Vyant Bio, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2020 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
ý | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020
Or
¨ | 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 001-35817
CANCER GENETICS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 04-3462475 | |
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization | I.R.S. Employer Identification No. |
201 Route 17 North 2nd Floor Rutherford, NJ | 07070 | |
Address of Principal Executive Offices | Zip Code |
(201) 528-9200
Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code
Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading symbol | Name of exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share | CGIX | NASDAQ Capital Market |
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 ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ¨ | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
Non-accelerated filer | x | Smaller reporting company | x | |||
Emerging growth company | ¨ | |||||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ¨ No ý
As of June 19, 2020, there were 2,260,883 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 of Cancer Genetics, Inc. outstanding.
CANCER GENETICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Cancer Genetics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except par value)
March 31, 2020 | December 31, 2019 | ||||||
ASSETS | |||||||
CURRENT ASSETS | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,593 | $ | 3,880 | |||
Restricted cash | 350 | 350 | |||||
Accounts receivable | 848 | 696 | |||||
Earn-Out from siParadigm, current portion | 772 | 747 | |||||
Excess Consideration Note | 888 | 888 | |||||
Other current assets | 415 | 546 | |||||
Current assets of discontinuing operations | — | 71 | |||||
Total current assets | 6,866 | 7,178 | |||||
FIXED ASSETS, net of accumulated depreciation | 506 | 558 | |||||
OTHER ASSETS | |||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets | 76 | 94 | |||||
Earn-Out from siParadigm, less current portion | 201 | 356 | |||||
Patents and other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization | 2,816 | 2,895 | |||||
Investment in joint venture | 92 | 92 | |||||
Goodwill | 3,090 | 3,090 | |||||
Other | 635 | 641 | |||||
Total other assets | 6,910 | 7,168 | |||||
Total Assets | $ | 14,282 | $ | 14,904 | |||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES | |||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 2,146 | $ | 2,072 | |||
Obligations under operating leases, current portion | 153 | 193 | |||||
Obligations under finance leases, current portion | 66 | 68 | |||||
Deferred revenue | 1,118 | 1,217 | |||||
Note payable, net | 1,313 | 1,277 | |||||
Advance from NovellusDx, Ltd., net | 200 | 350 | |||||
Advance from siParadigm, current portion | 573 | 566 | |||||
Due to Interpace Biosciences, Inc. | 1,200 | — | |||||
Current liabilities of discontinuing operations | 861 | 1,229 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 7,630 | 6,972 | |||||
Obligations under operating leases, less current portion | 21 | 10 | |||||
Obligation under finance leases, less current portion | 81 | 107 | |||||
Advance from siParadigm, less current portion | 119 | 252 | |||||
Warrant liability | 51 | 178 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 7,902 | 7,519 | |||||
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | |||||||
Preferred stock, authorized 9,764 shares, $0.0001 par value, none issued | — | — | |||||
Common stock, authorized 100,000 shares, $0.0001 par value, 2,107 and 2,104 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively | — | — | |||||
Additional paid-in capital | 171,853 | 171,783 | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 130 | 26 |
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Accumulated deficit | (165,603 | ) | (164,424 | ) | |||
Total Stockholders’ Equity | 6,380 | 7,385 | |||||
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | $ | 14,282 | $ | 14,904 |
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Cancer Genetics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Revenue | $ | 1,426 | $ | 1,822 | |||
Cost of revenues | 814 | 1,002 | |||||
Gross profit | 612 | 820 | |||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||
General and administrative | 1,533 | 1,782 | |||||
Sales and marketing | 341 | 185 | |||||
Total operating expenses | 1,874 | 1,967 | |||||
Loss from operations | (1,262 | ) | (1,147 | ) | |||
Other income (expense): | |||||||
Interest expense | (78 | ) | (615 | ) | |||
Interest income | 4 | 2 | |||||
Change in fair value of acquisition note payable | 4 | — | |||||
Change in fair value of other derivatives | — | 31 | |||||
Change in fair value of warrant liability | 127 | (7 | ) | ||||
Change in fair value of siParadigm Earn-Out | 24 | — | |||||
Total other income (expense) | 81 | (589 | ) | ||||
Loss before income taxes | (1,181 | ) | (1,736 | ) | |||
Income tax expense | 6 | — | |||||
Loss from continuing operations | (1,187 | ) | (1,736 | ) | |||
Income (loss) from discontinuing operations | 8 | (2,881 | ) | ||||
Net loss | (1,179 | ) | (4,617 | ) | |||
Foreign currency translation gain (loss) | 104 | (76 | ) | ||||
Comprehensive loss | $ | (1,075 | ) | $ | (4,693 | ) | |
Basic and diluted net loss per share from continuing operations | $ | (0.56 | ) | $ | (1.06 | ) | |
Basic and diluted net loss per share from discontinuing operations | — | (1.77 | ) | ||||
Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ | (0.56 | ) | $ | (2.83 | ) | |
Basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding | 2,106 | 1,631 |
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Cancer Genetics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Accumulated Deficit | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2020 | 2,104 | $ | — | $ | 171,783 | $ | 26 | $ | (164,424 | ) | $ | 7,385 | |||||||||||
Stock based compensation—employees | — | — | 58 | — | — | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock—VenturEast settlement | 3 | — | 12 | — | — | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
Unrealized gain on foreign currency translation | — | — | — | 104 | — | 104 | |||||||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | — | (1,179 | ) | (1,179 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance, March 31, 2020 | 2,107 | $ | — | $ | 171,853 | $ | 130 | $ | (165,603 | ) | $ | 6,380 |
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Accumulated Deficit | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, January 1, 2019 | 924 | $ | — | $ | 164,458 | $ | 60 | $ | (157,716 | ) | $ | 6,802 | |||||||||||
Stock based compensation—employees | — | — | 158 | — | — | 158 | |||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock - 2019 Offerings, net | 952 | — | 5,412 | — | — | 5,412 | |||||||||||||||||
Unrealized loss on foreign currency translation | — | — | — | (76 | ) | — | (76 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | — | (4,617 | ) | (4,617 | ) | |||||||||||||||
Balance, March 31, 2019 | 1,876 | $ | — | $ | 170,028 | $ | (16 | ) | $ | (162,333 | ) | $ | 7,679 |
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Cancer Genetics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | |||||||
Net loss | $ | (1,179 | ) | $ | (4,617 | ) | |
Loss (income) from discontinuing operations | (8 | ) | 2,881 | ||||
Net loss from continuing operations | (1,187 | ) | (1,736 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities, continuing operations: | |||||||
Depreciation | 52 | 14 | |||||
Amortization | 79 | 82 | |||||
Stock-based compensation | 58 | 119 | |||||
Change in fair value of warrant liability, acquisition note payable and other derivatives | (131 | ) | (24 | ) | |||
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets | 10 | 49 | |||||
Change in fair value of siParadigm Earn-Out | (24 | ) | — | ||||
Amortization of discount on debt and debt issuance costs | 36 | 467 | |||||
Interest added to Convertible Note | — | 89 | |||||
Changes in: | |||||||
Accounts receivable | (183 | ) | (103 | ) | |||
Other current assets | 110 | 77 | |||||
Other non-current assets | (4 | ) | (1 | ) | |||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred revenue | 130 | (109 | ) | ||||
Due to Interpace Biosciences, Inc. | 1,200 | — | |||||
Obligations under operating leases | (21 | ) | (60 | ) | |||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities, continuing operations | 125 | (1,136 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities, discontinuing operations | (289 | ) | (3,328 | ) | |||
Net cash used in operating activities | (164 | ) | (4,464 | ) | |||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |||||||
Purchase of fixed assets | — | (19 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities, continuing operations | — | (19 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities, discontinuing operations | 28 | (13 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 28 | (32 | ) | ||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |||||||
Principal payments on obligations under finance leases | (13 | ) | (10 | ) | |||
Proceeds from offerings of common stock, net of certain offering costs | — | 5,412 | |||||
Payments on Advance from NovellusDx, Ltd. | (150 | ) | — | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities, continuing operations | (163 | ) | 5,402 | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities, discontinuing operations | — | (291 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (163 | ) | 5,111 | ||||
Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | 12 | (79 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | (287 | ) | 536 | ||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH |
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Beginning | 4,230 | 511 | |||||
Ending | $ | 3,943 | $ | 1,047 | |||
RECONCILIATION OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED | |||||||
CASH TO THE CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,593 | $ | 697 | |||
Restricted cash | 350 | 350 | |||||
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH | $ | 3,943 | $ | 1,047 | |||
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW DISCLOSURE | |||||||
Cash paid for interest | $ | 7 | $ | 304 | |||
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES | |||||||
Common stock issued in VentureEast settlement | $ | 12 | $ | — |
See Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (dollars, shares, options and warrants in thousands, except per share amounts)
Note 1. Organization, Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, Reverse Stock Split, Business Disposals, 2019 Offerings, Standstill Agreement, Advance from NovellusDx, Ltd., Loan from Atlas Sciences, LLC, Recently Adopted Accounting Standard, and Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Cancer Genetics, Inc. (the "Company") supports the efforts of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to develop innovative new drug therapies. Until the closing of the Business Disposals (as defined below) in July 2019, the Company was an emerging leader in enabling precision medicine in oncology by providing multi-disciplinary diagnostic and data solutions, facilitating individualized therapies through its diagnostic tests, services and molecular markers. Following the Business Disposals described below, the Company currently has an extensive set of anti-tumor referenced data based on predictive xenograft and syngeneic tumor models from the acquisition of vivoPharm, Pty Ltd. (“vivoPharm”) in 2017, to provide Discovery Services such as contract research services, focused primarily on unique specialized studies to guide drug discovery and development programs in the oncology and immuno-oncology fields.
The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware on April 8, 1999 and, until the Business Disposals, had offices and state-of-the-art laboratories located in New Jersey and North Carolina and today continues to have laboratories in Pennsylvania and Australia. The Company’s corporate headquarters are in Rutherford, New Jersey. The Company offers preclinical services such as predictive tumor models, human orthotopic xenografts and syngeneic immuno-oncology relevant tumor models in its Hershey PA facility, and is a leader in the field of immuno-oncology preclinical services in the United States. This service is supplemented with GLP toxicology and extended bioanalytical services in its Australian-based facilities in Clayton, Victoria. Beginning in February 2020, the Company also has an animal testing facility and laboratory in Gilles Plains, South Australia, Australia.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions for interim reporting as prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary to make the financial statements not misleading have been included. As such, the information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on May 29, 2020. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019, included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures including notes required by GAAP. Interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future interim period or for the year ending December 31, 2020.
Reverse Stock Split
On October 24, 2019, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation and effected a 30-for-1 reverse stock split of its common stock. All shares and per share information referenced throughout the condensed consolidated financial statements and footnotes have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split.
Business Disposals - Discontinuing Operations
Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.
On July 15, 2019, the Company entered into a secured creditor asset purchase agreement (the “BioPharma Agreement”) by and among the Company, Gentris, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, Partners for Growth IV, L.P. (“PFG”), Interpace Biosciences, Inc. (“IDXG”) and a newly-formed subsidiary of IDXG, Interpace BioPharma, Inc. (“Buyer”). The BioPharma Agreement provided for a consensual private foreclosure sale by PFG of all assets relating to the Company’s BioPharma Business (as defined in the BioPharma Agreement) to Buyer (the “BioPharma Disposal”).
Pursuant to the BioPharma Agreement, Buyer purchased from PFG certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of the Company relating to the BioPharma Business, providing as gross consideration $23.5 million, less certain closing adjustments totaling $2.0 million, of which $7.7 million was settled in the form of a promissory note issued by Buyer to the Company (the “Excess Consideration Note”) and the remainder was paid to PFG in cash. PFG utilized the cash proceeds to satisfy the outstanding balances of the Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) asset-based revolving line of credit (“ABL”) and the $6.0 million term note to PFG (“PFG
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Term Note”), and to satisfy certain transaction expenses. The balance of $2.3 million was delivered to the Company in addition to the Excess Consideration Note.
The Excess Consideration Note, which required interest-only quarterly payments at a rate of 6% per year, matured in October 2019 and was settled on October 24, 2019 for $6.0 million, including interest of $24 thousand. The Buyer withheld from the settlement of the Excess Consideration Note approximately $775 thousand for a net worth adjustment (assets less liabilities) of the BioPharma business (“Net Worth”), $153 thousand to secure collection of certain older accounts receivable of the Company purchased by Buyer (“AR Holdback”) and an additional $735 thousand as security for indemnification obligations of the Company for any breaches of certain limited warranties and covenants of the Company and other specified items (“Indemnification Holdback”). The Company received the full amounts of the AR Holdback and the Indemnification Holdback in April and May 2020. The fair value of the Excess Consideration Note was $888 thousand at March 31, 2020.
The Company and Buyer also entered into a transition services agreement (the “TSA”) pursuant to which the Company and Buyer are providing certain services to each other to accommodate the transition of the BioPharma Business to Buyer. In particular, the Company agreed to provide to Buyer, among other things, certain personnel services, payroll processing, administration services and benefit administration services (collectively, the “Payroll and Benefits Services”), for a reasonable period commencing July 15, 2019, subject to the terms and conditions of the TSA, in exchange for payment or reimbursement, as applicable, by Buyer for the costs related thereto, including salaries and benefits for certain of the Company’s BioPharma employees during the transition period. The Buyer paid for certain costs of the Company under the TSA with respect to a limited number of employees and professionals. Such shared services amounted to $102 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. In addition, the Buyer is reimbursing the Company, in part, for the salaries and benefits of John A. Roberts, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Glenn Miles, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer. The reimbursed portion of such salaries and benefits amounted to $102 thousand for the quarter ended March 31, 2020. Including the amounts due under the TSA described above, the net amount due to the Buyer is approximately $1.3 million at March 31, 2020. This net amount was subsequently remitted under the TSA arrangement.
In connection with the closing of the BioPharma Disposal, the SVB ABL and the PFG Term Note were terminated, and all related liens were released.
siParadigm, Inc.
On July 5, 2019, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Clinical Agreement”) by and among the Company and siParadigm, LLC (“siParadigm”), pursuant to which the Company sold to siParadigm, certain assets associated with the Company’s clinical laboratory business (the “Clinical Business,” and such assets, the “Designated Assets”), and agreed to cease operating its Clinical Business. The Designated Assets include intellectual property, equipment and customer lists associated with the Clinical Business, and the Company is providing certain transitional services to siParadigm pursuant to the Clinical Agreement. The cash consideration paid by siParadigm at closing was approximately $747 thousand, which includes approximately $45 thousand for certain equipment plus a $1.0 million advance payment of the Earn-Out (as defined below), less approximately $177 thousand of supplier invoices paid directly by siParadigm, an adjustment of $11 thousand and transaction costs of approximately $110 thousand. The Clinical Business sale (together with the BioPharma Disposal, the “Business Disposals”) was completed on July 8, 2019.
The Earn-Out, to be paid over the 24 months post-closing, is based on fees for all tests performed by siParadigm for the Company’s clinical customers during the 12-month period following the closing (the “Earn-Out”). At March 31, 2020, the fair value of the current and long-term portion of the Earn-Out from siParadigm was approximately $772 thousand and $201 thousand, respectively. In addition, the current and long-term portion of the Advance from siParadigm was approximately $573 thousand and $119 thousand, respectively.
Under the Clinical Agreement, the Company agreed to certain non-competition and non-solicitation provisions, including that it cease performing certain clinical tests and will not solicit or seek business from certain of its customers (other than for the Company’s other lines of business) for a period of three years following the closing date (through July 2022).
The Business Disposals have been classified as discontinuing operations in conformity with GAAP. Accordingly, BioPharma and Clinical operations and balances have been reported as discontinuing operations and removed from all financial disclosures of continuing operations. As permitted by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20, the Company elected to allocate approximately $786 thousand of interest expense on the convertible promissory note (“Convertible Note”) to Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. (“Iliad”) and Advance from NovellusDx, Ltd. (“NDX”) that was not required to be repaid to discontinuing operations during the three months ended March 31, 2019. Unless otherwise indicated, information in these notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements relates to continuing operations.
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Note 2. Going Concern
At March 31, 2020, the Company's history of losses required management to assess its ability to continue operating as a going concern, according to ASC 2015-40, Going Concern. Even after the disposal of the Company's BioPharma Business and Clinical Business discussed in Note 1, the Company does not project that cash at March 31, 2020 will be sufficient to fund normal operations for the twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on reduced losses and improved future cash flows. Alternatively, the Company may be required to raise additional equity or debt capital, or consummate other strategic transactions. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company can provide no assurance that these actions will be successful or that additional sources of financing will be available on favorable terms, if at all.
The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to
continue as a going concern.
On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) a global pandemic and recommended containment and mitigation measures worldwide. In addition, the Company is located in New Jersey and was under a shelter-in-place mandate. Many of the Company's customers worldwide were similarly impacted. The global outbreak of the COVID-19 continues to rapidly evolve, and the extent to which the COVID-19 may impact the Company's business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other countries, business closures or business disruptions, and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease. As a healthcare provider, the Company is still providing Discovery Services and has yet to experience a slowdown in its project work; however, the future of many projects may be delayed. The Company continues to vigilantly monitor the situation with its primary focus on the health and safety of its employees and clients.
Note 3. Discontinuing Operations
As described in Note 1, the Company sold its BioPharma Business and Clinical Business in July 2019. In conjunction with the BioPharma Disposal, the Company repaid its debt to SVB and PFG. The Company elected to allocate approximately $786 thousand of interest expense from the Convertible Note and Advance from NDX to discontinuing operations during the three months ended March 31, 2019. Revenue and other significant accounting policies associated with the discontinuing operations have not changed since the most recently filed audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Summarized results of the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated discontinuing operations are as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Revenue | $ | — | $ | 5,017 | |||
Cost of revenues | — | 3,635 | |||||
Gross profit | — | 1,382 | |||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||
Research and development | — | 454 | |||||
General and administrative | (8 | ) | 1,527 | ||||
Sales and marketing | — | 923 | |||||
Transaction costs | — | 249 | |||||
Total operating expenses | (8 | ) | 3,153 | ||||
Income (loss) from discontinuing operations | 8 | (1,771 | ) | ||||
Other income (expense): | |||||||
Interest expense | — | (1,110 | ) | ||||
Total other income (expense) | — | (1,110 | ) | ||||
Net income (loss) from discontinuing operations | $ | 8 | $ | (2,881 | ) |
Unaudited condensed consolidated carrying amounts of major classes of assets and liabilities from discontinuing operations were as follows as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands):
March 31, 2020 | December 31, 2019 | ||||||
Current assets of discontinuing operations: | |||||||
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,518 in 2020; $4,536 in 2019 | $ | — | $ | 71 | |||
Current assets of discontinuing operations | $ | — | $ | 71 | |||
Current liabilities of discontinuing operations | |||||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 764 | $ | 1,137 | |||
Due to Interpace Biosciences, Inc. | 97 | 92 | |||||
Current liabilities of discontinuing operations | $ | 861 | $ | 1,229 |
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Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Income (loss) from discontinuing operations | $ | 8 | $ | (2,881 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile income (loss) from discontinuing operations to net cash used in operating activities, discontinuing operations | |||||||
Depreciation | — | 256 | |||||
Amortization | — | 6 | |||||
Provision for bad debts | (18 | ) | — | ||||
Accounts payable settlements | (26 | ) | — | ||||
Stock-based compensation | — | 39 | |||||
Amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets | — | 94 | |||||
Amortization of discount of debt and debt issuance costs | — | 593 | |||||
Interest added to Convertible Note | — | 113 | |||||
Change in working capital components: | |||||||
Accounts receivable | 89 | (151 | ) | ||||
Other current assets | — | (272 | ) | ||||
Other non-current assets | — | (1 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred revenue | (347 | ) | (942 | ) | |||
Obligations under operating leases | — | (31 | ) | ||||
Deferred rent payable and other | — | (151 | ) | ||||
Due to Interpace Biosciences, Inc. | 5 | — | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities, discontinuing operations | $ | (289 | ) | $ | (3,328 | ) |
Note 4. Revenue
The Company has remaining performance obligations as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 of $1.1 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Deferred revenue of $690 thousand from December 31, 2019 was recognized as revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2020. Remaining performance obligations as of March 31, 2020 of approximately $510 thousand are expected to be recognized as revenue in the next twelve months.
During the three months ended March 31, 2020, two customers accounted for approximately 56% of the Company's consolidated revenue from continuing operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, three customers accounted for approximately 55% of the Company's consolidated revenue from continuing operations.
During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, approximately 13% and 33%, respectively, of the Company's continuing operations revenue was earned outside the United States and collected in local currency.
Note 5. Earnings Per Share
For purposes of this calculation, stock warrants, outstanding stock options, convertible debt and unvested restricted shares are considered common stock equivalents using the treasury stock method, and are the only such equivalents outstanding. For all periods presented, all common stock equivalents outstanding were anti-dilutive.
The following table summarizes equivalent units outstanding that were excluded from the earnings per share calculation because their effects were anti-dilutive (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||
Common stock purchase warrants | 279 | 402 | |||
Stock options | 73 | 76 | |||
Convertible Note | — | 126 | |||
Advance from NDX | — | 90 | |||
Restricted shares of common stock | — | 1 | |||
352 | 695 |
Note 6. Leasing Arrangements
Operating Leases
The Company leases its laboratory, research facility and administrative office space under various operating leases. The Company also leases scientific equipment under various finance leases. Following the Business Disposals, the Company has assigned its office leases in North Carolina and New Jersey to Buyer.
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets, operating lease liabilities, and operating lease liabilities, non-current on its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation and obligations under finance leases.
ROU assets represent the Company's right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease obligations represent the Company's obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease obligations are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date. As the Company's leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company's incremental borrowing rate was determined by adjusting its secured borrowing interest rate for the longer-term nature of its leases. The Company's variable lease payments primarily consist of maintenance and other operating expenses from its real estate leases. Variable lease payments are excluded from the ROU assets and lease liabilities and are recognized in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives incurred. The Company's lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components. The Company has elected to account for these lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. The Company is also electing not to apply the recognition requirements to short-term leases of twelve months or less and instead will recognize lease payments as expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The components of operating and finance lease expense were as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, for continuing operations (in thousands):
Three months ended March 31, 2020 | Three months ended March 31, 2019 | ||||||
Finance lease cost: | |||||||
Amortization of right-of use assets | $ | 21 | $ | 10 | |||
Interest on lease liabilities | 3 | 1 | |||||
Operating lease cost | 56 | 44 | |||||
Short-term lease cost | 28 | 30 | |||||
Variable lease cost | 15 | 24 | |||||
$ | 123 | $ | 109 |
Supplemental cash flow related to leases of the Company's continuing operations was as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019 (in thousands):
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Three months ended March 31, 2020 | Three months ended March 31, 2019 | ||||||
Cash paid amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | |||||||
Operating cash flows used for operating leases | $ | 56 | $ | 44 |
Other supplemental information related to leases of the Company's continuing operations was as follows at March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively:
Three months ended March 31, 2020 | Three months ended March 31, 2019 | ||||
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years) | |||||
Operating leases | 0.63 | 1.73 | |||
Finance leases | 3.13 | 1.89 | |||
Weighted average discount rate | |||||
Operating leases | 7.99 | % | 7.96 | % | |
Finance leases | 8.24 | % | 10.28 | % |
At March 31, 2020, future estimated minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases were as follows (in thousands):
Finance Leases | Operating Leases | Total | ||||||||||
2020 (remaining 9 months) | $ | 60 | $ | 158 | $ | 218 | ||||||
2021 | 39 | 20 | 59 | |||||||||
2022 | 31 | 11 | 42 | |||||||||
2023 | 31 | 2 | 33 | |||||||||
2024 | 7 | — | 7 | |||||||||
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 168 | 191 | 359 | ||||||||
Less amount representing interest | 21 | 17 | 38 | |||||||||
Present value of net minimum obligations | 147 | 174 | 321 | |||||||||
Less current obligation under finance and operating leases | 66 | 153 | 219 | |||||||||
Long-term obligation under finance and operating leases | $ | 81 | $ | 21 | $ | 102 |
Note 7. Financing
Advance from NDX
On September 18, 2018, the Company entered into the Merger Agreement with NDX. In connection with signing the Merger Agreement, NDX loaned the Company $1.5 million. On October 21, 2019, the Company and NDX entered into a settlement agreement (“NDX Settlement Agreement”). The NDX Settlement Agreement required the Company to pay $100 thousand on the date of execution and $1.0 million upon receipt of proceeds from the Excess Consideration Note. The $1.0 million payment was made in October 2019. As a result of such payment, pursuant to the NDX Settlement Agreement, the balance of the Advance from NDX was reduced to $450 thousand and each party released the other from all claims under the original credit agreement and the Merger Agreement. The remaining amount due is to be paid in nine monthly payments of $50 thousand commencing in November 2019. If the Company fails to make any of the required monthly payments, NDX may convert all, but not less than all, of the amounts then owing into a number of shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $4.50 per share. The NDX
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Settlement Agreement adjusted the interest rate of the obligation to 0%. At March 31, 2020, the principal balance of the Advance from NDX was $200 thousand. Subsequent to March 31, 2020, an additional $150 thousand was paid on the Advance from NDX.
Atlas Sciences Note
In October 2019, the Company entered into a twelve month unsecured promissory note with Atlas Sciences, LLC ("Atlas Sciences") of $1.3 million (the "Atlas Sciences Note"). The Atlas Sciences Note resulted in cash receipts of $1.3 million, reflecting an original issue discount of $88 thousand and expenses payable by the Company of $10 thousand. The Atlas Sciences Note has a 12-month term and bears interest at 10% per annum. Atlas Sciences may redeem any portion of the note, at any time after six months from the issuance date upon three business days' notice, subject to a monthly maximum redemption amount of $300 thousand. The Company may prepay the Atlas Sciences Note at any time without penalty. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the interest rate will be adjusted to 22% per annum. At March 31, 2020, the Atlas Sciences Note had a principal balance of $1.3 million, which is presented net of discounts and unamortized debt issuance costs of $31 thousand and $3 thousand, respectively. See Note 15 for transactions with Atlas after March 31, 2020.
Note 8. Stock-Based Compensation
The Company has two equity incentive plans: the 2008 Stock Option Plan (the “2008 Plan”) and the 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2011 Plan”, and together with the 2008 Plan, the “Stock Option Plans”). The Stock Option Plans are meant to provide additional incentive to officers, employees and consultants to remain in the Company's employment. Options granted are generally exercisable for up to 10 years. Effective April 9, 2018, the Company cannot issue additional options from the 2008 Plan.
At March 31, 2020, 24 thousand shares remain available for future awards under the 2011 Plan. On January 2, 2020, the Company granted 20 thousand options to key employees. The options will vest in equal monthly installments over the next twelve months and have an exercise price of $5.53 per share.
A summary of employee and non-employee stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020 for both continuing and discontinuing employees is as follows:
Options Outstanding | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in years) | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands) | ||||||||||
Number of Shares (in thousands) | Weighted- Average Exercise Price | |||||||||||
Outstanding January 1, 2020 | 64 | $ | 113.63 | 7.48 | $ | 24 | ||||||
Granted | 20 | 5.53 | ||||||||||
Cancelled or expired | (11 | ) | 87.11 | |||||||||
Outstanding March 31, 2020 | 73 | $ | 88.15 | 7.93 | $ | — | ||||||
Exercisable March 31, 2020 | 43 | $ | 140.57 | 7.01 | $ | — |
Aggregate intrinsic value represents the difference between the fair value of the Company's common stock and the exercise price of outstanding, in-the-money options.
As of March 31, 2020, total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options granted to employees was approximately $207 thousand for continuing operations, which the Company expect to recognize over the next 1.72 years.
The fair value of options granted to employees is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. This valuation model requires the Company to make assumptions and judgments about the variables used in the calculation, including the expected term (the period of time that the options granted are expected to be outstanding), the volatility of the Company's common stock, a risk-free interest rate, and expected dividends. Forfeitures will be recorded when they occur. No compensation cost is recorded for options that do not vest. Due to significant changes in the Company's business, the Company used the simplified calculation of expected life described in the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, Share-Based Payment, and volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company's common stock. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected life of the option. The Company use an expected dividend yield of zero, as it does not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future.
The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of options granted to continuing and discontinuing employees during the periods presented:
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Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Volatility | 110.43 | % | 90.15 | % | |||
Risk free interest rate | 1.68 | % | 2.54 | % | |||
Dividend yield | 0.00 | % | 0.00 | % | |||
Term (years) | 5.27 | 6.32 | |||||
Weighted-average fair value of options granted during the period | $ | 4.45 | $ | 10.07 |
Restricted stock awards have been granted to employees, directors and consultants as compensation for services. At March 31, 2020, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock granted to employees and directors.
The TSA with Buyer described in Note 1 requires the Company to continue to employ individuals who will transfer to Buyer no later than six months from the closing of the transaction. Stock-based compensation related to these employees is included in discontinuing operations. The following table presents the effects of stock-based compensation related to stock option and restricted stock awards to employees and non-employees on the Company's continuing operations included in its Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) during the periods presented (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
2020 | 2019 | ||||||
Cost of revenues | $ | 4 | $ | 4 | |||
General and administrative | 54 | 115 | |||||
Total stock-based compensation related to continuing operations | $ | 58 | $ | 119 |
During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized approximately $0 thousand and $39 thousand, respectively, of stock-based compensation (benefit) related to discontinuing operations.
Note 9. Warrants
The following table summarizes the warrant activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020 (in thousands, except exercise price):
Issued With / For | Exercise Price | Warrants Outstanding January 1, 2020 | 2020 Warrants Issued | 2020 Warrants Expired | Warrants Outstanding March 31, 2020 | ||||||||||
Non-Derivative Warrants: | |||||||||||||||
Financing | $ | 300.00 | 8 | — | — | 8 | |||||||||
Financing | 450.00 | 9 | — | — | 9 | ||||||||||
2015 Offering | 150.00 | 115 | — | — | 115 | ||||||||||
2017 Debt | 27.60 | 15 | — | — | 15 | ||||||||||
2019 Offering | 7.43 | 31 | — | — | 31 | ||||||||||
2019 Offering | 7.59 | 35 | — | — | 35 | ||||||||||
Total non-derivative warrants | 115.54 | B | 213 | — | — | 213 | |||||||||
Derivative Warrants: | |||||||||||||||
2016 Offerings | 67.50 | A | 66 | — | — | 66 | |||||||||
Total derivative warrants | 67.50 | B | 66 | — | — | 66 | |||||||||
Total | $ | 104.18 | B | 279 | — | — | 279 |
A | These warrants are subject to fair value accounting and contain a contingent net cash settlement feature. See Note 10. |
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B | Weighted-average exercise prices are as of March 31, 2020. |
Note 10. Fair Value of Warrants
The following table summarizes the derivative warrant activity subject to fair value accounting for the three months ended March 31, 2020 (in thousands):
Issued with/for | Fair value of warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2019 | Change in fair value of warrants | Fair value of warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2020 | ||||||||
2016 Offerings | $ | 178 | $ | (127 | ) | $ | 51 |
The derivative warrants issued as part of the 2016 Offerings are valued using a probability-weighted Binomial model. The following tables summarize the assumptions used in computing the fair value of derivative warrants subject to fair value accounting at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
2016 Offerings | As of March 31, 2020 | As of December 31, 2019 | |||||
Exercise price | $ | 67.50 | $ | 67.50 | |||
Expected life (years) | 1.83 | 2.08 | |||||
Expected volatility | 157.00 | % | 150.69 | % | |||
Risk-free interest rate | 0.23 | % | 1.58 | % | |||
Expected dividend yield | — | % | — | % |
Note 11. Fair Value Measurements
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification requires the use of valuation techniques that are consistent with the market approach, the income approach and/or the cost approach. Inputs to valuation techniques refer to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Inputs may be observable, meaning those that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from independent sources, or unobservable, meaning those that reflect the Company's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. In that regard, the Topic establishes a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs that give the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.
The fair value hierarchy is as follows:
Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access as of the measurement date.
Level 2: Significant other observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that reflect the Company's own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.
The following table summarizes the financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis segregated by the level of valuation inputs within the fair value hierarchy utilized to measure fair value (in thousands):
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Total | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Earn-Out from siParadigm | $ | 973 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 973 | ||||||||
$ | 973 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 973 | |||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Warrant liability | $ | 51 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 51 | ||||||||
$ | 51 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 51 |
December 31, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Earn-Out from siParadigm | $ | 1,103 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,103 | ||||||||
$ | 1,103 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,103 | |||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Warrant liability | $ | 178 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 178 | ||||||||
Notes payable | 16 | — | — | 16 | ||||||||||||
$ | 194 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 194 |
At December 31, 2019, the Company had a liability payable to VenturEast from a prior acquisition. The liability to VenturEast was settled during the three months ended March 31, 2020 with 3 thousand shares of common stock at a value of $4.20 per common share and following two payments of $50 thousand. The cash payments were recorded in general and administrative expense on the consolidated statement of operations and other comprehensive income (loss). During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized a gain of approximately $4 thousand and $0 thousand, respectively, due to the change in value of the note.
At March 31, 2020, the warrant liability consists of stock warrants issued as part of the 2016 Offerings that contain contingent net settlement features. In accordance with derivative accounting for warrants, the Company calculated the fair value of warrants and the assumptions used are described in Note 10, “Fair Value of Warrants.” During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized gains (losses) of approximately $127 thousand and $7 thousand, respectively, on the derivative warrants due to the decrease in its stock price.
At March 31, 2020, the Company had an earn-out receivable from siParadigm that is based on tests performed by siParadigm for the Company's former Clinical Business customers between July 5, 2019 and July 4, 2020, as discussed in Note 1. The value of the earn-out is based on actual tests performed through March 31, 2020 and the Company's estimate of tests to be performed through the remainder of the earn-out period.
Realized and unrealized gains and losses related to the change in fair value of the VenturEast note, warrant liability and other derivatives are included in other income (expense) on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).
The following table summarizes the activity of the note payable to VenturEast and of the Company's derivative warrants and other derivatives, which were measured at fair value using Level 3 inputs (in thousands):
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Assets | Liabilities | |||||||||||
Earn-Out | ||||||||||||
from | Note Payable | Warrant | ||||||||||
siParadigm | to VenturEast | Liability | ||||||||||
Fair value at January 1, 2020 | $ | 1,103 | $ | 16 | $ | 178 | ||||||
Receipts received during period | (154 | ) | — | — | ||||||||
Change in fair value | 24 | (4 | ) | (127 | ) | |||||||
Settlement of liability | — | (12 | ) | — | ||||||||
Fair value at March 31, 2020 | $ | 973 | $ | 12 | $ | 51 |
Note 12. Joint Venture Agreement
In November 2011, the Company entered into an affiliation agreement with the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (“Mayo”), subsequently amended. Under the agreement, the Company formed a joint venture with Mayo in May 2013 to focus on developing oncology diagnostic services and tests utilizing next generation sequencing. The joint venture is a limited liability company, with each party initially holding fifty percent of the issued and outstanding membership interests of the new entity (the “JV”).
The agreement requires aggregate capital contributions by the Company of up to $6.0 million, of which $2.0 million has been paid to date. The timing of the remaining installments is subject to the JV’s achievement of certain operational milestones agreed upon by the board of governors of the JV. In exchange for its membership interest, Mayo’s capital contribution takes the form of cash, staff, services, hardware and software resources, laboratory space and instrumentation, the fair market value of which will be approximately equal to $6.0 million. Mayo’s continued contribution will also be conditioned upon the JV’s achievement of certain milestones.
During the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, there was no activity in the JV. The Company has a net receivable due from the JV of approximately $10 thousand at March 31, 2020, which is included in other assets in the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The JV was dissolved effective February 14, 2020, and the dissolution terms include an estimated final cash distribution from the JV to the Company of approximately $$92 thousand, to be paid as soon as practicable. The Company received the first payment of $36 thousand in April 2020, which is consistent with the dissolution terms.
Note 13. Related Party Transactions
The Company closed two public offerings in January 2019, in which various executives and directors purchased shares at the public offering price. On January 14, 2019, John Pappajohn, who was then a Director, John Roberts, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and Geoffrey Harris, a Director, purchased 33 thousand shares, 3 thousand shares and 3 thousand shares, respectively, at the public offering price of $6.75 per share. On January 31, 2019, John Pappajohn, John Roberts, Edmund Cannon, a Director, and M. Glenn Miles, the Company's Chief Financial Officer, purchased 33 thousand shares, 6 thousand shares, 1 thousand shares and 5 thousand shares, respectively, at the public offering price of $6.90 per share.
Note 14. Contingencies
On April 5, 2018 and April 12, 2018, purported stockholders of the Company filed nearly identical putative class action lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, against the Company, Panna L. Sharma, John A. Roberts, and Igor Gitelman, captioned Ben Phetteplace v. Cancer Genetics, Inc. et al., No. 2:18-cv-05612 and Ruo Fen Zhang v. Cancer Genetics, Inc. et al., No. 2:18-06353, respectively. The complaints alleged violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5 based on allegedly false and misleading statements and omissions regarding the Company's business, operational, and financial results. The lawsuits sought, among other things, unspecified compensatory damages in connection with purchases of the Company's stock between March 23, 2017 and April 2, 2018, as well as interest, attorneys’ fees, and costs. On August 28, 2018, the Court consolidated the two actions in one action captioned In re Cancer Genetics, Inc. Securities Litigation (the “Securities Litigation”) and appointed shareholder Randy Clark as the lead plaintiff. On October 30, 2018, the lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint, adding Edward Sitar as a defendant and seeking, among other things, compensatory damages in connection with purchases of CGI stock between March 10, 2016 and April 2, 2018. On December 31, 2018, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint for failure to state a claim. The Court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss during the oral
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argument and on February 25, 2020, the Court issued a written order dismissing the case with prejudice. The Lead Plaintiff has not appealed the dismissal.
In addition, on June 1, 2018, September 20, 2018, and September 25, 2018, purported stockholders of the Company filed nearly identical derivative lawsuits on behalf of the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company (as a nominal defendant) and current and former members of the Company’s Board of Directors and current and former officers of the Company. The three cases are captioned: Bell v. Sharma et al., No. 2:18-cv-10009-CCC-MF, McNeece v. Pappajohn et al., No. 2:18-cv-14093, and Workman v. Pappajohn, et al., No. 2:18-cv-14259 (the “Derivative Litigation”). The complaints allege claims for breach of fiduciary duty, violations of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (premised upon alleged omissions in the Company’s 2017 proxy statement), and unjust enrichment, and allege that the individual defendants failed to implement and maintain adequate controls, which resulted in ineffective disclosure controls and procedures, and conspired to conceal this alleged failure. The lawsuits seek, among other things, damages and/or restitution to the Company, appropriate equitable relief to remedy the alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, and attorneys’ fees and costs. On November 9, 2018, the Court in the Bell v. Sharma action entered a stipulation filed by the parties staying the Bell action until the Securities Litigation is dismissed, with prejudice, and all appeals have been exhausted; or the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the Securities Litigation is denied in whole or in part; or either of the parties in the Bell action gives 30 days’ notice that they no longer consent to the stay. On December 10, 2018, the parties in the McNeece action filed a stipulation that is substantially identical to the Bell stipulation. On February 1, 2019, the Court in the Workman action granted a stipulation that is substantially identical to the Bell stipulation. On May 15, 2020, the plaintiffs in the Workman action filed a notice of voluntary dismissal to the original action and have formally withdrawn. On May 18, 2020, the plaintiffs in the McNeece action filed a notice of voluntary dismissal to the original action and have formally withdrawn. On June 22, 2020, the plaintiffs in the Bell action voluntarily dismissed their action. Based upon the above dismissal of the securities class action litigation, the Company believes this matter is closed. The Company is expensing legal costs associated with the loss contingency as incurred.
Note 15. Subsequent Events
Between June 3, 2020 and June 9, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of approximately 153 thousand shares of the Company’s common stock to Atlas Sciences in exchange for the return to the Company of $500 thousand of principal amount from their unsecured promissory note.
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
As used herein, the “Company” refer to Cancer Genetics, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries at March 31, 2020: Cancer Genetics Italia, S.r.l., Gentris, LLC, and vivoPharm Pty, Ltd, except as expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires. The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to help facilitate an understanding of the Company's financial condition and its historical results of operations for the periods presented. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 29, 2020. This MD&A may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” below. The share numbers in the following discussion reflect a 1-for-30 reverse stock split that the Company effected October 24, 2019.
Overview
Cancer Genetics, Inc. (the "Company") supports the efforts of the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to develop innovative new drug therapies. Until the closing of the Business Disposals (as defined below) in July 2019, the Company was an emerging leader in enabling precision medicine in oncology by providing multi-disciplinary diagnostic and data solutions, facilitating individualized therapies through the Company's diagnostic tests, services and molecular markers. Following the Business Disposals, the Company currently has an extensive set of anti-tumor referenced data based on predictive xenograft and syngeneic tumor models from the acquisition of vivoPharm, Pty Ltd. (“vivoPharm”) in 2017, to provide Discovery Services such as contract research services, focused primarily on unique specialized studies to guide drug discovery and development programs in the oncology and immuno-oncology fields. The Company's tests and techniques target a wide range of indications, covering all ten of the top cancers in prevalence in the United States, with additional unique capabilities offered by its FDA-cleared Tissue of Origin® test for identifying difficult to diagnose tumor types or poorly differentiated metastatic disease.
The Company offers preclinical services such as predictive tumor models, human orthotopic xenografts and syngeneic immuno-oncology relevant tumor models in its Hershey, PA facility, and is a leader in the field of immuno-oncology preclinical services in the United States. This service is supplemented with GLP toxicology and extended bioanalytical services in the Company's Australian-based facilities in Clayton, Victoria, and Gilles Plains, South Australia (effective in February 2020).
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The Company utilized relatively the same proprietary and nonproprietary diagnostic tests, laboratory developed tests (LDTs) and technologies across all of its service offerings to deliver results-oriented information important to cancer treatment and patient management. The Company's portfolio primarily included comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) microarrays, gene expression tests, next generation sequencing (NGS) panels, and DNA fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) probes. The Company provided testing services from its Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (“CLIA”) - certified and College of American Pathologists (“CAP”) - accredited laboratories in Rutherford, NJ and Raleigh, NC.
The Company does not project that cash at March 31, 2020, will be sufficient to fund normal operations for the twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on reduced losses and improved future cash flows. Alternatively, the Company may be required to raise additional equity or debt capital, or consummate other strategic transactions. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company can provide no assurance that these actions will be successful or that additional sources of financing will be available on favorable terms, if at all. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Business Disposals - Discontinuing Operations
Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc.
On July 15, 2019, the Company entered into a secured creditor asset purchase agreement (the “BioPharma Agreement”) by and among the Company, Gentris, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Partners for Growth IV, L.P. (“PFG”), Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc. (“IDXG”) and a newly-formed subsidiary of IDXG, Interpace BioPharma, Inc. (“Buyer”). The BioPharma Agreement provided for a consensual private foreclosure sale by PFG of all assets relating to the Company’s BioPharma Business (as defined in the BioPharma Agreement) to Buyer (the “BioPharma Disposal”). The BioPharma Disposal was consummated on July 15, 2019.
Pursuant to the BioPharma Agreement, Buyer purchased from PFG certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of the Company relating to the BioPharma Business, providing as gross consideration $23.5 million, less certain closing adjustments totaling $2.0 million, of which $7.7 million was paid in the form of a promissory note issued by Buyer to the Company (the “Excess Consideration Note”) and the remainder was paid to PFG in cash. PFG utilized the cash proceeds to satisfy the outstanding balances of the Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) asset-based revolving line of credit (“ABL”) and the $6.0 million term note to PFG (“PFG Term Note”), and to satisfy certain transaction expenses. The balance of approximately $2.3 million was delivered to the Company along with the Excess Consideration Note. The Excess Consideration Note which required interest-only quarterly payments at a rate of 6% per year, matured in October 2019 and was settled on October 24, 2019 for $6.0 million, including interest of $24 thousand. The Buyer withheld from the settlement of the Excess Consideration Note approximately $775 thousand for a net worth adjustment (assets less liabilities) of the BioPharma business (“Net Worth”), $153 thousand to secure collection of certain older accounts receivable of the Company purchased by Buyer (“AR Holdback”) and an additional $735 thousand as security for indemnification obligations of the Company for any breaches of certain limited warranties and covenants of the Company and other specified items (“Indemnification Holdback”). The Company received the full amounts of the AR Holdback and the Indemnification Holdback in April and May 2020, respectively.
The Company and Buyer also entered into a transition services agreement (the “TSA”) pursuant to which the Company and Buyer are providing certain services to each other to accommodate the transition of the BioPharma Business to Buyer. In particular, the Company agreed to provide to Buyer, among other things, certain personnel services, payroll processing, administration services and benefit administration services, for a period not to exceed six months from July 15, 2019, subject to the terms and conditions of the TSA, in exchange for payment or reimbursement, as applicable, by Buyer for the costs related thereto, including salaries and benefits for certain of the Company’s BioPharma employees during the transition period. Unless and until John A. Roberts, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, and Glenn Miles, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, enter into part-time consulting arrangements with Buyer and/or IDXG to assist with the transition, if any, Buyer is reimbursing the Company for their salaries and benefits.
siParadigm, Inc.
On July 5, 2019, the Company entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Clinical Agreement”) by and among the Company and siParadigm, LLC (“siParadigm”), pursuant to which the Company sold to siParadigm, certain assets associated with the Company’s clinical laboratory business (the “Clinical Business,” and such assets, the “Designated Assets”), and agreed to cease operating its Clinical Business. The Designated Assets include intellectual property, equipment and customer lists associated with the Clinical Business, and the Company is providing certain transitional services to siParadigm pursuant to the Clinical Agreement.
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The cash consideration paid by siParadigm at closing was approximately $747 thousand, which includes approximately $45 thousand for certain equipment plus a $1.0 million advance payment of the Earn-Out (as defined below), less approximately $177 thousand of supplier invoices paid directly by siParadigm, an adjustment of $11 thousand and transaction costs of approximately $110 thousand. The Earn-Out, to be paid over the 24 months post-closing, is based on fees for all tests performed by siParadigm for the Company’s clinical customers during the 12-month period following the closing (the “Earn-Out”). The Clinical Business sale (together with the BioPharma Disposal, the “Business Disposals”) was completed on July 8, 2019.
The Business Disposals have been classified as discontinuing operations in conformity with GAAP. Accordingly, BioPharma and Clinical operations and balances have been reported as discontinuing operations and removed from all financial disclosures of continuing operations. Unless otherwise indicated, information in Management's Discussion and Analysis relates only to continuing operations.
2019 Offerings
In January 2019, the Company closed two public offerings and issued an aggregate of 952 thousand shares of common stock for approximately $5.4 million, net of expenses and discounts of approximately $1.1 million. The Company also issued 67 thousand warrants to its underwriters in conjunction with these offerings.
Note Payable to Atlas Sciences, LLC
On October 21, 2019, the Company issued an unsecured promissory note to Atlas Sciences, LLC (“Atlas Sciences”), an affiliate of Iliad Research and Trading, L.P. (“Iliad”), for $1.3 million (the “Atlas Sciences Note”). The Company received consideration of $1.3 million, reflecting an original issue discount of $88 thousand and expenses payable by the Company of $10 thousand. The Atlas Sciences Note has a 12-month term and bears interest at 10% per annum. The proceeds from the Atlas Sciences Note were utilized to partially repay the convertible promissory note issued to Iliad on July 17, 2018 (the "Convertible Note"), which was settled in cash for $2.7 million in October 2019.
Key Factors Affecting the Company's Results of Operations and Financial Condition
The Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, vivoPharm, provides proprietary preclinical oncology and immuno-oncology services, offering integrated services in different disease areas to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. vivoPharm is a leader in orthotopic and metastases tumor models. The Company provides all services including toxicology testing and bioanalytical analysis to GLP. vivoPharm specializes in conducting studies tailored to guide drug development, starting from compound libraries and ending with a comprehensive set of in vitro and in vivo data and reports, as needed for Investigational New Drug (IND) filing.
The Company's ability to complete such studies is dependent upon its ability to leverage its collaborative relationships with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and leading institutions to facilitate its research and obtain data for its quality assurance and test validation efforts.
The Company believes that the factors discussed in the following paragraphs have had and are expected to continue to have a material impact on its results of operations and financial condition.
Revenues from Continuing Operations
Revenue from the Company's Discovery Services comes from preclinical oncology and immuno-oncology services offered to its biotechnology and pharmaceutical customers. The Company is a leader in orthotopic and metastases tumor models and offer whole body imaging, in addition to toxicology testing and bioanalytical analysis. Discovery Services are designed to specialize in conducting studies tailored to guide drug development, starting from compound libraries and ending with a comprehensive set of in vitro and in vivo data and reports, as needed for Investigational New Drug (IND) filing.
Due to the Business Disposals that occurred in July 2019, revenues from the Company's Biopharma Services and Clinical Services are presented net of expenses in discontinuing operations.
Cost of Revenues from Continuing Operations
The Company's cost of revenues consists principally of internal personnel costs, including non-cash stock-based compensation, laboratory consumables, shipping costs, overhead and other direct expenses, such as specimen procurement and third-party validation studies. The Company continues to pursue various strategies to control its cost of revenues, including automating the Company's processes through more efficient technology and attempting to negotiate improved terms with its suppliers.
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Operating Expenses from Continuing Operations
The Company classifies its operating expenses into two categories: general and administrative, and sales and marketing. The Company's operating expenses principally consist of personnel costs, including non-cash stock-based compensation, outside services, laboratory consumables and overhead, development costs, marketing program costs and legal and accounting fees.
General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses consist principally of personnel-related expenses, professional fees, such as legal, accounting and business consultants, occupancy costs, bad debt and other general expenses.
Sales and Marketing Expenses. The Company's sales and marketing expenses consist principally of personnel and related overhead costs for its business development team and their support personnel, travel and entertainment expenses, and other selling costs including sales collaterals and trade shows. The Company expects its sales and marketing expenses to increase due to additional salaries as it continues to operate and grow its Discovery Services business.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) a global pandemic and recommended containment and mitigation measures worldwide. In addition, the Company is located in New Jersey and was under a shelter-in-place mandate. Many of the Company's customers worldwide were similarly impacted. The global outbreak of COVID-19 continues to rapidly evolve, and the extent to which COVID-19 may impact the Company's business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other countries, business closures or business disruptions, and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease. As a healthcare provider, the Company is still providing Discovery Services and has yet to experience a slowdown in its project work, however, the future of many projects may be delayed. The Company continues to vigilantly monitor the situation with its primary focus on the health and safety of its employees and clients.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
The following table sets forth certain information concerning the Company's results of continuing operations for the periods shown:
Three Months Ended March 31, | Change | |||||||||||||
(dollars in thousands) | 2020 | 2019 | $ | % | ||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 1,426 | $ | 1,822 | $ | (396 | ) | (22 | )% | |||||
Cost of revenues | 814 | 1,002 | (188 | ) | (19 | )% | ||||||||
General and administrative | 1,533 | 1,782 | (249 | ) | (14 | )% | ||||||||
Sales and marketing | 341 | 185 | 156 | 84 | % | |||||||||
Loss from operations | (1,262 | ) | (1,147 | ) | (115 | ) | 10 | % | ||||||
Interest expense, net | (74 | ) | (613 | ) | 539 | (88 | )% | |||||||
Change in fair value of acquisition note payable | 4 | — | 4 | n/a | ||||||||||
Change in fair value of other derivatives | — | 31 | (31 | ) | (100 | )% | ||||||||
Change in fair value of warrant liability | 127 | (7 | ) | 134 | (1,914 | )% | ||||||||
Change in fair value of siParadigm Earn-Out | 24 | — | 24 | n/a | ||||||||||
Loss before income taxes | (1,181 | ) | (1,736 | ) | 555 | (32 | )% | |||||||
Income tax expense | 6 | — | 6 | n/a | ||||||||||
Loss from continuing operations | $ | (1,187 | ) | $ | (1,736 | ) | $ | 549 | (32 | )% |
Non-GAAP Financial Information
In addition to disclosing financial results in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the table below contains non-GAAP financial measures that the Company believe are helpful in understanding and comparing its past financial performance and its future results. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company exclude the non- operating changes in the fair value of derivative instruments. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide useful information about the Company’s core operating results and thus are appropriate to enhance the
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overall understanding of the Company’s past financial performance and its prospects for the future. The non-GAAP financial measures are included in the table below.
Reconciliation from GAAP to Non-GAAP Results (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2020 | 2019 | |||||||
Reconciliation of net loss from continuing operations: | ||||||||
Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (1,187 | ) | $ | (1,736 | ) | ||
Adjustments: | ||||||||
Interest expense, net | 74 | 613 | ||||||
Depreciation | 52 | 14 | ||||||
Amortization | 79 | 82 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation | 58 | 119 | ||||||
Change in fair value of acquisition note payable | (4 | ) | — | |||||
Change in fair value of other derivatives | — | (31 | ) | |||||
Change in fair value of warrant liability | (127 | ) | 7 | |||||
Change in fair value of siParadigm Earn-Out | (24 | ) | — | |||||
Income tax expense | 6 | — | ||||||
Adjusted EBITDA loss from continuing operations | $ | (1,073 | ) | $ | (932 | ) |
Adjusted EBITDA loss from continuing operations increased 15% to $1.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020, from an adjusted EBITDA loss from continuing operations of $932 thousand during the three months ended March 31, 2019.
Revenue from Continuing Operations
Revenue from continuing operations decreased 22%, or $396 thousand, to $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, from $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, principally due to Tissue of Origin® tests of approximately $300 thousand in 2019. Additional revenues from the Tissue of Origin® tests are not expected to occur until the second half of 2020.
Cost of Revenues from Continuing Operations
Cost of revenues from continuing operations decreased 19%, or $188 thousand, to $814 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2020 from $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, principally due to a reduction in outsourcing costs of $182 thousand. As a result of the changes in revenues and cost of revenues, gross margin decreased to 43% during the three months ended March 31, 2020 from 45% during the three months ended March 31, 2019.
Operating Expenses from Continuing Operations
General and administrative expenses from continuing operations decreased 14%, or $249 thousand, to $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, from $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019, as the result of on-going overall expense reduction initiatives.
Sales and marketing expenses from continuing operations increased 84%, or $156 thousand, to $341 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2020, from $185 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2019, principally due to increased headcount.
Interest Expense, Net
Net interest expense from continuing operations decreased by $539 thousand during the three months ended March 31, 2020 due to the payoff of various debt agreements that were previously in place during the three months ended March 31, 2019. From the end of the same quarter in 2019, the Advance from NDX has declined from $1.5 million to $200 thousand at March 31, 2020, resulting in a reduction of $1.0 million of interest expense. The Convertible Note with Iliad of approximately $2.8 million at March 31, 2019 has been replaced by a note payable to Atlas with a balance at March 31, 2020 of $1.3 million, resulting in a
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reduction of $285 thousand of interest expense. The Company allocated $786 thousand of this interest expense to discontinuing operations during the three months ended March 31, 2019.
Change in Fair Value of Other Derivatives
There were no other derivatives in 2020. During three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company recognized a gain of $31 thousand from the change in fair value of other derivatives.
Change in Fair Value of Warrant Liability
Changes in fair value of some of the Company's common stock warrants may impact its quarterly results. Accounting rules require the Company to record certain of its warrants as a liability, measure the fair value of these warrants each quarter and record changes in that value in earnings. As a result of changes in the Company's stock price, it recognized non-cash income of $127 thousand and expense of $7 thousand during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company may be exposed to non-cash charges, or the Company may record non-cash income, as a result of this warrant exposure in future periods.
Change in Fair Value of siParadigm Earn-Out
During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company recognized a $24 thousand increase in the fair value of the siParadigm Earn-Out.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity
The Company's primary sources of liquidity have been cash collections from customers, funds generated from debt and equity financings, and cash received from the Business Disposals. The Company expects to continue generating additional cash from its customers in the future and from its Business Disposals for a limited time until the Earn-Out is paid as discussed below.
In July 2019, the Company completed two business disposals, resulting in an aggregate of $9.0 million of net cash proceeds at the time of closing; however, $1.0 million of the funds received is an advance from siParadigm that is being deducted from the Earn-Out amounts due during the period. At March 31, 2020. the estimated future Earn-Out payments from siParadigm, net of the remaining balance of the advance, were $281 thousand, which are expected to be collected in variable monthly payments through July 2021; the monthly payment amount is based on the number of tests performed by siParadigm for the Company's former Clinical Services' customers. At March 31, 2020, the Company also held a note receivable from IDXG (the Excess Consideration Note) for $888 thousand. The balance represents the AR Holdback of $153 thousand and the Indemnification Holdback of $735 thousand, which were due to the Company on January 15, 2020 and were received in full in April and May 2020, respectively.
The primary uses of the Company's liquidity have been cash used to fund the Company's operations, as detailed in the cash flows section below, as well as cash used to repay the Company's lenders. During 2020, the Company significantly reduced the amount of its Advance from NDX. The Company is required to remit monthly installments of $50 thousand to NDX until the Advance from NDX is repaid. At March 31, 2020, the Company owed NDX $200 thousand, and subsequent to quarter-end, an additional $150 thousand was repaid on the Advance from NDX. The note payable to Atlas Sciences of $1.3 million matures in October 2020; furthermore, Atlas Sciences is entitled to demand monthly redemptions of up to $300 thousand beginning in April 2020. In June 2020, the Company reduced the note payable to Atlas Sciences by $500 thousand through the exchange of shares of common stock.
The Company does not project that cash at March 31, 2020 will be sufficient to fund normal operations for the twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on reduced losses and improved future cash flows. Alternatively, the Company may be required to raise additional equity or debt capital, or consummate other strategic transactions. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company can provide no assurance that these actions will be successful or that additional sources of financing will be available on favorable terms, if at all.
Cash Flows from Continuing Operations
The Company's net cash flow from operating, investing and financing activities from continuing operations for the periods below were as follows:
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Three Months Ended March 31, | |||||||
(in thousands) | 2020 | 2019 | |||||
Cash provided by (used in) continuing operations: | |||||||
Operating activities | $ | 125 | $ | (1,136 | ) | ||
Investing activities | — | (19 | ) | ||||
Financing activities | (163 | ) | 5,402 | ||||
Effect of foreign currency exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | 12 | (79 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash from continuing operations | $ | (26 | ) | $ | 4,168 |
The Company had cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash of $3.9 million at March 31, 2020, and $4.2 million at December 31, 2019. Restricted cash of $350 thousand was released from restriction in May 2020.
The $26 thousand decrease in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash from continuing operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020, principally resulted from cash flows from operations of $125 thousand and the effect of foreign currency exchange rates of $12 thousand, offset by payments of debt of $163 thousand.
The $4.2 million increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash for the three months ended March 31, 2019, principally resulted from net proceeds from the 2019 Offerings of $5.4 million, offset in part by net cash used in continuing operations of $1.1 million.
At March 31, 2020, the Company had total debt of $1.5 million, excluding finance lease obligations.
Cash Used in Operating Activities from Continuing Operations
Net cash provided by continuing operating activities was $125 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2020, consisting of a net loss from continuing operations of $1.2 million, positive non-cash adjustments of $80 thousand and additional cash provided by working capital items of $1.2 million. Changes in cash flows from working capital items were primarily driven by an increase in amounts due to Interpace of $1.2 million, a net decrease in other current assets of $110 thousand, and a net decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred revenue of $130 thousand. The cash provided by these activities was partially offset by a net increase of accounts receivable of $183 thousand. The increase in the amount due to Interpace was due to collections from Interpace's customers received under the TSA. This net amount was subsequently remitted under the TSA arrangement.
For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company used $1.1 million of cash in continuing operating activities. Cash used was made up of a net loss from continuing operations of $1.7 million, positive non-cash adjustments of $796 thousand, and uses of cash relating to working capital items of $196 thousand. Changes in cash flows from working capital items was primarily driven by a net increase in accounts receivable of $103 thousand, a net decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and deferred revenue of $109 thousand, and a net decrease in obligations under operating leases of $60 thousand. These uses of cash were partially offset by a decrease in other current assets of $77 thousand.
Cash Used in Investing Activities from Continuing Operations
Net cash provided by continuing investing activities was $0 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
Net cash used in continuing investing activities was $19 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2019, relating to the purchase of fixed assets.
Cash Provided by Financing Activities from Continuing Operations
Net cash used in continuing financing activities was $163 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and relates principally to payments on the Advance from NDX of $150 thousand.
Net cash provided by continuing financing activities was $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and resulted principally from proceeds of the 2019 Offerings of $5.4 million.
Capital Resources and Expenditure Requirements
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The Company expects to continue to incur operating losses in the future, as the costs of being public have significant effect on losses that keep the Company from being profitable. The Company expects losses to continue, only to the extent that the business does not outpace the public company-related expenses, such as legal and audit fees and director’s and officer’s liability insurance. These losses have had, and will continue to have, an adverse effect on the Company's working capital, total assets and stockholders’ equity. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with its revenue growth and costs associated with being a public company, the Company is unable to predict when it will become profitable, and it may never become profitable. Even if the Company does achieve profitability, it may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. The Company's inability to achieve and then maintain profitability would negatively affect its business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. As a result, it may need to raise additional capital to fund its current operations, to repay certain outstanding indebtedness and to fund its business to meet its long-term business objectives through public or private equity offerings, debt financings, borrowings or strategic partnerships coupled with an investment in the Company or a combination thereof. If the Company raises additional funds through the issuance of convertible debt securities, or other debt securities, these securities could be secured and could have rights senior to those of its common stock. In addition, any new debt incurred by the Company could impose covenants that restrict its operations and increase its interest expense. The issuance of any new equity securities will also dilute the interest of current stockholders.
The Company owes $1.3 million to Atlas Sciences under an unsecured note due in October 2020. The Company also owes an aggregate of $200 thousand to NDX as of March 31, 2020 pursuant to the NDX Settlement Agreement, which is payable in monthly installments of $50 thousand. The Company has no material capital commitments outside of its existing debt arrangements.
Even after the Business Disposals, the Company does not project that cash at March 31, 2020 will be sufficient to fund normal operations for the twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on reduced losses and improved future cash flows. Alternatively, the Company may be required to raise additional equity or debt capital, or consummate other strategic transactions. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months from the issuance of these financial statements in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The Company can provide no assurance that these actions will be successful or that additional sources of financing will be available on favorable terms, if at all. The Company made this assessment in light of the expected impact of COVID 19.
The Company's forecast of the period of time through which its current financial resources will be adequate to support its operations and its expected operating expenses are forward-looking statements and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could vary materially and negatively as a result of a number of factors, including:
• | the Company's ability to adapt its business for future developments in light of the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which continues to rapidly evolve; |
• | the Company's ability to achieve profitability by increasing sales of the Company's preclinical CRO services focused on oncology and immuno-oncology; |
• | the Company's ability to raise additional capital to repay its indebtedness and meet its liquidity needs; |
• | the Company's ability to execute on its marketing and sales strategy for its preclinical research services and gain acceptance of its services in the market; |
• | the Company's ability to keep pace with rapidly advancing market and scientific developments; |
• | the Company's ability to satisfy U.S. (including FDA) and international regulatory requirements with respect to its services; |
• | the Company's ability to maintain its present customer base and obtain new customers; |
• | competition from preclinical CRO services companies, many of which are much larger than the Company in terms of employee base, revenues and overall number of customers and related market share; |
• | the Company's ability to maintain the Company's clinical and research collaborations and enter into new collaboration agreements with highly regarded organizations in the field of oncology so that, among other things, the Company has access to thought leaders in advanced preclinical and translational science; |
• | potential product liability or intellectual property infringement claims; |
• | the Company's dependency on third-party manufacturers to supply it with instruments and specialized supplies; |
• | the Company's ability to attract and retain a sufficient number of scientists, clinicians, sales personnel and other key personnel with extensive experience in oncology and immuno-oncology, who are in short supply; |
• | the Company's ability to obtain or maintain patents or other appropriate protection for the intellectual property in its proprietary tests and services; |
• | the Company's ability to effectively manage its international businesses in Australia, Europe and China, including the expansion of its customer base and volume of new contracts in these markets; |
• | the Company's dependency on the intellectual property licensed to the Company or possessed by third parties; and |
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• | the Company's ability to adequately support future growth; and |
• | other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as updated in this Form 10-Q and other reports, as applicable, the Company file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020 were prepared on the basis of a going concern, which contemplates that the Company will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, they do not give effect to adjustments that would be necessary should the Company be required to liquidate its assets. The ability of the Company to meet its obligations, and to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the availability of future funding and the continued growth in revenues. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
Income Taxes
Over the past several years the Company has generated operating losses in all jurisdictions in which it may be subject to income taxes. As a result, the Company has accumulated significant net operating losses and other deferred tax assets. Because of the Company's history of losses and the uncertainty as to the realization of those deferred tax assets, a full valuation allowance has been recognized. The Company does not expect to report a benefit related to the deferred tax assets until it has a history of earnings, if ever, that would support the realization of its deferred tax assets.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
Since inception, the Company has not engaged in any off-balance sheet activities as defined in Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgment and Estimates
The Company's management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluate its estimates based on historical experience and make various assumptions, which management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, which form the basis for judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The notes to the Company's audited consolidated financial statements in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 contain a summary of the Company's significant accounting policies. Management considers the following accounting policies critical to the understanding of the results of the Company's operations:
• | Revenue recognition; |
• | Accounts receivable and bad debts; |
• | Warrant liabilities and other derivatives; |
• | Stock-based compensation; |
• | Income taxes; and |
• | Impairment of intangibles and long-lived assets. |
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
This report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “potential,” or the negative of those terms, and similar expressions and comparable terminology intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the Company current views with respect to future events. There are a number of important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement made by the Company. These factors include, but are not limited to:
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• | the Company's ability to adapt its business for future developments in light of the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which continues to rapidly evolve; |
• | the Company's ability to achieve profitability by increasing sales of the Company's preclinical CRO services focused on oncology and immuno-oncology; |
• | the Company's ability to raise additional capital to repay its indebtedness and meet its liquidity needs; |
• | the Company's ability to execute on its marketing and sales strategy for its preclinical research services and gain acceptance of its services in the market; |
• | the Company's ability to keep pace with rapidly advancing market and scientific developments; |
• | the Company's ability to satisfy U.S. (including FDA) and international regulatory requirements with respect to its services; |
• | the Company's ability to maintain its present customer base and obtain new customers; |
• | competition from preclinical CRO services companies, many of which are much larger than the Company in terms of employee base, revenues and overall number of customers and related market share; |
• | the Company's ability to maintain the Company's clinical and research collaborations and enter into new collaboration agreements with highly regarded organizations in the field of oncology so that, among other things, the Company has access to thought leaders in advanced preclinical and translational science; |
• | potential product liability or intellectual property infringement claims; |
• | the Company's dependency on third-party manufacturers to supply it with instruments and specialized supplies; |
• | the Company's ability to attract and retain a sufficient number of scientists, clinicians, sales personnel and other key personnel with extensive experience in oncology and immuno-oncology, who are in short supply; |
• | the Company's ability to obtain or maintain patents or other appropriate protection for the intellectual property in its proprietary tests and services; |
• | the Company's ability to effectively manage its international businesses in Australia, Europe and China, including the expansion of its customer base and volume of new contracts in these markets; |
• | the Company's dependency on the intellectual property licensed to the Company or possessed by third parties; |
• | the Company's ability to adequately support future growth; and |
• | other risks and uncertainties discussed in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as updated in this Form 10-Q and other reports, as applicable, the Company file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent the Company's estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and, except as required by law, the Company undertake no obligation to update or review publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents referenced herein and filed as exhibits completely and with the understanding that the Company's actual future results may be materially different from what the Company expects.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Not applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), as amended, as of March 31, 2020, the end of the period covered by this report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and its Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) have concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at the reasonable assurance level at March 31, 2020 because of the material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that existed at December 31, 2019 that has not been remediated by the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions
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regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. Due to the inherent limitations of control systems, not all misstatements may be detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. Controls and procedures can only provide reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the above objectives have been met.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than changes related to the remediation activities discussed below, there were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended March 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Subsequent to the evaluation made in connection with filing the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, management has begun the process of remediation of the material weaknesses included in the Form 10-K, including further improvements in processes and analyses that support the recording of foreign currency exchanges and the fair value of investments. In 2020, management plans to include additional journal entry review procedures to enhance its remediation efforts. Management is committed to remediating the material weaknesses by changing its internal control over financial reporting.
The Company believes these actions will be sufficient to remediate the identified material weakness and to enhance its internal control over financial reporting. However, the new enhanced controls have not operated long enough to conclude at the time of this filling that the material weaknesses were remediated. The Company expects these deficiencies to be corrected by the end of 2020.
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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
On June 1, 2018, September 20, 2018, and September 25, 2018, purported stockholders of the Company filed nearly identical derivative lawsuits on behalf of the Company in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against the Company (as a nominal defendant) and current and former members of the Company’s Board of Directors and current and former officers of the Company. The three cases are captioned: Bell v. Sharma et al., No. 2:18-cv-10009-CCC-MF, McNeece v. Pappajohn et al., No. 2:18-cv-14093, and Workman v. Pappajohn, et al., No. 2:18-cv-14259 (the “Derivative Litigation”). The complaints allege claims for breach of fiduciary duty, violations of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (premised upon alleged omissions in the Company’s 2017 proxy statement), and unjust enrichment, and allege that the individual defendants failed to implement and maintain adequate controls, which resulted in ineffective disclosure controls and procedures, and conspired to conceal this alleged failure. The lawsuits seek, among other things, damages and/or restitution to the Company, appropriate equitable relief to remedy the alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, and attorneys’ fees and costs. The Court entered stipulations filed by the parties staying the actions until the Securities Litigation (as defined in Note 14 to the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements above) is dismissed, with prejudice, and all appeals have been exhausted; or the defendants’ motion to dismiss in the Securities Litigation is denied in whole or in part; or the parties give 30 days’ notice that they no longer consent to the stay. On February 25, 2020, the Court dismissed the Securities Litigation with prejudice upon the Company's motion to dismiss due to failure to state a claim. Accordingly, on May 15, 2020, the plaintiffs in the Workman action filed a notice of voluntary dismissal to the original action and have formally withdrawn. On May 18, 2020, the plaintiffs in the McNeece action filed a notice of voluntary dismissal to the original action and have formally withdrawn. On June 22, 2020, the plaintiffs in the Bell action voluntarily dismissed their action. Based upon the above dismissal of the securities class action litigation, the Company believes this matter is closed. The Company is expensing legal costs associated with the loss contingency as incurred.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Part 1, Item 1A, of the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, except as noted below:
Our business is subject to risks arising from epidemic diseases, such as the recent global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, which has been declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic, has spread across the globe and is impacting worldwide economic activity. A pandemic, including COVID-19 or other public health epidemic, poses the risk that the Company or its employees, contractors, suppliers, courier delivery services and other partners may be prevented from conducting business activities for an indefinite period of time, including due to spread of the disease within these groups or due to shutdowns that may be requested or mandated by governmental authorities. While it is not possible at this time to estimate the impact that COVID-19 could have on the Company’s business, the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation measures have had and may continue to have an adverse impact on global economic conditions which could have an adverse effect on the Company’s business and financial condition, including impairing the ability to raise capital when needed.
The continued spread of COVID-19 and the measures taken by the governments of countries affected could disrupt the supply chain of material needed for the Company’s Discovery Services and could delay future projects from commencing due to COVID-19 related impacts on the demand for Company services and therefore have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, the Company’s corporate and accounting functions are located in New Jersey and are currently subject to a shelter-in-place mandate. The Company’s U.S. based preclinical laboratory is located in Pennsylvania and is subject to a stay-at-home order, and many of the Company’s customers worldwide are similarly impacted. As a healthcare provider, the Company is allowed to remain open in compliance with the shelter-in-place and stay-at-home mandates and continue to provide critical services in the development of new therapies and the fight against cancer. The Company is still providing Discovery Services, and has yet to experience a slowdown in project work as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, the future of many projects may be delayed. The global outbreak of COVID-19 continues to rapidly evolve, and the extent to which COVID-19 may impact business, results of operations and financial position will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, such as the ultimate geographic spread of the disease, the duration of the outbreak, travel restrictions and social distancing in the United States and other countries, business closures or business disruptions, and the effectiveness of actions taken in the United States and other countries to contain and treat the disease.
Also, it may hamper our efforts to provide our investors with timely information and comply with our filing obligations with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds from Sales of Registered Securities
On February 4, 2020, the Company issued an aggregate of 3 thousand shares (the “Exchange Shares”) of common stock to VenturEast to settle a $12 thousand liability.
The Exchange Shares are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any state securities laws. The Company has relied on the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by virtue of Section 3(a)(9) under the Securities Act.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
Not applicable.
Item 6. Exhibits
See the Index to Exhibits following the signature page hereto, which Index to Exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Cancer Genetics, Inc. | ||||||
(Registrant) | ||||||
Date: June 24, 2020 | /s/ John A. Roberts | |||||
John A. Roberts | ||||||
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | ||||||
Date: June 24, 2020 | /s/ M. Glenn Miles | |||||
M. Glenn Miles | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||||||
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No. | Description | |
31.1 | ||
31.2 | ||
32.1 | ||
32.2 | ||
101 | The following materials from the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at March 31, 2020 (unaudited) and December 31, 2019, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited), (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the three month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited), (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited) and (v) Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) | |
* | Filed herewith. | |
** | Furnished herewith. |
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