ability to secure future revenue-generating agreements will depend upon our ability to address the needs of our potential future collaborators and licensees, and to negotiate agreements that we believe are in our long-term best interests. We may determine, as we have with certain of our clinical drug candidates, that our interests are better served by retaining rights to our discoveries and advancing our therapeutic programs to a later stage, which could limit our near-term revenues. Because of these and other factors, our operating results have fluctuated in the past and are likely to do so in the future, and we do not believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results are a good indication of our future performance.

Since our inception, we have incurred significant losses and, as of September 30, 2015, we had an accumulated deficit of $1.2 billion. Our losses have resulted principally from costs incurred in research and development, general and administrative costs associated with our operations, and non-cash stock-based compensation expenses associated with stock options and restricted stock granted to employees and consultants. Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and related personnel costs, external research costs related to our nonclinical and clinical efforts, material costs, facility costs, depreciation on property and equipment, and other expenses related to our drug discovery and development programs.

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General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries and related expenses for executive and administrative personnel, professional fees and other corporate expenses, including information technology, facilities costs and general legal activities. We expect to continue to incur significant research and development costs in connection with the continuing development of our drug candidates. As a result, we will need to generate significantly higher revenues to achieve profitability.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make judgments, estimates and assumptions in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. We believe there have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies as discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 4, Recent Accounting Pronouncements, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for a discussion of the impact of the new accounting standards on our consolidated financial statements.

Results of Operations

Revenues

Total revenues and dollar and percentage changes as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year are as follows (dollar amounts are presented in millions):



	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014		2015			2014
Total revenues	$	0.6		$	0.4	$	2.7		$	1.4
Dollar increase	$	0.1				$	1.4
Percentage increase	35		%			99		%


•	Collaborative agreements – Revenue from collaborative agreements for the three months ended September 30, 2015 increased from $0.3 million to $0.5 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased from $1.1 million to $2.6 million, primarily due to revenues recognized from the license and collaboration with Ipsen Pharma SAS.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses and dollar and percentage changes as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year are as follows (dollar amounts are presented in millions):



	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014		2015			2014
Total research and development expense	$	23.1		$	24.1	$	64.7		$	69.2
Dollar decrease	$	(1.0	)			$	(4.5	)
Percentage decrease	(4		)%			(7		)%

Research and development expenses consist primarily of third-party and other services principally related to nonclinical and clinical development activities, salaries and other personnel-related expenses, facility and equipment costs, and stock-based compensation expense.

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Third-party and other services – Third-party and other services for the three months ended September 30, 2015 increased 5% to $17.3 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased 22% to $45.7 million as compared to the corresponding periods in 2014, primarily due to increases in external clinical research and development costs. Third-party and other services relate principally to our clinical trial and related development activities, such as nonclinical and clinical studies and contract manufacturing.


•	Personnel – Personnel costs for the three months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 15% to $3.5 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 43% to $11.0 million, as compared to the corresponding periods

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in 2014, primarily due to reductions in our personnel in 2014. Salaries, bonuses, employee benefits, payroll taxes, recruiting and relocation costs are included in personnel costs.


•	Facilities and equipment – Facilities and equipment costs for the three months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 53% to $0.7 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 55% to $2.5 million, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2014, primarily due to reductions in depreciation expense, laboratory equipment costs, utilities expense and rent expense.


•	Stock-based compensation – Stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2015 increased 12% to $0.9 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 10% to $2.9 million, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2014.


•	Other – Other costs for the three months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 42% to $0.7 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 27% to $2.7 million, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2014.

Increase in Fair Value of Symphony Icon Liability

The fair value of the Symphony Icon purchase liability increased by $3.4 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015, decreased by $1.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014, and increased by $5.1 million and $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively (see Note 9, Arrangements with Symphony Icon, Inc., of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for more information).

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses and dollar and percentage changes as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior year are as follows (dollar amounts are presented in millions):



	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014		2015			2014
Total general and administrative expense	$	5.4		$	4.6	$	17.4		$	15.4
Dollar increase	$	0.8				$	2.0
Percentage increase	17		%			13		%

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs to support our research and development activities, professional fees such as legal fees, stock-based compensation expenses, and facility and equipment costs.


•	Personnel – Personnel costs for the three months ended September 30, 2015 increased 11% to $2.3 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 2% to $7.6 million, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2014. Salaries, bonuses, employee benefits, payroll taxes, recruiting and relocation costs are included in personnel costs.


•	Professional fees – Professional fees for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was $1.1 million, consistent with the corresponding period in 2014, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased 31% to $4.0 million, as compared to the corresponding period in 2014, primarily due to increased consulting costs in preparation for commercialization of telotristat etiprate.


•	Stock-based compensation – Stock-based compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2015 increased 12% to $0.8 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased 7% to $2.5 million, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2014.


•	Facilities and equipment – Facilities and equipment costs for the three months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 32% to $0.3 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 decreased 39% to $0.7 million, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2014.


•	Other – Other costs for the three months ended September 30, 2015 increased 159% to $0.9 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased 144% to $2.6 million, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2014.

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Impairment Loss on Buildings

In September 2014, Lexicon determined its buildings and land should be classified as assets held for sale on its consolidated balance sheets. The Company recognized impairment losses on its buildings of $2.3 million and $13.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, as a result of writing down the buildings to the estimated net selling price (see Note 7, Assets Held for Sale, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for more information).

Interest Expense and Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net

Interest Expense. Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $1.7 million and $0.4 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $5.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

Interest and Other Income (Expense), Net. Interest and other income, net for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 was $0.5 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

Consolidated Net Loss and Consolidated Net Loss per Common Share

Consolidated Net Loss and Consolidated Net Loss per Common Share. Consolidated net loss decreased to $35.3 million in the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $40.5 million in the corresponding period in 2014. Consolidated net loss per common share decreased to $0.34 in the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $0.55 in the corresponding period in 2014. Consolidated net loss decreased to $91.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $97.4 million in the corresponding period in 2014. Consolidated net loss per common share decreased to $0.88 in the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $1.32 in the corresponding period in 2014.

Our quarterly operating results have fluctuated in the past and are likely to do so in the future, and we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our operating results are not a good indication of our future performance.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have financed our operations from inception primarily through sales of common and preferred stock, contract and milestone payments to us under our drug discovery and development collaborations, target validation, database subscription and technology license agreements, government grants and contracts, and financing under debt and lease arrangements. We have also financed certain of our research and development activities under our agreements with Symphony Icon, Inc. From our inception through September 30, 2015, we had received net proceeds of $1.3 billion from issuances of common and preferred stock. In addition, from our inception through September 30, 2015, we received $483.4 million in cash payments from drug discovery and development collaborations, target validation, database subscription and technology license agreements, sales of compound libraries and reagents, and government grants and contracts, of which $470.3 million had been recognized as revenues through September 30, 2015.

As of September 30, 2015, we had $256.4 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments. As of December 31, 2014, we had $339.3 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments. We used cash of $81.1 million in operations in the nine months ended September 30, 2015. This consisted primarily of the consolidated net loss for the period of $91.4 million and a net increase in other operating assets net of liabilities of $3.6 million, partially offset by non-cash charges of $5.4 million related to stock-based compensation expense, $5.1 million related to the increase in fair value of the Symphony Icon purchase liability, impairment of fixed assets of $2.3 million, and $0.7 million related to depreciation expense. Investing activities provided cash of $7.1 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2015, primarily due to net maturities of investments of $7.4 million. Financing activities used cash of $1.6 million, primarily due to repayment of debt borrowings of $1.4 million and repurchase of common stock of $0.4 million.

Symphony Drug Development Financing Agreements. In June 2007, we entered into a series of related agreements providing for the financing of the clinical development of certain drug programs, including telotristat etiprate and LX1033, along with any other pharmaceutical compositions modulating the same targets as those drug candidates. Under the financing arrangement, we licensed to Symphony Icon, Inc., a then wholly-owned subsidiary of Symphony Icon Holdings LLC, our intellectual property rights related to the programs and Holdings contributed $45 million to Symphony Icon in order to fund the clinical development of the programs. We also issued and sold to Holdings shares of our common stock in exchange for $15 million and received an exclusive option to acquire all of the equity of Symphony Icon, thereby allowing us to reacquire the programs.

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Upon the recommendation of Symphony Icon’s development committee, which was comprised of an equal number of representatives from us and Symphony Icon, Symphony Icon’s board of directors had the right to require us to pay Symphony Icon up to $15 million for Symphony Icon’s use in the development of the programs in accordance with a specified development plan and related development budget. Symphony Icon’s board of directors requested that we pay Symphony Icon $9.3 million under the agreement, all of which was paid prior to the exercise of the purchase option in July 2010.

In July 2010, we entered into an amended and restated purchase option agreement with Symphony Icon and Holdings and simultaneously exercised our purchase option. Pursuant to the amended terms of the purchase option, we paid Holdings $10 million in July 2010 and issued 1,891,074 shares of common stock to designees of Holdings in July 2012 in satisfaction of an additional $35 million base payment obligation.

We also agreed to make up to $45 million in additional contingent payments, which will consist of 50% of any consideration we receive pursuant to any licensing transaction under which we grant a third party rights to commercialize telotristat etiprate, LX1033 or other pharmaceutical compositions modulating the same target as those drug candidates, which we refer to as the “LG103 programs,” subject to certain exceptions. The contingent payments will be due if and when we receive such consideration from such a licensing transaction. In the event we receive regulatory approval in the United States for the marketing and sale of any product resulting from the LG103 programs prior to entering into such a licensing transaction for the commercialization of such product in the United States, in lieu of any contingent payment from such a licensing transaction, we will pay Holdings the sum of $15 million and the amount of certain expenses we incurred after our exercise of the purchase option which are attributable to the development of such product, reduced by up to 50% of such sum for the amount of any contingent payments paid prior to such United States regulatory approval attributable to any such licensing transaction outside of the United States with respect to such product. In the event we make any such payment upon United States regulatory approval, we will have no obligation to make subsequent contingent payments attributable to any such licensing transactions for the commercialization of such product outside the United States until the proceeds of such licensing transactions exceed 50% of the payment made as a result of such United States regulatory approval.

The contingent payments may be paid in cash or a combination of cash and common stock, in our discretion, provided that no more than 50% of any contingent payment will be paid in common stock. On December 4, 2014, we paid $5.8 million in cash and issued 666,111 shares of common stock to designees of Holdings in satisfaction of a $11.5 million contingent payment obligation as a result of receiving an upfront payment pursuant to our license and collaboration agreement with Ipsen Pharma SAS. On April 24, 2015, we paid $0.75 million in cash to Holdings in satisfaction of our contingent payment obligation as a result of receiving an additional upfront payment from Ipsen in March 2015 (see Note 12, Collaboration and License Agreements, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, for more information).

Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine. In July 2005, we received an award from the Texas Enterprise Fund for the creation of a knockout mouse embryonic stem cell library containing 350,000 cell lines for the Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine, or TIGM, using our proprietary gene trapping technology, which we completed in 2007. We also equipped TIGM with the bioinformatics software required for the management and analysis of data relating to the library. The Texas Enterprise Fund made an additional award to the Texas A&M University System for the creation of facilities and infrastructure to house the library.

Under the terms of our award, we are responsible for the creation of a specified number of jobs beginning in 2012, reaching an aggregate of 1,616 new jobs in Texas by December 31, 2016. We will receive credits against those job obligations based on funding received by TIGM and certain related parties from sources other than the State of Texas. We will also receive credits against those jobs obligations for any surplus jobs we create. We may be required to repay the state a portion of the award if we fail to meet those job obligations. Subject to these credits, if we fail to create the specified number of jobs, the State may require us to repay $2,415 for each job we fall short beginning in 2013. Our maximum aggregate exposure for such payments, if we fail to create any new jobs, is approximately $14.2 million, including $2.5 million through 2015, without giving effect to any credits to which we may be entitled.

Facilities. In April 2004, we obtained a $34.0 million mortgage on our facilities in The Woodlands, Texas. The mortgage loan originally had a ten-year term with a 20-year amortization and a fixed interest rate of 8.23%. The mortgage was amended in September 2013 to extend the maturity date from April 2014 to April 2017, with the mortgage loan’s monthly payment amount and fixed interest rate each remaining unchanged. The mortgage had a principal balance outstanding of $18.8 million as of September 30, 2015. The buildings and land that serve as collateral for the mortgage have been classified as assets held for sale as of September 30, 2015, and management has reclassified all of the mortgage loan as current liabilities as the loan will be repaid upon sale of the buildings and land.

In March 2015, our subsidiary Lexicon Pharmaceuticals (New Jersey), Inc. leased a 25,000 square-foot office space in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. The term of the lease extends from June 1, 2015 through December 31, 2022, and provides for

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escalating yearly base rent payments starting at $482,000 and increasing to $646,000 in the final year of the lease. We are the guarantor of the obligations of our subsidiary under the lease.

Our future capital requirements will be substantial and will depend on many factors, including the effectiveness of the Sanofi Agreement upon satisfaction of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act, our ability to obtain additional drug discovery and development collaborations and other collaborations and technology license agreements, the amount and timing of payments under such agreements, the level and timing of our research and development expenditures, market acceptance of our products, the resources we devote to developing and supporting our products and other factors. Our capital requirements will also be affected by any expenditures we make in connection with license agreements and acquisitions of and investments in complementary technologies and businesses. We expect to devote substantial capital resources to continue our development efforts, to expand our support and product development activities, and for other general corporate activities. We believe that our current unrestricted cash and investment balances and cash and revenues we expect to derive from drug discovery and development collaborations, other collaborations and technology licenses and other sources will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months. During or after this period, if cash generated by operations is insufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements, we will need to sell additional equity or debt securities or obtain additional credit arrangements. Additional financing may not be available on terms acceptable to us or at all. The sale of additional equity or convertible debt securities may result in additional dilution to our stockholders. Although we have previously been successful in obtaining financing through our equity securities offerings, we may not be able to do so in the future. If we are not able to secure adequate additional financings we may be forced to make reductions in spending and/or liquidate assets where possible. Any of these actions could harm our business and our results of operations.

Disclosure about Market Risk

We are exposed to limited market and credit risk on our cash equivalents which have maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase. We maintain a short-term investment portfolio which consists of U.S. Treasury bills, money market accounts, corporate debt securities that mature within 12 months from the time of purchase, and certificates of deposit that mature three to 12 months from the time of purchase, which we believe are subject to limited market and credit risk. We currently do not hedge interest rate exposure or hold any derivative financial instruments in our investment portfolio.

We had approximately $256.4 million in cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments as of September 30, 2015. We believe that the working capital available to us will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months.

We have operated primarily in the United States and substantially all sales to date have been made in U.S. dollars. Accordingly, we have not had any material exposure to foreign currency rate fluctuations.


Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

See “Disclosure about Market Risk” under “Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk.


Item 4.	Controls and Procedures

Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file under the Securities Exchange Act is gathered, analyzed and disclosed with adequate timeliness, accuracy and completeness, based on an evaluation of such controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report.

Subsequent to our evaluation, there were no significant changes in internal controls or other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

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Part II -- Other Information


Item 1.	Legal Proceedings

We are from time to time party to claims and legal proceedings that arise in the normal course of our business and that we believe will not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.


Item 1A.	Risk Factors

The following risks and uncertainties are important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by forward-looking statements. The factors described below are not the only ones we face and additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may impair our business operations.

Risks Related to Our Need for Additional Financing and Our Financial Results


•	We will need additional capital in the future and, if it is unavailable, we will be forced to significantly curtail or cease our operations. If it is not available on reasonable terms, we will be forced to obtain funds, if at all, by entering into financing agreements on unattractive terms.


•	We have a history of net losses, and we expect to continue to incur net losses and may not achieve or maintain profitability.


•	Our operating results have been and likely will continue to fluctuate, and we believe that period-to-period comparisons of our operating results are not a good indication of our future performance.


•	We have substantial indebtedness that may limit cash flow available to invest in the ongoing needs of our business.


•	We may not have the ability to raise the funds necessary to repurchase the notes evidencing our existing indebtedness upon a fundamental change, and our future debt may contain limitations on our ability to repurchase the notes.

Risks Related to Development of Our Drug Candidates


•	We have not proven our ability to successfully develop and commercialize our drug candidates.


•	Clinical testing of our drug candidates in humans is an inherently risky and time-consuming process that may fail to demonstrate safety and efficacy, which could result in the delay, limitation or prevention of regulatory approval.

Risks Related to Regulatory Approval of Our Drug Candidates


•	Our drug candidates are subject to a lengthy and uncertain regulatory process that may not result in the necessary regulatory approvals, which could adversely affect our ability to commercialize products.


•	If our potential products receive regulatory approval, we or our collaborators will remain subject to extensive and rigorous ongoing regulation.

Risks Related to Commercialization of Products


•	The commercial success of any products that we may develop will depend upon the degree of market acceptance of our products among physicians, patients, health care payors, private health insurers and the medical community.


•	If we are unable to establish sales and marketing capabilities or enter into agreements with third parties to market and sell our drug candidates, we may be unable to generate product revenues.


•	If we are unable to obtain adequate coverage and reimbursement from third-party payors for any products that we may develop, our revenues and prospects for profitability will suffer.


•	Current and future healthcare laws and regulations may negatively affect our revenues and prospects for profitability.

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•	Our competitors may develop products that make our products obsolete.


•	We may not be able to manufacture our drug candidates in commercial quantities, which would prevent us from commercializing our drug candidates.

Risks Related to Our Relationships with Third Parties


•	We are dependent in many ways upon our collaborations with major pharmaceutical companies, including Ipsen. If we are unable to establish new collaborations, if milestones are not achieved under our collaborations or if our collaborators’ efforts fail to yield pharmaceutical products on a timely basis, our opportunities to generate revenues and earn royalties will be reduced.


•	Conflicts with our collaborators could jeopardize the success of our collaborative agreements and harm our product development efforts.


•	We rely on third parties to carry out drug development activities.


•	We lack the capability to manufacture materials for nonclinical studies, clinical trials or commercial sales and rely on third parties to manufacture our drug candidates, which may harm or delay our product development and commercialization efforts.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property


•	If we are unable to adequately protect our intellectual property, third parties may be able to use our products and technologies, which could adversely affect our ability to compete in the market.


•	We may be involved in patent litigation and other disputes regarding intellectual property rights and may require licenses from third parties for our planned nonclinical and clinical development and commercialization activities. We may not prevail in any such litigation or other dispute or be able to obtain required licenses.


•	We have not sought patent protection outside of the United States for some of our inventions, and some of our licensed patents only provide coverage in the United States. As a result, our international competitors could be granted foreign patent protection with respect to our discoveries.


•	We may be subject to damages resulting from claims that we, our employees or independent contractors have wrongfully used or disclosed alleged trade secrets of their former employers.

Risks Related to Employees, Advisors and Facilities Operations


•	The loss of key personnel or the inability to attract and retain additional personnel could impair our ability to expand our operations.


•	Our collaborations with outside scientists may be subject to restriction and change.


•	Security breaches may disrupt our operations and harm our operating results.

Risks Related to Environmental and Product Liability


•	We use hazardous chemicals and radioactive and biological materials in our business. Any claims relating to improper handling, storage or disposal of these materials could be time consuming and costly.


•	We may be sued for product liability.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock


•	Invus, L.P., Invus C.V. and their affiliates own a controlling interest in our outstanding common stock and may have interests which conflict with those of our other stockholders.

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•	Conversion of the notes evidencing our current indebtedness may dilute the ownership interest of our existing stockholders, including holders who had previously converted their notes, or may otherwise depress the price of our common stock.


•	Invus has additional rights under our stockholders’ agreement with Invus, L.P. which provides Invus with substantial influence over certain significant corporate matters.


•	Our stock price may be extremely volatile.


•	We may engage in future acquisitions, which may be expensive and time consuming and from which we may not realize anticipated benefits.


•	Future sales of our common stock may depress our stock price.


•	If we are unable to meet Nasdaq continued listing requirements, Nasdaq may take action to delist our common stock.

For additional discussion of the risks and uncertainties that affect our business, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Item 6.	Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description
31.1	—	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2	—	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1	—	Certification of Principal Executive and Principal Financial Officers Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	—	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

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Signatures

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.



		Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Date:	November 9, 2015	By:	/s/ Lonnel Coats
			Lonnel Coats
			President and Chief Executive Officer



Date:	November 9, 2015	By:	/s/ Jeffrey L. Wade
			Jeffrey L. Wade
			Executive Vice President, Corporate and Administrative Affairs and Chief Financial Officer

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Index to Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description
31.1	—	Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2	—	Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1	—	Certification of Principal Executive and Principal Financial Officers Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	—	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	—	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document