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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017

2020

OR

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

Commission File Number: 001-35092

EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE

02-0478229

Delaware

02-0478229
(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer


incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)


5505 Endeavor Lane, Madison WI

53719

441 Charmany Drive, Madison WI

53719

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(608) 284-5700 535-8815 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per shareEXASThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
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  No 

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

Smaller reporting company 

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

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 Exchange Act). Yes  No 

As of October 27, 2017,26, 2020, the registrant had 119,730,401150,424,035 shares of common stock outstanding.


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EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION

INDEX

Page


Number

Number

3

4

5

6

7

23

36

36

37

37

37

37

37

37

38

Exhibit Index

39

Signatures

40


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Part I — Financial Information

EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands, except share data - unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

September 30,

    

December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

50,837

 

$

48,921

 

Marketable securities

 

 

411,684

 

 

262,179

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

24,553

 

 

8,526

 

Inventory, net

 

 

18,064

 

 

6,833

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

8,551

 

 

7,114

 

Total current assets

 

 

513,689

 

 

333,573

 

Property and Equipment, at cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer equipment and computer software

 

 

27,374

 

 

20,767

 

Laboratory equipment

 

 

20,352

 

 

14,749

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

14,200

 

 

13,549

 

Assets under construction

 

 

20,868

 

 

6,711

 

Buildings

 

 

4,792

 

 

4,792

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

 

3,156

 

 

2,515

 

 

 

 

90,742

 

 

63,083

 

Less—Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(35,036)

 

 

(24,941)

 

Net property and equipment

 

 

55,706

 

 

38,142

 

Other long-term assets, net

 

 

17,784

 

 

5,325

 

Total assets

 

$

587,179

 

$

377,040

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

8,774

 

$

710

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

38,390

 

 

28,106

 

Debt, current portion

 

 

180

 

 

174

 

Other short-term liabilities

 

 

2,345

 

 

1,702

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

49,689

 

 

30,692

 

Long-term debt

 

 

4,511

 

 

4,633

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

5,611

 

 

5,734

 

Lease incentive obligation, less current portion

 

 

224

 

 

686

 

     Total liabilities

 

 

60,035

 

 

41,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value Authorized—5,000,000 shares issued and outstanding—no shares at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016

 

 

 —

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value Authorized—200,000,000 shares issued and outstanding—119,590,733 and 110,236,127 shares at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016

 

 

1,196

 

 

1,102

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

1,365,112

 

 

1,080,432

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(314)

 

 

(418)

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(838,850)

 

 

(745,821)

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

527,144

 

 

335,295

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

587,179

 

$

377,040

 

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September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$806,678 $177,254 
Marketable securities476,324 146,401 
Accounts receivable, net206,606 130,667 
Inventory80,427 61,724 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets36,592 40,913 
Total current assets1,606,627 556,959 
Long-term Assets:
Property, plant and equipment, net456,455 455,325 
Operating lease right-of-use assets129,837 126,444 
Goodwill1,237,672 1,203,197 
Intangible assets, net871,660 1,143,550 
Other long-term assets, net52,119 20,293 
Total assets$4,354,370 $3,505,768 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable$26,061 $25,973 
Accrued liabilities182,945 193,329 
Operating lease liabilities, current portion10,746 7,891 
Debt, current portion1,319 834 
Other current liabilities31,761 8,467 
Total current liabilities252,832 236,494 
Long-term Liabilities:
Convertible notes, net1,554,967 803,605 
Long-term debt, less current portion22,643 24,032 
Other long-term liabilities62,821 34,911 
Operating lease liabilities, less current portion124,007 118,665 
Total liabilities2,017,270 1,217,707 
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value Authorized—5,000,000 shares issued and outstanding—0 shares at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
Common stock, $0.01 par value Authorized—400,000,000 shares issued and outstanding—150,373,486 and 147,625,696 shares at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 20191,505 1,477 
Additional paid-in capital3,865,990 3,406,440 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)1,084 (100)
Accumulated deficit(1,531,479)(1,119,756)
Total stockholders’ equity2,337,100 2,288,061 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$4,354,370 $3,505,768 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data - unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

Laboratory service revenue

 

$

72,574

 

$

28,115

 

$

178,583

 

$

64,135

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

 

20,729

 

 

12,174

 

 

55,701

 

 

31,330

 

Gross margin

 

 

51,845

 

 

15,941

 

 

122,882

 

 

32,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

 

11,725

 

 

7,625

 

 

29,464

 

 

26,391

 

General and administrative

 

 

30,763

 

 

20,292

 

 

75,442

 

 

55,400

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

37,768

 

 

26,308

 

 

113,297

 

 

82,320

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

80,256

 

 

54,225

 

 

218,203

 

 

164,111

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(28,411)

 

 

(38,284)

 

 

(95,321)

 

 

(131,306)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment income

 

 

1,334

 

 

535

 

 

2,612

 

 

1,426

 

Interest expense

 

 

(51)

 

 

(54)

 

 

(155)

 

 

(161)

 

Total other income

 

 

1,283

 

 

481

 

 

2,457

 

 

1,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss before tax

 

 

(27,128)

 

 

(37,803)

 

 

(92,864)

 

 

(130,041)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

231

 

 

 —

 

 

231

 

 

 —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(26,897)

 

$

(37,803)

 

$

(92,633)

 

$

(130,041)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share—basic and diluted

 

$

(0.23)

 

$

(0.36)

 

$

(0.81)

 

$

(1.30)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic and diluted

 

 

119,215

 

 

104,807

 

 

114,246

 

 

100,006

 


Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Revenue$408,363 $218,805 $1,025,052 $580,718 
Operating expenses
Cost of sales (exclusive of amortization of acquired intangible assets)95,061 52,335 254,559 146,301 
Research and development31,471 34,714 107,653 96,471 
Sales and marketing136,481 86,196 423,092 265,325 
General and administrative115,589 80,538 336,265 208,067 
Amortization of acquired intangible assets23,430 748 70,199 2,256 
Intangible asset impairment charge209,666 209,666 
Total operating expenses611,698 254,531 1,401,434 718,420 
Other operating income23,665 
Loss from operations(203,335)(35,726)(352,717)(137,702)
Other income (expense)
Investment income, net2,523 9,093 5,532 23,417 
Interest expense(23,582)(13,209)(71,647)(47,911)
Total other income (expense)(21,059)(4,116)(66,115)(24,494)
Net loss before tax(224,394)(39,842)(418,832)(162,196)
Income tax benefit (expense)4,510 (683)7,109 230 
Net loss$(219,884)$(40,525)$(411,723)$(161,966)
Net loss per share—basic and diluted$(1.46)$(0.31)$(2.76)$(1.26)
Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic and diluted150,155 129,567 149,346 128,344 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(Amounts in thousands - unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

Net loss

 

$

(26,897)

 

$

(37,803)

 

$

(92,633)

 

$

(130,041)

 

Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on available-for-sale investments

 

 

49

 

 

(145)

 

 

 7

 

 

410

 

Foreign currency translation gain (loss)

 

 

16

 

 

(25)

 

 

97

 

 

(164)

 

Comprehensive loss

 

$

(26,832)

 

$

(37,973)

 

$

(92,529)

 

$

(129,795)

 


Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Net loss$(219,884)$(40,525)$(411,723)$(161,966)
Other comprehensive loss, before tax:
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments(405)(2,697)1,159 1,431 
Foreign currency adjustment25 
Comprehensive loss, before tax(220,289)(43,222)(410,539)(160,535)
Income tax expense related to items of other comprehensive loss643 (341)
Comprehensive loss, net of tax$(220,289)$(42,579)$(410,539)$(160,876)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Stockholders’ Equity

(Amounts in thousands, except share data - unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(92,633)

 

$

(130,041)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets

 

 

10,507

 

 

8,237

 

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

 

 

301

 

 

101

 

Deferred tax benefit

 

 

(231)

 

 

 —

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

23,002

 

 

16,773

 

Amortization of other liabilities

 

 

(1,199)

 

 

(713)

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

 

 

40

 

 

40

 

Amortization of premium on short-term investments

 

 

56

 

 

412

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

645

 

 

150

 

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

(15,663)

 

 

(2,930)

 

Inventory, net

 

 

(11,231)

 

 

(989)

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(1,391)

 

 

1,702

 

Accounts payable

 

 

8,022

 

 

(973)

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

9,306

 

 

5,453

 

Other short-term liabilities

 

 

(29)

 

 

 —

 

Lease incentive obligation

 

 

(462)

 

 

(159)

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(70,960)

 

 

(102,937)

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of marketable securities

 

 

(345,039)

 

 

(151,456)

 

Maturities of marketable securities

 

 

195,485

 

 

142,813

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(24,442)

 

 

(12,166)

 

Business acquisition, net of cash acquired

 

 

(2,996)

 

 

 —

 

Internally developed software

 

 

(25)

 

 

 —

 

Purchased intangible assets

 

 

(8,442)

 

 

 —

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(185,459)

 

 

(20,809)

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of common stock options

 

 

3,350

 

 

1,049

 

Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of issuance costs

 

 

253,389

 

 

144,247

 

Payments on mortgage payable

 

 

(130)

 

 

(124)

 

Proceeds in connection with the Company's employee stock purchase plan

 

 

1,629

 

 

1,048

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

258,238

 

 

146,220

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

97

 

 

(164)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

1,916

 

 

22,310

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

 

48,921

 

 

41,135

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

50,837

 

$

63,445

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment acquired but not paid

 

$

3,930

 

$

549

 

Unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments

 

$

 7

 

$

410

 

Issuance of 158,717 and 341,507 shares of common stock to fund the Company’s 401(k) matching contribution for 2016 and 2015, respectively

 

$

3,008

 

$

2,151

 

Interest paid

 

$

151

 

$

157

 


Common StockAdditional
Paid-In
Capital
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Accumulated
Deficit​
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Number of
Shares
$0.01
Par Value
Balance, January 1, 2020147,625,696 $1,477 $3,406,440 $(100)$(1,119,756)$2,288,061 
Equity component of convertible notes, net of tax and issuance costs— — 346,641 — — 346,641 
Settlement of convertible notes, net of tax— — (64,199)— — (64,199)
Exercise of common stock options160,286 4,298 — — 4,300 
Issuance of common stock to fund the Company’s 2019 401(k) match136,559 12,006 — — 12,007 
Compensation expense related to issuance of stock options and restricted stock awards1,141,376 11 29,549 — — 29,560 
Issuance of common stock for business combinations382,947 28,593 — — 28,597 
Net loss— — — — (105,697)(105,697)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss— — — (1,617)— (1,617)
Balance, March 31, 2020149,446,864 $1,495 $3,763,328 $(1,717)$(1,225,453)$2,537,653 
Exercise of common stock options208,434 6,636 — — 6,638 
Compensation expense related to issuance of stock options and restricted stock awards157,579 40,037 — — 40,039 
Purchase of employee stock purchase plan shares167,921 9,797 — — 9,799 
Net loss— — — — (86,142)(86,142)
Accumulated other comprehensive income— — — 3,206 — 3,206 
Balance, June 30, 2020149,980,798 $1,501 $3,819,798 $1,489 $(1,311,595)$2,511,193 
Exercise of common stock options140,145 4,469 — — 4,470 
Compensation expense related to issuance of stock options and restricted stock awards249,197 41,474 — — 41,476 
Issuance of common stock for business combinations3,346 249 — — 250 
Net loss— — — — (219,884)(219,884)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss— — — (405)— (405)
Balance, September 30, 2020150,373,486 $1,505 $3,865,990 $1,084 $(1,531,479)$2,337,100 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
(Amounts in thousands, except share data - unaudited)
Common StockAdditional Paid-In CapitalOther
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Accumulated
Deficit​
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Number of
Shares
$0.01
Par Value
Balance, January 1, 2019123,192,540 $1,232 $1,716,894 $(1,422)$(1,035,763)$680,941 
Equity component of convertible notes, net of tax and issuance costs— — 268,390 — — 268,390 
Shares issued to settle convertible notes2,158,991 22 182,413 — — 182,435 
Settlement of convertible notes— — (300,768)— — (300,768)
Exercise of common stock options235,278 3,648 — — 3,650 
Issuance of common stock to fund the Company’s 2018 401(k) match86,532 7,408 — — 7,409 
Compensation expense related to issuance of stock options and restricted stock awards3,410,481 35 16,131 — — 16,166 
Net loss— — — — (82,939)(82,939)
Accumulated other comprehensive income— — — 1,656 — 1,656 
Balance, March 31, 2019129,083,822 $1,292 $1,894,116 $234 $(1,118,702)$776,940 
Equity component of convertible notes, net of issuance costs— — (22)— — (22)
Exercise of common stock options78,793 1,347 — — 1,348 
Compensation expense related to issuance of stock options and restricted stock awards104,845 20,142 — — 20,143 
Purchase of employee stock purchase plan shares93,588 4,136 — — 4,137 
Net loss— — — — (38,502)(38,502)
Accumulated other comprehensive income— — — 1,488 — 1,488 
Balance, June 30, 2019129,361,048 $1,295 $1,919,719 $1,722 $(1,157,204)$765,532 
Settlement of convertible notes26 — — — 
Exercise of common stock options178,628 1,389 — — 1,391 
Compensation expense related to issuance of stock options and restricted stock awards278,180 24,346 — — 24,348 
Purchase of employee stock purchase plan shares— — — — 
Stock issuance costs— — (409)— — (409)
Net loss— — — — (40,525)(40,525)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss— — — (2,054)— (2,054)
Balance, September 30, 2019129,817,885 $1,299 $1,945,046 $(332)$(1,197,729)$748,284 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in thousands - unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30,
20202019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss$(411,723)$(161,966)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization53,345 21,920 
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment930 880 
Unrealized gain on equity investments(1,183)
Deferred tax benefit(7,976)(341)
Stock-based compensation111,075 60,657 
Loss on settlement of convertible notes7,954 10,558 
Amortization of convertible note debt discount and issuance costs55,222 30,778 
Amortization of deferred financing costs and other liabilities(3,614)(2,421)
Amortization of premium on short-term investments1,040 (6,229)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets70,199 2,256 
Intangible asset impairment charge209,666 
Non-cash lease expense11,041 2,681 
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net(73,642)(36,871)
Inventory, net(18,472)(14,525)
Operating lease liabilities(6,135)(2,628)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(7,608)16,279 
Other assets and liabilities34,959 (7,382)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities25,078 (86,354)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of marketable securities(890,012)(604,129)
Maturities and sales of marketable securities559,907 1,449,330 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment(47,782)(130,970)
Business combination, net of cash acquired(6,658)
Investments in privately held companies(10,610)
Other investing activities(244)(530)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities(395,399)713,701 
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes, net1,125,547 729,477 
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options15,408 6,389 
Proceeds in connection with the Company’s employee stock purchase plan9,799 4,137 
Payments on settlement of convertible notes(150,054)(493,356)
Other financing activities(938)(90)
Net cash provided by financing activities999,762 246,557 
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash629,441 873,904 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period177,528 160,430 
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period$806,969 $1,034,334 


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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Amounts in thousands - unaudited)
Nine Months Ended September 30,
20202019
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities
Property, plant and equipment acquired but not paid$7,209 $16,933 
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments, before tax$1,159 $1,431 
Issuance of 136,559 and 86,535 shares of common stock to fund the Company’s 401(k) matching contribution for 2019 and 2018, respectively$12,007 $7,409 
Issuance of 2,159,017 shares of common stock upon settlement of convertible notes$$182,435 
Retirement of equity component of convertible notes settled$(64,199)$(300,768)
Issuance of 386,293 shares for business combination$28,847 $
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid$9,239 $4,944 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)


(1) ORGANIZATION AND BASISSUMMARY OF PRESENTATION

Organization

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business
Exact Sciences Corporation (“Exact”(together with its subsidiaries, “Exact,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in February 1995. Exact is a molecularleading global cancer diagnostics company currently focused on the early detection and prevention ofcompany. It has developed some of the deadliest forms of cancer. The Company has developed an accurate, non-invasive, patient-friendlymost impactful brands in cancer screening test calledand diagnostics, including Cologuard® for the early detection of colorectal cancer and pre-cancer, andOncotype DX®. Exact is currently working on the development of additional tests for other types of cancer.

cancer, with the goal of bringing new innovative cancer tests to patients throughout the world.

Basis of Presentation

and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, which include the accounts of Exact Sciences Corporation and those of its wholly owned subsidiaries Exact Sciences Laboratories, LLC, Exact Sciences Finance Corporation, CG Growth, LLC, Sampleminded, Inc., Exact Sciences Europe LTD, Beijing Exact Sciences Medical Technology Company Limited, and variable interest entities, are unaudited and have been prepared on a basis substantially consistent with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 20162019 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “2016“2019 Form 10-K”). All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation. These condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and follow the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim reporting. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of adjustments of a normal and recurring nature) considered necessary for a fair presentationstatement of its financial position, operating results and cash flows for the periods presented. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 has been derived from audited financial statements, but does not contain all of the results of operations have been included.footnote disclosures from the 2019 Form 10-K. The results of the Company’s operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results of the Company’s operations for any other interim period or for a full fiscal year. The statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and related notes included in the 20162019 Form 10-K.  Management has evaluated subsequent events for disclosure or recognition in the accompanying financial statements up to the filing of this report.

(2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Exact Sciences Laboratories, LLC, Exact Sciences Finance Corporation, CG Growth, LLC, Sampleminded, LLC, Exact Sciences Europe LTD, Beijing Exact Sciences Medical Technology Company Limited, and variable interest entities. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

References to “Exact”, “we”, “us”, “our”, or the “Company” refer to Exact Sciences Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP 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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. ActualCritical accounting policies are those that affect the Company’s financial statements materially and involve difficult, subjective or complex judgments by management, and actual results could differ from those estimates.

These estimates include revenue recognition, valuation of convertible notes, valuation of intangible assets and goodwill, and accounting for income taxes among others. The Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates are explained further in the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report and the 2019 Form 10-K.


The spread of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has affected many segments of the global economy, including the cancer screening and diagnostics industry. The COVID-19 outbreak, which the World Health Organization has classified as a pandemic, has prompted governments and regulatory bodies throughout the world to enact broad precautionary measures, including “stay-at-home” orders, restrictions on the performance of “non-essential” services, public gatherings and travel. Health systems, including key markets where the Company operates, have been, or may be, overwhelmed with high volumes of patients suffering from COVID-19. Even in areas where “stay-at-home” restrictions have been lifted and the number of cases of COVID-19 has declined, many individuals remain cautious about resuming activities such as preventive-care medical visits. Medical practices continue to be cautious about allowing individuals, such as sales representatives, into their offices. Many individuals continue to work from home rather from an office setting. The Company cannot forecast when the COVID-19 pandemic will end or the extent to which practices that have emerged during the pandemic will continue once it subsides.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The extent to which COVID-19 impacts the Company’s business and financial results will depend on numerous evolving factors including, but not limited to: the magnitude and duration of COVID-19, the extent to which it will impact worldwide macroeconomic conditions including interest rates, employment rates and health insurance coverage, the speed of the anticipated recovery, access to capital markets, and governmental and business reactions to the pandemic. The Company assessed certain accounting matters that generally require consideration of forecasted financial information in context with the information reasonably available to the Company and the unknown future impacts of COVID-19 as of September 30, 2020 and through the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The accounting matters assessed included, but were not limited to, the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts and credit losses, equity investments, software, and the carrying value of the goodwill and other long-lived assets. The Company’s future assessment of the magnitude and duration of COVID-19, as well as other factors, could result in additional material impacts to the Company’s consolidated financial statements in future reporting periods.

Despite the Company’s efforts, the ultimate impact of COVID-19 depends on factors beyond the Company’s knowledge or control, including the duration and severity of the outbreak, as well as third-party actions taken to contain its spread and mitigate its public health effects. As a result, the Company is unable to estimate the extent to which COVID-19 will negatively impact its financial results or liquidity.

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”)
In April 2020, the Company received $23.7 million from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) as a distribution from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund provided for in the CARES Act. The fund payments are grants, not loans, and HHS will not require repayment provided the funds are utilized to offset expenses incurred to address COVID-19 or to replace lost revenues. The Company accepted the terms and conditions of the grant in May 2020 and recognized the entire $23.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, due to lost revenue attributable to COVID-19, which is reflected in other operating income in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. The Company cannot predict the extent to which it might receive any additional funds to be paid out under the Provider Relief Fund, and to what extent the financial impact of receiving such funds might offset the broad implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, which include increases in the Company’s costs and lost revenues.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers cash on hand, demand deposits in bank, money market funds, and all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of 90 days or less to be cash and cash equivalents.

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Marketable Securities

Management determines the appropriate classification of debt securities at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such designation as of each balance sheet date. Debt securities carried at amortized cost are classified as held-to-maturity when the Company has the positive intent and ability to hold the securities to maturity. Marketable equity securities and debtDebt securities not classified as held-to-maturity are classified as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value. The unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, on the Company’s debt securities are reported in other comprehensive income. Marketable equity securities are measured at fair value withand the unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, reportedare recognized in other comprehensive loss.income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The amortized cost of debt securities in this category is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity computed under the straight-line method. Such amortization is included in investment income.income, net. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporaryas a result of credit losses on available-for-sale securities are included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as investment income.income, net. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Interest and dividends on securities classified as available-for-sale are included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations as investment income.

At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company’s investments were comprisedincome, net.


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EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Notes to provide liquidity and safety of principal while striving to achieve the highest rate of return consistent with these two objectives.  Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The Company’s investment policy limits investments to certain types of instruments issued by institutions with investment grade credit ratings and places restrictions on maturities and concentration by type and issuer. Investments in which the Company has the ability and intent, if necessary, to liquidate, in order to support its current operations (including those with a contractual term greater than one year from the date of purchase), are classified as current. All of the Company’s investments are considered current. There were no realized losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016. Realized gains were $17,000 and $21,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

We


The Company periodically review our investmentsevaluates its available-for-sale debt securities in unrealized loss positions for other-than-temporary impairments.to determine whether any impairment is a result of a credit loss or other factors. This evaluation includes, but is not limited to, significant quantitative and qualitative assessments and estimates regarding credit ratings, collateralized support, the length of time and significance of a security’s loss position, our intent notadverse conditions specifically related to sell the security, and whether itthe payment structure of the security.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company estimates an allowance for doubtful accounts against accounts receivable using historical collection trends, aging of accounts, current and future implications surrounding the ability to collect such as economic conditions, and regulatory changes. The allowance for doubtful accounts is more likelyevaluated on a regular basis and adjusted when trends, significant events or other substantive evidence indicate that expected collections will be less than applicable accrual rates. At September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the allowance for doubtful accounts recorded was not that we will havematerial to sell the security before recovery of its cost basis.Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2020 and 2019, there was an immaterial amount of bad debt expense written off against the allowance and charged to operating expense.
Inventory
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The Company determines the cost of inventory using the first-in, first out method (“FIFO”). The Company estimates the recoverability of inventory by reference to internal estimates of future demands and product life cycles, including expiration. The Company periodically analyzes its inventory levels to identify inventory that may expire prior to expected sale, no investments were identifiedlonger meet quality specifications, or has a cost basis in excess of its estimated realizable value and records a charge to cost of sales for such inventory as appropriate.
Direct and indirect manufacturing costs incurred during process validation with other-than-temporary declinesprobable future economic benefit are capitalized. Validation costs incurred for other research and development activities, which are not permitted to be sold, have been expensed to research and development in value.

Available-for-sale securities at September 30, 2017the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Inventory consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

    

 

 

    

Gains in Accumulated

    

Losses in Accumulated

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

Other Comprehensive

 

Estimated Fair

 

(In thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

 

Income

 

Income

 

Value

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

213,058

 

$

27

 

$

(80)

 

$

213,005

 

Asset backed securities

 

 

101,167

 

 

 2

 

 

(56)

 

 

101,113

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

 

64,972

 

 

 —

 

 

(103)

 

 

64,869

 

Commercial paper

 

 

20,894

 

 

 2

 

 

(1)

 

 

20,895

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

11,800

 

 

 2

 

 

 —

 

 

11,802

 

Total available-for-sale securities

 

$

411,891

 

$

33

 

$

(240)

 

$

411,684

 

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(In thousands)September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
Raw materials$33,842 $24,958 
Semi-finished and finished goods46,585 36,766 
Total inventory$80,427 $61,724 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

Available-for-sale securities at December 31, 2016 consisted of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

    

 

 

    

Gains in Accumulated

    

Losses in Accumulated

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

Other Comprehensive

 

Estimated Fair

 

(In thousands)

 

Amortized Cost

 

Income

 

Income

 

Value

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

137,013

 

$

17

 

$

(93)

 

$

136,937

 

Asset backed securities

 

 

55,667

 

 

 3

 

 

(30)

 

 

55,640

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

 

49,591

 

 

 3

 

 

(120)

 

 

49,474

 

Commercial paper

 

 

19,069

 

 

 8

 

 

(1)

 

 

19,076

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

1,053

 

 

 —

 

 

(1)

 

 

1,052

 

Total available-for-sale securities

 

$

262,393

 

$

31

 

$

(245)

 

$

262,179

 

Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Cumulative

 

Unrealized

 

Other

 

 

 

Translation

 

Gain (Loss)

 

Comprehensive

 

(In thousands)

    

Adjustment

    

on Securities

    

Income (Loss)

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

(204)

 

$

(214)

 

$

(418)

 

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications

 

 

97

 

 

(3)

 

 

94

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 —

 

 

10

 

 

10

 

Net current period change in accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

97

 

 

 7

 

 

104

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

$

(107)

 

$

(207)

 

$

(314)

 

The amounts recognized in AOCI for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Cumulative

 

Unrealized

 

Other

 

 

 

Translation

 

Gain (Loss)

 

Comprehensive

 

(In thousands)

    

Adjustment

    

on Securities

    

Income (Loss)

 

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

$

11

 

$

(444)

 

$

(433)

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications

 

 

(164)

 

 

346

 

 

182

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

 —

 

 

64

 

 

64

 

Net current period change in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

(164)

 

 

410

 

 

246

 

Balance at September 30, 2016

 

$

(153)

 

$

(34)

 

$

(187)

 

Amounts reclassified from AOCI for the nine months ended September 30, 2017Property, Plant and 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affected Line Item in the

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Details about AOCI Components (In thousands)

 

Statement of Operations

 

2017

 

2016

 

Change in value of available-for-sale investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and maturities of available-for-sale investments

 

Investment income

 

$

10

 

$

64

 

Total reclassifications

 

 

 

$

10

 

$

64

 

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Property, and Equipment

Propertyplant and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the assets’ estimated useful lives. MaintenanceLand is stated at cost and does not depreciate. Additions and improvements are capitalized, including direct and indirect costs incurred to validate equipment and bring it to working conditions. Revalidation costs, including maintenance and repairs are expensed when incurred; additions and improvements are capitalized. The estimated useful lives of fixed assets are as follows:

incurred.

Estimated

Asset Classification

Useful Life

Laboratory equipment

3 - 5 years

Computer equipment and computer software

3 years

Leasehold improvements

Lesser of the remaining lease term or useful life

Building Improvements

Lesser of the remaining building life or useful life

Furniture and fixtures

3 years

Buildings

30 years

At September 30, 2017, the Company had $20.9 million of assets under construction which consisted of $10.0 million related to machinery and equipment, $8.0 million related to buildings and leasehold improvements, $2.7 million related to computer equipment and computer software projects and $0.2 million related to furniture and fixtures. Depreciation will begin on these assets once they are placed into service. The Company expects to incur an additional $8.4 million to complete the machinery and equipment, $11.9 million to complete the building and leasehold improvements, and minimal costs to complete the computer equipment and computer software projects and furniture and fixtures. These projects are expected to be completed in 2017 and 2018. There were no impairment losses for the periods ended September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

Software Capitalization Policy

Software development costsDevelopment Costs

Costs related to internal use software, including hosting arrangements, are incurred in three stages of development:3 stages: the preliminary project stage, the application development stage, and the post-implementation stage. Costs incurred during the preliminary project and post-implementation stages are expensed as incurred. Costs incurred during the application development stage that meet the criteria for capitalization are capitalized and amortized, when the software is ready for its intended use, using the straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the software.

Patent Costssoftware, or the duration of the hosting agreement.

Investments in Privately Held Companies
The Company determines whether its investments in privately held companies are debt or equity based on their characteristics, in accordance with the applicable accounting guidance for such investments. The Company also evaluates the investee to determine if the entity is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) and, if so, whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIE, in order to determine whether consolidation of the VIE is required. If consolidation is not required and the Company does not have voting control of the entity, the investment is evaluated to determine if the equity method of accounting should be applied. The equity method applies to investments in common stock or in substance common stock where the Company exercises significant influence over the investee.
Investments in privately held companies determined to be equity securities are accounted for as non-marketable securities. The Company adjusts the carrying value of its non-marketable equity securities for changes from observable transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer, less impairment. All gains and losses on non-marketable equity securities, realized and unrealized, are recognized in investment income, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Investments in privately held companies determined to be debt securities are accounted for as available-for-sale or held-to-maturity securities, in accordance with the applicable accounting guidance for such investments.​
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company hedges a portion of its foreign currency exposures related to outstanding monetary assets and liabilities using foreign currency forward contracts. The foreign currency forward contracts are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets or in accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, depending on the contracts’ net position. These contracts are not designated as hedges, and as a result, changes in their fair value are recorded in other income (expense) in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. There were 0 gains or losses recorded for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had open foreign currency forward contracts with notional amounts of $18.2 million and $17.9 million, respectively. The Company's foreign exchange derivative instruments are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy as they are valued using inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. The fair value of the foreign currency forward contracts was 0 at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Intangible Assets

Purchased intangible assets are recorded at fair value. The Company uses a discounted cash flow model to value intangible assets. The discounted cash flow model requires assumptions about the timing and amount of future net cash flows, risk, the cost of capital, terminal values and market participants.
Patent costs which have historically consisted of related legal fees, are capitalized as incurred, only if the Company determines that there is some probable future economic benefit to be derived from the transaction. A capitalized patent is amortized over its estimated useful life, beginning when such patent is approved. Capitalized patent costs are expensed upon disapproval, upon a decision by the Company to no longer pursue the patent or when the related intellectual property is either sold or deemed to be no longer of value to the Company. The Company determined that all patent costs incurred during the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172020 and 2019 should be expensed and not capitalized as the future economic benefit to be derived from the transactionspatent costs incurred cannot be determined.

Under

Acquired In-process Research and Development (IPR&D)
Acquired IPR&D represents the fair value assigned to research and development assets that have not reached technological feasibility. The value assigned to acquired IPR&D is determined by estimating the costs to develop the acquired technology into commercially viable products, estimating the resulting revenues from the projects and discounting the net cash flows to present value. The revenues and cost projections used to value acquired IPR&D are, as applicable, reduced based on the probability of success. IPR&D projects acquired in a technology licensebusiness combination that are not complete are capitalized and royalty agreement entered intoaccounted for as indefinite-lived intangible assets until completion or abandonment of the related R&D efforts. Upon successful completion of the project, the capitalized amount is amortized over its estimated useful life. If a project is abandoned, all remaining capitalized amounts are written off immediately. There are often major risks and uncertainties associated with MDxHealth (“MDx”), dated July 26, 2010 (as subsequently amended, the “License Agreement”), the Company wasIPR&D projects as we are required to pay MDx milestone-based royaltiesobtain regulatory approvals in order to be able to market the resulting products. Such approvals require completing clinical trials that demonstrate the products effectiveness. Consequently, the eventual realized value of the IPR&D project may vary from its fair value at the date of acquisition, and IPR&D impairment charges may occur in future periods.
Capitalized IPR&D projects are tested for impairment annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. The Company considers various factors for potential impairment, including the current legal and regulatory environment, current and future strategic initiatives and the competitive landscape. Adverse clinical trial results, significant delays in obtaining marketing approval, the inability to bring a product to market and the introduction or advancement of competitors' products could result in partial or full impairment of the related intangible assets.
Goodwill​
The Company evaluates goodwill for possible impairment in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 350 on salesan annual basis during the fourth quarter, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of products or services covered bysuch assets may not be recoverable. Qualitative factors considered in this assessment include industry and market conditions, overall financial performance, and other relevant events and factors affecting the licensed intellectual property. OnceCompany's business. Based on the achievementqualitative assessment, if it is determined that the fair value of goodwill is more likely than not to be less than its carrying amount, the fair value of a milestone occurred or was considered probable,reporting unit will be calculated and compared with its carrying amount and an intangible asset and corresponding liability was reported in other long-term assets and accrued liabilities, respectively. The intangible asset is being amortized overimpairment charge will be recognized for the estimated ten-year useful life ofamount that the licensed intellectual property through 2024, and such amortization is reported in cost of sales. The liability was relieved oncecarrying value exceeds the milestone was achieved and payment was made. Payment for all remaining milestones under the License Agreement was made as part of the Royalty Buy-Out agreement outlined below.

Effective April 25, 2017, the Company and MDx entered into a Royalty Buy-Out Agreement (“Royalty Buy-Out Agreement”), which terminated the License Agreement.  Pursuant to the Royalty Buy-Out Agreement, the Company paid MDx a one-time fee of $8.0 million in exchange for an assignment of certain patents covered by the License Agreement and the elimination of all ongoing royalties and other payments by the Company to MDx under the License

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

Agreement.  Also included inImpairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company evaluates the Royalty Buy-Out Agreement is a mutual releasefair value of liabilities,long-lived assets, which includes all amounts previously accrued under the License Agreement.  Concurrently with entering into the Royalty Buy-Out Agreement, the Company entered into a Patent Purchase Agreement (“Patent Purchase Agreement”) with MDx under which it paid MDx an additional $7.0 million in exchange for the assignment of certain other patent rights that were not covered by the License Agreement. The total $15.0 million paid by the Company pursuant to the Royalty Buy-Out Agreementinclude property, plant and Patent Purchase Agreement, net of liabilities relieved of $6.6 million, was recorded as an intangible asset and is being amortized over the estimated ten-year useful life of the licensed intellectual property through 2024, and such amortization is reported in cost of sales. The $6.6 million of liabilities relieved were related to historical milestones and accrued royalties under the License Agreement.

As of September 30, 2017, an intangible asset of $9.4 million related to historical milestone payments made under the License Agreement andequipment, finite-lived intangible assets, acquired as part of the Royalty Buy-Out Agreement and Patent Purchase Agreement is reportedinvestments in other long-term assets.  As of December 31, 2016, an intangible asset of $1.6 million and a liability of $1.3 million related to historical milestone payments made under the License Agreement, were reported in other long-term assets and accrued liabilities, respectively.  Amortization expense was $0.3 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively.  Amortization expense was $0.6 million and $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016, respectively. 

The estimated remaining useful life of the intangible asset is seven years. The table below represents future amortization expense as of September 30, 2017:

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

    

 

    

 

2017

 

$

335

 

2018

 

 

1,338

 

2019

 

 

1,338

 

2020

 

 

1,338

 

2021

 

 

1,338

 

Thereafter

 

 

3,680

 

 

 

$

9,367

 

The Company reviews long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangiblesprivately held companies, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amountamounts of an assetthe assets may not be fully recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. There were no impairment lossesRefer to Note 5 for the periods ended September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

As more fully described in Note 11, during the third quarter of 2017, the Company recognized goodwill of $2.0 million from the acquisition of Sampleminded, Inc., which was completed during the period. The Company will evaluate goodwill impairment on an annual basis or more frequently should an event or change in circumstance occur that indicate the carrying amount is in excessdiscussion of the fair value.

Other Intangible Assets

As a result of the Sampleminded acquisition, the Companyimpairment charges recorded an intangible asset of $1.0 million which was comprised of developed technology acquired of $0.9 million, customer relationships of $0.1 million, and non-compete agreements of $32,000. The intangible assets acquired are being amortized over the remaining useful life which was determined to be eight years for developed technology acquired, thirteen years for customer relationships, and five years for non-compete agreements. As of September 30, 2017, the Company recorded $20,000 in amortization expense.

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The table below represents estimated future amortization expense of these intangible assets as of September 30, 2017:

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

    

 

    

 

2017

 

$

30

 

2018

 

 

118

 

2019

 

 

118

 

2020

 

 

118

 

2021

 

 

118

 

Thereafter

 

 

449

 

 

 

$

951

 

The Company reviews these identifiable intangibles for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.

Net Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per common share was determined by dividing net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Basic and diluted net loss per share are the same because all outstanding common stock equivalents have been excluded, as they are anti-dilutive due to the Company’s losses.

The following potentially issuable common shares were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share because they would have an anti-dilutive effect due to net losses for each period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

(In thousands)

    

2017

    

2016

    

Shares issuable upon exercise of stock options

 

4,042

 

5,080

 

Shares issuable upon the release of restricted stock awards

 

6,164

 

5,989

 

 

 

10,206

 

11,069

 

Revenue Recognition

Laboratory Service Revenue.The Company’s laboratory service revenues are generated by performing screening services using our Cologuard test, and the service is completed upon delivery of a test result to an ordering physician. The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with the provisions of ASC 954-605, Health Care Entities - Revenue Recognition. The Company recognizes revenue on an accrual basis, net of contractual and other adjustments, when amounts that will ultimately be collected can be reasonably estimated. Contractual and other adjustments represent the difference between the list price (the billing rate) and the estimated aggregate reimbursement rate from payers and patients. Upon ultimate collection, the aggregate amount received from payers and patients where reimbursement was estimated is compared to previous collection estimates and, if necessary, the contractual allowance is adjusted.

The estimates of amounts that will ultimately be collected require significant judgment by management, and the Company’s judgments will continue to evolve as it gains payment experience with payers and patients.  Historically, in the absence of the ability to reasonably estimate the amount that will ultimately be collected for services, revenue was recognized upon cash receipt. Effective during the first quarter of 2017, the Company determined that it had the ability to reasonably estimate the amount that will ultimately be collected from all payers, including the impact of patient cost-share collections. Accordingly, the Company now recognizes revenue on an accrual basis for all billed claims.

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The components of laboratory service revenue, as recognized upon accrual or cash receipt, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(In thousands)

    

2017

    

2016

 

2017

    

2016

    

Revenue recognized on an accrual basis

 

$

72,574

 

$

24,510

 

$

174,074

 

$

57,592

 

Revenue recognized when cash is received

 

 

 —

 

 

3,605

 

 

4,509

 

 

6,543

 

Total

 

$

72,574

 

$

28,115

 

$

178,583

 

$

64,135

 

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value (net realizable value). The Company determines the cost of inventory using the first-in, first out method (“FIFO”). The Company estimates the recoverability of inventory by reference to internal estimates of future demands and product life cycles, including expiration. The Company periodically analyzes its inventory levels to identify inventory that may expire prior to expected sale or has a cost basis in excess of its estimated net realizable value, and records a charge to cost of sales for such inventory, as appropriate. In addition, the Company's products are subject to strict quality control and monitoring which the Company performs throughout the manufacturing process. If certain batches or units of product no longer meet quality specifications or become obsolete due to expiration, the Company records a charge to cost of sales to write down such unmarketable inventory to its estimated net realizable value.

Direct and indirect manufacturing costs incurred during process validation and for other research and development activities, which are not permitted to be sold, have been expensed to research and development. 

Inventory consists of the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

    

2017

    

2016

 

Raw materials

 

$

7,033

 

$

2,408

 

Semi-finished and finished goods

 

 

11,031

 

 

4,425

 

Total inventory

 

$

18,064

 

$

6,833

 

Foreign Currency Translation

For the Company’s international subsidiaries, the local currency is the functional currency. Assets and liabilities of these subsidiaries are translated into United States dollars at the period-end exchange rate or historical rates, as appropriate. Condensed consolidated statements of operations are translated at average exchange rates for the period. The cumulative translation adjustments resulting from changes in exchange rates are included in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss in total Exact Sciences Corporation’s stockholders’ equity. Transaction gains and losses are included in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

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(3) MAYO LICENSE AGREEMENT

Overview

As more fully described in the 2016 Form 10-K, in June 2009 the Company entered into a patent license agreement with MAYO Foundation for Medical Education and Research (“MAYO”). The Company’s license agreement with MAYO was amended and restated in February 2015 and further amended in January 2016. Under the license agreement, MAYO granted the Company an exclusive, worldwide license to certain MAYO patents and patent applications, as well as a non-exclusive, worldwide license with regard to certain MAYO know-how. As expanded by the January 2016 amendment to the license agreement, the scope of the license includes any screening, surveillance or diagnostic tests or tools for use in connection with any type of cancers, pre-cancers, diseases or conditions.

Pursuant to the Company’s agreement with MAYO, the Company is required to pay MAYO a low-single-digit royalty on the Company’s net sales of products using the licensed MAYO intellectual property, with minimum annual royalty fees of $25,000 each year through 2033, the year the last patent expires. The January 2016 amendment to the MAYO license agreement established various low-single-digit royalty rates on net sales of current and future products and clarified how net sales will be calculated.  As part of the amendment, the royalty rate on the Company’s net sales of Cologuard increased and, if in the future, improvements are made to the Cologuard product, the royalty rate may further increase, but, pursuant to the terms of the January 2016 amendment, would remain a low-single-digit percentage of net sales.

In addition to royalties, the Company is required to pay MAYO cash of $0.2 million, $0.8 million and $2.0 million upon each product using the licensed MAYO intellectual property reaching $5.0 million, $20.0 million and $50.0 million in cumulative net sales, respectively.

As part of the February 2015 amendment and restatement of the license agreement, the Company agreed to pay MAYO an additional $5.0 million, payable in five annual installments, through 2019. The Company paid MAYO the annual installment of $1.0 million in the first quarter of each of 2015 and 2016. The Company paid MAYO the 2017 installment in December 2016. The Company records the $1.0 million installments to prepaid expenses and other current assets and amortizes each installment over a twelve-month period commencing on February 1 of each year. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 the Company has recorded $0.3 million and $0.7 million in amortization of the installments, respectively.

In addition, the Company is paying MAYO for research and development efforts. As part of the Company’s research collaboration with MAYO, the Company incurred charges of $1.1 million and $3.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. The Company made payments of $0.3 million and $2.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. The Company recorded an estimated liability of $1.9 million for research and development efforts as of September 30, 2017. The Company incurred charges of $0.8 million and $2.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. The Company made payments of $1.0 million and $3.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. The Company recorded an estimated liability of $0.5 million for research and development efforts as of September 30, 2016.

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(4) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

The Company maintains the 2010 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective July 27, 2017), the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 2015 Inducement Award Plan, the 2016 Inducement Award Plan and the 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Stock Plans”).

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

The Company records stock-based compensation expense in connection with the amortization of restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards, stock purchase rights granted under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and stock options granted to employees, non-employee consultants and non-employee directors. The Company recorded $10.8 million and $23.0 million in stock-based compensation expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. The Company recorded $6.2 million and $16.8 million in stock-based compensation expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.

Determining Fair Value

Valuation and Recognition – The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of each market measure-based award is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model. The fair value of service-based awards for each restricted stock unit award is determined on the date of grant using the closing stock price on that day. The estimated fair value of these awards is recognized to expense using the straight-line method over the vesting period. For awards issued to non-employees, the measurement date is the date when the performance is complete or when the award vests, whichever is the earliest. Accordingly, non-employee awards are re-measured at each reporting period until the final measurement date. The fair value of the award is recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the requisite service period, generally the vesting period. The Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo pricing models utilize the following assumptions:

Expected Term – Expected life of an option award is the average length of time over which the Company expects employees will exercise their options, which is based on historical experience with similar grants. Expected life of a market measure-based award is based on the applicable performance period.

Expected Volatility - Expected volatility is based on the Company’s historical stock volatility data over the expected term of the awards.

Risk-Free Interest Rate - The Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo valuation models on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with an equivalent expected term.

Forfeitures – Beginning in 2017, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“Update 2016-09”). With the adoption of Update 2016-09, forfeiture estimates are no longer required, and the effects of actual forfeitures are recorded at the time they occur. The impact on the condensed consolidated balance sheet was a cumulative-effect adjustment of $0.4 million, increasing opening accumulated deficit and additional paid-in capital.

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The fair value of each option and market measure-based award is based on the assumptions in the following table:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

 

    

2017

    

2016

    

2017

    

2016

    

Option Plan Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk-free interest rates

 

2.06%

 

(1)

 

2.06%  -  2.13%

 

1.48%  -  1.69%

 

Expected term (in years)

 

6.56

 

(1)

 

6.56  -  6.59

 

6.25  -  6.74

 

Expected volatility

 

62.5%

 

(1)

 

62.5%  -  62.9%

 

58.9%  -  59.4%

 

Dividend yield

 

0%

 

(1)

 

0%

 

0%

 

Weighted average fair value per share of options granted during the period

 

$ 27.03

 

(1)

 

$ 25.18

 

$ 3.17

 

Market Measure-Based Shares

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

Risk-free interest rates

 

(2)

 

0.76%

 

(2)

 

0.76% - 0.91%

 

Expected term (in years)

 

(2)

 

2.43

 

(2)

 

2.43 - 2.84

 

Expected volatility

 

(2)

 

79.6%

 

(2)

 

68.3% - 79.6%

 

Dividend yield

 

(2)

 

0%

 

(2)

 

0%

 

Weighted average fair value per share of stock purchase rights granted during the period

 

(2)

 

$ 13.42

 

(2)

 

$ 3.77

 

ESPP Shares

 

   

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

Risk-free interest rates

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

0.98%  -  1.28%

 

0.41%  -  0.8%

 

Expected term (in years)

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

0.5  -  2.0

 

0.5  -  2.0

 

Expected volatility

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

66.4%  -  85.5%

 

70.1%  -  92.7%

 

Dividend yield

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

0%

 

0%

 

Weighted average fair value per share of stock purchase rights granted during the period

 

(3)

 

(3)

 

$ 13.05

 

$ 3.08

 


(1)

The Company did not grant options under its 2010 Stock Plan during the period indicated.

(2)

The Company did not issue market measure-based shares during the respective period.

(3)

The Company did not issue stock purchase rights under its 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan during the respective period.

Stock Option and Restricted Stock Activity

A summary of stock option activity under the Stock Plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

    

 

 

    

Weighted

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted

 

Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

Remaining

 

Aggregate

 

 

 

 

 

Exercise

 

Contractual

 

Intrinsic

 

Options

 

Shares

 

Price

 

Term (Years)

 

Value(1)

 

(Aggregate intrinsic value in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, January 1, 2017

 

3,505,481

 

$

7.00

 

5.5

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

942,997

 

 

21.68

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(382,967)

 

 

8.75

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

(23,879)

 

 

14.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding, September 30, 2017

 

4,041,632

 

$

10.22

 

5.9

 

$

149,127

 

Exercisable, September 30, 2017

 

2,281,645

 

$

5.81

 

3.6

 

$

94,250

 


2020.

(1)

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding, exercisable and vested and expected to vest is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the market price of the Company’s common stock for options that had exercise prices that were lower than the $47.12 market price of the Company’s common

Fair Value Measurements

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stock at September 30, 2017.  The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $11.2 million and $5.6 million, respectively.

As of September 30, 2017, there was $100.8 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under all Stock Plans.  Total unrecognized compensation cost will be adjusted for future forfeitures.  The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average period of 3.0 years.

A summary of restricted stock and restricted stock unit activity under the Stock Plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

    

Weighted

 

 

 

Restricted

 

Average Grant

 

 

 

Shares

 

Date Fair Value

 

Outstanding, January 1, 2017

 

5,601,316

 

$

9.19

 

Granted

 

1,946,736

 

 

31.81

 

Released

 

(1,075,538)

 

 

14.14

 

Forfeited

 

(308,471)

 

 

18.60

 

Outstanding, September 30, 2017

 

6,164,043

 

$

15.16

 

(5) FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Financial Accounting Standards BoardFASB has issued authoritative guidance whichthat requires that fair value shouldto be based on the assumptions market participants would use when pricing an asset or liability and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop those assumptions. Under thethat standard, fair value measurements are separately disclosed by level within the fair value hierarchy. The fair value hierarchy establishes and prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances.

Convertible Notes
The Company accounts for convertible notes that may be settled in cash or equity upon conversion by separating the liability and equity components of the instruments in a manner that reflects the Company’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate. The Company determines the carrying amount of the liability component of the convertible notes by using assumptions that market participants would use in pricing a debt instrument, including market interest rates, credit standing, yield curves and volatilities. Determining the fair value of the debt component requires the use of accounting estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions are judgmental in nature and could have a significant impact on the determination of the debt component, and the associated non-cash interest expense.
Leases
The Company acts as lessee in its lease agreements, which include operating leases for corporate offices, laboratory space, warehouse space, vehicles and certain laboratory and office equipment, and finance leases for certain equipment and vehicles.
The Company determines whether an arrangement is, or contains, a lease at inception. At the beginning of fiscal year 2019, the company adopted ASC Topic 842. The Company records the present value of lease payments as right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. ROU assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent an obligation to make lease payments based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Classification of lease liabilities as either current or non-current is based on the expected timing of payments due under the Company’s obligations.
As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit interest rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest that a lessee would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis over a similar term and at an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. In order to determine the appropriate incremental borrowing rates, the Company has used a number of factors including the credit rating, and the lease term. Certain vehicle leases include variable lease payments that depend on an index or rate. Those lease payments are initially measured using the index or rate at the lease commencement date.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The ROU asset also consists of any lease incentives received. The lease terms used to calculate the ROU asset and related lease liability include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. “Reasonably certain” is assessed internally based on economic, industry, company, strategic and contractual factors. The leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 15 years, some of which include options to extend the lease for up to 10 years, and some of which include options to terminate the lease within 1 year. Operating lease expense and amortization of finance lease ROU assets are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term as an operating expense. Finance lease interest expense is recorded as interest expense on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The Company accounts for leases acquired in business combinations by measuring the lease liability at the present value of the remaining lease payments as if the acquired lease were a new lease for the Company. This measurement includes recognition of a lease intangible for any below-market terms present in the leases acquired. The below-market lease intangible is included in the ROU asset on the condensed consolidated balance sheets and are amortized over the remaining lease term. The Company has not acquired any leases with above-market terms.
The Company has taken advantage of certain practical expedients offered to registrants at adoption of ASC 842. The Company does not apply the recognition requirements of ASC 842 to short-term leases. Instead, those lease payments are recognized in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Further, as a practical expedient, all lease contracts are accounted for as one single lease component, as opposed to separating lease and non-lease components to allocate the consideration within a single lease contract.
Net Loss Per Share​
Basic net loss per common share was determined by dividing net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period. Basic and diluted net loss per share is the same because all outstanding common stock equivalents have been excluded, as they are anti-dilutive as a result of the Company’s losses.
The following potentially issuable common shares were not included in the computation of diluted net loss per share because they would have an anti-dilutive effect due to net losses for each period:
September 30,
(In thousands)20202019
Shares issuable in connection with acquisitions157 
Shares issuable upon exercise of stock options2,429 2,199 
Shares issuable upon the release of restricted stock awards4,654 3,902 
Shares issuable upon conversion of convertible notes20,309 12,197 
27,549 18,298 
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
The Company requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and shares purchased under an employee stock purchase plan (if certain parameters are not met), to be recognized in the financial statements based on their grant date fair values. Forfeitures of any share-based awards are recognized as they occur. ​
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EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Revenue Recognition​
Revenues are recognized when the satisfaction of the performance obligation occurs, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to collect in exchange for those services. To determine revenue recognition for the arrangements that the Company determines are within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, the Company performs the following five steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. See Note 2 for further discussion.
Foreign Currency Transactions
Prior to 2019, the Company’s international subsidiaries’ functional currency was the local currency and assets and liabilities were translated into U.S. dollars at the period-end exchange rate or historical rates, as appropriate. Condensed consolidated statements of operations were translated at average exchange rates for the period, and the cumulative translation adjustments resulting from changes in exchange rates were included in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as a component of additional paid-in capital. In 2019 and 2020, the Company’s international subsidiaries use the U.S. dollar as the functional currency, resulting in the Company not being subject to gains and losses from foreign currency translation of the subsidiary financial statements. The Company recognizes gains and losses from foreign currency transactions in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. Net foreign currency transaction gains or losses were not material to the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements including the amortization of acquired intangible assets, which is now presented as a separate line item on the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations and was previously included in cost of sales, research and development, and general and administrative expenses. Due to these reclassifications, the Company is no longer presenting gross margin on the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The updated guidance requires companies to measure all expected credit losses for financial instruments held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable supportable forecasts. This replaces the existing incurred loss model and is applicable to the measurement of credit losses on financial assets, including trade receivables. The updates also require available-for-sale debt security credit losses to be recognized as allowances rather than a reduction in amortized cost. The guidance was adopted by the Company on January 1, 2020. The requirements of the ASU did not result in the recognition of a material allowance for current expected credit losses, as the Company’s analysis of collectability looks at historical experience as well as current and future implications surrounding the ability to collect. Adoption of the updated guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In April 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-04, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments –Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments. The updated guidance provides clarity regarding measurement of securities without readily determinable fair values. The guidance was adopted on January 1, 2020 and did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles –Goodwill and Other –Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40). The update provided guidance for evaluating the accounting for fees paid by a customer in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. The guidance was adopted on a prospective basis, beginning on January 1, 2020 and it did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820); Disclosure Framework -Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. The guidance provided an update to the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements under the scope of ASC 820. The updates were adopted on January 1, 2020 and did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808). The update provided additional guidance regarding the interaction between Topic 808 on Collaborative Arrangements and Topic 606 on Revenue Recognition. The guidance was adopted on January 1, 2020 and did not have a material impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The update simplifies the accounting for income taxes through removing exceptions related to certain intraperiod allocations and deferred tax liabilities; clarifying guidance primarily related to evaluating the step-up tax basis for goodwill in a business combination; and reflecting enacted changes in tax laws or rates in the annual effective tax rate. The amended guidance is effective for interim and annual periods in 2021, however early adoption is permitted. The guidance was early adopted on January 1, 2020 and did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The updated guidance provides optional expedients for applying the requirements of certain topics in the codification for contracts that are modified because of reference rate reform. In addition to the optional expedients, the update includes a general principle that permits an entity to consider contract modifications due to reference rate reform to be an event that does not require contract remeasurement at the modification date or reassessment of a previous accounting determination. The updated guidance is effective for all entities as of March 12, 2020 and through December 31, 2022. The Company adopted the guidance upon issuance on March 12, 2020. There was no impact on the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In August 2020, The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). This update simplifies the accounting for convertible debt instruments by removing the beneficial conversion and cash conversion separation models for convertible instruments. Under the update, the embedded conversion features are no longer separated from the host contract for convertible instruments with conversion features that are not required to be accounted for as derivatives or that do not result in substantial premiums accounted for as paid-in capital. The update also amends the accounting for certain contracts in an entity’s own equity that are currently accounted for as derivatives because of specific settlement provisions. In addition, the new guidance modifies how particular convertible instruments and certain contracts that may be settled in cash or shares impact the computation of diluted EPS. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.
(2) REVENUE ​
The Company’s revenue is primarily generated by its laboratory testing services utilizing its Cologuard, Oncotype DX, and COVID-19 tests. The services are completed upon release of a patient’s test result to the ordering healthcare provider.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The core principle of ASC 606 is that the Company recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the Company expects to collect in exchange for those goods or services. The Company recognizes revenues from its products in accordance with that core principle, and key aspects considered by the Company include the following:
Contracts​
The Company’s customer is primarily the patient, but the Company does not enter into a formal reimbursement contract with a patient. The Company establishes a contract with a patient in accordance with other customary business practices which is the point in time an order is received from a provider and a patient specimen has been returned to the laboratory for testing. Payment terms are a function of a patient’s existing insurance benefits, including the impact of coverage decisions with Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and applicable reimbursement contracts established between the Company and payers. However, when an order is received for a patient with no active insurance or insurance that does not cover the Company’s testing services, the Company requires payment from the patient prior to the commencement of the Company’s performance obligations. The Company’s consideration can be deemed variable or fixed depending on the structure of specific payer contracts, and the Company considers collection of such consideration to be probable to the extent that it is unconstrained.
Under the Company’s Laboratory Service Agreements (“LSA”) and Laboratory Reference Agreements (“LRA”) the Company contracts with a direct bill payer who is the customer for an agreed upon amount of laboratory testing services for a specified amount of time at a fixed reimbursement rate, and certain of the Company’s LSAs obligate the customer to pay for testing services prior to result.
Performance obligations
A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service (or a bundle of goods or services) to the customer. The Company’s contracts have a single performance obligation, which is satisfied upon rendering of services, which culminates in the release of a patient’s test result to the ordering healthcare provider. Or, in the context of some of the Company’s LSAs, the satisfaction of the performance obligation occurs when a specimen sample is not returned to the laboratory for processing before the end of the allotted testing window. The Company elects the practical expedient related to the disclosure of unsatisfied performance obligations, as the duration of time between providing testing supplies, the receipt of a specimen sample, and the release of a test result to the ordering healthcare provider is far less than one year.
Transaction price
The transaction price is the amount of consideration that the Company expects to collect in exchange for transferring promised goods or services to a customer, excluding amounts collected on behalf of third parties (for example, some sales taxes). The consideration expected to be collected from a contract with a customer may include fixed amounts, variable amounts, or both.
Fixed consideration is derived from the Company’s LSA, LRA, and direct bill payer contracts that exist between the Company and the direct bill payers who assume the downstream patient billing. The contracted reimbursement rate is deemed to be fixed as the Company expects to fully collect all amounts billed under these relationships. Variable consideration is primarily derived from third party and patient billing and can result due to several factors such as the amount of contractual adjustments, any patient co-payments, deductibles or patient adherence incentives, the existence of secondary payers, and claim denials.
The Company estimates the amount of variable consideration using the expected value method, which represents the sum of probability-weighted amounts in a range of possible consideration amounts. When estimating the amount of variable consideration, the Company considers several factors, such as historical collections experience, patient insurance eligibility and payer reimbursement contracts.
The Company limits the amount of variable consideration included in the transaction price to the unconstrained portion of such consideration. In other words, the Company recognizes revenue up to the amount of variable
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
consideration that is not subject to a significant reversal until additional information is obtained or the uncertainty associated with the additional payments or refunds is subsequently resolved. Differences between original estimates and subsequent revisions, including final settlements, represent changes in the estimate of variable consideration and are included in the period in which such revisions are made. Revenue recognized from changes in transaction prices was $0.5 million and $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Revenue recognized from changes in transaction prices was $9.1 million and $4.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The Company monitors its estimates of transaction price to depict conditions that exist at each reporting date. If the Company subsequently determines that it will collect more or less consideration than it originally estimated for a contract with a patient, it will account for the change as an increase or decrease in the estimate of the transaction price (i.e., an upward or downward revenue adjustment) in the period identified.
When the Company does not have significant historical experience or that experience has limited predictive value, the constraint over estimates of variable consideration may result in no revenue being recognized upon release of the performance obligations associated with the Company’s tests, with recognition, generally occurring at the date of cash receipt.
Allocate transaction price
The transaction price is allocated entirely to the performance obligation contained within the contract with a customer.
Point in time recognition
The Company’s single performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time. That point in time is defined as the date the Company releases a result to the ordering healthcare provider, or, in the context of some of the Company’s LSAs, that point in time could be the date the allotted testing window ends if a specimen sample is not returned to the laboratory for processing. The point in time in which revenue is recognized by the Company signifies fulfillment of the performance obligation to the patient or direct bill payer.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table presents the Company’s revenues disaggregated by revenue source:
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands)2020201920202019
Screening
Medicare Parts B & C$98,847 $108,617 $256,589 $295,103 
Commercial106,002 99,352 280,451 261,521 
Other9,774 10,836 28,367 24,094 
Total Screening214,623 218,805 565,407 580,718 
Precision Oncology
Medicare Parts B & C$33,945 $$114,973 $
Commercial37,402 137,212 
International16,243 56,227 
Other3,989 14,493 
Total Precision Oncology91,579 322,905 
COVID-19 Testing$102,161 $$136,740 $
Total$408,363 $218,805 $1,025,052 $580,718 
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Screening revenue primarily includes laboratory service revenue from Cologuard while Precision Oncology revenue primarily includes laboratory service revenue from global Oncotype DX products.
Contract Balances
The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in billed accounts receivable and deferred revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Generally, billing occurs subsequent to the release of a patient’s test result to the ordering healthcare provider, resulting in an account receivable. However, the Company sometimes receives advance payment from a patient or a direct bill payer before a test result is completed, resulting in deferred revenue. The deferred revenue recorded is recognized as revenue at the point in time results are released to the patient’s healthcare provider. Or, in the context of some of the Company’s LSAs, the satisfaction of the performance obligation occurs when a specimen sample is not returned to the laboratory for processing before the end of the allotted testing window.
Deferred revenue balances are reported in other current liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets and were $22.4 million and $0.6 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. As of September 30, 2020, $21.8 million of the Company’s deferred revenue balance is a result of the billing terms pursuant to the existing COVID-19 LSAs with customers.
Revenue recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, which was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of each period was $5,000 and $0.2 million, respectively. Revenue recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, which was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of each period was $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively.
Practical Expedients
The Company does not adjust the transaction price for the effects of a significant financing component, as at contract inception, the Company expects the collection cycle to be one year or less.
The Company expenses sales commissions when incurred because the amortization period would have been one year or less. These costs are recorded within sales and marketing expenses in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.
The Company incurs certain other costs that are incurred regardless of whether a contract is obtained. Such costs are primarily related to legal services and patient communications (e.g. adherence reminder letters). These costs are expensed as incurred and recorded within general and administrative expenses in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(3) MARKETABLE SECURITIES
The following table sets forth the Company’s cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
(In thousands)September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash and money market$456,701 $146,932 
Cash equivalents349,977 30,322 
Restricted cash (1)291 274 
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash806,969 177,528 
Marketable securities
Available-for-sale debt securities474,906 144,685 
Equity securities1,418 1,716 
Total marketable securities476,324 146,401 
Total cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities$1,283,293 $323,929 
______________
(1)Restricted cash is included in other long-term assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. There was no restricted cash at September 30, 2019.
Available-for-sale debt securities at September 30, 2020 consisted of the following:
(In thousands)Amortized CostGains in Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Losses in Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Estimated Fair
Value
Cash equivalents
U.S. government agency securities$349,975 $$$349,977 
Total cash equivalents349,975 349,977 
Marketable securities
Corporate bonds191,651 970 192,621 
U.S. government agency securities257,102 60 257,162 
Certificates of deposit10,000 10,001 
Asset backed securities15,071 51 15,122 
Total marketable securities473,824 1,082 474,906 
Total available-for-sale securities$823,799 $1,084 $$824,883 
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

Available-for-sale debt securities at December 31, 2019 consisted of the following:
(In thousands)Amortized CostGains in Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Losses in Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Estimated Fair Value
Cash equivalents
U.S. government agency securities$30,320 $$$30,322 
Total cash equivalents30,320 30,322 
Marketable securities
U.S. government agency securities140,745 10 (73)140,682 
Corporate bonds4,017 (14)4,003 
Total marketable securities144,762 10 (87)144,685 
Total available-for-sale securities$175,082 $12 $(87)$175,007 

The following table summarizes contractual underlying maturities of the Company’s available-for-sale debt securities at September 30, 2020:​
Due one year or lessDue after one year through four years
(In thousands)CostFair ValueCostFair Value
Cash equivalents
U.S. government agency securities$349,975 $349,977 $ $ 
Total cash equivalents349,975 349,977   
Marketable securities
U.S. government agency securities249,943 249,949 7,159 7,213 
Corporate bonds148,903 149,409 42,748 43,212 
Certificates of deposit10,000 10,001 
Asset backed securities15,071 15,122 
Total marketable securities408,846 409,359 64,978 65,547 
Total$758,821 $759,336 $64,978 $65,547 
The following table summarizes the gross unrealized losses and fair values of available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position as of September 30, 2020, aggregated by investment category and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:
Less than one yearOne year or greaterTotal
(In thousands)Fair ValueGross Unrealized LossFair ValueGross Unrealized LossFair ValueGross Unrealized Loss (1)
Cash equivalents
U.S. government agency securities$49,996 $$$$49,996 $
Total cash equivalents49,996 49,996 
Marketable securities
U.S. government agency securities24,994 24,994 
Total marketable securities24,994 24,994 
Total available-for-sale securities$74,990 $$$$74,990 $
______________
(1)Available-for-sale debt securities in an unrealized loss position are insignificant as of September 30, 2020.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The Company evaluates investments, including investments in privately-held companies, that are in an unrealized loss position for impairment as a result of credit loss. It was determined that no credit losses exist as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 because the change in market value for those securities in an unrealized loss position has resulted from fluctuating interest rates rather than a deterioration of the credit worthiness of the issuers. The Company recorded a realized gain on available-for-sale debt securities of $1,000 and $3.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, net of insignificant realized losses. The Company recorded a realized gain on available-for-sale debt securities of $0.1 million and $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, net of insignificant realized losses.

The Company recorded a gain of $33,000 and a loss of $0.3 million from its equity securities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to 0 gain or loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.

The gains and losses recorded are included in investment income, net in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

(4) PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
The estimated useful lives of property, plant and equipment are as follows:
(In thousands)Estimated
Useful Life
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
Property, plant and equipment
Landn/a$4,466 $4,466 
Leasehold and building improvements(1)113,153 80,352 
Land improvements15 years3,222 1,766 
Buildings30 - 40 years200,141 112,815 
Computer equipment and computer software3 years78,350 65,323 
Laboratory equipment3 - 10 years136,462 104,008 
Furniture and fixtures3 - 10 years23,950 14,539 
Assets under constructionn/a26,472 149,687 
Property, plant and equipment, at cost586,216 532,956 
Accumulated depreciation(129,761)(77,631)
Property, plant and equipment, net$456,455 $455,325 
______________
(1)Lesser of remaining lease term, building life, or estimated useful life.
Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $19.5 million and $8.4 million, respectively. Depreciation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $52.9 million and $21.8 million, respectively.
At September 30, 2020, the Company had $26.5 million of assets under construction which consisted of $9.7 million in laboratory equipment, $8.4 million of building and leasehold improvements, $7.9 million in capitalized costs related to software projects, and $0.5 million related to furniture and fixtures. Depreciation will begin on these assets once they are placed into service. The Company expects to incur an additional $2.0 million to complete the laboratory equipment, $13.3 million to complete the building projects and leasehold improvements, $3.6 million to complete the software projects, and minimal costs to complete the furniture and fixtures. These projects are expected to be completed throughout 2020 and 2021.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(5) INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND GOODWILL
Intangible Assets
The following table summarizes the net-book-value and estimated remaining life of the Company’s intangible assets as of September 30, 2020:​
(In thousands)Weighted Average
Remaining
Life (Years)
CostAccumulated AmortizationNet Balance at September 30, 2020
Finite-lived intangible assets
Trade name15.2$100,700 $(5,683)$95,017 
Customer relationships13.12,700 (359)2,341 
Patents4.010,441 (5,089)5,352 
Acquired developed technology9.2814,171 (73,022)741,149 
Supply agreements6.830,000 (3,538)26,462 
Internally developed technology2.41,883 (750)1,133 
Total finite-lived intangible assets959,895 (88,441)871,454 
Internally developed technology in processn/a206 — 206 
Total intangible assets$960,101 $(88,441)$871,660 
The following table summarizes the net-book-value and estimated remaining life of the Company’s intangible assets as of December 31, 2019:​
(In thousands)Weighted Average
Remaining
Life (Years)
CostAccumulated AmortizationNet Balance at December 31, 2019
Finite-lived intangible assets
Trade name15.9$100,700 $(961)$99,739 
Customer relationships13.62,700 (224)2,476 
Patents8.822,690 (5,974)16,716 
Acquired developed technology9.9806,371 (12,345)794,026 
Supply agreements7.530,000 (571)29,429 
Internally developed technology2.51,229 (336)893 
Total finite-lived intangible assets963,690 (20,411)943,279 
In-process research and developmentn/a200,000 — 200,000 
Internally developed technology in processn/a271 — 271 
Total intangible assets$1,163,961 $(20,411)$1,143,550 
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
As of September 30, 2020, the estimated future amortization expense associated with the Company’s finite-lived intangible assets for each of the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows:​
(In thousands)
2020$23,357 
202193,322 
202293,116 
202392,812 
202492,421 
Thereafter476,426 
$871,454 
The Company’s acquired intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life. The amortization expense recorded from these intangible assets is reported in amortization of acquired intangible assets on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.
During the third quarter of 2020, the Company began discussions with Biocartis regarding the termination of its agreements with Biocartis related to the development of an in vitro diagnostic (“IVD”) version of the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score test. As a result, and in connection with the preparation of the financial statements, the Company recorded a non-cash, pre-tax impairment loss of $200.0 million related to the in-process research and development intangible asset that was initially recorded as part of the combination with Genomic Health. The impairment is recorded in intangible asset impairment charge in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. See Note 7 for additional information on Biocartis.
During the third quarter of 2020, the Company abandoned certain research and development assets acquired through an asset purchase agreement with Armune Biosciences, Inc. in 2017. These assets were expected to complement the Company’s product pipeline and were expected to have alternative future uses at the time of acquisition; however, due to changes in strategic priorities and efforts during the third quarter of 2020, these assets are no longer expected to be utilized to advance the Company’s product pipeline. As a result, and in connection with the preparation of the financial statements, the Company wrote-off the gross cost basis of the intangible asset of $12.2 million and accumulated amortization of $2.5 million as of September 30, 2020. This write-off resulted in a non-cash, pre-tax impairment loss of $9.7 million, which is recorded in intangible asset impairment charge in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.
There were 0 impairment losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019.
Goodwill
As a result of the acquisition of Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc. (“Paradigm”) and Viomics, Inc. (“Viomics”) in March 2020, the Company recognized goodwill of $30.4 million, which includes an immaterial post-acquisition adjustment to goodwill in the second quarter of 2020. Refer to the Company’s 2019 10-K for further discussion on goodwill recorded from previous business combinations.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The Company evaluates goodwill for possible impairment in accordance with ASC 350 on an annual basis during the fourth quarter, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Qualitative factors considered in this assessment include industry and market conditions, overall financial performance, and other relevant events and factors affecting the Company's business. Based on the qualitative assessment, if it is determined that the fair value of goodwill is more likely than not to be less than its carrying amount, the fair value of a reporting unit will be calculated and compared with its carrying amount and an impairment charge will be recognized for the amount that the carrying value exceeds the fair value. Due to the impact of COVID-19 on the Company’s operations, the Company performed a qualitative assessment of goodwill to determine if an event indicating impairment was present. No such indicators were identified as of September 30, 2020. There were 0 impairment losses for the periods ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recognized a measurement period adjustment to goodwill of $4.0 million related to an increase in Genomic Health’s pre-acquisition deferred tax liability due to finalization of certain income-tax related items.
The change in the carrying amount of goodwill for the periods ended September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 is as follows:
(In thousands)
Balance, January 1, 2019$17,279 
Genomic Health acquisition1,185,918 
Balance, December 31, 20191,203,197 
Paradigm & Viomics acquisition30,431 
Genomic Health acquisition adjustment4,044 
Balance, September 30, 2020$1,237,672 

(6) FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
The three levels of the fair value hierarchy established are as follows:

Level 1

Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access as of the reporting date.  Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2

Level 1    Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.

Level 2Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3

Unobservable inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.

Fixed-income securities and mutual funds are valued using a third-party pricing agency. The valuation is based on observable inputs including pricing for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and other observablequoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

Level 3    Unobservable inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the assumptions that market factors. There has been no material change from periodparticipants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs shall be used to period.  The estimatedmeasure fair value ofto the Company’s long-term debt based on a market approach was approximately $4.5 million and $4.6 million as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and represent Level 2 measurements.  When determining the estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term debt, the Company used market-based risk measurements, such as credit risk.

extent that observable inputs are not available.

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The following table presents the Company’s fair value measurements as of September 30, 20172020 along with the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurement at September 30, 2017 Using:

 

 

    

 

 

    

Quoted Prices

    

Significant

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in Active

 

Other

 

Significant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Markets for

 

Observable

 

Unobservable

 

 

 

Fair Value at

 

Identical Assets

 

Inputs

 

Inputs

 

(In thousands)

 

September 30, 2017

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and money market

 

$

30,837

 

$

30,837

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

 

20,000

 

 

 —

 

 

20,000

 

 

 —

 

Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds

 

 

213,005

 

 

 —

 

 

213,005

 

 

 —

 

Asset backed securities

 

 

101,113

 

 

 —

 

 

101,113

 

 

 —

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

 

64,869

 

 

 —

 

 

64,869

 

 

 —

 

Commercial paper

 

 

20,895

 

 

 —

 

 

20,895

 

 

 —

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

11,802

 

 

 —

 

 

11,802

 

 

 —

 

Total

 

$

462,521

 

$

30,837

 

$

431,684

 

$

 —

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)Fair Value at September 30,
2020
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
Cash and money market$456,701 $456,701 $$
U.S. government agency securities349,977 349,977 
Restricted cash291 291 
Marketable securities
Corporate bonds192,621 192,621 
U.S. government agency securities257,162 257,162 
Certificates of deposit10,001 10,001 
Asset backed securities15,122 15,122 
Equity Securities1,418 1,418 
Liabilities
Contingent consideration(2,638)(2,638)
Total$1,280,655 $458,410 $824,883 $(2,638)
The following table presents the Company’s fair value measurements as of December 31, 20162019 along with the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurement at December 31, 2016 Using:

 

    

 

 

    

Quoted Prices

    

Significant

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

in Active

 

Other

 

Significant

 

 

 

 

 

Markets for

 

Observable

 

Unobservable

 

 

Fair Value at

 

Identical Assets

 

Inputs

 

Inputs

 

(In thousands)

 

December 31, 2016

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

 

(In thousands)Fair Value at December 31,
2019
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and money market

 

$

48,921

 

$

48,921

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

Cash and money market$146,932 $146,932 $$

Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government agency securitiesU.S. government agency securities30,322 30,322 
Restricted cashRestricted cash274 274 

Marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketable securities
U.S. government agency securitiesU.S. government agency securities140,682 140,682 

Corporate bonds

 

 

136,937

 

 

 —

 

 

136,937

 

 

 —

 

Corporate bonds4,003 4,003 

Asset backed securities

 

 

55,640

 

 

 —

 

 

55,640

 

 

 —

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

 

49,474

 

 

 —

 

 

49,474

 

 

 —

 

Commercial paper

 

 

19,076

 

 

 —

 

 

19,076

 

 

 —

 

Certificates of deposit

 

 

1,052

 

 

 —

 

 

1,052

 

 

 —

 

Equity securitiesEquity securities1,716 1,716 
LiabilitiesLiabilities
Contingent considerationContingent consideration(2,879)(2,879)

Total

 

$

311,100

 

$

48,921

 

$

262,179

 

$

 —

 

Total$321,050 $148,922 $175,007 $(2,879)

There have been no changes in valuation techniques or transfers between fair value measurement levels during the periods ended September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The fair value of Level 2 instruments classified as cash equivalents and marketable debt securities are valued using a third-party pricing agency where the valuation is based on observable inputs including pricing for similar assets and other observable market factors. The Company’s marketable equity security investment in Biocartis is classified as a Level 1 instrument. See Note 7 for additional information on Biocartis. ​
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Contingent Consideration
In connection with the Biomatrica Acquisition, a contingent earn-out liability was created to account for an additional $20.0 million in contingent consideration that could be earned based upon certain revenue milestones being met. The following table provides a roll-forward of the fair values of the contingent consideration, which includes Level 3 measurements:
(In thousands)Contingent consideration
Balance, January 1, 2020$(2,879)
Changes in fair value
Gains (losses) recognized in earnings
Payments241 
Balance, September 30, 2020$(2,638)
As of September 30, 2020, the fair value of the contingent earn-out liability is classified as a component of other long-term liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet.
This fair value measurement of contingent consideration related to the Biomatrica acquisition was categorized as a Level 3 liability, as the measurement amount is based primarily on significant inputs not observable in the market. The Company evaluates the fair value of expected contingent consideration and the corresponding liability each annual reporting period using the Monte Carlo Method, which is consistent with the initial measurement of the expected Biomatrica Acquisition earn-out liability. The Company estimates projections during the earn-out period utilizing various potential pay-out scenarios. Probabilities were applied to each potential scenario and the resulting values were discounted using a rate that considers weighted average cost of capital as well as a specific risk premium associated with the riskiness of the earn-out itself, the related projections, and the overall business.
Non-Marketable Equity Investment
The Company has non-marketable equity investments which are initially recorded at the estimated fair value based on observable transactions. The Company has concluded it is not a primary beneficiary with regards to these investments and does not have the ability to exercise significant influence over the investees and thus has not consolidated the investees pursuant to the requirements of ASC 810, Consolidation. The Company will continue to assess its investments and future commitments to the investees and to the extent its relationship with the investees change and whether such change may require consolidation of the investees in future periods. The Company remeasures the fair value only when an observable transaction occurs during the period that would suggest a change in the carrying value of the investment. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had non-marketable equity investments of $23.9 million and $11.8 million, respectively, which are classified as a component of other long-term assets in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2020, the balance primarily consists of the Company’s preferred stock investments in 18,258,838 shares of Epic Sciences and 5,025,764 shares of Thrive Earlier Detection Corp. (“Thrive”) of $10.8 million and $12.5 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2019, the balance consists of the Company’s preferred stock investments in Epic Sciences and Thrive Earlier Detection Corp. (“Thrive”) of $10.8 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

The Company purchased 4.0 million shares of Series B Preferred Stock of Thrive for $10.0 million in July 2020. The Company previously held a $1.0 million investment in the Series A Preferred Stock of Thrive, which does not have a readily determinable fair value and therefore, the Company elected the measurement alternative. The rights and obligations of the Series B Preferred Stock are generally the same as the Series A Preferred Stock previously held indicating that the transactions are identical or similar investments. As a result, the Company recorded an unrealized gain of $1.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 in investment income, net on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations to revalue the Company’s initial investment to the value of the Series B Preferred Stock, which was the most recent observable transaction.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
There have been no other observable transactions during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.
Fair Value of Long-Term Debt and Convertible Notes​
The Company measures the fair value of its convertible notes and long-term debt for disclosure purposes. The following table summarizes gross unrealized lossesthe Company’s outstanding convertible notes and long-term debt:​
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
(In thousands)Carrying Amount (1)Fair ValueCarrying Amount (1)Fair Value
2028 Convertible notes (2)$796,463 $1,251,085 $$
2027 Convertible notes (2)506,294 881,631 483,909 843,741 
2025 Convertible notes (2)252,210 494,627 319,696 592,482 
Construction loan (3)23,962 23,962 24,866 24,866 
______________
(1)The carrying amounts presented are net of debt discounts and debt issuance costs (see Note 12 and Note 15 of the condensed consolidated financial statements for further information).​
(2)The fair values are based on observable market prices for this debt, which is traded in active markets and therefore is classified as a Level 2 fair value measurement. A portion of our investmentsthe 2025 convertible notes were settled in 2020 resulting in a decrease in the liability.​
(3)The carrying amount of the construction loan approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of this instrument. The construction loan is privately held with no public market for this debt and therefore is classified as a Level 3 fair value measurement. The change in the fair value was due to payments made on the loan resulting in a decrease in the liability.

(7) LICENSE AND COLLABORATION AGREEMENTS
The Company licenses certain technologies that are, or may be, incorporated into its technology under several license agreements, as well as the rights to commercialize certain diagnostic tests through collaboration agreements. Generally, the license agreements require the Company to pay royalties based on net revenues received using the technologies and may require minimum royalty amounts or maintenance fees.
Mayo
In June 2009 the Company entered into a license agreement with Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (“Mayo”). The Company’s license agreement with Mayo was most recently amended in September 2020. Under the license agreement, Mayo granted the Company an unrealized loss positionexclusive, worldwide license to certain Mayo patents and patent applications, as well as a non-exclusive, worldwide license with regard to certain Mayo know-how. The scope of the license covers any screening, surveillance or diagnostic test or tool for use in connection with any type of cancer, pre-cancer, disease or condition.
The licensed Mayo patents and patent applications contain both method and composition claims that relate to sample processing, analytical testing and data analysis associated with nucleic acid screening for cancers and other diseases. The jurisdictions covered by these patents and patent applications include the U.S., Australia, Canada, the European Union, China, Japan and Korea. Under the license agreement, the Company assumed the obligation and expense of prosecuting and maintaining the licensed Mayo patents and is obligated to make commercially reasonable efforts to bring to market products using the licensed Mayo intellectual property.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Pursuant to the Company’s agreement with Mayo, the Company is required to pay Mayo a low-single-digit royalty on the Company’s net sales of current and future products using the licensed Mayo intellectual property each year during the term of the Mayo agreement.
As part of the most recent amendment, the Company agreed to pay Mayo an additional $6.3 million, payable in five annual installments through 2024. The Company paid Mayo the first annual installment of $1.3 million in the third quarter of 2020 and will make all subsequent annual payments in the first quarter of the year beginning in January 2021.
The license agreement will remain in effect, unless earlier terminated by the parties in accordance with the agreement, until the last of the licensed patents expires in 2037 (or later, if certain licensed patent applications are issued). However, if the Company is still using the licensed Mayo know-how or certain Mayo-provided biological specimens or their derivatives on such expiration date, the term shall continue until the earlier of the date the Company stops using such know-how and materials and the date that is five years after the last licensed patent expires. The license agreement contains customary termination provisions and permits Mayo to terminate the license agreement if the Company sues Mayo or its affiliates, other than any such suit claiming an uncured material breach by Mayo of the license agreement.
In addition to granting the Company a license to the covered Mayo intellectual property, Mayo provides the Company with product development and research and development assistance pursuant to the license agreement and other collaborative arrangements. In September 2020, Mayo also agreed to make available certain personnel to provide such assistance through January 2025. In connection with this collaboration, the Company incurred charges of $0.9 million and $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company incurred charges of $2.8 million and $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The charges incurred in connection with this collaboration are recorded in research and development expenses in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.
Epic Sciences
In June 2016, Genomic Health (now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) entered into a collaboration agreement with Epic Sciences, which was superseded and replaced in March 2019 by a license agreement and laboratory services agreement with Epic Sciences, under which Genomic Health was granted exclusive distribution rights to commercialize Epic Sciences’ AR-V7 Nucleus Detect test in the United States, which is marketed as Oncotype DX AR-V7 Nucleus Detect. The Company has primary responsibility, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, for marketing and promoting the test, order fulfillment, billing and collections of receivables, claims appeals, customer support, and providing and maintaining order management systems for the test. Epic Sciences is responsible for performing all tests, performing studies including analytic and clinical validation studies, and seeking Medicare coverage and a Medicare payment rate from the CMS for the test. The license and laboratory service agreement has a term of ten years from June 2016, unless terminated earlier under certain circumstances. The Oncotype DX AR-V7 Nucleus Detect test became commercially available in February 2018. The Company recognizes revenues for the test performed under this arrangement and Epic Sciences receives a fee per test performed that represents the fair market value for the testing services they perform.
Biocartis N.V.
In September 2017, Genomic Health entered into an exclusive license and development agreement with Biocartis, a molecular diagnostics company based in Belgium, to develop and commercialize an IVD version of the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score test on the Biocartis Idylla platform. Under the terms of the license and development agreement, the Company has an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-bearing license to develop and commercialize an IVD version of the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score test on the Biocartis Idylla platform, and an option to expand the collaboration to include additional tests in oncology and urology. The Company has primary responsibility for developing, validating and obtaining regulatory authorizations and registrations for IVD Oncotype DX tests to be performed on the Idylla platform. The Company is also responsible for manufacturing and commercialization activities with respect to such tests.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Pursuant to the license and development agreement, Genomic Health recorded a one-time upfront license and option fee of $3.2 million. In December 2017, Genomic Health purchased 270,000 ordinary shares of Biocartis, a public company listed on the Euronext exchange, for a total cost of $4.0 million. This investment was subject to a lock-up agreement that expired in December 2018. The investment has been recognized at fair value, which the Company estimated to be $1.4 million and $1.7 million as of September 30, 2017, aggregated2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, and is included in marketable securities on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Under a November 2018 addendum to the license and development agreement, the Company exercised its option to expand the collaboration to include tests in urology and obtained a right of first refusal to add a test for the non-invasive detection of prostate cancer in a pre-biopsy setting.
Additional terms of the license and development agreement and the addendum include the Company’s obligation to pay Biocartis (i) an aggregate of €2.5 million in cash upon achievement of certain milestones, (ii) €2.0 million for the expansion of the collaboration to include additional tests in oncology, and (iii) certain royalties based primarily on the future sales volumes of the Company’s tests performed on the Idylla platform.
The Company is currently in discussions with Biocartis to terminate the agreements. The outcome of these discussions is not determinable at this time. Refer to Note 5 for further information regarding Biocartis.

(8) PFIZER PROMOTION AGREEMENT
In August 2018, the Company entered into a Promotion Agreement (the “Original Promotion Agreement”) with Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”), which was amended and restated in October 2020 (the “Restated Promotion Agreement”). The Restated Promotion Agreement extends the relationship between the Company and Pfizer and restructures the manner in which the Company compensates Pfizer for promotion of Cologuard through a service fee, and provision of certain other sales and marketing services related to Cologuard. The Restated Promotion Agreement also includes additional fixed and performance-related fees, some of which retroactively go into effect on April 1, 2020. All payments to Pfizer are recorded in sales and marketing in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company incurred charges of $15.8 million and $15.8 million for promotion, sales and marketing services performed by investment categoryPfizer on behalf of the Company during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company incurred charges of $57.6 million and $49.8 million for promotion, sales and marketing services performed by Pfizer on behalf of the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Under the Original Promotion Agreement, the service fee was calculated based on incremental gross profits over specified baselines during the term. The Company incurred charges of $16.0 million and $54.5 million for this service fee during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019. Under the Restated Promotion Agreement, the service fee was revised to a fee-for-service model, and includes certain fixed fees and performance-related bonuses. The Company incurred charges of $18.0 million and $37.5 million for the service fee during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. The Company will also pay Pfizer royalties for Cologuard related revenues over specified thresholds during the last year of the term of the Restated Promotion Agreement. The term of the Restated Promotion Agreement runs through December 31, 2022.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
(9) STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
In July 2020, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “Certificate of Amendment”) to its Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 200 million to 400 million shares. The Certificate of Amendment was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting in July 2020.
Convertible Notes Settlement Stock Issuance
In March 2019, the Company used cash of $494.1 million and an aggregate of 2.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $182.4 million for total consideration of $676.5 million to settle $493.4 million of the 2025 convertible notes. Refer to Note 15 for further discussion of this settlement transaction.
Genomic Health Combination Stock Issuance
In November 2019, the Company completed the combination with Genomic Health in a cash and stock transaction valued at $2.5 billion. Of the $2.5 billion purchase price, $1.4 billion was settled through the issuance of 17.0 million shares of common stock. The Company incurred $0.4 million in stock issuance costs as part of the transaction. Refer to Note 16 for further discussion of the consideration transferred as part of the combination with Genomic Health.
Paradigm and Viomics Acquisition Stock Issuance
In March 2020, the Company completed the acquisitions of Paradigm and Viomics. The purchase price for these acquisitions consisted of cash and stock valued at $40.4 million. Of the $40.4 million purchase price, $32.2 million is expected to be settled through the issuance of 0.4 million shares of common stock. Of the $32.2 million that will be settled through the issuance of common stock, $28.8 million was issued as of September 30, 2020, and the remainder was withheld and may become issuable as additional merger consideration on June 3, 2021 subject to the terms and conditions of the acquisition agreements.
Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The amount recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were as follows:
(In thousands)Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on Marketable
Securities
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Balance at December 31, 2019$(25)$(75)$(100)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications1,159 1,159 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss25 25 
Net current period change in accumulated other comprehensive loss25 1,159 1,184 
Balance at September 30, 2020$$1,084 $1,084 
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
The amounts recognized in AOCI for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 were as follows:
(In thousands)Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on Marketable
Securities
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Balance at December 31, 2018$(25)$(1,397)$(1,422)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications815 815 
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss616 616 
Net current period change in accumulated other comprehensive loss, before tax1,431 1,431 
Income tax expense related to items of other comprehensive income(341)(341)
Balance at September 30, 2019$(25)$(307)$(332)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:
Affected Line Item in the
Statements of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30,
Details about AOCI Components (In thousands)20202019
Change in value of available-for-sale investments
Sales and maturities of available-for-sale investmentsInvestment income, net$$616 
Foreign currency adjustmentGeneral and administrative25 
Total reclassifications$25 $616 

(10) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
Stock-Based Compensation Plans
The Company maintains the 2010 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective July 27, 2017), the 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan, the 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the 2016 Inducement Award Plan and the 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Stock Plans”).
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The Company records stock-based compensation expense in connection with the amortization of restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards (“RSUs”), stock purchase rights granted under the Company’s employee stock purchase plan and stock options granted to employees, non-employee consultants and non-employee directors. The Company recorded $41.5 million and $24.3 million in stock-based compensation expense during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company recorded $111.1 million and $60.7 million in stock-based compensation expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
In February 2019, the Company issued performance-based equity awards to certain employees which vest upon the achievement of certain performance goals, including financial performance targets and operational milestones. Determining the appropriate amount to expense based on the anticipated achievement of the stated goals requires judgment, including forecasting future financial results. The estimate of the timing of the expense recognition is revised periodically based on the probability of achieving the goals and adjustments are made as appropriate. The cumulative impact of any revision is reflected in the period of the change. If the financial performance targets and operational milestones are not achieved, the award would not vest, so no compensation cost would be recognized and any previously recognized stock-based compensation expense would be reversed.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
In June 2020, the Company modified certain of the operational milestones within the outstanding performance-based equity awards, which were not deemed to have an impact on vesting and 0 incremental stock-based compensation expense was recorded for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020. This modification impacted awards held by 36 employees.
In connection with the combination with Genomic Health, the Company accelerated the vesting of shares of previously unvested stock options and restricted stock units for employees with qualifying termination events. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company accelerated 0 shares and 43,480 shares of previously unvested stock options, respectively, and 9,786 shares and 38,600 shares of previously unvested restricted stock units, respectively, and recognized the additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $0.3 million and $4.2 million, respectively, for the accelerated awards.
As a result of workforce reductions in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company accelerated the vesting of previously unvested stock options and restricted stock units for employees that were terminated. The Company accelerated 708 shares of previously unvested stock options and 33,123 shares of previously unvested restricted stock units, and recognized the additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $1.8 million for the accelerated awards.
In connection with the termination in August 2020 of two former Genomic Health employees, the Company accelerated the vesting of 34,619 shares of previously unvested stock options and 6,836 shares of previously unvested restricted stock units as a result of the former employees experiencing a deemed “qualifying termination” under the terms of the merger agreement between the Company and Genomic Health. During the three months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded non-cash stock-based compensation of $1.6 million for the accelerated awards. The previously unvested stock options and restricted stock units were converted awards held by the former employees prior to the combination with Genomic Health in November 2019.
In addition, the former employees held awards that were granted subsequent to the combination with Genomic Health that were modified as part of severance agreements with the Company to vest upon separation from service. The former employees will continue to provide consulting services to the Company for a fixed period, but those services were determined to be non-substantive, and therefore the unvested restricted stock units, excluding certain awards that were cancelled pursuant to the severance agreements, were fully expensed in the third quarter of 2020. 36,250 shares of previously unvested restricted stock units were expensed, and the Company recognized the additional non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $2.4 million in the third quarter of 2020.
Determining Fair Value
Valuation and Recognition – The fair value of each service-based option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of service-based awards for each restricted stock unit award is determined on the date of grant using the closing stock price on that day. The estimated fair value of these awards is recognized to expense using the straight-line method over the vesting period. For awards that vest when a performance condition is achieved, the Company performs an evaluation of internal and external factors to determine the number of shares that are most likely to vest based on the probability of what performance conditions will be met. The Black-Scholes pricing model utilizes the following assumptions:
Expected Term – Expected life of an option award is the average length of time that individual securities have been inover which the Company expects employees will exercise their options, which is based on historical experience with similar grants. Expected life of a continuous unrealized loss position:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

12 months or greater

 

Total

 

(In thousands)

    

 

Fair Value

    

 

Gross Unrealized Loss

    

 

Fair Value

    

 

Gross Unrealized Loss

    

 

Fair Value

    

 

Gross Unrealized Loss

 

Marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

131,782

 

$

(70)

 

$

14,717

 

$

(10)

 

$

146,499

 

$

(80)

 

Asset backed securities

 

 

93,585

 

 

(56)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

93,585

 

 

(56)

 

Commercial paper

 

 

5,458

 

 

(1)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

5,458

 

 

(1)

 

U.S. government agency securities

 

 

64,869

 

 

(103)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

64,869

 

 

(103)

 

Total

 

$

295,694

 

$

(230)

 

$

14,717

 

$

(10)

 

$

310,411

 

$

(240)

 

market measure-based award is based on the applicable performance period.

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Expected Volatility - Expected volatility is based on the Company’s historical stock volatility data over the expected term of the awards.

Risk-Free Interest Rate - The Company bases the risk-free interest rate on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with an equivalent expected term.
Forfeitures - The Company recognizes forfeitures as they occur.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

The fair value of each option is based on the assumptions in the following summarizes contractual underlying maturitiestable:

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Option Plan Shares
Risk-free interest rates(1)(1)0.11% - 1.47%2.54% - 2.59%
Expected term (in years)(1)(1)0.25 - 6.156.28
Expected volatility(1)(1)44.19% - 77.51%64.95% - 65.00%
Dividend yield(1)(1)0%0%
Weighted average fair value per share of options granted during the period(1)(1)$58.57$57.11
ESPP Shares
Risk-free interest rates(2)(2)0.12% - 0.2%2.31% - 2.44%
Expected term (in years)(2)(2)0.5 - 20.5 - 2
Expected volatility(2)(2)63.7% - 89.0%55.0% - 58.0%
Dividend yield(2)(2)0%0%
Weighted average fair value per share of stock purchase rights granted during the period(2)(2)$30.60$35.91
______________
(1)The Company did not grant options under its 2010 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan or 2019 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan during the period indicated.​
(2)The Company did not issue stock purchase rights under its 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan during the period indicated.

Stock Option, Restricted Stock, and Restricted Stock Unit Activity
A summary of stock option activity under the Stock Plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is as follows:
OptionsSharesWeighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term(Years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value(1)
(Aggregate intrinsic value in thousands)
Outstanding, January 1, 20202,700,293 $34.01 6.7
Granted309,143 97.66 
Exercised(509,335)30.34 
Forfeited(71,364)82.76 
Outstanding, September 30, 20202,428,737 $41.45 6.3$146,939 
Exercisable, September 30, 20201,577,785 $26.96 5.4$118,314 
______________
(1)The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was $29.0 million and $41.7 million, respectively, determined as of the Company’s available-for-sale investments in debt securities atdate of exercise.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
A summary of restricted stock and restricted stock unit activity under the Stock Plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2017:

2020 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due one year or less

 

Due after one year through four years

(In thousands)

    

 

Cost

    

 

Fair Value

 

 

Cost

    

 

Fair Value

Marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds

 

$

138,989

 

$

138,964

 

$

74,069

 

$

74,041

U.S. government agency securities

 

 

50,016

 

 

49,928

 

 

14,956

 

 

14,941

Commercial paper

 

 

20,894

 

 

20,895

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

Certificates of deposit

 

 

9,801

 

 

9,802

 

 

1,999

 

 

2,000

Asset backed securities

 

 

17,617

 

 

17,612

 

 

83,550

 

 

83,501

Total

 

$

237,317

 

$

237,201

 

$

174,574

 

$

174,483

Restricted
Shares and RSUs
Weighted
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Outstanding, January 1, 20204,384,005 $63.41 
Granted2,166,913 90.94 
Released(1,615,545)48.97 
Forfeited(280,899)80.67 
Outstanding, September 30, 20204,654,474 $80.10 

(6)

As of September 30, 2020, there was $285.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under all equity compensation plans. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a weighted average period of 2.8 years.

(11) NEW MARKET TAX CREDIT

As more fully described in the 2016 Form 10-K, during

During the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company received approximately $2.4 million in net proceeds from financing agreements related to working capital and capital improvements at one1 of its Madison, Wisconsin facilities. This financing arrangement was structured with an unrelated third partythird-party financial institution (the “Investor”), an investment fund, and its majority owned community development entity in connection with the Company’s participation in transactions qualified under the federal New Markets Tax Credit (“NMTC”) program, pursuant to Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The $2.4 millionCompany is required to be in compliance through December 2021 with various regulations and contractual provisions that apply to the NMTC arrangement. Noncompliance with applicable requirements could result in the Investor’s projected tax benefits not being realized and, therefore, require the Company to indemnify the Investor for any loss or recapture of NMTC related to the financing until such time as the recapture provisions have expired under the applicable statute of limitations. The Company does not anticipate any credit recapture will be required in connection with this financing arrangement.
The Investor and its majority owned community development entity are considered Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”) and the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIEs. This conclusion was recorded in Other Long-Term Liabilitiesreached based on the consolidated balance sheets. The benefitfollowing:
the ongoing activities of this net $2.4 million contribution will be recognized asthe VIEs — collecting and remitting interest and fees and NMTC compliance — were all considered in the initial design and are not expected to significantly affect performance throughout the life of the VIE;
contractual arrangements obligate the Company to comply with NMTC rules and regulations and provide various other guarantees to the Investor and community development entity;
the Investor lacks a decreasematerial interest in expenses,the underlying economics of the project; and
the Company is obligated to absorb losses of the VIEs.
Because the Company is the primary beneficiary of the VIEs, they have been included in costthe consolidated financial statements. There are no other assets, liabilities or transactions in these VIEs outside of sales,the financing transactions executed as the Company amortizes the contribution liability over the seven-year compliance period as it is being earned through the Company’s on-going compliance with the conditionspart of the NMTC program.arrangement.

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(12) DEBT
Construction Loan Agreement
During December 2017, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Fifth Third Bank (formerly MB Financial Bank, N.A.) (the “Construction Loan Agreement”), which provides the Company with a non-revolving construction loan (the “Construction Loan”) of $25.6 million. The Company has recorded $0.1is using the Construction Loan proceeds to finance the construction of an additional clinical laboratory and related facilities in Madison, Wisconsin. The Construction Loan is collateralized by the additional clinical laboratory and related facilities.
Pursuant to the Construction Loan Agreement, funds drawn will bear interest at a rate equal to the sum of the 1-month LIBOR rate plus 2.25 percent. Regular monthly payments are interest-only for the first 24 months, with further payments based on a 20-year amortization schedule. Amounts borrowed pursuant to the Construction Loan Agreement may be prepaid at any time without penalty. The maturity date of the Construction Loan Agreement is December 10, 2022.
In November 2017, Fifth Third Bank, on behalf of the Company, issued an Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit in the amount of $0.6 million in favor of the City of Madison, Wisconsin (the “City Letter of Credit”). The City Letter of Credit is deemed to have been issued pursuant to the Construction Loan Agreement. The amount of the City Letter of Credit will reduce, dollar for dollar, the amount available for borrowing under the Construction Loan Agreement.
As a condition to Fifth Third’s initial advance of loan proceeds under the Construction Loan Agreement, the Company was required to first invest at least $16.4 million of its own cash into the construction project. The Company fulfilled its required initial investment and made its first draw on the Construction Loan in June 2018. In December 2019, the Company began making monthly payments towards the outstanding principal balance plus accrued interest. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the outstanding balance was $24.1 million and $0.3$25.0 million, respectively, including $0.7 million of interest incurred, which is accrued for as an interest reserve and represents a decreaseportion of expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively. At September 30, 2017, the remaining balance of $1.4 million is included in Other Long-Term Liabilities.loan balance. The Company recorded $0.1capitalized the $0.7 million and $0.3 million as a decrease of expenses forinterest to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively. At September 30, 2016, the remaining balance of $1.8 million was included in Other Long-Term Liabilities.construction project. The Company incurred approximately $0.2 million of debt issuance costs related to the above transactions,Construction Loan, which are recorded as a direct deduction from the liability. The debt issuance costs are being amortized over the life of the agreements.

(7) LONG-TERM DEBT

DuringConstruction Loan.

The Construction Loan Agreement was amended effective June 2015,30, 2020 to include a financial covenant to maintain a minimum liquidity of $250 million and remove the minimum tangible net worth covenant. As of September 30, 2020, the Company is in compliance with the covenant included in the amended agreement.
Tax Increment Financing Loan Agreements
The Company entered into a $5.1 million credit agreement2 separate Tax Increment Financing Loan Agreements (“TIFs”) in February 2019 and June 2019 with an unrelated third-party financial institution to finance the purchaseCity of a facility located in Madison, Wisconsin. The credit agreementTIFs provide for $4.6 million of financing in the aggregate. In return for the loans, the Company is collateralized byobligated to create and maintain 500 full-time jobs over a five-year period, starting on the acquired building.

Borrowings underdate of occupancy of the credit agreement bear interest at 4.15%. buildings constructed. In the event that the job creation goals are not met, the Company would be required to pay a penalty.

The Company made interest-only payments onrecords the outstanding principal balance forearned financial incentives as the full-time equivalent positions are filled. The amount earned is recorded as a liability and amortized as a reduction of operating expenses over a two-year period, between July 12, 2015 and September 12, 2015. Beginning on October 12, 2015 and continuingwhich is the timeframe when the TIFs will be repaid through May 12,property taxes.
By the end of 2019, the Company is required to make monthly principalhad earned and interest paymentsreceived payment of $31,000. The final principal$4.6 million from the City of Madison. As of September 30, 2020 and interest payment due on the maturity date of June 12,December 31, 2019, is $4.4 million.

Additionally, the Company has recorded $73,000a liability of $ $0.3 million and $2.7 million, respectively, in mortgage issuance costs, which are recorded as a direct deduction fromother current liabilities on the mortgage liability. The issuance costs are being amortized through June 12, 2019. The Company has recorded $4,000 and $13,000 in amortization of mortgage issuance costs for eachCompany’s condensed consolidated balance sheets, reflecting when the expected benefit of the threefinancial benefits amortization will reduce future operating expenses.


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(13) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Leases
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information related to the Company’s cash and non-cash activities with its leases are as follows:
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
(In thousands)20202019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases$12,827 $3,744 
Operating cash flows from finance leases125 
Finance cash flows from finance leases620 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities (1)13,662 20,147 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new finance lease liabilities17,420 
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(1)For the nine months ended September 30, 20172019, this includes right-of-use assets obtained from the initial adoption of ASC 842 of approximately $17.9 million.
As of September 30, 2020 and 2016.

(8)December 31, 2019, the Company’s right-of-use assets from operating leases are $129.8 million and $126.4 million, respectively, which are reported in operating lease right-of-use assets in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2020, the Company has outstanding operating lease obligations of $134.7 million, of which $10.7 million is reported in operating lease liabilities, current portion and $124.0 million is reported in operating lease liabilities, less current portion in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had outstanding operating lease obligations of $126.6 million, of which $7.9 million is reported in operating lease liabilities, current portion and $118.7 million is reported in operating lease liabilities, less current portion in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company calculates its incremental borrowing rates for specific lease terms, used to discount future lease payments, as a function of the U.S. Treasury rate and an indicative Moody’s rating for operating leases. The Company’s weighted average discount rate and weighted average lease term remaining on operating lease liabilities is approximately 6.83% and 8.95 years, respectively.

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company’s right-of-use assets from finance leases are $16.9 million and $0.3 million, respectively, which are reported in other long-term assets, net in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of September 30, 2020, the Company has outstanding finance lease obligations of $16.9 million, of which $4.0 million is reported in other current liabilities and $12.9 million is reported in other long-term liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had outstanding finance lease obligations of $0.2 million, of which $32,000 is reported in other current liabilities and $0.2 million is reported in other long-term liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company calculates its incremental borrowing rates for specific lease terms, used to discount future lease payments, as a function of the U.S. Treasury rate and an indicative Moody’s rating for finance leases. The Company’s weighted average discount rate and weighted average lease term remaining on finance lease liabilities is approximately 5.87% and 3.86 years, respectively
Legal Matters
The Company is currently responding to civil investigative demands initiated by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) concerning (1) Genomic Health’s compliance with the Medicare Date of Service billing regulations and (2) allegations that the Company offered or gave gift cards to patients in exchange for returning the Cologuard screening test, in violation of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act. The Company has
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been cooperating with these inquires and has produced documents in response thereto. Adverse outcomes from these investigations could include the Company being required to pay treble damages, incur civil and criminal penalties, paying attorneys' fees, entering into a corporate integrity agreement, being excluded from participation in government healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, and other adverse actions that could materially and adversely affect the Company's business, financial condition and results of operation.
The DOJ's investigations are still in process and the scope and outcome of the investigations is not determinable at this time. Refer to the Company’s 2019 Form 10-K for additional information on the Company's fair value determination of the pre-acquisition loss contingency related to the Genomic Health investigation. There can be no assurance that any settlement, resolution, or other outcome of these matters during any subsequent reporting period will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or cash flows for that period or on the Company’s financial position.​

(14) WISCONSIN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDITS

During the first quarter of 2015, the Company entered into an agreement with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (“WEDC”) to earn $9.0 million in refundable tax credits ifon the condition that the Company expends $26.3 million in capital investments and establishes and maintains 758 full-time positions in the state of Wisconsin over a seven-year period. The tax credits earned are first applied against the tax liability otherwise due, and if there is no such liability present, the claim for tax credits will be reimbursed in cash to the Company. The maximum amount of the

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refundable tax credit to be earned for each year is fixed, and the Company earns the credits by meeting certain capital investment and job creation thresholds over the seven-year period. Should the Company earn and receive the job creation tax credits but not maintain those full-time positions through the end of the agreement, the Company may be required to pay those credits back to the WEDC.

The Company records the earned tax credits as job creation and capital investments occur. The amount of tax credits earned is recorded as a liability and amortized as a reduction of operating expenses over the expected period of benefit. The tax credits earned from capital investment are recognized as an offset to depreciation expense over the expected life of the acquired capital assets. The tax credits earned related to job creation are recognized as an offset to operational expenses over the life of the agreement, as the Company is required to maintain the minimum level of full-time positions through the seven-year period.

As of September 30, 2017,2020, the Company has earned $6.4all $9.0 million of the refundable tax credits and has received payment of $1.1$5.9 million from the WEDC. The unpaid portion is $5.3$3.1 million, of which $1.3$1.6 million is reported in prepaid expenses and other current assets and $4.0$1.5 million is reported in other long-term assets, reflecting when collection of the refundable tax credits is expected to occur. As of September 30, 2017,2020, the Company also has recorded a $1.5$0.5 million liability in other short-termcurrent liabilities, and a $3.1 million liability in other long-term liabilities, reflectingwhich reflects when the expected benefit of the tax credit amortization will reduce future operating expenses.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2020, the Company amortized $0.3$0.6 million and $0.9$1.7 million, respectively, of the tax credits earned as a reduction of operating expenses. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016,2019, the Company amortized $0.2$0.6 million and $0.5$1.8 million, respectively, of the tax credits earned as a reduction of operating expenses.

(9) ISSUANCE OF EQUITY

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(15) CONVERTIBLE NOTES
Convertible note obligations included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets consisted of the following:
(In thousands)Coupon Interest RateEffective Interest
Rate
Fair Value of Liability Component at
Issuance (1)
September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
2028 Convertible notes0.375%5.2%$790,608 $1,150,000 $
2027 Convertible notes0.375%6.3%472,501 747,500 747,500 
2025 Convertible notes1.000%6.0%227,103 315,049 415,049 
Total Convertible notes2,212,549 1,162,549 
Less: Debt discount (2)(628,820)(342,463)
Less: Debt issuance costs (3)(28,762)(16,481)
Net convertible debt$1,554,967 $803,605 
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(1)As each of the convertible instruments may be settled in cash upon conversion, for accounting purposes, they were separated into a liability component and an equity component. The amount allocated to the equity component is the difference between the principal value of the instrument and the fair value of the liability component at issuance. The resulting debt discount is being amortized to interest expense at the respective effective interest rate over the contractual term of the debt. A portion of the 2025 Convertible Notes have been extinguished or converted. The fair value of the liability component at issuance reflected above represents the liability value at issuance for the applicable portion of the 2025 Notes which remain outstanding at September 30, 2020. The fair value of the liability component of the 2025 Notes at issuance was $654.8 million with the equity component being $267.9 million.
(2)The unamortized discount consists of the following:​
(In thousands)September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
2028 Convertible notes$337,968 $
2027 Convertible notes232,038 253,340 
2025 Convertible notes58,814 89,123 
Total unamortized discount$628,820 $342,463 
(3)Debt issuance costs consists of the following:​
(In thousands)September 30, 2020December 31, 2019
2028 Convertible notes$15,569 $
2027 Convertible notes9,168 10,251 
2025 Convertible notes4,025 6,230 
Total debt issuance costs$28,762 $16,481 
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Issuances and Settlements​
In January 2018, the Company completedissued and sold $690.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 1.0% Convertible Notes (the “January 2025 Notes”) with a maturity date of January 15, 2025. The January 2025 Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of 1.0% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2018. The net proceeds from the issuance of the January 2025 Notes were approximately $671.1 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses payable by the Company.​
In June 2018, the Company issued and sold an underwritten publicadditional $218.5 million in aggregate principal amount of 1.0% Convertible Notes (the “June 2025 Notes”). The June 2025 Notes were issued under the same indenture pursuant to which the Company previously issued the January 2025 Notes (the “Indenture”). The January 2025 Notes and the June 2025 Notes (collectively, the “2025 Notes”) have identical terms (including the same January 15, 2025 maturity date) and will be treated as a single series of securities. The net proceeds from the issuance of the June 2025 Notes were approximately $225.3 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses payable by the Company.​
In March 2019, the Company issued and sold $747.5 million in aggregate principal amount of 7,000,0000.375% Convertible Notes (the “2027 Notes”) with a maturity date of March 15, 2027. The 2027 Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of 0.375% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2019. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2027 Notes were approximately $729.5 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses payable by the Company.​
The Company utilized a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the 2027 Notes to settle a portion of the 2025 Notes in privately negotiated transactions. In March 2019, the Company used cash of $494.1 million and an aggregate of 2.2 million shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $182.4 million for total consideration of $676.5 million to settle $493.4 million of the 2025 Notes, of which $375.0 million was allocated to the liability component, $300.8 million was allocated to the equity component, and $0.7 million was used to pay off interest accrued on the 2025 Notes. The consideration transferred was allocated to the liability and equity components of the 2025 Notes using the equivalent rate that reflected the borrowing rate for a similar non-convertible debt instrument immediately prior to settlement. The transaction resulted in a loss on settlement of convertible notes of $10.6 million, which is recorded in interest expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations. The loss represents the difference between (i) the fair value of the liability component and (ii) the sum of the carrying value of the debt component and any unamortized debt issuance costs at the time of repurchase.
In February 2020, the Company issued and sold $1,150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 0.375% Convertible Notes (the “2028 Notes” and, collectively with the 2025 Notes and the 2027 Notes, the “Notes”) with a maturity date of March 1, 2028. The 2028 Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of 0.375% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2020. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 2028 Notes were approximately $1,125.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the offering expenses payable by the Company.​
In February 2020, the Company used $150.1 million of the proceeds from the issuance of the 2028 Notes to settle $100.0 million of the 2025 Notes, of which $85.5 million was allocated to the liability component, $64.2 million, net of a tax impact of $0.3 million, was allocated to the equity component, and $0.1 million was used to pay off interest accrued on the 2025 Notes. The consideration transferred was allocated to the liability and equity components of the 2025 Notes using the equivalent rate that reflected the borrowing rate for a similar non-convertible debt instrument immediately prior to settlement. The transaction resulted in a loss on settlement of convertible notes of $8.0 million, which is recorded in interest expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations. The loss represents the difference between (i) the fair value of the liability component and (ii) the sum of the carrying value of the debt component and any unamortized debt issuance costs at the time of repurchase.​
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Summary of Conversion Features​
Until the six-months immediately preceding the maturity date of the applicable series of Notes, each series of Notes is convertible only upon the occurrence of certain events and during certain periods, as set forth in the Indentures. The Notes will be convertible into cash, shares of the Company’s common stock (plus, if applicable, cash in lieu of any fractional share), or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s election. On or after the date that is six-months immediately preceding the maturity date of the applicable series of Notes until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, holders may convert such Notes at any time.
It is the Company’s intent and policy to settle all conversions through combination settlement. The initial conversion rate is 13.26, 8.96, and 8.21 shares of common stock at aper $1,000 principal amount for the 2025 Notes, 2027 Notes, and 2028 Notes, respectively, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $75.43, $111.66, and $121.84 per share of the Company’s common stock for the 2025 Notes, 2027 Notes, and 2028 Notes, respectively. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the publicoccurrence of $35.00 per share. On June 26, 2017,certain specified events but will not be adjusted for accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, holders of the underwriters partially exercisedNotes who convert their over-allotment optionNotes in connection with a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the offeringIndenture), will, under certain circumstances, be entitled to an increase in the conversion rate.​
If the Company undergoes a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Indenture), holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of their Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and purchased an additional 450,000unpaid interest.​
Based on the closing price of our common stock of $101.95 on September 30, 2020, the if-converted values on our 2025 Notes exceed the principal amount by $110.8 million and the 2027 Notes and 2028 Notes do not exceed the principal amount.​
Ranking of Convertible Notes
The Notes are the Company’s senior unsecured obligations and (i) rank senior in right of payment to all of its future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; equal in right of payment to all of the Company’s future liabilities that are not so subordinated, unsecured indebtedness; (ii) are effectively junior to all of our existing and future secured indebtedness and other secured obligations, to the extent of the value of the assets securing that indebtedness and other secured obligations; and (iii) are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries.​
While the Notes are currently classified on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2020 as long-term, the future convertibility and resulting balance sheet classification of this liability will be monitored at each quarterly reporting date and will be analyzed dependent upon market prices of the Company’s common stock during the prescribed measurement periods. In the event that the holders of the Notes have the election to convert the Notes at any time during the prescribed measurement period, the Notes would then be considered a current obligation and classified as such.​
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The Company allocates total transaction costs of the Notes to the liability and equity components based on their relative values. Transaction costs attributable to the liability component are amortized to interest expense over the term of the Notes, and transaction costs attributable to the equity component are netted with the equity component in stockholders’ equity. The following table summarizes the original transaction costs at the time of issuance for each set of Notes and the respective allocation to the liability and equity components:
(In thousands)January 2025 NotesJune 2025 Notes2027 Notes2028 Notes
Transaction costs allocated to:
Liability component$13,569 $5,052 $11,395 $16,811 
Equity component5,340 2,311 6,632 7,642 
Total transaction costs$18,909 $7,363 $18,027 $24,453 
The Notes do not contain any financial or operating covenants or any restrictions on the payment of dividends, the issuance of other indebtedness or the issuance or repurchase of securities by the Company.​
Interest expense includes the following:​
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands)2020201920202019
Debt issuance costs amortization$1,123 $658 $3,084 $1,989 
Debt discount amortization19,461 10,322 52,138 28,789 
Loss on settlement of convertible notes7,954 10,558 
Coupon interest expense2,567 1,739 7,065 5,585 
Total interest expense on convertible notes23,151 12,719 70,241 46,921 
Other interest expense431 490 1,406 990 
Total interest expense$23,582 $13,209 $71,647 $47,911 
The remaining period over which the unamortized debt discount will be recognized as non-cash interest expense is 7.42, 6.46, and 4.30 years for the 2028 Notes, 2027 Notes, and 2025 Notes, respectively.

(16) BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc. and Viomics, Inc.
On March 3, 2020, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Paradigm and Viomics, two related party companies of one another headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, in transactions that are deemed to be a single business combination in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations, (“the Paradigm Acquisition”). Paradigm provides comprehensive genomic-based profiling tests that assist in the diagnosis and therapy recommendations for late-stage cancer. Viomics provides a platform for identification of biomarkers.
The Company entered into this acquisition to enhance its product portfolio in cancer diagnostics and to enhance its capabilities for biomarker identification.
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The acquisition date fair value of the consideration to be transferred for Paradigm and Viomics was $40.4 million which consists of $32.2 million payable in shares of the Company’s common stock and $8.2 million which was settled through a cash payment. Of the $32.2 million to be settled through the issuance of common stock, at a$28.8 million was issued as of September 30, 2020, and the remaining $3.4 million, which was withheld and may become payable as additional merger consideration, is included in other current liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2020. The purchase price was allocated to the publicunderlying assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values at the date of $35.00 per share. acquisition as follows:
(In thousands)
Net operating assets$5,373 
Goodwill30,431 
Developed technology7,800 
Net operating liabilities(3,203)
Total purchase price$40,401 
The fair value of identifiable intangible assets has been determined using the income approach, which involves significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 inputs). These inputs include projected sales, margin, weighted average cost of capital and tax rate.
Developed technology represents purchased technology that had reached technological feasibility and for which development had been completed as of the acquisition date. Fair value was determined using future discounted cash flows related to the projected income stream of the developed technology for a discrete projection period. Cash flows were discounted to their present value as of the closing date. Developed technology is amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life of 15 years.
The calculation of the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the tangible net assets and intangible assets acquired was recorded to goodwill, which is primarily attributed to the assembled workforce, and expected synergies. The total goodwill related to this acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.
The Company received,agreed to issue to the previous investors in Viomics equity interests with an acquisition-date fair value of up to $8.4 million in Viomics, vesting over 4 years based on certain retention arrangements. Payment is contingent upon continued employment with the Company over the four year vesting period and is recognized as stock-based compensation expense in general and administrative expense in the aggregate, approximately $253.4 millioncondensed consolidated statement of net proceedsoperations.
The partial year results from the offering, after deducting $7.3operations of Paradigm and Viomics are included in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements and not disclosed separately due to immateriality. Pro forma disclosures have not been included due to immateriality.
Genomic Health, Inc.
On November 8, 2019, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Genomic Health. Genomic Health, headquartered in Redwood City, California, provides genomic-based diagnostic tests that address both the overtreatment and optimal treatment of early and late stage cancer.
The Company entered into this combination to create a leading global cancer diagnostics company and provide a robust platform for continued growth. This combination provides the Company with a commercial presence in more than 90 countries in which the combined company expects to continue to increase adoption of current tests, and to bring new innovative cancer tests to patients around the world.
Refer to the Company’s 2019 10-K for detailed disclosures on the combination, including the fair value of the consideration transferred, purchase price allocation, and goodwill and intangible assets identified in the transaction. During the period ended September 30, 2020, there were no material changes to the purchase price allocation.
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(17) SEGMENT INFORMATION
Management determined that the Company functions as a single operating segment, and thus reports as a single reportable segment. This operating segment is focused on the development and global commercialization of clinical laboratory services allowing healthcare providers and patients to make individualized treatment decisions. Management assessed the discrete financial information routinely reviewed by the Company's Chief Operating Decision Maker, its President and Chief Executive Officer, to monitor the Company's operating performance and support decisions regarding allocation of resources to its operations. Performance is continuously monitored at the consolidated level to timely identify deviations from expected results.
The following table summarizes total revenue from customers by geographic region. Product revenues are attributed to countries based on ship-to location.
Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
(In thousands)2020201920202019
United States$392,120 $218,805 $968,825 $580,718 
Outside of United States16,243 56,227 
Total revenues$408,363 $218,805 $1,025,052 $580,718 
Long-lived assets located in countries outside of the United States are not significant.

(18) INCOME TAXES
The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $4.5 million and an expense of $0.7 million for the underwriting discountthree months ended September 30, 2020 and commissions and other stock issuance costs paid by the Company.

(10) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION

In May 2017, the Company entered into a professional services agreement for recruiting and related services with a firm whose principal is a non-employee director. In accordance with the agreement, the Company is expected to make cash payments totaling up to an aggregate of $0.4 million under the agreement during 2017 and 2018.2019, respectively. The Company incurred chargesrecorded an income tax benefit of $0.1$7.1 million and $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company’s income tax benefit recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.2020, is primarily related to future limitations on and expiration of certain Federal and State deferred tax assets. As a result of these limitations, the recording of a valuation allowance resulted in a deferred tax liability of approximately $21.5 million remaining as of September 30, 2020, which is included in other long-term liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. The Company made payments of $0.1 million and $0.2 million forCompany’s income tax benefit recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.

(11) ACQUISITIONS

On August 1, 2017,2019 was primarily related to the intraperiod tax allocation rules that required the Company acquired all ofto allocate the outstanding equity of Sampleminded, Inc. (“Sampleminded”), the primary operations of which were customized software development for laboratory information systems and clinical information systems, for cash consideration of $3.2 million and 86,357 of the Company’s restricted stock units. Prior to the acquisition, Sampleminded provided certain consulting and software support services to the Company, and it licensed certain software to the Company. The restricted stock units were recorded by the Company as employee stock-based compensation because their vesting is contingent upon continued employment with the Company of certain former stockholders of Sampleminded. The $3.2 million of cash consideration was allocated to the estimated fair market value of the net assets acquired of $0.2 million, including $1.0 million in identifiable intangible assets (comprised of developed technology, customer relationships and non-compete agreements) and a residual amount of goodwill of $2.0 million. The purposes of acquisition were to reduce costs by bringing certain technology and expertise in-house and to prepare for anticipated future growth.

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(12) INCOME TAXES

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of approximately $0.2 million.  After considering the Sampleminded acquisition completed on August 1, 2017 and the related deferred tax liability acquired as part of the acquisition, the projected post-combination results and all available evidence, the Company released $0.2 million of valuation allowance that was previously provided against the Company’s deferred tax assets.  In accordance with ASC 805 740-30-3, the Company recorded this income tax benefit as a discrete item in the tax provision for the third quarterincome taxes between continuing operations and other categories of 2017.earnings. The Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets based on management’s determination that it is more likely than not that the benefit will not be realized.

(13) RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2014,

The Company had $14.4 million and $10.2 million of unrecognized tax benefits at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company does not anticipate a material change to its unrecognized tax benefits over the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2014-9, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), (the “New Revenue Standard”) requiring an entitynext 12 months that would affect its effective tax rate. Unrecognized tax benefits may change during the next 12 months for items that arise in the ordinary course of business.
Accrued interest and penalties related to recognizeunrecognized tax benefits are recognized as part of the amountCompany’s income tax provision in its condensed consolidated statements of revenueoperations. The Company is subject to which it expects to be entitledU.S. federal income tax examinations for the transfertax years 2001 through 2020, state income tax examinations for the tax years 2003 through 2020, and for the years 2014 through 2020 in foreign jurisdictions.

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(19) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In October 2020, the nature, amount, timingCompany and uncertainty of revenuePfizer entered into an Amended and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.Restated Cologuard Promotion Agreement (the “Restated Agreement”), which modifies, and amends and restates in its entirety, the Promotion Agreement effective August 2018. The New Revenue Standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective and permits the use of either the retrospective or modified retrospective method upon adoption. Adoptionterm of the New Revenue StandardRestated Agreement runs until December 31, 2022. The Restated Agreement extends the relationship between the Company and Pfizer and restructures the manner in which the Company compensates Pfizer for promotion of Cologuard and provision of certain other sales and marketing services related to Cologuard. The Company agreed to pay Pfizer specified amounts for each instance Pfizer promotes Cologuard to a healthcare provider that is requiredeligible to prescribe Cologuard, which includes a one-time lump sum payment for the promotion of Cologuard between April 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020. The Company also agreed to pay Pfizer certain bonuses during 2020 and 2021, certain quarterly fees in 2020 and 2021, and a one-time fee in connection with Pfizer securing certain media and advertising for Cologuard for 2022. During the last year of the term of the Restated Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Pfizer a royalty based on Cologuard revenues over a specified threshold. See Note 8 for further discussion on the Promotion Agreement with Pfizer.
On October 26, 2020, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Base Genomics Limited, headquartered in Cambridge, England, for $410.0 million in cash, net of cash received and certain other adjustments. This acquisition was funded with cash on hand and is expected to enhance the Company’s efforts in multi-cancer and colorectal cancer screening, as well as other cancers across the continuum.
On October 26, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the “Thrive Merger Agreement”) with Thrive Earlier Detection Corporation (“Thrive”), which contemplates that, among other things, Thrive will be merged with and into one of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, with the Company’s previously existing subsidiary surviving. Thrive is a healthcare company dedicated to incorporating earlier cancer detection into routine medical care. The Company expects that combining Thrive’s early-stage screening test, CancerSEEK, with the Company’s scientific platform, clinical organization and commercial infrastructure will establish the Company as a leading competitor in blood-based, multi-cancer screening. Under the terms of the Thrive Merger Agreement, Thrive will receive total consideration of $2.2 billion, of which $1.7 billion would be payable at closing, comprised of 35% in cash and 65% in the Company’s common stock. An additional $450.0 million would be payable in cash based upon the achievement of certain milestones related to the development and commercialization of a blood-based, multi-cancer screening test. The Thrive merger was approved by the Company’s board of directors and the board of directors and stockholders of Thrive. The Company currently expects the Thrive merger to close during the first quarter of 2018,2021, subject to customary closing conditions and the Company has not yet selected a transition method. The Company has completed its preliminary evaluation of the potential financial statement impact of the New Revenue Standard on prior and future reporting periods. The Company does not expect material changes to the timing of when the Company recognizes revenue or the method by which the Company measures its single revenue stream, lab service revenue. Further, regarding the contract acquisition cost component of the New Revenue Standard, the Company’s analysis supports use of the practical expedient when recognizing expense related to incremental costs incurred to acquire a contract, as the recovery of such costs is completed in less than one year’s time. Additionally, incremental costs to obtain contracts have been immaterial to date. Accordingly, the Company does not expect any material changes to the timing of when it recognizes expenses related to contract acquisition costs. The Company will continue its evaluation of the New Revenue Standard through the date of adoption.

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), (“Update 2016-02”) which requires recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous GAAP.   The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effects that the adoption of Update 2016-02 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company anticipates that the new guidance will impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements as it has several leases.

In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, (“Update 2016-15”). Current GAAP either is unclear or does not include specific guidance on the eight cash flow classification issues included in the amendments in Update 2016-15. The amendments are an improvement to GAAP because they provide guidance for each of the eight issues, thereby reducing the current and potential future diversity in practice.  The amendments in Update 2016-15 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has evaluated Update 2016-15 and does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its statements of cash flows.

In October 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory, (“Update 2016-16”). This amendment improves the accounting for the income tax consequences of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. Update 2016-16 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of Update 2016-16 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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In October 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Interests Held through Related Parties That Are Under Common Control, (“Update 2016-17”). The amendments in Update 2016-17 change how a reporting entity that is the single decision maker of a variable interest entity should treat indirect interests in the entity held through related parties that are under common control with the reporting entity when determining whether it is the primary beneficiary of that variable interest entity. The amendment is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company adopted this guidance during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The impact of adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows; Restricted Cash, (“Update 2016-18”). Update 2016-18 provides guidance on the classification of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The amendments are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in Update 2016-18 should be adopted on a retrospective basis. The Company does not expect the adoption of this amendment to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements, as the Company does not have restricted cash.

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, (“Update 2017-01”) in an effort to clarify the definition of a business, with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The amendments in Update 2017-01 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is allowed for interim or annual periods for which the financial statements have not been issued or made available for issuance. The Company does not expect the adoption of this amendment to have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2017-03, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, (“Update 2017-03”) which states that an entity should evaluate ASUs that have been issued but not yet adopted to determine the effects of those ASUs on the entity’s financial statements when adopted. If the effect is unknown or cannot be reasonably estimated, then additional qualitative disclosures should be considered, including a description of the effect of the accounting policies that the entity expects to apply, if determined, and a comparison to the entity’s current accounting policies, a description of the status of the entity’s process to implement the new standard and the significant implementation matters yet to be addressed. Transition guidance in certain issued but not yet adopted ASUs was updated to reflect Update 2017-03. Other than enhancements to the qualitative disclosures regarding the future adoption of new ASUs, adoption of Update 2017-03 is not expected to have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, (“Update 2017-04”). Update 2017-04 eliminates Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. Instead, an entity should perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. The update is effective for public business entities for the first interim and annual reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2020 with early adoption permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company has adopted this standard effective January 1, 2017, and will utilize this approach for any interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed in 2017.

In May 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2017-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting, (“Update 2017-09”). Update 2017-09 provides guidance on determining which changes to the terms and conditions of share-based payment awards require an entity to apply modification accounting under Topic 718. The amendments in Update 2017-09 are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in Update 2017-09 should be applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this amendment on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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

Operations​

The following Discussiondiscussion of our financial condition and Analysisresults of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Exact Sciences Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “Exact,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”)operations should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited financial statements and notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016,2019, which has been filed with the SEC (the “2016“2019 Form 10-K”).

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements​

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “goal,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate” or other comparable terms. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q regarding our strategies, prospects, expectations, financial condition, operations, costs, plans, objectives and objectivesthe pending acquisition of Thrive Earlier Detection Corporation (“Thrive”) are forward-looking statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make regarding expected future operating results, anticipated results of our sales, marketing and marketingpatient adherence efforts, expectations concerning payer reimbursement, and the anticipated results of our product development efforts.efforts, the anticipated benefits of the pending acquisition of Thrive, including estimated synergies and other financial impacts, and the expected timing of completion of the transaction. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance.performance or events. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations and assumptions regarding the future of our business, future plans and strategies, projections, anticipated events and trends, the economy and other future conditions. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actualActual results, conditions and financial conditionevents may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results, conditions and financial conditionevents to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: uncertainties associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including its possible effects on our operations, including our supply chain, and the demand for our products and services; our ability to efficiently and flexibly manage our business amid uncertainties related to COVID-19; our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the success of our efforts to facilitate patient access to Cologuard via telehealth; the willingness of health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuardour products and services and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test;such products and services; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screeningfor our products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy;policy relating to the healthcare system, including without limitation as a result of any judicial, executive or legislative action; the effects of changes in healthcare pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services;services and assess potential market opportunities; our ability to effectively enter into and utilize strategic partnerships, such as through our Restated Promotion Agreement with Pfizer, Inc., and acquisitions; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability, and the ability of Thrive and Base Genomics Limited (“Base”), to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable regulations; our ability to manage an international business and our expectations regarding our international expansion and opportunities; the potential effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations and our efforts to hedge such effects; the possibility that the anticipated benefits from our business acquisitions (including the pending acquisition of Thrive and recent acquisition of Base) cannot be realized in full or at all or may take longer to realize than expected; the possibility that costs or difficulties related to the integration of acquired businesses’ (including Thrive’s and Base’s) operations will be greater than expected and the possibility of disruptions to our business during integration efforts and strain on management time and resources; the outcome of any litigation, government investigations, enforcement actions or other legal proceedings; the ability of the
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Company and Thrive to receive the required the required regulatory approvals for the pending merger and to satisfy the conditions to the closing of the transaction on a timely basis or at all; the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of the Company and Thrive to terminate the merger agreement; possible negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the pending acquisition of Thrive or recent acquisition of Base on the market price of our common stock and/or on our and/or Thrive’s or Base’s respective businesses, financial conditions, results of operations and financial performance; significant transaction costs and/or unknown liabilities; risks associated with contracts containing consent and/or other provisions that may be triggered by the pending acquisition of Thrive or the recent acquisition of Base; risks associated with potential transaction-related litigation; the ability of Thrive, Base and the combined company to retain and hire key personnel; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management'sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of the 20162019 Form 10‑K10-K and subsequently filed Quarterly Report(s)Reports on Form 10-Q. WeYou are further cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Overview

Exact Sciences Corporation (together with its subsidiaries, “Exact,” “we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”) is a leading global cancer diagnostics company. We are a molecular diagnostics company currently focused on the early detection and prevention ofhave developed some of the deadliest forms of cancer. We have developed an accurate, non-invasive, patient-friendly screening test called Cologuard for the early detection of colorectalmost impactful brands in cancer and pre-cancer,diagnostics, and we are currently working on the development of additional tests for other types of cancer, with the goal of becoming a leader inbringing new innovative cancer diagnostics.

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Our Cologuard Test

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States (“U.S.”) and the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. among non-smokers. Each yearIn 2020 in the U.S. there are approximately:

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135,000projected to be approximately 148,000 new cases of colorectal cancer

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50,000 deaths from colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer treatment represents a significant, growing healthcare cost. As of 2010, $14 billion was spent annually in the U.S. on colorectal cancer treatment, and the projected annual treatment costs are expected to be $20 billion in 2020. The incidence of colorectal cancer in Medicare patients is expected to riseand 53,000 deaths from 106,000 cases in 2010 to more than 180,000 cases in 2030.

colorectal cancer. It is widely accepted that colorectal cancer is among the most preventable, yet least prevented cancers. Colorectal cancer can take up to 10-15 years to progress from a pre-cancerous lesion to metastatic cancer and death. Patients who are diagnosed early in the progression of the disease—with pre-cancerous lesions or polyps or early-stage cancer—are more likely to have a complete recovery and to be treated less expensively. Accordingly, the American Cancer Society (“ACS”) recommends that all people age 50 and older undergo regular colorectal cancer screening. Of the more than 80 million people in the U.S. for whom routine colorectal cancer screening is recommended, 38 percent have not been screened according to current guidelines. Poor compliance with screening guidelines has meant that nearly two-thirds of colorectal cancer diagnoses are made in the disease’s late stages. The five-year survival rates for stages 3 and 4 are 67 percent and 12 percent, respectively. We believe the large underserved population of unscreened and inadequately screened patients represents a significant opportunity for a patient-friendly screening test.

Our Cologuard test is a non-invasive stool-based DNA (“sDNA”) screening test that utilizes a multi-target approach to detect DNA and hemoglobin biomarkers associated with colorectal cancer and pre-cancer. Eleven biomarkers are targeted that have been shown to be strongly associated with colorectal cancer and pre-cancer. Methylation, mutation, and hemoglobin results are combined in the laboratory analysis through a proprietary algorithm to provide a single positive or negative reportable result.

On August 11, 2014Upon approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approvedin August 2014, Cologuard for use asbecame the first and only FDA-approved sDNA non-invasive colorectal cancer screening test. Cologuard is now indicated for average risk adults 45 years of age and older.

Our original premarket approval submission to the FDA for Cologuard included the results of our pivotal DeeP-C clinical trial that had over 10,000 patients enrolled at 90 sites in the U.S. and Canada. The results of our DeeP-C clinical trial for Cologuard were published in the New England Journal of Medicine in April 2014. The peer-reviewed study, “Multi-target Stool DNA Testing for Colorectal-Cancer Screening,” highlighted the performance of Cologuard in the trial population:

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Cancer Sensitivity: 92%

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Stage I and II Cancer Sensitivity: 94%

Cancer Sensitivity: 92%

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High-Grade Dysplasia Sensitivity: 69%

Stage I and II Cancer Sensitivity: 94%

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Specificity: 87%

High-Grade Dysplasia Sensitivity: 69%

The competitive advantages

Specificity: 87%​​
Our Oncotype DX Tests
With our Oncotype IQ Genomic Intelligence Platform we are applying our world-class scientific and commercial expertise and infrastructure to lead the translation of sDNA screening may provideclinical and genomic data into clinically actionable results for treatment planning throughout the cancer patient's journey, from diagnosis to treatment selection and monitoring. Our Oncotype IQ Genomic Intelligence Platform is currently comprised of our flagship line of Oncotype DX gene expression tests for breast, prostate and colon cancer, as well as Oncotype DX AR-V7 Nucleus Detect® test, a significant market opportunity. If theliquid-based test were used by 40-percent of the eligible screening population at a three-year screening interval, we estimate the potential U.S. market for sDNA screening would be more than $5.5 billion, annually.

Our-Cologuard Commercialization Strategy

Our commercialization strategy includes three main elements focusing on physicians, patients, and payers.

Physicians and Patients

Our sales team actively engages with physicians and their staffs to emphasize the need for colorectal cancer screening, educate them on the value of Cologuard, and enroll them in our physician ordering system to enable them to prescribe the test. We focus on specific physicians based on Cologuard order history and on physician groups and larger regional and national health systems.

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Securing inclusionWe believe our Oncotype DX tests provide information that has the following benefits:

Improved Quality of Treatment Decisions. We believe our approach to genomic-based cancer analysis improves the quality of cancer treatment decisions by providing an individualized analysis of each patient’s tumor that is correlated to clinical outcome, rather than solely using subjective, anatomic and qualitative factors to determine treatments. Our Oncotype DX tests for breast cancer, Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (“DCIS”), prostate cancer, and colon cancer have been analytically and clinically validated in multiple published studies. The Recurrence Score® results from our tests have been demonstrated to classify patients into recurrence risk categories different than classifications based primarily on clinical and pathologic features. Additionally, multiple decision impact studies conducted worldwide consistently show that the Recurrence Score result changes treatment decisions in more than 30% of patients. As a result, we believe our tests enable patients and healthcare providers to make more informed decisions about the risks and benefits of various treatments, and consequently design an individualized treatment plan.
Improved Health Economics of Cancer Care. We believe that improving the quality of treatment decisions can result in significant economic benefits. The results of a number of clinical studies have demonstrated that by using the Oncotype DX Breast Recurrence Score® test, physicians and patients can better evaluate treatment options, such as whether a patient will or will not benefit from chemotherapy. Patients are benefited when (1) those who aren’t likely to benefit from chemotherapy avoid it and the associated chemotoxicities and (2) those who are likely to benefit from chemotherapy receive it resulting in reduced incidence of distant recurrences. These better clinical outcomes increase survival rates and also save the patient as well as the healthcare system significant costs.
International Business Background and Products
Prior to our combination with Genomic Health, we did not have international revenue. We now commercialize our Oncotype DX tests internationally through employees in Canada, Japan and six European countries, as well as through exclusive distribution agreements. We have provided our Oncotype DX tests in more than 90 countries outside of the United States. We do not offer Cologuard or COVID-19 testing outside of the U.S.
Inclusion of our products in guidelines and quality measures will be critical to our international success. The Oncotype DX breast cancer test is a key part of our physician engagement strategy since many physicians rely on suchrecognized in international guidelines issued by the St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Expert Panel and European Society for Medical Oncology and has been included in certain guidelines and quality measures when making screening recommendations. In June 2016, the US Preventive Services Task Force (“USPSTF”) issued an updated recommendation statementrecommendations in England, Germany and Japan. We have obtained coverage for colorectalour invasive breast cancer screening and gave an “A” grade to colorectal cancer screening starting at age 50 and continuing until age 75. The statement specifies seven screening methods, including FIT-DNA (which is Cologuard).

Many professional colorectal cancer screening guidelines intest outside of the U.S., including thosecoverage for certain patients in Canada, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. We expect that broadening coverage and reimbursement for our Oncotype DX tests outside of the ACSUnited States will take years.

Pipeline Research and Development
Our research and development efforts are focused on developing new products and enhancing existing products to address new cancer areas and expand the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (“NCCN”), recommend regular screening using any ofclinical utility and addressable patient populations for our existing tests. These development efforts may lead to a variety of methods.  Since 2008, joint colorectal cancerpossible new products, including risk assessment, screening guidelines endorsed by the ACS have included sDNA screening technology as a screening option for the detection of colorectal cancer in average risk, asymptomatic individuals age 50 and older.  prevention, early disease diagnosis, adjuvant and/or neoadjuvant disease treatment, metastatic disease treatment selection and patient monitoring.
In October 2014,2020 we announced the ACS updated its colorectal cancer screening guidelines to specifically include Cologuard as a recommended screening test.  In June 2016, the NCCN updated its Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines to add sDNA screening, at a once-every-three-years interval, to its list of recommended screening tests.

In October 2016, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (“NCQA”) included Cologuard testing on a three-year interval in the 2017 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (“HEDIS”) measures. More than 90 percent of America’s health plans measure quality based on HEDIS.  In April 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) included Cologuard in its updated 2018 Medicare Advantage Star Ratings program.

A critical partintroduction of the value propositionOncotype MAP™ Pan-Cancer Tissue test (“Oncotype MAP” test). The Oncotype MAP test is a rapid, comprehensive tumor profiling panel that aids therapy selection for patients with advanced, metastatic, refractory, or recurrent cancer. The Oncotype MAP test utilizes next generation sequencing and immunohistochemistry to provide in-depth insights into genomic alterations in hundreds of Cologuard is our compliance program, which involvescancer-related genes. The Oncotype MAP test report supports clinical decision making by showing actionable biomarkers associated with more than 100 evidence-based therapies, over 45 combination therapies, and more than 650 active engagement with patients and physicians. This customer-service-oriented activity is focused on helping patientsclinical trial associations. The identification of these biomarkers helps to complete Cologuard tests that have been orderedinform treatment options for them by their physicians and supporting physicians in their efforts to have their patients screened.

After the launcha breadth of Cologuard, we initiated a significant public relations effort to engage patients in the United States. We have conducted targeted direct-to-patient advertising campaigns through social media, print and other channels. In 2016, we began a national television advertising campaign. To date, we have focused our efforts on cable television most commonly viewed by our target patient demographic. We continue our targeted direct-to-patient advertising initiatives. During the second and third quarters of 2017 we launched new content for our television advertising campaign, highlighting the ease of use of Cologuard, which includes 30-second television spots intended to make our television advertising more cost effective.

Payers

The cornerstone of our payer-engagement strategy was securing coverage from CMS. Medicare covers approximately 47% of patients in the screening population for Cologuard. On October 9, 2014, CMS issued a National Coverage Determination (“NCD”) for Cologuard following a parallel review process with FDA.  Cologuard was the first screening test approved by FDA and covered by CMS through that process. As outlined in the NCD, Medicare Part B covers Cologuard once every three years for beneficiaries who meet all of the following criteria:

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age 50 to 85 years,

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asymptomatic (no signs or symptoms of colorectal disease including but not limited to lower gastrointestinal pain, blood in stool, positive guaiac fecal occult blood test or fecal immunochemical test), and

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at average risk for developing colorectal cancer (e.g., no personal history of adenomatous polyps, colorectal cancer, or inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn’s Disease and ulcerative colitis; no family history of colorectal cancers or adenomatous polyps, familial adenomatous polyposis, or hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer).

In the 2017 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, CMS established reimbursement for Cologuard at $512.43. Payments from CMS are currently subject to sequestration. Under the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (“PAMA”), we anticipate that, effective January 1, 2018, the CMS reimbursement rate for Cologuard will be calculated based on the volume-weighted median of private payer rates for Cologuard. The initial data collection period for that purpose was January 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016. In the preliminary 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, CMS proposed reimbursement for Cologuard at $508.87. The finalized 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule is expected to be released in November 2017, and it is possible that the final reimbursement for Cologuard could vary from that

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proposed in the preliminary 2018 Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule. We expect the CMS reimbursement rate establishedThrough our collaboration with Mayo Foundation for 2018 to remain in place for three years, after which it would be reset basedMedical Education and Research, we have successfully performed validation studies on the volume-weighted medianmultiple types of private payer rates for Cologuard during the data collection period between January 1, 2019cancer using tissue, blood and June 30, 2019. We do not anticipate applying for Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory Test (“ADLT”) status for Cologuard, which if granted would result in the rate being reset every year.

other samples. In addition to Medicare reimbursement, we seek to secure favorable coverage and in-network reimbursement agreements from commercial payers. Some commercial payers have issued positive coverage decisions for Cologuard and others haveSeptember 2020, Mayo agreed to cover Cologuard as an in-network service. In-network agreements with payers have varying termsmake available certain personnel to provide us product development and conditions, including reimbursement rate, termresearch and termination. From time to time in the ordinary course of our business, we may enter into new agreements, certain existing agreements may expire without renewal and certain other existing agreements may be terminated by us or the third-party payer. We believe that commercial payers’ reimbursement of Cologuard will depend on a number of factors, including payers’ determination that it is: sensitive and specific for colorectal cancer; not experimental or investigational; approved or recommended by major organizations’ guidelines; reliable, safe and effective; medically necessary; appropriate for the specific patient; and cost-effective. Also, some payers may apply various medical management requirements, including a requirement that they give prior authorization for a Cologuard test before they are willing to pay for it. Other payers may perform post-payment reviews or audits, which could lead to payment recoupments. Medical management, such as prior authorizations and post-payment review or audits, may require that we, patients, or physicians provide the payer with extensive medical records and other information.

Coverage of Cologuard may also depend, in whole or in part, on whether payers determine, or courts and/or regulatory authorities determine, coverage is required under applicable federal or state laws mandating coverage of certain colorectal cancer screening services. For example, Section 2713 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) mandates that certain health insurers cover evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of “A” or “B” in the current recommendations of USPSTF without imposing any patient cost-sharing (“ACA Mandate”). Similarly, federal regulations require that Medicare Advantage plans cover “A” or “B” rated preventive services without patient cost-sharing. Following the June 2016 update to the USPSTF colorectal cancer screening recommendation statement, CMS issued an updated Evidence of Coverage notice for Medicare Advantage plans that affirms such plans must include coverage of Cologuard every three years without patient cost-sharing. While we believe the ACA Mandate will require certain health insurers to cover Cologuard without patient cost-sharing (following an initial phase-in period between one and two years from the date of the updated USPSTF recommendation statement depending on the date a given plan year commences), it is possible that certain health insurers will disagree. It is also possible that the ACA Mandate will be repealed or significantly modified in the future.

Similarly, we believe the laws of approximately 30 states currently mandate coverage of Cologuard by certain health insurance plans. While some insurers have agreed with our interpretation regarding certain state mandates, other insurers have disagreed. In some cases, we have filed lawsuits in an effort to enforce state laws we believe require coverage of Cologuard, and we may file additional suits in the future. We may or may not be successful in any such lawsuit.

development assistance through January 2025. We are pursuing a variety of strategies to increase commercial payer coverage for Cologuard, including providing cost effectiveness data to payers to make the case for Cologuard reimbursement. We arecurrently focusing our research and development efforts on large national and regional insurers and health plans that have affiliated health systems.

We believe quality metrics may influence payers’ coverage decisions, as well as physicians’ cancer screening procedures. Some government and private payers are adopting pay-for-performance programs that differentiate payments for healthcare services based on the achievement of documented quality metrics, cost efficiencies or patient outcomes. Payers may look to quality measures such as the HEDIS and CMS Star Ratings measures to assess quality of care. We believe inclusion in the HEDIS measures and Star Ratings measures may have a positive impact on payers’ willingness to reimburse Cologuard, as well as on physicians’ willingness to prescribe the test.  

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Our Clinical Lab Facility

As part of our commercialization strategy, we established a state-of-the-art, highly automated lab facility that is certified pursuant to federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (“CLIA”) requirements to process Cologuard tests and provide patient results. Our commercial lab operation is housed in a 50,000 square foot facility in Madison, Wisconsin. At our lab, we currently have the capacity to process approximately one million tests per year. We are expanding our current lab facility to increase our capacity to two and a half million or more tests per year. We are also evaluating options for a second lab facility to increase our total capacity to more than four and a half million tests per year.

Product Pipeline

We also are developingbuilding a pipeline of potential future products and services. services with a focus on improving Cologuard's performance characteristics and on developing blood or other fluid-based (“liquid biopsy”) tests. We expect to advance liquid biopsy through biomarker discovery and validation in tissue, blood, or other fluids.

We are continuingpursuing the following opportunities:
Colon Cancer Screening. We are seeking opportunities to collaborate with MAYO Foundation for Medical Educationimprove upon Cologuard’s performance characteristics. In October 2019, we and Research (“MAYO”), our development partner for Cologuard, on developing new tests, withMayo presented at the goalAmerican College of becomingGastroenterology’s 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting findings from a leaderblinded-case control study showing enhanced colorectal cancer and advanced adenoma detection using newly discovered methylation biomarkers and hemoglobin. To establish the performance of the novel multi-target stool DNA test in November 2019, we launched the BLUE-C study, a multi-center, prospective study. We expect to enroll more than 10,000 patients 40 years of age and older in the early detectionBLUE-C study. The timing of cancer.any such enhancements to Cologuard is unknown and would be subject to FDA approval. We believe our proprietary technology platform providesare also working to develop a strong foundationblood-based screening test for the development of additional cancer diagnostic tests. Through our collaborationcolorectal cancer.
Multi-Cancer Screening Test Development. We are currently seeking to develop a blood-based multi-cancer screening test. In September 2020, we reported that together with MAYO,Mayo we have identified proprietary biomarkers for several major cancers.methylation markers with a 97% average accuracy in identifying cancers in tissue and blood. We have successfully performed validation studies on tissue samples for seven major cancers, including lung cancer, andalso presented results from an internal study using these markers on blood samples for four majorthat demonstrated 86% sensitivity at 95% specificity when looking at six different cancers.

The ACS estimates that lung cancer will be diagnosed in 223,000 Americans and cause 156,000 deaths in the United States in 2017. Currently, more than half of lung cancer cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage, after symptoms appear, when the five-year survival rate is in the low single digits.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Test Development. We are currently developingseeking to develop a blood-based biomarker test to aidserve as an alternative to ultrasound and alpha-fetoprotein (“AFP”) for use in HCC testing. HCC is the most common type of liver cancer. Our goal is to develop a patient-friendly test that performs better than the current standard of care. In November 2019, we released the results of a 443-patient study which demonstrated 80% sensitivity at 90% specificity with a novel combination of six blood-based biomarkers for HCC. The study also showed 71% sensitivity for early stage HCC at 90% specificity. The study compared performance to the AFP test, which demonstrated 45% sensitivity at 90% specificity for early stage HCC.
Development Studies for Oncotype DX Products. We may also conduct or fund clinical studies that could support additional opportunities for our Oncotype DX products. For example, we are exploring clinical studies to expand the use of genomic testing to address additional populations, including higher-risk patients.
Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) Pandemic
The spread of COVID-19 has affected many segments of the global economy, including the cancer screening and diagnostics industry. The COVID-19 outbreak, which the World Health Organization has classified as a pandemic, has prompted governments and regulatory bodies throughout the world to enact broad precautionary measures, including “stay at home” orders, restrictions on the performance of “non-essential” services, public gatherings and travel. Health systems, including in key markets where we operate, have been, or may be, overwhelmed with high volumes of patients suffering from COVID-19. The territories in which we market, sell, distribute and perform our tests are attempting to address the COVID-19 pandemic in varying ways, including stay-at-home orders, temporarily closing businesses, restricting gatherings, restricting travel, and mandating social distancing and face coverings. Certain jurisdictions have begun re-opening only to return to restrictions due to increases in new COVID-19 cases. Even in the early detectionabsence of lung cancerlegal restrictions, businesses and individuals may voluntarily continue to limit in-person interactions and practice social distancing, and such behaviors may continue beyond the formal end of the pandemic, The level and nature of the disruption caused by COVID-19 is unpredictable, may be cyclical and long-lasting and may vary from location to location.
The pandemic and related precautionary measures began to materially disrupt our business in individuals with lung nodules discovered throughMarch 2020 and may continue to disrupt our business for an unknown period of time. As a computerized tomographyresult, we anticipate significant impact to our 2020 operating results, including our revenues, margins, and cash utilization, among other measures.
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Beginning in March 2020, we undertook temporary precautionary measures intended to help minimize the risk of the virus to our employees, including temporarily requiring most employees to work remotely; suspending field-based, face-to-face interactions by our sales force; requiring on-site employees to undergo COVID-19 testing, wear personal protective equipment (including face masks or shields) and maintain social distancing; pausing all non-essential travel worldwide for our employees; and limiting employee attendance at industry events and in-person work-related meetings, to the extent those events and meetings are continuing. Our commercial partner for Cologuard, Pfizer, Inc. (“CT”Pfizer”), took similar precautions, including suspending face-to-face interactions between sales representatives and healthcare providers.
We expect to adjust our precautionary measures at our various locations based on local recovery levels and applicable governmental regulations. For example, a portion of the Company’s and Pfizer’s sales force has recommenced field-based interactions, although access to healthcare providers remains limited and the resumption of normal activities is expected to be gradual. Our business could be negatively affected if we take excessive, ineffective or other scan. Such a test may help reduce the number of unnecessary biopsiesinadequate precautions.
Due to social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and other follow-up procedures,actions taken in response to COVID-19, there has been a significant and thereby reduce costswidespread decline in standard wellness visits and improvepreventive services. That decline negatively impacted Cologuard test orders during the second quarter of 2020 in our Screening business, notwithstanding the availability of alternative ordering channels such as telehealth. During the third quarter, orders have recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
The Precision Oncology business started to see weakening underlying conditions in April 2020 because of COVID-19, more notably in the U.S. prostate business and in certain international geographies. The widespread decrease in preventive services, including mammograms and prostate cancer screenings, negatively impacted Precision Oncology test volumes beginning in May 2020 and continuing throughout the third quarter of 2020 due to the typical lag between cancer screening and genomic test ordering.
Despite our efforts, the ultimate impact of COVID-19 depends on factors beyond our knowledge or control, including the duration and severity of the outbreak, third-party actions taken to contain its spread and mitigate its public health outcomes.effects and the extent to which behavioral changes resulting from the pandemic continue even after it ends.
COVID-19 Testing Business
In late March 2020, we began providing COVID-19 testing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted us Emergency Use Authorization to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in upper respiratory samples. We recently completedhave partnered with various customers, including the State of Wisconsin Department of Health, to administer testing. Customers are responsible for employing trained personnel to collect specimens. Specimens are sent to our laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, where we run the assay in our laboratories and provide test results to ordering providers. In light of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we intend to periodically reassess our COVID-19 testing business.
2020 Priorities
As a multi-round studyresult of nearly 400COVID-19 and its impact to our business, we have re-prioritized our goals for 2020 with a focus on serving patients which demonstrated high accuracywho continue to need the healthcare services we provide while aligning our cost structure with the anticipated lower sales volumes and revenues. Our top priorities for detecting lung cancer2020 are (1) get people tested, (2) take care of our customers, and (3) preserve financial strength.
Get People Tested
Business continuity plans are in place at all stages.

of our sites to help sustain operations and ensure continuity of services for patients during this unprecedented time. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, many people still need to be screened for colorectal cancer, and treated for breast, colon, and prostate cancers. Our lab facilities presently remain operational so that we can continue to process results of our Cologuard, Oncotype DX and COVID-19 tests.

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Take Care of our Customers
Due to social distancing, stay-at-home orders, and other actions taken in response to COVID-19, there has been a significant and widespread decline in standard wellness visits and preventive services. We have taken steps to limit exposure to COVID-19 based on recommendations from government and health agencies, including limiting field-based, face-to-face interactions by our sales force. The sales team that is not engaged in face-to-face interactions will serve healthcare providers via telephone and online technologies until it is safe to return to the field and practices allow representatives back in their offices.
Preserve Financial Strength
In order to minimize the adverse impacts to our business and operations anticipated during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning in April 2020, we initiated proactive measures to achieve cost savings. Actions we took included a temporary reduction of base pay for our executive officers and other employees, a reduction in the annual retainer payable to our board of directors, and a reduction of quarterly sales commissions. We implemented a workforce reduction, involuntary furloughs, work schedule reductions, as well as a voluntary furlough program. Additionally, we reduced investments in marketing and other promotional activities, paused certain clinical trial activities, reduced travel and professional services, and delayed or terminated certain capital projects. We also continue to explore opportunities for improving Cologuard, including improvements that could lower oursaw a reduction in certain volume based cost of sales.

Acquisitions

goods sold expenses consistent with the reduction in revenue. These actions have contributed to significant cost savings in 2020 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Recent Events
On August 1, 2017,October 26, 2020, we entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger (“Thrive Merger Agreement”) with Thrive, which we currently expect to be completed in the first quarter of 2021. On October 26, 2020, we acquired all of the outstanding equitystock of Sampleminded, Inc.Base (“Sampleminded”Base Merger Agreement”), the primary operations of which were customized software development. Refer to Note 19 in our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report for laboratory information systems and clinical information systems, for consideration consisting of $3.2 million of cash and 86,357 of our restricted stock units. Prior to the acquisition, Sampleminded provided certain consulting and software support services to us, and it licensed certain software to us. We recorded the restricted stock units as employee stock-based compensation because their vesting is contingent upon continued employment with us of certain former stockholders of Sampleminded. The $3.2 million in cash consideration was allocated to the estimated fair market value of the net assets acquired of $0.2 million, including $1.0 million in identifiable intangible assets (comprised of developed technology, customer relationships and non-compete agreements) and a residual amount of goodwill of $2.0 million. The purposes of acquisition were to reduce costs by bringing certain technology and expertise in-house and to prepare for future growth.

How We Recognize Revenue

For tests performed where we have an agreed-upon reimbursement rate or where we can estimate the amount that we will ultimately collect at the time delivery is complete, we recognize the related revenue on an accrual basis upon delivery of a test result to an ordering physician. Accrual rates are based on the established billing rates less contractual and other adjustments, which yields the amount that we expect to ultimately collect. We determine the amount we expect to ultimately collect on a per-payer or per-agreement basis. The expected amount is typically lower than, if applicable, the agreed-upon reimbursement amount due to several factors, such as the amount of any patient co-payments, the existence of secondary payers and claim denials. Upon ultimate collection, the aggregate amount received from payers and patients where reimbursement was estimated is compared to previous collection estimates and, if necessary, the contractual allowance is adjusted.  Finally, should we recognize revenue from claims on an accrual basis and later

additional information.

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determine the judgments underlying estimated collections change, our financial results could be negatively impacted in future quarters.  Historically, a portion of our revenue was recognized upon cash receipt when we were unable to reasonably estimate the amount that would ultimately be collected from a payer. Effective during the first quarter of 2017, we determined that we had the ability to reasonably estimate the amount that will ultimately be collected from all payers, including the impact of patient cost-share collections. Accordingly, we now recognize revenue on an accrual basis for all billed claims.

Our average reimbursement per test, as further defined below, was approximately $428 and $393 through September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. This cumulative average Cologuard reimbursement rate will change over time due to a number of factors, such as medical coverage decisions by payers, changes in the payer mix, the effects of contracts signed with payers, changes in allowed amounts by payers, our ability to successfully win appeals for payment, settlements reached with payers regarding previously denied claims and our ability to collect cash payments from payers and individual patients. Historical average reimbursement is not necessarily indicative of future average reimbursement.

We calculate the average Cologuard reimbursement per test on a trailing twelve-month basis for all tests that are at least six months old, since it can take that long, or in some cases longer, to collect from some payers and patients. Thus, the average reimbursement per test at September 30, 2017 represents the total cash collected through September 30, 2017 for all tests performed from April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017 divided by the number of tests performed during that period.

The components of our revenue, as recognized upon accrual or cash receipt, were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(In thousands)

    

2017

    

2016

 

2017

    

2016

    

Revenue recognized on an accrual basis

 

$

72,574

 

$

24,510

 

$

174,074

 

$

57,592

 

Revenue recognized when cash is received

 

 

 —

 

 

3,605

 

 

4,509

 

 

6,543

 

Total

 

$

72,574

 

$

28,115

 

$

178,583

 

$

64,135

 

Of the revenue recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, approximately $4.3 million relates to the one-time impact of certain payers meeting the Company’s revenue recognition criteria for accrual-basis revenue recognition beginning with the period ended March 31, 2017. Approximately $1.0 million of this one-time impact relates to tests completed in the prior year and for which our accrual revenue recognition criteria were not met until 2017.

2017 Priorities

Our top priorities for 2017 are to (1) grow revenue for Cologuard, (2) improve the customer experience and continue to deliver world class service to patients and providers, and (3) expand our product portfolio by developing additional cancer diagnostic tests as further outlined in the product pipeline section above.

Results of Operations

Operations​

We have generated significant losses since inception and, as of September 30, 2017,2020, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $838.9 million.$1.5 billion. We expect to continue to incur losses for the near future, and it is possible we may never achieve profitability.

Laboratory service revenue. As mentioned in further detail above, the COVID-19 outbreak has had an adverse impact on our operations beginning in March 2020. While we have seen recovery in our Screening and Precision Oncology businesses, the impact of the pandemic in the fourth quarter of 2020 and after is uncertain and subject to factors beyond our control.

Revenue.Our laboratory service revenue is primarily generated by performing screeningour laboratory testing services, usingfrom our Cologuard, test.Oncotype DX and COVID-19 tests. For the three months ended September 30, 20172020 and 2016,2019, we completed approximately 161,000 and 68,000 Cologuard tests, respectively, and generated laboratory serviceScreening revenue of $72.6$214.6 million and $28.1$218.8 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 20172020 and 2016, the Company completed approximately 395,0002019, we generated Screening revenue of $565.4 million and 162,000 Cologuard tests, respectively, and generated$580.7 million, respectively. Screening includes laboratory service revenue from Cologuard and revenue from Biomatrica products. For the three months ended September 30, 2020, we generated Precision Oncology revenue of $178.6$91.6 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we generated Precision Oncology revenue of $322.9 million. Precision Oncology includes laboratory service revenue from global Oncotype DX and Paradigm products. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, we also generated $102.2 million and $64.1$136.7 million, respectively. The increaserespectively, in revenue from our COVID-19 testing.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, our Screening and Precision Oncology testing service revenue was primarily dueadversely impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. In response to an increase in completed Cologuard teststhe pandemic, we are conducting COVID-19 testing, which has served as additional revenue outside our normal Screening and an increase in average revenue recognized per test during the current period.

Precision Oncology testing services.

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Our Cost Structure.cost structure. Our selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of non-research personnel salaries, office expenses, professional fees, sales and marketing expenses incurred in support of our commercialization efforts and non-cash stock-based compensation.

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Cost of sales includes costs related to inventory production and usage, shipment of test collection kits and tissue samples, royalties and the cost of laboratory services to process tests and provide results to physicians. We incur expense for tests in the period in which the activities occur, therefore, gross margin as a percentage of laboratory service revenue may vary due to costs being incurred in one period that relate to revenues recognized in a later period.

healthcare providers. ​

We expect that gross margin for our laboratory services will continue to fluctuate and be affected by Cologuardthe test volume of our products, our operating efficiencies, patient complianceadherence rates, payer mix, the levels of reimbursement, and payment patterns of payers and patients.

Cost of Sales. sales (exclusive of amortization of acquired intangible assets).Cost of sales increased to $20.7$95.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $12.22020 from $52.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2019. Cost of sales increased to $55.7$254.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to $31.32020 from $146.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019. The increase in cost of sales is primarily due to costs incurred on our Precision Oncology tests due to the increasecompletion of the combination with Genomic Health in completed Cologuard tests. The Company completed approximately 161,000November 2019 and 68,000 Cologuard tests for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company completed approximately 395,000 and 162,000 Cologuard tests for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

costs incurred from our COVID testing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

(In millions)

    

2017

    

2016

    

Change

 

Amounts in millionsAmounts in millions20202019Change

Production costs

 

$

15.0

 

$

8.3

 

$

6.7

 

Production costs$51.4 $36.5 $14.9 

Personnel expenses

 

 

3.0

 

 

1.7

 

 

1.3

 

Personnel expenses26.8 9.4 17.4 

Facility and support expenses

 

 

2.2

 

 

1.9

 

 

0.3

 

Facility and support servicesFacility and support services13.3 4.9 8.4 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

0.5

 

 

0.3

 

 

0.2

 

Stock-based compensation3.5 1.4 2.1 

Total cost of sales expenses

 

$

20.7

 

$

12.2

 

$

8.5

 

Other cost of sales expensesOther cost of sales expenses0.1 0.1 — 
Total cost of sales expenseTotal cost of sales expense$95.1 $52.3 $42.8 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(In millions)

 

2017

    

2016

    

Change

 

Production costs

 

$

40.5

 

$

20.2

 

$

20.3

 

Personnel expenses

 

 

8.1

 

 

5.0

 

 

3.1

 

Facility and support expenses

 

 

5.7

 

 

5.3

 

 

0.4

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

1.2

 

 

0.8

 

 

0.4

 

Other cost of sales

 

 

0.2

 

 

 —

 

 

0.2

 

Total cost of sales expenses

 

$

55.7

 

$

31.3

 

$

24.4

 


Nine Months Ended September 30,
Amounts in millions20202019Change
Production costs$134.3 $103.4 $30.9 
Personnel expenses72.5 25.7 46.8 
Facility and support services38.2 13.2 25.0 
Stock-based compensation9.3 3.9 5.4 
Other cost of sales expenses0.3 0.1 0.2 
Total cost of sales expense$254.6 $146.3 $108.3 
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Research and development expenses. Research and development expenses increaseddecreased to $11.7$31.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to $7.6$34.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2019. Research and development expenses increased to $29.5$107.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to $26.4$96.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019. The increase indecrease during the three months ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to a reduction of certain direct research and development expensescosts due to the cost saving measures and the timing of certain expenditures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The increase during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to an increase in personnel related costs due to an increased headcount and an increaseas a result of the combination with Genomic Health in November 2019, which was partially offset by a reduction in of certain direct research and development expenses for our pipeline.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(In millions)

    

2017

    

2016

    

Change

 

Direct research and development expenses

 

$

4.7

 

$

3.0

 

$

1.7

 

Personnel expenses

 

 

3.8

 

 

2.6

 

 

1.2

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

2.1

 

 

1.0

 

 

1.1

 

Other research and development

 

 

0.6

 

 

0.5

 

 

0.1

 

Legal and professional fees

 

 

0.5

 

 

0.5

 

 

 —

 

Total research and development expenses

 

$

11.7

 

$

7.6

 

$

4.1

 

costs as discussed above.​

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Three Months Ended September 30,
Amounts in millions20202019Change
Personnel expenses$13.1 $7.9 $5.2 
Direct research and development7.3 16.4 (9.1)
Stock-based compensation5.0 6.9 (1.9)
Facility and support services5.0 1.2 3.8 
Professional fees0.6 1.8 (1.2)
Other research and development0.5 0.5 — 
Total research and development expenses$31.5 $34.7 $(3.2)


Nine Months Ended September 30,
Amounts in millions20202019Change
Personnel expenses$45.2 $23.7 $21.5 
Direct research and development32.4 51.3 (18.9)
Stock-based compensation14.6 12.9 1.7 
Facility and support services11.1 3.3 7.8 
Professional fees2.3 3.9 (1.6)
Other research and development2.1 1.4 0.7 
Total research and development expenses$107.7 $96.5 $11.2 

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Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(In millions)

    

2017

    

2016

    

Change

 

Direct research and development expenses

 

$

11.8

 

$

10.8

 

$

1.0

 

Personnel expenses

 

 

10.1

 

 

8.8

 

 

1.3

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

4.4

 

 

3.0

 

 

1.4

 

Other research and development

 

 

1.7

 

 

2.2

 

 

(0.5)

 

Legal and professional fees

 

 

1.5

 

 

1.6

 

 

(0.1)

 

Total research and development expenses

 

$

29.5

 

$

26.4

 

$

3.1

 

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses increased to $30.8$115.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to $20.3$80.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2019. General and administrative expenses increased to $75.4$336.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to $55.4$208.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019. The increase in general and administrative expenses was primarily a resultrelated to the operations of increased personnelGenomic Health being included in our results after the completion of the combination in November 2019, and an overall increase in headcount, information technology and customer care center costs stock-based compensation and legal and professional fees to support the overall growth of the Company.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

(In millions)

    

2017

    

2016

    

Change

 

Amounts in millionsAmounts in millions20202019Change

Personnel expenses

 

$

11.5

 

$

7.4

 

$

4.1

 

Personnel expenses$53.7 $29.2 $24.5 
Professional and legal feesProfessional and legal fees15.9 20.1 (4.2)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

6.4

 

 

3.9

 

 

2.5

 

Stock-based compensation21.5 11.1 10.4 

Facility and support expenses

 

 

5.7

 

 

4.1

 

 

1.6

 

Professional and legal fees

 

 

5.3

 

 

3.4

 

 

1.9

 

Facility and support servicesFacility and support services13.4 16.1 (2.7)

Other general and administrative

 

 

1.9

 

 

1.5

 

 

0.4

 

Other general and administrative11.1 4.0 7.1 

Total general and administrative expenses

 

$

30.8

 

$

20.3

 

$

10.5

 

Total general and administrative expenses$115.6 $80.5 $35.1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(In millions)

    

2017

    

2016

    

Change

 

Personnel expenses

 

$

28.3

 

$

21.4

 

$

6.9

 

Professional and legal fees

 

 

15.8

 

 

8.9

 

 

6.9

 

Facility and support expenses

 

 

13.4

 

 

11.7

 

 

1.7

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

12.8

 

 

10.0

 

 

2.8

 

Other general and administrative

 

 

5.1

 

 

3.4

 

 

1.7

 

Total general and administrative expenses

 

$

75.4

 

$

55.4

 

$

20.0

 


Nine Months Ended September 30,
Amounts in millions20202019Change
Personnel expenses$159.3 $85.9 $73.4 
Professional and legal fees52.9 39.4 13.5 
Stock-based compensation54.8 29.6 25.2 
Facility and support services42.4 42.0 0.4 
Other general and administrative26.9 11.2 15.7 
Total general and administrative expenses$336.3 $208.1 $128.2 
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Sales and marketing expenses.Sales and marketing expenses increased to $37.8$136.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to $26.3$86.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2019. Sales and marketing expenses increased to $113.3$423.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to $82.3$265.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019. The increase in sales and marketing expenses was a result of hiring additional sales and marketing personnel, and increasing ourincluding the Precision Oncology team added following the completion of the Genomic Health combination in November 2019, which was partially offset by a reduction in advertising and patient marketing effortsspend as parta result of the ongoing commercializationCOVID-19 pandemic. ​
Three Months Ended September 30,
Amounts in millions20202019Change
Personnel expenses$67.4 $37.7 $29.7 
Direct marketing costs and professional fees26.9 23.0 3.9 
Professional and legal fees19.5 19.6 (0.1)
Facility and support services10.5 0.8 9.7 
Stock-based compensation11.5 4.9 6.6 
Other sales and marketing expenses0.7 0.2 0.5 
Total sales and marketing expenses$136.5 $86.2 $50.3 

Nine Months Ended September 30,
Amounts in millions20202019Change
Personnel expenses$209.0 $111.0 $98.0 
Direct marketing costs and professional fees90.0 68.9 21.1 
Professional and legal fees56.9 68.5 (11.6)
Facility and support services33.4 2.4 31.0 
Stock-based compensation32.4 14.3 18.1 
Other sales and marketing expenses1.4 0.2 1.2 
Total sales and marketing expenses$423.1 $265.3 $157.8 
Amortization of our Cologuard test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(In millions)

    

2017

    

2016

    

Change

 

Personnel expenses

 

$

19.2

 

$

15.0

 

$

4.2

 

Direct marketing costs and professional fees

 

 

16.5

 

 

10.0

 

 

6.5

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

1.8

 

 

1.0

 

 

0.8

 

Other sales and marketing

 

 

0.3

 

 

0.3

 

 

 —

 

Total sales and marketing expenses

 

$

37.8

 

$

26.3

 

$

11.5

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(In millions)

    

2017

    

2016

    

Change

 

Direct marketing costs and professional fees

 

$

56.4

 

$

35.6

 

$

20.8

 

Personnel expenses

 

 

51.3

 

 

42.9

 

 

8.4

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

4.6

 

 

3.0

 

 

1.6

 

Other sales and marketing

 

 

1.0

 

 

0.8

 

 

0.2

 

Total sales and marketing expenses

 

$

113.3

 

$

82.3

 

$

31.0

 

Investment income.  Investment incomeacquired intangible assets increased to $1.3$23.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to $0.5$0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016.  Investment income2019. Amortization of acquired intangible assets increased to $2.6$70.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to $1.4$2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019. The increase in investment incomeamortization of acquired intangible assets was primarily due to an increase in the average cash and marketable securities balance and an increase in the average rate of return on investmentsGenomic Health combination.

Intangible asset impairment charge. Intangible asset impairment charge was $209.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 when2020 compared to zero for the same periodsthree and nine months ended September 30, 2019. The impairment recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 primarily relates to the impairment of the in-process research and development intangible asset acquired as part of the combination with Genomic Health.
Other operating income. Other operating income increased to $23.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to zero for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The income generated during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 represents the funding received under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) Provider Relief Fund, which was accepted from the Department of Health & Human Services in 2016.

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Investment income, and expense. Net interest expense of $51,000 was realizednet. Investment income, net decreased to $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to net interest expense of $54,000$9.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016. Net interest expense of $0.22019. Investment income, net decreased to $5.5 million was realized for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and2020 compared to $23.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019. The decrease in investment income, net was due to a decrease in realized gains generated from the sale of marketable securities and a decrease in the average rate of return on investments due to an decrease in market interest rates and a lower average balance in marketable securities for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 when compared to the same period in 2019.​
Interest expense. Interest expense increased to $23.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $13.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. Interest expense increased to $71.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $47.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase is relatedprimarily due to the mortgageissuance of additional convertible notes in February 2020, which was partially offset by lower interest rates on onethe convertible notes issued in February 2020. Interest expense recorded from our outstanding convertible notes totaled $23.2 million and $12.7 million during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Of the interest expense recorded on outstanding convertible notes for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, $20.6 million and $11.0 million of interest expense relates to amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs, respectively. Interest expense recorded from our outstanding convertible notes totaled $62.3 million and $36.4 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Of the interest expense recorded on outstanding convertible notes for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, $55.2 million and $30.8 million of interest expense relates to amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs, respectively. The remaining interest expense recorded on outstanding convertible notes relates to the stated interest that is paid out in cash. In addition to the interest expense recorded on outstanding convertible notes, an additional $8.0 million and $10.6 million was recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as a result of the settlement of convertible notes. The convertible notes are further described in Note 15 of our facilitiescondensed consolidated financial statements included in Madison, WI which was entered intothis Quarterly Report. The remaining interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, relates to the stated interest on our construction loan.​
Income tax benefit (expense). Income tax benefit increased to $4.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 compared to an expense of $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. Income tax benefit increased to $7.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. This increase in June 2015.

income tax benefit is primarily due to future limitations on and expiration of certain Federal and State deferred tax assets.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Resources​

We have financed our operations since inception primarily through public offerings of our common stock and convertible debt and through revenue generated by the sale of Cologuard.the Cologuard, and since the completion of our Genomic Health combination, of Oncotype DX tests. As of September 30, 2017,2020, we had approximately $50.8$806.7 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and approximately $411.7$476.3 million in marketable securities.

All

The majority of our investments in marketable securities consist of fixed income investments, and all are deemed available-for-sale. The objectives of this portfolio are to provide liquidity and safety of principal while striving to achieve the highest rate of return. Our investment policy limits investments to certain types of instruments issued by institutions with investment grade credit ratings and places restrictions on maturities and concentration by type and issuer.

Net cash used inprovided by operating activities was $71.0$25.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as2020 compared to $102.9cash use of $86.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019. The principal use ofincrease in cash inprovided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 20172020 was to fund our net loss. Our net loss decreased from the nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily due to increased salesthe increase in revenue and reduction of Cologuard.

discretionary operating expenses due to cost saving measures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Net cash used in investing activities was $185.5$395.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as2020 compared to net cash used in investing activitiesprovided of $20.8$713.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2019. The increase in cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 20172020 compared to the same period in 20162019 was primarily the result of the timing of purchases, sales, and maturities of marketable securities. Excluding the impact
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of purchases, sales, and maturities of marketable securities, net cash used in investing activities was $35.9$65.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. Such purchases consisted of property and equipment of $24.4 million, a business acquisition, net of cash acquired of $3.0 million, and purchased intangible assets of $8.4 million. For the same period in 2016 there were purchases of property and equipment of $12.2 million and no acquisitions or purchases of intangible assets. The intangible asset purchase during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was the result of the royalty buy-out and patent purchase from MDx Health in April 2017. The property and equipment purchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were primarily the result of increased laboratory equipment purchases, computer equipment and computer software purchases, and assets under construction in order2020 compared to continue to scale-up our operations. The business acquisition during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 was the result of the acquisition of Sampleminded, Inc.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $258.2$131.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to $146.22019. Cash use consisted primarily of purchases of property and equipment of $47.8 million and $131.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2020 and 2019, respectively, investments in privately held companies of $10.6 million, and an acquisition of $6.7 million. There were also minimal purchases of intangible assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $999.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared to $246.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we received net cash of $1,125.5 million from the issuance of Convertible Notes with a maturity date of March 1, 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), and we used $150.1 million of cash to settle Convertible Notes with an original maturity date of January 15, 2025 (the “2025 Notes”). The increase in cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the same period in 20162019 was primarily the result of proceeds of $729.5 million from our issuance of commonConvertible Notes with a maturity date of March 15, 2027 (the “2027 Notes”, and, collectively with the 2025 Notes and 2028 Notes, the “Notes”), and we used $493.4 million of cash to settle a portion of the 2025 Notes. In addition, during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 we received proceeds of $15.4 million from the exercise of stock options and $9.8 million from our employee stock purchase plan.
As described above, on October 26, 2020, we entered into the Base Merger Agreement, under which we acquired Base in an underwritten public offeringa cash transaction valued at approximately $410.0 million.
As described above, on October 26, 2020, we entered into the Thrive Merger Agreement, under which we agreed to acquire Thrive in June 2017.

a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion, of which $1.7 billion would be payable at closing. We currently expect the merger will be completed in the first quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. We anticipate that cash of approximately $0.6 billion will be required to pay the aggregate cash portion of the merger consideration.

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We expect that cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities on hand at September 30, 20172020 will be sufficient to fund the cash portion of the purchase price to be paid in connection with the Thrive and Base acquisitions as well as our current operations for at least the next twelve months, based on current operating plans. However, we may need to raise additional capital to fully fund our current strategic plan, which includes successfully commercializing Cologuard and Oncotype DX and developing a pipeline of future products. Additionally, we may enter into transactions to acquire other businesses, products, services, or technologies as part of our strategic plan. If we are unable to obtain sufficient additional funds to enable us to fund our operations through the completion of such plan, our results of operations and financial condition would be materially adversely affected, and we may be required to delay the implementation of our plan and otherwise scale back our operations. Even if we successfully raise additionalsufficient funds to complete our plan, we cannot assure that our business will ever generate sufficient cash flow from operations to become profitable.

The spread of COVID-19 and measures to prevent further spread, have significantly disrupted our business, and may continue to disrupt our business for an unknown period of time. The full impact of the outbreak is uncertain at this time and continues to evolve globally. We do not yet know the extent to which COVID-19 will negatively impact our financial results or liquidity. The outbreak has disrupted our operations, as well as the operations and behaviors of healthcare providers, patients and suppliers. Depending on how healthcare providers, patients and suppliers are adversely impacted by the pandemic, as well as the overall duration and severity of the pandemic and changes in behavior that continue even after the pandemic, our liquidity could be materially and adversely affected. Management continues to monitor and assess the evolving developments with respect to COVID-19.
A table reflecting certain of our specified contractual obligations as of December 31, 2019 was provided in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation of our 2019 Form 10-K. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we issued $1,150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 0.375% Convertible Notes that will mature on March 1, 2028. The holders of the Notes may convert prior to September 1, 2027 only under certain circumstances and may convert at any time after September 1, 2027. The Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of 0.375% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2020. Of the cash received upon issuance of the 2028 Notes, approximately $150.1 million was used to repay a portion of the outstanding principal balance and accrued interest of the 2025 Notes held by certain Noteholders. Upon repayment of such portion of the outstanding principal balance
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of the 2025 Notes, there was $315.0 million in aggregate principal balance remaining under the 2025 Notes. See Note 15 of the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report for further details. With the exception of this item, there were no material changes outside the ordinary course of our business in our specified contractual obligations during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.​
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Estimates​

Management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to revenue recognition, tax positions and stock-based compensation. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that are believed to be appropriate under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

While our

Our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 21 of our financial statements included in our 20162019 Form 10-K, we believe that the followingas well as our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations on our 2019 Form 10-K. There have not been any significant changes to our critical accounting policies and judgmentsestimates during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.​
Revenue Recognition. Revenues are most criticalrecognized when control of the promised services are transferred to aidthe patient’s healthcare provider, in fully understandingan amount that reflects the consideration we expect to collect in exchange for those services. The amount of revenue we recognize is based on the established billing rates less contractual and evaluatingother adjustments, which yields the constrained amount that we expect to ultimately collect. We determine the amount we expect to ultimately collect on a per-payer or per-agreement basis, using historical collections, established reimbursement rates and other adjustments. The expected amount is typically lower than, if applicable, the agreed-upon reimbursement amount due to several factors, such as the amount of any patient co-payments, out-of-network payers, the existence of secondary payers and claim denials. The consideration derived from our reported financial results.

Revenue Recognition

Laboratory service revenue.contracts is fixed when we contract with a direct bill payer who assumes the downstream patient billing. Our ability to collect is not contingent on the customer’s ability to collect through their downstream billing efforts.

In the case of some of our laboratory service revenues are generated by performing screening services using our Cologuard test,agreements (“LSAs”) with various organizations, the right to bill and collect exists prior to the service is completed upon deliveryreceipt of a specimen and release of a test result to anthe ordering physician.healthcare provider, which results in deferred revenue. The deferred revenue balance is relieved upon the release of the applicable patient’s test result to the ordering healthcare provider, the date a non-conforming specimen is received, or as of the date the customer has surpassed the window of time in which they are able to exercise their rights for testing services. We recognizebelieve these points in time represent our fulfillment of our obligations to the customer.
The quality of our billing operations, most notably those activities that relate to obtaining the correct information in order to bill effectively for services provided, directly impacts the collectability of our receivables and revenue in accordance withestimates. As such, we continually assess the provisionsstate of ASC 954-605, Health Care Entities - Revenue Recognition. We recognize revenue on an accrual basis, netour order to cash cycle for areas of contractualopportunity as we believe adequate operations support our ability to appropriately estimate receivables and other adjustments, when amounts that will ultimately be collected can be reasonably estimated. Contractual and other adjustments represent the difference between the list price (the billing rate) and the estimated aggregate reimbursement rate from payers and patients.revenue. Upon ultimate collection, the aggregate amount received from payers and patients where reimbursement was estimated is compared to previous collection estimates and, if necessary, the contractual allowance is adjusted.

The estimates of amounts that will ultimately be collected requires significant judgment by management, and our judgements will continue to evolve as Finally, should we gain payment experience with payers and patients.  Historically, in the absence of the ability to reasonably estimate the amount that will ultimately be collected for our services, revenue was recognized upon cash receipt. Effective during the first quarter of 2017, we determined that we had the ability to reasonably estimate the amount that will ultimately be collected from all payers, including the impact of patient cost-share collections. Accordingly, we now recognize revenue on an accrual basis for all billed claims.

Inventory.Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market value (net realizable value). Welater determine the cost of inventory using the first-in, first out method (“FIFO”). We estimate the recoverability of inventory by reference to internal estimates ofjudgments underlying estimated collections change, our financial results could be negatively impacted in future demands and product life cycles, including expiration. We periodically analyze our inventory levels to identify inventory that may expire prior to expected sale or has a cost basis in excess of its estimated net realizable value, and record a charge to cost of sales for such inventory as appropriate. In addition, our products are subject to strict quality control and monitoring which we perform throughout the manufacturing process. If certain batches or units of product no longer meet quality specifications or become obsolete due to expiration, we record a charge to cost of sales to write down such unmarketable inventory to its estimated net realizable value.

Direct and indirect manufacturing costs incurred during process validation and for other research and development activities, which are not permitted to be sold, have been expensed to research and development. 

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Stock-Based Compensation.Convertible Notes. We account for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash or equity upon conversion by separating the liability and equity components of the instruments in a manner that reflects our nonconvertible debt borrowing rate. In accordanceFebruary 2020 we issued the 2028 Notes of $1,150.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 0.375% Convertible Notes with GAAP, all stock-based payments,a maturity date of March 1, 2028. As part of that issuance, we settled approximately $100.0 million in outstanding 2025 Notes. We determined the carrying amount of the liability component of the 2028 Notes by using assumptions that market participants would use in pricing a debt instrument, including grants of employee stock options, restricted stockmarket interest rates, credit standing, yield curves and restricted stock units, market measure-based awards and shares purchased under an employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) (if certain parameters are not met), are recognized involatilities. Determining the financial statements based on their fair values. The grant date fair value of market measure-based share-based compensation plans are calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model. The following assumptions are used in determining fair value for stock options, restricted stock and ESPP shares:

·

Valuation and Recognition — The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of each market measure-based award is estimated on the date of grant using a Monte Carlo simulation pricing model. The fair value of service-based awards for each restricted stock unit award is determined on the date of grant using the closing stock price on that day. The estimated fair value of these awards is recognized to expense using the straight-line method over the vesting period. For awards issued to non-employees, the measurement date is the date when the performance is complete or when the award vests, whichever is the earliest. Accordingly, non-employee awards are re-measured at each reporting period until the final measurement date. The fair value of the award is recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the requisite service period, generally the vesting period. The Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo pricing models utilize the following assumptions:

·

Expected Term - Expected term is based on our historical life data and is determined using the average of the vesting period and the contractual life of the stock options granted. Expected life of a market measure-based award is based on the applicable performance period.

·

Expected Volatility - Expected volatility is based on our historical stock volatility data over the expected term of the awards.

·

Risk-Free Interest Rate – We base the risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes and Monte Carlo valuation models on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with an equivalent expected term.

·

Forfeitures – Beginning in 2017, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (“Update 2016-09”). With the adoption of Update 2016-09, forfeiture estimates are no longer required, and the effects of actual forfeitures are recorded at the time they occur. The impact on the condensed consolidated balance sheet was a cumulative-effect adjustment of $0.4 million, increasing opening accumulated deficit and additional paid-in capital.

The fair value of each award is estimated on the date of grant based on the assumptions noted above and as further described in Note 4 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2014-9, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), (the “New Revenue Standard”) requiring an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. Additional disclosures will also be required to enable users to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The New Revenue Standard will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in GAAP when it becomes effective and permitsdebt component requires the use of either the retrospective or modified retrospective method upon adoption. Adoption of the New Revenue Standard is required by the first quarter of 2018,accounting estimates and we have not yet selected a transition method. We have completed our preliminary evaluation of the potential financial statement impact of the New Revenue Standard on priorassumptions. These estimates and future reporting periods. We do not expect material changes to the timing of when we recognize revenue or the method by which we measure our single revenue stream, lab service revenue. Further, regarding the contract acquisition cost component of the New Revenue Standard, our preliminary analysis supports the use of the practical expedient when recognizing expense related to incremental costs incurred to acquire a contract, as the recovery of such costs is completedassumptions are judgmental in less than one year’s time. Additionally, incremental costs to obtain contracts have been immaterial to date. Accordingly, we do not expect any material changes to the timing of when we recognize expenses related to contract acquisition costs. We will continue our evaluation of the New Revenue Standard through the date of adoption.

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), (“Update 2016-02”) which requires recognition of lease assetsnature and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous GAAP.   The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  In transition, lessees and lessors are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the effects that the adoption of Update 2016-02 will have on our consolidated financial statements. We anticipate that the new guidance will impact our consolidated financial statements, as we have several leases.

In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments, (“Update 2016-15”). Current GAAP either is unclear or does not include specific guidance on the eight cash flow classification issues included in the amendments in Update 2016-15. The amendments are an improvement to GAAP because they provide guidance for each of the eight issues, thereby reducing the current and potential future diversity in practice.  The amendments in Update 2016-15 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. We have evaluated Update 2016-15 and we do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our statements of cash flows.

In October 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory, (“Update 2016-16”). This amendment improves the accounting for the income tax consequences of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. Update 2016-16 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate that the adoption of Update 2016-16 willcould have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

the determination of the debt component, and the associated non-cash interest expense.​

For the February 2020 offering, we allocated $346.6 million, net of tax, to the equity component of the convertible debt instrument. That equity component is treated as a discount on the liability component of the Notes, which is amortized over the eight-year term of the 2028 Notes using the effective interest rate method. In October 2016,addition, debt issuance costs related to the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Interest Held through Related Parties That Are Under Common Control, (Update 2016-17”).2028 Notes was $24.4 million. We allocated the costs to the liability and equity components of the 2028 Notes based on their relative values. The amendmentsdebt issuance costs allocated to the liability component are being amortized over the life of the 2028 Notes as additional non-cash interest expense. The transaction costs allocated to the equity component are netted with the equity component of the convertible debt instrument in Update 2016-17 change how a reporting entity thatstockholders’ equity.​
Business Combinations. Business Combinations are accounted for under the acquisition method in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The acquisition method requires identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed and any non-controlling interest in the business acquired be recognized and measured at fair value on the acquisition date, which is the single decision makerdate that the acquirer obtains control of a variable interest entity should treat indirect interests in the entity held through related partiesacquired business. The amount by which the fair value of consideration transferred as the purchase price exceeds the net fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. Acquisitions that are under common control with the reporting entity when determining whether it is the primary beneficiary of that variable interest entity. The amendment is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016. The adoption of Update 2016-17 did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.

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In November 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash, (“Update 2016-18”). Update 2016-18 provides guidance on the classification of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. The amendments are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in the Update 2016-18 should be adopted on a retrospective basis. We do not expect that adoption of this amendment to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements, as we do not have restricted cash.

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business, (Update 2017-01) in an effort to clarifymeet the definition of a business withcombination under the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should beASC are accounted for as asset acquisitions. Asset acquisitions (or disposals)are accounted for by allocating the cost of the acquisition to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed on a relative fair value basis. Goodwill is not recognized in an asset acquisition with any consideration in excess of net assets acquired allocated to acquired assets on a relative fair value basis. Transaction costs are expensed in a business combination and are considered a component of the cost of the acquisition in an asset acquisition.

In March 2020, we recognized goodwill of $30.4 million from the acquisitions of Paradigm and Viomics. We evaluate goodwill impairment on an annual basis or businesses. The amendmentsmore frequently should an event or change in circumstance occur that indicates that the carrying amount is in excess of Update 2017-01 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017the fair value. Refer to Note 5 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is allowed for interim or annual periods for whichNote 16 of the condensed consolidated financial statements have not been issued or made availableincluded in this Quarterly Report for issuance. We do not expect that adoption of this amendment to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.  

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2017-03, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, (“Update 2017-03”) which states that an entity should evaluate ASUs that have been issued but not yet adopted to determine the effects of those ASUs on the entity’s financial statements when adopted. If the effect is unknown or cannot be reasonably estimated, then additional qualitative disclosures should be considered, including a description of the effect of the accounting policies that the entity expects to apply, if determined, and a comparison to the entity’s current accounting policies, a description of the status of the entity’s process to implement the new standard and the significant implementation matters yet to be addressed. Transition guidance in certain issued but not yet adopted ASUs was updated to reflect Update 2017-03. Other than enhancements to the qualitative disclosures regarding the future adoption of new ASUs, adoption of Update 2017-03 is not expected to have any impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, (“Update 2017-04”). Update 2017-04 eliminates Step 2further discussion of the goodwill impairment test. Instead, an entity should perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparingrecorded.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets. We evaluate the fair value of long-lived assets, which include property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, and investments in privately held companies, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be fully recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a reporting unit with itscomparison of the carrying amount. An entity should recognizeamount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment charge forto be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however,value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.
During the third quarter, we recorded an impairment loss recognized should not exceedof $200.0 million related to the total amountin-process research and development intangible asset acquired as part of goodwill allocatedthe business combination with Genomic Health and an impairment loss of $9.7 million relating to that reporting unit. An entity still has the optionabandonment of certain research and development efforts using intangible assets acquired as part of an asset purchase agreement with Armune Biosciences, Inc. The determination to performrecord these impairment charges was made in connection with the qualitative assessmentpreparation of the financial statements as of September 30, 2020. Refer to Note 5 of the condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report for a reporting unitfurther discussion on the impairment charges recorded. ​
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements​
See Note 1 in the Notes to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary. The update is effective for public business entitiesCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the first interim and annual reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2020 with early adoption permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. We adopted this standard effective January 1, 2017, and will utilize this approach for any interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed in 2017.

In May 2017, the Financialdiscussion of Recent Accounting Standards Board issued ASU No. 2017-09, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting, (“Update 2017-09”). Update 2017-09 provides guidance on determining which changes to the terms and conditions of share-based payment awards require an entity to apply modification accounting under Topic 718. The amendments in Update 2017-09 are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments in Update 2017-09 should be applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. We are currently evaluating the impact of this amendment on our consolidated financial statements.

Pronouncements.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Arrangements​

As of September 30, 2017,2020, we had no off-balance sheet arrangements.


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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk​

Interest Rate Risk

Our exposure to market risk is principally confined to our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities. We invest our cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities in securities of the U.S. governmentgovernments and its agencies and in investment-grade, highly liquid investments consisting of commercial paper, bank certificates of deposit, asset backed securities and corporate bonds, which as of September 30, 20172020 and December 31, 2019 were classified as available-for-sale. We place our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities with high-quality financial institutions, limit the amount of credit exposure to any one institution, and have established investment guidelines relative to diversification and maturities designed to maintain safety and liquidity.

Based on a hypothetical ten percent adverse movement in interest rates, the potential losses in future earnings, fair value of risk-sensitive financial instruments, and cash flows are immaterial, although the actual effects may differ materially from the hypothetical analysis.

While we believe our cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities do not contain excessive risk, we cannot provide absolute assurance that, in the future, our investments will not be subject to adverse changes in market value. In addition, we maintain significant amounts of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities at one or more financial institutions that are in excess of federally insured limits. Given the potential instability of financial institutions, we cannot provide assurance that we will not experience losses on these deposits. We do not utilize interest rate hedging agreements or other interest rate derivative instruments.

A hypothetical ten percent change in interest rates would not have a material adverse impact on our future operating results or cash flows. All of our significant interest-bearing liabilities bear interest at fixed rates and therefore are not subject to fluctuations in market interest rates; however, because these interest rates are fixed, we may be paying a higher interest rate, relative to market, in the future if circumstances change.
Foreign Currency Risk
Substantially all of our revenues are recognized in U.S. dollars, although a growing percentage is denominated in foreign currency as we continue to expand into markets outside of the U.S. Certain expenses related to our international activities are payable in foreign currencies. As a result, factors such as changes in foreign currency exchange rates or weak economic conditions in foreign markets will affect our financial results.
Prior to 2019, the functional currency for each of our international subsidiaries was its local currency. For 2019 our international subsidiaries use the U.S. dollar as the functional currency, resulting in us not being subject to gains and losses from foreign currency translation of the subsidiary financial statements. In September 2017, Genomic Health (now a wholly owned subsidiary) started entering into forward contracts to mitigate the impact of adverse movements in foreign exchange rates related to the re-measurement of monetary assets and liabilities and hedge our foreign currency exchange rate exposure. As of September 30, 2020, we had open foreign currency forward contracts with notional amounts of $18.2 million. Although the impact of currency fluctuations on our financial results has been immaterial in the past, there can be no guarantee that the impact of currency fluctuations related to our international activities will not be material in the future.
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Procedures​

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2017,2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Disclosure controls and procedures enable us to record, process, summarize and report information required to be included in our Exchange Act filings within the required time period. Our disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the periodic reports filed with the SEC is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive, financial and accounting officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

During

In November 2019, the fiscal quarter covered by this report,Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Genomic Health (see Note 16 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional information). As of September 30, 2020, management is in the process of evaluating and integrating the internal controls of Genomic Health into the Company’s existing operations. Other than the controls enhanced or implemented to integrate the Genomic Health business, there have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controlcontrols over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, ourthe Company’s internal controlcontrols over financial reporting.

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Part II - Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

WeProceedings​

From time to time we are not currently a party to any pendingvarious legal proceedings that we believe will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. We may, however, be subject to various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our business. Legal proceedings, including litigation, government investigations and enforcement actions could result in material costs, occupy significant management resources and entail civil and criminal penalties.
We are currently responding to civil investigative demands initiated by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) concerning (1) Genomic Health’s compliance with the Medicare Date of Service billing regulations and (2) allegations that we offered or gave gift cards to patients in exchange for returning the Cologuard screening test, in violation of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act. We have been cooperating with these inquires and have produced documents in response thereto. Adverse outcomes from these investigations could include our being required to pay treble damages, incur civil and criminal penalties, paying attorney’s fees, entering into a corporate integrity agreement, being excluded from participation in government healthcare programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, and other adverse actions that could materially and adversely affect our business, from timefinancial condition and results of operations.

In connection with our combination with Genomic Health, on June 22, 2020, Suzanne Flannery, a purported former stockholder of Genomic Health, filed a Verified Individual and Class Action Complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery, captioned Flannery v. Genomic Health, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 2020-0492. The complaint asserts individual and class action claims, including: (i) a violation of 8 Del. C. § 203 by Genomic Health's former directors; (ii) conversion by Genomic Health, Exact and Spring Acquisition Corp.; (iii) breach of fiduciary duty by Genomic Health's former directors; (iv) breach of fiduciary duty by a purported controlling group of former Genomic Health stockholders comprised of funds managed by former Genomic Health directors, Julian Baker and Felix Baker; and (v) aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against Exact, Spring Acquisition and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Genomic Health's financial advisor in the combination. The complaint seeks, among other things, declaratory relief, unspecified monetary damages and attorneys' fees and costs. All defendants intend to time.

move to dismiss the complaint.


Item 1A. Risk Factors

Factors​

We operate in a rapidly changing environment that involves a number of risks that could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results, some of which are beyond our control. In addition to the other information set forth in this report, the risks and uncertainties that we believe are most important for you to consider are discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the 2019 Form 10-K and in Part II, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Other than the 2016 Form 10-K.  Therefactors set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors described in the 20162019 Form 10-K.

10-K and in subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

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The COVID-19 outbreak has and may further materially and adversely affect our business and financial results.
The COVID-19 outbreak, which the World Health Organization has classified as a pandemic, together with related precautionary measures, began to materially disrupt our business in March 2020 and may continue to disrupt our business for an unknown period of time. The territories in which we market, sell, distribute and perform our tests are attempting to address the COVID-19 pandemic in varying ways, including stay-at-home orders, temporarily closing businesses, restricting gatherings, restricting travel, and mandating social distancing and face coverings. Certain jurisdictions have begun re-opening only to return to restrictions due to increases in new COVID-19 cases. Even in areas where “stay-at-home” restrictions have been lifted and the number of cases of COVID-19 has declined, many individuals remain cautious about resuming activities such as preventive-care medical visits. Medical practices continue to be cautious about allowing individuals, such as sales representatives, into their offices. Many individuals continue to work from home rather from an office setting. The level and nature of the disruption caused by COVID-19 is unpredictable, may be cyclical and long-lasting and may vary from location to location. As a result, we anticipate significant impact to at least our 2020 operating results, including our revenues, margins, and cash utilization, among other measures.
Beginning in March 2020, we undertook temporary precautionary measures intended to help minimize the risk of the virus to our employees, including requiring most employees to work remotely; suspending field-based, face-to-face interactions by our sales force; requiring on-site employees to undergo COVID-19 testing, wear personal protective equipment (including face masks or shields) and maintain social distancing; pausing all non-essential travel worldwide for our employees; and limiting employee attendance at industry events and in-person work-related meetings, to the extent those events and meetings are continuing. Our commercial partner for Cologuard, Pfizer, Inc. (“Pfizer”), took similar precautions, including suspending face-to-face interactions between sales representatives and healthcare providers.
We expect to adjust our precautionary measures at our various locations based on local recovery levels and applicable governmental regulations. For example, a portion of the Company’s and Pfizer’s sales force has recommenced field-based interactions, although access to healthcare providers remains limited and the resumption of normal activities is expected to be gradual. Our business could be negatively affected if we take excessive, ineffective or inadequate precautions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has materially impacted our business, and may continue to impact our business for an unknown period of time. Such impacts may include the following:
Both our and Pfizer’s sales teams have been, and for an extended period of time may continue to be, limited in their interactions with healthcare providers, and therefore, also limited in their ability to engage in various types of healthcare provider education activities as contemplated by our and Pfizer’s Cologuard promotion agreement; while we amended and restated our promotion agreement with Pfizer to, among other things, address changes to the operational landscape resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, our expectations regarding the duration, severity and effects of the pandemic may prove inaccurate, and we may not realize the expected benefits from this agreement;
Healthcare providers or patients have canceled or delayed scheduling, and for an extended period of time may continue to cancel or delay scheduling, standard wellness visits and other non-emergency appointments and procedures (including mammograms and prostate cancer screenings), contributing to a decline in orders for our products or services;
Restrictions on travel, commerce and shipping may prevent patients and pathologists from shipping samples to our clinical laboratories;
Illnesses, quarantines, financial hardships, restrictions on travel, commerce and shipping, or other consequences of the pandemic, may disrupt our supply chain or other business relationships, and we or other parties may assert rights under force majeure clauses to excuse performance;
We have experienced, and for an extended period of time may continue to experience, reduced volumes at our clinical laboratories and we may need to suspend operations at some or all of our clinical laboratories;
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We have taken, and may take additional, cost cutting measures, which may hinder our efforts to commercialize our products or delay the development of future products and services. We might not realize all of the cost savings we expect to achieve as a result of those efforts;
We and our partners have postponed or cancelled clinical studies, which may delay or prevent our launch of future products and services;
Our workforce, much of which has been asked to work remotely in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, may be infected by the virus or otherwise distracted;
A combination of factors, including infection from the virus, supply shortfalls, and inability to obtain or maintain equipment, could adversely affect our lab capacity and our ability to meet the demand for our testing services. In March of 2020 we began offering a COVID-19 test and by devoting lab capacity and supplies to that test, we may experience capacity limitations and supply shortfalls that adversely affect our ability to provide Cologuard and other tests that may generate more revenue and higher profits; and
We may inaccurately estimate the duration or severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, which could cause us to misalign our staffing, spending, activities and precautionary measures with market current or future market conditions.
Despite our efforts, the ultimate impact of COVID-19 depends on factors beyond our knowledge or control, including the duration and severity of the outbreak, third-party actions taken to contain its spread and mitigate its public health effects and short- and long-term changes in the behaviors of medical professionals and patients resulting from the pandemic.
Additionally, the anticipated economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have adversely impacted financial markets, resulting in high share price volatility, reduced market liquidity, and substantial declines in the market prices of the securities of many publicly traded companies. Volatile or declining markets for equities could adversely affect our ability to raise capital when needed through the sale of shares of common stock or other equity or equity-linked securities. If these market conditions persist when and if we need to raise capital, and if we are able to sell shares of our common stock under then prevailing market conditions, we might have to accept lower prices for our shares and issue a larger number of shares than might have been the case under better market conditions, resulting in significant dilution of the interests of our stockholders.
We currently offer COVID-19 testing, but there can be no assurance that we will continue to be able to successfully offer, perform or generate revenues from the test.
In late March 2020, we began providing COIVD-19 testing. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted us Emergency Use Authorization to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in upper respiratory samples.
While we have entered into a limited number of contracts to provide COVID-19 testing and expect to pursue additional contracts, there can be no assurance that our efforts to offer and perform COVID-19 testing will be successful. The success of our test, our ability to continue to generate revenues from COVID-19 testing, and our ability to generate profits from COVID-19 testing will depend on a variety of factors, including:
the level of demand for COVID-19 testing, the price we are able to charge for performing the test, and the length of time for which that demand persists;
the availability of COVID-19 testing, from other laboratories;
acceptance of our COVID-19 testing in the medical community;
the emergence of other forms of COVID-19 testing (including antigen and antibody screening tests) and other sample collection methods, which healthcare providers and patients may prefer to our test;
the period of time for which the FDA will permit us to offer COVID-19 testing under an Emergency Use Authorization;
our ability to maintain regulatory approvals to perform and market COVID-19 testing and to respond to any changes in regulatory requirements;
the potential for supply disruptions and our reliance on certain single-source suppliers;
the potential for disruption in the delivery of patient samples to our laboratories;
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the capacity of our laboratories to satisfy both COVID-19 testing and other testing demands;
the extent to which we choose to allocate limited laboratory capacity, supplies and other resources to areas of our business other than COVID-19 testing;
the complexity of billing for, and collecting revenue for, our test;
healthcare provider and patient compliance with instructions for performing the nasal swab and providing samples to our laboratories;
our ability to maintain laboratory operations during the COVID-19 pandemic and to perform the test accurately and punctually; and
the ease of use of our ordering and reporting process.
Additionally, we have previously only offered cancer screening and diagnostic tests. The addition of COVID-19 testing may divert resources and distract management’s attention from other projects that may be more profitable or strategic. If we are unable to successfully provide COVID-19 testing while continuing to operate our existing Screening and Precision Oncology business, our results of operations, financial position and reputation may suffer.
Our business is subject to complex and evolving laws, as well as customer and patient expectations, regarding data privacy, protection and security.
The interpretation and application of consumer, health related and data protection laws in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere are often uncertain, contradictory and in flux. In order to mitigate concerns about overseas data transfers and to comply with provisions of the GDPR and its predecessor regulations, we self-certified with the Department of Commerce for compliance with the U.S.-E.U. Privacy Shield. However, on July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered its judgment in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland, invalidating the U.S.-E.U. Privacy Shield program. Although we expect to implement other measures to ensure compliance with the GDPR, the changing legal landscape could cause us to incur substantial costs or change our operations and compliance procedures, all of which may adversely affect our business.
If we fail to comply with the GDPR and other applicable data privacy, protection and security laws, or if we fail to satisfy customer or patient concerns regarding data handling, we could be subject to government enforcement actions, private litigation, civil or criminal penalties, reduced orders and adverse publicity.
Our failure to successfully complete or integrate acquisitions, including our recently announced acquisition of Thrive, in the expected timeframes, or to realize all or any part of the anticipated benefits of such acquisitions, may adversely affect our results of operations..
We undertake acquisition activities from time to time. In November 2019, we completed the acquisition of Genomic Health, Inc., and in March 2020, we completed the acquisitions of Paradigm Diagnostics, Inc. and Viomics, Inc. On October 27, 2020, we announced our entry into the Thrive Merger Agreement and our acquisition of Base. Certain risks may exist as a result of these and other acquisition activities, including, among others, that:
a failure to complete the merger with Thrive, including due to the inability to receive the required regulatory approvals, the occurrence of events that may give rise to the right of one or both of us and Thrive to terminate the Thrive Merger Agreement, a ruling or judgment by a government authority enjoining or prohibiting the Thrive merger, or the failure of us or Thrive to satisfy another closing condition outside of our control, could negatively impact our stock price and our future business and financial results;
we will incur substantial expenses, and may encounter potential unknown liabilities and unforeseen increased expenses, delays or unfavorable conditions, in connection with the closing of the Thrive merger and other business acquisitions, including our acquisition of Base, whether or not such acquisitions are completed, and the subsequent integration, reducing our cash available for operations and other uses;
the pendency of the Thrive merger or other acquisitions could adversely affect our business and operations, including by diverting significant focus of management and other resources and limiting our ability to execute certain business strategies;
we may be unable to successfully integrate the acquired businesses into our business;
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we may lose key employees;
we may encounter potential unknown liabilities and unforeseen risks associated with contracts containing consent and/or other provisions that may be triggered by the acquisitions;
we may be unable to realize the anticipated benefits of the acquisitions or do so within the anticipated timeframe;
our future results will suffer if we do not effectively manage our expanded operations; and
the market price of our common stock may decline as a result of the acquisitions.
In the future, we may enter into transactions to acquire other businesses, products, services or technologies. Because we have only made a limited number of acquisitions to date, our ability to do so successfully is unproven. If we do identify suitable candidates, we may not be able to make such acquisitions on favorable terms or at all. Any acquisitions we make may not strengthen our competitive position, and these transactions may be viewed negatively by investors, healthcare providers, patients and others. In addition to the risks outlined above, we may decide to incur debt in connection with an acquisition or issue our common stock or other securities to the stockholders of the acquired company, which would reduce the percentage ownership of our existing stockholders. We cannot predict the number, timing or size of future acquisitions or the effect that any such transactions might have on our operating results.

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

Not applicable.

In January 2020, we entered into an amendment to a services and license agreement with Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (“Mayo”) relating to medical officer services provided by certain Mayo employees. As part of the agreement, in July 2020 we issued Mayo 4,984 shares of restricted stock.
We believe that the offer and sale of the securities referenced were exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) by virtue of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder as transactions not involving any public offering. Use of this exemption is based on the following facts:
Neither we nor any person acting on our behalf solicited any offer to buy or sell securities by any form of general solicitation or advertising.
At the time of the purchase, Mayo was an accredited investor, as defined in Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act.
Mayo has had access to information regarding Exact and is knowledgeable about us and our business affairs.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Securities​

Not applicable.


Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

Resignation of Lionel Sterling as Director; Election of Eli Casdin as Director.

Information​

On October 26, 2017, Lionel Sterling submitted his resignation23, 2020, we notified The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) of an inadvertent noncompliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5605(c) (“Rule 5605(c)”), which prohibits members of a listed company’s audit committee from receiving, directly or indirectly, consulting fees of any amount. During the time period from July 25, 2019, to October 22, 2020, Pierre Jacquet, a member of our board of directors, served as a member of our Audit and Finance Committee. Mr. Jacquet is Vice Chairman, Global Healthcare Managing Director at L.E.K. Consulting, a global management consulting firm that we have engaged from time to time to perform strategic consulting services for the
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Company. We made payments to L.E.K. Consulting of $359,231 during the period in which Mr. Jacquet served on our Audit and Finance Committee in 2019 and $506,234 during the period in which Mr. Jacquet served on our Audit and Finance Committee in 2020. Mr. Jacquet did not provide the consulting services to the Company and did not receive any direct compensation related thereto. Once it was determined that the payments to L.E.K. Consulting were deemed indirect consulting fees to Mr. Jacquet under Rule 5605(c) by virtue of its requirement that members of a listed company’s audit committee meet the criteria for independence set forth in Rule 10A-3(b)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), we promptly corrected the non-compliance. Daniel Levangie, who our board of directors has determined meets the criteria for independence required by Rule 5605(c), succeeded Mr. Jacquet as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company for personal reasons. Mr. Sterling did not indicate that his resignationAudit and Finance Committee on October 22, 2020.
The notification to Nasdaq was a result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

On October 26, 2017, the Board elected Eli Casdin to serve as a Class II director until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  Mr. Casdin will serve as a member of each of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors. 

Mr. Casdin, age 44, founded Casdin Capital, LLC, a life sciences and healthcare investment company, in 2011 and has served as Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner since its founding. Prior to founding Casdin Capital, Mr. Casdin was Vice President at Alliance Bernstein from 2007 to 2011 where he researched investment implications of new technologies for the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Prior to that, Mr. Casdin served as a research analyst at Bear Stearns and Cooper Hill Partners, specializing in healthcare investments in life sciences tools, diagnostics and medical devices.  Mr. Casdin earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Mr. Casdin will receive compensation for his service as a directormade in accordance with Nasdaq Rule 5625, which requires a company with common securities listed on Nasdaq to report any noncompliance of Nasdaq’s Rule 5600 Series. This report shall not constitute an admission that the Company’s Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (the “Director Compensation Policy”), whichinadvertent noncompliance reported herein is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference. Pursuant to the Director Compensation Policy, in connection with his initial appointment to the Board of Directors, Mr. Casdin received a stock option award covering 10,100 shares of Company common stock.

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Third Amended and Restated By-laws

On October 26, 2017, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the Company’s Third Amended and Restated By-laws (the “Third Amended and Restated By-laws”), effective as of October 31, 2017.  The Third Amended and Restated By-laws amend and restate in their entirety the Company’s bylaws to, among other things:

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amend Article 3 to remove the specific requirement that certain officers be elected at the meeting of the board of directors immediately following each annual meeting, as the Company’s officers may be appointed by the Board at any time as it deems appropriate;

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clarify that the voting requirement for matters to be approved by the stockholders is a majority of the voting power of stockholders present or represented, in person or by proxy, and voting on a matter, unless a different standard is required or permitted by express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation, the by-laws, or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Company or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Company or its securities; and

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clarify that shares of the Company’s stock may be certificated or uncertificated, as provided under Delaware law, and to clarify the procedures for transfer of uncertificated shares and the issuance of uncertificated shares in replacement of lost, stolen or destroyed certificates.

The foregoing summary is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the full text of the Third Amended and Restated By-laws, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.3 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibits​

The exhibits required to befollowing documents are filed as a part of this report are listed in the Exhibit Index.

Form 10-Q.​

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Description

Filed
with
This
Report
Incorporated
by Reference
herein from
Form or
Schedule
Filing
Date
SEC File /
Registration
Number

Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (previously filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S1 (File No. 33348812), filed on October 27,

S-1 (Exhibit 3.3)12/4/2000 and incorporated herein by reference)

333-48812

First Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (previously filed as Appendix B to the Definitive Proxy Statement for the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed on June 20, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference)

8-K (Exhibit 3.1)7/24/2020001-35092

3.3+

ThirdFourth Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant dated October 31, 2017

8-K (Exhibit 3.1)1/31/2020001-35092

10.1+*

Exact Sciences Corporation 2010 Omnibus Long-Term Incentive Plan (AsSecond Amended and Restated Effective July 27, 2017)

License Agreement, effective January 31, 2020, by and between Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and the Registrant *
X

10.2+*

Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, dated January 31, 2017Amended and effective July 27, 2017

Restated Cologuard Promotion Agreement by and between the Registrant and Pfizer, Inc.
8-K
(Exhibit 10.1)
10/7/2020001-35092

31.1+

Certification Pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934

X

31.2+

Certification Pursuant to Rule 13(a)-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934

X

32.1+

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

101+

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Interactive Data Files

The following materials from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Exact Sciences Corporation for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 filed on October 27, 2020, formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (“iXBRL”): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) related notes to these financial statements
X
104The cover page from our Quarterly Report for the period ended September 30, 2020, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 27, 2020, is formatted in Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language (“iXBRL”)X


+Filed herewith

*Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

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*Confidential portions of this exhibit, indicated by asterisks, have been omitted.​

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SIGNATURES

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.

EXACT SCIENCES CORPORATION

Date: October 30, 2017

27, 2020

By:

/s/ Kevin T. Conroy

Kevin T. Conroy

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: October 30, 2017

27, 2020

By:

/s/ Jeffrey T. Elliott

Jeffrey T. Elliott

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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