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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

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

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

For the quarterly period ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019

OR

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

For the transition period from                 to                 

Commission file number 001-34375

 

CYTORIPLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(previously known as Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.)

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

DELAWAREDelaware

 

33-0827593

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

3020 CALLAN ROAD, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA4200 MARATHON BLVD., SUITE 200, AUSTIN, TX

 

9212178756

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 458-0900(737) 255-7194

 

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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes      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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one).Act.

 

Large Accelerated Filer

 

Accelerated Filer

Non-Accelerated Filer

 

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 financing 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 OctoberJuly 31, 2018,2019, there were 13,201,410453,116 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001

PSTV

Nasdaq Capital Market

Series S Warrant

PSTVZ

Nasdaq Capital Market

 


CYTORIPLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(previously known as Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.)

INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

Page

PART I

 

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements (Unaudited) (Unaudited)

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash FlowsStockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows

6

Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

1518

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

2325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

2325

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

2425

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

2425

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

2738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

2739

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

 

2739

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

 

Other Information

 

2739

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

2840

 

2


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

CYTORIPLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(previously known as Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.)

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except share and par value data)

 

 

As of September 30,

2018

 

 

As of December 31,

2017

 

 

As of June 30,

2019

 

 

As of December 31,

2018

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

6,806

 

 

$

9,550

 

 

$

4,530

 

 

$

5,261

 

Accounts receivable, net of reserves of $185 in 2018 and $167 in 2017

 

 

440

 

 

 

145

 

Accounts receivable, net of reserves of $181 in 2019 and $185 in 2018

 

 

80

 

 

 

178

 

Restricted cash

 

 

40

 

 

 

675

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

40

 

Inventories, net

 

 

2,814

 

 

 

3,183

 

 

 

107

 

 

 

107

 

Other current assets

 

 

654

 

 

 

1,311

 

 

 

503

 

 

 

785

 

Current assets held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

3,277

 

Total current assets

 

 

10,754

 

 

 

14,864

 

 

 

5,260

 

 

 

9,648

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

2,648

 

 

 

3,052

 

 

 

2,297

 

 

 

2,299

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

905

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

1,938

 

 

 

2,570

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

39

 

Intangibles, net

 

 

6,270

 

 

 

7,207

 

Noncurrent assets held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

11,633

 

Goodwill

 

 

3,922

 

 

 

3,922

 

 

 

372

 

 

 

372

 

Total assets

 

$

25,532

 

 

$

31,615

 

 

$

8,884

 

 

$

23,991

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

$

3,645

 

 

$

4,790

 

 

$

2,953

 

 

$

2,777

 

Operating lease liability

 

 

157

 

 

 

 

Term loan obligations, net of discount

 

 

14,007

 

 

 

13,624

 

 

 

10,813

 

 

 

14,202

 

Current liabilities held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

580

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

17,652

 

 

 

18,414

 

 

 

13,923

 

 

 

17,559

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenues

 

 

187

 

 

 

94

 

Long-term deferred rent and other

 

 

83

 

 

 

107

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

 

65

 

 

 

46

 

Noncurrent operating lease liability

 

 

748

 

 

 

 

Warrant liability

 

 

1,472

 

 

 

 

 

 

424

 

 

 

916

 

Noncurrent liabilities held for sale

 

 

 

 

 

245

 

Total liabilities

 

 

19,394

 

 

 

18,615

 

 

 

15,160

 

 

 

18,766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Notes 8 and 9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 23,500 shares

issued; 4,624 and 2,431 shares outstanding in 2018 and 2017, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 11,691,293 and

5,782,573 shares issued and outstanding in 2018 and 2017, respectively

 

 

67

 

 

 

58

 

Stockholders’ equity (deficit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 30,233 shares

issued; 4,540 and 4,606 shares outstanding in 2019 and 2018, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 443,117 and

296,609 shares issued and outstanding in 2019 and 2018, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

417,036

 

 

 

413,304

 

 

 

420,404

 

 

 

418,390

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

1,182

 

 

 

1,387

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,218

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(412,147

)

 

 

(401,749

)

 

 

(426,680

)

 

 

(414,383

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

6,138

 

 

 

13,000

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

25,532

 

 

$

31,615

 

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

 

 

(6,276

)

 

 

5,225

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

 

$

8,884

 

 

$

23,991

 

 

SEE NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See Accompanying Notes to these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

3


CYTORIPLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(previously known as Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.)

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Product revenues

 

$

858

 

 

$

467

 

 

$

2,249

 

 

$

2,027

 

Cost of product revenues

 

 

322

 

 

 

181

 

 

 

918

 

 

 

992

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

306

 

 

 

306

 

 

 

919

 

 

 

919

 

Gross profit (loss)

 

 

230

 

 

 

(20

)

 

 

412

 

 

 

116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Development revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government contracts and other

 

 

454

 

 

 

1,306

 

 

 

2,270

 

 

 

2,856

 

 

$

302

 

 

$

899

 

 

$

1,039

 

 

$

1,816

 

 

 

454

 

 

 

1,306

 

 

 

2,270

 

 

 

2,856

 

 

 

302

 

 

 

899

 

 

 

1,039

 

 

 

1,816

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

 

1,916

 

 

 

3,004

 

 

 

6,366

 

 

 

9,284

 

 

 

1,289

 

 

 

1,267

 

 

 

2,715

 

 

 

2,661

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

453

 

 

 

840

 

 

 

1,656

 

 

 

3,043

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

185

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

478

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,486

 

 

 

1,785

 

 

 

5,199

 

 

 

6,012

 

 

 

875

 

 

 

1,293

 

 

 

2,237

 

 

 

3,302

 

Change in fair value of warrants

 

 

(1,676

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,676

)

 

 

 

In process research and development acquired from Azaya Therapeutics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,686

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

2,179

 

 

 

5,629

 

 

 

11,545

 

 

 

20,025

 

 

 

2,261

 

 

 

2,745

 

 

 

5,163

 

 

 

6,441

 

Operating loss

 

 

(1,495

)

 

 

(4,343

)

 

 

(8,863

)

 

 

(17,053

)

 

 

(1,959

)

 

 

(1,846

)

 

 

(4,124

)

 

 

(4,625

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

11

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

19

 

Interest expense

 

 

(512

)

 

 

(474

)

 

 

(1,379

)

 

 

(1,603

)

 

 

(597

)

 

 

(444

)

 

 

(1,111

)

 

 

(866

)

Other income (expense), net

 

 

9

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

157

 

 

 

233

 

Issuance costs of warrants

 

 

(343

)

 

 

 

 

 

(343

)

 

 

 

Change in fair value of warrants

 

 

282

 

 

 

 

 

 

492

 

 

 

 

Total other expense

 

 

(835

)

 

 

(464

)

 

 

(1,535

)

 

 

(1,346

)

 

 

(308

)

 

 

(439

)

 

 

(605

)

 

 

(847

)

Loss from continuing operations

 

$

(2,267

)

 

$

(2,285

)

 

$

(4,729

)

 

$

(5,472

)

Loss from discontinued operations

 

 

(6,880

)

 

 

(1,374

)

 

 

(7,568

)

 

 

(2,596

)

Net loss

 

$

(2,330

)

 

$

(4,807

)

 

$

(10,398

)

 

$

(18,399

)

 

$

(9,147

)

 

$

(3,659

)

 

$

(12,297

)

 

$

(8,068

)

Beneficial conversion feature for convertible preferred stock

 

 

(2,487

)

 

$

 

 

 

(2,487

)

 

$

 

Net loss allocable to common stockholders

 

$

(4,817

)

 

$

(4,807

)

 

$

(12,885

)

 

$

(18,399

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(0.55

)

 

$

(1.39

)

 

$

(1.85

)

 

$

(6.22

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common

stockholders from continuing operations

 

$

(5.12

)

 

$

(18.53

)

 

$

(11.89

)

 

$

(44.91

)

Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common

stockholders from discontinued operations

 

 

(15.55

)

 

 

(11.14

)

 

 

(19.02

)

 

 

(21.31

)

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

 

$

(20.67

)

 

$

(29.67

)

 

$

(30.91

)

 

$

(66.22

)

Basic and diluted weighted average shares used in calculating net loss per share attributable to common stockholders

 

 

8,716,194

 

 

 

3,449,083

 

 

 

6,972,615

 

 

 

2,956,403

 

 

 

442,512

 

 

 

123,330

 

 

 

397,827

 

 

 

121,843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(2,330

)

 

$

(4,807

)

 

$

(10,398

)

 

$

(18,399

)

 

$

(9,147

)

 

$

(3,659

)

 

$

(12,297

)

 

$

(8,068

)

Other comprehensive loss – foreign currency translation

adjustments

 

 

(55

)

 

 

16

 

 

 

(205

)

 

 

(59

)

Other comprehensive (loss) income – foreign currency translation

adjustments

 

 

 

 

 

131

 

 

 

 

 

 

(150

)

Comprehensive loss

 

$

(2,385

)

 

$

(4,791

)

 

$

(10,603

)

 

$

(18,458

)

 

$

(9,147

)

 

$

(3,528

)

 

$

(12,297

)

 

$

(8,218

)

 

SEE NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See Accompanying Notes to these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

 

4


CYTORIPLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(previously known as Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.)

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

preferred stock

 

 

Common stock

 

 

Additional

 

 

other

 

 

 

 

 

stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

paid-in

capital

 

 

comprehensive

income

 

 

Accumulated

deficit

 

 

equity

(deficit)

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

 

2,431

 

 

$

 

 

 

115,652

 

 

$

 

 

$

413,362

 

 

$

1,387

 

 

$

(401,749

)

 

$

13,000

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

143

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

143

 

Sale of common stock, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

202

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

Conversion of Series B Convertible Preferred

   Stock into common stock

 

 

(1,228

)

 

 

 

 

 

7,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment and

   accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(281

)

 

 

 

 

 

(281

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,409

)

 

 

(4,409

)

Balance at March 31, 2018

 

 

1,203

 

 

$

 

 

 

123,229

 

 

$

 

 

$

413,532

 

 

$

1,106

 

 

$

(406,158

)

 

$

8,480

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96

 

Sale of common stock, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

192

 

 

 

 

 

 

(297

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(297

)

Conversion of Series B Convertible Preferred

   Stock into common stock

 

 

(17

)

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment and

   accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

131

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,659

)

 

 

(3,659

)

Balance at June 30, 2018

 

 

1,186

 

 

$

 

 

 

123,524

 

 

$

 

 

$

413,331

 

 

$

1,237

 

 

$

(409,817

)

 

$

4,751

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2018

 

 

4,606

 

 

$

 

 

 

296,609

 

 

$

 

 

$

418,390

 

 

$

1,218

 

 

$

(414,383

)

 

$

5,225

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

Sale of common stock, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

139,855

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,873

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,873

 

Conversion of Series C Convertible Preferred

   Stock into common stock

 

 

(66

)

 

 

 

 

 

1,653

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment and

   accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(140

)

 

 

 

 

 

(140

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,150

)

 

 

(3,150

)

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

 

4,540

 

 

$

 

 

 

438,117

 

 

$

 

 

$

420,312

 

 

$

1,078

 

 

$

(417,533

)

 

$

3,857

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

Sale of common stock, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

64

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment and

   accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,078

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,078

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9,147

)

 

 

(9,147

)

Balance at June 30, 2019

 

 

4,540

 

 

$

 

 

 

443,117

 

 

$

 

 

$

420,404

 

 

$

 

 

$

(426,680

)

 

$

(6,276

)

See Accompanying Notes to these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

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PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(previously known as Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.)

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(10,398

)

 

$

(18,399

)

 

$

(12,297

)

 

$

(8,068

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non Cash Lease Expense

 

39

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,465

 

 

 

1,618

 

 

 

617

 

 

 

975

 

Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount

 

 

383

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

257

 

 

 

212

 

In process research and development acquired from Azaya Therapeutics

 

 

 

 

 

1,686

 

Provision for excess inventory

 

 

433

 

 

 

413

 

 

 

 

 

 

398

 

Allocation of issuance costs associated with warrants

 

 

343

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of warrants

 

 

(1,676

)

 

 

 

 

 

(492

)

 

 

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

325

 

 

 

588

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

239

 

Loss on asset disposal

 

 

23

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

Loss on sale of business

 

 

6,306

 

 

 

 

Increases (decreases) in cash caused by changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(316

)

 

 

991

 

 

 

(28

)

 

 

(274

)

Inventories

 

 

615

 

 

 

457

 

 

 

235

 

 

 

371

 

Other current assets

 

 

514

 

 

 

(284

)

 

 

216

 

 

 

344

 

Other assets

 

 

7

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

257

 

 

 

(1

)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

 

(1,274

)

 

 

(1,746

)

 

 

(94

)

 

 

(1,165

)

Deferred revenues

 

 

93

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

123

 

Long-term deferred rent

 

 

(24

)

 

 

103

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

54

 

 

 

(14

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(9,487

)

 

 

(13,904

)

 

 

(4,824

)

 

 

(6,840

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(128

)

 

 

(271

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(78

)

Proceeds from sale of assets

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

Purchase of long-lived assets part of Azaya Therapeutics' acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

(1,201

)

Proceeds from sale of business, net

 

 

2,789

 

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(128

)

 

 

(1,462

)

 

 

2,783

 

 

 

(78

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal payments on long-term obligations

 

 

 

 

 

(4,720

)

Proceeds from sale of common and preferred stock, net

 

 

6,246

 

 

 

12,377

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

6,246

 

 

 

7,657

 

Principal payment of long-term obligations

 

 

(642

)

 

 

 

Payment of financing lease liability

 

 

(28

)

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of common stock, net

 

 

1,984

 

 

 

(200

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

1,314

 

 

 

(200

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(10

)

 

 

11

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

12

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(3,379

)

 

 

(7,698

)

 

 

(731

)

 

 

(7,106

)

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period

 

 

10,225

 

 

 

12,910

 

 

 

5,301

 

 

 

10,225

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period

 

$

6,846

 

 

$

5,212

 

 

$

4,570

 

 

$

3,119

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flows information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

990

 

 

$

1,059

 

 

$

826

 

 

$

649

 

Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sales of business, net, paid directly to lender for principal payment of long-term obligations

 

$

3,050

 

 

$

 

Conversion of preferred stock into common stock

 

$

7

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

4

 

Common stock issued in payment for the assets acquired from Azaya Therapeutics

 

$

 

 

$

2,311

 

 

SEE NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

See Accompanying Notes to these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements

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CYTORIPLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(previously known as Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.)

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SeptemberJune 30, 20182019

(UNAUDITED)

 

 

1.

Basis of Presentation and New Accounting Standards

Our accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for annual financial statements.  Our consolidated condensed balance sheet at December 31, 20172018 has been derived from the audited financial statements at December 31, 2017,2018, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations of CytoriPlus Therapeutics, Inc., and our subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Plus Therapeutics”) have been included.  Operating results for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes therein included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017,2018, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2018.29, 2019.

On March 30, 2019, the Company entered into an Asset and Share Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “Lorem Purchase Agreement”) with Lorem Vascular Pte. Ltd. (“Lorem”), pursuant to which, among other things, Lorem agreed to purchase the Company’s UK subsidiary, Cytori Ltd. (the “UK Subsidiary”), and the Company’s Cell Therapy assets, excluding such assets used in Japan or relating to the Company’s contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”). Both the Company and Lorem made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Lorem Purchase Agreement. The transaction was completed on April 24, 2019 and the Company received $4.0 million of cash proceeds, of which $1.7 million was used to pay down principal, interest and fees under the Loan and Security Agreement, dated May 29, 2015 (the “Loan and Security Agreement”), with Oxford Finance, LLC (“Oxford”).

On April 19, 2019, the Company entered into an Asset and Share Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “Shirahama Purchase Agreement”) with Seijirō Shirahama, pursuant to which, among other things, Mr. Shirahama agreed to purchase the Company’s Japanese subsidiary, Cytori Therapeutics, K.K. (the “Japanese Subsidiary”), and substantially all of the Company’s Cell Therapy assets used in Japan. Both the Company and Mr. Shirahama made customary representations, warranties and covenants in the Shirahama Purchase Agreement. The transaction was completed on April 25, 2019 and the Company received $3.0 million of cash proceeds, of which $1.4 million was used to pay down principal, interest and fees under the Loan and Security Agreement (defined in Note 4)

Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation and Reverse Stock SplitSplits

On July 29, 2019, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation with the State of Delaware to change its corporate name from Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. to Plus Therapeutics, Inc. The Company also changed its trading symbol for its common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market to “PSTV”. Additionally, the Company changed its trading symbol for its Series S warrants to “PSTVZ”.

On May 23, 2018, following stockholder and Board approval, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Amendment”), with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to (i) effectuate a one-for-ten (1:10) reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, without any change to its par value, and (ii) increase the number of authorized shares of the Company’s common stock from 75 million to 100 million shares (which amount is not otherwise affected by the Reverse Stock Split). The Amendment became effective on the filing date. Upon effectiveness of the Reverse Stock Split, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock (x) issued and outstanding  decreased from approximately 61.6 million shares (as of May 23, 2018) to approximately 6.2 million  shares; (y) reserved for issuance upon exercise of outstanding warrants and options decreased from approximately 23.4 million shares to approximately 2.3 million shares, and (z) reserved but unallocated under our current equity incentive plans (including the stockholder-approved share increase to the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan) decreased from approximately 9.1 million common shares to approximately 0.9 million common shares. The Company’s 5,000,000 shares of authorized Preferred Stock were not affected by the Reverse Stock Split. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Proportional adjustments for the reverse stock split were made to the Company's outstanding stock options, warrants and equity incentive plans for all periods presented.

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On August 5, 2019, following stockholder and Board approval, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment (the “August 2019 Amendment”) to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Amendment), as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effectuate a one-for-fifty (1:50) reverse stock split (the “August 2019 Reverse Stock Split”)) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, without any change to its par value. The August 2019 Amendment became effective on the filing date. The August 2019 Reverse Stock Split became effective for trading purposes as of the commencement of trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on August 6, 2019. There was no change in the Company’s Nasdaq ticker symbol, “PSTV,” as a result of the August 2019 Reverse Stock Split. Upon effectiveness, each 50 shares of issued and outstanding Common Stock were converted into one newly issued and outstanding share of Common Stock. The Company’s 5,000,000 shares of authorized Preferred Stock were not affected by the August 2019 Reverse Stock Split. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the August 2019 Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares of Common Stock that would have otherwise resulted from the August 2019 Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the nearest whole share. Outstanding equity awards and the shares available for future grant under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, 2011 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 2014 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan and 2015 New Employee Incentive Plan were proportionately reduced (rounded down to the nearest whole share), and the exercise prices of outstanding equity awards were proportionately increased (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) to give effect to the August 2019 Reverse Stock Split.

Recently Issued and Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016,2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases. Under this new guidance, at the commencement date, lessees will be required to recognize (i) a lease liability, which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis and (ii) a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. This guidance is not applicable for leases with a term of 12 months or less. The new standard is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those periods, beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. Although ASU 2016-02 is required to be adopted at the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements, which allows for an alternative transition method of adoption by recognizing a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2016-02 on January 1, 2019 utilizing the alternative transition method allowed for under ASU 2018-11. Although the Company is in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its financial statements, the Company expects the most significant changes will be the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities on the Company’s balance sheet for its real estate operating lease commitments.

In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, to simplify how all entities assess goodwill for impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. As amended, the goodwill impairment test will consist of one step comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An entity should recognize a goodwill impairment charge for the amount by which the reporting unit's carrying amount exceeds its fair value. This update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those periods. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017.  We are currently evaluating the impact that this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

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In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-11, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260); Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480); Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): I. Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round Features; II. Replacement of the Indefinite Deferral for Mandatorily Redeemable Financial Instruments of Certain Nonpublic Entities and Certain Mandatorily Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests with a Scope Exception. ASU 2017-11 allows companies to exclude a down round feature when determining whether a financial instrument (or embedded conversion feature) is considered indexed to the entity’s own stock. As a result, financial instruments (or embedded conversion features) with down round features may no longer be required to be accounted for as derivative liabilities. A company will recognize the value of a down round feature only when it is triggered and the strike price has been adjusted downward. For equity-classified freestanding financial instruments, an entity will treat the value of the effect of the down round as a dividend and a reduction of income available to common shareholders in computing basic earnings per share. For convertible instruments with embedded conversion features containing down round provisions, entities will recognize the value of the down round as a beneficial conversion discount to be amortized to earnings. The new standard is effective for annual reporting periods, and interim periods within those periods, beginning after December 31, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). The new standard is based on the principle that revenue should be recognized in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for the transfer of promised goods or services. ASU 2014-09 and all subsequent amendments (collectively, the “new standards”) may be applied using either the full retrospective method, in which case the standard would be applied to each prior reporting period presented, or the modified retrospective method, in which case the cumulative effect of applying the standard would be recognized at the date of initial application. We have adopted the standards beginning this first quarter of 2018 using the modified retrospective method. Overall, the timing or amounts related to the revenue recognition under the new standards did not differ from our previously applied revenue recognition policy. Our product revenues are recognized at a point in time, which is when control transfers to the customer.  We have made an accounting policy election to treat shipping and handling activities that occur after the customer obtains control of the goods as fulfillment costs. There was no cumulative effect of applying the new standards as of the adoption date on January 1, 2018.

In NovemberFebruary 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-18,Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Restricted CashLeases,. Under this new guidance, at the commencement date, lessees will be required to recognize (i) a lease liability, which requires entitiesis a lessee’s obligation to showmake lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis and (ii) a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the changeslessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term. This guidance is not applicable for leases with a term of 12 months or less. The Company adopted ASC 842 as of January 1, 2019, electing the optional transition method that allows for a cumulative-effect adjustment in the totalperiod of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cashadoption and restricted cash equivalents indid not restate prior periods. The Company elected the statementpackage of cash flows.practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance. As a result entities will no longer present transfers between cashof the adoption, the Company recorded right-of-use assets and cash equivalentsliabilities. As of June 30, 2019, the Company’s right-of-use assets and restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. The adoption of this standard, in the first quarter of 2018, changed the presentation of our statement of cash flows to include our restricted cash balanceliabilities were $0.9 million associated with the non-restricted cash balances. The new guidance did not have a material impactits operating leases. See Note 8 for further discussion on the Company's consolidated financial statements. Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported on the consolidated condensed statements of cash flows includes restricted cash of $0.4 million, $0.4 million, $0.7 million, and $40,000 as of December 31, 2016, September 30, 2017, December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2018, respectively.leases.

 

2.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions affecting 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 revenue and expenses during the reporting period.  Our most significant estimates and critical accounting policies involve recognizing revenue, reviewing goodwill and intangible assets for impairment, determining the assumptions used in measuring share-based compensation expense, valuing warrants, measuring expense related to our in-process research and development acquisition, and valuing allowances for doubtful accounts and inventory reserves.accounts.

Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management’s estimates and assumptions are reviewed regularly, and the effects of revisions are reflected in the consolidated financial statements in the periods they are determined to be necessary.

 

3.

Liquidity

We incurred net losses from continuing operations of   $2.3 million and $10.4$4.7 million for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018.2019, respectively.  We have an accumulated deficit of $412.1$426.7 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 2018.  Additionally, we have used net cash of $9.5 million to fund our operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.2019.  These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’sour ability to continue as a going concern.

8


Further, the Loan and Security Agreement (defined in Note 4), with Oxford, Finance, LCC (“Oxford”), as further described in Note 4, requires maintainingmaintenance of a minimum of $1.5$2.0 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents on hand to avoid an event of default under the Loan and Security Agreement and requires us to make an aggregate of $7.0 million in principal payments on or before December 31, 2018.default. Based on our cash and cash equivalents on hand of approximately $6.8$4.5 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2018, the Company estimates2019, we estimate that itwe will need to raise additional capital and/or obtain a waiver or restructure the Loan and Security Agreement in the near term to avoid defaulting under its $1.5our $2.0 million minimum cash/cash and cash equivalents covenant and to

7


make an aggregate of $7.0 million in principal payments on or before December 31, 2018.covenant.

To date, these operating losses have been funded primarily from outside sources of invested capital including our recently completed 2018 Rights Offering (defined in Note 3 below), our Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement (defined in Note 11) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”), the 2017 Rights Offering (defined in Note 3 below), the Loan and Security Agreement and gross profits.  We have had, and we will continue to have, an ongoing need to raise additional cash from outside sources to fund our future clinical development programs and other operations. Our inability to raise additional cash would have a material and adverse impact on operations and would cause us to default on our loan.the Loan and Security Agreement with Oxford.

On April 11, 2017, we entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Maxim Group LLC “Maxim”) relating to the issuance and sale of 0.9 million shares of our common stock. The price to the public in this offering was $11.00 per share. Maxim purchased the shares from us pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $10.40 per share. The net proceeds to us from the offering were approximately $8.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The offering closed on April 17, 2017. In addition, under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, we granted Maxim a 45-day option to purchase up to 94,400 additional shares of common stock. On May 31, 2017, Maxim exercised their overallotment option and purchased 84,900 shares at $11.00 per share. The net proceeds to us were $0.8 million, after deducting underwriting costs and offering expenses payable by us.

On September 5, 2017, we received a written notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the last 30 consecutive business days, we no longer met the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we were provided a period of 180 calendar days, or until March 5, 2018, in which to regain compliance.  We were granted an additional compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until September 4, 2018, in which to regain compliance after meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and providing notice to Nasdaq of our intent to cure the deficiency during the second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our common stock must have been at least $1 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the second 180-day period. On June 8, 2018, we received written notice from Nasdaq that we had regained compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rule 5500(a)(2) concerning our minimum bid price per share of our common stock.

On November 28, 2017, we closed a rights offering originally filed under a Form S-1 registration statement in August 2017 (“2017 Rights Offering”). Pursuant to the 2017 Rights Offering, the Company sold an aggregate of 10,000 units consisting of a total of 10,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, immediately convertible into approximately 3,000,000 shares of common stock and 18,000,000 warrants, exercisable for an aggregate of 1,800,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.333 per share of common stock, resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of $8.8 million. These warrants became exercisable upon stockholder approval of an increase in the Company’s authorized shares of common stock obtained at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

On June 1, 2018, we entered into a Sales Agreement with B. Riley FBR, Inc. (“B. Riley FBR”) to sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $6.5 million from time to time, through an “at the market” equity offering program (the “ATM program”Program”) under which B. Riley FBR will act as sales agent. Through September 30, 2018, we have sold a total of 1.5 million shares for proceeds of approximately $0.8 million through theThe ATM program.Program financing facility has been exhausted and there is no availability remaining under this financing facility.

On July 25, 2018, we closed a rights offering originally filed under a Form S-1 registration statement in April 2018 (“2018 Rights Offering”). Pursuant to the 2018 Rights Offering, the Company sold an aggregate of 6,723 units consisting of a total of 6,723 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, immediately convertible into approximately 8.40.2 million shares of common stock and 7,059,150 warrants, with each warrant exercisable for one sharean aggregate of 141,183 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.7986$39.93 per share of common stock, resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of approximately $5.7 million.

On August 28, 2018, we received a written notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”)staff indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the lastprior 30 consecutive business days, we no longer meet the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1$1.00 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have beenwere provided aan initial period of 180 calendar days, or until February 25, 2019, in which to regain compliance.  In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our common stock must have been at least $1 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the 180-day period. In the event we do not regain compliance within this 180-day period, we may be eligible to seekWe were also granted an additional compliance period of 180 calendar days, if we meetor until August 26, 2019, in which to regain compliance after meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, if we provide writtenand providing notice to Nasdaq staff of our intent to cure the deficiency during this second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our common stock must have been at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days during the 180-day period. In August 2019, we consummated a 1-for-50 reverse stock split pursuant to which the minimum bid price of our common stock rose above $1.00. If the closing bid price of our common stock remains above $1.00 per share, we expect to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement on August 19, 2019.  However, based on our stockholders’ deficit of $6.3 million as of June 30, 2019, we will not meet the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which requires listed companies to maintain stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million, and we expect to receive written notice from Nasdaq staff to that effect following the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  In addition, as of June 30, 2019, we do not meet the alternative compliance standards relating to the market value of listed securities or net income from continuing operations.  We intend to evaluate various courses of action to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) within the compliance period specified by Nasdaq.  However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance within such compliance period.

On September 21, 2018, Cytorithe Company entered into a purchase agreement and a registration rights agreement, with Lincoln Park, pursuant to which the Company has the right to sell to Lincoln Park and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to $5.0 million

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of shares of the Company’s common stock over the 24-month period following October 15, 2018, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Through December 31, 2018, the Company sold a total of 12,802 shares for proceeds of approximately $0.3 million through the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement and 5,000 shares for proceeds of approximately $0.1 million were sold during the six months ended June 30, 2019. The Company believes there is less than $0.1 million remaining available under this financing facility. See Note 11 for further discussion on the Lincoln Park Agreement.

We continue to seek additional capital through product revenues, strategic transactions including extension opportunities under our awarded U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”) contract, and from other financing alternatives. Without additional capital, current working capital and cash generated from sales will not provide adequate funding for research, sales and marketing efforts and product development activities at their current levels. If sufficient capital is not raised, we will at a minimum need to significantly reduce or curtail our research and development and other operations, and this would negatively affect our ability to achieve corporate growth goals.

On April 24, 2019 the Company received $3.4 million of net cash proceeds related to the sale of the UK Subsidiary and the Company’s Cell Therapy assets (excluding such assets used in Japan or relating to the Company’s contract with BARDA), of which $1.7 million was used to pay down principal, interest and fees on the Loan and Security Agreement, and on April 25, 2019 the Company received $2.5 million of net cash proceeds related to the sale of the Japanese Subsidiary, and substantially all of the Company’s Cell Therapy assets used in Japan, of which $1.4 million was used to pay down principal, interests and fees on the Loan and Security Agreement.

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Should we be unable to raise additional cash from outside sources, this would have a material adverse impact on our operations.

The accompanying consolidated condensed financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue to operate as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business, and do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result from uncertainty related to its ability to continue as a going concern.

 

4.

Term Loan Obligations

On May 29, 2015, the Company entered into the Loan and Security Agreement, dated May 29, 2015, with Oxford (the “Loan and Security Agreement”), pursuant to which itOxford funded an aggregate principal amount of $17.7 million (“Term Loan”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement. The Term Loan accrues interest at a floating rate of at least 8.95% per annum, comprised of three-month LIBOR rate with a floor of 1.00% plus 7.95%.  Pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement, we were previously required to make interest only payments through June 1, 2016 and thereafter we were required to make payments of principal and accrued interest in equal monthly installments sufficient to amortize the Term Loan through June 1, 2019, the maturity date. On February 23, 2016, we received an acknowledgement and agreement from Oxford related to the positive data on our U.S. ACT-OA clinical trial. As a result, pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement, the period for which we are required to make interest-only payments was extended from July 1, 2016 to January 1, 2017. All unpaid principal and interest with respect to the Term Loan iswas scheduled to be due and payable in full on June 1, 2019. At maturity of the Term Loan, or earlier repayment in full following voluntary prepayment or upon acceleration, we are required to make a final payment in an aggregate amount equal to approximately $1.1 million. In connection with the Term Loan, on May 29, 2015, we issued to Oxford warrants to purchase an aggregate of 9,444189 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $103.50$5,175 per share. These warrants became exercisable as of November 30, 2015 and will expire on May 29, 2025 and, following the authoritative accounting guidance, are equity classified and its respective fair value was recorded as a discount to the debt.

On September 20, 2017, the Company entered into an amendment to the Term Loan, pursuant to which, among other things, Oxford agreed to reduce the minimum liquidity covenant level originally at $5 million to $1.5 million.  The amendment also extended the interest-only period under the Loan and Security Agreement through August 1, 2018, as the Company successfully closed on a financing and received unrestricted net cash proceeds in excess of $5 million on or before December 29, 2017.

On June 19, 2018, the Company entered into a second amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Term Loan with Oxford. The Second Amendment extendsextended the interest-only period under the Term Loan to December 1, 2018 if the Company receives unrestricted gross cash proceeds of at least $15 million from the sale and issuance of the Company’s equity securities on or before August 31, 2018. The Company agreed to pay Oxford an amendment fee of $250,000 at the earlier of maturity or acceleration of the loan.

On August 31, 2018, the Company entered into a third amendment (the “Third Amendment”) to the Term Loan with Oxford. The Third Amendment extends the interest-only period under the Term Loan to December 31, 2018 and also requires that the Company pay to Oxford, in accordance with its pro rata share of the loans, 75% of all proceeds received (i) from the issuance and sale of unsecured subordinated convertible debt, (ii) in connection with a joint venture, collaboration or other partnering transaction, (iii) in connection with any licenses, (iv) from dividends (other than non-cash dividends from wholly owned subsidiaries) and (v) from the sale of any assets (such requirement, the “Prepayment Requirement”).  The Prepayment Requirement does not apply to proceeds from the sale and issuance of the Company’s equity securities, other than convertible debt.  The Prepayment Requirement shall apply until an aggregate principle amount of $7.0 million has been paid pursuant to the Prepayment Requirement.  However, if less than $7.0 million has been paid pursuant to the Prepayment Requirement on December 31, 2018 then the Company is required to promptly make additional payments until an aggregate principal amount of $7.0 million has been paid. The Company agreed to pay Oxford an amendment fee of $50,000 at the earlier of maturity or acceleration of the loan.

On December 31, 2018, the Company entered into a fourth amendment (the “Fourth Amendment”) to the Term Loan with Oxford. Oxford agreed to extend the maturity date from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020.  The Fourth Amendment increased the minimum liquidity covenant level from $1.5 million to $2.0 million and extended the interest-only period under the Loan and Security Agreement to March 1, 2019. The Fourth Amendment also required that the Company achieve one of the following by January 31, 2019: enter into an asset sale agreement with a minimum unrestricted net cash proceeds to the Company of $4.0 million; enter into a binding agreement for the issuance and sale of its equity securities or unsecured convertible subordinated debt which would result in unrestricted gross cash proceeds of not less than $7.5 million; or enter into a merger agreement pursuant to which the obligations under the Loan and Security Agreement would be paid down to a level satisfactory to Oxford. The Company agreed to pay Oxford an amendment fee of $350,000 at the earlier of maturity or acceleration of the loan.

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On February 13, 2019, the Company entered into a fifth amendment (the “Fifth Amendment”) to the Term Loan primarily to extend the January 31, 2019 obligations under the Fourth Amendment to February 28, 2019. On March 4, 2019, the Company entered into a sixth amendment to the Term Loan primarily to extend the Fifth Amendment principal payment obligations to March 29, 2019. On April 29, 2019, the Company entered into a seventh amendment (the “Seventh Amendment”) to the Term Loan, pursuant to which, among other things, Oxford agreed to interest only payments starting May 1, 2019, with amortization payments resuming on May 1, 2020. On July 15, 2019, the Company entered into an eighth amendment (the “Eighth Amendment”) to the Term Loan primarily to obtain the consent from Oxford for its name change to Plus Therapeutics, Inc.

The Term Loan, as amended, is collateralized by a security interest in substantially all of the Company’s existing and subsequently acquired assets, including its intellectual property assets, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement, as amended.  The intellectual property assetassets collateral will bewhich was directly related to the sales of cell therapy assets was released uponin April 2019 after partial payment of the Company achieving certainloan principal.

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liquidity level when the total principal outstanding under the Loan Agreement is less than $3 million. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, we were in compliance with all of the debt covenants under the Loan and Security Agreement.

Our interestInterest expense for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018 2019 and 20172018 was $0.5$0.6 million and $1.4$1.1 million and was $0.5$0.4 million and $1.6$0.9 million, respectively. Interest expense is calculated using the effective interest method, therefore it is inclusive of non-cash amortization in the amount of $0.2$0.1 million and $0.4$0.3 million for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019, respectively, and $0.20.1 million and $0.6$0.2 million for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2018, respectively, related to the amortization of the debt discount, capitalized loan costs, and accretion of final payment.

The Term Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, contains customary indemnification obligations and customary events of default, including, among other things, our failure to fulfill certain obligations under the Term Loan, as amended, and the occurrence of a material adverse change, which is defined as a material adverse change in our business, operations, or condition (financial or otherwise), a material impairment of the prospect of repayment of any portion of the loan. In the event of default by us or a declaration of material adverse change by our lender, under the Term Loan, the lender would be entitled to exercise its remedies thereunder, including the right to accelerate the debt, upon which we may be required to repay all amounts then outstanding under the Term Loan, which could materially harm our financial condition. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, we were in compliance with all covenants under the Term Loan and have not received any notification or indication from Oxford to invoke the material adverse change clause. However, due to our current cash flow position and the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, the entire principal amount of the Term Loan has been reclassified tois presented as short-term. We will continue to evaluate the debt classification on a quarterly basis and evaluate for reclassification in the future should our financial condition improve.

 

5.

Revenue Recognition

Product Sales

Our revenue is generated primarily from the sale of products. Product revenue primarily consists of sales of Celution devices and consumables for commercial and research purposes.

The Company’s contracts with customers only include one performance obligation (i.e., sale of the Company’s products). Typically, if there are multiple items included on a single order, they are delivered at the same time. Revenue is recognized at a point in time when delivery is completed and control of the promised goods is transferred to the customers. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods. The Company’s contracts do not involve financing elements as payment terms with customers are less than one year. The sale arrangements do not include any variable consideration. Advance payments from customers are recorded as deferred revenue.

Shipping and handling activities that occur after the customer obtains control of the goods are considered part of the Company’s obligation to transfer the products and therefore are recorded as direct selling expenses, as incurred.

The following table represents revenue by product (in thousands):

 

 

Three months ended

 

Nine months ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

Consumable

 

$

692

 

 

$

389

 

$

1,845

 

 

$

1,338

 

Device

 

 

101

 

 

 

25

 

 

194

 

 

 

551

 

Other products

 

 

65

 

 

 

53

 

 

210

 

 

 

138

 

 

 

$

858

 

 

$

467

 

$

2,249

 

 

$

2,027

 

Product revenues, classified by geographic location, are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

Nine months ended

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

Product

Revenues

 

 

% of

Total

 

 

Product

Revenues

 

 

% of

Total

 

 

Product

Revenues

 

 

% of

Total

 

 

Product

Revenues

 

 

% of

Total

 

 

Americas

 

$

199

 

 

 

23

%

 

$

112

 

 

 

24

%

 

$

249

 

 

 

11

%

 

$

315

 

 

 

15

%

 

Japan

 

 

535

 

 

 

62

%

 

 

279

 

 

 

60

%

 

 

1,693

 

 

 

75

%

 

 

1,434

 

 

 

71

%

 

EMEA

 

 

114

 

 

 

14

%

 

 

18

 

 

 

4

%

 

 

262

 

 

 

12

%

 

 

204

 

 

 

10

%

 

Asia Pacific

 

 

10

 

 

 

1

%

 

 

58

 

 

 

12

%

 

 

45

 

 

 

2

%

 

 

74

 

 

 

4

%

 

Total product revenues

 

$

858

 

 

 

100

%

 

$

467

 

 

 

100

%

 

$

2,249

 

 

 

100

%

 

$

2,027

 

 

 

100

%

 

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Concentration of Significant Customers

Two direct customers accounted for 58% of our revenue recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2018.  Three direct customers accounted for 72% of total outstanding accounts receivable (excluding receivables from BARDA) as of September 30, 2018.

Six direct customers comprised 61% of our revenue recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.  Four direct customers accounted for 78% of total outstanding accounts receivable as of September 30, 2017.

Development Revenue

We earn revenue for performing tasks under research and development agreements with governmental agencies like BARDA which is outside of the scope of the new revenue recognition guidance. Revenues derived from reimbursement of direct out-of-pocket expenses for research costs associated with government contracts are recorded as government contracts and other within development revenues.  Government contract revenue is recorded at the gross amount of the reimbursement. The costs associated with these reimbursements are reflected as a component of research and development expense in our statements of operations. We recognized $0.5$0.3 million and $2.3$1.0 million in development revenue for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, respectively, as compared to $1.3$0.9 million and $2.9$1.8 million for the three and nine six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.

On July 21, 2019, the Company received an order from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services / Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response / Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“HHS/ASPR/BARDA”) regarding Contract HHSO100201200008C dated September 27, 2012 (as amended, the “Agreement”) to suspend all work on the Agreement, including the RELIEF clinical trial, except for certain activities related to orderly close out of the trial and contract. This order was based on previous discussions between the Company and HHS/ASPR/BARDA concerning the best path forward for both parties in the light of the difficulty of enrolling the RELIEF trial and the Company’s previously disclosed restructuring plan. Pursuant to the order, within a period no longer than 180 days (or by January 17, 2020), the contract will be terminated by HHS/ASPR/BARDA.

Concentration of Significant Customers

After the sales of cell therapy business, BARDA accounted for 53% of our revenue from continuing operations which are recognized for the six months ended June 30, 20172019 and accounted for 100% of total outstanding accounts receivable .presented in the accompanying consolidated condensed financial statements.

 

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6.

InventoriesDiscontinued Operations

Inventories are carried at

As explained in Note 1, on April 24, 2019 and April 25, 2019, the lowerCompany completed the sale of cost or net realizable value, determined onits cell therapy business to Lorem and Mr. Shirahama.  The following table summarizes the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method.

Inventories consistedcalculation of the followingloss on sale of the cell therapy business, which will be finalized during the fourth quarter of 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Raw materials

 

$

698

 

 

$

681

 

Work in process

 

 

418

 

 

 

722

 

Finished goods

 

 

1,698

 

 

 

1,780

 

 

 

$

2,814

 

 

$

3,183

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consideration received

 

$

7,000

 

Transaction costs

 

(1,161

)

Net cash proceeds

 

5,839

 

Less:

 

 

Carrying value of business and assets sold

 

12,145

 

Net loss on sale of business

 

$

6,306

 

Assets and liabilities related to discontinued operations or held for sale consisted of the following:

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets held for sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

230

 

 

$

108

 

Inventory, net

 

 

2,635

 

 

 

2,841

 

Other current assets

 

 

351

 

 

 

328

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term assets held for sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

211

 

 

 

260

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

1,471

 

 

 

1,866

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

1,248

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

3,550

 

 

 

3,550

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

5,540

 

 

 

5,957

 

Total assets

 

$

15,236

 

 

$

14,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities held for sale:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

526

 

 

$

580

 

Current lease liability

 

 

485

 

 

 

 

Noncurrent operating lease liability

 

 

828

 

 

 

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

 

67

 

 

 

78

 

Deferred revenues

 

 

196

 

 

 

167

 

Noncurrent liabilities

 

$

2,102

 

 

$

825

 

The following table summarizes the results of discontinued operations for the periods presented (in thousands)

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Product revenue

 

$

197

 

 

$

660

 

 

$

901

 

$

1,391

 

Costs of revenue

 

 

199

 

 

 

630

 

 

 

857

 

 

1,209

 

Gross profit

 

 

(2

)

 

 

30

 

 

 

44

 

 

182

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

 

237

 

 

 

684

 

 

 

656

 

 

1,790

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

97

 

 

 

340

 

 

 

411

 

 

723

 

General and administrative

 

 

39

 

 

 

176

 

 

 

185

 

 

413

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

373

 

 

 

1,200

 

 

 

1,252

 

 

2,926

 

Operating loss

 

 

(375

)

 

 

(1,170

)

 

 

(1,208

)

 

(2,744

)

Other income (expense)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(204

)

 

 

142

 

 

148

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

$

(380

)

 

$

(1,374

)

 

$

(1,066

)

$

(2,596

)

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During the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, revenues from discontinued operations were related to the cell therapy business. Because of the sale of the cell therapy business to Lorem and Mr. Shirahama, all product revenues and costs of product revenues for these periods have been removed from the consolidated condensed statements of operations.

Included in the statement of cash flows are the following non-cash adjustments related to the discontinued operations (in thousands):

 

 

For the six months ended June 30

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

$

467

 

 

$

790

 

Provision for excess inventory

 

$

 

 

$

398

 

Loss on asset disposal

 

$

 

 

$

20

 

 

7.

Loss per Share

Basic per share data is computed by dividing net income or loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted per share data is computed by dividing net income or loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period increased to include, if dilutive, the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding as calculated using the treasury stock method. Potential common shares were related to outstanding but unexercised options, multiple series of preferred stock, and warrants for all periods presented.

We have excluded all potentially dilutive securities from the calculation of diluted loss per share attributable to common stockholders as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 2017,2018, as their inclusion would be antidilutive. Potentially dilutive common shares excluded from the calculations of diluted loss per share were 14.10.2 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, which includes 9.20.1 million outstanding warrants and 0.2 million options, 4.70.1 million shares of preferred stock, and options and restricted stock awards.Potentially dilutive common shares excluded from the calculation of diluted loss per share were 0.5 million as of September 30, 2017.

 

8.

Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

At the inception of a contractual arrangement, the Company determines whether the contract contains a lease by assessing whether there is an identified asset and whether the contract conveys the right to control the use of the identified asset in exchange for consideration over a period of time. If both criteria are met, the Company calculates the associated lease liability and corresponding right-of-use asset upon lease commencement using a discount rate based on the rate implicit in the lease or an incremental borrowing rate commensurate with the term of the lease.

The Company records lease liabilities within current liabilities or long-term liabilities based upon the length of time associated with the lease payments. The Company records its operating lease right-of-use assets as long-term assets. Right-of-use assets for financing leases are recorded within property and equipment, net in the Balance Sheet. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the Balance Sheet. Instead, the Company recognizes lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In connection with certain operating leases, the Company has security deposits recorded and maintained as restricted cash totaling $0.4 million as of June 30, 2019.

The Company leases office and storage facilities and equipment under various operating and financing lease agreements. The initial terms of these leases range from 2 to 11 years and generally provide for periodic rent increases, and renewal and termination options. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material variable lease payments, residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Certain leases require the Company to pay taxes, insurance, and maintenance. Payments for the transfer of goods or services such as common area maintenance and utilities represent non-lease components. The Company elected the package of practical expedients and therefore does not separate non-lease components from lease components.

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The table below summarizes the Company’s lease liabilities and corresponding right-of-use assets (in thousands, except years and rates):

 

June 30, 2019

 

Assets

 

 

 

Operating

$

905

 

Financing

 

181

 

Total leased assets

$

1,086

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Current:

 

 

 

Operating

$

157

 

Financing

 

127

 

Noncurrent:

 

 

 

Operating

$

748

 

Financing

 

54

 

Total lease liabilities

$

1,086

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) - operating leases

7.20

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years) - finance leases

1.59

Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases

7.97

%

Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases

5.00

%

The table below summarizes the Company’s lease costs from its Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Operations, and cash payments from its Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows during the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands):

 

 

Three months

ended

June 30, 2019

 

Six months

ended

June 30, 2019

 

Lease expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease expense

 

$

55

 

$

109

 

Finance lease expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation of right-of-use assets

 

 

28

 

 

56

 

Interest expense on lease liabilities

 

 

6

 

 

12

 

Total lease expense

 

$

89

 

$

177

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash payment information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash used for operating leases

 

$

55

 

$

109

 

Financing cash used for financing leases

 

 

20

 

 

28

 

Total cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities

 

$

75

 

$

137

 

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The Company’s future minimum annual lease payments under operating and financing leases at June 30, 2019 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Financing

 

 

Operating

 

 

 

Leases

 

 

Leases

 

Remaining 2019

 

$

67

 

 

$

109

 

2020

 

 

120

 

 

 

205

 

2021

 

 

7

 

 

 

183

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

123

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

100

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

 

447

 

Total minimum lease payments

 

$

194

 

 

$

1,167

 

Less: amount representing interest

 

 

(13

)

 

 

(262

)

Present value of obligations under leases

 

 

181

 

 

 

905

 

Less: current portion

 

 

(127

)

 

 

(157

)

Noncurrent lease obligations

 

$

54

 

 

$

748

 

Other commitments

We have entered into agreements with various research organizations for pre-clinical and clinical development studies, which have provisions for cancellation. Under the terms of these agreements, the vendors provide a variety of services including conducting research, recruiting and enrolling patients, monitoring studies and data analysis. Payments under these agreements typically include fees for services and reimbursement of expenses. The timing of payments due under these agreements is estimated based on current study progress. As of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019, we have clinical research study obligations of $3.2$2.5 million, $1.7$1.8 million of which is expected to be paid within a year.  Should the timing of the clinical trials change, the timing of the payment of these obligations would also change.

On February 27, 2017, we entered into a Lease Agreement for office space for our corporate headquarters in San Diego, California (the “Lease”). The initial term of the Lease was 63 months and could have been extended upon mutual agreement. The commencement date was originally expected to take place in November 2017 and subsequently amended to January 1, 2018.  In connection with our restructuring announced in September 2017, we negotiated a buy-out of our obligations under the Lease for approximately $0.6 million, included in the general and administrative expenses.

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On January 27, 2017, we entered into a Lease Agreement for office space for our office in Tokyo, Japan (the “Japan Lease”). The initial term of the Japan Lease is 61 months, and may be extended upon mutual agreement. The Japan Lease commenced on April 15, 2017.

We were party to an agreement with Roche Diagnostics Corporation (“Roche”) which required us to make certain product purchase minimums. On June 8, 2018, the Company received written notice from Roche terminating its existing supply agreement with the Company due to failure by the Company to meet minimum purchase requirements. Roche has indicated to the Company that it will agree to negotiate in good faith with the Company with respect to a new supply agreement for enzymes with specifications similar to the enzymes that Roche was previously manufacturing for the Company.

9.

Contingencies

We are subject to various claims and contingencies related to legal proceedings.  Due to their nature, such legal proceedings involve inherent uncertainties including, but not limited to, court rulings, negotiations between affected parties and governmental actions.  Management assesses the probability of loss for such contingencies and accrues a liability and/or discloses the relevant circumstances, as appropriate.  Management believes that any liability to us that may arise as a result of currently pending legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity, or results of operations as a whole.

On April 27, 2018, Lorem VascularJuly 25, 2019, Tap Advisors LLC (“Lorem”Tap”) filed suit against the Company in the U.S. DistrictSupreme Court forof the Southern DistrictState of CaliforniaNew York, County of New York, alleging the Company breached an oral agreement made in 2013 to purchase 5% of Lorem’s common stock for an aggregate amount of $5.0 million, and seeking specific performance of the alleged oral agreement and damages in an amount to be determined at trial. The Company filed a motion to dismiss all of Lorem’s claims, and on July 11, 2018 the Court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss. Lorem filed an amended complaint on August 3, 2018, advancing similar causes of action and seeking similar relief. Cytori filed a renewed motion to dismiss on August 27, 2018, and on October 1, 2018, Lorem voluntarily dismissed its amended complaint in its entirety.

On August 31, 2018, we filed a Demand for Arbitration with the American Arbitration Association in San Diego, California, against Bimini Technologies LLC (“Bimini”) for fraud and breach of a Sale and Exclusive License/Supply Agreement made in 2013 under which Bimini licensed rights2017, whereby Tap would provide certain financial advisory services to the Company’s Standalone Fat Transplantation, including the Puregraft Product Line and associated trademarks.  Our arbitration demand allegesCompany.  Tap seeks to recover fees of approximately $3.7 million (plus attorneys’ fees) that Bimini failed to make a $1.0 million milestone payment due toallegedly have not been paid by the Company after Bimini achieved $10.0 million in gross profits fromrelated to the sale of its cell therapy business in April 2019. The Company believes the Company’s Puregraft product line,complaint is without merit and Bimini deceivedplans to vigorously defend itself in this matter. At June 30, 2019, the Company about Bimini’s true gross profits figures.  Our arbitration demand seeks that $1.0 million milestone payment, as well prejudgment interest and attorneys’ fees.  On October 29, 2018 Bimini made the $1.0 million milestone payment. The parties subsequently entered into a settlement agreement resolving the claims in the Demand for Arbitration.probable outcome of this litigation cannot be determined.

 

9.10.

Financial Instruments

We disclose fair value information about all financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate fair value. The disclosures of estimated fair value of financial instruments at SeptemberJune 30, 20182019, and as of December 31, 2017,2018, were determined using available market information and appropriate valuation methods. Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and develop estimated fair value. The use of different market assumptions or estimation methods may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.

The carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. Further, based on the borrowing rates currently available for loans with similar terms, we believe the fair value of long-term debt approximates its carrying value.

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Fair value measurements are market-based measurements, not entity-specific measurements.  Therefore, fair value measurements are determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.  We follow a three-level hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in the valuation techniques to derive fair values.  The basis for fair value measurements for each level within the hierarchy is described below:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable in active markets.

Level 3: Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable in active markets.

Warrants with exercise price reset features (down-round protection) are accounted for as liabilities, withThe changes in the fair value of liability classified warrants are included in net income (loss) for the respective periods.  Because some of the inputs to our valuation model are either not observable or are not derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means, the warrant liability is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

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10.

Asset Purchase Agreement with Azaya Therapeutics

On February 15, 2017 (the “Closing Date”), the Company completed the acquisition from Azaya Therapeutics, Inc. (“Azaya”) of certain tangible assets which consisted of a research lab, equipment and leasehold improvements and the assumption of certain of liabilities of Azaya, pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”). The book value of the tangible assets acquired was approximately $3.0 million at the acquisition date. The assets acquired are located in a facility rented in San Antonio, TX, by the Company. In addition, pursuant to the Agreement, the Company acquired intangible assets comprised of two drug candidates in process research and development (IPR&D) stage (i) ATI-0918, a generic bioequivalent formulation of Doxil®/Caelyx®, a chemotherapy drug that is a liposomal formulation of doxorubicin; and (ii) ATI-1123, a chemotherapy drug that is a liposomal formulation of docetaxel.

At the closing of the acquisition, the Company (i) issued 117,325 of shares of its common stock in Azaya’s name, (A) 87,994 of which were delivered to Azaya promptly after the Closing, and (B) 29,331 of which were deposited into a 15-month escrow pursuant to a standard escrow agreement; and (ii) assumed the obligation to pay approximately $1.8 million of Azaya’s existing payables, all of which were paid on or prior to December 31, 2017.

The Company accounted for the acquisition as an asset acquisition because the acquired set of assets did not meet the definition of a business. The total consideration of $4.3 million, which consists of $2.3 million related to the fair value of the common stock issued to Azaya at the acquisition date, $1.8 million in assumed liabilities and $0.2 million in acquisition costs, was allocated to the assets acquired based on their relative fair values at the time of acquisition. All other future payments were deemed contingent consideration which will be accounted for when the contingency is resolved and the consideration is paid or becomes payable. Because there was no current alternative use for the IPR&D, following the authoritative accounting guidance, the Company has expensed the total amount of $1.7 million on the Closing Date.

 

11.

Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company has authorized 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. The Company’s Board of Directors is authorized to designate the terms and conditions of any preferred stock we issue without further action by the common stockholders. There were 13,500 shares of Series A 3.6% Convertible Preferred Stock, and 10,000 Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 6,723 Series C Convertible Preferred Stock that had been issued at SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018, respectively. There were no shares of Series A 3.6% Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of either date. There were 1,114 and 2,431 shares1,112 of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 2017,2018. There were 3,428 and 3,494 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

On July 25, 2018, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Delaware Secretary of State creating a new series of its authorized preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share, designated as the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series C Preferred Stock”). The number of shares initially constituting the Series C Preferred Stock was set at 7,000 shares. Pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 originally filed on April 27, 2018, as amended, and became effective on July 17, 2018, and related prospectus (as supplemented), the Company registered and distributed to holders of its common stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, at no charge, non-transferable subscription rights to purchase up to an aggregate of 20,000 units each consisting of one share of Series C Preferred Stock and 1,050 warrants for $1,000 per unit. Each warrant isThe warrants are exercisable for one sharean aggregate of 141,183 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.7986$39.93 per share of common stock for 30 months from the date of issuance and each share of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into 1,25325 shares of the Company's common stock. Pursuant to the 2018 Rights Offering, which closed on July 25, 2018, the Company sold an aggregate of 6,723 units, resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of approximately $5.7 million. On August 2, 2019, in connection with a sale of common stock, the Company notified holders of the Company’s Series C Preferred Stock that the conversion price of such stock was reduced from $0.7986 to $0.15, and the Company notified holders of the Company’s Series T Warrants that the exercise price of such warrants was reduced from $0.7986 to $0.15, each before giving effect to the August 2019 Reverse Stock Split.

The fair value of the common stock into which the Series C Preferred Stock was convertible on the date of issuance exceeded the proceeds allocated to the preferred stock, resulting in the beneficial conversion feature that we recognized as a deemed dividend to the preferred stockholders and, accordingly, an adjustment to net loss to arrive at net loss allocable to common stockholders.  We recorded a deemed dividend within additional paid-in capital of $2.5 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, related to a beneficial conversion feature included in the issuance of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.

Based on the relevant authoritative accounting guidance, the warrants were liability classified at the issuance date. The warrants may be redeemed by the Company at $0.01 per warrant prior to their expiration if the Company’s common stock closes above $3.63 per share (or $181.50 after the August 2019 Reverse Stock Split), subject to adjustment, for 20 consecutive trading days. The initial fair value of the liability associated with these warrants was $3.1 million, and the fair value decreased to $1.5$0.4 million as of SeptemberJune 30 2018., 2019. The main driver for the change in the fair value of warrants at SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, was related to the change in our stock price. All future changes in the fair value of the warrants will be recognized in our consolidated statements of operations until they are either exercised or expire.  The warrants are not traded in an active securities market, and as such the estimated the fair value as of SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 was determined by using an option pricing model with the following assumptions:

 

 

As of September 30, 2018

 

 

 

As of July 25, 2018

(inception date)

 

 

As of June 30, 2019

 

 

As of December31, 2018

 

Expected term

 

2.3 years

 

 

2.5 years

 

 

1.6 years

 

 

2.1 years

 

Common stock market price

 

$

0.41

 

$

0.72

 

 

$

0.24

 

$

0.29

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

2.83%

 

2.70%

 

 

 

1.85%

 

2.48%

 

Expected volatility

 

 

120%

 

112%

 

 

 

114%

 

125%

 

Resulting fair value (per warrant)

 

$

0.21

 

$

0.45

 

 

$

0.06

 

$

0.13

 

 

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Expected volatility was computed using daily pricing observations of traded shares of Cytorithe Company for recent periods that correspond to the expected term of the warrants. We believe this method produces an estimate that is representative of our expectations of future volatility over the expected term of these warrants. We currently have no reason to believe future volatility over the expected remaining life of these warrants is likely to differ materially from historical volatility. The expected life is based on the remaining contractual term of the warrants. The risk-free interest rate is the U.S. Treasury bond rate as of the valuation date.

Fluctuations in the fair value of the warrants are impacted by unobservable inputs, most significantly the assumption with regards to future equity issuances and its impact to the down-round protection feature. Significant increases (decreases) in this input in isolation would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement. The following table summarizes the change in our Level 3 warrant liability value (in thousands):

 

 

Nine months ended

 

Warrant liability

 

September 30, 2018

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

Beginning balance

$

3,148

 

 

$

916

 

$

3,148

 

Change in fair value

 

(1,676

)

 

 

(492

)

 

(2,233

)

Ending balance

$

1,472

 

 

$

424

 

$

916

 

 

The fair value of the common stock into which the Series C Preferred Stock was convertible on the date of issuance exceeded the proceeds allocated to the preferred stock, resulting in the beneficial conversion feature that we recognized as a deemed dividend to the preferred stockholders and, accordingly, an adjustment to net loss to arrive at net loss allocable to common stockholders.  We recorded a deemed dividend within additional paid-in capital of $2.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, related to a beneficial conversion feature included in the issuance of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock.  There were 3,510 shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding as of September 30, 2018.

Common Stock

On April 11, 2017, we entered into the Underwriting Agreement with Maxim relating to the issuance and sale of 0.9 million shares of our common stock. The price to the public in the offering was $11.00 per share. Maxim purchased the shares from us pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $10.40 per share. The net proceeds to us from the offering were approximately $8.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The offering closed on April 17, 2017. In addition, under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, we granted Maxim a 45-day overallotment option to purchase up to 94,400 additional shares of common stock. On May 31, 2017, Maxim exercised their overallotment option and purchased 84,900 shares at $11.00 per share. The net proceeds to us were $0.8 million, after deducting underwriting costs and offering expenses payable by us.

On June 1, 2018, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement with B. Riley FBR to sell shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $6.5 million through its ATM program.Program. Through SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, the Company sold a total of 1.50.2 million shares for proceeds of approximately $0.8$3.8 million through the ATM program.Program. The ATM Program financing facility has been exhausted and there is no availability remaining under this financing facility.

On September 21, 2018, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park pursuant to which the Company has the right to sell to Lincoln Park and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to $5.0 million of shares, of the Company’s common stock, over the 24-month period following October 15, 2018. The Company may direct Lincoln Park, at its sole discretion and subject to certain conditions, to purchase up to 250,0005,000 shares of common stock on any business day but in no event will the amount of a single Regular Purchase (as defined in the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement) exceed $1.0 million. The purchase price of shares of common stock related to the Regular Purchases will be based on the prevailing market prices of such shares at the time of sales. The Company’s sales of shares of common stock to Lincoln Park under the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement are limited to the number of shares that would result in the beneficial ownership by Lincoln Park and its affiliates, at any single point in time, of no more than 4.99% of the then outstanding shares of the common stock. There are no trading volume requirements or restrictions under the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement. There is no upper limit on the price per share that Lincoln Park must pay for common stock under a Regular Purchase or an accelerated purchase and in no event under an accelerated purchase will shares be sold to Lincoln Park on a day the closing price of the Company’s common stock is less than the floor price of $0.25$12.50 per share as set forth in the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement. Through December 31, 2018, the Company sold a total of 12,802 shares for proceeds of approximately $0.3 million through the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement and 5,000 shares for proceeds of approximately $0.1 million were sold during the six months ended June 30, 2019. The Company believes there is less than $0.1 million remaining available under this financing facility.  

 

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

Our Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, or MD&A, includes the following sections:

Overview that discusses our operating results and some of the trends that affect our business.

Results of Operations that includes a more detailed discussion of our revenue and expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources which discusses key aspects of our statements of cash flows, changes in our financial position and our financial commitments.

Significant changes since our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K in the Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Estimates that we believe are important to understanding the assumptions and judgments underlying our financial statements.

You should read this MD&A in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes in Item 1 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.2018.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. securities laws.  All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that we intend, expect, project, believe or anticipate and similar expressions or future conditional verbs such as will, should, would, could or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Such statements are based upon certain assumptions and assessments made by our management in light of their experience and their perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe to be appropriate.

These statements include, without limitation, statements about our anticipated expenditures, including research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses; the potential size of the market for our products; future development and/or expansion of our products and therapies in our markets, our ability to generate product or development revenues and the sources of such revenues; our ability to effectively manage our gross profit margins; our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals; expectations as to our future performance; portions of the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section of this report, including our potential need for additional financing and the availability thereof; our ability to continue as a going concern; our ability to remain listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market; our ability to repay or refinance some or all of our outstanding indebtedness and our ability to raise capital in the future; and the potential enhancement of our cash position through development, marketing, and licensing arrangements. Our actual results will likely differ, perhaps materially, from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including: the early stage of our product candidates and therapies, the results of our research and development activities, including uncertainties relating to the clinical trials of our product candidates and therapies; our need and ability to raise additional cash, the outcome of our partnering/licensing efforts, risks associated with laws or regulatory requirements applicable to us, market conditions, product performance, potential litigation, and competition within the regenerative medicine field, to name a few. The forward-looking statements included in this report are subject to a number of additional material risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to the risks described under the “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I below, which we encourage you to read carefully.

We encourage you to read the risks described under “Risk Factors” carefully. We caution you not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this report. These statements, like all statements in this report, speak only as of the date of this report (unless an earlier date is indicated) and we undertake no obligation to update or revise the statements except as required by law.  Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.

This Quarterly report on Form 10-Q refers to trademarks such as Cytori Cell Therapy, Habeo Cell Therapy, Celution, StemSource, Celase, Intravase,Plus Therapeutics, DocePLUS, and Cytori Nanomedicine.DoxoPLUS. Solely for convenience, our trademarks and tradenames referred to in this Form 10-Q may appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate in any way that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights to these trademarks and tradenames.

Overview

Plus Therapeutics, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and manufacturing scale up of complex and innovative treatments for patients battling cancer and other life-threatening diseases.  

Our objectiveproprietary nanotechnology platform is currently centered around the enhanced delivery of a variety of drugs using novel liposomal encapsulation technology. Liposomal encapsulation has been extensively explored and undergone significant technical and commercial advances since it was first developed.  Our platform is designed to build a profitablefacilitate new delivery approaches and/or formulations of safe and growing specialty therapeutics company.  To meet this objective, we have acquiredeffective, injectable drugs, potentially enhancing the safety, efficacy and are developing two technology platforms that hold promiseconvenience for treating millions of patients and represent significant potential for increasing shareholder value. Our current corporate activities fall substantially into advancing these platforms: Cytori Nanomedicine and Cytori Cell Therapy.

The Cytori Nanomedicine platform features a versatile nanoparticle technology for drug encapsulation and delivery that has thus farhealthcare providers.

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We plan to exploit our nanotechnology platform and expertise using a simple multi-step model that enables us to address unmet needs or underserved conditions while managing risks and minimizing development costs through: (1) mapping of current and evolving landscape to clearly understand the clinical and commercial opportunities and design nanotechnological solutions, (2) redesign of new nanotechnological solutions using, using in part, known, safe and effective active pharmaceutical ingredients, (3) manufacture to scale of the reformulated drug along with critical non-clinical (i.e. bench, animal) analyses, (4) evaluation of early-stage clinical utility with a focus on proving safety and defining efficacy over the current standard of care, and (5) partnering the innovative treatment for late-stage clinical trials, regulatory approval, and commercial launch.

Pipeline

Since the beginning of 2019, we have evaluated and transformed our pipeline to place a stronger emphasis on product candidates that can maximize returns for shareholders and make a clinically meaningful impact for patients. We plan to create and realize this value by developing drugs for niche and orphan markets, initially in oncology, that address significant unmet or substantially underserved medical needs and that represent global revenue opportunities estimated to be $250 million or more.  We intend to focus our development activities in ways that can leverage the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s, or the FDA, clearly defined accelerated regulatory pathways and enable us to apply its in-house expertise in nanoparticle drug design, complex formulation, and drug manufacturing and scale-up.

All of the product candidates in our development pipeline leverage our nanotechnology platform.  The versatility of the platform has thus far provided the foundation to bring two drugs into mid/late stage clinical trials.  Nanoparticle encapsulation

Our lead product candidate, DocePLUS, is a clinically proven technologypatented protein-stabilized PEGylated liposomal formulation of docetaxel.  Docetaxel was approved by the FDA in 1999 and today is administered as a workhorse drug for treating cancers affecting the breast, head, neck, stomach, prostate, and lung.  In our nonclinical studies utilizing mouse tumor models (lung, prostate, pancreatic, and mesothelioma), DocePLUS retained the anti-tumor activity of docetaxel and was well-tolerated.  In addition, our first-in-human, open-label, dose-escalation, Phase 1 clinical trial conducted under an approved FDA Investigational New Drug application to examine the safety, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of DocePLUS in 29 patients with solid tumors has been showncompleted and published.  The trial demonstrated that DocePLUS has an acceptable tolerability, a favorable pharmacokinetics profile, as well as promising anti-tumor activity that warrants further exploration in larger Phase 2 trials.

While there are a multitude of potential disease targets for DocePLUS, we intend to help improveinitially focus on developing a new second-line treatment option for small cell lung cancer patients, an area in which there has been few advances for patients over the pharmacokinetic propertieslast 30 years.  Single-agent chemotherapy with IV topotecan is currently the only FDA approved drug for platinum-sensitive patients who relapse at least 60 days after initiation of many drugs, thusfirst-line treatment.  However, while IV topotecan demonstrates activity in this population, overall response rate (24%), response duration (3.3 months), time to progression (3.1 months), and overall survival (5.8 months) were not statistically improved over CAV (cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and vincristine) treatment in a randomized comparative trial.  Patients receive 1.5 mg/m2 IV infusion of topotecan over 30 minutes daily for 5 consecutive days, starting on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle.  Thus, more effective and convenient treatment options are needed for patients with relapsed platinum-sensitive disease.

The proposed dosing regimen for DocePLUS in small cell lung cancer patients will be a 60-minute infusion on a single day, starting on Day 1 of a 21-day cycle.  This approach will reduce the patient’s number of visits to an infusion center from 5 (IV topotecan) to 1 in a given 21-day cycle.  Overall, DocePLUS is intended to provide an effective, safe, and convenient therapeutic option for small cell lung cancer patients, thereby improving the quality of life for this population.

Recent key events associated with DocePLUS development include:

In September 2018, the FDA granted DocePLUS an orphan drug designation for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.

In the first half of 2019, we collaborated with IQVIA in mapping the current and anticipated landscape, performing primary market research with U.S. medical oncologists and payers, suggesting small cell lung cancer is an attractive and reasonable initial disease target, and identifying pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, and cholangiocarcinoma as compelling future disease targets with significant patient-benefit and revenue potential.

In July 2019, we announced receipt of FDA feedback including confirmation that a 505(b)(2) application appears to be an acceptable regulatory path with docetaxel injection as a potentially enhancingacceptable listed drug.  Furthermore, the therapeutic profileFDA agreed that the completed nonclinical studies are sufficient to support the initiation of a clinical trial of DocePLUS in patients with platinum-sensitive small cell lung cancer who have progressed at least 60 days after initiation of first-line therapy.

We plan to conduct a Phase 2 clinical trial in small cell lung cancer under our existing, approved Investigation New Drug application. This trial will complement the nonclinical proof-of-concept, toxicity, and patient benefits.  Our lead oncology drug candidate, ATI-0918 isPhase 1 studies previously conducted with DocePLUS.

We are also developing DoxoPLUS, a generic version of Janssen’s Caelyx® pegylatedDOXIL®/CAELYX®, a PEGylated liposomal encapsulated doxorubicin for the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma, and Kaposi’s sarcoma.  PegylatedPEGylated liposomal encapsulated doxorubicin is a heavily relied upon chemotherapeutic used inglobally for treating many cancer types on a global basis.of cancer.  We believe that data from a 60-patient European study of ATI-0918DoxoPLUS has met the statistical criteria for bioequivalence to Janssen’s Caelyx®CAELYX®, the current reference listed drug in Europe.  We intendbelieve that these bioequivalence data willfor DoxoPLUS can serve as a basis for our planned regulatory submissiona Marketing Authorization Application to be submitted to the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, for ATI-0918. WeEMA.  

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In July 2019, we announced that, coinciding with our new focus on DocePLUS, DoxoPLUS no longer satisfies the aforementioned development and revenue criteria.  As a result, we have elected to focus on divesting DoxoPLUS and are currently evaluating our strategic optionspresenting this opportunity to bring ATI-0918 to the U.S., China, and other markets.  Our second oncology drug candidate is ATI-1123, which is a patented, albumin-stabilized liposomal encapsulated docetaxel. Docetaxel is a well-accepted and often used chemotherapeutic drug used for many cancers.  A Phase I clinical trial of ATI-1123 has been completed and published, and we are investigating possible expansion of this trial to Phase II, potentially in conjunction with a development partner. We recently received FDA orphan drug designation for ATI-1123 for the treatment of small cell lung cancer. Finally, in connection with our acquisition of the ATI-0918 and ATI-1123 drug candidates, we have acquired know-how (including proprietary processes and techniques) and a scalable nanoparticle manufacturing plant in San Antonio, Texas from which we intend to manufacture commercial quantities of our nanoparticle-encapsulated and -delivered drugs.external parties.

Cytori Cell Therapy, or CCT, is based on the scientific discovery that the human adipose or fat tissue compartment is a source of a unique mixed population of stem, progenitor and regenerative cells that may hold substantial promise in the treatment of numerous diseases and conditions. To bring this promise to health care providers and patients, we have developed certain novel therapies prepared and administered at the patient’s bedside with proprietary technologies that include therapy-specific reusable, automated, standardized Celution devices, single-use Celution consumable sets, Celase reagent, and Intravase reagent.  Our CCT lead product candidate, Habeo Cell Therapy, was evaluated in a Cytori-sponsored U.S. randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multi-center clinical trial, STAR (Scleroderma Treatment with Celution Processed Adipose Derived Regenerative Cells), for the treatment of impaired hand function in patients with scleroderma.  The STAR trial enrolled and evaluated 88 patients with scleroderma, including 51 patients within the diffuse cutaneous subset and 37 with limited cutaneous scleroderma.

On July 24, 2017,21, 2019, we announced top-line, preliminary data and presented the full data analysis on October 18, 2017. Feedbackreceived an order from a FDA pre-submission meeting, indicated that a clinical trial focused on more severely affected diffuse systemic sclerosis patients could be an appropriate next step given the results of the STAR clinical trial. FDA meeting minutes following the STAR trial are finalized but as of today, we are not prepared to commit, the financial and other resources required to conduct an additional clinical trial of Habeo. We will instead look to partnering or out-licensing opportunities as the primary basis for continued development. In addition, on January 22, 2018, we announced the investigator-initiated and Cytori-supported SCLERADEC-II clinical trial in France using Habeo Cell Therapy completed its enrollment and data is anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2018. Additional CCT treatments are in various stages of development in the areas of urology, wounds, and orthopedics. Furthermore, our CCT platform is the subject of investigator-initiated trials conducted by our partners, licensees and other third parties, some of which are supported by us and/or funded by government agencies and other funding sources.  In March 2018, we announced a Japanese investigator-initiated study of ECCI-50 Cell Therapy in men with stress urinary incontinence, or SUI, following prostatic surgery for prostate cancer or benign prostatic hypertrophy, called ADRESU, completed enrollment of 45 patients. Patients will be followed up for one-year post treatment and preliminary data on the ADRESU trial is expected in early 2019. The trial costs are substantially supported by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, an independent administrative agency of the Government of Japan, with additional support from Cytori. We entered into an amendment to our agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’sServices / Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response / Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or HHS/ASPR/BARDA, in May 2017regarding Contract HHSO100201200008C dated September 27, 2012, as amended, to suspend all work on the referenced contract, including the RELIEF clinical trial, except for the initiationcertain activities related to orderly close out of the RELIEF pilot clinical trial of DCCT-10and contract. This order was based on previous discussions between the Company and HHS/ASPR/BARDA concerning the best path forward for both parties in thermal burn injury. The amendment extends the termlight of the BARDA Agreement and the perioddifficulty of performance of Option 2 of the BARDA Agreement to November 30, 2020. We have initiated the clinical trial and expect to begin enrollment of patients intoenrolling the RELIEF trial and our previously disclosed restructuring plan. Pursuant to the order, within a period no longer than 180 days (or by January 17, 2020), the next four months.contract will be terminated by HHS/ASPR/BARDA.

On April 24, 2019 we completed the sale transaction of our UK subsidiary, Cytori Ltd., and our Cell Therapy assets, and Currently,on April 25, 2019 we internally manufacturecompleted the Celution devices, outsource Celution consumables in the United Statessale of our Japanese subsidiary, Cytori Therapeutics, K.K., and sourcesubstantially all of our Celase and Intravase reagents from a third-party supplier. We have contracted with a third-party manufacturer for the production of the Celution consumablesCell Therapy assets used in the manufacturing of our products to improve scalability, reduce overhead and product costs of goods sold.  We also have obtained regulatory approval to sell some of our CCT products, including our Celution devices and consumables and associated reagents, in certain markets outside the U.S.  In those markets, we have been able to further develop and improve our core technologies, gain expanded clinical and product experience and data, and generate sales.Japan.

Results of Operations

Product revenues

Product revenues consisted of revenues primarily from the sale of Cytori Cell Therapy-related products.  

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The following table summarizes the components for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Product revenues - third party

 

$

858

 

 

$

467

 

 

$

2,249

 

 

$

2,027

 

We experienced an increase of $0.4 million and $0.2 million in product revenue during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2017. The increases in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 are primarily due to higher sales of Celution consumable sets in Japan.

The future:  We expect to continue to generate increased consumable utilization and a majority of product revenues from the sale of Cytori Cell Therapy-related products to researchers, clinicians, and distributors in all regions. In Japan and EMEA, researchers will use our technology in ongoing and new investigator-initiated and funded studies focused on, but not limited to, hand scleroderma, breast cancer-related lymphedema, Crohn’s disease, peripheral artery disease, erectile dysfunction, liver cirrhosis, and diabetic foot ulcers.  In the US, researchers will use our technology in an ongoing study focused on hip osteonecrosis.

Cost of product revenues

Cost of product revenues relate primarily to Cytori Cell Therapy-related products and includes material, manufacturing labor, and overhead costs, as well as amortization of intangible assets. The following table summarizes the components of our cost of revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Cost of product revenues (excluding amortization of intangible assets and share-based compensation)

 

$

320

 

 

$

176

 

 

$

910

 

 

$

974

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

306

 

 

 

306

 

 

 

919

 

 

 

919

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

2

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

18

 

Total cost of product revenues

 

$

628

 

 

$

487

 

 

$

1,837

 

 

$

1,911

 

Total cost of product revenues as % of product revenues

 

 

73.2

%

 

 

104.3

%

 

 

81.7

%

 

 

94.3

%

Cost of product revenues as a percentage of product revenues was 73.2% and 81.7% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 104.3% and 94.3% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.  Fluctuation in this percentage is due to our product mix, distributor and direct sales mix, geographic mix, foreign exchange rates, idle capacity, and allocation of overhead.

The future: We expect to continue to see variation in our gross profit margin as the product mix, distributor and direct sales mix and geographic mix comprising revenues fluctuate. We are investigating various pricing options for our cellular therapeutics, which may help to increase our gross profit margins in 2018 and beyond.

Development revenues

Under our government contract with BARDA, we recognized a total of $0.5$0.3 million and $2.3$1.0 million in revenues for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019, respectively, which included allowable fees as well as cost reimbursements.  During the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, we incurred $0.4$0.2 million and $2.1$0.9 million in qualified expenditures, respectively. During the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2018, we recognized revenue of $1.3 million and $2.9$0.9 million and incurred $1.2 million and $2.7$1.8 million in qualified expenditures, respectively. The decrease in revenues for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 as compared to the same periodsperiod in 20172018 is primarily due to slighta minor decrease in research and development activities related to BARDA delays experienced in enrollments.

The future: We entered intoOn July 21, 2019, we received an amendment withorder from BARDA in May 2017to suspend all work related to the RELIEF clinical trial, except for the initiationcertain activities related to orderly close out of the RELIEF pilot clinical trial of DCCT-10 in thermal burn injury. The amendment extendsand contract. Pursuant to the term oforder, within a period no longer than 180 days (or by January 17, 2020), the contract will be terminated by BARDA Agreement and the period of performance of Option 2 of the BARDA Agreement to November 30, 2020. We expect to begin enrollment of patients into the RELIEF trial within the next four months.

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Research and development expenses

Research and development expenses relate to the development of a technology platform that involves using adipose tissue as a source of autologous regenerative cells for therapeutic applications, oncology drug program expenses, as well as the continued development efforts related to our clinical trials.

Research and development expenses include costs associated with the design, development, testing and enhancement of our products,product candidates, payment of regulatory fees, laboratory supplies, pre-clinical studies and clinical studies.

The following table summarizes the components of our research and development expenses for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

General research and development

 

$

1,892

 

 

$

2,976

 

 

$

6,296

 

 

$

9,168

 

Research and development

 

$

1,278

 

 

$

1,247

 

 

$

2,693

 

 

$

2,545

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

24

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

116

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

116

 

Total research and development expenses

 

$

1,916

 

 

$

3,004

 

 

$

6,366

 

 

$

9,284

 

 

$

1,289

 

 

$

1,267

 

 

$

2,715

 

 

$

2,661

 

 

The decreaseincrease in research and development expenses for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 as compared to the same periodsperiod in 20172018 is due primarily to decreasesan increase of approximately $0.8 million and $1.6 millionclinical activities on the RELIEF clinical trial. There is no material variance for the three and nine months periodsended June 30, 2019 as compared to the same period in clinical study expenses as well as a decrease of $0.2 million and $1.0 million in salaries and benefits as a result of completion of enrollment in our U.S. STAR clinical trial enrolling in 2017, and decrease of $0.1 million and $0.4 million in rent expenses, offset by an increase of $0.2 million and $0.5 million for the three and nine months periods in professional services incurred as part of the RELIEF clinical trial activities.2018.

The future:  We expect aggregate research and development expenditures to remain consistent at current levels for the balance of 2018,2019, as we work on clinical activities on the RELIEF clinical trial and our ongoing development efforts of the recently acquired ATI-0918 asset from Azaya.DocePLUS.

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Sales and marketing expenses

Sales and marketing expenses include costs of sales and marketing personnel, events and tradeshows, customer and sales representative education and training, primary and secondary market research, and product and service promotion.  The following table summarizes the components of our sales and marketing expenses for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Sales and marketing

 

$

442

 

 

$

812

 

 

$

1,605

 

 

$

2,952

 

 

$

95

 

 

$

158

 

 

$

204

 

 

$

387

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

11

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

91

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

91

 

Total sales and marketing expenses

 

$

453

 

 

$

840

 

 

$

1,656

 

 

$

3,043

 

 

$

97

 

 

$

185

 

 

$

211

 

 

$

478

 

 

Sales and marketing expenses decreased by $0.4 million and $1.3$0.2 million during the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 as compared to the same periodsperiod in 20172018 due primarily to decreases of $0.2 million and $0.5$0.1 million in salaries and benefits as well as of $0.1 million and $0.5 million in professional services because of the decreased efforts of our commercial activitiesactivities. There is no material variance for Habeo.the three months ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the same period in 2018.

The future:  We expect sales and marketing expenditures to slightly decrease during the balance of 2018, as we decreased efforts on commercial readiness activities for Habeo2019 due to the sale of our Cell Therapy business in the U.S.April 2019.

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses include costs for administrative personnel, legal and other professional expenses, and general corporate expenses.  The following table summarizes the general and administrative expenses for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 (in thousands):

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For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

General and administrative

 

$

1,437

 

 

$

1,668

 

 

$

5,003

 

 

$

5,649

 

 

$

860

 

 

$

1,201

 

 

$

2,189

 

 

$

2,939

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

49

 

 

 

117

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

363

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

363

 

Total general and administrative expenses

 

$

1,486

 

 

$

1,785

 

 

$

5,199

 

 

$

6,012

 

 

$

875

 

 

$

1,293

 

 

$

2,237

 

 

$

3,302

 

 

General and administrative expenses decreased by $0.2$0.3 million and $0.6$0.7 million during the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2017.2018. The decreasevariance for three months is primarily due to decreasesthe decrease of $0.1 million and $0.7$0.3 million in salaries, benefits and benefits as well as decreases of $0.2 million and $0.6 million in professional services, consistent with our ongoing cost curtailment efforts and restructuring activities implemented in September 2017. In addition,services. The decrease for the six months period is primarily driven by one-time expenses for the nine-monthsix-month period ended June 30, 2018, which includes an increase of $0.6 million related to the termination of a Lease Agreement for office space for our corporate headquarters in San Diego, California, or the LeaseCalifornia. In addition, during 2019 .there was a decrease of $0.1 million in salaries and in professional services, consistent with our ongoing cost curtailment efforts.

The future: We expect general and administrative expenditures to remain materially consistent at current levels fordecrease during the balance of 2018.2019 due to the sale of our Cell Therapy business in April 2019.

Share-based compensation expensesexpense

Share-based compensation expenses includeexpense includes charges related to options and restricted stock awards issued to employees, directors and non-employees. We measure stock-basedshare-based compensation expense based on the grant-date fair value of any awards granted to our employees. Such expense is recognized over the requisite service period.

The following table summarizes the components of our share-based compensation expenses for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Cost of product revenues

 

$

2

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

18

 

Research and development-related

 

 

24

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

70

 

 

 

116

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

116

 

Sales and marketing-related

 

 

11

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

91

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

91

 

General and administrative-related

 

 

49

 

 

 

117

 

 

 

196

 

 

 

363

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

92

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

363

 

Total share-based compensation

 

$

86

 

 

$

178

 

 

$

325

 

 

$

588

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

139

 

 

$

77

 

 

$

570

 

 

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The decrease in share-based compensation expensesexpense for the three and ninesix  months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 as compared to the same periods in 20172018 is primarily related to a delayed annual grant to directors and officers, lower annual grant activity to remaining employees caused by reductions in headcount and due to the decline in the stock price during 20182019 as compared to the same periodsperiod in 2017,2018, and its corresponding impact on share-based compensation.

The future:  We expect to continue to grant options and stock awards (which will result in an expense) to our employees, directors, and, as appropriate, to non-employee service providers. In addition, previously-grantedpreviously granted options will continue to vest in accordance with their original terms. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, the total compensation cost related to non-vested stock options and stock awards not yet recognized for all our plans is approximately $0.4$0.1 million which is expected to be recognized as a result of vesting under service conditions over a weighted average period of 1.421.6 years.

Change in fair value of warrants

Financing items

The following table summarizes the change in fair value of warrant liability interest income, interest expense, and other income and expense for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Change in fair value of warrants

 

$

1,676

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1,676

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Interest income

 

$

7

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

14

 

 

$

19

 

Interest expense

 

 

(597

)

 

 

(444

)

 

 

(1,111

)

 

 

(866

)

Change in fair value of warrants

 

 

282

 

 

 

 

 

 

492

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

(308

)

 

$

(439

)

 

$

(605

)

 

$

(847

)

 

Interest expense increased for the six months ended June 30, 2019 as compared to the same period in 2018, due to the inclusion of amendment fees added to our debt.

Changes in fair value of our warrant liability are primarily due to fluctuations in the valuation inputs. See Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein for disclosure and discussion of our warrant liability.

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The future:Our stock price can be volatile and We expect interest expense in 2019 to decrease slightly in the second half of this year. In addition, regarding to the changes in fair value of warrants, there could be material fluctuations in the value of warrants in future periods because our stock price can be volatile. Future changes in the fair value of the warrant liability will be recognized in earnings until such time as the warrants’ exercise price becomes fixed, or warrants are exercised or expire.

In process research and development acquired from Azaya Therapeutics

In February 2017, we entered into an agreement to acquire assets, including in process research and development, or IPR&D, related to two oncology drug product candidates, from Azaya Therapeutics. In connection with this agreement, we recorded an IPR&D charge totaling $1.7 million. The acquired IPR&D is in the early stage of development and has no alternative use. Additional research, pre-clinical studies, and regulatory approvals must be successfully completed prior to commercialization of any product.

Financing items

The following table summarizes interest income, interest expense, and other income and expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Interest income

 

$

11

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

30

 

 

$

24

 

Interest expense

 

 

(512

)

 

 

(474

)

 

 

(1,379

)

 

 

(1,603

)

Other income (expense), net

 

 

9

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

157

 

 

 

233

 

Issuance costs of warrants

 

 

(343

)

 

 

 

 

 

(343

)

 

 

 

Total

 

$

(835

)

 

$

(464

)

 

$

(1,535

)

 

$

(1,346

)

Interest expense decreased for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017, due to principal payments made on our debt from January through August 2017.

The changes in other income during the nine months ended September 30, 2018 as compared to the same period in 2017 resulted primarily from changes in exchange rates related to transactions in foreign currencies.

This balance relates to financings issuance costs allocated to the warrants issued in July 2018.

The future: We expect interest expense in 2018 to remain consistent for the balance of the year.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Short-term and long-term liquidity

The following is a summary of our key liquidity measures at SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and December 31, 20172018 (in thousands):

 

 

As of September 30,

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

As of  June 30,

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

6,806

 

 

$

9,550

 

 

$

4,530

 

 

$

5,261

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

$

10,754

 

 

$

14,864

 

 

$

5,260

 

 

$

9,648

 

Current liabilities

 

 

17,652

 

 

 

18,414

 

 

 

13,923

 

 

 

17,559

 

Working capital deficit

 

$

(6,898

)

 

$

(3,550

)

 

$

(8,663

)

 

$

(7,911

)

 

We incurred net losses from continuing operations of $2.3 million and $10.4$4.7 million for the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018.2019, respectively. We have an accumulated deficit of $412.1$426.7 million as of SeptemberJune 30, 2018.2019. Additionally, we have used net cash of $9.5$4.8 million to fund our operating activities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018.2019. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Further, the Loan and Security Agreement with Oxford, as amended and further described(defined in Note 4 to the consolidated condensed financial statements included elsewhere herein), with Oxford Finance, LLC, or Oxford, as further described in Note 4, requires us to maintainmaintenance of a minimum of $1.5$2.0 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents on hand to avoid an event of default under the Loan and Security Agreement and requires us to make an aggregate of $7.0 million in principal payments on or before December 31, 2018.Agreement. Based on our cash and cash equivalents on hand of approximately $6.8$4.5 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2018, we estimate2019, the Company believes that weit will need to raise additional capital and/or obtain a waiver or restructure the Loan and Security Agreement in the near term to avoid defaulting under our $1.5its $2.0 million minimum cash/cash equivalents covenant and make an aggregate of $7.0covenant.

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million in principal payments on or before December 31, 2018.

To date, these operating losses have been funded primarily from outside sources of invested capital including our recently completed 2018 Rights Offering (defined below), our Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement (defined below) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, or Lincoln Park, the 2017 Rights Offering (defined below), the Loan and Security Agreement and gross profits.  We have had, and we will likely continue to have, an ongoing need to raise additional cash from outside sources to fund our future clinical development programs and other operations. Our inability to raise additional cash would have a material and adverse impact on operations and would cause us to default on our loan.

On April 11, 2017, we entered into an underwriting agreement, or the Underwriting Agreement, with Maxim Group LLC, or Maxim, relating to the issuance and sale of 0.9 million shares of our common stock. The price to the public in this offering was $11.00 per share. Maxim purchased the shares from us pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement at a price of $10.40 per share. The net proceeds to us from the offering were approximately $8.7 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The offering closed on April 17, 2017. In addition, under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, we granted Maxim a 45-day option to purchase up to 94,400 additional shares of common stock. On May 31, 2017, Maxim exercised their overallotment option and purchased 84,900 shares at $11.00 per share. The net proceeds to us were $0.8 million, after deducting underwriting costs and offering expenses payable by us.

On September 5, 2018, we received a written notice from The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, or Nasdaq, indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the prior 30 consecutive business days, we no longer met the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have been provided a period of 180 calendar days, or until March 5, 2018, in which to regain compliance. We were granted an additional compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until September 4, 2018, in which to regain compliance after meeting the continued listing requirements for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and providing notice to Nasdaq of our intent to cure the deficiency during this second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our common stock must have been at least $1 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the second 180-day period. On June 8, 2018, we received written notice from Nasdaq that we had regained compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rule 5500(a)(2) concerning our minimum bid price per share of our common stock.

On November 28, 2017, we closed a rights offering originally filed under a Form S-1 registration statement in August 2017, or the 2017 Rights Offering. Pursuant to the 2017 Rights Offering, the Company sold an aggregate of 10,000 units consisting of a total of 10,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, immediately convertible into approximately 3,000,000 shares of common stock and 18,000,000 warrants, exercisable for an aggregate of 1,800,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $3.333 per share of common stock, resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of $8.8 million. These warrants became exercisable upon stockholder approval of an increase in the Company's authorized shares of common stock obtained at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

On June 1, 2018, we entered into a Sales Agreement with B. Riley FBR to sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $6.5 million from time to time, through our ATM program under which B. Riley FBR will act as sales agent. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, B. Riley FBR will use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the shares, based upon our instructions, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable state and federal laws, rules and regulations and rules of Nasdaq. We will set the parameters for sales of shares through the ATM program, including the number of shares to be sold, the time period during which sales are requested to be made, any limitation on the number of shares that may be sold in one trading day, and any minimum price below which sales may not be made.  Under the Sales Agreement, B. Riley FBR may sell the shares by any method permitted by law deemed to be an “at the market offering,” as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. We have no obligation to sell any shares and may at any time suspend offers and sales under the Sales Agreement. We and B. Riley FBR each have the right to terminate the Sales Agreement at any time upon prior written notice as provided in the Sales Agreement.  We will pay to B. Riley FBR a commission, or allow a discount, in an amount equal to 3.0% of the gross sales price per share of common stock sold through it as sales agent under the Sales Agreement. We have also agreed pursuant to the Sales Agreement to indemnify and provide contribution to B. Riley FBR against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Although sales of our common stock have taken place pursuant to our ATM program, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in consummating future sales based on prevailing market conditions or in the quantities or at the prices that we deem appropriate.  In addition, under current SEC regulations, at any time during which the aggregate market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or public float, is less than $75.0 million, the amount we can raise through primary public offerings of securities in any twelve-month period using shelf registration statements, including sales under our ATM program, is limited to an aggregate of one-third of our public float. As of SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, our public float was approximately 11.70.4 million shares, the value of which was $4.7$5.3 million based upon the closing price of our common stock of $0.41$12.12 on such date. The value of one-third of our public float calculated on the same basis was approximately $1.6$1.8 million.

On July 25, 2018, we closed a rights offering originally filed under a Form S-1 registration statement in April 2018, or the 2018 Rights Offering. Pursuant to the 2018 Rights Offering, the Company sold an aggregate of 6,723 units consisting of a total of 6,723 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, immediately convertible into approximately 8.40.2 million shares of common stock and 7,059,150

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warrants, with each warrant exercisable for one sharean aggregate of 141,183 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.7986$39.93 per share of common stock, resulting in total net proceeds to the Company of approximately $5.7 million.

On August 28, 2018, we received a written notice from Nasdaq staff indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the prior 30 consecutive business days, we no longer meet the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1$1.00 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have beenwere provided aan initial period of 180 calendar days, or until February 25, 2019, in which to regain compliance. In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our common stock must have been at least $1 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the 180-day period. In the event we do not regain compliance within this 180-day period, we may be eligible to seekWe were also granted an additional compliance period of 180 calendar days, if we meetor until August 26, 2019, in which to regain compliance after meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, if we provide writtenand providing notice to Nasdaq staff of our intent to cure the deficiency during this second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our common stock must have been at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days during the 180-day period. In August 2019, we consummated a 1-for-50 reverse stock split pursuant to which the minimum bid price of our common stock rose above $1.00. If the closing bid price of our common stock remains above $1.00 per share, we expect to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement on August 19, 2019.  However, based on our stockholders’ deficit of $6.3 million as of June 30, 2019, we will not meet the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which requires listed companies to maintain stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million, and we expect to receive written notice from Nasdaq staff to that effect following the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  In addition, as of June 30, 2019, we do not meet the alternative compliance standards relating to the market value of listed securities or net income from continuing operations.  We intend to evaluate various courses of action to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) within the compliance period specified by Nasdaq.  However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance within such compliance period.

On September 21, 2018, we entered into a purchase agreement and a registration rights agreement, with Lincoln Park, pursuant to which we have the right to sell to Lincoln Park and Lincoln Park is obligated to purchase up to $5.0 million of shares of our common stock over the 24-month period following October 15, 2018, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. Through December 31, 2018, the Company sold a total of 12,802 shares for proceeds of approximately $0.3 million through the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement and 5,000 shares for proceeds of approximately $0.1 million were sold during the six months ended June 30, 2019.

We continue to seek additional capital through product revenues, strategic transactions including extension opportunities under our awarded BARDA contract, and from other financing alternatives. Without additional capital, current working capital and cash generated from sales will not provide adequate funding for research, sales and

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marketing efforts and product development activities at their current levels. If sufficient capital is not raised, we will at a minimum need to significantly reduce or curtail our research and development and other operations, and this would negatively affect our ability to achieve corporate growth goals.

Should we be unable to raise additional cash from outside sources, this would have a material adverse impact on our operations.

The accompanying consolidated condensed financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue to operate as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business, and do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classifications of liabilities that may result from uncertainty related to its ability to continue as a going concern.

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, there have been no material changes outside the ordinary course of our business to the contractual obligations we reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017,2018, except for the changesamendments to the Loan and Security Agreement.

On April 24, 2019 the Company received $3.4 million of net cash proceeds related to the terminationsale of the Lease Company’s UK subsidiary, Cytori Ltd., and Roche agreements.the Company’s Cell Therapy assets, of which $1.7 million was used to pay down principal, interest and fees on the Loan and Security Agreement and on April 25, 2019 the Company received $2.5 million of net cash proceeds related to the sale of the Company’s Japanese subsidiary, Cytori Therapeutics, K.K., and substantially all of the Company’s Cell Therapy assets used in Japan, of which $1.4 million was used to pay down principal, interest and fees on the Loan and Security Agreement.

Cash (used in) provided by operating, investing, and financing activities for the ninethree and six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 and 20172018 is summarized as follows (in thousands):

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(9,487

)

 

$

(13,904

)

 

$

(4,824

)

 

$

(6,840

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(128

)

 

 

(1,462

)

 

 

2,783

 

 

 

(78

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

6,246

 

 

 

7,657

 

 

 

1,314

 

 

 

(200

)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(10

)

 

 

11

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

12

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(3,379

)

 

$

(7,698

)

 

$

(731

)

 

$

(7,106

)

 

Operating activities

Net cash used in operating activities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 was $9.5$4.8 million compared to $13.9$6.8 million in the same period of 2017.2018. Overall, our operational cash use decreased during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 as compared to the same period in 2017,2018, due primarily to a decrease in losses from operations (when adjusted for non-cash items) of $4.4 million..

Investing activities

Net cash provided by investing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2019 were related to the sale of the cell therapy business for net proceeds of $2.8 million. Net cash used in investing activities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2018 is related to the purchase of fixed assets. During the same period in 2017, there were cash outflows for payment for long-lived assets purchased as part of Azaya’s acquisition of $1.2 million.

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Financing Activities

Net cash provided byused in financing activities for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019 was primarily related to the principal payment of long-term obligations of $0.6 million offset by the sales of common stock of $2.0 million. Net cash used in financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 is primarily related to sales of common and preferred stocks of $6.2 million, net of costs from sale primarily through our 2018 Rights Offering and ATM program. The net cash provided by the activities in the same period in 2017 is related to the proceeds from sale of common stock of $12.4 million, net of the corresponding cost from sale, offset by the payment of long-term obligations of $4.7 million.in 2017 which were paid in 2018.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of our assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and that affect our recognition and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.

While our estimates are based on assumptions we consider reasonable at the time they were made, our actual results may differ from our estimates, perhaps significantly.  If results differ materially from our estimates, we will make adjustments to our financial statements prospectively as we become aware of the necessity for an adjustment.

Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually or more frequently if indicators of impairment exist. We perform our impairment test annually during the fourth quarter. The Company operates in a single operating segment and reporting unit. We monitor the fluctuations in our share price and have experienced significant volatility during the year. During Q3 2018, our stock price has significantly declined in comparison to the previous quarter. We performed a valuation of our reporting unit as of September 30, 2018. Based upon the results of our valuation, management concluded that the fair value of the reporting unit exceeded the carrying value. We determined that a blending of the income approach and an option pricing model back-solve was reasonable.  Additionally, a further reduction in our market capitalization could be an indicator of impairment. Given the volatility of our stock price a continued decline in market capitalization could result in an impairment of our goodwill.

We believe it is important for you to understand our most critical accounting policies. Our critical accounting policies and estimates are discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20172018 and there have been no material changes, other than the adoption of Accounting Standards Codification 606842, Revenue from Contracts with CustomersLeases, during the three and ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 2019, 2018..

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Item 3. Quantitative and QualitativeQualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, there have been no material changes in our market risks from those described in Item 7A “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.2018, except that the Company no longer has ongoing operations outside of the United States following the sale of our cell therapy.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or furnished pursuant to the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Chief Financial Officer,principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.  In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Chief Financial Officer,principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officerprincipal executive officer and Chief Financial Officerprincipal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.  

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHEROTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we have been involved in routine litigation incidental to the conduct of our business. As of September 30, 2018, we were not a party to any material legal proceeding.

On April 27, 2018, Lorem Vascular, or Lorem,July 25, 2019, Tap Advisors LLC (“Tap”) filed suit against the Company in the U.S. DistrictSupreme Court forof the Southern DistrictState of CaliforniaNew York, County of New York, alleging the Company breached an oral agreement made in 2013 to purchase 5% of Lorem’s common stock for an aggregate amount of $5.0 million, and seeking specific performance of the alleged oral agreement and damages in an amount to be determined at trial. The Company filed a motion to dismiss all of Lorem’s claims, and on July 11, 2018 the Court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss. Lorem filed an amended complaint on August 3, 2018, advancing similar causes of action and seeking similar relief.  Cytori filed a renewed motion to dismiss on August 27, 2018, and on October 1, 2018, Lorem voluntarily dismissed its amended complaint in its entirety.

On August 31, 2018, we filed a Demand for Arbitration with the American Arbitration Association in San Diego, California, against Bimini Technologies LLC (“Bimini”) for fraud and breach of a Sale and Exclusive License/Supply Agreement made in 2013 under which Bimini licensed rights2017, whereby Tap would provide certain financial advisory services to the Company’s Standalone Fat Transplantation, including the Puregraft Product Line and associated trademarks.  Our arbitration demand allegesCompany.  Tap seeks to recover fees of approximately $3.7 million (plus attorneys’ fees) that Bimini failed to make a $1.0 million milestone payment due toallegedly have not been paid by the Company after Bimini achieved $10.0 million in gross profits fromrelated to the sale of its cell therapy business in April 2019. The Company believes the Company’s Puregraft product line,complaint is without merit and Bimini deceivedplans to vigorously defend itself in this matter. At June 30, 2019, the Company about Bimini’s true gross profits figures.  Our arbitration demand seeks that $1.0 million milestone payment, as well prejudgment interest and attorneys’ fees.  On October 29, 2018 Bimini made the $1.0 million milestone payment. The parties subsequently entered intoprobable outcome of this litigation cannot be determined.

We are not currently a settlement agreement resolving the claims in the Demand for Arbitration.party to any other material legal proceeding.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Our business is subject to various risks, including those described in Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20172018 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2018 and our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q,29, 2019, which we strongly encourage you to review with all other information contained or incorporated by reference in this report before you decide to invest in our common stock. In addition to those risk factors, we identified the following new risks or substantive changes from the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.10-K. If any of the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K our Quarterly Reports, or discussed below actually occurs, our business, financial condition, results of operations and our future growth prospects could be materially and adversely affected. Under these circumstances, the trading price of our common stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to our Financial Position and Capital Requirements

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We have incurred losses since inception, we expect to incur significant net losses in the foreseeable future and we may never become profitable.

We have almost always had negative cash flows from operations and have incurred net operating losses each year since we started business. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and year ended December 31, 2018, we incurred net losses of $12.3 million and $12.6 million, respectively, and our net cash used in operating activities was $4.8 million and $12.0 million, respectively.  As of December 31, 2018 and our accumulated deficit was $414.4 million. As of June 30, 2019, our accumulated deficit was $426.7 million. We expect to continue to incur net losses and negative cash flow from operating activities for at least the next year.  As our focus on development of Nanomedicine and the development of therapeutic applications has increased, losses have resulted primarily from expenses associated with research and development and clinical trial-related activities, as well as general and administrative expenses. While we have implemented and continue to implement cost reduction measures where possible, we nonetheless expect to continue operating in a loss position on a consolidated basis and expect that recurring operating expenses will continue at similar levels as compared to the second quarter for the remainder of this year and are anticipated to be at higher levels next year as we prepare for and perform clinical trial and other development activities for our Nanomedicine product candidates.

Our ability to generate sufficient revenues from any of our product candidates or technologies to achieve profitability will depend on a number of factors including, but not limited to:

our ability to manufacture, test and validate our product candidates in compliance with applicable laws and as required for submission to applicable regulatory bodies, including manufacturing, testing and validation of our DocePLUS and DoxoPLUS product candidates;

our or our partners’ ability to successfully complete clinical trials of our product candidates;

our ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals for our product candidates;

our or our partners’ ability to negotiate and receive favorable reimbursement for our product candidates, including for our product candidates that have been granted or may be granted orphan drug status or otherwise command currently anticipated pricing levels;

our ability to negotiate favorable arrangements with third parties to help finance the development of, and market and distribute, our product candidates; and

the degree to which our approved products, if any, are accepted in the marketplace.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with our commercialization and product development efforts, we are unable to predict the extent of our future losses or when or if we will become profitable and it is possible we will never become profitable. If we do not generate significant sales from any of our product candidates that may receive regulatory approval, there would be a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects which could result in our inability to continue operations.

We will need substantial additional funding to develop our productsproduct candidates and for our future operations. If we are unable to obtain the funds necessary to do so, we maywill be required to delay, scale back or eliminate our product development activities or may be unable to continue our business.

We have had, and we will continue to have, an ongoing need to raise additional cash from outside sources to continue funding our operations, to profitability, including our continuing substantial research and development expenses. We do not currently believe that our cash balance and the revenues from our operations will be sufficient to fund the development and marketing efforts required to reach profitability without raising additional capital from accessible sources of financing in the near future.  Although it is difficult to predict future liquidity requirements, we believe that our $6.8$4.5 million in cash and cash equivalents on hand as of  SeptemberJune 30, 20182019 will be sufficientinsufficient to fund our currently contemplated operations at least through the first quarter of 2019.operations.  Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

our ability to raise capital to fund our operations on terms acceptable to us, or at all;

our perceived capital needs with respect to development of our CCT and Cytori Nanomedicine development programs, and any delays in, adverse events of, and excessive costs of such programs beyond what we currently anticipate;

our ability to establish and maintain collaborative and other arrangements with third parties to assist in bringing our products to market and the cost of such arrangements at the time;

costs associated with the integration and operation of our newly acquired Cytori Nanomedicine business, including hiring of as many as 20 or more new employees to operate the Cytori Nanomedicine business, and costs of validation, requalification and recommencement of the Cytori Nanomedicine manufacturing operations at our San Antonio, Texas facility;

the cost of manufacturing our product candidates, including compliance with good manufacturing practices or GMP, applicable to our product candidates;

expenses related to the establishment of sales and marketing capabilities for product candidates awaiting approval or products that have been approved;

the level of our sales and marketing expenses;

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the level of our salescompeting technological and marketing expenses;market developments; and

competing technological and market developments; and

our ability to introduce and sell new products.

We have secured capital historically from grant revenues, collaboration proceeds, and debt and equity offerings. We will need to secure substantial additional capital to fund our future operations. We cannot be certain that additional capital will be available on terms acceptable to us, or at all.  Our ability to raise capital was adversely affected when the FDA put a hold on our ATHENA cardiac trials in mid-2014, which had an adverse impact to stock price performance and our corresponding ability to restructure our debt.  Subsequently, a continued downward trend in our stock price resulting from a number of factors, including (i) general economic and industry conditions, (ii) challenges faced by the regenerative medicine industry as a whole, (iii) the market’s unfavorable view of certain of our recent equity financings conducted in 2014, 2015 and 2018 (which financings were priced at a discount to market and included 100% warrant coverage), (iv) market concerns regarding our continued need for capital (and the effects of any future capital raising transactions we may consummate), (v) market perceptions of our ATHENA, ACT-OA, and STAR clinical trial data, and (vi) our recent Nasdaq listing deficiency issues and resultant 1-for-15 reverse stock split in 2016 and 1-for-10 reverse stock split in 2018, made it more difficult to procure additional capital on terms reasonably acceptable to us.  Though our recent acquisition of the Cytori Nanomedicine business from Azaya Therapeutics, including our ATI-0918 and ATI-1123 drug candidates, appear to have been viewed favorably by our investors and the marketplace, we cannot assure you that this acquisition will not ultimately be viewed negatively and thus further hamper our efforts to attract additional capital. If we are unsuccessful in our efforts to raise any such additional capital, we may be required to take actions that could materially and adversely harm our business, including a possible significant reduction in our research, development and administrative operations (including reduction of our employee base), surrendering of our rights to some technologies or product opportunities, delaying of our clinical trials or regulatory and reimbursement efforts, or curtailing of or even ceasing operations.

Our financing plans include pursuing additional cash through use of offering programs, strategic corporate partnerships, licensing and sales of assets and equity. In November 2017, we completed a public offering in which we distributed to holders of our common stock, at no charge, non-transferable subscription rights to purchase up to 10,000 units, each consisting of one share of our Series B Convertible Preferred Stock and 1,800 warrants to purchase shares of our common stock (exercisable for an aggregate of 180 shares of common stock), at a subscription price of $1,000 per unit, or the 2017 Rights Offering, raising a total of $10 million in gross proceeds. Each share of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible into approximately 300 shares of our common stock, subject to adjustment.  We sold a total of 10,000 units as part of the 2017 Rights Offering. Additionally, in July 2018, we completed a public offering in which we distributed to holders of our common stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, at no charge, non-transferable subscription rights to purchase up to an aggregate of 20,000 units each consisting of one share of Series C Preferred Stock and 1,050 warrants to purchase one share of our common stock at a subscription price of $1,000 per unit, or the 2018 Rights Offering. Each share of Series C Preferred Stock is convertible into 1,25325 shares of our common stock subject to adjustment. We sold an aggregate of 6,723 units as part of the 2018 Rights Offering.

In addition, in September 2018, we entered into a purchase agreement, or the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement, with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, or Lincoln Park, pursuant to which we may direct Lincoln Park to purchase up to $5.0 million in shares of our common stock from time to time over the 24-month period following October 15, 2018, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. There is no guarantee that adequate funds will be available when needed from additional debt or equity financing, development and commercialization partnerships or from other sources or on terms acceptable to us. In addition, under current SEC regulations, at any timeThrough December 31, 2018, the Company sold a total of 12,000 shares for proceeds of approximately $0.3 million through the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement and 5,000 shares for proceeds of approximately $0.1 million were sold during which the aggregate market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or public float,six months ended June 30, 2019. The Company believes there is less than $75.0$0.1 million the amount we can raise through primary public offerings of securities in any twelve-month period using shelf registration statements, including salesremaining available under our ATM program, is limited to an aggregate of one-third of our public float. As of September 30, 2018, our public float was 11.7 million shares,this financing facility.

Further, the value of which was $4.7 million based upon the closing price of our common stock of $0.41 on such date. The value of one-third of our public float calculated on the same basis was approximately $1.6 million.

Further, our Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, with Oxford Finance, LLC, or Oxford, as amended, requires us to maintainmaintaining a minimum of $1.5$2.0 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents on hand to avoid an event of default under the Loan and Security Agreement and requires us to make an aggregate of $7.0 million in principal payments on or before December 31, 2018.Agreement. Based on our cash and cash equivalents on hand of approximately $6.8$4.5 million at SeptemberJune 30, 2018,2019, we estimate that we will need to raise additional capital and/or obtain a waiver or restructure the Loan and Security Agreement in the near term to avoid defaulting under our $1.5$2.0 million minimum cash/cash equivalents covenant and make an aggregate of $7.0 million in principal payments on or before December 31, 2018.covenant. If we are unable to avoid an event of default under the Loan and Security Agreement, our business could be severely harmed.

In addition to the funding sources previously mentioned, we continue to seek additional capital through product revenues and state and federal development programs,programs.

Our level of indebtedness, and covenant restrictions under such indebtedness, could adversely affect our operations and liquidity.

Under our Loan and Security Agreement with Oxford, as collateral agent and lender, Oxford made a term loan to us in an aggregate principal amount of $17,700,000, or the Term Loan, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement. The outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan is $9.3 million as of June 30, 2019.

The Term Loan accrues interest at a floating rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate (with a floor of 1.00%) plus 7.95% per annum. On April 29, 2019, we and Oxford amended the Loan and Security Agreement to extend the interest-only period. Beginning May 2020, we will be required to make payments of principal (in the amount of approximately $0.7 million per month) and accrued interest in equal monthly installments of approximately $1.3 million to amortize the Term Loan through June 1, 2021, the maturity date.

As security for our obligations under the Loan and Security Agreement, we granted a security interest in substantially all of our existing and after-acquired assets, excluding our intellectual property assets, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Loan and Security Agreement.  If we are unable to discharge these obligations, Oxford could foreclose on these assets, which would, at a minimum, have a severe material adverse effect on our ability to operate our business.

Our indebtedness to Oxford could adversely affect our operations and liquidity, by, among other things:

causing us to use a larger portion of our cash flow to fund interest and principal payments, reducing the availability of cash to fund working capital and capital expenditures and other business activities;

making it more difficult for us to take advantage of significant business opportunities, such as acquisition opportunities, and to react to changes in market or industry conditions; and

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limiting our ability to borrow additional monies in the future to fund working capital and capital expenditures and for other general corporate purposes.  

The Loan and Security Agreement, as amended, requires us to maintain at least $2.0 million in unrestricted cash and/or cash equivalents and includes certain reporting and other covenants, that, among other things, restrict our ability to (i) dispose of assets, (ii) change the business we conduct, (iii) make acquisitions, (iv) engage in mergers or consolidations, (v) incur additional indebtedness, (vi) create liens on assets, (vii) maintain any collateral account, (viii) pay dividends, (ix) make investments, loans or advances, (x) engage in certain transactions with affiliates, and (xi) prepay certain other indebtedness or amend other financing arrangements. If we fail to comply with any of these covenants or restrictions, such failure may result in an event of default, which if not cured or waived, could result in Oxford causing the outstanding loan amount ($9.3 million as of June 30, 2019) to become immediately due and payable. If the maturity of our indebtedness is accelerated, we may not have, or be able to timely procure, sufficient cash resources to satisfy our debt obligations, and such acceleration would adversely affect our business and financial condition.

We may not be able to correctly estimate or control our future operating expenses, which could lead to cash shortfalls.

Our budgeted expense levels are based in part on our expectations concerning future research and development activities. We may be unable to reduce our expenditures in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected events. Accordingly, unexpected events could have an immediate and material impact on our business and financial condition.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

Our future success is in large part dependent upon our ability to successfully integrate and develop our Nanomedicine platform and commercialize our DoxoPLUS and DocePLUS Nanomedicine product candidates, and any failure to do so could significantly harm our business and prospects.

In February 2017, we acquired substantially all of the assets of Azaya Therapeutics Inc., or Azaya, including Azaya’s two product candidates, DoxoPLUS and DocePLUS, and related manufacturing equipment and inventory. Our ability to successfully integrate, develop and commercialize these assets is subject to a number of risks, including the following:

We do not have substantive drug development, manufacturing, and commercialization experience, and thus we may be required to hire and rely on significant numbers of scientific, quality, regulatory and other technical personnel with the experience and expertise necessary to develop, manufacture, and commercialize our Plus Therapeutics Nanomedicine product candidates.  We may be unable to identify, hire and retain personnel with the requisite experience to conduct the operations necessary to obtain regulatory approval and commercialize our DoxoPLUS and DocePLUS product candidates, in which case our business would be materially harmed;

We intend to find a commercialization partner to share or assume responsibility for marketing, sales, and distribution activities and related costs and expenses for our DocePLUS product candidate. There can be no assurance that we would obtain sufficient capital to fund the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of our Nanomedicine program ourselves, or if we do obtain such capital, that our development, manufacturing, and commercialization efforts would be successful;

Conduct of this acquired business will require significant capital, and to the extent that we incur unanticipated expenses in our business, are unable to timely obtain sufficient additional capital on terms acceptable to us (or at all) to fund this business, our ability to develop our DocePLUS product candidate could be materially and adversely impacted;  

We have discontinued development activities for DoxoPlus and are actively seeking to monetize this asset. New competitive products become commercially available before we launch DocePLUS;

We are not experienced in acquiring and integrating new businesses.

If we are unable to successfully partner with other companies to commercialize our product candidates, our business could materially suffer.

A key part of our business strategy is to leverage strategic partnerships/collaborations to commercialize our product candidates.  We do not have the financial, human or other resources necessary to develop, commercialize, launch or sell our therapeutic offerings in all of the geographies that we are targeting, and thus it is important that we identify and partner with third parties who possess the necessary resources to bring our products to market.  We expect that any such partners will provide regulatory and reimbursement/pricing expertise, sales and marketing resources, and other expertise and resources vital to the success of our product offerings in their territories.  We further expect, but cannot guarantee, that any such partnering arrangements will include upfront cash payments to us in return for the rights to develop, manufacture, and/or sell our products in specified territories, as well as downstream revenues in the form of milestone payments and royalties.  

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Our current business strategy is high-risk.

Our current business strategy is to aggressively develop our Nanomedicine platforms, while simultaneously controlling expenses, which is a high-risk strategy for a number of reasons including the following:

we do not have an operating history as a drug company, or prior experience with obtaining regulatory, reimbursement or other approvals for product candidates such as DocePLUS;

our Nanomedicine product candidates, if commercialized, will compete against established competitive drugs that are marketed and sold by large companies with significant human, technical and financial resources;

we are not experienced in acquiring and integrating new assets, such as those acquired from Azaya;  

there is an intense and rapidly evolving competitive landscape for our Nanomedicine product candidates, including chemotherapies, targeted therapies and immuno-oncology therapies, and as such key assumptions regarding market entry, pricing, and revenue/unit share may not be realized;

our product candidates may never become commercially viable; and

we may not be able to prevent other companies from depriving us of market share and profit margins by selling products based on our intellectual property and developments.

We face intense competition, and if our competitors market and/or develop products that are marketed more effectively, approved more quickly than our product candidates or demonstrated to be safer or more effective than our products, our commercial opportunities could be reduced or eliminated.

The life science industry is characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition and a strong emphasis on proprietary therapeutics.  We face competition from a number of sources, some of which may target the same indications as our products or product candidates, including small and large, domestic and multinational, medical device, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, government agencies and private and public research institutions, many of which have greater financial resources, sales and marketing capabilities, including larger, well-established sales forces, manufacturing capabilities, experience in obtaining regulatory approvals for product candidates and other resources than we do.

We expect that product candidates in our pipeline, if approved, to compete on the basis of, among other things, product efficacy and safety, time to market, price, coverage and reimbursement by third-party payers, extent of adverse side effects and convenience of treatment procedures.  One or more of our competitors may develop other products that compete with ours, obtain necessary approvals for such products from the FDA, EMA, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or other agencies, if required, more rapidly than we do or develop alternative products or therapies that are safer, more effective and/or more cost effective than any products developed by us. The competition that we encounter with respect to any of our product candidates that receive the requisite regulatory approval and classification and are marketed may have an effect on our product prices, market share and results of operations. We may not be able to differentiate any products that we are able to market from those of our competitors, successfully develop or introduce new products that are less costly or offer better results than those of our competitors, or offer purchasers of our products payment and other commercial terms as favorable as those offered by our competitors. In addition, competitors may seek to develop alternative formulations of or technological approaches to our product candidates and/or drug delivery technologies that address our targeted indications.

We may face competition for our DocePLUS product candidate (which is intended for the treatment of small cell lung cancer) from multiple drug classes.

Companies that are developing or have commercialized nanoparticle-docetaxel products, including both oral and intravenous formulations, and may be future competitors for our DocePLUS product candidate include, but are not limited to, Adocia, Athenex, Bind Therapeutics, Cerulean, Cristal Therapeutics, Intas, LIDDS, Merrimack, Modra, NanOlogy, Oasmia, and Starpharma.

Competitors may have greater experience in developing drugs, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory clearances or approvals, manufacturing and commercialization. It is possible that competitors may obtain patent protection, approval, or clearance from the FDA or achieve commercialization earlier than we can, any of which could have a substantial negative effect on our business. Compared to us, many of our potential competitors have substantially greater:

capital resources;

research and development resources and experience, including personnel and experience;

product development, clinical trial and regulatory resources and experience;

sales and marketing resources and experience;

manufacturing and distribution resources and experience;

name, brand and product recognition; and

resources, experience and expertise in prosecution and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

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As a result of these factors, our competitors may obtain regulatory approval of their products more quickly than we are able to or may obtain patent protection or other intellectual property rights that limit or block us from developing or commercializing our product candidates. Our competitors may also develop products that are more effective, more useful, better tolerated, subject to fewer or less severe side effects, more widely prescribed or accepted or less costly than ours and may also be more successful than we are in manufacturing and marketing their products. If we are unable to compete effectively with the marketed therapeutics of our competitors or if such competitors are successful in developing products that compete with any of our product candidates that are approved, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects may be materially adversely affected.

Our clinical trials may fail to demonstrate acceptable levels of safety and efficacy for any of our product candidates, which could prevent or significantly delay their regulatory approval and commercialization, which would have a material and adverse impact on our business.

Clinical testing of our product candidates is a long, expensive and uncertain process, and the failure or delay of a clinical trial can occur at any stage.  Many factors, currently known and unknown, can adversely affect clinical trials and the ability to evaluate a product candidate’s efficacy. During the course of treatment, patients can die or suffer other adverse events for reasons that may or may not be related to the proposed product being tested. Even if initial results of preclinical and nonclinical studies or clinical trial results are promising, we may obtain different results in subsequent trials or studies that fail to show the desired levels of safety and efficacy, or we may not obtain applicable regulatory approval for a variety of other reasons.  

Further, with respect to the conduct and results of clinical trials generally, in the United States, Europe, Japan and other jurisdictions, the conduct and results of clinical trials can be delayed, limited suspended, or otherwise adversely affected for many reasons, including, among others:

clinical results may not meet prescribed endpoints for the studies or otherwise provide sufficient data to support the efficacy of our product candidates;

clinical and nonclinical test results may reveal side effects, adverse events or unexpected safety issues associated with the use of our product candidates;

lack of adequate funding opportunities thoughto continue the clinical trial, including the incurrence of unforeseen costs due to enrollment delays, requirements to conduct additional trials and studies and increased expenses associated with the services of our contract research organizations, or CROs, and other third parties;

inability to design appropriate clinical trial protocols;

slower than expected rates of subject recruitment and enrollment rates in clinical trials;

regulatory review may not find a product safe or effective enough to merit either continued testing or final approval;

regulatory review may not find that the data from preclinical testing and clinical trials justifies approval;

regulatory authorities may require that we change our studies or conduct additional studies which may significantly delay or make continued pursuit of approval commercially unattractive;

a regulatory agency may reject our trial data or disagree with our interpretations of either clinical trial data or applicable regulations;

the cost of clinical trials required for product approval may be greater than what we originally anticipate, and we may decide to not pursue regulatory approval for such a product;

a regulatory agency may identify problems or other deficiencies in our existing manufacturing processes or facilities or the existing processes or facilities of our collaborators, our contract manufacturers or our raw material suppliers;

a regulatory agency may change its formal or informal approval requirements and policies, act contrary to previous guidance, adopt new regulations or raise new issues or concerns late in the approval process;

a product candidate may be approved only for indications that are narrow or under conditions that place the product at a competitive disadvantage, which may limit the sales and marketing activities for such products or otherwise adversely impact the commercial potential of a product; and

a regulatory agency may ask us to put a clinical study on hold pending additional safety data; (and there can be no assurance that we will be able to satisfy the regulator agencies’ requests in a timely manner, which can lead to significant uncertainty in the completion of a clinical study).

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We also face clinical trial-related risks with regard to our reliance on other third parties in the performance of many of the clinical trial functions, including CROs, that help execute our clinical trials, the hospitals and clinics at which our trials are conducted, the clinical investigators at the trial sites, and other third-party service providers. Failure of any third-party service provider to adhere to applicable trial protocols, laws and regulations in the conduct of one of our clinical trials could adversely affect the conduct and results of such trial (including possible data integrity issues), which could seriously harm our business.  

Our success depends in substantial part on our ability to obtain regulatory approvals for our DocePLUS product candidate.  However, we cannot be certain that we will receive regulatory approval for this product candidate or our other product candidates.  

We have only a limited number of product candidates in development, and our business depends substantially on their successful development and commercialization.  Our product candidates will require development, regulatory review and approval in multiple jurisdictions, substantial investment, access to sufficient commercial manufacturing capacity and significant marketing efforts before we can generate any revenues from sales of our product candidates. The research, testing, manufacturing, labeling, approval, sale, marketing and distribution of products are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the United States and other countries, whose regulations differ from country to country.

We are not permitted to market our product candidates in the United States until we receive approval from the FDA, or in any foreign countries until we receive the requisite approval from the regulatory authorities of such countries (including centralized marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency), and we may never receive such regulatory approvals. Obtaining regulatory approval for a product candidate is a lengthy, expensive and uncertain process, and may not be obtained. Any failure to obtain regulatory approval of any of our product candidates would limit our ability to generate future revenues (and any failure to obtain such approval for all of the indications and labeling claims we deem desirable could reduce our potential revenue), would potentially harm the development prospects of our product candidates and would have a material and adverse impact on our business.

Even if we successfully obtain regulatory approvals to market our product candidates, our revenues will be dependent, in part, on our ability to commercialize such products as well as the size of the markets in the territories for which we gain regulatory approval. If the markets for our product candidates are not as significant as we estimate, our business and prospects will be harmed.

If a product candidate is not approved in a timely fashion on commercially viable terms, or if development of any product candidate is terminated due to difficulties or delays encountered in the regulatory approval process, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, and we may become more dependent on the development of other proprietary products and/or our ability to successfully acquire other products and technologies. There can be no assurance that any product candidate will receive regulatory approval in a timely manner, or at all.

If our product candidates and technologies receive regulatory approval but do not achieve broad market acceptance, especially by physicians, the revenues that we generate will be limited.

The commercial success of any of our approved products or technologies will depend upon the acceptance of these products and technologies by physicians, patients and the medical community. The degree of market acceptance of these products and technologies will depend on a number of factors, including, among others:

acceptance by physicians and patients of the product as a safe and effective treatment;

any negative publicity or political action related to our or our competitors’ products or technologies;

the relative convenience and ease of administration;

the prevalence and severity of adverse side effects;

demonstration to authorities of the pharmacoeconomic benefits;

demonstration to authorities of the improvement in burden of illness;

limitations or warnings contained in a product’s approved labeling;

payers’ level of restrictions and/or barriers to coverage;

the clinical indications for which a product is approved;

availability and perceived advantages of alternative treatments;

the effectiveness of our or any current or future collaborators’ sales, marketing and distribution strategies; and

pricing and cost effectiveness.

Our DocePLUS product candidate, if developed and commercialized, would compete against a number of established drugs, including Taxotere® (Sanofi S.A.) and Hycamtin® (Novartis), as well as other products being developed and commercialized by competitors for the same target clinical indication.

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We expect physicians’ inertia and skepticism to also be a significant barrier as we attempt to gain market penetration with our future products. We believe we will continue to need to finance lengthy time-consuming clinical studies to provide evidence of the medical benefit of our products and resulting therapies in order to overcome this inertia and skepticism.

Overall, our efforts to educate the medical community on the benefits of any of our products or technologies for which we obtain marketing approval from the FDA or other regulatory authorities and gain broad market acceptance may require significant resources and may never be successful. If our products and technologies do not achieve an adequate level of acceptance by physicians, pharmacists and patients, we may not generate sufficient revenue from these products to become or remain profitable.

Many potential applications of our product candidates are pre-commercial, which subjects us to development and marketing risks.

Our product candidates are at various stages of development.  Successful development and market acceptance of our products is subject to developmental risks, including risk of negative clinical data from  current and anticipated trials, failure of inventive imagination, ineffectiveness, lack of safety, unreliability, manufacturing hurdles, failure to receive necessary regulatory clearances or approvals, high commercial cost, preclusion or obsolescence resulting from third parties’ proprietary rights or superior or equivalent products, competition from copycat products and general economic conditions affecting purchasing patterns. There can be no assurance that we or our partners will successfully develop and commercialize our product candidates, or that our competitors will not develop competing technologies that are less expensive or superior. Failure to successfully develop and market our product candidates would have a substantial negative effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

If we or any party to a key collaboration, licensing, development, acquisition or similar arrangement fails to perform material obligations under such arrangement, or any arrangement is terminated for any reason, there could be an adverse effect on our business.

We are currently party to certain licensing, collaboration and acquisition agreements under which we may make or receive future payments in the form of milestone payments, maintenance fees, royalties and/or minimum product purchases. Our collaborators may not devote the attention and resources to such efforts to be successful. The termination of a key collaboration agreement by one of our collaborators could materially impact our ability to enter into additional collaboration agreements with new collaborators on favorable terms.

Risks relating to our current material collaborations (excluding our BARDA contract.partnership, which is discussed below in these “Risk Factors”) include the following:

Under our asset purchase agreement with Azaya, we are required to use commercial reasonable efforts to develop our DoxoPLUS and DocePLUS product candidates, and we have future milestone, earn-out and other payments to Azaya tied to our commercialization and sale activities for these product candidates. If we are unsuccessful in our efforts to develop our DoxoPLUS and DocePLUS drug assets, or if Azaya and we were to enter into a dispute over the terms of our agreement, then our business could be seriously harmed.

If we or collaborators fail to comply with regulatory requirements applicable to the development, manufacturing, and marketing of our products, regulatory agencies may take action against us or them, which could significantly harm our business.

Our product candidates, along with the clinical development process, the manufacturing processes, post-approval clinical data, labeling, advertising and promotional activities for these products, are subject to continual requirements and review by the FDA and state and foreign regulatory bodies. Regulatory authorities subject a marketed product, its manufacturer and the manufacturing facilities to continual review and periodic inspections. We, our collaborators, and our and their respective contractors, suppliers and vendors, will be subject to ongoing regulatory requirements, including complying with regulations and laws regarding advertising, promotion and sales of products, required submissions of safety and other post-market information and reports, registration requirements, Clinical Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) regulations (including requirements relating to quality control and quality assurance, as well as the corresponding maintenance of records and documentation), and the requirements regarding the distribution of samples to physicians and recordkeeping requirements. Regulatory agencies may change existing requirements or adopt new requirements or policies. We, our collaborators, and our and their respective contractors, suppliers and vendors, may be slow to adapt or may not be able to adapt to these changes or new requirements.

Failure to comply with regulatory requirements may result in any of the following:

restrictions on our products or manufacturing processes;

warning letters;

withdrawal of the products from the market;

voluntary or mandatory recall;

fines;

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suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approvals;

suspension or termination of any of our ongoing clinical trials;

refusal to permit the import or export of our products;

refusal to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications that we submit;

product seizure;

injunctions; or

imposition of civil or criminal penalties.

We and our product candidates are subject to extensive regulation, and the requirements to obtain regulatory approvals in the United States and other jurisdictions can be costly, time-consuming and unpredictable.  If we or our partners are unable to obtain timely regulatory approval for our product candidates, our business may be substantially harmed.

The worldwide regulatory process for our Nanomedicine product candidates can be lengthy and expensive, with no guarantee of approval.

Before any new drugs may be introduced to the U.S. market, the manufacturer generally must obtain FDA approval through either an abbreviated new drug application, or ANDA, process for generic drugs off patent that allow for bioequivalence to an existing reference listed drug, or RLD, or the lengthier new drug approval, or NDA, process, which typically requires multiple successful and successive clinical trials to generate clinical data supportive of safety and efficacy along with extensive pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic preclinical testing to demonstrate safety.  Our lead product candidate under development (DocePLUS) is subject to the FDA’s 505(b)(2) NDA process.  NDA drugs can take significant time due to the preclinical and clinical trial requirements.

There are numerous risks arising out of the regulation of our Nanomedicine product candidates include the following:

We can provide no assurances that our current and future oncology drugs will meet all of the stringent government regulation in the United States, by the FDA under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and/or in international markets such as Europe, by the EMA under its Medicinal Products Directive.  

Our Nanomedicine product candidates, if approved, will still be subject to post-market reporting requirements for deaths or serious injuries when the drug may have caused or contributed to the death or serious injury, or serious adverse events.  There are no assurances that our product candidates will not have safety or effectiveness problems occurring after the drugs reach the market. There are no assurances that regulatory authorities will not take steps to prevent or limit further marketing of the drug due to safety concerns.

It is possible that the new legislation in our priority markets, such as the 21st Century Cures Act in the United States, will yield additional regulatory requirements for therapeutic drugs for our Nanomedicine product candidates (the FDA’s interpretation and implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act has yet to be published). 

Changing, new and/or emerging government regulations may adversely affect us.

Any regulatory review committees and advisory groups and any contemplated new guidelines may lengthen the regulatory review process, require us to perform additional studies, increase our development costs, lead to changes in regulatory positions and interpretations, delay or prevent approval and commercialization of our product candidates or lead to significant post-approval limitations or restrictions. As we advance our product candidates, we may be required to consult with these regulatory and advisory groups and comply with applicable guidelines. If we fail to do so, we may be required to delay or discontinue development of our product candidates. Delay or failure to obtain, or unexpected costs in obtaining, the regulatory approval necessary to bring a product candidate to market could decrease our ability to generate sufficient revenue to maintain our business. Divergence in regulatory criteria for different regulatory agencies around the globe could result in the repeat of clinical studies and/or preclinical studies to satisfy local territory requirements, resulting in the repeating of studies and/or delays in the regulatory process.  Some territories may require clinical data in their indigenous population, resulting in the repeat of clinical studies in whole or in part. Some territories may object to the formulation ingredients in the final finished product and may require reformulation to modify or remove objectionable components; resulting in delays in regulatory approvals.  Such objectionable reformulations include, but are not limited to, human or animal components, BSE/TSE risks, banned packaging components, prohibited chemicals, banned substances, etc. There can be no assurances that the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities will accept our pre-clinical and/or clinical data.  

Anticipated or unanticipated changes in the way or manner in which the FDA or other regulators regulate products or classes/groups of products can delay, further burden, or alleviate regulatory pathways that were once available to other products. There are no guarantees that such changes in the FDA’s or other regulators’ approach to the regulatory process will not deleteriously affect some or all of our products or product applications.

Our nanoparticle technology is subject to government regulations that are subject to change.  

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Our pipeline oncology products, such as DocePLUS, are being developed under existing government criteria, which are subject to change in the future. Clinical and/or pre-clinical criteria in addition to cGMP manufacturing requirements may change and impose additional regulatory burdens. Clinical requirements are subject to change which may result in delays in completing the regulatory process. Divergence in regulatory criteria for different regulatory agencies around the globe could result in the repeat of clinical studies and/or preclinical studies to satisfy local jurisdictional requirements, which would significantly lengthen the regulatory process and increase uncertainty of outcome.  Some jurisdictions may require clinical data in their indigenous population, resulting in the repeat of clinical studies in whole or in part. Some jurisdictions may object to the formulation ingredients in the final finished product and may require reformulation to modify or remove objectionable components; resulting in delays in regulatory approvals.  Such objectionable reformulations include, but are not limited to, human or animal components, bovine spongiform encephalopathy/ transmissible spongiform encephalopathy risks, banned packaging components, prohibited chemicals, banned substances, etc.  There can be no assurance that the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities will accept our pre-clinical and/or clinical data.  

Orphan drug designation may not ensure that we will enjoy market exclusivity in a particular market, and if we fail to obtain or maintain orphan drug designation or other regulatory exclusivity for some of our product candidates, our competitive position would be harmed.

A product candidate that receives orphan drug designation can benefit from potential commercial benefits following approval. Under the U.S. Orphan Drug Act, the FDA may designate a product candidate as an orphan drug if it is intended to treat a rare disease or condition, defined as affecting a patient population of fewer than 200,000 in the United States, or a patient population greater than 200,000 in the United States where there is no reasonable expectation that the cost of developing the drug will be recovered from sales in the United States. In the European Union, or EU, the EMA’s Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products, or COMP, grants orphan drug designation to promote the development of products that are intended for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a life-threatening or chronically debilitating condition affecting not more than 10,000 persons in the EU. Currently, this designation provides market exclusivity in the U.S. and the European Union for seven years and ten years, respectively, if a product is the first such product approved for such orphan indication. This market exclusivity does not, however, pertain to indications other than those for which the drug was specifically designated in the approval, nor does it prevent other types of drugs from receiving orphan designations or approvals in these same indications. Further, even after an orphan drug is approved, the FDA can subsequently approve a drug with similar chemical structure for the same condition if the FDA concludes that the new drug is clinically superior to the orphan product or a market shortage occurs. In the EU, orphan exclusivity may be reduced to six years if the drug no longer satisfies the original designation criteria or can be lost altogether if the marketing authorization holder consents to a second orphan drug application or cannot supply enough drug, or when a second applicant demonstrates its drug is “clinically superior” to the original orphan drug.

If we experience an interruption in supply from a material sole source supplier, our business may be harmed

We acquire some our components and other raw materials from sole source suppliers. If there is an interruption in supply of our raw materials from a sole source supplier, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain adequate quantities of the raw materials within a reasonable time or at commercially reasonable prices. Interruptions in supplies due to pricing, timing, availability or other issues with our sole source suppliers could have a negative impact on our ability to manufacture products and product candidates, which in turn could adversely affect the development and commercialization of our Nanomedicine product candidates and  cause us to potentially breach our supply or other obligations under our agreements with certain other counterparties.

We are dependent on sole source suppliers to manufacture the API (active pharmaceutical ingredient) and certain other components of our Nanomedicine product candidates.  There are no assurances that these sole source suppliers will enter into supply agreements with us to provide contractual assurance to us around supply and pricing. Regardless whether a sole source supplier enters into a written supply arrangement with us, such supplier could still delay, suspend or terminate supply of raw materials to us for a number of reasons, including manufacturing or quality issues, payment disputes with us, bankruptcy or insolvency, or other occurrences.  

If a sole source supplier ceases supply of raw materials necessary there is no guarantee that we will find an alternative supplier for the necessary raw materials on terms acceptable to us, or at all. Further the qualification process for a new vendor could take months or even years, and any such day in qualification could significantly harm our business.   

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If we are unable to identify, hire and/or retain key personnel, we may not be able to sustain or grow our business.

Our ability to operate successfully and manage our potential future growth depends significantly upon our ability to attract, retain, and motivate highly skilled and qualified research, technical, clinical, regulatory, sales, marketing, managerial and financial personnel. We compete for talent with numerous companies, as well as universities and non-profit research organizations.  In the future, we may hire a significant number of scientists, quality and regulatory personnel, and other technical staff with the requisite expertise to support and expand our Nanomedicine business. The manufacturing of our oncology drug assets is a highly complex process that requires significant experience and know-how. If we are unable to attract personnel with the necessary skills and experience to reestablish and expand our Nanomedicine business, which is currently conducted out of our San Antonio, Texas facility, our business could be harmed.

Our future success also depends on the personal efforts and abilities of the principal members of our senior management and scientific staff to provide strategic direction, manage our operations, and maintain a cohesive and stable environment. In particular, we are highly dependent on our executive officers, especially Marc Hedrick, M.D., our Chief Executive Officer.  Given his leadership, extensive technical, scientific and financial expertise and management and operational experience, Dr. Hedrick would be difficult to replace. Consequently, the loss of services of Dr. Hedrick or any other executive officer could result in product development delays or the failure of our collaborations with current and future collaborators, which, in turn, may hurt our ability to develop and commercialize products and generate revenues.  We have not entered into any employment agreements with our executive officers or key personnel, nor do we maintain key man life insurance on the lives of any of the members of our senior management. The loss of key personnel for any reason or our inability to hire, retain, and motivate additional qualified personnel in the future could prevent us from sustaining or growing our business.

Our restructuring activities may not be successful, and our restructuring activities may cause uncertainty regarding the future of our business and may adversely impact employee hiring and retention, our stock price and our results of operations and financial condition.

On July 1, 2019, we announced a corporate restructuring, including reducing combined staffing in our Texas and California facilities by 46% overall, reducing our office space in San Diego, California and streamlining and outsourcing our operations to better focus on our drug pipeline, and in particular DocePLUS, in order to extend our cash resources. As a result, we expect to incur a restructuring charge of approximately $0.1 million in connection with one-time employee termination costs, including severance and other benefits, which costs are expected to be incurred primarily in the third quarter of 2019. We are not yet able to make a determination of each other major type of cost associated with the restructuring. The estimates of costs that we expect to incur and the timing thereof are subject to a number of assumptions and actual results may differ from initial estimates.

Our ability to achieve the anticipated benefits, including the anticipated cost savings, of our restructuring activities within expected timeframes is subject to many estimates, assumptions and uncertainties. Additional restructuring or reorganization activities may also be required in the future, which could further increase the risks associated with these activities. There is no assurance that we will successfully implement, or fully realize the anticipated impact of, our restructuring or execute successfully on our restructuring plan, in the timeframes we desire or at all. If we fail to realize the anticipated benefits from these measures, or if we incur charges or costs in amounts that are greater than anticipated, our financial condition and operating results may be adversely affected. Additionally, our restructuring efforts, including a significant reduction in our employee headcount, may disrupt our staff and our business, and we may not be successful, or as successful, in advancing our existing Nanomedicine candidates, or in discovering or developing new Nanomedicine candidates as a result of lower staffing levels and potential reductions in our spending on these programs due to the restructuring.

The changes and potential changes to our operations and the workforce reduction measures as a result of the restructuring, may introduce uncertainty regarding our prospects and may result in disruption of our business. As a result of these actions, we incurred significant expenses and charges, including the approximately $570,000 charge incurred as a result of restructuring and cancelation of our San Diego headquarters lease announced on February 2018, and we may incur additional expenses and charges related to these actions. In addition, these changes and measures could distract our employees, decrease employee morale and make it more difficult to retain and hire new talent, and harm our reputation. These changes and activities caused our stock price to decline and may cause it to further decline in the future. As a result of these or other similar risks, our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected.

We face potential product liability exposure, and if successful claims are brought against us, we may incur substantial liability if our insurance coverage for those claims is inadequate.

The clinical use of our product candidates exposes us to the risk of product liability claims. This risk exists even if a product or product candidate is approved for commercial sale by applicable regulatory authorities and manufactured in facilities regulated by such authorities. Our product candidates are designed to affect important bodily functions and processes. Any side effects, manufacturing defects, misuse or abuse associated with our product candidates could result in injury to a patient or even death. For example, DoxoPLUS is cytotoxic, or toxic to living cells, and, if incorrectly or defectively manufactured or labeled, or incorrectly dosed or otherwise used in a manner not contemplated by its label, could result in patient harm and even death. In addition, a liability claim may be brought against us even if our product candidates merely appear to have caused an injury.

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Product liability claims may be brought against us by consumers, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies or others selling or otherwise coming into contact with our products or product candidates, if approved, among others. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we will incur substantial liabilities. In addition, regardless of merit or eventual outcome, product liability claims may result in:

the inability to commercialize our product candidates;

decreased demand for our product candidates, if approved;

impairment of our business reputation;

product recall or withdrawal from the market;

withdrawal of clinical trial participants;

costs of related litigation;

distraction of management’s attention from our primary business;

substantial monetary awards to patients or other claimants; or

loss of revenues.

We have obtained product liability insurance coverage for clinical trials with a $10 million per occurrence and annual aggregate coverage limit. Our insurance coverage may not be sufficient to cover all of our product liability related expenses or losses and may not cover us for any expenses or losses we may suffer.  Moreover, insurance coverage is becoming increasingly expensive, and, in the future, we may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost, in sufficient amounts or upon adequate terms to protect us against losses due to product liability. If we determine that it is prudent to increase our product liability coverage, we may be unable to obtain this increased product liability insurance on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Large judgments have been awarded in class action or individual lawsuits based on drugs that had unanticipated side effects.  A successful product liability claim or series of claims brought against us could cause our stock price to decline and, if judgments exceed our insurance coverage, could decrease our cash and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

Risks Relating to Our Intellectual Property

Our success depends in part on our ability to protect our intellectual property.  It is difficult and costly to protect our proprietary rights and technology, and we may not be able to ensure their protection.

Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent, trademark and trade secret protection of our platform technology and current product candidates, including but not limited to our Nanomedicine product candidates, including DoxoPLUS and DocePLUS, as well as successfully defending our intellectual property against third-party challenges.  Our ability to stop unauthorized third parties from making using selling, offering to sell or importing our platform technology and/or our product candidates is dependent upon the extent to which we have rights under valid and enforceable patents or trade secrets that cover these activities.  

The degree of future protection for our proprietary rights is uncertain because legal means afford only limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or keep our competitive advantage.  For example:

we, or Azaya, as the case may be, might not have been the first to file patent applications for the covered inventions;

it is possible that our pending patent applications will not result in issued patents;

it is possible that there are dominating patents to our products of which we are not aware;

it is possible that there are prior public disclosures that could invalidate our patents, of which we are not aware;

it is possible that others may circumvent our patents;

it is possible that there are unpublished applications or patent applications maintained in secrecy that may later issue with claims covering our products or technology similar to ours;

the claims of our patents or patent applications, if and when issued, may not cover our system or products, or our system or product candidates;

our owned or in-licensed issued patents may not provide us with any competitive advantages, or may be narrowed in scope, be held invalid or unenforceable as a result of legal administrative challenges by third parties;

others may be able to make or use compounds that are the same or similar to the DocePLUS product but that are not covered by the claims of our patents;

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we may not be able to detect infringement against our patents, which may be especially difficult for manufacturing processes or formulation patents, such as the patents/applications related to DocePLUS;

the API in DoxoPLUS and DocePLUS are commercially available in generic drug products;

we may not develop additional proprietary technologies for which we can obtain patent protection; or

the patents of others may have an adverse effect on our business.

The patent positions of pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical device companies can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions for which important legal principles remain unresolved. No consistent policy regarding the breadth of claims allowed in patents in these fields has emerged to date in the United States. There have been recent changes regarding how patent laws are interpreted, and both the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or the USPTO, and Congress have recently made significant changes to the patent system. There have been three U.S. Supreme Court decisions that now show a trend of the Supreme Court which is distinctly negative on patents. The trend of these decisions along with resulting changes in patentability requirements being implemented by the USPTO could make it increasingly difficult for us to obtain and maintain patents on our products. We cannot accurately predict future changes in the interpretation of patent laws or changes to patent laws which might be enacted into law. Those changes may materially affect our patents, our ability to obtain patents and/or the patents and applications of our collaborators and licensors. The patent situation in these fields outside the United States is even more uncertain. Changes in either the patent laws or in interpretations of patent laws in the United States and other countries may diminish the value of our intellectual property or narrow the scope of our patent protection. Accordingly, we cannot predict the breadth of claims that may be allowed or enforced in the patents we own or to which we have a license or third-party patents.

Intellectual property law outside the United States is uncertain and in many countries is currently undergoing review and revisions. The laws of some countries do not protect our patent and other intellectual property rights to the same extent as United States laws. Third parties may attempt to oppose the issuance of patents to us in foreign countries by initiating opposition proceedings. Opposition proceedings against any of our patent filings in a foreign country could have an adverse effect on our corresponding patents that are issued or pending in the United States. It may be necessary or useful for us to participate in proceedings to determine the validity of our patents or our competitors’ patents that have been issued in countries other than the United States. This could result in substantial costs, divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. We currently have pending patent applications in Europe, Australia, Japan, Canada, China, South Korea, Brazil, South Africa, among other jurisdictions.

Our intellectual property related to Nanomedicine was acquired from Azaya.  As DoxoPLUS is a generic drug, we did not acquire any patents related to DoxoPLUS.  We acquired two issued patents and one patent application related to DocePLUS from Azaya, and intend to file additional patent applications around our DocePLUS product candidate.  There is no guaranty that any patent applications we file on DocePLUS will issue, or if issued, that we will be to use and enforce these patents as an effective component of our intellectual property strategy.  

Failure to obtain or maintain patent protection or protect trade secrets, for any reason (or third-party claims against our patents, trade secrets, or proprietary rights, or our involvement in disputes over our patents, trade secrets, or proprietary rights, including involvement in litigation), could have a substantial negative effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Risks Relating to the Securities Markets and an Investment in Our Stock

We could be delisted from Nasdaq, which could seriously harm the liquidity of our stock and our ability to raise capital.

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Following notice from Nasdaq staff in June 2015 and December 2015, we had a hearing in January 2016 relating to our noncompliance with the $1.00 minimum bid price per share requirement.  The Nasdaq Hearing Panel granted us until May 31, 2016 to come into compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, including requirements relating to obtaining stockholders approval of a reverse stock split that would bring our stock price above $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive trading days.  We transferred the listing of our common stock from the Nasdaq Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market in February 2016.  In May 2016, we consummated a 1-for-15 reverse stock split pursuant to which the minimum bid price per share of our common stock rose above $1.00.  Pursuant to a letter dated May 26, 2016, the Nasdaq staff delivered notice to us that we had regained compliance with Nasdaq’s minimum bid price rule.

On September 5, 2017, we received a written notice from Nasdaq staff indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the lastprior 30 consecutive business days, we no longer met the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1$1.00 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we were provided a period of 180 calendar days, or until March 5, 2018, in which to regain compliance. We were granted an additional compliance period of 180 calendar days, or until September 4, 2018, in which to regain compliance after meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and providing notice to Nasdaq staff of our intent to cure the deficiency during this second compliance period, by

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effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.  In May 2018, we consummated a 1-for-10 reverse stock split pursuant to which the minimum bid price of our common stock rose above $1.00.  On June 8, 2018, we received written notice from Nasdaq that we had regained compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Rule 5500(a)(2) concerning our minimum bid price per share of our common stock.

On August 28, 2018, we received a written notice from Nasdaq staff indicating that, based upon the closing bid price of our common stock for the lastprior 30 consecutive business days, we no longer meet the requirement to maintain a minimum bid price of $1$1.00 per share, as set forth in Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), we have beenwere provided aan initial period of 180 calendar days, or until February 25, 2019, in which to regain compliance. In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our common stock must have been at least $1 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during the 180-day period. In the event we do not regain compliance within this 180-day period, we may be eligible to seekWe were also granted an additional compliance period of 180 calendar days, if we meetor until August 26, 2019, in which to regain compliance after meeting the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq Capital Market, with the exception of the bid price requirement, if we provide writtenand providing notice to Nasdaq staff of our intent to cure the deficiency during this second compliance period, by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. In order to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement, the closing bid price of our common stock must have been at least $1.00 per share for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days during the 180-day period. In August 2019, we consummated a 1-for-50 reverse stock split pursuant to which the minimum bid price of our common stock rose above $1.00. If the closing bid price of our common stock remains above $1.00 per share, we expect to regain compliance with the minimum bid price requirement on August 19, 2019.  However, based on our stockholders’ deficit of $6.3 million as of June 30, 2019, we will not meet the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), which requires listed companies to maintain stockholders’ equity of at least $2.5 million, and we expect to receive written notice from Nasdaq staff to that effect following the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.  In addition, as of June 30, 2019, we do not meet the alternative compliance standards relating to the market value of listed securities or net income from continuing operations.  We intend to evaluate various courses of action to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) within the compliance period specified by Nasdaq.  However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to regain compliance within such compliance period.

If we cease to be eligible to trade on Nasdaq:

•         We may have to pursue trading on a less recognized or accepted market, such as the OTC Bulletin Board or the “pink sheets.”

•         Shares of our common stock could be less liquid and marketable, thereby reducing the ability of stockholders to purchase or sell our shares as quickly and as inexpensively as they have done historically.  If our stock is traded as a “penny stock,” transactions in our stock would be more difficult and cumbersome.

•        We may be unable to access capital on favorable terms or at all, as companies trading on alternative markets may be viewed as less attractive investments with higher associated risks, such that existing or prospective institutional investors may be less interested in, or prohibited from, investing in our common stock.  This may also cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

The sale

Absence of a public trading market for our Series S warrants may limit the ability to resell the Series S warrants.

Our Series S warrants, or issuance of our common stock to Lincoln Park may cause dilution andPSTVZ Warrants, are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the sale ofsymbol “PSTVZ,” but there can be no assurance that a robust market will exist for the shares of common stock acquired by Lincoln Park, orPSTVZ Warrants. Even if a market for the perception that such sales may occur, could causePSTVZ Warrants does develop, the price of the PSTVZ Warrants may fluctuate and liquidity may be limited. If the PSTVZ Warrants cease to be eligible for continued listing on Nasdaq, or if the market for the PSTVZ Warrants does not fully develop (or subsequently weakens), then holders of the PSTVZ Warrants may be unable to resell the PSTVZ Warrants or sell them only at an unfavorable price for an extended period of time, if at all. Future trading prices of the PSTVZ Warrants will depend on many factors, including:

our operating performance and financial condition;

our ability to continue the effectiveness of the registration statement covering the PSTVZ Warrants and the common stock to fall

On September 21, 2018, we entered into the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which Lincoln Park has committed to purchase up to $5.0 million of our common stock over the 24-month period following October 15, 2018, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions. The purchase price for the shares that we may sell to Lincoln Park under the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement will fluctuate based on the price of our common stock. Depending on market liquidity at the time, sales of such shares may cause the trading price of our common stock to fall.

We generally have the right to control the timing and amount of any future sales of our shares to Lincoln Park.  Additional sales of our common stock, if any, to Lincoln Park will dependissuable upon market conditions and other factors to be determined by us. We may ultimately decide to sell to Lincoln Park all, some or noneexercise of the additional sharesPSTVZ Warrants;

the interest of our common stock that may be available for us to sell pursuant to the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement.  Ifsecurities dealers in making and when we do sell shares to Lincoln Park, after Lincoln Park has acquired the shares, Lincoln Park may resell all, some or none of those shares at any time or from time to time in its discretion. Therefore, sales to Lincoln Park by us could result in substantial dilution to the interests of other holders of our common stock. Additionally, the sale ofmaintaining a substantial number of shares of our common stock to Lincoln Park, or market; and

the anticipation of such sales, could

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make it more difficult for us to sell equity or equity-related securities in the future at a time and at a price that we might otherwise wish to effect sales.

There is currently a limited market for our securities, and any trading market that exists in our securities may be highly illiquid and may not reflect the underlying value of our net assets or business prospects.similar securities.

Although our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market, there is currently a limited market for our common stock and an active market may never develop. Investors are cautioned not to rely on the possibility that an active trading market may develop.

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

None

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Item 3. Defaults UponUpon Senior Securities

None

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable

Item 5. Other Information

None

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Item 6. Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

PLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(previously known as Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.)

 

CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Exhibit
Number

Exhibit Title

Filed with this
Form 10-Q

Incorporated by Reference

Form

File No.

Date Filed

  2.1

Asset and Share Sale and Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2019, by and between Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. and Seijirō Shirahama.(1)

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 2.1

04/23/2019

3.1

Composite Certificate of Incorporation.

 

10-K

001-34375

Exhibit 3.1

03/11/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2

Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated BylawsCertificate of Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.Incorporation, as amended.

 

10-Q8-K

000-32501001-34375

Exhibit 3.23.1

08/14/200307/29/2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.3

Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated BylawsCertificate of Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.Incorporation, as amended.

 

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 3.1

05/08/06/20142019

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.4

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cytori Plus Therapeutics, Inc.

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 3.2

07/29/2019

  3.5

Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A 3.6% Convertible Preferred Stock

 

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 3.1

10/08/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.5  3.6

Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended

 

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 3.1

05/10/2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.6  3.7

Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

 

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 3.1

11/28/2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.7  3.8

Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended

 

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 3.1

05/23/2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.8  3.9

Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock

 

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 3.1

07/25/2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1

Form of Series T Warrant

POS AM

333-224502

Exhibit 4.28

07/09/2018

4.2

Form of Non-Transferable Subscription Rights Certificate

POS AM

333-224502

Exhibit 4.35

07/09/2018

4.3

Form of Series T Warrant Agent Agreement between Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. and Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc.

POS AM

333-224502

Exhibit 4.36

07/09/2018

10.1

ThirdSeventh Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated August 31, 2018,effective as of April 24, 2019, by and between Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. and Oxford Finance, LLC

S-1

333-227485

Exhibit 10.51

09/21/2018

10.2

Purchase Agreement between Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, dated September 21, 2018.

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 10.1

09/21/2018

10.3

Registration Rights Agreement between Cytori Therapeutics, Inc. and Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC, dated September 21, 2018.

8-K

001-34375

Exhibit 10.2

09/21/2018

31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.210.2

Eighth Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, effective as of July 15, 2019, by and between Plus Therapeutics, Inc. and Oxford Finance, LLC

X

10.3

2014 Equity Incentive Plan of Plus Therapeutics, Inc., as Amended and Restated

X

31.1

Certification of Principal FinancialExecutive Officer and AccountingPrincipal Financial Officer Pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.1*

CertificationsCertification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350/ Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(b), as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act of 2002

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.SCH

XBRL Schema Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.CAL

XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.DEF

XBRL Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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101.LAB

XBRL Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.PRE

XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

*

These certifications areThis certification is being furnished solely to accompany this report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350 and areis not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and areis not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

(1)

The schedules and similar attachments to the Asset Purchase Agreement have been omitted from this filing pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company will furnish copies of any such schedules and exhibits to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

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SIGNATURES

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

 

 

 

CYTORIPLUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Marc H. Hedrick

Dated: November 14, 2018August 15, 2019

 

 

 

Marc H. Hedrick

 

 

 

 

President & Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tiago Girao

Dated: November 14, 2018

Tiago Girao

VP of Finance(principal executive and Chief Financial Officerfinancial officer)

 

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