UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 8, 2020

 

 

Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-31141   33-0655706

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1100 Massachusetts Avenue, Floor 4, Cambridge, MA   02138
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 453-1000

 

 

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

 

Title of Class

 

Trading

Symbol

 

Name of Exchange on

Which Registered

Common Stock, $0.001 par value   INFI   Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Transaction with BVF Partners L.P. and Royalty Security, LLC

Funding Agreement

On January 8, 2020 (the “Closing Date”) Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a funding agreement (the “Funding Agreement”) with BVF Partners, L.P., (“BVF”) and Royalty Security, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of BVF, (the “Buyer”) providing for the acquisition by the Buyer of the Company’s interest in all royalty payments based on worldwide annual net sales of the compound known as IPI-926, or patidegib (such compound known as the “Licensed Product”) less those royalty payments owed by Company to third parties including Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P. (“Purdue”) and Mundipharma International Corporation Limited (“MICL”) (“Third Party Royalty Obligations”) (all royalty payments less Third Party Royalty Obligations, “Royalty”). Such royalties are owed to Company pursuant to that certain License Agreement dated as of June 28, 2013 (as modified, amended, replaced or restated from time to time, the “License Agreement”) by and between the Company and PellePharm, Inc. (“PellePharm”). The Buyer and BVF are affiliates of Biotechnology Value Fund, L.P., which beneficially owns approximately 30% of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”).

Pursuant to the Funding Agreement, the Company received $20.0 million (the “Upfront Purchase Price”) less certain transaction expenses. The Company transferred to the Buyer (i) the Royalty, (ii) the License Agreement (subject to the Company’s rights to milestone payments and rights to equity in PellePharm under the License Agreement), and (iii) certain patent rights established in the Funding Agreement, with (i), (ii), and (iii) together referred to as “Transferred Assets.” The Company preserved its rights under the License Agreement to receive shares of common stock issued by PellePharm, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the License Agreement.

In addition to the Upfront Purchase Price, the Company will also be entitled to receive a $5.0 million milestone payment from the Buyer if PellePharm’s ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial of patidegib topical gel (i) has met its primary endpoint, or (ii) is positively concluded (on the basis of efficacy) at the interim analysis as determined by an independent monitoring committee (the “Milestone Payment”).

Pursuant to the Funding Agreement, within 30 days of the Closing Date, Company and Buyer are required to execute and deliver an escrow agreement under which the parties will establish an escrow account (the “Escrow Account”) to be managed by an escrow agent chosen by mutual agreement of the parties (the “Escrow Agent”). All amounts owed by PellePharm to the Company under the License Agreement are required to be deposited into the Escrow Account. Amounts paid into the Escrow Account by PellePharm that correspond to Royalties will be paid by the Escrow Agent to the Buyer. Amounts paid into the Escrow Account by PellePharm that do not correspond to Royalties, including Third Party Royalty Obligations and milestone amounts payable by PellePharm under the License Agreement, will be paid by the Escrow Agent to the Company. The Company will not be independently obligated for the Royalties owed to Buyer under the License Agreement and has no liability for non-payment of the Royalties under the License Agreement as a result of the insolvency, bankruptcy, inability to pay, or other credit event of PellePharm.

Company’s Option to Repurchase

If the Common Stock achieves a 20-day volume-weighted average price on the Nasdaq Global Select Market equal to or greater than $5.00 per share (adjusted for any stock splits, reverse splits, or similar arrangements) (the “Purchase Threshold”), the Company has an option to purchase from BVF 100% of the outstanding equity interests of the Buyer, whose sole assets are expected to be Transferred Assets (the “Option”) upon or after any time at which the Purchase Threshold has been achieved. To exercise the Option, the Company must deliver to BVF (a) notice (the “Option Notice,” with the date on which delivery of the Option Notice is given, the “Option Notice Date”) of its election to do so prior to the earliest to occur of: (i) the occurrence of certain trigger events identified in the Funding Agreement, including a material failure of the Company to perform certain covenants, a failure by the Company to cause the Funding Agreement and related agreements to remain in full force and effect, a deficiency in any security interest purported to be created by the Funding Agreement resulting from an act or omission of the Company, or another insolvency event of the Company (upon the expiration of any applicable cure period) (each, a “Company Trigger Event”), (ii) the third anniversary of the Closing Date, or (iii) the date immediately prior to a change of control of the Company (together, the “Option Expiration Date”), and (b) within ten (10) business days after the Option Notice is deemed delivered to BVF (the “Repurchase Date”), an amount equal to the Upfront Purchase Price plus the Milestone

Payment, if and when paid to the Company, plus the Option Premium, defined below, less the aggregate amount of all Royalty payments received by Buyer as of the Option Exercise Date. The exercise of the Option may only occur if the Common Stock maintains a 20-day volume-weighted average price on Nasdaq of $5.00 per share (adjusted for any stock splits, reverse splits, or similar arrangements) on each trading day between the Option Notice Date and the Repurchase Date “Option Premium” means an amount accruing daily on (x) the Upfront Purchase Price plus the Milestone Payment, if and when paid to Company as of such day, less (y) the aggregate amount of all Royalty payments received by Buyer as of such day, at a rate of 10% per annum, compounded quarterly. For purposes of calculating the Option Premium, in the event of a Company Trigger Event, the rate of accrual following the occurrence of such Company Trigger Event shall be increased to 20% per annum.

Potential Future Warrants

As part of the consideration to BVF for providing the funding under the Funding Agreement, the Company agreed to issue warrants in the future to BVF if the Company issued and sold shares of Common Stock to third parties above a specified threshold and below a specified price.

The Funding Agreement provides that, for so long as the Company has not exercised its Option, (a) if, during the 36-month period following the Closing Date, the Company issues and sells in the aggregate more than 8,554,345 shares of Common Stock (including options, warrants, convertible stock, convertible debt and other common-stock equivalents) (the “Warrant Threshold”), and (b) any shares are issued in excess of the Warrant Threshold with consideration to Company of less than $3.75 per share (as adjusted for any stock splits, reverse stock splits or other similar recapitalization events) (the “Threshold Price”), then the Company shall be obligated to issue to BVF warrants to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 50% of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and sold by Company in excess of the Warrant Threshold, with any such Warrants having an exercise price equal to 1.5 times the price per share of such shares issued in excess of the Warrant Threshold.

Certain issuances of Common Stock are excluded from the calculation of the Warrant Threshold, including the grant, exercise, or vesting of options or awards granted pursuant to Company’s stock incentive plans or stock purchase plans. Once the Warrant Threshold has been met, the requirement to issue warrants does not apply to certain issuances of Common Stock, including the grant, exercise, or vesting of options or awards granted pursuant to Company’s stock incentive plans or stock purchase plans and, subject to certain limitations, the issuance of shares of common stock in connection with a transaction with an unaffiliated third party that includes a debt financing or a bona fide commercial relationship or any acquisition of assets, merger with, or acquisition of another entity.

Servicing Requirements

The Company, on behalf of the Buyer, will perform certain servicing, management and administrative functions on behalf of Buyer with respect to the Transferred Assets, subject to standards set forth in the Funding Agreement. The Company may resign as Servicer, and the Buyer may, under certain conditions, remove the Company as servicer and retain a replacement third-party servicer. The Company will be paid by the Buyer a servicing fee equal to $1,000 per year in arrears.

Additional Customary Terms

The Funding Agreement contains other customary terms and conditions, including representations and warranties, conditions precedent, indemnities and covenants, including covenants that, among other things, require the Company to provide certain information to the Buyer with respect to the License Agreement and the Licensed Product and to cooperate with the Buyer, at the Buyer’s expense, to take certain actions under the License Agreement and otherwise with respect to the Licensed Product to protect the Buyer’s rights to receive the Royalty payments. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications.

In addition to exercise of the Option, the Funding Agreement may be terminated by mutual written agreement of the Company and the Buyer.

The above description of the Funding Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Funding Agreement, which the Company intends to file as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

Although it has not finalized its full financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the Company announced on January 9, 2020 that, following the receipt of the Upfront Purchase Price in the amount of $20.0 million (less certain transaction expenses) on the Closing Date, it had approximately $60.0 million in cash on hand.

The information contained in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is unaudited and preliminary and does not present all information necessary for an understanding of the Company’s financial condition as of December 31, 2019. The audit of the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 is ongoing and could result in changes to the information set forth above.

The information in this Item 2.02 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The information provided in Item 1.01 under the heading “Funding Agreement” is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

The information provided in Item 1.01 under the heading “Potential Future Warrants” is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.02. The sale of any warrants that may be issued pursuant to the Funding Agreement will be exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws. The warrants and any shares issued upon exercise of the warrant, if any are issued, may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the SEC or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. Any sale of the securities will not involve a public offering and will be made without general solicitation or general advertising. BVF will represent that they are accredited investors, as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and that they will acquire the securities for investment purposes only and not with a view to any resale, distribution or other disposition of the securities in violation of the United States federal securities laws.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

On January 9, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Funding Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby. The full text of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The information contained on the websites referenced in the press release is not incorporated herein.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from the company’s current expectations. Any forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K speak only as of the date hereof, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise

Item 9.01 Exhibits and Financial Statements

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated January 9, 2020.

SIGNATURE

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

 

    INFINITY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Date: January 9, 2020     By:  

/s/ Seth A. Tasker

      Seth A. Tasker
      Vice President and General Counsel

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Infinity Pharmaceuticals Raises $20 Million Through an Innovative Non-Dilutive Asset-Backed Financing from BVF

— Fully funds all ongoing IPI-549 clinical trials through key data readouts —

— Non-dilutive financing extends cash runway into 2H 2021 —

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—January 9, 2020 — Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: INFI) (“Infinity”) today announced a $20 million non-dilutive asset-backed financing with BVF Partners L.P. (“BVF”), Infinity’s largest shareholder. This investment by BVF entails no equity to be issued by Infinity and has its sole recourse in potential royalty payments due on future sales of patidegib, a hedgehog pathway inhibitor discovered by Infinity and licensed to PellePharm in 2013. Infinity has the right to repay the $20 million plus interest to repurchase the right to future patidegib royalties during the next three years under certain conditions.

“This non-dilutive financing is representative of our very collaborative relationship with BVF and their tremendous support as a value-added investor. Leveraging our financial interest in patidegib royalties enables us to preserve significant upside for all of Infinity’s shareholders,” said Adelene Perkins, Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Infinity Pharmaceuticals. “Importantly, with this financing, we now have over $60 million cash on hand to fund all of our current IPI-549 trials to key data readouts throughout 2020 and into 2H 2021. These data readouts include studies of IPI-549 in a randomized, controlled Phase 2 study in bladder cancer and in front line settings with novel triple therapy combinations, including in indications for which we have seen clinical activity, as part of a thoughtful clinical development strategy designed to reveal the potentially transformative impact of reprogramming macrophages with IPI-549.”

Mark Lampert, President of BVF, Inc., commented, “In light of our longstanding association with Infinity, the enormous potential of IPI-549 to help cancer patients, which is not currently reflected in the company’s stock price, and our admiration for management’s dilution sensitivity in advance of data, we wanted to help Infinity raise capital without equity dilution. BVF’s large existing ownership stake in the company was fundamental in aligning our interests with the company to preserve IPI-549 upside for all shareholders, and we believe this innovative financing structure accomplishes the objective in a win-win manner.”

Within this extended cash runway into 2H 2021, Infinity expects to generate data on approximately 525 patients from the following trials:

 

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MARIO-275, our global randomized Phase 2 study in collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), evaluating IPI-549 in combination with Opdivo® in patients with advanced urothelial cancer.

 

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MARIO-3, our Phase 2 study in collaboration with Roche/Genentech evaluating IPI-549 in combination with Tecentriq® and Abraxane® as a front-line treatment in patients with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and in combination with Tecentriq and Avastin® as a front-line treatment for patients with renal cell cancer (RCC).

 

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MARIO-1, our Phase 1/1b study in collaboration with BMS evaluating IPI-549 in combination with Opdivo in patients with advanced solid tumors.

 

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Arcus Biosciences’ Phase 1 collaboration study evaluating IPI-549 in a novel, checkpoint inhibitor free regimen that includes their dual adenosine receptor inhibitor, AB928, and Doxil® in patients with relapsed/refractory TNBC.

In addition to the initial $20 million payment, Infinity is eligible to receive from BVF an additional $5 million payment upon positive data from PellePharm’s Phase 3 trial in patients with Gorlin Syndrome. PellePharm announced the completion of enrollment in a Phase 3 trial of a topical formulation of patidegib in patients with Gorlin Syndrome in December 2019. FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation and Orphan Drug Designation to PellePharm for a topical formulation of patidegib in patients with Gorlin Syndrome in November 2017. Infinity retains rights to all patidegib milestone payments from PellePharm of up to $9 million in regulatory and first commercial sale milestones and $37.5 million in sales threshold milestones.

Infinity has the option to repurchase the rights to future patidegib royalties by paying BVF an amount equal to the principal amount received by Infinity plus interest at any time when the 20-day volume weighted average price per share of Infinity’s common stock exceeds $5.00 during the next three years.

Furthermore, Infinity retains its approximately 1% equity interest in PellePharm. PellePharm has previously announced that LEO Pharmaceuticals has the right to acquire PellePharm following Phase 3 data for total potential consideration of $690 million.

If, during the period ending three years from the date of the agreement or earlier in the event Infinity has exercised its repurchase option for future patidegib royalties from BVF, Infinity completes future equity financings above a specified share quantity threshold and below a specified price threshold, then Infinity has agreed to provide BVF with 50% warrant coverage at a 50% premium to the price at which such shares in excess of the share quantity threshold were sold.

The terms and conditions of the transaction are described in more detail in a Form 8-K filed by Infinity with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 9, 2020.

About Infinity and IPI-549

Infinity is an innovative biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing novel medicines for people with cancer. Infinity is advancing IPI-549, a first-in-class, oral immuno-oncology development candidate that selectively inhibits PI3K-gamma, in multiple clinical studies. MARIO-1 is an ongoing Phase 1/1b study evaluating IPI-549 as a monotherapy and in combination with Opdivo (nivolumab) in approximately 225 patients with advanced solid tumors, including patients refractory to checkpoint inhibitor therapy. Data presented from MARIO-1 to date show that IPI-549 has activity and leads to a reduction in the number of circulating myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) as both a monotherapy and in combination with Opdivo. MARIO-275 is a global, randomized, combination study of IPI-549 combined with Opdivo in I/O naïve urothelial cancer patients for which enrollment is expected to be completed in 2020 with data by mid-2021. MARIO-3 is the first IPI-549 combination study in front-line advanced cancer patients and is evaluating IPI-549 in combination with Tecentriq® and Abraxane® in front-line TNBC and in combination with Tecentriq and Avastin® in front-line RCC. MARIO-3 is also expected to complete enrollment in 2020 with data presentation expected in 2020. With the MARIO-275, MARIO-3 and MARIO-1 studies, Infinity is evaluating IPI-549 in the anti-PD-1 refractory, I/O-naïve and front-line settings. Infinity also has a collaboration with Arcus Biosciences in which we are evaluating a check-point inhibitor free, novel combination regimen of IPI-549 plus AB928 (dual adenosine receptor antagonist) plus Doxil® in advanced TNBC patients. For more information on Infinity, please refer to Infinity’s website at www.infi.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those regarding: the expected benefits from the financing, Infinity’s expectation that its cash on hand will be sufficient to fund its operations into 2H 2021, the therapeutic potential of PI3K-gamma selective inhibition and IPI-549, alone and in combination with other cancer therapies; clinical trial enrollment and data presentation timelines; financial guidance; and Infinity’s ability to execute on its strategic plans. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from the company’s current expectations. For example, there can be no guarantee that IPI-549 will successfully complete necessary preclinical and clinical development phases. Further, there can be no guarantee that any positive developments in Infinity’s product portfolio will result in stock price appreciation. Management’s expectations and, therefore, any forward-looking statements in this press release could also be affected by risks and uncertainties relating to a number of other factors, including the following: whether any milestones or royalties will become payable or paid by PellePharm under the license agreement; Infinity’s results of clinical trials and preclinical studies; the content and timing of decisions made by the U.S. FDA and other regulatory authorities; Infinity’s ability to obtain and maintain requisite regulatory approvals and to enroll patients in its clinical trials; unplanned cash requirements and expenditures; development of agents by Infinity’s competitors for diseases in which Infinity is currently developing or intends to develop IPI-549; and Infinity’s ability to obtain, maintain and

enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for IPI-549. These and other risks which may impact management’s expectations are described in greater detail under the caption “Risk Factors” included in Infinity’s annual report and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and in other filings that Infinity makes with the SEC, available through the company’s website at www.infi.com. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and Infinity expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Opdivo® is a registered trademark of Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Tecentriq® and Avastin® are registered trademarks of Roche.

Abraxane® is a registered trademark of Celgene.

Doxil® is a registered trademark of Janssen Products.

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LifeSci Advisors, LLC

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