Oncotelic Therapeutics, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2010 September (Form 10-Q)
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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, 2010
OR
o | 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: 0-21990
OXiGENE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 13-3679168 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
701 Gateway Blvd, Suite 210
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 635-7000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
South San Francisco, CA 94080
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 635-7000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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 o
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 such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes
o No o
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 o | Accelerated filer o | Non-accelerated filer o | Smaller reporting company þ | |||
(Do not check if a 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 o No þ
As of November 5, 2010, there were 107,892,343 shares of the Registrants Common Stock issued and
outstanding.
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OXiGENE, INC.
Cautionary Factors that May Affect Future Results
Cautionary Factors that May Affect Future Results
The disclosure and analysis by OXiGENE, Inc. (the Company) in this report contain
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give managements current expectations or
forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate
strictly to historic or current facts. They use words, such as anticipate, estimate, expect,
project, intend, plan, believe, and other words and terms of similar meaning. These include
statements, among others, relating to the sufficiency of our financial resources, our planned
future actions, our clinical trial plans, our research and development plans and expected outcomes,
our prospective products or product approvals, our beliefs regarding our intellectual property
position, our plans with respect to funding operations, projected expense levels, and the outcome
of contingencies.
Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this report may turn out to be wrong. They can
be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties.
Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Actual results may vary materially
from those set forth in forward-looking statements. The uncertainties that may cause differences
include, but are not limited to: the Companys need for additional funds to finance its operations
in the near term; the Companys history of losses, anticipated continuing losses and uncertainty of
future financing; the early stage of product development; uncertainties as to the future success of
ongoing and planned clinical trials; the unproven safety and efficacy of products under
development; the sufficiency of the Companys existing capital resources; the Companys dependence
on others for much of the clinical development of its product candidates under development, as well
as for obtaining regulatory approvals and conducting manufacturing and marketing of any product
candidates that might successfully reach the end of the development process; the impact of
government regulations, health care reform and managed care; competition from other companies and
other institutions pursuing the same, alternative or superior technologies; the risk of
technological obsolescence; uncertainties related to the Companys ability to obtain adequate
patent and other intellectual property protection for its proprietary technology and product
candidates; dependence on officers, directors and other individuals; and risks related to product
liability exposure.
We will not update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, unless required by law. You are advised to consult any further disclosures we
make in our reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our reports on Form 10-Q,
8-K and 10-K. Our filings list various important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from expected results. We note these factors for investors as permitted by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should understand that it is not possible to predict
or identify all such factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete
set of all potential risks or uncertainties.
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PART IFINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial StatementsUnaudited
OXiGENE, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(All amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
(All amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||
Current assets: |
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 6,454 | $ | 13,932 | ||||
Restricted cash |
75 | 140 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses |
475 | 644 | ||||||
Other current assets |
73 | 108 | ||||||
Total current assets |
7,077 | 14,824 | ||||||
Furniture and fixtures, equipment and leasehold improvements |
1,515 | 1,515 | ||||||
Accumulated depreciation |
(1,409 | ) | (1,332 | ) | ||||
106 | 183 | |||||||
License agreements, net of accumulated amortization of
$1,089 and $1,016 at September 30, 2010 and December 31,
2009, respectively |
411 | 484 | ||||||
Other assets |
86 | 126 | ||||||
Total assets |
$ | 7,680 | $ | 15,617 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS (DEFICIT) EQUITY |
||||||||
Current liabilities: |
||||||||
Accounts payable |
$ | 426 | $ | 1,181 | ||||
Accrued research and development |
2,430 | 4,753 | ||||||
Accrued other |
698 | 1,684 | ||||||
Derivative liability short term |
2,596 | 850 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
6,150 | 8,468 | ||||||
Derivative liability long term |
9,085 | 1,350 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
15,235 | 9,818 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 3) |
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Stockholders (deficit) equity: |
||||||||
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, 15,000 shares authorized;
0 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009 |
| | ||||||
Common stock, $.01 par value, 300,000 shares
authorized and 97,161 shares issued and outstanding at
September 30, 2010; 150,000 shares authorized and 62,738
shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009 |
972 | 627 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
197,430 | 189,102 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit |
(205,957 | ) | (183,930 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders (deficit) equity |
(7,555 | ) | 5,799 | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders (deficit) equity |
$ | 7,680 | $ | 15,617 | ||||
See accompanying notes.
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OXiGENE, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(All amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
(All amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
Operating costs and expenses (1): |
||||||||||||||||
Research and development |
$ | 2,379 | $ | 6,155 | $ | 9,912 | $ | 17,084 | ||||||||
General and administrative |
1,256 | 1,585 | 4,637 | 5,464 | ||||||||||||
Restructuring |
| | 510 | | ||||||||||||
Total operating costs and expenses |
3,635 | 7,740 | 15,059 | 22,548 | ||||||||||||
Loss from operations |
(3,635 | ) | (7,740 | ) | (15,059 | ) | (22,548 | ) | ||||||||
Change in fair value of warrants and other financial
instruments |
(9,893 | ) | 791 | (6,987 | ) | 1,032 | ||||||||||
Investment income |
3 | 24 | 14 | 94 | ||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net |
(11 | ) | (18 | ) | 5 | (62 | ) | |||||||||
Consolidated net loss |
$ | (13,536 | ) | $ | (6,943 | ) | $ | (22,027 | ) | $ | (21,484 | ) | ||||
Less: net loss attributed to non controlling interest |
$ | | $ | (468 | ) | $ | | $ | (4,186 | ) | ||||||
Net loss attributed to OXiGENE, Inc. |
$ | (13,536 | ) | $ | (6,475 | ) | $ | (22,027 | ) | $ | (17,298 | ) | ||||
Excess purchase price over carrying value of
noncontrolling interest acquired in Symphony ViDA,
Inc |
$ | | $ | (10,383 | ) | $ | | $ | (10,383 | ) | ||||||
Net loss applicable to common stock |
$ | (13,536 | ) | $ | (16,858 | ) | $ | (22,027 | ) | $ | (27,681 | ) | ||||
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributed to
OXiGENE, Inc. common stock |
$ | (0.17 | ) | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.31 | ) | $ | (0.55 | ) | ||||
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding |
77,916 | 59,096 | 70,609 | 50,503 | ||||||||||||
(1) Includes share based compensation expense as
follows: |
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Research and development |
$ | 62 | $ | 61 | $ | 113 | $ | 134 | ||||||||
General and administrative |
$ | 114 | $ | 133 | $ | 537 | $ | 382 |
See accompanying notes.
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OXiGENE, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(All amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)
(All amounts in thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Operating activities: |
||||||||
Consolidated net loss |
$ | (22,027 | ) | $ | (21,484 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
||||||||
Change in fair value of warrants |
6,987 | (1,032 | ) | |||||
Depreciation |
77 | 92 | ||||||
Amortization of license agreement |
73 | 73 | ||||||
Rent loss accrual |
| (34 | ) | |||||
Stock-based compensation |
650 | 516 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
||||||||
Restricted cash |
65 | (140 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
232 | (856 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other payables |
(4,000 | ) | 2,108 | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities |
(17,943 | ) | (20,757 | ) | ||||
Investing activities: |
||||||||
Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities |
| 753 | ||||||
Proceeds from sale of marketable securities held by Symphony ViDA, Inc |
| 2,319 | ||||||
Purchase of furniture, fixtures and equipment |
| (100 | ) | |||||
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets |
| 6 | ||||||
Change in other assets |
40 | (9 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by investing activities |
40 | 2,969 | ||||||
Financing activities: |
||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of acquisition costs |
10,380 | 9,052 | ||||||
Proceed from Symphony ViDA acquisition, net of acquisition costs |
| 12,344 | ||||||
Proceeds from exercise of employee stock plans |
45 | | ||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
10,425 | 21,396 | ||||||
(Decrease) Increase in cash and cash equivalents |
(7,478 | ) | 3,608 | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
13,932 | 18,275 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 6,454 | $ | 21,883 | ||||
Non- cash Disclosures: |
||||||||
Fair market value reclassification of Kingsbridge warrants to liability |
$ | 103 | $ | | ||||
Fair market value of private placement warrants at issuance |
$ | 11,868 | $ | | ||||
Fair market value of warrants at exercise |
$ | 5,043 | $ | |
See accompanying notes.
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OXiGENE, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
September 30, 2010
(Unaudited)
(Unaudited)
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and
with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. They have been prepared on a
basis which assumes that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the
realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of
business. The financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of
management, however, all adjustments (consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals) considered
necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the nine months ended
September 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year
ending December 31, 2010.
The balance sheet at December 31, 2009 has been derived from the audited consolidated
financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes
required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. For further
information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Annual Report
on Form 10-K for OXiGENE, Inc. (the Company) for the year ended December 31, 2009, which can be
found at www.oxigene.com.
On March 11, 2010 the Company completed a definitive agreement with certain institutional
investors to sell 6,578,945 shares of its common stock and four separate series of warrants to
purchase Common Stock in a private placement. Gross proceeds of the financing were approximately
$7,500,000, before deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses, and excluding the
subsequent exercises of the warrants.
On July 21, 2010, the Company entered into an at the market (ATM) equity offering sales
agreement with McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC, or MLV, pursuant to which it may issue and sell shares
of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $10,000,000 from time to time
through MLV acting as sales agent and underwriter. Sales of the Companys common stock through MLV,
if any, are made on the Companys principal trading market by means of ordinary brokers
transactions at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by MLV and the Company.
MLV uses its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Companys common stock from time to time,
based upon instructions from the Company (including any price, time or size limits the Company may
impose). The Company pays MLV a commission rate of up to 7.0% of the gross sales price per share of
any common stock sold through MLV as agent under the sales agreement. The Company has also provided
MLV with customary indemnification rights. During the three months ended September 30, 2010, the
Company sold 10,669,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the ATM sales agreement resulting in net
proceeds to the Company of approximately $3,123,000. As of September 30, 2010, there were
3,581,000 shares remaining available for sale under the ATM, based on the number of shares
registered to be sold. No assurance can be given that the Company will sell any additional shares
under the sales agreement, or, if it does, as to the price or amount of shares that it will sell,
or the dates on which any such sales will take place.
In July 2010, the Company submitted three applications requesting certification for qualified
investments in a qualifying therapeutic discovery project under section 48D of the Internal Revenue
Code. In November 2010 the Company was notified that it has been awarded a grant in the amount of
approximately $244,000 for each of the project applications submitted for a total of approximately
$732,000. The Company anticipates that it will receive the funds in November 2010.
The Company expects its existing cash and cash equivalents and the proceeds of the qualifying
discovery project grant awarded in November 2010 to support the Companys operations into the first
quarter of 2011. Assuming that net proceeds from the potential sale of remaining shares at current
market prices under the ATM sales agreement described above are received before February 2011, the
Company expects that its existing financial resources, together with the expected net proceeds from
the ATM, would be sufficient to fund its operations into the second quarter of 2011. No assurance
can be given that the Company will sell any shares under the ATM sales agreement, or, if it does,
as to the price or amount of shares that it will sell, or the dates on which any such sales will
take place. The Company is aggressively pursuing other forms of capital infusion including public
or private financing, strategic partnerships or other arrangements with organizations that have
capabilities and/or products that are complementary to the Companys own capabilities and/or
products, in order to continue the development of its product candidates. OXiGENE will need to
access additional funds to remain a going concern beyond the first quarter of 2011 or, if funds are
raised through the ATM sales agreement as described above, beyond the second quarter of 2011. Such
funding may not be available to OXiGENE on acceptable terms, or at all. If the Company is unable to
access
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additional funds when needed, it may not be able to continue the development of its product
candidates or the Company could be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its
development programs and other operations. Any additional equity financing, which may not be
available to the Company or may not be available on favorable terms, may be dilutive to its
current stockholders and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. If
the Company accesses funds through collaborative or licensing arrangements, it may be required to
relinquish rights to some of its technologies or product candidates that it would otherwise seek to
develop or commercialize on its own, on terms that are not favorable to the Company. The Companys
ability to access capital when needed is not assured and, if not achieved on a timely basis, will
materially harm its business, financial condition and results of operations. This uncertainty
creates doubt about the Companys ability to continue as a going concern.
Available-for-Sale Securities
In accordance with the Companys investment policy, surplus cash may be invested primarily in
commercial paper, obligations issued by the U.S. Treasury or federal agencies or guaranteed by the
U.S. government, money market instruments, repurchase agreements, bankers acceptances,
certificates of deposit, time deposits and bank notes. In accordance with financial accounting
standards, the Company separately discloses cash and cash equivalents from investments in
marketable securities. The Company designates its marketable securities as available-for-sale
securities. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value with the unrealized gains and
losses, net of tax, if any, reported as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in
stockholders equity. The Company reviews the status of the unrealized gains and losses of its
available-for-sale marketable securities on a regular basis. Realized gains and losses and
declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary on available-for-sale securities are included
in investment income. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale are
included in investment income. Securities with maturities greater than twelve months are recorded
as long-lived assets. Securities in an unrealized loss position are deemed not to be
other-than-temporarily impaired due to the Companys positive intent and ability to hold the
securities until anticipated recovery.
The Companys investment objectives are to preserve principal, maintain a high degree of
liquidity to meet operating needs and obtain competitive returns subject to prevailing market
conditions. The Company assesses the market risk of its investments on an ongoing basis so as to
avert risk of loss. The Company assesses the market risk of its investments by continuously
monitoring the market prices of its investments and related rates of return, and continuously
looking for the safest, most risk-averse investments that will yield the highest rates of return in
their category.
The Company did not hold any available-for-sale securities as of September 30, 2010 or December 31,
2009.
Fair Value
The Company is required to disclose information on all assets and liabilities reported at fair
value that enables an assessment of the inputs used in determining the reported fair values. The
fair value hierarchy prioritizes valuation inputs based on the observable nature of those inputs.
The fair value hierarchy applies only to the valuation inputs used in determining the reported fair
value of the Companys investments and is not a measure of the investment credit quality. The
hierarchy defines three levels of valuation inputs:
Level 1 inputs
|
Quoted prices in active markets; | |
Level 2 inputs
|
Generally include inputs with other observable qualities, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or quoted prices for identical assets in inactive markets; and | |
Level 3 inputs
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Valuations based on unobservable inputs. |
As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, OXiGENE did not hold any assets or liabilities
subject to these standards, except the derivative liabilities and other financial instruments
discussed below in Warrants, which are valued using level 3 inputs. As of September 30, 2010,
OXiGENE held $6,454,000 in cash and cash equivalents, of which $781,000 was in a money market fund,
none of which was subject to this disclosure requirement. The Company has adopted the fair value
standards as it relates to the non-recurring fair value measurements, such as the assessment of
goodwill and other long-lived assets for impairment.
Accrued Research and Development
The Company charges all research and development expenses, both internal and external costs,
to operations as incurred.
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The Companys research and development costs represent expenses incurred
from the engagement of outside professional service organizations, product manufacturers and
consultants associated with the development of the Companys potential product candidates. The
Company recognizes expenses associated with these arrangements based on the completion of
activities as specified in the applicable contracts. Costs incurred under fixed-fee contracts
are expensed ratably over the contract period absent any knowledge that the services will be
performed other than ratably. Costs incurred under contracts with clinical trial sites and
principal investigators are generally accrued on a patient-treated basis consistent with the terms
outlined in the contract. In determining costs incurred on some of these programs, the Company
takes into consideration a number of factors, including estimates and input provided by internal
program managers. Upon termination of such contracts, the Company is normally only liable for costs
incurred and committed to date. As a result, accrued research and development expenses represent
the Companys reasonably estimated contractual liability to outside service providers at any
particular point in time.
Net Loss Per Share
Basic and diluted net loss per share was calculated by dividing the net loss per share
attributed to OXIGENE shares of common stock by the weighted-average number of common shares
outstanding. All of the Companys common stock equivalents are anti-dilutive for all periods in
which the Company has reported a net loss. Accordingly, common stock equivalents of approximately
78,888,000 and 9,050,000 at September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009, respectively, were excluded
from the calculation of weighted average shares for diluted net loss per share.
Stockholders (Deficit) Equity, Common and Preferred Shares
The Company had 300,000,000 and 150,000,000 shares of common stock authorized as of September
30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. As of September 30, 2010 the Company had 97,161,000
shares of common stock issued and outstanding. On March 11, 2010 the Company completed a private
placement of common stock with certain institutional investors to sell 6,578,945 shares of OXiGENE
Common Stock and four separate series of warrants to purchase Common Stock. Gross proceeds of the
financing were approximately $7,500,000, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated
offering expenses, and assuming no exercise of the warrants. The approximately $4,433,000 excess
of the fair value of the liability recorded for these warrants over the proceeds received was
recorded as a charge to earnings in the first quarter of 2010 and is included in Change in fair
value of warrants and other financial instruments within the Statement of Operations.
On July 21, 2010, the Company entered into an at the market (ATM) equity offering sales
agreement with McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC, or MLV, pursuant to which it may issue and sell shares
of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $10,000,000 from time to time
through MLV acting as its sales agent and underwriter. Sales of the Companys common stock through
MLV, if any, are made on the Companys principal trading market by means of ordinary brokers
transactions at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by MLV and the Company.
MLV uses its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Companys common stock from time to time,
based upon instructions from the Company (including any price, time or size limits the Company may
impose). The Company pays MLV a commission rate of up to 7.0% of the gross sales price per share of
any common stock sold through MLV as agent under the sales agreement. The Company has also provided
MLV with customary indemnification rights. During the three months ended September 30, 2010, the
Company sold 10,669,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the sales agreement resulting in net
proceeds to the Company of approximately $3,123,000. As of September 30, 2010, there were
3,581,000 shares remaining available for sale under the ATM, based on the number of shares
registered to be sold. No assurance can be given that the Company will sell any additional shares
under the sales agreement, or, if it does, as to the price or amount of shares that it will sell,
or the dates on which any such sales will take place.
The following table summarizes the number of shares of common stock of the Company issued and
the proceeds received during the nine month period ended September 30, 2010:
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Shares Issued in Connection with: | Shares Issued | Net Proceeds | ||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Director fees |
385 | $ | | |||||
ATM |
10,669 | 3,123 | ||||||
Private Placement |
6,579 | 6,643 | ||||||
Exercise of Private Placement Series A Warrants |
1,401 | | ||||||
Exercise of Private Placement Series B Warrants |
5,052 | 614 | ||||||
Exercise of Private Placement Series D Warrants |
10,279 | | ||||||
Other |
58 | 45 | ||||||
Totals |
34,423 | $ | 10,425 | |||||
Share issuances to our directors under the Director Compensation policy are described
below. The warrants issued in connection with the Private Placement of the Companys common stock
in March 2010, contain a cashless exercise feature as described in the respective warrant
agreements.
Stock-based Compensation
The Company expenses the estimated fair value of all share-based payments issued to employees
over the vesting period. The Company has a 2005 Stock Plan (2005 Plan), which superseded its 1996
Stock Option Plan ( 1996 Plan) that provides for the award of stock options, restricted stock and
stock appreciation rights to employees, directors and consultants to the Company. The Company also
has a 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2009 ESPP).
Options, Warrants, Non-Vested Stock, 2009 ESPP and Director Compensation Policy
Options
The Companys 2005 Stock Plan provides for the award of options, restricted stock and stock
appreciation rights to acquire up to 7,500,000 shares of the Companys common stock. This number
includes shares of its common stock, if any, that were subject to awards under the Companys 1996
Plan as of the date of adoption of the 2005 Plan but which became or will become unissued upon the
cancellation, surrender or termination of such award. Currently, the 2005 Plan allows for awards
of up to 750,000 shares that may be granted to any participant in any fiscal year. For options
subject to graded vesting, the Company elected the straight-line method of expensing these awards
over the service period.
The following is a summary of the Companys stock option activity under its 1996 Plan and 2005
Plan for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2010:
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Weighted Average | ||||||||||||||||
Weighted Average | Remaining | Aggregate | ||||||||||||||
Shares | Exercise Price | Contractual Life | Intrinsic Value | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | (Years) | (In thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Options outstanding at December 31, 2009 |
1,899 | $ | 3.60 | 6.85 | $ | | ||||||||||
Granted |
5,135 | $ | 0.81 | $ | | |||||||||||
Exercised |
(29 | ) | $ | 0.75 | $ | 11 | ||||||||||
Forfeited and expired |
(437 | ) | $ | 3.76 | $ | | ||||||||||
Options outstanding at September 30, 2010 |
6,568 | $ | 1.42 | 8.91 | $ | | ||||||||||
Option exercisable at September 30, 2010 |
1,269 | $ | 3.43 | 6.33 | $ | | ||||||||||
Options vested or expected to vest at September 30, 2010 |
4,447 | $ | 1.66 | 8.61 | $ | | ||||||||||
During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, 196,000 options expired. As of
September 30, 2010 there was approximately $1,044,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to
stock option awards that is expected to be recognized as expense over a weighted average period of
3.05 years.
The following stock options were granted during the three and nine month periods ended
September 30, 2010 and 2009:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
Options Granted (In thousands) |
1,662 | 57 | 5,135 | 1,422 | ||||||||||||
Weighted average fair value |
$ | 0.11 | $ | 0.93 | $ | 0.81 | $ | 0.59 |
The fair values for the stock options granted were estimated at the date of grant using
the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
Weighted Average Assumptions |
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Risk-free interest rate |
0.50 | % | 2.46 | % | 1.83 | % | 1.98 | % | ||||||||
Expected life |
5 years | 5 years | 5 years | 5 years | ||||||||||||
Expected volatility |
74 | % | 66 | % | 70 | % | 58 | % | ||||||||
Dividend yield |
0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % |
The following is a summary of options vested and their fair values for the three and nine
month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009:
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Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
Options vested (In thousands) |
428 | 8 | 667 | 90 | ||||||||||||
Total Fair Value |
$ | 58 | $ | 10 | $ | 291 | $ | 24 |
The Company is required to estimate the level of award forfeitures expected to occur and
record compensation expense only for those awards that are ultimately expected to vest. This
requirement applies to all awards that are not yet vested, including awards granted prior to
January 1, 2006. Accordingly, OXiGENE performed a historical analysis of option awards that were
forfeited prior to vesting, and ultimately recorded total stock option expense that reflected this
estimated forfeiture rate. In the Companys calculation, it segregated participants into two
distinct groups, (1) directors and officers and (2) employees, and OXiGENEs estimated forfeiture
rates were calculated at 25% and 50%, respectively using the Straight Line method. This analysis
will be re-evaluated quarterly and the forfeiture rate will be adjusted as necessary.
Warrants
The Company evaluates all derivative financial instruments issued in connection with its
equity offerings when determining the proper accounting treatment for such instruments in the
Companys financial statements. The Company considers a number of generally accepted accounting
principles to determine such treatment. The Company performs a number of steps to
evaluate the features of the instrument against the guidance provided in the accounting
pronouncements in order to determine the appropriate accounting treatment. The Companys policy
with regard to settling outstanding financial instruments is to settle those with the earliest
maturity date first which essentially sets the order of preference for settling the awards.
The following is a summary of the Companys outstanding common stock warrants as of September
30, 2010:
Number of Warrants outstanding as of: | ||||||||||||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Weighted Average | ||||||||||||||||
Warrants Issued in Connection with: | Date of Issue | Exercise Price | September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | ||||||||||||
Committed Equity Financing Facility |
February 19, 2008 | $ | 2.74 | 250 | 250 | |||||||||||
Direct Registration Series I Warrants |
July 20, 2009 | $ | 2.10 | 2,813 | 2,813 | |||||||||||
Direct Registration Series II Warrants |
July 20, 2009 | $ | 1.60 | | 2,813 | |||||||||||
Private Placement Series A Warrants |
March 11, 2010 | $ | 0.28 | 30,714 | | |||||||||||
Private Placement Series B Warrants |
March 11, 2010 | $ | 0.28 | 2,196 | | |||||||||||
Private Placement Series C Warrants |
March 11, 2010 | $ | 0.28 | 26,780 | | |||||||||||
Private Placement Series D Warrants |
March 11, 2010 | $ | 0.001 | 9,547 | | |||||||||||
Total Warrants outstanding |
72,300 | 5,876 | ||||||||||||||
Private Issuance of Public Equity PIPE Warrants
On March 11, 2010 the Company completed a definitive agreement with certain institutional
investors to sell shares of its Common Stock and four separate series of warrants to purchase
Common Stock in a private placement. Gross proceeds of the financing were approximately
$7,500,000, before deducting placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses, and excluding
the subsequent exercises of the warrants.
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The four separate series of warrants consist of the following:
(A) Series A Warrants to initially purchase 6,578,945 shares of common stock, which are
exercisable immediately after issuance, have a 5-year term and had an initial per share exercise
price of $1.52;
(B) Series B Warrants to initially purchase 6,578,945 shares of common stock, which were
initially exercisable at a per share exercise price of $1.14, on the earlier of the six month
anniversary of the closing date or the date on which the Companys stockholders approve the
issuance of shares in the transaction, and shall expire on the later of three months from the
effective date of the resale registration statement covering such shares and seven months from the
closing date. These warrants expired on October 12, 2010;
(C) Series C Warrants to initially purchase 6,578,945 shares of common stock, and which would
be exercisable upon the exercise of the Series B Warrants and on the earlier of the six month
anniversary of the closing date or the date on which the Companys stockholders approve the
issuance of shares in the transaction, would expire five years after the date on which they become
exercisable, and had an initial per share exercise price of $1.14; and
(D) Series D Warrants to purchase shares of common stock. The Series D Warrants were not
immediately exercisable. The Company registered for resale 6,755,157 shares of common stock
issuable upon exercise of the Series D Warrants pursuant to an agreement with the warrant holders.
All of the Series D Warrants were exercised by November 4, 2010 and there are no Series D Warrants
outstanding after that date.
The Series A, B and C warrants listed above contain full ratchet anti-dilution features based
on the price and terms of any financings completed after March 11, 2010 as described in the warrant
agreements. As set forth in the table below, the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the
Series A, B and C Warrants has increased substantially and the per share exercise price has
decreased substantially, as a result of the operation of these features. The final number of shares
of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series D Warrants was determined following two
pricing periods, each of no less than seven trading days and no more than thirty trading days, as
determined individually by each holder of Series D Warrants. The first of these pricing periods
occurred from July 1, 2010 to August 11, 2010. The second of these pricing periods occurred from
September 11, 2010 to October 22, 2010. The series D Warrants provided that if during the
applicable pricing period, the
arithmetic average of the seven lowest closing bid prices of the common stock (as reported on
the NASDAQ Stock Market) was less than the purchase price in the offering ($1.14), each holders
Series D Warrants shall become exercisable for an additional number of shares pursuant to a formula
set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Since the arithmetic average of such prices was below $1.14
per share during the applicable pricing periods, the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the
Series D Warrants has increased substantially as set forth in the table below. All of the warrants
listed above contain a cashless exercise feature as described in the warrant agreements.
The following is a summary of the adjusted number of warrants from the original amounts issued
for each of the series of warrants for the three month period ended September 30, 2010 as a result
of the operation of the full ratchet anti-dilution provisions of such warrants (in thousands,
except for the Adjusted Exercise Price):
Original | ||||||||||||
Number of | Adjusted | |||||||||||
Warrants | Number of | Adjusted | ||||||||||
Warrant Series: | Issued | Warrants | Exercise Price | |||||||||
Series A Warrants |
6,579 | 35,714 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||||
Series B Warrants |
6,579 | 26,780 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||||
Series C Warrants |
6,579 | 26,780 | $ | 0.28 | ||||||||
Series D Warrants |
6,579 | 20,224 | $ | 0.001 | ||||||||
Total |
26,316 | 109,498 | ||||||||||
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As of October 12, 2010, consistent with the terms of the Series B warrant agreements, the
2,196,000 Series B warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2010 expired without being exercised
and therefore the total number of Series C warrants outstanding is 24,584,000 (equal to the total
number of Series B warrants exercised prior to the expiration of the Series B warrants). As of
October 22, 2010, the final number of adjusted shares issuable upon exercise of the Series D
warrants consistent with the Series D warrant agreements is 20,555,000. The effective arithmetic
average of the seven lowest closing bid prices of the Companys common stock resulting in the final
number of adjusted Series D warrants was $0.276.
The Company determined that in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 480,
Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, the Series A, B, and C warrants qualify for treatment as
liabilities due to provisions of the related warrant agreements that call for the number of
warrants and their exercise price to be adjusted in the event that the Company issues additional
shares of common stock, options or convertible instruments at a price that is less than the initial
exercise price of the warrants. The Company also determined that, in accordance with ASC 815,
Derivatives and Hedging, the Series D Warrants meet the definition of a derivative. The issuance
date fair market value of the Series A, B, C and D warrants was recorded as a liability. The
approximately $4,433,000 excess of the fair value of the liability recorded for these warrants over
the proceeds received was recorded as a charge to earnings and is included in Change in fair value
of warrants and other financial instruments within the Statement of Operations. Changes in the
fair market value from the date of issuance to the exercise date and reporting date, until
exercised or cancelled will be recorded as a gain or loss in the statement of operations.
The following is a summary of the warrants exercised during the three month period ended
September 30, 2010 and the assumptions used to determine the fair value of warrants exercised. The
Company established the fair value of the Series A and B warrants using the Black-Scholes option
valuation model and the fair value of the Series D warrants using the Binomial option valuation
model (in thousands):
Series A | Series B | Series C | Series D | Total | ||||||||||||||||
Number of Warrants exercised |
5,000 | 24,584 | | 10,677 | 40,261 | |||||||||||||||
Average: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Stock Price |
$ | 0.27 | $ | 0.29 | $ | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||
Exercise Price |
$ | 0.28 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.001 | ||||||||||||||
Contractual life (in Years) |
4.5 years | 0.1 years | 0.14 years | |||||||||||||||||
Expected volatility |
78 | % | 117 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
1.59 | % | 0.13 | % | 0.13 | % | ||||||||||||||
Fair market value |
$ | 811 | $ | 1,257 | $ | | $ | 2,975 | $ | 5,043 | ||||||||||
Number of shares Issued for
Warrants Exercised |
1,401 | 5,052 | | 10,279 | 16,732 |
The Company reduced the respective derivative liability for the fair market value of the
warrants exercised with the offset being recorded in Additional paid-in capital.
The table below summarizes the warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2010 and March 11,
2010, the date of issuance of the warrants. The Company established the fair value of the Series
A, B and C warrants using the Black-Scholes option valuation model and the fair value of the Series
D warrants using the Binomial option valuation model applying the following assumptions:
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Warrant Valuation as of | ||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2010 | Total Fair | |||||||||||||||||||
Series A | Series B | Series C | Series D | Market Value | ||||||||||||||||
Stock Price |
$ | 0.26 | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.26 | $ | 0.26 | ||||||||||||
Exercise Price |
$ | 0.28 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.28 | $ | 0.001 | ||||||||||||
Contractual life (in Years) |
4.5 years | 0.03 years | 4.8 years | 0.06 years | ||||||||||||||||
Expected volatility |
78 | % | 42 | % | 76 | % | 72 | % | ||||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
1.27 | % | 0.14 | % | 1.27 | % | 0.15 | % | ||||||||||||
Fair market value (in thousands) |
$ | 4,767 | $ | 5 | $ | 4,188 | $ | 2,591 | $ | 11,551 | ||||||||||
Warrant Valuation on Date of Issuance | ||||||||||||||||||||
March 11, 2010 | Total Fair | |||||||||||||||||||
Series A | Series B | Series C | Series D | Market Value | ||||||||||||||||
Stock Price |
$ | 1.24 | $ | 1.24 | $ | 1.24 | $ | 1.24 | ||||||||||||
Exercise Price |
$ | 1.52 | $ | 1.14 | $ | 1.14 | $ | 0.001 | ||||||||||||
Contractual life (in Years) |
5.0 years | 0.6 years | 5.3 years | 0.3 years | ||||||||||||||||
Expected volatility |
67 | % | 60 | % | 67 | % | 62 | % | ||||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
2.43 | % | 0.22 | % | 2.43 | % | 0.22 | % | ||||||||||||
Fair market value (in thousands) |
$ | 4,331 | $ | 1,774 | $ | 4,930 | $ | 833 | $ | 11,868 | ||||||||||
Committed Equity Financing Facility (CEFF) with Kingsbridge Capital Limited
In February 2008, OXiGENE entered into a Committed Equity Financing Facility (CEFF) with
Kingsbridge Capital Limited (Kingsbridge), which was subsequently amended in February 2010 to
increase the commitment period, increase the draw down discount price and increase the maximum draw
period.
Under the terms of the amended CEFF, Kingsbridge committed to purchase, subject to certain
conditions, up to 5,708,035 shares of the Companys common stock or up to an aggregate of
$40,000,000 during the period which ends May 15, 2012. Under the CEFF, OXiGENE is able to draw down
in tranches of the lesser of (i) $10,000,000 or (ii) a maximum of 3.75 percent of its closing
market value at the time of the draw down or the alternative draw down amount calculated pursuant
to the common stock purchase agreement, whichever is less, subject to certain conditions. The
purchase price of these shares is discounted between 5 and 14 percent from the volume weighted
average price of our common stock for each of the eight trading days following the election to sell
shares. Kingsbridge is not obligated to purchase shares at prices below $0.75 per share or at a
price below 85% of the closing share price of OXiGENE stock in the trading day immediately
preceding the commencement of the draw down, whichever is higher. In connection with the CEFF, the
Company issued a warrant to Kingsbridge to purchase 250,000 shares of its common stock at a price
of $2.74 per share exercisable beginning six months after February 19, 2008 and for a period of
five years thereafter. As of September 30, 2010, there remain a total of 5,073,435 shares available
for sale under the CEFF.
Due to the initially indeterminate number of shares of common stock underlying the Series D
Warrants issued in connection with the Companys private placement on March 11, 2010, OXiGENE has
concluded that the CEFF warrants
should be recorded as a liability effective with the private placement issuance. The fair
value of the warrants on this date was reclassified from equity to derivative liabilities. Changes
in the fair market value from the date of the private placement issuance to the reporting date will
be recorded as a gain or loss in Change in fair value of warrants and other financial instruments
in the Statement of Operations. The Company established the fair value of the CEFF warrants using
the Black-Scholes option valuation model as reflected in the table below:
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Warrant | ||||||||
Valuation on Date | ||||||||
of Designation as a | ||||||||
Warrant Valuation as of | Liability | |||||||
September 30, 2010 | March 11, 2010 | |||||||
Stock Price |
$ | 0.26 | $ | 1.24 | ||||
Exercise Price |
$ | 2.74 | $ | 2.74 | ||||
Contractual life (in Years) |
2.9 years | 3.4 years | ||||||
Expected volatility |
91 | % | 75 | % | ||||
Risk-free interest rate |
0.64 | % | 1.50 | % | ||||
Fair market value (in thousands) |
$ | 7 | $ | 103 | ||||
Direct Registration Warrants
On July 20, 2009, OXiGENE raised approximately $10,000,000 in gross proceeds, before deducting
placement agents fees and other offering expenses, in a registered direct offering (the
Offering) relating to the sale of 6,250,000 units, each unit consisting of (i) one share of
common stock, (ii) a five-year warrant (Direct Registration Series I) to purchase 0.45 shares of
common stock at an exercise price of $2.10 per share of common stock and (iii) a short-term warrant
(Direct Registration Series II) to purchase 0.45 shares of common stock at an exercise price of
$1.60 per share of common stock, for a purchase price of $1.60 per unit (the Units). The
short-term warrants were exercisable during a period beginning on the date of issuance until the
later of (a) nine months from the date of issuance and (b) ten trading days after the earlier of
(i) the public announcement of the outcome of the planned interim analysis by the Independent Data
Safety Monitoring Committee of data from the Companys Phase II/III pivotal clinical trial
regarding ZYBRESTAT as a treatment for anaplastic thyroid cancer or (ii) the public announcement
of the suspension, termination or abandonment of such trial for any reason. On September 12, 2010,
the Company announced interim results from its anaplastic thyroid cancer study and therefore the
short-term Direct Registration Series II warrants expired ten trading days later on September 24,
2010, without being exercised.
The units were offered and sold pursuant to (i) a prospectus dated December 1, 2008 and (ii) a
prospectus supplement dated July 15, 2009, pursuant to and forming a part of the Companys
effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-155371). The net proceeds
to the Company from the sale of the Units, after deducting the fees of the placement agents and
other offering expenses, were approximately $9,029,000. OXiGENE determined that the Direct
Registration Series I and II warrants should be classified as a liability as they require delivery
of registered shares of common stock and thus could require net-cash settlement in certain
circumstances. Accordingly, these warrants were recorded as a liability at their fair value as of
the date of their issuance and are revalued at each subsequent reporting date.
The fair value of the direct registration warrants was determined using the Black-Scholes
option valuation model applying the following assumptions:
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Warrant Valuation as of | ||||||||||||
September 30, 2010 | Total Fair | |||||||||||
Series I | Series II | Market Value | ||||||||||
Stock Price |
$ | 0.26 | ||||||||||
Exercise Price |
$ | 2.10 | ||||||||||
Contractual life (in Years) |
3.8 years | |||||||||||
Expected volatility |
82 | % | ||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
0.64 | % | ||||||||||
Fair market value (in thousands) |
$ | 123 | $ | | $ | 123 | ||||||
Warrant Valuation as of | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2009 | Total Fair | |||||||||||
Series I | Series II | Market Value | ||||||||||
Stock Price |
$ | 1.14 | $ | 1.14 | ||||||||
Exercise Price |
$ | 2.10 | $ | 1.60 | ||||||||
Contractual life (in Years) |
4.6 years | 0.9 years | ||||||||||
Expected volatility |
69 | % | 100 | % | ||||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
2.60 | % | 0.40 | % | ||||||||
Fair market value (in thousands) |
$ | 1,350 | $ | 850 | $ | 2,200 | ||||||
The table below summarizes the value (in thousands) of the above described derivative
instruments recorded on the Companys balance sheet as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
As of September 30, 2010 | As of December 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||||
Warrants Issued in Connection with: | Current | Long-term | Current | Long-term | ||||||||||||
Committed Equity
Financing Facility |
$ | 7 | $ | | ||||||||||||
Direct Registration
Series I Warrants |
123 | 1,350 | ||||||||||||||
Direct Registration
Series II Warrants |
| 850 | ||||||||||||||
Private Placement Series
A Warrants |
4,767 | | ||||||||||||||
Private Placement Series
B Warrants |
5 | | ||||||||||||||
Private Placement Series
C Warrants |
4,188 | | ||||||||||||||
Private Placement Series
D Warrants |
2,591 | | ||||||||||||||
Total derivative liability |
$ | 2,596 | $ | 9,085 | $ | 850 | $ | 1,350 | ||||||||
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The gain (loss) from the change in fair value of warrants and other financial instruments (in
thousands) is summarized below:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
Symphony Additional Investment Shares |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 416 | ||||||||
Committed Equity Financing Facility Warrants |
5 | 70 | 95 | (105 | ) | |||||||||||
Direct Registration Warrants |
99 | 721 | 2,077 | 721 | ||||||||||||
Excess of value of the Private Placement
Warrants at issuance over the net proceeds
of the offering |
| | (4,433 | ) | ||||||||||||
Private Placement Warrants |
(9,997 | ) | | (4,726 | ) | | ||||||||||
Total gain (loss) on change in fair market
value of derivatives |
$ | (9,893 | ) | $ | 791 | $ | (6,987 | ) | $ | 1,032 | ||||||
In July 2009, the Company executed an Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement with
Symphony Capital. In connection with this amendment, the Additional Funding Agreement with
Symphony was terminated and as such the liability associated with the potential issuance of shares
in connection with the Additional Funding Agreement was eliminated.
Non-Vested Restricted Stock
As of September 30, 2010, the Company had 20,000 shares of non-vested restricted common stock
outstanding, issued at a grant price of $4.09.
The Company recorded expense of approximately $11,000 and $64,000 related to outstanding
restricted stock awards during the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
The Company recorded expense of approximately $71,000 and $180,000 related to outstanding
restricted stock awards during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
The 20,000 shares of unvested restricted common stock at September 30, 2010 will vest in June 2011.
The restricted stock awards were valued based on the closing price of the Companys common stock
on their respective grant dates. Compensation expense is being recognized on a straight -line basis
over the 4 year vesting period of the awards.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan (2009 ESPP)
In May 2009, the Companys stockholders approved the 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(the 2009 ESPP). Under the 2009 ESPP, employees have the option to purchase shares of the
Companys common stock at 85% of the closing price on the first day of each purchase period or the
last day of each purchase period (as defined in the 2009 ESPP), whichever is lower, up to specified
limits. Eligible employees are given the option to purchase shares of the Companys common stock,
on a tax-favored basis, through regular payroll deductions in compliance with Section 423 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). Currently, an aggregate of 2,500,000
shares of common stock may be issued under the 2009 ESPP, subject to adjustment each year pursuant
to the terms of the 2009 ESPP. The Company recorded expense relating to the 2009 ESPP for the
three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2010 of $3,000 and $6,000, respectively. Pursuant
to the 2009 ESPP plan provisions, each year beginning in 2010 there will be an annual increase in
the number of shares available for issuance under the ESPP on the first day of the new year in an
amount equal to the lesser of: 500,000 shares or 5% of the shares of Common Stock outstanding on
the last day of the preceding fiscal year.
Director Compensation Policy
In December 2009, the Board of Directors approved the amended and restated policy which
established compensation to be paid to non- employee directors of the Company, to provide an
inducement to obtain and retain the services of qualified persons to serve as members of the
Companys Board of Directors. As a result of this plan, the Company issued 180,000 shares as
compensation for Board and committee service in 2009 to each member of the Board. Pursuant to the
amended plan
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effective January 1, 2010, each of the Companys non-employee Directors was granted
10,000 fully vested shares of common stock on January 2, 2010 as additional compensation for
services previously rendered to the Company during 2009, and 25,000 fully vested shares of common
stock on each of January 2, 2010 and July 1, 2010 as compensation for services rendered in 2010.
The Company recorded expense for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2010, of
$29,000 and $229,000, respectively for these shares.
Comprehensive Loss
A reconciliation of comprehensive loss is as follows:
Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||
(In thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Consolidated net loss as reported |
$ | (13,536 | ) | $ | (6,943 | ) | $ | (22,027 | ) | $ | (21,484 | ) | ||||
Less comprehensive loss
attributable to noncontrolling
interest |
| (468 | ) | | (4,186 | ) | ||||||||||
Comprehensive loss attributable
to OXiGENE, Inc. |
$ | (13,536 | ) | $ | (6,475 | ) | $ | (22,027 | ) | $ | (17,298 | ) | ||||
Consolidation of Variable Interest Entity (VIE)
OXiGENE consolidated the financial position and results of operations of Symphony ViDA, Inc.
(ViDA) from October 2008, when it entered into a strategic collaboration with Symphony ViDA
Holdings, LLC (Holdings), until July 20, 2009 when OXiGENE acquired 100% of ViDA pursuant to an
Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement. The funding from Holdings supported pre-clinical
and clinical development by OXiGENE, on behalf of ViDA, for ZYBRESTAT for ophthalmology and
OXi4503.
A variable interest entity (VIE) is (1) an entity that has equity that is insufficient to
permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support, or
(2) an entity that has equity investors that cannot make significant decisions about the entitys
operations or that do not absorb their proportionate share of the expected losses or do not receive
the expected residual returns of the entity. A VIE should be consolidated by the party that is
deemed to be the primary beneficiary, which is the party that has exposure to a majority of the
potential variability in the VIEs outcomes. The application of accounting policy to a given
arrangement requires significant management judgment.
The Company consolidated the financial position and results of operations of ViDA in
accordance with proper accounting guidance. OXiGENE believes ViDA was by design a VIE because
OXIGENE had a purchase option to acquire its outstanding voting stock at prices that were fixed
based upon the date the option is exercised. The fixed nature of the purchase option price limited
Symphonys returns, as the investor in ViDA. Further, due to the direct investment from Holdings
in OXiGENE common stock, as a related party ViDA was a VIE of which OXiGENE was the primary
beneficiary. After OXiGENE exercised the purchase option, ViDA became a wholly-owned subsidiary
of OXiGENE and ceased being a VIE. In December 2009, ViDA was merged directly into OXiGENE and
thus is no longer a separate subsidiary.
Accounting and Reporting of Noncontrolling Interests
On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted (retrospectively for all periods presented) the new
presentation requirements for noncontrolling interests required by ASC 810, Consolidation. Under
ASC 810, earnings or losses attributed to the
noncontrolling interests are reported as part of consolidated earnings and not as a separate
component of income or expense. Accordingly, the Company reported the consolidated earnings of
ViDA in its consolidated statement of operations from October 2008, when it entered into a
strategic collaboration with Symphony, until July 20, 2009, when OXiGENE acquired 100% of the
equity of ViDA pursuant to the Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement. Once becoming the
Companys wholly-owned subsidiary, the operating results of ViDA continued to be included in the
Companys consolidated statement of operations but were no longer subject to the presentation
requirements applicable to noncontrolling interests.
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Losses incurred by ViDA and attributable to Symphony were charged to the noncontrolling
interest. The noncontrolling interest was eliminated in the third quarter 2009 with the
acquisition of ViDA.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes based upon the provisions of ASC 740, Income Taxes.
Under ASC 740, deferred taxes are recognized using the liability method whereby tax rates are
applied to cumulative temporary differences between carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for
financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes based on when and how
they are expected to affect the tax return.
Realization of the deferred tax assets is uncertain due to the historical losses of the
Company and therefore a full valuation allowance has been established.
Furniture and Fixtures, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements
Furniture and fixtures, equipment and leasehold improvements are recorded at cost.
Depreciation is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the
assets, which range from three to five years.
Property and equipment consisted of the following at the dates indicated below:
September 30, 2010 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Leasehold improvements |
$ | 449 | $ | 449 | ||||
Equipment |
650 | 650 | ||||||
Furniture and fixtures |
416 | 416 | ||||||
Total gross assets |
1,515 | 1,515 | ||||||
Less accumulated depreciation |
1,409 | 1,332 | ||||||
Total property and equipment |
$ | 106 | $ | 183 | ||||
Patents and Patent Applications
The Company has filed applications for patents in connection with technologies that it is
developing. The patent applications and any patents issued as a result of these applications are
important to the protection of the Companys technologies that may result from its research and
development efforts. Costs associated with patent applications and maintaining patents are expensed
as general and administrative expense as incurred.
Restructuring
In February 2010, the Company implemented a restructuring plan in which it terminated 20
full-time employees, or approximately 49% of its work force. The purpose of the restructuring was
to focus the Companys resources on its highest-value clinical assets and reduce its cash
utilization. The restructuring expenses include severance payments, health and medical benefits and
related taxes, which were paid through August 2010.
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The following table sets forth the components of the Companys restructuring as of
September 30, 2010 (in thousands):
Adjusted | Amounts Paid Through | Amounts Accrued as of | ||||||||||||||||||
Original Charges | Adjustment | charges | September 30, 2010 | September 30, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
General and
Administrative
Employee severance
and related costs |
$ | 52 | $ | 52 | $ | (52 | ) | $ | | |||||||||||
Research and
Development
Employee severance
and related costs |
458 | (25 | ) | 433 | (433 | ) | | |||||||||||||
Total restructuring |
$ | 510 | $ | (25 | ) | $ | 485 | $ | (485 | ) | $ | | ||||||||
Reclassifications
Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation to
reflect an allocation of facilities related costs from General and Administrative expenses to
Research and Development expenses.
2. License agreements
In August 1999, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement for the commercial
development, use and sale of products or services covered by certain patent rights owned by Arizona
State University. From the inception of the agreement through September 30, 2010, the Company has
paid a total of $2,500,000 in connection with this license. The Company capitalized the net present
value of the total amount paid under the initial terms of the license, or $1,500,000, and is
amortizing this amount over the patent life or 15.5 years.
The Company expects to record amortization expense related to this license agreement of
approximately $8,100 per month through November 2014. The net book value at September 30, 2010,
was $411,000. The Company performs an impairment analysis of its long-lived assets if triggering
events occur. The Company conducts reviews for such triggering events periodically and, even
though triggering events such as a going concern opinion and continuing losses occurred, the
Company has determined that there is no impairment to this asset. The license agreement provides
for additional payments from the Company in connection with the license arrangement upon the
initiation of certain clinical trials or the completion of certain regulatory approvals, which
payments could be accelerated upon the achievement of certain financial milestones as defined in
the agreement. To date, no clinical trials triggering payments under the agreement have been
completed and no regulatory approvals have been obtained. The Company expenses these payments to
research and development in the period the obligation becomes both probable and estimable.
3. Agreements
In February 2008, OXiGENE entered into a Committed Equity Financing Facility (CEFF) with
Kingsbridge Capital Limited (Kingsbridge), which was subsequently amended in February 2010 to
increase the commitment period, increase the draw down discount price and increase the maximum draw
period. Under the terms of the amended CEFF, Kingsbridge committed to purchase, subject to certain
conditions, up to 5,708,035 shares of the Companys common stock or up to an aggregate of
$40,000,000 during the period that ends May 15, 2012. For more details see Committed Equity
Financing Facility (CEFF) with Kingsbridge Capital Limited above.
As part of the CEFF, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement dated February
19, 2008. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-150595) with respect to the resale of the shares of common stock issuable under the
CEFF and the warrant issued to Kingsbridge. The Registration Rights Agreement provides for
payments by the Company to Kingsbridge in the event of (1) failure to maintain effectiveness of the
Registration Statement in certain circumstances, and (2) deferral or suspension of registration
during black-out periods, subject to certain exceptions. The Company is not eligible to sell
shares to Kingsbridge under the CEFF for so long as the closing price of the Companys common stock
remains below $0.75 per share.
In October 2009, the Board of Directors accepted the resignation of John A. Kollins as
Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors. The Company entered into
a separation agreement with Mr. Kollins effective as of November 5, 2009. Mr. Kollins will
receive his base salary of $350,000 made in equal
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installments for one year plus health
benefits for up to 2 years, and a one time $20,000 payment. All unvested options held by
Mr. Kollins were forfeited as of January 8, 2010.
On July 21, 2010, the Company entered into an at the market equity offering sales agreement
with McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC, or MLV, pursuant to which it may issue and sell shares of its
common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $10,000,000 from time to time through MLV
acting as its sales agent and underwriter. Sales of the Companys common stock through MLV are made
on the Companys principal trading market by means of ordinary brokers transactions at market
prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by MLV and the Company. MLV uses its
commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Companys common stock from time to time, based upon
instructions from the Company (including any price, time
or size limits the Company may impose). The Company pays MLV a commission rate of up to 7.0%
of the gross sales price per share of any common stock sold through MLV as agent under the sales
agreement. The Company has also provided MLV with customary indemnification rights. During the
three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company sold 10,669,000 shares of common stock pursuant
to the sales agreement resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $3,123,000. As of
September 30, 2010, there were 3,581,000 shares remaining available for sale under the ATM, based
on the number of shares registered to be sold. No assurance can be given that the Company will
sell any additional shares under the sales agreement, or, if it does, as to the price or amount of
shares that it will sell, or the dates on which any such sales will take place.
4. Subsequent Event
In July 2010, the Company submitted three applications requesting certification for qualified
investments in a qualifying therapeutic discovery project under section 48D of the Internal Revenue
Code. In November 2010 the Company was notified that it has been awarded a grant in the amount of
approximately $244,000 for each of the project applications submitted for a total of approximately
$732,000. The Company anticipates that it will receive the funds in November 2010.
The final number of shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series D Warrants was
determined following two pricing periods, the first of which occurred from July 1, 2010 to August
11, 2010, and the second of which occurred from September 11, 2010 to October 22, 2010. As of
October 22, 2010, the final number of adjusted shares issuable upon exercise of the Series D
warrants consistent with the Series D warrant agreements was determined to be 20,555,000. During
October 2010, 9,878,000 Series D warrants were exercised for which 9,840,000 shares were issued
consistent with the terms of that warrant agreement. All of the Series D Warrants were exercised
by November 9, 2010 and there are no Series D warrants outstanding after that date.
The Company did not have any other material recognizable or unrecognizable subsequent events
that occurred after September 30, 2010 up through the date the Company issued these financial
statements.
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
Our Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations as
of September 30, 2010 and September 30, 2009 should be read in conjunction with the sections of
our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, as well as our Managements
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations that is included in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, and also with the unaudited
financial statements set forth in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report.
Our Business
We are a clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics to treat
cancer and eye diseases. Our primary focus is the development of product candidates referred to as
vascular disrupting agents, or VDAs, that selectively disable and destroy abnormal blood vessels
that provide solid tumors a means of growth and survival and also are associated with visual
impairment in a number of ophthalmological diseases and conditions. To date, more than 400 subjects
have been treated with ZYBRESTAT, our lead candidate, in human clinical trials, and the drug
candidate has generally been observed to be well-tolerated.
ZYBRESTAT for Oncology
FALCON (fosbretabulin in advanced lung oncology) trial randomized, controlled Phase II study
with ZYBRESTAT in non-small cell lung cancer
We are currently evaluating ZYBRESTAT in a 63-patient, randomized, controlled Phase II
clinical trial, which we refer to as the FALCON trial, as a potential first-line treatment for
non-small cell lung cancer, or NSCLC. In the FALCON trial,
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patients are randomized either to the
treatment arm of the study, in which they receive ZYBRESTAT (CA4P) in combination with the
chemotherapeutic agents, carboplatin and paclitaxel, and the anti-angiogenic drug, bevacizumab, or
to the control arm of the study, in which they receive a standard combination regimen of
carboplatin, paclitaxel and bevacizumab. We believe this study, if successful, will provide support
for initiating discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for a pivotal
registration program with ZYBRESTAT in NSCLC; and more generally, provide clinical validation
supporting further evaluation of ZYBRESTAT in combination with commonly used anti-angiogenic
therapeutics that act via vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, pathway inhibition.
On June 6, 2010, we reported updated safety and clinical activity data from the FALCON trial
at the 2010 Annual
Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). The updated analysis showed that
for the 53 patients treated in this study as of the date of the analysis (27 in the standard
therapy arm and 26 in the CA4P + standard therapy arm (safety population), meaningful improvements
were observed in response rate, progression-free survival and overall survival rates in the study
arm (ZYBRESTAT combined with bevacizumab and carboplatin/paclitaxel chemotherapy) as compared with
the control arm (bevacizumab and chemotherapy) of the trial. The combination regimen including
ZYBRESTAT was observed to be well-tolerated with no significant cumulative toxicities when compared
with the control arm of the study. The data were presented in a poster titled, Randomized phase II
trial of a tumor vascular disrupting agent fosbretabulin tromethamine (CA4P) with carboplatin,
paclitaxel and bevacizumab in stage IIIb/IV nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): The
FALCON trial, by Edward Garon, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of
California, Los Angeles and primary investigator in the study. On June 16, 2010, we announced the
completion of enrollment in the FALCON trial. We plan to present an update of the safety and
clinical activity data for this trial at the European Organization for Research and Treatment of
Cancer symposium in November 2010 in Berlin, Germany.
FACT (fosbretabulin in anaplastic cancer of the thyroid) trial Phase 2/3 study with ZYBRESTAT in
anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC)
In 2007, we completed a Special Protocol Assessment, or SPA, process with the FDA, for a Phase
2/3 study, which we refer to as the FACT trial, in which ZYBRESTAT was to be evaluated in 180
patients as a potential treatment for anaplastic thyroid cancer, or ATC. ATC is a highly aggressive
and lethal malignancy for which there are currently no approved therapeutics and extremely limited
treatment options. Median expected survival of patients is approximately 3-4 months from the time
of diagnosis.
The FDA also granted Fast Track designation to ZYBRESTAT for the treatment of regionally
advanced and/or metastatic ATC. ZYBRESTAT was awarded orphan drug status by the FDA and the
European Commission in the European Union for the treatment of advanced ATC and for the treatment
of medullary, Stage IV papillary and Stage IV follicular thyroid cancers.
The primary endpoint for the FACT trial is overall survival. Eligible patients with
histologically or cytologically confirmed ATC were randomized either to the treatment arm of the
study, in which they received ZYBRESTAT in combination with the chemotherapeutic agents carboplatin
and paclitaxel, or to the control arm of the study, in which they received only carboplatin and
paclitaxel. Central pathology review by external pathologists not associated with the study was
utilized to confirm the histological diagnosis.
The FACT trial began enrolling patients in 2007. In all, 40 clinical sites in 11 countries
participated in this clinical study, which was conducted in accordance with good clinical practice
guidelines and the SPA. In February 2010, due to financial considerations, we chose to stop further
enrollment in the Phase 2/3 FACT clinical trial in ATC, but to continue to treat and follow all 80
patients who were enrolled. Interim data from this trial was presented at both the 14th
International Thyroid Congress on September 12, 2010 in Paris, France and the 35th
European Society of Medical Oncology Congress on October 11, 2010 in Milan Italy. At these
meetings, we reported data suggesting a benefit in overall survival in patients receiving ZYBRESTAT
in combination with chemotherapy. Of particular note was the fact that the one year survival rate
was doubled for patients receiving ZYBRESTAT. The additional data we presented in October also
included some subgroup analyses that confirmed the overall survival benefit and also indicated
that ZYBRESTAT improved the survival of patients with the most advanced stages of the disease, as
well as patients who had been heavily pretreated with surgery, radiation or chemotherapy. Data from
an additional event-driven survival analysis among the 80 enrolled patients are anticipated in late
2010 and/or in early 2011.
The FDA has been informed that enrollment in this study was halted at 80 patients and that we
expected that the SPA would no longer be applicable. Any utility of the truncated Phase 2/3 study
for regulatory purposes would have to be negotiated with the FDA once study outcomes, and in
particular overall survival data, are available. The orphan drug status and the expedited review
designations have not been affected by the halted enrollment in the Phase 2/3 study.
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Phase II trial with ZYBRESTAT in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer
On June 1, 2009, results from a Phase 2 trial with ZYBRESTAT in combination with the
chemotherapeutic agents, carboplatin and paclitaxel, in recurrent, platinum-resistant ovarian
cancer, were presented at ASCO. We believe the result of this study supports further development of
ZYBRESTAT in ovarian cancer and are considering options for undertaking further randomized,
controlled studies in ovarian cancer, including a study or studies which may potentially be
undertaken in collaboration with an oncology cooperative study group and support by the Cancer
Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) of the National Cancer Institute.
We believe that, if successful, the ongoing ZYBRESTAT for Oncology clinical trial program will
establish a compelling
rationale for further development of ZYBRESTAT as a treatment for:
| aggressive and difficult-to-treat malignancies; | ||
| use in combination with chemotherapy in a variety of solid tumors, particularly those in which carboplatin and/or paclitaxel chemotherapy are commonly used; and | ||
| use in combination with commonly used anti-angiogenic drugs, such as bevacizumab, that act via VEGF pathway inhibition, in various solid tumor indications. |
We believe these areas for potential further development collectively represent a significant
unmet medical need and thus a significant potential commercial market opportunity that includes
cancers of the thyroid, ovary, kidney, liver, head and neck, breast, lung, skin, brain, colon and
rectum.
In addition, based upon preclinical results published by our collaborators in the February
2008 and September 2010 issues of the journal BLOOD, as well as preclinical data presented in April
2009 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), we believe that
ZYBRESTAT and our other VDA product candidates, particularly OXi4503, may also have utility in the
treatment of hematological malignancies such as acute leukemias and lymphomas.
OXi4503, a unique, second generation VDA for oncology indications
We are currently pursuing development of OXi4503, a second-generation, dual-mechanism VDA, as
a treatment for certain solid tumor types. We believe that OXi4503 is differentiated from other
VDAs by its dual-action activity. Our data indicates that in addition to having potent vascular
disrupting effects, OXi4503 is unique in that it can be metabolized by oxidative enzymes to an
orthoquinone chemical species that has direct tumor cell killing effects. We believe this unique
property may result in enhanced anti-tumor activity in certain tumor types as compared with other
VDA drug candidates. Based on data from preclinical studies, we believe that OXi4503 may have
enhanced activity in tumor types with relatively high levels of oxidative enzymes that can
facilitate the metabolism of the active OXi4503 VDA to kill tumor cells. These tumor types include
hepatocellular carcinoma, melanoma, and myeloid leukemia. In preclinical studies, OXi4503 has shown
potent anti-tumor activity against solid tumors and acute myeloid leukemia models, both as a single
agent and in combination with other cancer treatment modalities.
We have completed a Phase 1 clinical trial of OXi4503 in patients with advanced solid tumors
sponsored by Clinical Research United Kingdom. In collaboration with OXiGENE, Professor Gordon
Rustin and colleagues from the Mount Vernon Cancer Research Centre, UK and other institutions in
the United Kingdom, reported positive final data from this study at the 2010 ASCO Annual Meeting.
In this study, 45 patients with advanced solid tumors who had declined or were refractory to
standard treatment were treated with escalating doses of OXi4503. Partial responses were observed
in two patients with epithelial ovarian cancer and stable disease was observed in 9 patients.
OXi4503 was also observed to be well-tolerated. To date, OXi4503 has been observed to have a
manageable side-effect profile similar to that of other agents in the VDA class, potential
single-agent clinical activity, and effects on tumor blood flow and tumor metabolic activity, as
determined with several imaging modalities. We are currently evaluating escalating doses of OXi4503
in an ongoing OXiGENE-sponsored Phase 1b trial, initiated in the first quarter of 2009 in patients
with solid tumors with hepatic involvement. We intend to conduct an analysis of the latter trial in
the fourth quarter of 2010, and future developments thereafter will depend on the outcome of this
analysis and available financial resources. In December 2009, we filed a U.S. IND for OXi4503. We
anticipate initiating an additional Phase 1 study of OXi4503 in a leukemic indication during 2011,
subject to available financial resources.
ZYBRESTAT for Ophthalmology
In addition to developing ZYBRESTAT as an intravenously administered therapy for oncology
indications, we are undertaking an ophthalmology research and development program with ZYBRESTAT,
the objective of which is to develop a topical formulation of ZYBRESTAT for ophthalmological
diseases and conditions that are characterized by abnormal blood vessel growth within the eye that
results in loss of vision. We believe that a safe, effective and convenient topically-
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administered
anti-vascular therapeutic would have advantages over currently approved anti-vascular,
ophthalmological therapeutics, which must be injected directly into patients eyes, in some cases
on a chronic monthly basis.
In June 2009, we initiated a randomized, double-masked, placebo-controlled Phase 2
proof-of-mechanism trial, which we refer to as the FAVOR trial, with intravenously-administered
ZYBRESTAT in patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), a form of choroidal
neovascularization against which current therapies, including approved anti-angiogenic drugs,
appear to provide limited benefit. The main clinical indication in this disease is a form of polyps
formed in the retina of patients which are made up of vessels that have properties very similar to
tumor vasculature. The effect of ZYBRESTAT on the polyps is being visualized and documented as part
of the study. The FAVOR study has demonstrated that
ZYBRESTAT can be safely administered and a topical formulation should be the next step in
developing ZYBRESTAT in diseases of the eye.
OXiGENE has two topical formulations of ZYBRESTAT in development an eye drop and a
minitab-both of which have demonstrated attractive pharmacokinetic and safety properties and
efficacy in destroying abnormal vasculature in a rat choroidal melanoma model following
administration in the conjunctival space. We believe that a topical formulation, that could be
available in 2011, would enhance our partnering opportunities to further development of ZYBRESTAT
in diseases of he eye.
In parallel with the FAVOR trial, we are evaluating the requirements for additional
preclinical toxicology and efficacy studies with ZYBRESTAT, administered via topical
ophthalmological formulations to better position the program for partnering. Further development of
this program will depend on the outcome of our evaluation of these requirements and available
financial resources.
We believe the architecture of the abnormal vasculature in the retina and choroid that
contributes to PCV patients loss of vision may be particularly susceptible to treatment with a VDA
such as ZYBRESTAT. We further believe that PCV represents an attractive target indication and
development pathway for ZYBRESTAT. Unlike wet age-related macular degeneration, an indication for
which several anti-angiogenic drugs are approved or prescribed off-label, conducting clinical
studies of ZYBRESTAT in patients with ophthalmologic indications not yet approved for treatment
with such anti-angiogenic drugs could potentially prove to reduce development time and expense. The
objectives of the FAVOR trial and the ongoing preclinical program are to:
| determine the therapeutic utility of ZYBRESTAT in PCV, and visualize the effect of ZYBRESTAT on the vasculature of the polyps associated with PCV; | ||
| determine blood concentrations of drug required for activity in humans and thereby estimate, with the benefit of preclinical data, an appropriate dose of topically-administered ZYBRESTAT to be evaluated in subsequent human clinical studies; and | ||
| further evaluate the feasibility of developing a topical formulation of ZYBRESTAT for ophthalmological indications. |
To date, we have completed preclinical experiments demonstrating that ZYBRESTAT has activity
in six different preclinical ophthalmology models, including a model in which ZYBRESTAT was
combined with an approved anti-angiogenic drug. We have also completed multiple preclinical studies
suggesting that ZYBRESTAT, when applied topically to the surface of the eye at doses that appear to
be well-tolerated, penetrates to the retina and choroid in quantities that we believe should be
sufficient for therapeutic activity. On June 22, 2010, Dai Chaplin, Ph.D., head of research and
development and chief scientific officer at OXiGENE, presented an update on our ZYBRESTAT
ophthalmology program at the Glaucoma and Retinopathies conference, including encouraging
preclinical data showing that our topical formulation achieved target retina/choroid concentrations
with minimal systemic exposure. Finally, we have completed and reported results at the 2007 annual
meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, or ARVO, from a Phase 2 study
in patients with myopic macular degeneration in which all patients in the study met the primary
clinical endpoint of vision stabilization at three months after study entry.
Based on results of our preclinical trials, we believe that a topically-applied formulation of
ZYBRESTAT (e.g., an eye-drop or other topical formulation) is feasible and may have clinical
utility in the treatment of patients with a variety of ophthalmological diseases and conditions,
such as PCV, age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and neovascular glaucoma, all
of which are characterized by abnormal blood vessel growth and associated loss of vision. In
addition to having potential utility for treating ocular diseases and conditions that affect
tissues in the back of the eye, we believe that a topical ophthalmological formulation of ZYBRESTAT
could also have utility for the treatment of other ocular diseases and conditions characterized by
abnormal neovascularization that affect tissues in the front of the eye, such as the cornea and
iris.
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Although several anti-angiogenic therapeutics have been approved and are marketed for
ophthalmological indications in which patients are experiencing active disease, the requirement
that these therapeutics be injected directly into the eye on a repeated basis is a significant
limitation for some patients and may result in serious side-effects. We believe that a topical
formulation of ZYBRESTAT may:
| decrease the requirement for or possibly even replace the use of medications injected into the eye; | ||
| have utility for treating patients with newly developed and/or less severe forms of neovascular ophthalmological diseases and conditions, which could potentially prevent these patients from developing active and/or severe forms of the disease that result in vision loss; and | ||
| have utility in patients with neovascular ophthalmological diseases and conditions that do not respond well to treatment with currently available therapeutics. |
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009
Revenue
We reported no licensing revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
Our only current source of revenue is from the license to a third party of our formerly owned
Nicoplex and Thiol nutritional and diagnostic technology. Future revenues from this license
agreement are expected to be minimal. We do not expect to generate material revenue or fee income
in the near future unless we enter into a major licensing arrangement.
Costs and expenses
Summary
The following table summarizes our operating expenses for the periods indicated, in thousands
and as a percentage of total expenses. This table also provides the changes in our operating
components and their percentages:
Three Months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | Increase (Decrease) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
% of Total | % of Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount | Operating Expenses | Amount | Operating Expenses | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Research and development |
$ | 2,379 | 65 | % | $ | 6,155 | 80 | % | $ | (3,776 | ) | -61 | % | |||||||||||
General and administrative |
1,256 | 35 | % | 1,585 | 20 | % | (329 | ) | -21 | % | ||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
$ | 3,635 | 100 | % | $ | 7,740 | 100 | % | $ | (4,105 | ) | -53 | % | |||||||||||
Research and development expenses
The table below summarizes the most significant components of our research and development
expenses for the periods indicated, in thousands and as a percentage of total research and
development expenses. The table also provides the changes in these components and their
percentages:
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Three Months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | Increase (Decrease) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount | % of Total Expenses | Amount | % of Total Expenses | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||
External services |
$ | 1,510 | 63 | % | $ | 3,818 | 62 | % | $ | (2,308 | ) | -60 | % | |||||||||||
Employee compensation
and related |
$ | 644 | 27 | % | $ | 1,965 | 32 | % | (1,321 | ) | -67 | % | ||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation |
$ | 62 | 3 | % | $ | 40 | 1 | % | 22 | 55 | % | |||||||||||||
Other |
$ | 163 | 7 | % | $ | 332 | 5 | % | (169 | ) | -51 | % | ||||||||||||
Total research and
development |
$ | 2,379 | 100 | % | $ | 6,155 | 100 | % | $ | (3,776 | ) | -61 | % | |||||||||||
The majority of the reduction in external services costs for the three month period ended
September 30, 2010 compared to the same three month period in 2009 of approximately $2,308,000, is
due to a decrease of activity in all three of our main programs, most notably our ZYBRESTAT for
oncology program. The reduction in expenses for our ATC study is a direct result of our decision
in February 2010 to discontinue further recruitment of patients for this study. We also
experienced a reduction in expenses for our study of Lung cancer as we completed enrollment for
this study in June 2010. The reduction in employee compensation and related costs for the three
month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same three month period in 2009 of
approximately $1,321,000 is primarily due to a reduction in the number of average full-time
equivalents, or FTEs for the comparable periods of approximately 41%, in connection with our
restructuring plan implemented in February 2010. The reduction in other expenses for the three
month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same three month period in 2009 of
approximately $169,000, is primarily due to a reduction in facility and conference related costs.
General and administrative expenses
The table below summarizes the most significant components of our general and administrative
expenses for the periods indicated, in thousands and as a percentage of total general and
administrative expenses. The table also provides the changes in these components and their
percentages:
Three Months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | Increase (Decrease) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount | % of Total Expenses | Amount | % of Total Expenses | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Employee compensation
and related |
$ | 456 | 36 | % | $ | 677 | 43 | % | $ | (221 | ) | -33 | % | |||||||||||
Stock-based compensation |
$ | 85 | 7 | % | $ | 117 | 7 | % | (32 | ) | -27 | % | ||||||||||||
Consulting and
professional services |
$ | 453 | 36 | % | $ | 561 | 35 | % | (108 | ) | -19 | % | ||||||||||||
Other |
$ | 262 | 21 | % | $ | 230 | 15 | % | 32 | 14 | % | |||||||||||||
Total general and
administrative |
$ | 1,256 | 100 | % | $ | 1,585 | 100 | % | $ | (329 | ) | -21 | % | |||||||||||
The decrease in employee compensation and related costs for the three month period ended
September 30, 2010 compared to the same three-month period of 2009 of approximately $221,000 is
primarily due to a 13% reduction in average FTEs for the comparable period particularly in the use
of temporary and contract personnel. The decrease in consulting and professional service related
expenses for the three-month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same three-month
period of 2009 of approximately $108,000 is primarily due to lower fees to the members of our Board
of Directors and nonrecurring general and administrative charges for the ViDA entity incurred in
the 2009 period.
Other Income and Expenses
The table below summarizes Other Income and Expense in our Statements of Operations for
the three month periods
ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, in thousands:
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Three months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Change in fair value of warrants and other financial instruments |
$ | (9,893 | ) | $ | 791 | |||
Investment income |
3 | 24 | ||||||
Other income (expense), net |
(11 | ) | (18 | ) | ||||
Total |
$ | (9,901 | ) | $ | 797 | |||
We recorded an unrealized (non cash) loss as a result of the change in the estimated Fair
Market Value (FMV) of our common stock warrants issued in connection with the offerings of our
common stock as discussed in the Warrants section of Note 1 to the financial statements, Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies.
The table below summarizes the components of the change in fair value of warrants and other
financial instruments for the three month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, in thousands.
Three months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Committed Equity Financing Facility Warrants |
$ | 5 | $ | 70 | ||||
Direct Registration Warrants |
99 | 721 | ||||||
Private Placement Warrants |
(9,997 | ) | | |||||
Total gain on change in fair market value of
derivatives |
$ | (9,893 | ) | $ | 791 | |||
The reduction in investment income for the three-month period ended September 30, 2010
compared to the same three-month period of 2009 is due to lower average cash balances available for
investment in the 2010 period.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009
Revenue
We reported no licensing revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009.
Our only current source of revenue is from the license to a third party of our formerly owned
Nicoplex and Thiol nutritional and diagnostic technology. Future revenues from this license
agreement are expected to be minimal. We do not expect to generate material revenue or fee income
in the near future unless we enter into a major licensing arrangement.
Costs and expenses
Summary
The following table summarizes our operating expenses for the periods indicated, in thousands
and as a percentage of total expenses. This table also provides the changes in our operating
components and their percentages:
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Nine Months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | Increase (Decrease) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
% of Total | % of Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount | Operating Expenses | Amount | Operating Expenses | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Research and development |
$ | 9,912 | 66 | % | $ | 17,084 | 76 | % | $ | (7,172 | ) | -42 | % | |||||||||||
General and administrative |
4,637 | 31 | % | 5,464 | 24 | % | (827 | ) | -15 | % | ||||||||||||||
Restructuring |
510 | 3 | % | | 510 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total operating expenses |
$ | 15,059 | 100 | % | $ | 22,548 | 100 | % | $ | (7,489 | ) | -33 | % | |||||||||||
Research and development expenses
The table below summarizes the most significant components of our research and development
expenses for the periods indicated, in thousands and as a percentage of total research and
development expenses. The table also provides the changes in these components and their
percentages:
Nine Months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | Increase (Decrease) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount | % of Total Expenses | Amount | % of Total Expenses | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||
External services |
$ | 6,703 | 68 | % | $ | 10,273 | 60 | % | $ | (3,570 | ) | -35 | % | |||||||||||
Employee compensation
and related |
$ | 2,579 | 26 | % | $ | 5,769 | 34 | % | (3,190 | ) | -55 | % | ||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation |
$ | 109 | 1 | % | $ | 113 | 1 | % | (4 | ) | -4 | % | ||||||||||||
Other |
$ | 521 | 5 | % | $ | 929 | 5 | % | (408 | ) | -44 | % | ||||||||||||
Total research and
development |
$ | 9,912 | 100 | % | $ | 17,084 | 100 | % | $ | (7,172 | ) | -42 | % | |||||||||||
The majority of the reduction in external services costs for the nine month period ended
September 30, 2010 compared to the same nine month period in 2009 of approximately $3,570,000, is
primarily due to a decrease of activity in all three of our main programs, most notably our
ZYBRESTAT for Oncology program. The reduction in expenses for our ATC study is a direct result of
our decision in February 2010 to discontinue further recruitment of patients for this study. We
also experienced a reduction in expenses for our study of Lung cancer and Ovarian cancer for the
nine month period ended September 30, 2010. We completed enrollment for the Lung cancer study in
June 2010 and the Ovarian cancer study was essentially complete in 2009. The reduction in employee
compensation and related costs for the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the
same nine month period in 2009 of approximately $3,190,000 is primarily due to a reduction in the
number of average FTEs for the comparable periods of approximately 45%, in connection with our
restructuring plan implemented in February 2010. The reduction in other expenses for the nine
month period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same nine month period in 2009 of
approximately $408,000, is primarily due to a reduction in facility and conference related costs.
General and administrative expenses
The table below summarizes the most significant components of our general and administrative
expenses for the periods indicated, in thousands and as a percentage of total general and
administrative expenses. The table also provides the changes in these components and their
percentages:
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Nine Months ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009 | Increase (Decrease) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount | % of Total Expenses | Amount | % of Total Expenses | Amount | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Employee compensation
and related |
$ | 1,591 | 34 | % | $ | 2,197 | 40 | % | $ | (606 | ) | -28 | % | |||||||||||
Stock-based compensation |
$ | 312 | 7 | % | $ | 330 | 6 | % | $ | (18 | ) | -5 | % | |||||||||||
Consulting and
professional services |
$ | 1,909 | 41 | % | $ | 2,204 | 40 | % | $ | (295 | ) | -13 | % | |||||||||||
Other |
$ | 825 | 18 | % | $ | 733 | 14 | % | $ | 92 | 13 | % | ||||||||||||
Total general and
administrative |
$ | 4,637 | 100 | % | $ | 5,464 | 100 | % | $ | (827 | ) | -15 | % | |||||||||||
The decrease in employee compensation and related costs for the nine month period ended
September 30, 2010 compared to the same nine month period of 2009 of approximately $606,000 is
primarily due to a 15% reduction in our average FTEs particularly the use of temporary and contract
personnel and nonrecurring general and administrative charges for the ViDA entity in the 2009
period. The decrease in consulting and professional service related expenses for the nine month
period ended September 30, 2010 compared to the same nine month period of 2009 of approximately
$295,000 is primarily due to non-recurring costs in connection with our review of our corporate
quality systems offset in part by non-recurring cost incurred in the 2010 period in connection with
our attempted acquisition of VaxGen Inc.
Restructuring Plan
In February 2010, we implemented a restructuring plan in which we terminated 20
full-time employees, or approximately 49% of our work force. The purpose of the
restructuring was to focus our resources on the highest-value clinical assets and reduce
our cash utilization. The restructuring expenses include severance payments, health and
medical benefits and related taxes, which were paid through August 2010. Key aspects of
the restructuring and its effects on our current clinical trials are as follows:
| We will continue to advance our high-priority Phase 2 ZYBRESTAT trial in non-small cell lung cancer (FALCON study). We presented updated safety and efficacy results from this trial at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in June 2010. We plan to present an update of the safety and clinical activity data at the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer symposium in November 2010 in Berlin, Germany. | ||
| We stopped further enrollment in the Phase 2/3 FACT clinical trial in anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), but continue to follow all patients who are currently enrolled. A survival analysis is anticipated in early 2011. We expect this plan to optimize our ability to gain useful additional insight into ZYBRESTATs antitumor activity earlier than the previously anticipated timeline, while also reducing cash utilization in 2010 and subsequent years. We presented updated safety and efficacy results from this trial at the International Thyroid Congress meeting in September 2010 and at the European Society of Medical Oncology Congress in October 2010. | ||
| The OXi4503 Phase 1b trial in patients with hepatic tumors continues with an interim analysis expected in the fourth quarter of 2010. | ||
| The Phase 2 FAVOR study of ZYBRESTAT in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), a form of macular degeneration, continued but with a reduced number of patients and an analysis of the treatment results is expected in the fourth quarter of 2010. | ||
| Future development decisions concerning the OXi4503 program and the ZYBRESTAT for ophthalmology program will be made following these analyses and additional review by our management and board of directors. | ||
| We reduced our workforce by 20 employees or approximately 49% |
Other Income and Expenses
The table below summarizes Other Income and Expense in our Statements of Operations for
the nine month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, in thousands:
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Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Change in fair value of warrants and other financial instruments |
$ | (6,987 | ) | $ | 1,032 | |||
Investment income |
14 | 94 | ||||||
Other income (expense), net |
5 | (62 | ) | |||||
Total |
$ | (6,968 | ) | $ | 1,064 | |||
We recorded an unrealized (non cash) loss as a result of the change in the estimated Fair
Market Value (FMV) of our common stock warrants issued in connection with the offerings of our
common stock as discussed in the Warrants section of Note 1 to the financial statements, Summary of
Significant Accounting Policies.
The table below summarizes the components of the change in fair value of warrants for the nine
month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, in thousands.
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Symphony Additional Investment Shares |
$ | | $ | 416 | ||||
Committed Equity Financing Facility Warrants |
95 | (105 | ) | |||||
Direct Registration Warrants |
2,077 | 721 | ||||||
Excess of value of the Private Placement
Warrants at issuance over the net proceeds of
the offering |
(4,433 | ) | | |||||
Private Placement Warrants |
(4,726 | ) | | |||||
Total gain (loss) on change in fair market
value of derivatives |
$ | (6,987 | ) | $ | 1,032 | |||
In July 2009, we executed an Amended and Restated Purchase Option Agreement with Symphony
Capital. In connection with this amendment, the Additional Funding Agreement with Symphony was
terminated and as such the liability associated with the potential issuance of shares in connection
with the Additional Funding Agreement was eliminated.
The reduction in investment income for the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 compared
to the same nine month period of 2009 is due to lower average cash balances available for
investment in the 2010 period.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
To date, we have financed our operations principally through net proceeds received from
private and public equity financing and through our strategic development arrangement with
Symphony. We have experienced negative cash flow from operations each year since our inception,
except in fiscal 2000. As of September 30, 2010, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately
$205,957,000. We expect to continue to incur increased expenses, resulting in losses, over at least
the next several years due to, among other factors, our continuing and planned clinical trials and
anticipated research and development activities. We had cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
of approximately $6,529,000 at September 30, 2010.
The following table summarizes our cash flow activities for the period indicated, in
thousands:
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Nine months ended | ||||
September 30, 2010 | ||||
Operating activities: |
||||
Net loss |
$ | (22,027 | ) | |
Non-cash adjustments to net loss |
7,787 | |||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities |
(3,703 | ) | ||
Net cash used in operating activities |
(17,943 | ) | ||
Investing activities: |
||||
Other |
40 | |||
Net cash provided by investing activities |
40 | |||
Investing activities: |
||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock |
10,425 | |||
Net cash provided by financing activities |
10,425 | |||
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(7,478 | ) | ||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
13,932 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
$ | 6,454 | ||
Non-cash adjustments to net loss in the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 consist
primarily of a change in the fair value of warrants and other financial instruments of $6,987,000,
and stock compensation expense of $650,000 related to the issuance of options to purchase our
common stock. The net change in operating assets and liabilities is primarily attributable to a
decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other payables of $4,000,000. Net cash provided
by financing activities for the nine month period ended September 30, 2010 is primarily
attributable to the net proceeds of our private placement of common stock and warrants completed in
March 2010 and the sale of common stock under our at the market equity financing facility
discussed below.
On February 11, 2010, we announced a restructuring of our clinical development programs. This
restructuring plan is designed to focus our resources on our highest-value clinical assets and
reduce our cash utilization. As a part of this restructuring we stopped further enrollment in our
Phase 2/3 anaplastic thyroid cancer clinical trial (FACT) and reduced our work force by
approximately 49% (20 employees). In addition, the further development of our ongoing clinical
trials will depend on upcoming analysis and results of these ongoing clinical studies and our cash
resources at that time.
We incurred a one-time charge in connection with the reduction of our work force of
approximately $510,000 in the first quarter of 2010 for severance pay and benefits to those former
employees affected by the reduction. This re-alignment of priorities in clinical programs together
with the reduction in force has resulted in a reduction in the cash required to operate our
business from the $6,000,000 to $7,000,000 per quarter we experienced in the first half of 2010 to
between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 per quarter in the second half of 2010.
On March 11, 2010 we completed a definitive agreement with certain institutional investors to
sell shares of our Common Stock and four separate series of warrants to purchase Common Stock in a
private placement. Gross proceeds of the financing were approximately $7,500,000, before deducting
placement agent fees and estimated offering expenses, and excluding the subsequent exercises of the
warrants.
The four separate series of warrants consist of the following:
(A) Series A Warrants to initially purchase 6,578,945 shares of common stock, which are
exercisable immediately after issuance, have a 5-year term and had an initial per share exercise
price of $1.52;
(B) Series B Warrants to initially purchase 6,578,945 shares of common stock, which were
initially exercisable at a per share exercise price of $1.14, on the earlier of the six month
anniversary of the closing date or the date on which our stockholders approve the issuance of
shares in the transaction, and shall expire on the later of three months from the effective
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date of
the resale registration statement covering such shares and seven months from the closing date.
These warrants expired on October 12, 2010;
(C) Series C Warrants to initially purchase 6,578,945 shares of common stock, and which would
be exercisable upon the exercise of the Series B Warrants and on the earlier of the six month
anniversary of the closing date or the date on which our stockholders approve the issuance of
shares in the transaction, would expire five years after the date on which they become exercisable,
and had an initial per share exercise price of $1.14; and
(D) Series D Warrants to purchase shares of common stock. The Series D Warrants were not
immediately exercisable. We registered for resale 6,755,157 shares of common stock issuable upon
exercise of the Series D Warrants pursuant to an agreement with the warrant holders. All of the
Series D Warrants were exercised by November 4, 2010 and there are no Series D Warrants outstanding
after that date.
The Series A, B and C warrants listed above contain full ratchet anti-dilution features based
on the price and terms of any financings completed after March 11, 2010 as described in the warrant
agreements. As set forth in the table below, the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the
Series A, B and C warrants has increased substantially and the per share exercise price has
decreased substantially, as a result of the operation of these features. The final number of
shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Series D Warrants was determined following two
pricing periods, each of no less than seven trading days and no more than thirty trading days, as
determined individually by each holder of Series D Warrants. The first of these pricing periods
occurred from July 1, 2010 to August 11, 2010. The second of these pricing periods occurred from
September 11, 2010 to October 22, 2010. The Series D warrant provided that if during the
applicable pricing period, the arithmetic average of the seven lowest closing bid prices of the
common stock (as reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market) is less than the purchase price in the
offering ($1.14), each holders Series D Warrants shall become exercisable for an additional number
of shares pursuant to a formula set forth in the Purchase Agreement. Since the arithmetic average
of such prices was below $1.14 per share during the applicable pricing periods, the number of
shares issuable upon exercise of the Series D warrants has increased substantially as set forth in
the table below. All of the warrants listed above contain a cashless exercise feature as described
in the warrant agreements.
The following is a summary of the adjusted number of warrants from the original amounts issued
for each of the series of warrants for the three month period ended September 30, 2010 as a result
of the operation of the full ratchet anti-dilution provisions of such warrants (in thousands,
except for the Adjusted Exercise Price):
Number of | ||||||||||||||||||||
Original Number | Adjusted | Number of | Shares Issued | |||||||||||||||||
of Warrants | Number of | Adjusted | Warrants | for Warrants | ||||||||||||||||
Warrant Series: | Issued | Warrants | Exercise Price | Exercised | Exercised | |||||||||||||||
Series A Warrants |
6,579 | 35,714 | $ | 0.28 | 5,000 | 1,401 | ||||||||||||||
Series B Warrants |
6,579 | 26,780 | $ | 0.28 | 24,584 | 5,052 | ||||||||||||||
Series C Warrants |
6,579 | 26,780 | $ | 0.28 | | | ||||||||||||||
Series D Warrants |
6,579 | 20,224 | $ | 0.001 | 10,677 | 10,279 | ||||||||||||||
Total |
26,316 | 109,498 | 40,261 | 16,732 | ||||||||||||||||
As of October 12, 2010, consistent with the terms of the Series B warrant agreements, the
2,196,000 Series B warrants outstanding as of September 30, 2010 expired without being exercised
and therefore the total number of Series C warrants outstanding is 24,584,000 (equal to the total
number of Series B warrants exercised prior to the expiration of the Series B warrants). As of
October 22, 2010, the final number of adjusted Series D warrants consistent with the Series D
warrant agreements is 20,555,000. The effective arithmetic average of the seven lowest closing bid
prices of our common stock resulting in the final number of adjusted Series D warrants was $0.276.
On July 21, 2010, we entered into an at the market (ATM) equity offering sales agreement
with McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC, or MLV, pursuant to which we may issue and sell shares of our
common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $10,000,000 from time to time through MLV
acting as our sales agent and underwriter. Sales of our common stock
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through MLV, are made on the
principal trading market of our common stock by means of ordinary brokers transactions at market
prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by MLV and us. MLV uses its commercially
reasonable efforts to sell our common stock from time to time, based upon our instructions
(including any price, time or size limits we may impose). We pay MLV a commission rate of up to
7.0% of the gross sales price per share of any common stock sold through MLV as agent under the
sales agreement. We have also provided MLV with customary indemnification rights.
During the three months ended September 30, 2010, we sold 10,669,000 shares of common stock
pursuant to the sales agreement resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $3,123,000. As of
September 30, 2010, there were 3,581,000 shares remaining available for sale under the ATM, based
on the number of shares registered to be sold.
The following table summarizes the number of shares of our common stock issued and the
proceeds received from such sales during the nine month period ended September 30, 2010:
Shares Issued in Connection with: | Shares Issued | Net Proceeds | ||||||
(in thousands) | ||||||||
Director fees |
385 | $ | | |||||
ATM |
10,669 | 3,123 | ||||||
Private Placement |
6,579 | 6,643 | ||||||
Exercise of Private Placement Series A
Warrants |
1,401 | | ||||||
Exercise of Private Placement Series B
Warrants |
5,052 | 614 | ||||||
Exercise of Private Placement Series D
Warrants |
10,279 | | ||||||
Other |
58 | 45 | ||||||
Totals |
34,423 | $ | 10,425 | |||||
Shares have been issued to our directors under the Director Compensation policy. The
warrants issued in connection with the Private Placement of our common stock in March 2010, contain
a cashless exercise feature as described in the respective warrants agreements. During October
2010, 9,878,000 Series D warrants were exercised for which 9,840,000 shares were issued consistent
with the terms of that warrant agreement. All of the Series D Warrants were exercised by November
9, 2010 and there are no Series D Warrants outstanding after that date.
In July 2010, we submitted three applications requesting certification for qualified
investments in a qualifying therapeutic discovery project under section 48D of the Internal Revenue
Code. In November 2010 we were notified that we were awarded a grant in the amount of
approximately $244,000 for each of the project applications submitted for a total of approximately
$732,000. We anticipate that we will receive the funds in November 2010.
We expect our existing cash and cash equivalents together with the proceeds of the qualifying
discovery project grant awarded in November 2010 to support our operations into the first quarter
of 2011. Assuming that net proceeds from the potential sale of remaining shares at current market
prices under the ATM sales agreement described above are received before February 2011, the Company
expects that its existing financial resources, together with the expected net proceeds from the
ATM, would be sufficient to fund its operations into the second quarter of 2011. No assurance can
be given that we will sell any additional shares under the ATM sales agreement, or, if we do, as to
the price or amount of shares that we will sell, or the dates on which any such sales will take
place.
We will need to raise additional funds to support our operations to remain a going concern
beyond the first quarter of 2011 or, if funds are raised through the ATM sales agreement as
described above, beyond the second quarter of 2011, and such funding may not be available to us on
acceptable terms, or at all. We are aggressively pursuing other forms of capital infusion
including public or private financing, strategic partnerships or other arrangements with
organizations that have capabilities and/or products that are complementary to our own capabilities
and/or products, in order to continue the development of our potential product candidates. If we
are unable to raise additional funds when needed, we may not be able to continue development of our
product candidates or we could be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our
development programs and other operations. Any additional equity financing may be dilutive to our
current stockholders and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. If we
raise funds through collaborative or licensing arrangements, we may be
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required to relinquish, on
terms that are not favorable to us, rights to some of our technologies or product candidates that
we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize ourselves. Our failure to raise capital when
needed would materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our cash utilization amount is highly dependent on the progress of our potential-product
development programs, particularly, the results of our pre-clinical projects and clinical trials,
the cost, timing and outcomes of regulatory approvals for our product candidates, the terms and
conditions of our contracts with service providers for these programs, and the rate of recruitment
of patients in our human clinical trials much of which is not within our control as well as the
timing of hiring development staff to support our product development plans. The anticipated
reduction in our cash utilization resulting from our restructuring plans is highly dependent on the
timeliness and effectiveness of renegotiating our contracts with the vendors and service providers
involved with the restructuring plans
Our cash requirements may vary materially from those now planned for or anticipated by
management due to numerous risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, but are
not limited to: the progress of and results of our pre-clinical testing and clinical trials of our
VDA drug candidates under development, including ZYBRESTAT, our lead drug candidate, and OXi4503;
the progress of our research and development programs; the time and costs expended and required to
obtain any necessary or desired regulatory approvals; the resources, if any, that we devote to
developing manufacturing methods and advanced technologies; our ability to enter into licensing
arrangements, including any unanticipated licensing arrangements that may be necessary to enable us
to continue our development and clinical trial programs; the costs and expenses of filing,
prosecuting and, if necessary, enforcing our patent claims, or defending ourselves against possible
claims of infringement by us of third party patent or other technology rights; the costs of
commercialization activities and arrangements, if any, undertaken by us; and, if and when approved,
the demand for our products, which demand is dependent in turn on circumstances and uncertainties
that cannot be fully known, understood or quantified unless and until the time of approval, for
example the range of indications for which any product is granted approval.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
Our managements discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations is based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial
statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets
and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to intangible
assets. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that are
believed to be appropriate under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making
the judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from
other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 1 to our consolidated
financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009 and in our notes to the financial statements set forth in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
At September 30, 2010, we held one derivative financial instrument in the form of the
Series D warrant issued in connection with the March 2010 private placement financing. This
warrant met the definition of a derivative in accordance with ASC 815 and is being accounted for as
a liability. The number of shares that are issuable to settle this warrant was determined on
October 22, 2010. As of September 30, 2010 we do not hold any commodity-based instruments or other
long-term debt obligations. We account for all of our other warrants issued in connection with our
equity financings as liabilities.
We have adopted an Investment Policy, the primary objectives of which are to preserve
principal, maintain proper liquidity to meet operating needs and maximize yields while preserving
principal. Although our investments are subject to credit risk, we follow procedures to limit the
amount of credit exposure in any single issue, issuer or type of investment. Our investments are
also subject to interest rate risk and will decrease in value if market interest rates increase.
However, due to the conservative nature of our investments and relatively short duration, we
believe that interest rate risk is mitigated. Our cash and cash equivalents are maintained in U.S.
dollar accounts. Although we conduct a number of our trials and studies outside of the United
States, we believe our exposure to foreign currency risk to be limited as the arrangements are in
jurisdictions with relatively stable currencies.
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. |
The Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, requires that, as of the end of the period
covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) evaluate the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or the Exchange Act, and report on the effectiveness of the design and operation of our
disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that we record, process, summarize and
report the information we must disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act,
within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated
to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control. |
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, identified in
connection with the evaluation of such control that occurred during the last fiscal quarter, which
have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over
financial reporting.
Important Considerations.
The effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over
financial reporting is subject to various inherent limitations, including cost limitations,
judgments used in decision making, assumptions about the likelihood of future events, the soundness
of our systems, the possibility of human error, and the risk of fraud. Moreover, projections of any
evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions and the risk that the degree of compliance with
policies or procedures may deteriorate over time. Because of these limitations, there can be no
assurance that any system of disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial
reporting will be successful in preventing all errors or fraud or in making all material
information known in a timely manner to the appropriate levels of management.
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PART IIOTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Other than as set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors as
described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the
SEC.
The terms of the warrants issued in our March 2010 PIPE financing are likely to make it difficult
for us to raise additional capital when needed.
In March 2010, we issued four separate series of warrants to purchase our common stock in a
private placement. The terms of the Series A, B and C warrants included full ratchet anti-dilution
protections for the holders of the warrants, under which both the exercise price and the number of
shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to adjustment in the event that we
conduct any financings in which the issuance price per share of the securities is less than the
issuance price per share in the March 2010 PIPE financing. Since the issuance of these warrants,
we have issued securities using our at-the-market offering arrangement at a price below the
issuance price per share in the March 2010 PIPE financing, thereby triggering these anti-dilution
protections on four occasions. As a result, the Series A warrants, originally exercisable for
6,578,945 shares at $1.52 per share, became exercisable for 35,714,000 shares at $0.28 per share.
Similar adjustments were made to the Series B warrants and Series C warrants. We may issue
additional securities in the future at an issuance price per share below the price per share in the
March 2010 PIPE financing, which would trigger these anti-dilution protections again.
We intend to engage in a dialogue with the investors in the March 2010 PIPE financing in an
attempt to remove these anti-dilution protections. We cannot assure you that we will be successful
in our attempt to do so, nor do we know what amount of consideration, if any, would be necessary in
order to cause the March 2010 PIPE investors to agree to remove those protections.
The presence of these anti-dilution protections in the warrants will make it difficult for us
to complete a financing on acceptable terms. Our failure to raise additional financing in the near
term is likely to have a material adverse effect on our operations.
We face the potential delisting of our common stock from the Nasdaq Global Market as a result of
failure to comply with certain continued listing requirements. If we are unable to meet these
requirements or to transfer our listing to the Nasdaq Capital Market, we could be required to list
our common stock in the over-the-counter market, which could make obtaining future financing more
difficult.
Companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) are subject to delisting for, among
other things, failure to maintain a minimum closing bid price per share of $1.00 for 30 consecutive
business days. On June 17, 2010, we received a letter from NASDAQ indicating that for the last 30
consecutive business days, the bid price of our common shares closed below the minimum $1.00 per
share requirement pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) for continued inclusion on The NASDAQ
Global Market. In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have an initial grace
period of 180 calendar days, or until December 14, 2010, to regain compliance with the minimum bid
price requirement. In addition, companies listed on The NASDAQ Global Stock Market (NASDAQ) are
subject to delisting for failure to maintain a minimum market value of $50,000,000 during any
consecutive 30 day period. On July 21, 2010 we received a letter from NASDAQ indicating that for
the last 30 consecutive business days, the market value of our common shares did not meet the
$50,000,000 minimum market value requirement pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5450(b)(A) for
continued inclusion on The NASDAQ Global Market. In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule
5810(c)(3)(C), we have an initial grace period of 180 calendar days, or until January 18, 2011, to
regain compliance with the minimum market value requirement. We cannot be sure that our share
price or market value will comply with the requirements for continued listing of our common shares
on The NASDAQ Global Market in the future. If our common shares lose their status on The NASDAQ
Global Market and we are not successful in obtaining a listing on The NASDAQ Capital Market, our
common shares would likely trade in the over-the-counter market.
If our shares were to trade on the over-the-counter market, selling our common shares could be
more difficult because smaller quantities of shares would likely be bought and sold, transactions
could be delayed, and security analysts coverage of
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us may be reduced. In addition, in the event our common shares are delisted, broker-dealers
have certain regulatory burdens imposed upon them, which may discourage broker-dealers from
effecting transactions in our common shares, further limiting the liquidity of our common shares.
These factors could result in lower prices and larger spreads in the bid and ask prices for common
shares.
Such delisting from The NASDAQ Global Market and continued or further declines in our share
price and market value could also greatly impair our ability to raise additional necessary capital
through equity or debt financing, and could significantly increase the ownership dilution to
shareholders caused by our issuing equity in financing or other transactions.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. (Removed and Reserved)
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits
3.1
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Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated August 5, 2010. (1) | |
10.1
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At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated July 21, 2010, between OXiGENE, Inc. and McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC. (2) | |
31.1
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
31.2
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Certification of Principal Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.1
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Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010. | |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 21, 2010. |
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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.
OXiGENE, INC. (Registrant) |
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Date: November 12, 2010 | By: | /s/ Peter J. Langecker | ||
Peter J. Langecker | ||||
Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Date: November 12, 2010 | By: | /s/ James B. Murphy | ||
James B. Murphy | ||||
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
3.1
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Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated August 5, 2010. (1) | |
10.1
|
At Market Issuance Sales Agreement, dated July 21, 2010, between OXiGENE, Inc. and McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC. (2) | |
31.1
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Certification of Principal Executive Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
31.2
|
Certification of Principal Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | |
32.1
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to the Registrants Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010. | |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to the Registrants Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on July 21, 2010. |
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