UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

 

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31,June 30, 2012

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: 0-21990

 

 

OXiGENE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware 13-3679168

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

701 Gateway Blvd, Suite 210

South San Francisco, CA 94080

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 635-7000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

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

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨  Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer  ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  Smaller reporting company  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

As of May 11,August 3, 2012, there were 16,170,94217,565,857 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock issued and outstanding.

 

 

 


OXiGENE, INC.

Cautionary Factors that May Affect Future Results

The disclosure and analysis by OXiGENE, Inc. (the “Company”) in this report contain “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements give management’s current expectations or forecasts of future events. You can identify these statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historic or current facts. They use words, such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” and other words and terms of similar meaning. These include statements, among others, relating to the sufficiency of our financial resources, our planned future actions, our clinical trial plans, our research and development plans and expected outcomes, our prospective products or product approvals, our beliefs regarding our intellectual property position, our plans with respect to funding operations, projected expense levels, and the outcome of contingencies.

Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this report may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. Actual results may vary materially from those set forth in forward-looking statements. The uncertainties that may cause differences include, but are not limited to: the Company’s need for additional funds to finance its operations in the near term; the Company’s history of losses, anticipated continuing losses and uncertainty of future financing; the early stage of product development; uncertainties as to the future success of ongoing and planned clinical trials; the unproven safety and efficacy of products under development; the sufficiency of the Company’s existing capital resources; the Company’s dependence on others for much of the clinical development of its product candidates under development, as well as for obtaining regulatory approvals and conducting manufacturing and marketing of any product candidates that might successfully reach the end of the development process; the impact of government regulations, health care reform and managed care; competition from other companies and other institutions pursuing the same, alternative or superior technologies; the risk of technological obsolescence; uncertainties related to the Company’s ability to obtain adequate patent and other intellectual property protection for its proprietary technology and product candidates; dependence on officers, directors and other individuals; and risks related to product liability exposure.

We will not update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by law. You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make in our reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our reports on Form 10-Q, 8-K and 10-K. Our filings list various important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results. We note these factors for investors as permitted by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You should understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors. Consequently, you should not consider any such list to be a complete set of all potential risks or uncertainties.

INDEX

 

   Page
No.
 

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

   4  

Item 1. Unaudited Financial Statements

   4  

Condensed Balance Sheets

   4  

Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Loss

   5  

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

   6  

Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

   7  

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

   11  

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

   1617  

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

   1617  

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

   17  

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

   17  

Item 1A. Risk Factors

   17  

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

   1718  

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

   1718  

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

   1718  

Item 5. Other Information

   1718  

Item 6. Exhibits

   1718  

SIGNATURES

   1819  

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements—Unaudited

OXiGENE, Inc.

Condensed Balance Sheets

(All amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

  March 31, 2012 December 31, 2011   June 30, 2012 December 31, 2011 
ASSETS      

Current assets:

      

Cash and cash equivalents

  $8,146   $9,972  

Cash

  $6,902   $9,972  

Restricted cash

   20    20     20    20  

Prepaid expenses

   397    582     460    582  

Other current assets

   48    73     86    73  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current assets

   8,611    10,647     7,468    10,647  

Furniture and fixtures, equipment and leasehold improvements

   643    643     644    643  

Accumulated depreciation

   (616  (609   (616  (609
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 
   27    34     28    34  

License agreements, net of accumulated amortization of $1,236 and $1,211 at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively

   264    289  

License agreements, net of accumulated amortization of $1,260 and $1,211 at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively

   240    289  

Other assets

   86    86     —      86  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total assets

  $8,988   $11,056    $7,736   $11,056  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY      

Current liabilities:

      

Accounts payable

  $138   $261    $535   $261  

Accrued research and development

   435    480     397    480  

Accrued restructuring

   460    653     234    653  

Accrued other

   437    859     451    859  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total current liabilities

   1,470    2,253     1,617    2,253  

Derivative liability long term

   5    6     1    6  

Commitments and contingencies

      

Stockholders’ equity

      

Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, 15,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011

   —      —    

Common stock, $.01 par value, 300,000 shares authorized; 16,171 and 15,177 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively

   162    152  

Preferred stock, $.01 par value, 15,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding

   —      —    

Common stock, $.01 par value, 100,000 and 300,000 shares authorized at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 respectively; 17,548 and 15,177 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively

   175    152  

Additional paid-in capital

   226,595    225,998     227,653    225,998  

Stock subscription receivable

   (200  —    

Accumulated deficit

   (219,244  (217,353   (221,510  (217,353
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

   7,513    8,797     6,118    8,797  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

  $8,988   $11,056    $7,736   $11,056  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

See accompanying notes.

OXiGENE, Inc.

Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(All amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

  Three months ended March 31,   Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30, 
  2012 2011   2012 2011 2012 2011 

Product revenues

  $114   $—      $—     $—     $114   $—    

Operating expenses:

        

Research and development

   654    1,683     1,080    1,499    1,734    3,182  

General and administrative

   1,332    1,385     1,199    1,401    2,531    2,786  

Restructuring (Note 2)

   13    —       (2  —      11    —    
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total operating expenses

   1,999    3,068     2,277    2,900    4,276    5,968  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Loss from operations

   (1,885  (3,068   (2,277  (2,900  (4,162  (5,968

Change in fair value of warrants

   1    2,210     4    (31  5    2,179  

Investment income

   5    1     3    1    8    2  

Other (expense) income, net

   (12  (6   4    (2  (8  (8
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net loss

  $(1,891 $(863  $(2,266 $(2,932 $(4,157 $(3,795
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Comprehensive loss

  $(1,891 $(863  $(2,266 $(2,932 $(4,157 $(3,795
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share

  $(0.12 $(0.13  $(0.14 $(0.32 $(0.26 $(0.49

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

   15,734    6,554     16,484    9,110    16,104    7,820  

See accompanying notes.

OXiGENE, Inc.

Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

(All amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

  Three months ended March 31,   Six months ended June 30, 
  2012 2011   2012 2011 

Operating activities:

      

Net loss

  $(1,891 $(863  $(4,157 $(3,795

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

      

Change in fair value of warrants

   (1  (2,210   (5  (2,179

Depreciation

   7    17     7    32  

Amortization of license agreement

   25    24     49    49  

Stock-based compensation

   136    157     254    486  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

      

Restricted cash

   —      35  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

   (278  (285   (281  (151

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   (783  (425   (636  (1,015
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

   (2,785  (3,585   (4,769  (6,538
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Investing activities:

   

Changes in other assets

   —      (12
  

 

  

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   —      (12
  

 

  

 

 

Financing activities:

      

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of acquisition costs

   959    1,625  

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs

   1,699    10,396  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

   959    1,625     1,699    10,396  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (1,826  (1,972

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   (3,070  3,858  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

   9,972    4,602  

Cash at beginning of period

   9,972    4,602  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  

 

 

 

$8,146

 

  

 

 

 

 

$2,630

 

  

Cash at end of period

  $6,902   $8,460  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Non-cash disclosures:

   

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

   

Issuance of common stock in connection with the private placement warrant exchange

  $—     $5,381    $—     $5,381  

Reclassification of CEFF warrants to equity from derivative liability due to warrant exchange

  $—     $3    $—     $3  

See accompanying notes.

OXiGENE, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

March 31,June 30, 2012

(Unaudited)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

1.Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. They have been prepared on a basis which assumes that OXiGENE, Inc. (“OXiGENE” or the “Company”) will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, however, all adjustments (consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2012.

The balance sheet at December 31, 2011 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Company for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Capital Resources

The Company has experienced net losses every year since inception and, as of March 31,June 30, 2012, had an accumulated deficit of approximately $219,244,000.$221,510,000. The Company expects to incur significant additional operating losses over at least the next several years, principally as a result of its continuing clinical trials and anticipated research and development expenditures. The principal source of the Company’s working capital to date has been the proceeds of private and public equity financings and to a lesser extent the exercise of warrants and stock options. The Company currently has no recurring material amount of licensing or other income. As of March 31,June 30, 2012, the Company had approximately $8,166,000$6,922,000 in cash and restricted cash and cash equivalents.cash.

Based on the Company’s limited ongoing programs and operations and taking into consideration the expected reductions in cash utilization resulting from the Company’s September 2011 reduction in work force, the Company expects its existing cash and cash equivalents to support its operations through the middle of the first quarter of 2013. However, this level of cash utilization does not provide for the initiation of any significant projects to further the development of the Company’s most advanced product candidates, primarily ZYBRESTAT® in anaplastic thyroid cancer, or “ATC”. Any significant further development of ZYBRESTAT or other capital intensive activities will be contingent upon the Company’s ability to raise additional capital in addition to the existing financing arrangements.

The Company received a letter in June 2012 from The NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) that it had 180 calendar days, or until December 24, 2012, to regain compliance with the minimum closing bid price requirement of $1.00 per share, or it will be de-listed from the NASDAQ Capital Market. In order to regain compliance, shares of the Company’s common stock must maintain the minimum closing bid price for a minimum of ten consecutive business days. If the Company does not regain compliance by December 24, 2012, the Company may be eligible for an additional 180 day grace period if it meets certain requirements in addition to providing written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency by effecting a reverse stock split or by other means during the additional grace period. If the Company is not able to regain compliance and it is de-listed from the NASDAQ Capital Market and must trade in the over-the-counter market, the Company’s ability to raise additional capital may be impaired.

Additional funding may not be available to OXiGENE on acceptable terms, or at all. If the Company is unable to access additional funds when needed, it may not be able to continue the development of its product candidates or the Company could be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its development programs and other operations. Any additional equity financing, if available to the Company, may not be available on favorable terms, most likely will be dilutive to its current stockholders and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. If the Company accesses funds through collaborative or licensing arrangements, it may be required to relinquish rights to some of its technologies or product candidates that it would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize on its own, on terms that are not favorable to the Company. The Company’s ability to access capital when needed is not assured and, if not achieved on a timely basis, will materially harm its business, financial condition and results of operations. The Company’s ability to raise additional capital could also be impaired if its common shares lose their status on The NASDAQ Capital Market, and trade in the over-the-counter market. These uncertainties create substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Report of Independent Registered Accounting Firm at the beginning of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 includes a going concern explanatory paragraph.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a basis which assumes that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.

Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Revenue Recognition

In December 2011, OXiGENE established a distribution agreement with Azanta A/S to provide access to ZYBRESTAT for the treatment of patients in a specified territory with anaplastic thyroid cancer, or ATC, on a compassionate use basis. The agreement provides that upon the receipt of ZYBRESTAT by Azanta for distribution and sale to compassionate use patients, Azanta has 30 days to inspect the product for defects and to ensure that the product conforms to the warranties made by the Company. If Azanta does not notify OXiGENE of any defective product within the 30-day period it will be deemed to have accepted the product. Revenue is recognized based on product accepted at the conclusion of the 30-day inspection period. Also, Azanta will pay to OXiGENE, on a quarterly basis, an amount equal to 20% of Azanta’s gross margin, as defined in the agreement, on its sales in the preceding quarter. This revenue is recognized upon notification from Azanta of the gross margin earned.

In addition, OXiGENE has licensed to a third party the Company’s formerly owned Nicoplex and Thiol Test technology. Revenue in connection with this license arrangement is earned based on sales of products or services utilizing this technology. Revenue is recognized under this agreement when payments are received due to the uncertainty of the timing of sales of products or services.

Subsequent Events

The Company reviews all activity subsequent to period end but prior to the issuance of the financial statements for events that could require disclosure or which could impact the carrying value of assets or liabilities as of the balance sheet date.

2. Restructuring

2.Restructuring

On September 1, 2011, the Company announced a restructuring plan designed to focus the Company’s capital resources on its most promising early-stage clinical programs and further reduce its cash utilization. In connection with this restructuring, the Company recognized approximately $1,239,000$1,237,000 of restructuring expenses, including adjustments. The restructuring expenses include severance payments, health and medical benefits and related taxes, which are expected to be paid through the end of fiscal 2012.

The original charge and adjustments were included in a separate line item and adjustments for foreign exchange were included in other (expense) income, net on the condensed statements of comprehensive loss.

The following table sets forth activity relating to the Company’s accrual for this restructuring (in thousands):

 

  Three Months Ended
March 31, 2012
   Six Months Ended
June 30, 2012
 

Accrued Restructuring:

    

Beginning balance

  $653  

Original charges

   —    

Beginning balance-January 1, 2012

  $653  

Adjustments

   13     11  

Payments

   (217   (437

Adjustments for foreign exchange

   11     6  
  

 

   

 

 

Ending balance

  $460  

Ending balance-June 30, 2012

  $234  
  

 

   

 

 

3. Stockholders’ Equity — Common and Preferred Shares

3.Stockholders’ Equity — Common and Preferred Shares

The Company had 100,000,000 shares of common stock authorized as of June 30, 2012 and 300,000,000 shares of common stock authorized as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. As of March 31,June 30, 2012, the Company had 16,170,94217,547,719 shares of common stock issued and outstanding.

In November 2011, the Company entered into a purchase agreement for the sale, from time to time, of up to $20,000,000 of its common stock to Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (LPC). In connection with the LPC agreement, the Company issued approximately 983,8972,360,674 shares of common stock for proceeds of approximately $959,000,$1,699,000, net of acquisitionissuance costs, during the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2012. This included 29,97059,940 shares issued as a commitment fee. At June 30, 2012 the Company had a receivable of $200,000 from LPC for a sale of shares under this agreement executed on June 29, 2012, which was recorded in Stock Subscription Receivable as an offset to equity. This amount was received in July 2012 and therefore net proceeds including this amount were $1,899,000. The LPC purchase agreement contains a minimum purchase price of $0.50 per share, which means that LPC shall not have the right or the obligation to purchase any of our common stock if the purchase price per share would be less than $0.50. Assuming that the purchase price per share is $0.50 or greater, the total dollar amount of common stock that the Company could sell under the LPC purchase agreement during the next twelve months is approximately $18,000,000, provided that the Company would be required to file and have declared effective an additional registration statement in order to sell more than an additional 1,949,266 shares of its common stock under the LPC agreement.

On July 21, 2010, the Company entered into an “at the market” (ATM) equity offering sales agreement with McNicoll, LewisMLV & VlakCo. LLC, or MLV, pursuant to which itthe Company may issue and sell shares of its common stock from time to time through MLV acting as sales agent and underwriter. Currently,Until the third quarter of 2012, the Company is not able to sell additional shares under thisthe ATM due to SEC limitations on the number of shares issuable pursuant to a Form S-3 registration statement in a primary offering by smaller

reporting companies such as the Company. TheDue to these SEC limitations, as of August 3, 2012, the total dollar amount of common stock the Company may be ablecould sell under the ATM during the next twelve months is approximately $4,000,000. This amount is likely to resume suchchange based on various factors including the Company’s stock price, number of shares outstanding and when the sales intake place.

In January and July 2012, 10,101 and 18,148 shares, respectively of common stock with a value of $10,000 each were issued as compensation to a board member pursuant to the second half of 2012, should it meet the issuance criteria of the SECCompany’s Amended and NASDAQ.Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy.

Warrants

Warrant Summary Information

The following is a summary of the Company’s outstanding common stock warrants as of March 31,June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011:

 

      Number of Warrants outstanding as of: (in
thousands)
          Number of Warrants outstanding as of:
(in thousands)
 

Warrants Issued in Connection with:

  Date of Issuance  Average Exercise
Price
   March 31, 2012   December 31, 2011   Date of Issuance  Average
Exercise  Price
   June 30, 2012   December 31, 2011 

Committed Equity Financing Facility

  February 19, 2008  $54.80     13     13    February 19, 2008  $54.80     13     13  

Direct Registration Series I Warrants

  July 20, 2009  $42.00     141     141    July 20, 2009  $42.00     141     141  
      

 

   

 

       

 

   

 

 

Total Warrants Outstanding

       154     154         154     154  
      

 

   

 

       

 

   

 

 

Effective with a warrant exchange, the Committed Equity Financing Facility warrants, issued by the Company on February 19, 2008, were reclassified as equity in January 2011. Previously they were recorded as a liability at their fair value in March 2010 and were last recorded as a liability on December 31, 2010. The Direct Registration Series I warrants, issued by the Company on July 20, 2009, were recorded as a liability at their fair value as of the date of their issuance in February 2008July 2009 and are revalued at each subsequent reporting date. The value of these warrants recorded on the Company’s balance sheet was approximately $5,000$1,000 and $6,000 at March 31,June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

The gain (loss) from the change in fair value of warrants and other financial instruments for the quartersthree months and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2012 and 2011 is summarized below (in thousands):

 

  Three Months Ended March 31,   Three Months ended
June 30,
 Six Months ended
June 30,
 
  2012   2011   2012   2011 2012   2011 

Committed Equity Financing Facility Warrants

  $—      $3  

Committed Equity Financing Facility

  $—      $—     $ —      $3  

Direct Registration Warrants

   1     90     4     (31  5     59  

Gain recognized in connection with Warrant Exchange agreements

   —       690     —       —      —       690  

Private Placement Warrants

   —       1,427     —       —      —       1,427  
  

 

   

 

 

Total gain (loss) on change in fair market value of derivatives

       
  $1    $2,210  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 
  

 

   

 

   $4    $(31 $5    $2,179  
  

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

Options

The Company’s 2005 Stock Plan, as amended at the 20112012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in October 2011May 2012 (the “2005 Plan”) provides for the award of options, restricted stock and stock appreciation rights to acquire up to 2,500,0004,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in the aggregate. Currently, the 2005 Plan allows for awards of up to 200,000 shares that may be granted to any one participant in any fiscal year. For options subject to graded vesting, the Company elected the straight-line method of expensing these awards over the service period.

The following is a summary of the Company’s stock option activity under its 2005 Plan for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2012:

 

  Shares Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
   Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
   Shares Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
   Aggregate
Intrinsic Value
 
  (In thousands)     (Years)   (In thousands)   (In thousands)     (Years)   (In thousands) 

Options outstanding at December 31, 2011

   1,002   $5.91     9.26       1,002   $5.91     9.22    

Granted

   699   $1.07         774   $1.07      

Forfeited and expired

   (394 $8.89         (548 $7.35      
  

 

        

 

      

Options outstanding at March 31, 2012

   1,307   $2.42     8.62    

Options outstanding at June 30, 2012

   1,228   $2.22     9.35    
  

 

        

 

      

Options exercisable at March 31, 2012

   448   $3.48     6.28    

Options exercisable at June 30, 2012

   337   $3.89     8.60    

Options vested or expected to vest at March 31, 2012

   915   $2.77     8.08    $—    

Options vested or expected to vest at June 30, 2012

   815   $2.62     9.19    $—    

As of March 31,June 30, 2012 there was approximately $693,000$332,000 of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock option awards that is expected to be recognized as expense over a weighted average period of approximately 32.3 years.

The fair values for the stock options granted were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2012:

 

Weighted Average Assumptions

  

Risk-free interest rate

   1.061.04

Expected life

   4 Years  

Expected volatility

   102% 

Dividend yield

   0.00  

4. Net Loss Per Share

4.Net Loss Per Share

Basic and diluted net loss per share was calculated by dividing the net loss per share attributed to the Company’s common shares by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net loss per share includes the effect of all dilutive, potentially issuable common equivalent shares as defined using the treasury stock method. All of the Company’s common stock equivalents are anti-dilutive due to the Company’s net loss position for all periods presented. Accordingly, common stock equivalents of approximately 1,307,0001,228,000 stock options and 153,000154,000 warrants at March 31,June 30, 2012 and 313,000307,000 stock options and 153,000154,000 warrants at March 31,June 30, 2011, were excluded from the calculation of weighted average shares for diluted net loss per share.

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

Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations as of March 31,June 30, 2012 and March 31,June 30, 2011 should be read in conjunction with the sections of our audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, as well as our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” that is included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and also with the unaudited financial statements set forth in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

OVERVIEW

We are a clinical-stage, biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics primarily to treat cancer. Our primary focus is the development of product candidates referred to as vascular disrupting agents, or VDAs, that selectively disable and destroy abnormal blood vessels that provide solid tumors a means of growth and survival and also are associated with visual impairment in a number of ophthalmological diseases and conditions.

We intend to primarily target the development of our product candidates for the treatment of rare cancers that will be eligible for orphan drug status from the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. Our lead candidate, ZYBRESTAT®, has been awarded orphan drug status by the FDA and the European Commission in the European Union for the treatment of advanced anaplastic thyroid cancer, or “ATC”, and for the treatment ofATC, medullary thyroid cancer, Stage IV papillary thyroid cancer, and Stage IV follicular thyroid cancers.cancer, and by the FDA for the treatment of ovarian cancer. The FDA has also granted Fast Track status to ZYBRESTAT for the treatment of regionally advanced and/or metastatic ATC, as well as in ovarian cancer.ATC.

The Orphan Drug Act was passed in January 1983 to stimulate the research, development, and approval of products that treat rare diseases. An orphan drug is defined as a product that treats a rare disease affecting fewer than 200,000 patients in the United States. Drugs are granted orphan status for a specific indication.

To date, more than 400 subjects have been treated with ZYBRESTAT in human clinical trials, and the drug candidate has generally been observed to be well-tolerated.generally well-tolerated with a manageable safety profile.

Our top priority is to pursue the clinical development of ZYBRESTAT in ATC. ATC is a veryan aggressive, rare, but lethal cancer of the thyroid gland. Because of the rapid progression of the disease and the absence of effective therapies, median survival from the time of diagnosis is approximately 3-4 months. We have completed a Phase 2/3 clinical trial of ZYBRESTAT in patients with ATC, and we are currently planningin discussions with the FDA regarding a special protocol assessment (SPA) for a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of ZYBRESTAT in ATC, which we refer to as the FACT 2 trial. We believe thatcompletion of the FACT 2 trial represents a critical opportunity to demonstrate the value of our key asset, ZYBRESTAT, and has the potential to create significant value for our company and our shareholders. As such, our primary corporate strategy for 2012 is to secure sufficient funding to conduct the trial. We are also pursuing a special protocol assessment (SPA) for this program with the FDA, with the goal of laying the foundation for initiation of this global registration study. We believe completion of the FACT2 study, assuming continued positive clinical results, willwould be sufficient to obtain FDA approval and approval in Europe for the treatment of patients with advanced ATCATC.

We are also exploring the use of ZYBRESTAT in the treatment of ovarian cancer. On June 15, 2012, a group of British clinical investigators published results from a Phase 1 study in solid tumors, using a combination of ZYBRESTAT with bevacizumab without cytotoxic chemotherapy in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. The investigators observed disease stabilization in 9 of 14 patients (60%), and one patient with ovarian cancer had a partial response based on CA125 tumor marker levels lasting over 1 year.

The investigators also observed that functional imaging of the tumors at baseline and after cycle 1 showed longer profound vascular changes and blood-flow shutdown when ZYBRESTAT was added to the treatment regimen, demonstrating the complementary therapeutic effect of ZYBRESTAT and bevacizumab. We believe that this approach of combining vascular targeting agents without chemotherapy represents a potential way forward in clinical evaluation, and it is the basis for the ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of ZYBRESTAT in advanced ovarian cancer, described below.

This trial is being conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG), an organization dedicated to clinical research in the field of gynecologic cancer, under the sponsorship of the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program of the National Cancer Institute (CTEP). The trial is expected to enroll a total of 110 patients. To be eligible for the study, patients must have relapsed platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer, and must have had one prior platinum-based chemotherapeutic regimen. Patients are being randomized into two arms: one arm receives bevacizumab; the second arm receives bevacizumab plus ZYBRESTAT. Patients are treated until disease progression or adverse effects prohibit further therapy. The primary endpoint of the Phase 2 trial is progression-free survival. Secondary endpoints include safety, overall survival and objective responses by treatment. We anticipate final analysis of the data from this trial in 2013. On August 6, 2012, we announced that a pre-specified interim safety analysis of 25 patients in this trial indicated that only one of these patients had suffered a protocol specified serious adverse event in the trial to date, and therefore the trial should continue to full enrollment.

More than 60 clinical sites are participating in the GOG study. If the trial is clinically successful in terms of slowing tumor progression, we believe that this combination of vascular targeting agents, without the use of cytotoxic chemotherapy agents - and their often significant side effects - could provide a potentially better tolerated alternative for the treatment of ovarian cancer patients.

                This combination of vascular targeting agents would also complement the positive clinical results seen in prior clinical studies using ZYBRESTAT in conjunction with carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with platinum- resistant ovarian cancer. Final results from a Phase 2 study were published by the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, in the U. K., in the January 2011 issue of Annals of Oncology, showing a response rate of 25% (11/44) in a platinum resistant population and an additional 11% (5/44) of patients with unconfirmed responses on CT, suggesting that randomized trials including ZYBRESTAT with platinum-based chemotherapy should be performed in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

In June 2012, we announced the establishment of an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Angiogene Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a U.K.-based drug development company relative to their VDA program for neuroendocrine cancers, focused specifically on carcinoid syndrome. We plan to leverage these assets for the development and potential commercialization of ZYBRESTAT to treat carcinoid syndrome associated with metastatic carcinoid and neuroendocrine tumors. In the United States, according to the American Cancer Society, approximately 5,000 new carcinoid tumors and an additional 3,000 neuroendocrine tumors, or NETs, are diagnosed annually. Assuming similar incidence rates, this translates to 16,000 new cases of carcinoid and NETs annually in the combined markets of Europe and Japan.

Neuroendocrine tumors, including carcinoid, are increasing in incidence more rapidly than other cancers, but treatment, including, drugs, surgery, or embolization techniques, are not successful for all patients or may provide only temporary relief. The medical need for additional therapeutic options for patients and doctors remains open and may provide an opportunity for us to utilize our technology and experience in developing VDA drugs for the benefit of those patients.

Given the compelling scientific basis for using a VDA to disrupt blood flow to induce tumor necrosis and reduce production of biologically active mediators, such as serotonin, which are associated with the most severe, debilitating symptoms of this disease, we plan to investigate the effectiveness of ZYBRESTAT in this setting. We believe that using this approach has the potential to provide a faster path to establishing clinical activity of ZYBRESTAT, as compared to more typical endpoints such as progression-free survival or overall survival, as utilized in our other ongoing programs, and to significantly expand the commercial opportunity and patent protection for ZYBRESTAT.

Financial Resources

We have experienced net losses every year since our inception and, as of March 31,June 30, 2012, had an accumulated deficit of approximately $219,244,000.$221,510,000. We expect to incur significant additional operating losses over at least the next several years, principally as a result of our continuing clinical trials and anticipated research and development expenditures. The principal source of our working capital to date has been the proceeds of private and public equity financings and to a lesser extent the exercise of warrants and stock options. We currently have no recurring material amount of licensing or other income. As of March 31,June 30, 2012, we had approximately $8,166,000$6,922,000 in cash and restricted cash and cash equivalents.cash.

Currently, the Company haswe have two vehicles available for raising capital as described in detail in Note 3 to the Condensed Financial Statements for the quarter ended March 31,June 30, 2012 and in Liquidity below. In summary, OXiGENEwe may sell under a stock purchase agreement, up to a total of $20,000,000 of itsour common stock to Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (LPC). In order, pursuant to fully take advantage of this agreement, however, the Company will require shareholder approval in order to issue shares in excess of 19.9% of its outstanding shares on the date it entered into thea stock purchase agreement, duesubject to NASDAQ rules. The Company intends to seek this approval at its annual meetinga minimum purchase price of shareholders in May 2012.

The Company$0.50 per share. We also hashave entered into an “at the market” (ATM) equity offering sales agreement with McNicoll, LewisMLV & VlakCo. LLC, (MLV), pursuant to which itwe may issue and sell shares of common stock from time to time through MLV acting as itsour sales agent and underwriter. Currently, OXiGENE isUntil the third quarter of 2012, we are not able to sell additional shares under thisthe ATM due to SEC limitations on the number of shares issuable pursuant to a Form S-3 registration statement in a primary offering by smaller reporting companies such as us. Due to these SEC limitations, as of August 3, 2012, the Company. OXiGENE expectstotal dollar amount of common stock we could sell under the ATM during the next twelve months is approximately $4,000,000. This amount is likely to be able to resume suchchange based on various factors including our stock price, number of shares outstanding and when the sales in the second half of 2012, should it meet the issuance criteria of the SEC and NASDAQ.

take place.

On September 1, 2011, we announced a restructuring plan, which included employee terminations,a reduction in work force, designed to focus our capital resources on our most promising early-stage clinical programs and further reduce our cash utilization. We announced the following key aspectsAmong other things, we decided as part of the restructuring and their effects on our operations including current and planned clinical trials:

At this time, a Company sponsored Phase 3 registrational study of ZYBRESTAT in patients with ATC funded entirely by internal financial resources is not feasible. We intend to continue to explore options for conducting such a study, including potential collaborations with national and international head and neck cancer cooperative groups. Future development decisions concerning ZYBRESTAT in patients with ATC will be made following a reviewthe conduct of all options by our management and our board of directors.

We have concluded the final analysis of our completed PhaseFACT 2 study of ZYBRESTAT in conjunction with standard chemotherapy and bevacizumab in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (FALCON study). Any future development decisions concerning the study of ZYBRESTAT in patients with NSCLC will depend on our financial resources.

Wetrial, to continue to support the ongoing randomized Phase 2 trial of ZYBRESTAT in combination with bevacizumab in patients with relapsed ovarian cancer, which is an NCI-sponsored study being conducted by the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG), an organization dedicatedGOG in ovarian cancer, to clinical research in the field of gynecologic cancer.

We continue to support of the ongoing investigator-sponsored Phase 1 trial of OXi4503 in patients with AMLacute myeloid leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome or MDS, being conducted at the University of Florida, and with support by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Therapy Acceleration Program.

We are evaluating additional early-stage development opportunities for our two product candidates, ZYBRESTAT and OXi4503, subject to available resources.

We reducedreduce our workforce by 11 full-time equivalent employees or approximately 61%. As of March 31, 2012, we had a total of eight full-time employees, and approximately three full-time equivalent employees working on a part-time basis.

We have reducedto reduce the amount of office space we currently rent, primarily by closing our office in Waltham, Massachusetts in May 2012 and by conducting our operations only out of our South San Francisco office.

We offered severance benefits to the terminated employees, and have recorded a total charge relating to this matter of approximately $1,239,000,$1,237,000, most of which was recorded in the third quarter of 2011 and was primarily associated with personnel-related termination costs. In order to provide for an orderly transition, we implemented the reduction in work force in a phased manner. Substantially all of the charge represents cash expenditures. Upon completion of the restructuring activities outlined above, we expect to reduce expenses from fiscal 2011 levels by an annual amount of approximately $2,000,000. Our ability to achieve this anticipated cost reduction is contingent upon only continuing to conduct the projects for which we are currently committed. Based on this planned level of cash utilization, we will be unable to significantly advance the clinical development of our product candidates, including ZYBRESTAT, in ATC without raising more capital. Our primary corporate strategy for 2012 is to secure sufficient funding to conduct the FACT 2 trial in ATC. We are also pursuing a special protocol assessment (SPA) for this program with the FDA, with the goal of laying the foundation for initiation of a global registration study. If we secure sufficient funding to conduct such a trial, expenses could increase in fiscal 2012 to the same levels as 2011.

Based on our limited ongoing programs and operations and taking into consideration the expected reductions in cash utilization resulting from our September 2011 reduction in work force, we expect our existing cash and cash equivalents to support our operations through the middle of the first quarter of 2013. However, this level of cash utilization does not provide for the initiation of any projects to further the development of our most advanced product candidates, primarily ZYBRESTAT in ATC.ZYBRESTAT. Any significant further development of ZYBRESTAT or other capital intensive activities will be contingent upon our ability to raise additional capital in addition to our existing financing arrangements.arrangements , as to which we can give you no assurance.

We will require significant additional funding to fund operations and to continue the development of our product candidates. Such funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to access additional funds when needed, we may not be able to continue the development of our product candidates or we could be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our development programs and other operations. Any additional equity financing, which may not be available to us or may not be available on favorable terms, most likely will be dilutive to our current stockholders and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. If we access funds through collaborative or licensing arrangements, we may be required to relinquish rights to some of our technologies or product candidates that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize on our own, on terms that are not favorable to us. Our ability to access capital when needed is not assured and, if not achieved on a timely basis, will materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are committed to a disciplined financial strategy and as such maintain a limited employee and facilities base, with development, scientific, finance and administrative functions, which include, among other things, product development, regulatory oversight and clinical testing. Our research and development team members typically work on a

number of development projects concurrently. Accordingly, we do not separately track the costs for each of these research and development projects to enable separate disclosure of these costs on a project-by-project basis. We conduct scientific activities pursuant to collaborative arrangements with universities. Regulatory and clinical testing functions are generally contracted out to third-party, specialty organizations.

Results of Operations

Three and Six Months Ended March 31,June 30, 2012 and March 31,June 30, 2011

Revenue

We recognized $114,000 in product revenue for the three monthssix month period ended March 31,June 30, 2012. No revenue was recognized in the three monthsmonth period ended March 31,June 30, 2012 or in the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011. Revenues in 2012 represent amounts recognized under our distribution agreement with Azanta Danmark A/S, or Azanta. In 2011, we established a partnership agreement with Azanta to provide access to ZYBRESTAT for the treatment of patients in a specified territory with ATC on a compassionate use basis. Under the terms of the agreement, we provide ZYBRESTAT to Azanta.Azanta in exchange for a specified payment. Azanta will serve as exclusive distributor for ZYBRESTAT in the specified territory for this purpose and will provide ZYBRESTAT to physicians solely to treat ATC on a compassionate use basis in the territory covered by the agreement until such time as ZYBRESTAT may obtain marketing approval in that territory. The territory includes the European Union, including the Nordic countries and Switzerland, and Canada, and the agreement may also be expanded to include other countries on a country-by-country basis. We do not expect to receive significant income from Azanta under this arrangement.

Our future revenues will depend upon our ability to establish collaborations with respect to, and generate revenues from, products currently under development by us. We expect that we will not generate meaningful revenue unless and until we enter into new collaborations providing for funding through the payment of licensing fees and up-front paymentspayments.

Research and development expenses

The table below summarizes the most significant components of our research and development expenses for the periods indicated in thousands and provides the changespercentage change in these components and the percentage increase or decrease:components:

 

  Three Months ended March 31,   Increase (Decrease)   Three Months ended
June 30,
     Six Months ended
June 30,
     
  2012   2011   Amount %   2012   2011   %
Change
 2012   2011   %
Change
 

External services

  $217    $859    $(642  -75  $513    $692     -26 $780    $1,550     -50

Employee compensation and related

   259     637     (378  -59   341     556     -39  599     1,192     -50

Employee stock-based compensation

   16     48     (32  -67   30     118     -75  46     166     -72

Other

   162     139     23    17   196     133     47  309     274     13
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total research and development

  $654    $1,683    $(1,029  -61  $1,080    $1,499     -28 $1,734    $3,182     -46
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

The reduction in external services expenses for the quarterthree and six month periods ended March 31,June 30, 2012 compared to the same three and six month periodperiods in 2011 is primarily attributable to a reduction in spending on all of our clinical projects for the comparable periods with the majority of the reduction coming from the ZYBRESTAT for oncology program, most prominently our anaplastic thyroid cancer and non-small cell lung cancer projects. These two major studies have substantially concluded. In addition, we experienced reductions in expenses on our OXi4503 and ZYBRESTAT for ophthalmology programs for the comparable 2011 period,periods, primarily related to our decision in February 2010 and September 2011 to scale back our research and development efforts to a limited number of projects.

The reduction in employee compensation and related expenses for the quarterthree and six month periods ended March 31,June 30, 2012 compared to the same three and six month periodperiods of 2011 is due to the reductions in our clinical programs as noted above. We have reduced our headcount through restructurings as our clinical trials have progressed to conclusion and our compensation and related expenses have decreased accordingly in the quarterthree and six month periods ended March 31,June 30, 2012 compared to the same periodperiods in 2011.

The increase in Other expenses for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012 compared to the same three and six month periods in 2011 is primarily attributable to a license fee we expensed in the second quarter of 2012.

We continue to evaluate next steps in the development of our clinical programs. As a result, research and development expenses in the future could vary significantly from those incurred in the 2011 fiscal year. Our primary corporate strategy for 2012 is to secure sufficient funding to conduct the FACT 2 trial in ATC. We are also pursuing a special protocol assessment (SPA) for this program with the FDA, with the goal of laying the foundation for initiation of a global registration study. If we secure sufficient funding to conduct such a trial, expenses could increase in fiscal 2012 to the same levels as 2011.

General and administrative expenses

The table below summarizes the most significant components of our general and administrative expenses for the periods indicated in thousands and provides the percentage changes in these components and their percentages:components:

 

  Three Months ended
June 30,
     Six Months ended
June 30,
     
  Three Months ended March 31,   Increase (Decrease)   %
Change
    %
Change
 
  2012   2011   Amount %   2012   2011    2012   2011   

Employee compensation and related

  $513    $483    $30    6  $351    $497     -29 $843    $985     -14

Employee stock-based compensation

   40     74     (34  -46   88     211     -58  128     285     -55

Consulting and professional services

   541     558     (17  -3   516     408     26  1,079     966     12

Other

   238     270     (32  -12   244     285     -14  481     550     -13
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total general and administrative

  $1,332    $1,385    $(53  -4  $1,199    $1,401     -14 $2,531    $2,786     -9
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

General and administrative expenses in total remained relatively flat for the comparable three month periods ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011. Employee compensation and related expenses increaseddecreased in the first quarterthree and six month periods of 2012 as compared to 2011 due primarily to a reduction in headcount in September 2011. In the six month period, this cost reduction was slightly offset by additional costs in the first quarter of 2012 related to the transition of consolidating our Massachusetts administrative offices, including our finance employees, to our California headquarters. Employee stock-based compensation expense decreased in part because of the reduction in headcount but can also vary significantly from period to period due to the timing and vesting of option grants.

Consulting and professional services increased in the three month period of 2012 as compared to 2011 due primarily to the timing of legal and other expensesinvestor relations costs which were comparable for the six month period in 2012 as compared to 2011. The increase in Consulting and professional services in the six month period of 2012 as compared to 2011 was due primarily to board fees which increased due to a revised Board compensation policy. Other expense decreased in the first quarterthree and six month periods of 2012 as compared to 2011 due primarily to a decreasereduction in accounting and legalfacility related costs, primarily due to the restructuring announced in September 2011.including insurance.

As a result of our restructuring announced in September 2011, we expect general and administrative expenses to decrease in 2012 as compared to 2011. We continue to evaluate general and administrative expense and as a result, in the future they could vary significantly from those incurred in the 2011 fiscal year.

Other Income and Expenses

The table below summarizes Other Income and Expense in our Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three month periods ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011,indicated, in thousands:

 

  Three months ended March 31, Increase (Decrease)   Three Months ended
June 30,
 Six Months ended
June 30,
 
  2012 2011 Amount %   2012   2011 2012 2011 

Change in fair value of warrants

  $1   $2,210   $(2,209  -100  $4    $(31 $5   $2,179  

Investment income

   5    1    4    400   3     1    8    2  

Other (expense) income, net

   (12  (6  (6  100   4     (2  (8  (8
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

Total

  $(6 $2,205   $(2,211  -100  $11    $(32 $5   $2,173  
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

  

 

 

We recorded an unrealized (non cash)(non-cash) gain in the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2012 and a loss in the three month period ended June 30, 2011 and a gain in the six month period ended June 30, 2011, as a result of the change in the estimated fair market value of our common stock warrants issued in connection with the offerings of our common stock.

The table below summarizes the components of the change in fair value of warrants and other financial instruments for the three and six month periods ended March 31,June 30, 2012 and March 31,June 30, 2011.

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2012   2011   Three Months ended
June 30,
 Six Months ended
June 30,
 
  Amounts in Thousands   2012   2011 2012   2011 

Committed Equity Financing Facility Warrants

  $—      $3    $—      $—     $—      $3  

Direct Registration Warrants

   1     90     4     (31  5     59  

Gain recognized in connection with Warrant Exchange

   —       690  

Gain recognized in connection with Warrant Exchange agreements

   —       —      —       690  

Private Placement Warrants

   —       1,427     —       —      —       1,427  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total gain (loss) on change in fair market value of derivatives

  $1    $2,210    $4    $(31 $5    $2,179  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

   

 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

To date, we have financed our operations principally through net proceeds received from private and public equity financings and through a strategic development arrangement with Symphony Capital Partners, L.P., which concluded in 2009. We have experienced negative cash flow from operations each year since our inception, except in fiscal 2000. As of March 31,June 30, 2012, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $219,244,000.$221,510,000. We expect to continue to incur increased expenses, resulting in losses, over at least the next several years due to, among other factors, our continuing and planned clinical trials and anticipated research and development activities. We had cash cash equivalents and restricted cash of approximately $8,146,000$6,922,000 at March 31,June 30, 2012.

The net cash used in operating activities was approximately $2,785,000$4,768,000 in the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2012 compared to $3,585,000$6,538,000 in the comparable period in 2011. The net cash used in both periods was primarily attributable to the net losses, adjusted to exclude certain non-cash items, primarily in the 2011 period from a change in the fair value of warrants and other financial instruments of $2,210,000.$2,179,000. Net cash used in operating activities in the 2012 period was also impacted by the pay down of our accrued restructuring costs and for both the 2012 and 2011 periodperiods by the pay downreduction of accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $959,000$1,699,000 for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2012 compared to $1,625,000$10,396,000 in the comparable period in 2011. Net cash provided by financing activities in the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2012 was attributable to net proceeds from the sale of common stock under our agreement with LPC agreement described below. Net cash provided by financing activities for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2011 is primarily attributable to the net proceeds from the sale of common stock under our “at the market” equity financing facility discussed below.

On January 18, 2011, we entered into separate Warrant Exchange Agreements with each of the holders of warrants to purchase shares of our common stock issued in March 2010, pursuant to which, at the initial closing, the warrant holders exchanged their outstanding Series A and Series C warrants having “ratchet” price-based anti-dilution protections for (A) an aggregate of 1,096,933

shares of common stock and (B) Series E Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 1,222,623 shares of common stock. The Series E Warrants were not exercisable for six months, had an exercise price of $4.60 per share (reflecting the market value of the shares of common stock as of the close of trading on January 18, 2011, prior to the entry into the Warrant Exchange Agreements), and did not contain any price-based anti-dilution protections. In addition, we agreed to seek shareholder approval to issue up to 457,544 additional shares of common stock to the warrant holders in a subsequent closing. Such shareholder approval was obtained on March 18, 2011, and the Series E Warrants issued at the initial closing were exchanged for the additional 457,544 shares of common stock.

In November 2011, we entered into a purchase agreement for the sale, from time to time, of up to $20,000,000 of our common stock to Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (LPC), a Chicago-based institutional investor. In order to fully take advantage of this agreement, however, we will require shareholder approval in order to issue shares in excess of 19.9% of our outstanding shares on the date we entered into the purchase agreement due to NASDAQ rules. We intend to seek this approval at our annual meeting of shareholders in May 2012. The proceeds from any sales under this purchase agreement will be used to further develop our late and early-stage clinical pipeline and to fund our ongoing operations. During the 36-month term of the purchase agreement, we control the timing and amount of any sales to LPC, if and when we decide, in accordance with the purchase agreement. LPC has no right to require us to sell any shares to LPC, but LPC is obligated to make purchases as we direct, subject to certain conditions, which include the continuing effectiveness of a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the resale of the shares that may be issued to LPC and limitations related to the market value of our common stock. There is no guarantee that funding from LPC will be available when needed, or at all. There are no upper limits to the price LPC may pay to purchase our common stock and the purchase price of the shares related to any future sales will be based on the prevailing market prices of our shares immediately preceding the notice of sale to LPC without any fixed discount. The agreement may be terminated by us at any time, at our sole discretion, without any cost or penalty. In connection with the LPC agreement, we issued approximately 300,000 shares of common stock as an initial commitment fee in the year ended December 31, 2011, and we have issued 983,8972,360,674 shares of common stock for approximately $959,000,$1,699,000, in proceeds, net of acquisitionissuance costs, during the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2012. ThisThe shares issued included 29,97059,940 shares issued as a commitment fee. At June 30, 2012 the Company had a receivable of $200,000 from LPC for a sale of common stock pursuant to this agreement executed on June 29, 2012, which was recorded in stock subscription receivable as an offset to equity. This amount was received in July 2012 and therefore net proceeds including this amount were $1,899,000. We are unable to use this agreement at any time when the price to LPC of the shares of our common stock would be less than $0.50 per share. Assuming that the purchase price per share is $0.50 or greater, the total dollar amount of common stock that we could sell under the LPC purchase agreement during the next twelve months is approximately $18,000,000, provided that we would be required to file and have declared effective an additional registration statement in order to sell more than an additional 1,949,266 shares of our common stock under the LPC agreement.

On July 21, 2010, we entered into an “at the market” (ATM) equity offering sales agreement with McNicoll, LewisMLV & VlakCo. LLC (MLV), pursuant to which we may issue and sell shares of our common stock from time to time through MLV acting as our sales agent and underwriter. Sales of our common stock through MLV are made on the principal trading market of our common stock by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions at market prices, in block transactions or as otherwise agreed by MLV and us. MLV uses its commercially reasonable efforts to sell our common stock from time to time, based upon our instructions (including any price, time or size limits we may impose). We pay MLV a commission rate of up to 7.0% of the gross sales price per share of any common stock sold through MLV as agent under the sales agreement. During our fiscal year 2011, we sold approximately 7,794,000 shares of our common stock for net proceeds of approximately $17,146,000. Currently,Until the third quarter of 2012, we are not able to sell additional shares under this ATM due to SEC limitations on the number of shares issuable pursuant to a Form S-3 registration statement in a primary offering by smaller reporting companies such as us. We expectDue to be ablethese SEC limitations, as of August 3, 2012 the total dollar amount of common stock we could sell under the ATM during the next twelve months is approximately $4,000,000. This amount is likely to resume suchchange based on various factors including our stock price, number of shares outstanding and when the sales in the second half of 2012, should we meet the issuance criteria of the SEC and NASDAQ.take place.

On September 1, 2011, we announced a restructuring plan, which included employee terminations,a reduction in work force, designed to focus our capital resources on our most promising early-stage clinical programs and further reduce our cash utilization. We offered severance benefits to the terminated employees, and have recorded a total charge of approximately $1,239,000,$1,237,000, most of which was recorded in the third quarter of 2011 and was primarily associated with personnel-related termination costs. In order to provide for an orderly transition, we implemented the reduction in work force in a phased manner. Substantially all of the charge for this matter represents cash expenditures. Upon completion of the restructuring activities outlined above, we expect to reduce expenses from fiscal 2011 levels by an annual amount of approximately $2,000,000. Our ability to achieve this anticipated cost reduction is contingent upon only continuing to conduct the projects for which we are currently committed. Based on this planned level of cash utilization, we will be unable to significantly advance the clinical development of our product candidates, including ZYBRESTAT in ATC.ZYBRESTAT.

In December 2011, we established a partnership agreement with Azanta to provide access to ZYBRESTAT for the treatment of patients in a specified territory with ATC on a compassionate use basis. Our newly-formed Named Patient Program, to be managed by Azanta, provides a regulatory mechanism to allow healthcare professionals in the territory to prescribe ZYBRESTAT to individual ATC patients while it is still in development. Under the terms of the agreement, we will provide ZYBRESTAT to Azanta. Azanta will serve as exclusive distributor for ZYBRESTAT in the specified territory for this purpose and will provide ZYBRESTAT to physicians solely to treat ATC on a compassionate use basis in the territory covered by the agreement until such time as ZYBRESTAT may obtain marketing approval in that territory. The territory includes the European Union, including the Nordic countries and Switzerland, and Canada, and the agreement may also be expanded to include other countries on a country-by-country basis. OXiGENE and Azanta will cooperate on regulatory activities relating to ZYBRESTAT for the treatment of ATC within the territory. There will be no transfer of ownership of intellectual property rights for ZYBRESTAT to Azanta under the terms of the agreement. We do not expect to receive significant income from Azanta under this arrangement. In the quarter ended March 31, 2012 and six month period ended June 30, 2012 we received cash and recognized $114,000 of product revenue under this agreement. No revenue was recognized or any cash received under this agreement during 2011.

Based on our limited ongoing programs and operations and taking into consideration the expected reductions in cash utilization resulting from our September 2011 reduction in force, we expect our existing cash and cash equivalents to support our

operations through the middle of the first quarter of 2013. However, this level of cash utilization does not provide for the initiation of any projects to further the development of our most advanced product candidates, primarily ZYBRESTAT in ATC.ZYBRESTAT. Any significant further development of ZYBRESTAT or other capital intensive activities will be contingent upon our ability to raise additional capital in addition to our existing financing arrangementsarrangements.

We will require significant additional funding to fund operations and to continue the development of our product candidates. Our ongoing capital requirements will depend on numerous factors, including: the progress and results of preclinical testing and clinical trials of our product candidates under development, including ZYBRESTAT and OXi4503; the costs of complying with FDA and other regulatory agency requirements, including addressing the findings set forth by the FDA in its correspondence to us in March 2012, which will be significant, as noted in the Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 regarding regulatory compliance and approvals; the progress of our research and development programs; the time and costs expended and required to obtain any necessary or desired regulatory approvals; the resources, if any, that we devote to develop manufacturing methods and advanced technologies; our ability to enter into licensing arrangements, including any unanticipated licensing arrangements that may be necessary to enable us to continue our development and clinical trial programs; the costs and expenses of filing, prosecuting and, if necessary, enforcing our patent claims, or defending against possible claims of infringement by third-party patent or other technology rights; the cost of commercialization activities and arrangements, if any, undertaken by us; and, if and when approved, the demand for our products, which demand depends in turn on circumstances and uncertainties that cannot be fully known, understood or quantified unless and until the time of approval, including the range of indications for which any product is granted approval.

If we are unable to raise additional funds when needed, we will not be able to continue development of our product candidates or we will be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of our development programs or cease operations. We may seek to raise additional funds through public or private financing, strategic partnerships or other arrangements. Any additional equity financing may be dilutive to our current stockholders and debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants. If we raise

funds through collaborative or licensing arrangements, we may be required to relinquish, on terms that are not favorable to us, rights to some of our technologies or product candidates that we would otherwise seek to develop or commercialize. Our failure to raise capital when needed will materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

There have been no changes to our critical accounting policies and significant judgments and estimates from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

There have been no changes to our market risks from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

The Securities and Exchange Commission requires that as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, and the Chief Financial Officer, CFO, evaluate the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and report on the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, our CEO and Interim CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of March 31,June 30, 2012, to ensure that we record, process, summarize and report the information we must disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and Interim CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control.

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, identified in connection with the evaluation of such control that occurred during the last fiscal quarter, which have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Important Considerations

The effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting is subject to various inherent limitations, including cost limitations, judgments used in decision making, assumptions about the likelihood of future events, the soundness of our systems, the possibility of human error, and the risk of fraud. Moreover, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions and the risk that the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate over time. Because of these limitations, there can be no assurance that any system of disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting will be successful in preventing all errors or fraud or in making all material information known in a timely manner to the appropriate levels of management.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.Not applicable.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors as described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the SEC.SEC, except as follows:

If the trading price of our common shares fails to comply with the continued listing requirements of The NASDAQ Capital Market, we will face possible delisting from that market, which would result in a limited public market for our common shares and make obtaining future financing more difficult for us.

Companies listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) are subject to delisting for, among other things, failure to maintain a minimum closing bid price per share of $1.00 for 30 consecutive business days. On June 25, 2012, we received a letter from NASDAQ indicating that for the last 30 consecutive business days, the bid price of our common shares closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement pursuant to NASDAQ Listing Rule 5550(a)(2) for continued inclusion on The NASDAQ Capital Market.

In accordance with NASDAQ Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have an initial grace period of 180 calendar days, or until December 24, 2012, to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement. We cannot assure you that our share price will comply with the requirements for continued listing of our common shares on The NASDAQ Capital Market in the future. If our common shares lose their status on The NASDAQ Capital Market, our common shares would likely trade in the over-the-counter market.

If our shares were to trade on the over-the-counter market, selling our common shares would be more difficult because the over-the-counter market is substantially less active and liquid than The NASDAQ Capital Market. In addition, in the event our common shares are delisted, broker-dealers have certain regulatory burdens imposed upon them, which may discourage broker-dealers from effecting transactions in our common shares, further limiting the liquidity of our common shares. These factors could result in lower prices and larger spreads in the bid and ask prices for common shares.

Any such delisting from The NASDAQ Capital Market and continued or further declines in our share price and market value would also greatly impair our ability to raise additional necessary capital through equity or debt financing, and could significantly increase the ownership dilution to shareholders caused by our issuing equity in financing or other transactions.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

 

  3.1Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed with Secretary of State of Delaware on May 29, 2012. (1)
10.1  Offer Letter to David L. Johnson,OXiGENE, Inc. 2005 Stock Plan (as amended on May 24, 2012). (1)
10.2Form of Indemnification Agreement. (2)
10.3Employment Agreement by and between the registrant and Barbara D. Riching dated February 27, 08/03/2012. @(2)
31.1  Certification of Principal Executive Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2  Certification of Principal Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1  Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101  The following materials from OXiGENE, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,June 30, 2012, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Balance Sheets at March 31,June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, (ii) Condensed Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three and six months ended March 31,June 30, 2012 and 2011, (iii) Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the threesix months ended March 31,June 30, 2012 and 2011, and (iv) Notes to Condensed Financial Statements.**

 

@Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
**Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the Interactive Data Files on Exhibit 101 hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

(1)Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form S-8 filed May 31, 3012.

(2)Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  

OXiGENE, INC.

(Registrant)

Date: May 11,August 13, 2012  By: 

/s/Peter J. Langecker

   Peter J. Langecker
   Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 11,August 13, 2012  By: 

/s/David L. JohnsonBarbara D. Riching

   David L. JohnsonBarbara D. Riching
   Interim Chief Financial Officer

 

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