UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
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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 001-36365
SCYNEXIS, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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56-2181648 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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1 Evertrust Plaza, 13 th Floor Jersey City, New Jersey |
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07302-6548 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
(201)-884-5485
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share |
SCYX |
Nasdaq Global Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ 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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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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. ☒
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 August 1, 2019, there were 55,708,213 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock outstanding.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
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Item 1. |
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Unaudited Condensed Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018 |
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Unaudited Condensed Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 |
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Item 2. |
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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Item 3. |
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Item 1A. |
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Item 6. |
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PART I. FINANCI AL INFORMATION
SCYNEXIS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
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June 30, 2019 |
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December 31, 2018 |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
19,150 |
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$ |
11,439 |
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Short-term investments |
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16,080 |
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32,718 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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858 |
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7,251 |
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Restricted cash |
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55 |
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55 |
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Total current assets |
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36,143 |
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51,463 |
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Other assets |
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812 |
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812 |
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Deferred offering costs |
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102 |
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106 |
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Restricted cash |
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273 |
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273 |
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Property and equipment, net |
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460 |
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516 |
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Operating lease right-of-use asset (See Note 7) |
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3,284 |
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— |
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Total assets |
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$ |
41,074 |
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$ |
53,170 |
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Liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
3,806 |
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$ |
3,653 |
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Accrued expenses |
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3,414 |
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2,103 |
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Deferred revenue |
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— |
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121 |
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Operating lease liability, current portion (See Note 7) |
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28 |
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— |
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Total current liabilities |
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7,248 |
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5,877 |
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Warrant liabilities |
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5,459 |
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986 |
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Loan payable expected to be refinanced |
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— |
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15,082 |
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Convertible debt and derivative liability (See Note 6) |
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14,592 |
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— |
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Operating lease liability (See Note 7) |
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3,373 |
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— |
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Total liabilities |
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30,672 |
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21,945 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders’ equity: |
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Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, authorized 5,000,000 shares as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 |
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Common stock, $0.001 par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized as of June 30, 2019, and 125,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2018; 54,520,131 and 47,971,989 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively |
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54 |
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48 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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259,377 |
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248,895 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(249,029 |
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(217,718 |
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Total stockholders’ equity |
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10,402 |
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31,225 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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$ |
41,074 |
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$ |
53,170 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
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Three Months Ended June 30, |
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Six Months Ended June 30, |
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2019 |
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2018 |
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2019 |
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2018 |
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Revenue |
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$ |
57 |
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$ |
64 |
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$ |
121 |
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$ |
129 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Research and development |
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8,474 |
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5,599 |
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18,158 |
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10,925 |
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Selling, general and administrative |
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2,779 |
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2,123 |
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5,021 |
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4,094 |
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Total operating expenses |
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11,253 |
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7,722 |
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23,179 |
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15,019 |
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Loss from operations: |
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(11,196 |
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(7,658 |
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(23,058 |
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(14,890 |
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Other (income) expense: |
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Loss on extinguishment of debt |
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231 |
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1,045 |
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Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount |
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373 |
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99 |
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573 |
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212 |
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Interest income |
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(233 |
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(271 |
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(513 |
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(437 |
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Interest expense |
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209 |
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397 |
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574 |
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776 |
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Warrant liabilities fair value adjustment |
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(2,049 |
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2,874 |
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4,473 |
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(680 |
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Derivative liability fair value adjustment |
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(1,324 |
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— |
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2,101 |
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Total other (income) expense: |
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(2,793 |
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3,099 |
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8,253 |
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(129 |
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Net loss |
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(8,403 |
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(10,757 |
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$ |
(31,311 |
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$ |
(14,761 |
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Net loss per share - basic and diluted |
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$ |
(0.16 |
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$ |
(0.23 |
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$ |
(0.61 |
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$ |
(0.37 |
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Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted |
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53,277,660 |
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46,843,524 |
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51,308,557 |
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40,247,917 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
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Six Months Ended June 30, |
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2019 |
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2018 |
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Cash flows from operating activities: |
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Net loss |
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$ |
(31,311 |
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$ |
(14,761 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
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59 |
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2 |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
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938 |
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893 |
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Accretion of investment discount |
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(89 |
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(122 |
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Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount |
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573 |
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212 |
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Change in fair value of warrant liabilities |
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4,473 |
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(680 |
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Change in fair value of derivative liability |
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2,101 |
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Amortization of operating lease right-of-use asset |
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81 |
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Loss on extinguishment of debt |
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1,045 |
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— |
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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Prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other |
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6,504 |
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(200 |
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Accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other |
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1,488 |
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(1,332 |
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Deferred revenue |
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(121 |
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(129 |
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Net cash used in operating activities |
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(14,259 |
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(16,117 |
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Cash flows from investing activities: |
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Maturities of investments |
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43,202 |
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30,156 |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
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— |
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(410 |
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Purchases of investments |
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(26,585 |
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(46,082 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
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16,617 |
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(16,336 |
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Cash flows from financing activities: |
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Proceeds from common stock issued |
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6,761 |
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30,192 |
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Payments of offering costs and underwriting discounts and commissions |
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(203 |
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(2,131 |
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Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan issuance |
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21 |
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20 |
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Proceeds from senior convertible notes |
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16,000 |
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— |
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Payments of senior convertible notes issuance costs |
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(1,253 |
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— |
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Payment of loan payable expected to be refinanced |
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(15,973 |
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— |
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
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5,353 |
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28,081 |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
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7,711 |
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(4,372 |
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Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period |
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11,767 |
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11,469 |
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Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period |
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$ |
19,478 |
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$ |
7,097 |
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Supplemental cash flow information: |
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Cash paid for interest |
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$ |
411 |
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$ |
901 |
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Cash received for interest |
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$ |
540 |
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$ |
359 |
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Noncash financing and investing activities: |
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Operating lease liabilities arising from obtaining right-of-use assets |
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$ |
3,365 |
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$ |
— |
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Deferred offering costs reclassified to additional-paid-in capital |
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$ |
4 |
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$ |
84 |
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Common stock issued for settlement of senior convertible notes |
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$ |
2,984 |
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$ |
— |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited)
Organization
SCYNEXIS, Inc. (“SCYNEXIS” or the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation formed on November 4, 1999. SCYNEXIS is a biotechnology company, headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey, committed to positively impacting the lives of patients suffering from difficult-to-treat and often life-threatening infections by delivering innovative therapies. The Company is developing its lead product candidate, ibrexafungerp, as the first representative of a novel oral and intravenous triterpenoid antifungal family for the treatment of several fungal infections, including serious and life-threatening invasive fungal infections.
The Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations since its initial public offering ("IPO") in May 2014 and expects to continue to incur losses. The Company's liquidity over the next 12 months could be materially affected by, among other things: its ability to raise capital through equity offerings, debt financings, other non-dilutive third-party funding (e.g., grants), strategic alliances and licensing or collaboration arrangements, key ibrexafungerp development and regulatory events, costs related to its development of ibrexafungerp, and other factors. The Company believes it is probable that its existing cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments will provide sufficient funds to enable it to meet its obligations for at least the next 12 months. The Company anticipates it may need to raise additional capital in order to continue to execute its operating plan thereafter. Additional funding may not be available to the Company on favorable terms, or at all. If the Company is not able to secure additional funding when needed, it may have to delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate one or more of its clinical trials or research and development programs or make changes to its operating plan.
Shelf Registration Filing
On August 31, 2018, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-227167) with the SEC, which was declared effective on September 14, 2018 (the “Shelf Registration”). The Shelf Registration contained three prospectuses:
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a base prospectus which covers the offering, issuance and sale by the Company of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $175.0 million of the Company's common stock, preferred stock, debt securities and warrants, including common stock or preferred stock issuable upon conversion of debt securities, common stock issuable upon conversion of preferred stock, or common stock, preferred stock or debt securities issuable upon the exercise of warrants; |
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a prospectus covering the offering, issuance and sale by the Company of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $25.0 million of the Company's common stock that may be issued and sold under a Controlled Equity Offering Sales Agreement SM (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (“Cantor”). Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, the Company may sell from time to time, at its option, up to an aggregate of $25.0 million of the Company’s common stock, through Cantor, as sales agent. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, sales of the common stock, if any, will be made under the Company’s effective Shelf Registration; and |
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a warrant prospectus covering the offering, issuance, and sale of the Company’s common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants, consisting of (i) warrants to purchase 4,218,750 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.00 per share originally issued by the Company on June 24, 2016, (ii) warrants to purchase 13,198,075 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $1.85 per share originally issued by the Company on March 8, 2018, and (iii) warrants to purchase 7,988,175 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $2.00 per share originally issued by the Company on March 8, 2018. The warrants to purchase 13,198,075 shares of the Company’s common stock expired on March 14, 2019. Upon full exercise for cash of the warrants outstanding on June 30, 2019, the holders of the warrants would pay the Company an aggregate of approximately $28.6 million. See Note 8 for further details. |
The common stock that may be offered, issued and sold by the Company under the Sales Agreement is included in the $175.0 million of securities that may be offered, issued and sold by the Company under the base prospectus. Upon termination of the Sales Agreement with Cantor, any portion of the $25.0 million included in the Sales Agreement that is not sold pursuant to the Sales Agreement will be available for sale in other offerings pursuant to the base prospectus and a corresponding prospectus supplement. As of June 30, 2019, approximately $167.1 million of securities registered under the base prospectus are available to be offered, issued and sold by the Company.
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Unaudited Interim Fi nancial Information
The accompanying unaudited financial statements and notes have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or US GAAP, as contained in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification” or “ASC”) for interim financial information. In the opinion of management, the interim financial information includes all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations, financial position, and cash flows. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year or the results for any future periods. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC") on March 14, 2019.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include: determination of the fair value of stock-based compensation grants ; the estimate of services and effort expended by third-party research and development service providers used to recognize research and development expense; the estimates and assumptions used in determining the Company’s incremental borrowing rate for the discounting of the Company’s operating lease liability, and the estimates and assumptions utilized in measuring the fair values of the warrant and derivative liabilities each reporting period.
The accompanying unaudited financial statements and notes follow the same significant accounting policies as those described in the notes to the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2018, except as described below.
Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Share of Common Stock
The Company calculates net loss per common share in accordance with FASB ASC 260, Earnings Per Share ("Topic 260”). Basic and diluted net loss per common share was determined by dividing net loss applicable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.
The following potentially dilutive shares of common stock have not been included in the computation of diluted net loss per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, as the result would be anti-dilutive:
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2018 |
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Warrants to purchase Series C-1 Preferred |
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14,033 |
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Warrants to purchase common stock associated with Solar Capital Ltd. loan agreement |
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122,435 |
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122,435 |
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Warrants to purchase common stock associated with June 2016 public offering |
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4,218,750 |
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4,218,750 |
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Warrants to purchase common stock associated with March 2018 public offering - Series 1 |
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— |
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13,313,625 |
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Warrants to purchase common stock associated with March 2018 public offering - Series 2 |
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7,988,175 |
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7,988,175 |
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Outstanding stock options |
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5,578,978 |
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4,076,415 |
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Outstanding restricted stock units |
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967,227 |
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101,425 |
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Common stock associated with 6% convertible senior notes |
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11,382,000 |
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Total |
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30,257,565 |
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29,834,858 |
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Convertible Debt and Derivative Liability
In connection with the Company’s issuance of its 6.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”), the Company bifurcated the embedded conversion option, inclusive of the interest make-whole provision and make-whole fundamental change provision, and recorded the embedded conversion option as a long-term derivative liability in the Company’s balance sheet in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The convertible debt and the derivative liability associated with the Notes are presented in total on the unaudited balance sheet as the convertible debt and derivative liability. The convertible debt is carried at amortized cost. The derivative liability will be remeasured at each reporting period using the binomial lattice model with changes in fair value recorded in the statements of operations in other (income) expense.
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Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs and Discount
The Company’s convertible debt is recorded net of debt issuance costs which comprised issuance costs and an advisory fee. The portion of the debt issuance costs allocated to the convertible debt, based on the amount of proceeds allocated between the convertible debt and the derivative liability, is being amortized over the term of the convertible debt using the effective interest method in addition to the discount initially recognized for the fair value of the bifurcated derivative liability from the convertible debt. Debt issuance costs allocated to the derivative liability were included in other expense as a component of the fair value adjustment for the six months ended June 30, 2019. The Company's previous term loan with Solar Capital Ltd. (“Solar”), which was paid in full during the three months ended March 31, 2019 (see Note 6), was recorded net of debt discount which comprised issuance costs, customary closing and final fees, and the fair value of the warrants issued in conjunction with the term loan. The resulting debt discount was being amortized over the term of the term loan using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method. The amortization of debt issuance costs and discount is included in the accompanying unaudited statements of operations.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
The Company adopted the FASB’s ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, or ASU 2016-02, on January 1, 2019, utilizing the modified retrospective basis. ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability, initially measured at the present value of future lease payments, on the balance sheet and expands disclosure requirements regarding leasing arrangements. The Company elected the practical expedients under ASC 842-10-65-1(f) and ASC 842-10-15-37 that allowed the Company to forego the requirement to reassess the lease classification of its existing office lease and to combine the lease and nonlease components associated with its office lease as a single lease component. The consideration in the office lease that is allocated to the single lease component includes the fixed payments for the right to use the office space as well as common area maintenance. The office lease also contains costs associated with certain expense escalation, property taxes, insurance, parking, and utilities which are all considered variable payments and are excluded from the operating lease liability. The adoption of this accounting standard did not materially impact the Company’s results of operations, other than the recognition of the operating lease right-of-use asset and lease liability. See Note 7 for further details.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, or ASU 2016-13. The amendments in ASU 2016-13 require a financial asset (or a group of financial assets) measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2016-13 will have on its financial statements.
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement, or ASU 2018-13. ASU 2018-13 removes, modifies and adds certain disclosure requirements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 eliminates certain disclosures related to transfers and the valuations process, modifies disclosures for investments that are valued based on net asset value, clarifies the measurement uncertainty disclosure, and requires additional disclosures for Level 3 fair value measurements. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2018-13 will have on its financial statements.
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The following table summarizes the held-to-maturity securities held at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
|
|
Amortized Cost |
|
|
Unrealized Gains |
|
|
Unrealized Losses |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
||||
As of December 31, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. government securities |
|
$ |
14,946 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
|
$ |
(15 |
) |
|
$ |
14,945 |
|
Commercial paper |
|
|
8,772 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8,772 |
|
Overnight repurchase agreement |
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
Total short-term investments |
|
$ |
32,718 |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
|
$ |
(15 |
) |
|
$ |
32,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortized Cost |
|
|
Unrealized Gains |
|
|
Unrealized Losses |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
||||
As of June 30, 2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. government securities |
|
$ |
10,486 |
|
|
$ |
10 |
|
|
$ |
(6 |
) |
|
$ |
10,490 |
|
Commercial paper |
|
|
2,094 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,094 |
|
Overnight repurchase agreement |
|
|
3,500 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,500 |
|
Total short-term investments |
|
$ |
16,080 |
|
|
$ |
10 |
|
|
$ |
(6 |
) |
|
$ |
16,084 |
|
All held-to-maturity short-term investments at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 will mature in less than one year. The gross unrealized gains and losses for the Company's commercial paper and overnight repurchase agreement are not significant. The Company carries short-term investments at amortized cost. The fair value of the short-term investments is determined based on “Level 1” inputs, which consist of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.
4. |
Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
June 30, 2019 |
|
|
December 31, 2018 |
|
||
Prepaid research and development services |
|
$ |
236 |
|
|
$ |
245 |
|
Prepaid insurance |
|
|
470 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
Other prepaid expenses |
|
|
97 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
NOL sale receivable |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
6,732 |
|
Other current assets |
|
|
55 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
$ |
858 |
|
|
$ |
7,251 |
|
5. |
Accrued Expenses |
Accrued expenses consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
June 30, 2019 |
|
|
December 31, 2018 |
|
||
Accrued research and development expenses |
|
$ |
2,097 |
|
|
$ |
587 |
|
Accrued employee bonus compensation |
|
|
684 |
|
|
|
1,197 |
|
Employee withholdings |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Other accrued expenses |
|
|
611 |
|
|
|
298 |
|
Total accrued expenses |
|
$ |
3,414 |
|
|
$ |
2,103 |
|
6. |
Borrowings |
On September 30, 2016, the Company entered into a loan agreement with Solar, in its capacity as administrative and collateral agent and as lender. Pursuant to the loan agreement, Solar was providing the Company with a 48-month secured term loan in the amount of $15.0 million. The term loan bore interest at a floating rate equal to the LIBOR rate in effect plus 8.49%.
On March 7, 2019, the Company entered into a Senior Convertible Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”) with Puissance Life Science Opportunities Fund VI (“Puissance”). Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, on March 7, 2019, the Company issued and sold to Puissance $16.0 million aggregate principal amount of its Notes, resulting in $14.7 million in net proceeds after deducting $1.3 million for an advisory fee and other issuance costs. The Company used the net proceeds to pay the remaining outstanding Solar term loan in full and recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $0.8
7
million during the three months ended March 31, 20 19. The loss on debt extinguishment of $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was recognized as the difference between the reacquisition price of the outstanding Solar debt of $15.9 million and the $15.1 million net carrying value of the S olar debt obligation prior to repayment. In accordance with ASC 470-10- 45-14(a), the Company reclassified the short-term portion of the Solar term loan on the balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 to long-term given the Company had the intent and ability to refinance the short- term obligation on a long-term basis .
As of June 30, 2019, the Company's $14.6 million in convertible debt and derivative liability consists of the convertible debt balance of $7.7 million presented net of the unamortized debt issuance costs allocated to the convertible debt of $0.6 million and the bifurcated embedded conversion option derivative liability of $6.9 million. In connection with the Company’s issuance of its Notes, the Company bifurcated the embedded conversion option, inclusive of the interest make-whole provision and make-whole fundamental change provision, and recorded the embedded conversion option as a long-term derivative liability in the Company’s balance sheet in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, at its initial fair value of $7.0 million as the interest make-whole provision is settled in shares of common stock. Debt issuance costs of $0.6 million initially allocated to the derivative liability were written off upon issuance of the Notes and were recognized in the loss on the fair value adjustment for the derivative liability for the three months ended March 31, 2019. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recognized a $1.3 million gain and a $2.1 million loss on the fair value adjustments for the derivative liability, respectively, and recognized $0.4 million and $0.5 million in amortization of debt issuance costs and discount for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, related to the Notes.
In April 2019, Puissance converted $2.0 million of the Notes for 1,626,000 shares of common stock. Upon conversion of the $2.0 million of the Notes, the Company recognized a $0.2 million extinguishment loss which represents the difference between the total net carrying amount of the convertible debt and derivative liabilities of $2.8 million and the fair value of the consideration issued of $3.0 million.
The Company estimated the fair value of the convertible debt and derivative liability using a binomial lattice valuation model and Level 3 inputs. At June 30, 2019, the fair value of the senior convertible notes is $15.0 million.
The Notes were issued and sold for cash at a purchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount, in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), due to the Notes being issued to one financially sophisticated investor. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 6.0% per annum payable semiannually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning September 15, 2019. The Notes will mature on March 15, 2025, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The Notes constitute general, senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
The holder of the Notes may convert their Notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding March 15, 2025 into shares of the Company’s common stock. The initial conversion rate is 739.0983 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $1.35, and is subject to adjustment in certain events described in the Note Purchase Agreement. The Holder upon conversion may also be entitled to receive, under certain circumstances, an interest make-whole payment payable in shares of common stock. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate if the holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with such a corporate event. Subject to adjustment in the conversion rate, the number of shares that the Company may deliver in connection with a conversion of the Notes, including those delivered in connection with an interest make-whole payment, will not exceed a cap of 813 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes.
On or after March 15, 2022, the Company has the right, at its election, to redeem all or any portion of the Notes not previously converted if the last reported sale price per share of common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price on each of at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice. The redemption price will be 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. If a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) occurs, then, subject to certain exceptions, the Company must offer to repurchase the Notes for cash at a repurchase price of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date.
7. |
Commitments and Contingencies |
Leases
On March 1, 2018, the Company entered into a long-term lease agreement for approximately 19,275 square feet of office space in Jersey City, New Jersey, that the Company identified as an operating lease under ASC 840 (the “Lease”). The lease term is eleven years from August 1, 2018, the commencement date, with total lease payments of $7.3 million over the lease term. The Company has the option to renew for two consecutive five-year periods from the end of the first term and the
8
Company is not reasonably certain that the option to renew the Lease will be exercised. Unde r the Lease, the Company must furnish a security deposit in the form of a standby letter of credit in the amount of $0.3 million, which will be reduced by fifty-five thousand dollars every two years for ten years after the commencement of the lease. The s ecurity deposit is classified as restricted cash in the accompanying balance sheets .
On January 1, 2019, a right-of-use asset and a corresponding operating lease liability of $3.4 million was recognized for the Lease. The consideration in the Lease allocated to the single lease component includes the fixed payments for the right to use the office space as well as common area maintenance. The Lease also contains costs associated with certain expense escalation, property taxes, insurance, parking, and utilities which are all considered variable payments and are excluded from the operating lease liability. In determining the operating lease liability at January 1, 2019, the Company utilized its incremental borrowing rate. The incremental borrowing rate approximated the prevailing market interest rate the Company would incur to borrow a similar amount equal to the total Lease payments on a collateralized basis over the term of the Lease. The following table summarizes certain quantitative information associated with the amounts recognized in the financial statements for the Lease (dollars in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 |
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 |
|
||
Operating lease cost |
|
$ |
166 |
|
|
$ |
332 |
|
Variable lease cost |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
Total operating lease expense |
|
$ |
174 |
|
|
$ |
349 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liability |
|
$ |
55 |
|
|
$ |
219 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2019 |
|
|
Remaining Lease term (years) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10.08 |
|
Discount rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
% |
Rent expense was approximately $0.1 million for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2018. Future minimum lease payments for the Lease as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2018 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
$ |
498 |
|
2020 |
|
|
|
|
508 |
|
2021 |
|
|
|
|
518 |
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
529 |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
716 |
|
Thereafter |
|
|
|
|
4,203 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
$ |
6,972 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2019 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
|
$ |
279 |
|
2020 |
|
|
|
|
507 |
|
2021 |
|
|
|
|
517 |
|
2022 |
|
|
|
|
527 |
|
2023 |
|
|
|
|
715 |
|
Thereafter |
|
|
|
|
4,263 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
$ |
6,808 |
|
9
The presentation of the operating lease liability and right-of-use asset as of June 30, 2019 and January 1, 2019 are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
June 30, 2019 |
|
|
January 1, 2019 |
|
||
Present value of future minimum lease payments |
|
$ |
3,401 |
|
|
$ |
3,368 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating lease liability, current portion |
|
$ |
28 |
|
|
$ |
23 |
|
Operating lease liability, long-term portion |
|
|
3,373 |
|
|
|
3,345 |
|
Total operating lease liability |
|
$ |
3,401 |
|
|
$ |
3,368 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Difference between future minimum lease payments and discounted cash flows |
|
$ |
3,407 |
|
|
$ |
3,604 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating lease right-of-use asset |
|
$ |
3,284 |
|
|
$ |
3,365 |
|
License Arrangement with Potential Future Expenditures
As of June 30, 2019, the Company had a license arrangement with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., or Merck, that involves potential future expenditures. Under the license arrangement, the Company exclusively licensed from Merck its rights to ibrexafungerp in the field of human health. Ibrexafungerp is the Company's lead product candidate. Pursuant to the terms of the license agreement, Merck is eligible to receive milestone payments from the Company that could total $19.0 million upon occurrence of specific events, including initiation of a Phase 3 clinical study, new drug application, and marketing approvals in each of the U.S., major European markets and Japan. In addition, Merck is eligible to receive tiered royalties from the Company based on a percentage of worldwide net sales of ibrexafungerp. The aggregate royalty percentages are mid- to high-single digits.
In December 2014, the Company and Merck entered into an amendment to the license agreement that deferred the remittance of a milestone payment due to Merck, such that no amount would be due upon initiation of the first Phase 2 clinical trial of a product containing the ibrexafungerp compound (the "Deferred Milestone"). The amendment also increased, in an amount equal to the Deferred Milestone, the milestone payment that would be due upon initiation of the first Phase 3 clinical trial of a product containing the ibrexafungerp compound. In December 2016 and January 2018, the Company entered into second and third amendments, respectively, to the license agreement with Merck which clarified what would constitute the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial for the purpose of milestone payment. Except as described above, all other terms and provisions of the license agreement remain in full force and effect. In January 2019, a milestone payment became due to Merck as a result of the initiation of the VANISH Phase 3 VVC program and was paid in March 2019. The milestone payment was recognized in the unaudited statement of operations in research and development expense for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and is included in cash used in operating activities on the statement of cash flows.
Clinical Development Arrangements
The Company has entered into, and expects to continue to enter into, contracts in the normal course of business with various third parties who support its clinical trials, preclinical research studies, and other services related to its development activities. The scope of the services under these agreements can generally be modified at any time, and the agreement can be terminated by either party after a period of notice and receipt of written notice.
8. |
Stockholder's Equity |
Authorized, Issued, and Outstanding Common Stock
The Company’s authorized common stock has a par value of $0.001 per share and consists of 250,000,000 shares as of June 30, 2019, and 125,000,000 as of December 31, 2018; 54,520,131 and 47,971,989 shares were issued and outstanding at June 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively. On June 18, 2019, the Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the total number of authorized shares of common stock from 125,000,000 to 250,000,000. The following table summarizes common stock share activity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in thousands):
10
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2018 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Shares of Common Stock |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Additional Paid-in Capital |
|
|
Accumulated Deficit |
|
|
Total Stockholders' Equity |
|
|||||
Balance, March 31, 2018 |
|
|
46,843,441 |
|
|
$ |
47 |
|
|
$ |
246,049 |
|
|
$ |
(209,252 |
) |
|
$ |
36,844 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(10,757 |
) |
|
|
(10,757 |
) |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
468 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
468 |
|
Common stock issued for vested restricted stock units |
|
|
631 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
Balance, June 30, 2018 |
|
|
46,844,072 |
|
|
$ |
47 |
|
|
$ |
246,517 |
|
|
$ |
(220,011 |
) |
|
$ |
26,553 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Shares of Common Stock |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Additional Paid-in Capital |
|
|
Accumulated Deficit |
|
|
Total Stockholders' Equity |
|
|||||
Balance, December 31, 2017 |
|
|
28,971,651 |
|
|
$ |
29 |
|
|
$ |
226,631 |
|
|
$ |
(205,250 |
) |
|
$ |
21,410 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(14,761 |
) |
|
|
(14,761 |
) |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
893 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
893 |
|
Common stock issued through employee stock purchase plan |
|
|
13,591 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Common stock issued, net of expenses |
|
|
17,852,193 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
18,980 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
18,998 |
|
Common stock issued for vested restricted stock units |
|
|
6,637 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(7 |
) |
Balance, June 30, 2018 |
|
|
46,844,072 |
|
|
$ |
47 |
|
|
$ |
246,517 |
|
|
$ |
(220,011 |
) |
|
$ |
26,553 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Shares of Common Stock |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Additional Paid-in Capital |
|
|
Accumulated Deficit |
|
|
Total Stockholders' Equity |
|
|||||
Balance, March 31, 2019 |
|
|
50,232,429 |
|
|
$ |
50 |
|
|
$ |
251,906 |
|
|
$ |
(240,626 |
) |
|
$ |
11,330 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(8,403 |
) |
|
|
(8,403 |
) |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
446 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
446 |
|
Common stock issued, net of expenses |
|
|
2,660,909 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
4,044 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
4,046 |
|
Common stock issued for April 2019 conversion of Notes |
|
|
1,626,000 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
2,982 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,984 |
|
Common stock issued for vested restricted stock units |
|
|
793 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
Balance, June 30, 2019 |
|
|
54,520,131 |
|
|
$ |
54 |
|
|
$ |
259,377 |
|
|
$ |
(249,029 |
) |
|
$ |
10,402 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 |
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
|
Shares of Common Stock |
|
|
Common Stock |
|
|
Additional Paid-in Capital |
|
|
Accumulated Deficit |
|
|
Total Stockholders' Equity |
|
|||||
Balance, December 31, 2018 |
|
|
47,971,989 |
|
|
$ |
48 |
|
|
$ |
248,895 |
|
|
$ |
(217,718 |
) |
|
$ |
31,225 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(31,311 |
) |
|
|
(31,311 |
) |
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
938 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
938 |
|
Common stock issued through employee stock purchase plan |
|
|
19,259 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Common stock issued, net of expenses |
|
|
4,887,478 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
6,550 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
6,556 |
|
Common stock issued for April 2019 conversion of Notes |
|
|
1,626,000 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
2,982 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,984 |
|
Common stock issued for vested restricted stock units |
|
|
15,405 |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(11 |
) |
Balance, June 30, 2019 |
|
|
54,520,131 |
|
|
$ |
54 |
|
|
$ |
259,377 |
|
|
$ |
(249,029 |
) |
|
$ |
10,402 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Shares Reserved for Future Issuance
The Company had reserved shares of common stock for future issuance as follows:
|
June 30, 2019 |
|
|
December 31, 2018 |
|
||
Outstanding stock options |
|
5,578,978 |
|
|
|
4,052,913 |
|
Outstanding restricted stock units |
|
967,227 |
|
|
|
111,891 |
|
Outstanding Series C-1 Preferred warrants |
|
— |
|
|
|
14,033 |
|
Warrants to purchase common stock associated with June 2016 Public Offering |
|
4,218,750 |
|
|
|
4,218,750 |
|
Warrants to purchase common stock associated with March 2018 Public Offering - Series 1 |
|
— |
|
|
|
13,198,075 |
|
Warrants to purchase common stock associated with March 2018 Public Offering - Series 2 |
|
7,988,175 |
|
|
|
7,988,175 |
|
Warrants to purchase common stock associated with Loan Agreement |
|
122,435 |
|
|
|
122,435 |
|
For possible future issuance for the conversion of the 6% senior convertible notes |
|
11,382,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
For possible future issuance under 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (Note 9) |
|
265,156 |
|
|
|
612,018 |
|
For possible future issuance under Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Note 9) |
|
91,819 |
|
|
|
81,667 |
|
For possible future issuance under 2015 Inducement Plan (Note 9) |
|
315,500 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
Total common shares reserved for future issuance |
|
30,930,040 |
|
|
|
30,404,957 |
|
Derivative Liability
In connection with the Company’s issuance of its Notes, the Company bifurcated the embedded conversion option, inclusive of the interest make-whole provision and make-whole fundamental change provision, and recorded the embedded conversion option as a long-term derivative liability in the Company’s balance sheet in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. The convertible debt and derivative liability associated with the Notes are presented in total on the accompanying unaudited balance sheet as the convertible debt and derivative liability. The derivative liability will be remeasured at each reporting period using the binomial lattice model with changes in fair value recorded in the statements of operations in other (income) expense. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company recorded a gain of $1.3 million and a loss of $2.1 million due to the change in fair value of the derivative liability. In April 2019, Puissance converted $2.0 million of the Notes for 1,626,000 shares of common stock.
Warrants Associated with June 2016 and March 2018 Public Offerings
The outstanding warrants associated with the June 2016 and March 2018 public offerings contain a provision where the warrant holder has the option to receive cash, equal to the Black-Scholes fair value of the remaining unexercised portion of the warrant, as cash settlement in the event that there is a fundamental transaction (contractually defined to include various merger, acquisition or stock transfer activities). Due to this provision, ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity , requires that these warrants be classified as liabilities. The fair values of these warrants have been determined using the Black-Scholes valuation model, and the changes in the fair value are recorded in the accompanying statements of operations. During the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded a gain of $2.0 million and a loss of $2.9 million, respectively, due to the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities. For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company recorded a loss of $4.5 million and a gain of $0.7 million, respectively, due to the change in fair value of the warrant liabilities. As of June 30, 2019, the fair value of the warrant liabilities was $5.5 million.
Warrant Associated with Solar Loan Agreement
Pursuant to the loan agreement, on the Closing Date the Company issued to Solar the warrant to purchase an aggregate of up to 122,435 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $3.6754 per share. The warrant will expire five years from the date of the grant. The warrant was classified as equity and recorded at its relative fair value at issuance in the stockholders' equity section of the balance sheet.
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Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, or 2014 Plan, on January 1, 2019 and 2018, the Company automatically added 1,918,879 and 1,158,866 shares to the total number shares of common stock available for future issuance under the 2014 Plan, respectively. As of June 30, 2019, there were 265,156 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the 2014 Plan.
On June 9, 2019, the Company’s board of directors amended the 2015 Inducement Plan, or 2015 Plan, and the share reserve for the 2015 Plan was increased from 450,000 to 900,000 shares of common stock. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, the Company granted 115,000 options of the Company’s common stock under the 2015 Plan. As of June 30, 2019, there were 315,500 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the 2015 Plan. During the year ended December 31, 2018, there were no granted options of the Company's common stock under the 2015 Plan. As of December 31, 2018, there were 5,000 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the 2015 Plan.
The activity for the Company’s 2009 Stock Option Plan, 2014 Plan, and 2015 Plan, for the six months ended June 30, 2019, is summarized as follows:
|
|
Number of Shares |
|
|
Weighted- Average Exercise Price |
|
|
Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years) |
|
|
Aggregate Intrinsic Value ($000) |
|
||||
Outstanding — December 31, 2018 |
|
|
4,052,913 |
|
|
$ |
4.37 |
|
|
|
7.23 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Granted |
|
|
1,614,500 |
|
|
$ |
1.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised |
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited/Cancelled |
|
|
(88,435 |
) |
|
$ |
6.80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding — June 30, 2019 |
|
|
5,578,978 |
|
|
$ |
3.43 |
|
|
|
7.63 |
|
|
$ |
169 |
|
Exercisable — June 30, 2019 |
|
|
2,928,163 |
|
|
$ |
4.96 |
|
|
|
6.40 |
|
|
$ |
89 |
|
Vested or expected to vest — June 30, 2019 |
|
|
5,578,978 |
|
|
$ |
3.43 |
|
|
|
7.63 |
|
|
$ |
169 |
|
Restricted stock unit ("RSU") activity under the 2014 Plan and 2015 Plan for the six months ended June 30, 2019, is summarized as follows:
|
|
Number of Shares |
|
|
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share |
|
||
Non-vested at December 31, 2018 |
|
|
111,891 |
|
|
$ |
2.06 |
|
Granted |
|
|
927,500 |
|
|
$ |
1.37 |
|
Vested |
|
|
(23,840 |
) |
|
$ |
2.27 |
|
Forfeited/Cancelled |
|
|
(48,324 |
) |
|
$ |
1.46 |
|
Non-vested at June 30, 2019 |
|
|
967,227 |
|
|
$ |
1.42 |
|
The fair value of RSUs is based on the market price of the Company's common stock on the date of grant. RSUs generally vest 25% annually over a four-year period from the date of grant. Upon vesting, the RSUs are net share settled to cover the required withholding tax with the remaining shares issued to the holder. The Company recognizes compensation expense for such awards ratably over the corresponding vesting period.
Compensation Cost
The compensation cost that has been charged against income for stock awards under the 2009 Stock Option Plan, the 2014 Plan, the 2015 Plan, and the Company’s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP, was $0.4 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and $0.9 million for each of the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 . The total income tax benefit recognized in the statements of operations for share-based compensation arrangements was zero for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018. Cash received from options exercised was zero for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, and 2018.
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Stock-based compensation expense related to stock options is included in the following line items in the accompanying statements of operations (in thousands):
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
||||||||||
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
||||
Research and development |
|
$ |
165 |
|
|
$ |
129 |
|
|
$ |
323 |
|
|
$ |
237 |
|
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
281 |
|
|
|
339 |
|
|
|
615 |
|
|
|
656 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
446 |
|
|
$ |
468 |
|
|
$ |
938 |
|
|
$ |
893 |
|
10. |
Fair Value Measurements |
The carrying amounts of certain financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, and accrued expenses approximate their respective fair values due to the short-term nature of such instruments.
Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis
The Company evaluates its financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis to determine the appropriate level in which to classify them for each reporting period. This determination requires significant judgments to be made. The following table summarizes the conclusions reached as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 for financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair Value Hierarchy Classification |
|
|||||||||
|
|
Balance |
|
|
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
|
|
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
|
|
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
|
||||
December 31, 2018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
$ |
213 |
|
|
$ |
213 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Restricted cash |
|
|
328 |
|
|
|
328 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Money market funds |
|
|
11,226 |
|
|
|
11,226 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
11,767 |
|
|
$ |
11,767 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant liabilities |
|
$ |
986 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
986 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
$ |
986 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
986 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted cash |
|
$ |
328 |
|
|
$ |
328 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Money market funds |
|
|
19,150 |
|
|
|
19,150 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
19,478 |
|
|
$ |
19,478 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Warrant liabilities |
|
$ |
5,459 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
5,459 |
|
Derivative liability |
|
|
6,860 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
6,860 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
$ |
12,319 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
$ |
12,319 |
|
The Company measures cash equivalents at fair value on a recurring basis. The fair value of cash equivalents is determined based on “Level 1” inputs, which consist of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.
Level 3 financial liabilities consist of the warrant liability for which there is no current market such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation. Changes in fair value measurements categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy are analyzed each period based on changes in estimates or assumptions and recorded as appropriate. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model to value the Level 3 warrant liability at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. This model incorporates transaction details such as the Company’s stock price, contractual terms, maturity, risk free rates, as well as volatility. The Company uses the binomial lattice valuation model to value the Level 3 derivative liability
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at inception and on subsequent valuation dates. This model inc orporates transaction details such as the Company’s stock price, contractual terms, dividend yield, risk-free rate, historical volatility, credit rating, market credit spread, and estimated yield.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) is as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
Warrant Liabilities |
|
|
Balance - January 1, 2019 |
|
|
$ |
986 |
|
Loss adjustment to fair value |
|
|
|
4,473 |
|
Balance - June 30, 2019 |
|
|
$ |
5,459 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative Liability |
|
|
Balance - January 1, 2019 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
Bifurcated embedded conversion option associated with Notes |
|
|
|
6,960 |
|
Loss adjustment to fair value |
|
|
|
1,556 |
|
Adjustment for April 2019 conversion of Notes |
|
|
|
(1,656 |
) |
Balance - June 30, 2019 |
|
|
$ |
6,860 |
|
11. |
Subsequent Events |
In July 2019, the Company incorporated SCYNEXIS Pacific Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, in Sydney, Australia, for the initial purpose of conducting certain clinical trials and other research and development activities.
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Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, are not necessarily indicative of results that may occur in future interim periods or future fiscal years. Some of the statements in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management and involve significant elements of subjective judgment and analysis. Words such as “expects,” “will,” “anticipate,” “target,” “goal,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “estimate,” “potential,” “should,” “could,” variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Our actual results and the timing of events may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2019. These and many other factors could affect our future financial and operating results. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
SCYNEXIS, Inc. is a biotechnology company committed to positively impacting the lives of patients suffering from difficult-to-treat and often life-threatening infections by delivering innovative therapies. We are developing our lead product candidate, ibrexafungerp, formerly known as SCY-078, as the first representative of a novel oral and intravenous (IV) triterpenoid antifungal family in clinical development for the treatment of several serious fungal infections, including vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), invasive aspergillosis (IA), invasive candidiasis (IC), and refractory invasive fungal infections (rIFI). VVC, commonly known as “vaginal yeast infection,” is the second-most common cause of vaginitis and is usually caused by Candida species. IA is a serious fungal infection caused by Aspergillus species and is reported to be the leading cause of infection-caused death in immunocompromised patients. IC is a serious fungal infection caused by various Candida species and occurs in immunocompromised patients. rIFIs are severe fungal infections, often caused by multidrug-resistant pathogens, including Candida auris , resulting in high mortality rates.
Ibrexafungerp is a structurally distinct glucan synthase inhibitor that has been shown to be effective in vitro and in vivo against a broad range of human fungal pathogens such as Candida and Aspergillus species, including multidrug-resistant strains, as well as Pneumocystis species. Candida and Aspergillus species are the fungi responsible for approximately 85% of all invasive fungal infections in the United States (U.S.) and Europe. To date, we have characterized the antifungal activity, pharmacokinetics, and safety profile of the oral and IV formulations of ibrexafungerp in multiple studies. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) and Fast Track designations for the formulations of ibrexafungerp for the indications of VVC (including prevention of recurrent VVC), IC (including candidemia), and IA, and has granted Orphan Drug designations for the IC and IA indications. These designations may provide us with additional market exclusivity and expedited regulatory paths. Recognizing that our agent belongs to a new class of antifungals, the World Health Organization’s International Non-Proprietary Name group created a new naming stem (“-fungerp”) and selected the name “ibrexafungerp” for SCY-078 in July 2018, and the United States Adopted Names Council (USAN Council) adopted “ibrexafungerp” as a USAN in February 2019. We continue to accelerate and expand our clinical programs by leveraging the versatility of the ibrexafungerp platform and by focusing on indications with significant unmet needs and considerable commercial opportunity.
Ibrexafungerp Development Update
The VANISH Phase 3 program designed to evaluate oral ibrexafungerp for the treatment of VVC comprises two Phase 3 multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, studies (VANISH 303 and 306). We expect VANISH 303 (conducted in U.S. centers) and VANISH 306 (conducted in U.S. and European centers) to each enroll approximately 350 patients. Enrollment in the VANISH 303 study is exceeding expectations, and we now anticipate reporting top-line data for this U.S. study in the first quarter of 2020. Enrollment in the VANISH 306 study is progressing as planned and we expect to report top-line data for this global study in the second quarter of 2020. Pending a positive outcome from these two trials, we anticipate submitting a new drug application (NDA) for oral ibrexafungerp for the treatment of VVC in the second half of 2020.
In July 2019, we announced that we reached an agreement with the FDA under a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA) on the design, trial population, endpoints and statistical analysis of the pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of oral ibrexafungerp for the prevention of recurrent VVC (the CANDLE study). This SPA provides agreement with the FDA that the Phase 3 protocol design adequately addresses efficacy objectives that, if met, would form the primary basis of a regulatory submission for approval of oral ibrexafungerp for the prevention of recurrent VVC, an indication with no FDA-approved therapies. Enrollment in the CANDLE study is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2019.
The CANDLE study is a Phase 3, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral ibrexafungerp compared to placebo in female patients with recurrent VVC (defined as three or more
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episodes of VVC in the past 12 months , including the episode at screening ). The primary endpoint of the study is efficacy as measured by the percentage of pati ents with no recurrences of VVC, up through their test-of-cure (TOC) evaluation at week 24. Secondary endpoints of the study include evaluation of VVC recurrences at other time points, time to first recurrence, mycological eradication and quality of life a ssessments. All patients in the CANDLE study will initially receive three doses of oral fluconazole to treat their acute VVC episode present at screening. Patients who respond to oral fluconazole for their acute VVC episode will be enrolled in the preventi on of recurrence phase of the study and randomized to oral ibrexafungerp (300mg BID for one day) or placebo, given once per month for a total of six treatment days. Patients who fail to sufficiently respond to fluconazole treatment for their acute VVC epis ode will be included in a nested open-label sub-study, in which they will be offered one day of oral ibrexafungerp treatment (300mg BID) for their unresolved VVC infection . The CANDLE study, which is being conducted in female patients age 12 years and old er living with recurrent VVC, is expected to enroll approximately 320 subjects from approximately 50 global centers, many of which are already enrolling patients in our VANISH Phase 3 program. Pending successful completion of this trial, we anticipate subm itting a supplemental NDA for the prevention of recurrent VVC in 2021.
Enrollment is ongoing in our refractory invasive fungal infection (rIFI) program, which comprises two open-label Phase 3 studies (FURI and CARES) designed to support a potential future NDA submission through the Limited Population Pathway for Antibacterial and Antifungal Drugs (LPAD). Positive clinical findings from these studies have so far reinforced the potential role of oral ibrexafungerp as a novel therapy to combat severe and difficult-to-treat fungal infections, including multidrug-resistant Candida auris . Enrollment is also ongoing in our Phase 2 study, a randomized, double-blind trial assessing the safety and efficacy of two arms (oral ibrexafungerp in combination with voriconazole versus voriconazole alone) in patients with IA (the SCYNERGIA study).
In June 2019, we presented at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbe 2019, which included a total of nine presentations of data which further highlight the potent activity of ibrexafungerp against difficult-to-treat and/or multidrug-resistant pathogens, such as Candida auris , Candida glabrata , and Pneumocystis pneumonia. The activity of ibrexafungerp was tested against many Candida strains resistant to echinocandins, the current standard of care for these infections, and potent activity of ibrexafungerp was observed.
In May 2019, we announced that we successfully completed the nonclinical toxicology evaluations that are required by regulatory authorities, including the FDA, to support long-term administration in human clinical trials. The toxicology studies were conducted in rodent and non-rodent species for six and nine months, respectively. The results of these long-term toxicology studies further support the safety profile of ibrexafungerp, allowing for patients enrolled in clinical trials to receive oral ibrexafungerp for an extended period of time, and enabling its potential development as a prophylactic agent and as a treatment for chronic fungal infections. In addition, these long-term toxicology results, together with the full reproductive and developmental toxicology program, complete the core nonclinical toxicology package necessary to support our NDA for the treatment of VVC planned for submission in the second half of 2020.
Corporate Update
On June 18, 2019, following approval by our stockholders, we filed an amendment to our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the total number of authorized shares of common stock from 125,000,000 to 250,000,000.
We have operated as a public entity since we completed our initial public offering in May 2014, which we refer to as our IPO. We also completed a follow-on public offering of our common stock in April 2015 and public offerings of our common stock and warrants in June 2016 and March 2018. As of June 30, 2019, we had received an aggregate of $141.2 million in net proceeds from the issuance of our common stock and warrants in these four offerings. Our principal source of liquidity is cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, which totaled $35.2 million as of June 30, 2019.
We have incurred net losses since our inception, including the year ended December 31, 2018, and the six months ended June 30, 2019. As of June 30, 2019, our accumulated deficit was $249.0 million. We anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for at least the next several years. We expect that our research and development expenses will significantly increase as we continue to execute our research and drug development strategy, specifically for our Phase 3 VVC registration program. We also expect that we will continue to incur significant selling, general and administrative expenses to support our public reporting company operations. As a result, we will need additional capital to fund our operations, which we may obtain through one or more of equity offerings, debt financings, other non-dilutive third-party funding (e.g., grants, and New Jersey Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer (NOL) Program ), strategic alliances and licensing or collaboration arrangements. We may offer shares of our common stock pursuant to our shelf registration, including the related at-the-market facility entered into on August 31, 2018 with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (Cantor).
We are an emerging growth company. Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time that those standards apply to private
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companies. We have irrevocably elected not to adopt this exemption from new or revised accounting standards, and theref ore, we are subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies.”
Collaborations and Licensing Agreements
We are party to a number of licensing and collaboration agreements with partners in human health, including: (1) Merck, a pharmaceutical company, under which we exclusively licensed the rights to ibrexafungerp in the field of human health, and agreed to pay Merck milestones upon the occurrence of specified events as well as tiered royalties based on worldwide sales of ibrexafungerp when and if it is approved (in 2014, Merck assigned to us the patents related to ibrexafungerp that it had exclusively licensed to us and, as contemplated by the agreement, we will continue to pay milestones and royalties); (2) R-Pharm, CJSC, or "R-Pharm," a leading supplier of hospital drugs in Russia, granting it exclusive rights in the field of human health to develop and commercialize ibrexafungerp in Russia and several non-core markets, under which we are entitled to receive potential milestones and royalties and reimbursement for certain development costs incurred by us; (3) Waterstone, an international pharmaceutical business, granting Waterstone exclusive worldwide rights to development and commercialization of SCY-635 for the treatment of viral diseases in humans, under which we are entitled to receive potential milestones and royalties; and (4) Cypralis Limited, or "Cypralis," a life sciences company, transferring to it certain cyclophilin inhibitor assets of ours, under which we are eligible to receive milestone payments upon the successful progression of certain Cypralis clinical candidates into later stage clinical studies and royalties payable upon product commercialization.
Components of Operating Results
Revenue
Revenue consists of the continued amortization of a non-refundable upfront payment received under our collaboration arrangement with R-Pharm.
Research and Development Expense
Research and development expense consists of expenses incurred while performing research and development activities to discover, develop, or improve potential product candidates we seek to develop. This includes conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, manufacturing and other development efforts, and activities related to regulatory filings for product candidates. We recognize research and development expenses as they are incurred. Our research and development expense primarily consists of:
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• |
costs related to executing preclinical and clinical trials, including development milestones, drug formulation, manufacturing and other development; |
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• |
salaries and personnel-related costs, including benefits and any stock-based compensation, for personnel in research and development functions; |
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• |
fees paid to consultants and other third parties who support our product candidate development and intellectual property protection; |
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• |
other costs in seeking regulatory approval of our products; and |
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• |
allocated overhead. |
Our ibrexafungerp project was the only significant research and development project during the periods presented. We plan to increase our research and development expense for the foreseeable future as we continue our effort to develop ibrexafungerp, specifically for our Phase 3 VVC registration program, and to potentially develop our other product candidates, subject to the availability of additional funding.
The successful development of product candidates is highly uncertain. At this time, we cannot reasonably estimate the nature, timing or costs required to complete the remaining development of any product candidates. This is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development of product candidates.
Selling, General and Administrative Expense
Selling, general and administrative expense consists primarily of salaries and personnel-related costs, including employee benefits and any stock-based compensation. This includes personnel in executive, finance, human resources, business development, and administrative support functions. Other expenses include facility-related costs not otherwise allocated to research and development expense, professional fees for accounting, auditing, tax and legal services, consulting costs for general and administrative purposes, information systems maintenance and marketing efforts.
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All of our other expense (income) recognized in the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, consists of interest income, amortization of debt issuance costs and discount, interest expense, the warrant liabilities fair value adjustment, the derivative liability fair value adjustment, and the expense recognized for the extinguishment of debt.
Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, together with the changes in those items in dollars and percentage (dollars in thousands):
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|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
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|||||||||||||
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
Period-to-Period Change |
|
|
|||||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
57 |
|
|
$ |
64 |
|
|
$ |
(7 |
) |
|
|
(10.9 |
) |
% |
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development |
|
|
8,474 |
|
|
|
5,599 |
|
|
|
2,875 |
|
|
|
51.3 |
|
% |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
2,779 |
|
|
|
2,123 |
|
|
|
656 |
|
|
|
30.9 |
|
% |
Total operating expenses |
|
|
11,253 |
|
|
|
7,722 |
|
|
|
3,531 |
|
|
|
45.7 |
|
% |
Loss from operations |
|
|
(11,196 |
) |
|
|
(7,658 |
) |
|
|
(3,538 |
) |
|
|
46.2 |
|
% |
Other (income) expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on debt extinguishment |
|
|
231 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
231 |
|
|
|
— |
|
% |
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount |
|
|
373 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
274 |
|
|
|
276.8 |
|
% |
Interest income |
|
|
(233 |
) |
|
|
(271 |
) |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
(14.0 |
) |
% |
Interest expense |
|
|
209 |
|
|
|
397 |
|
|
|
(188 |
) |
|
|
(47.4 |
) |
% |
Warrant liabilities fair value adjustment |
|
|
(2,049 |
) |
|
|
2,874 |
|
|
|
(4,923 |
) |
|
|
(171.3 |
) |
% |
Derivative liability fair value adjustment |
|
|
(1,324 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(1,324 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
% |
Total other (income) expense: |
|
|
(2,793 |
) |
|
|
3,099 |
|
|
|
(5,892 |
) |
|
|
(190.1 |
) |
% |
Net loss |
|
$ |
(8,403 |
) |
|
$ |
(10,757 |
) |
|
$ |
2,354 |
|
|
|
(21.9 |
) |
% |
Revenue. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, revenue remained consistent when compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018. Revenue in both periods consisted of the continued amortization of a non-refundable upfront payment received under our collaboration arrangement with R-Pharm.
Research and Development. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, research and development expenses increased to $8.5 million from $5.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The increase of $2.9 million, or 51% , for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was primarily driven by an increase of $3.2 million in clinical development costs, an increase of $0.4 million in chemistry, manufacturing, and controls (CMC) costs, a net increase in other research and development costs of $0.6 million, offset in part by a decrease of $1.3 million in preclinical development expense.
The $3.2 million increase in clinical development expense for the three months ended June 30, 2019, was primarily driven by an increase of $3.2 million in costs associated with the ongoing VANISH Phase 3 VVC program, an increase of $1.0 million in expense associated with startup costs for the CANDLE study, an increase of $0.3 million in expense associated with our ongoing SCYNERGIA study, and a net increase in other clinical related expenses of $0.1 million. The increase was offset in part by a $0.4 million decrease in expense associated with our Phase 2b, dose-finding study (the DOVE study) evaluating oral ibrexafungerp for the treatment of VVC that was substantially completed by the end of 2018, a decrease of $0.8 million in expense associated with the initiation and completion of a Phase 1 study evaluating the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of oral ibrexafungerp in healthy subjects during the three months ended June 30, 2018, and a decrease of $0.2 million in costs associated with our FURI study from the previous comparable period. The $0.4 million increase in CMC for the three months ended June 30, 2019, was primarily driven by increased costs associated with the development and manufacture of drug product for ongoing and planned clinical studies. The $1.3 million decrease in preclinical development was primarily driven by certain toxicology and other studies incurred in the comparable prior period.
Selling, General & Administrative . For the three months ended June 30, 2019, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $2.8 million from $2.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The increase of $0.7 million, or 31%, for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was primarily driven by a $0.4 million increase in business development costs recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2019.
Loss on Debt Extinguishment . For the three months ended June 30, 2019, we recognized a $0.2 million loss on debt extinguishment associated with the conversion of a portion of our convertible debt in April 2019.
Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs and Discount . During the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $0.4 million and $0.1 million in amortization of debt issuance costs and discount, respectively. The 2019 debt
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issua nce costs and discount comprised an allocated portion of the advisory fee and other issuance costs associated with our convertible debt and the fair value of the bifurcated derivative liability. The 2018 debt issuance costs comprised issuance costs, custo mary closing and final fees, and the fair value of the warrants issued in conjunction with the previous loan agreement with Solar.
Interest Income . During the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, in interest income associated with our short-term investments.
Interest Expense . For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in interest expense. The decrease from the prior comparable period is primarily due to the interest expense recognized for the previous loan agreement with Solar.
Warrant Liabilities Fair Value Adjustment . For the three months ended June 30, 2019, we recognized a gain of $2.0 million in the fair value adjustment related to the warrant liabilities primarily due to the decrease in our stock price during the quarter. For the three months ended June 30, 2018, we recognized a $2.9 million loss in the fair value adjustment related to the warrant liabilities primarily due to the increase in our stock price during the quarter.
Derivative Liability Fair Value Adjustment. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, we recognized a gain of $1.3 million in the fair value adjustment related to the derivative liability primarily due to the decrease in our stock price during the quarter.
Results of Operations for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2018
The following table summarizes our results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, together with the changes in those items in dollars and percentage (dollars in thousands):
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
Period-to-Period Change |
|
|
|||||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
121 |
|
|
$ |
129 |
|
|
$ |
(8 |
) |
|
|
(6.2 |
) |
% |
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and development |
|
|
18,158 |
|
|
|
10,925 |
|
|
|
7,233 |
|
|
|
66.2 |
|
% |
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
5,021 |
|
|
|
4,094 |
|
|
|
927 |
|
|
|
22.6 |
|
% |
Total operating expenses |
|
|
23,179 |
|
|
|
15,019 |
|
|
|
8,160 |
|
|
|
54.3 |
|
% |
Loss from operations |
|
|
(23,058 |
) |
|
|
(14,890 |
) |
|
|
(8,168 |
) |
|
|
54.9 |
|
% |
Other (income) expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
|
|
1,045 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
1,045 |
|
|
|
— |
|
% |
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount |
|
|
573 |
|
|
|
212 |
|
|
|
361 |
|
|
|
170.3 |
|
% |
Interest income |
|
|
(513 |
) |
|
|
(437 |
) |
|
|
(76 |
) |
|
|
17.4 |
|
% |
Interest expense |
|
|
574 |
|
|
|
776 |
|
|
|
(202 |
) |
|
|
(26.0 |
) |
% |
Warrant liabilities fair value adjustment |
|
|
4,473 |
|
|
|
(680 |
) |
|
|
5,153 |
|
|
|
(757.8 |
) |
% |
Derivative liability fair value adjustment |
|
|
2,101 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,101 |
|
|
|
— |
|
% |
Total other (income) expense: |
|
|
8,253 |
|
|
|
(129 |
) |
|
|
8,382 |
|
|
|
(6,497.7 |
) |
% |
Net loss |
|
$ |
(31,311 |
) |
|
$ |
(14,761 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,550 |
) |
|
|
112.1 |
|
% |
Revenue. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, revenue remained consistent when compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018. Revenue in both periods consisted of the continued amortization of a non-refundable upfront payment received under our collaboration arrangement with R-Pharm.
Research and Development. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, research and development expenses increased to $18.2 million from $10.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase of $7.2 million, or 66%, for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was primarily driven by a milestone payment made during the quarter to Merck upon initiation of the Phase 3 VVC registration study, an increase of $4.2 million in clinical development, and a net increase of $1.0 million in other research and development expenses, offset in part by a decrease of $2.0 million in preclinical development expense.
The $4.2 million increase in clinical development expense for the six months ended June 30, 2019, was primarily driven by an increase of $4.6 million in costs associated with the VANISH Phase 3 VVC program that initiated during the first quarter of 2019 and an increase of $1.0 million associated with startup costs for the CANDLE study, an increase of $0.9 million in expense associated with our SCYNERGIA study, offset in part by a $1.3 million decrease in expense associated with our DOVE study that was substantially completed by the end of 2018, a decrease of $0.2 million in costs associated with our FURI study, and a decrease of $0.8 million in expense associated with the initiation and completion of a Phase 1 study evaluating the pharmacokinetics, safety, and tolerability of oral ibrexafungerp in healthy subjects during the six months ended June 30, 2018.
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The $ 2.0 million decrease in preclinical development was primarily driven by certain toxicology and other studies incurred in the comparable prior period.
Selling, General & Administrative . For the six months ended June 30, 2019, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $5.0 million from $4.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. The increase of $0.9 million, or 23%, for the six months ended June 30, 2019 was primarily driven by a $0.4 million increase in business development costs and a $0.2 million increase in facility costs recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2019.
Loss on Debt Extinguishment . For the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recognized a $0.8 million loss on debt extinguishment associated with the repayment of the term loan with Solar and a $0.2 million loss on debt extinguishment upon the conversion of a portion of our convertible debt in April 2019. The $0.8 million and $0.2 million loss amounts recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2019 represent the difference between the reacquisition prices and the net carrying values of the Solar and convertible debt balances extinguished, respectively.
Amortization of Debt Issuance Costs and Discount . During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $0.6 million and $0.2 million in amortization of debt issuance costs and discount, respectively. The 2019 debt issuance costs and discount comprised an allocated portion of the advisory fee and other issuance costs associated with our convertible debt and the fair value of the bifurcated derivative liability. The 2018 debt issuance costs comprised issuance costs, customary closing and final fees, and the fair value of the warrants issued in conjunction with the previous loan agreement with Solar.
Interest Income . During the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively, in interest income associated with our short-term investments. The increase in interest income was primarily due to the increase in interest rate returns earned on our short-term investments in comparison to the comparable period.
Interest Expense . For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, we recognized $0.6 million and $0.8 million in interest expense, primarily associated with our convertible debt and the previous loan agreement with Solar.
Warrant Liabilities Fair Value Adjustment . For the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recognized a loss of $4.5 million in the fair value adjustment related to the warrant liabilities primarily due to the increase in our stock price during the period. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, we recognized a $0.7 million gain in the fair value adjustment related to the warrant liabilities primarily due to the decrease in our stock price during the period.
Derivative Liability Fair Value Adjustment. For the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recognized a loss of $2.1 million in the fair value adjustment related to the derivative liability primarily due to the increase in our stock price from the initial recognition of the derivative liability.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity
Through June 30, 2019, we have funded our operations from net proceeds from debt and equity issuances and through revenue from development services. As of June 30, 2019, we had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of approximately $35.2 million, compared to $44.2 million as of December 31, 2018. The decrease in our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments was primarily due to our continued development costs associated with our lead product candidate, ibrexafungerp. We have incurred net losses since our inception, including the six months ended June 30, 2019. As of June 30, 2019, our accumulated deficit was $249.0 million.
We anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for at least the next several years. We expect our research and development expenses to increase and we will continue to incur selling, general and administrative expenses to support our operations. As a result, we will need additional capital to fund our operations, which we may obtain through one or more of equity offerings, debt financings, or other non-dilutive third-party funding (e.g., grants, and New Jersey Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer (NOL) Program ), strategic alliances and licensing or collaboration arrangements. We may offer shares of our common stock pursuant to our shelf r egistration, including the related at-market-facility entered into on August 31, 2018 with Cantor. During the six months ended June 30, 2019, we sold 4,887,478 shares and received net proceeds of $6.6 million under our at-the-market facility.
Cash Flows
The following table sets forth the significant sources and uses of cash for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 (in thousands):
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|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
||||||
|
|
2019 |
|
|
2018 |
|
||
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, January 1 |
|
$ |
11,767 |
|
|
$ |
11,469 |
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
|
(14,259 |
) |
|
|
(16,117 |
) |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
|
|
16,617 |
|
|
|
(16,336 |
) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
5,353 |
|
|
|
28,081 |
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash |
|
|
7,711 |
|
|
|
(4,372 |
) |
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, June 30, 2019 |
|
$ |
19,478 |
|
|
$ |
7,097 |
|
Operating Activities
The $1.9 million decrease in net cash used in operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2019, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2018, was primarily due to the cash receipt of $6.7 million received during the six months ended June 30, 2019 for the sale of a portion of our New Jersey NOLs in addition to at-the-market proceeds received during the period which partially offset costs associated with ibrexafungerp development efforts, including a development milestone payment made to Merck during the six months ended June 30, 2019 . We expect that our research and development expenses will increase as we pursue our ibrexafungerp development efforts and we expect we will continue to incur selling, general and administrative expenses to support our operations.
Net cash used in operating activities of $14.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, primarily consisted of the $31.3 million net loss adjusted for non-cash charges that included the loss on change in fair value of the warrant liabilities of $4.5 million, the loss on change in fair value of the derivative liability of $2.1 million, the loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.0 million, and stock-based compensation expense of $0.9 million, plus a net favorable change in operating assets and liabilities of $7.9 million. The net favorable change in operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to an increase in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other of $1.5 million and by a decrease in prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other of $6.5 million. The $6.5 million decrease in prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other was primarily due to the cash receipt of $6.7 million received during the six months ended June 30, 2019 for the sale of a portion of our New Jersey NOLs.
Net cash used in operating activities of $16.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, primarily consisted of the $14.8 million net loss adjusted for non-cash charges that included the gain on change in fair value of the warrant liabilities of $0.7 million and stock-based compensation expense of $0.9 million, plus a net unfavorable change in operating assets and liabilities of $1.7 million. The net unfavorable change in operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to a decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other of $1.3 million, offset in part by an increase in prepaid expenses, deferred costs, and other of $0.2 million.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities of $16.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 consisted of purchases and maturities of short-term investments of $26.6 million and $43.2 million, respectively.
Net cash used in investing activities of $16.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 consisted primarily of purchases and maturities of short-term investments of $46.1 million and $30.2 million, respectively.
Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities of $5.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019, consisted of gross proceeds from common stock issued of $6.8 million, partially offset by related underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses totaling $0.2 million. Additionally, pursuant to the note purchase agreement, we issued and sold to Puissance $16.0 million aggregate principal amount of our convertible senior notes, resulting in $14.7 million in net proceeds after deducting an advisory fee and other issuance costs, and we used the net proceeds to pay the remaining outstanding Solar term loan in full. As part of the payment of the outstanding balance of the Solar term loan, we paid $0.8 million in debt extinguishment costs which comprised the remaining unamortized discount and issuance costs associated with the Solar term loan prior to repayment.
Net cash provided by financing activities of $28.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, consisted of gross proceeds from common stock issued of $30.2 million, partially offset by related underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses totaling $2.1 million.
Future Funding Requirements
To date, we have not generated any revenue from product sales. We do not know when, or if, we will generate any revenue from product sales. We do not expect to generate significant revenue from product sales unless and until we obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize ibrexafungerp. In addition, we expect our expenses to increase in connection with
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our ongoing development activities, particularly as we continue the research, development and clinical trials of, and seek regulatory approval for, product candidates. We anticipate that we will need substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing future operations.
Based upon our existing operating plan, we believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, and the sale of a portion of our New Jersey NOLs, will enable us to fund our operating requirements past an anticipated NDA submission for acute VVC in the second half of 2020 . We are continually evaluating our operating plan and assessing the optimal cash utilization for our ibrexafungerp development strategy. We have based our estimates on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we may use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of product candidates, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenses necessary to complete the development of product candidates.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
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• |
the progress, and costs, of the clinical development of ibrexafungerp; |
|
• |
the outcome, costs and timing of seeking and obtaining FDA and any other regulatory approvals; |
|
• |
the ability of product candidates to progress through clinical development successfully; |
|
• |
our need to expand our research and development activities; |
|
• |
the costs associated with securing, establishing and maintaining commercialization and manufacturing capabilities; |
|
• |
our ability to maintain, expand and defend the scope of our intellectual property portfolio, including the amount and timing of any payments we may be required to make, or that we may receive, in connection with the licensing, filing, prosecution, defense and enforcement of any patents or other intellectual property rights; |
|
• |
our need and ability to hire additional management and scientific and medical personnel; |
|
• |
our need to implement additional, as well as to enhance existing, internal systems and infrastructure, including financial and reporting processes and systems and the associated compliance costs; and |
|
• |
the economic and other terms, timing and success of our existing licensing arrangements and any collaboration, licensing or other arrangements into which we may enter in the future. |
Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial revenue from product sales, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of net proceeds from equity offerings, debt financings or other non-dilutive third-party funding (e.g., grants), strategic alliances and licensing arrangements. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities as we did in April 2015, June 2016, March 2018, and March 2019, the ownership interests of our common stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our common stockholders. Debt financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds through sales of assets, other third-party funding, strategic alliances and licensing or collaboration arrangements with third parties, we may have to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or product candidates or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
During the periods presented we did not have, nor do we currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined under SEC rules.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our interim financial statements, which we have prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reported periods. We evaluate these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
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Our critical accounting policies, significant judgme nts, and estimates are described within Note 2 to our unaudited interim financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as well as Note 2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
This item is not applicable to smaller reporting companies.
Management’s Evaluation of our Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (1) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (2) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As of June 30, 2019, our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives, and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded based upon the evaluation described above that, as of June 30, 2019, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the quarter ended June 30, 2019, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. There have been no material changes to our risk factors since our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
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Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of SCYNEXIS, Inc. |
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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.
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Exhibit 3.2
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
SCYNEXIS, Inc.
SCYNEXIS, Inc. , a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that:
First: The name of the Corporation is SCYNEXIS, Inc . The Corporation was originally incorporated under the name Scyrex, Inc.
Second: The date on which the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation was originally filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware is November 4, 1999.
Third: Pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, this Certificate of Amendment of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation amends the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as follows:
Article IV.A of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is amended to read in its entirety as follows:
A. This Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “ Common Stock ” and “ Preferred Stock .” The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 255,000,000 shares. 250,000,000 shares shall be Common Stock, each having a par value of $0.001. 5,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, each having a par value of $0.001.
Fourth: Thereafter pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors, the amendment of Article IV.A. of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their approval, and was duly adopted at an Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 18, 2019, in accordance with the provisions of Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
In Witness Whereof , SCYNEXIS, Inc. has caused this Certificate of Amendment to be signed by its Chief Financial Officer this 18 t h day of June, 2019.
SCYNEXIS, Inc.
By: /s/ Eric Francois
Eric Francois
Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 10.1
SCYNEXIS, INC.
2015 INDUCEMENT AWARD PLAN
ADOPTED: March 26, 2015
Amended : June 9, 2019
1. GENERAL.
(a) Eligible Award Recipients. The persons eligible to receive Stock Awards are Eligible Employees as of the date of grant.
(b) Available Awards. The Plan provides for the grant of the following Stock Awards: (i) Options, (ii) Stock Appreciation Rights (iii) Restricted Stock Awards, (iv) Restricted Stock, and (v) Restricted Stock Unit Awards, and (vi) Other Stock Awards.
(c) Purpose. The Company, by means of the Plan, seeks to retain the services of persons not previously employees or directors of the Company, or following a bona fide period of non-employment, as an inducement material to the individuals’ entering into employment with the Company within the meaning of NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), and to provide incentives through Stock Awards for such persons to exert maximum efforts for the success of the Company and its Affiliates.
2. ADMINISTRATION.
(a) Administration by Board. The Board shall administer the Plan unless and until the Board delegates administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees, as provided in Section 2(c), provided that the grant of Stock Awards to Eligible Employees shall be approved by the Company's independent compensation committee or a majority of the Company's independent directors (as determined under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)) in order to comply with the exemption from the stockholder approval requirement for “inducement grants” provided under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
(b) Powers of Board. The Board will have the power, subject to, and within the limitations of, the express provisions of the Plan:
(i) To determine: (A) who will be granted Stock Awards; (B) when and how each Stock Award will be granted; (C) what type or combination of types of Stock Awards shall be granted; (D) the provisions of each Stock Award (which need not be identical), including when a person will be permitted to exercise or otherwise receive cash or Common Stock under the Stock Award; (E) the number of shares of Common Stock subject to, or the cash value of, a Stock Award; and (F) the Fair Market Value applicable to a Stock Award.
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(ii) To construe and interpret the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it, and to establish, amend and revoke rules and regulations for administration of the Plan and Stock Awards. The Board, in the exercise of these powers, may correct any defect, omission or inconsistency in the Plan or in any Stock Award Agreement, in a manner and to the extent it will deem necessary or expedient to make the Plan or Stock Award fully effective.
(iii) To settle all controversies regarding the Plan and Stock Awards granted under it.
(iv) To accelerate, in whole or in part, the time at which a Stock Award may be exercised or vest (or the time at which cash or shares of Common Stock may be issued in settlement thereof).
(v) To suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or a Stock Award Agreement, suspension or termination of the Plan will not materially impair a Participant’s rights under the Participant’s then-outstanding Stock Award without the Participant’s written consent, except as provided in subsection (vi) below.
(vi) To amend the Plan in any respect the Board deems necessary or advisable, including, without limitation, relating to certain nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code to bring the Plan and/or Stock Award into compliance therewith, subject to the limitations, if any, of applicable law. If required by applicable law or listing requirements, and except as provided in Section 9(a) relating to Capitalization Adjustments, the Company will seek stockholder approval of any amendment of the Plan that (A) materially increases the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan, (B) materially expands the class of individuals eligible to receive Stock Awards under the Plan, (C) materially increases the benefits accruing to Participants under the Plan, (D) materially extends the term of the Plan, or (E) materially expands the types of Stock Awards available for issuance under the Plan. Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or a Stock Award Agreement, no amendment of the Plan will materially impair a Participant’s rights under an outstanding Stock Award without the Participant’s written consent.
(vii) To approve forms of Stock Award Agreements for use under the Plan and to amend the terms of any one or more Stock Award, including, but not limited to, amendments to provide terms more favorable to the Participant than previously provided in the Stock Award Agreement, subject to any specified limits in the Plan that are not subject to Board discretion; provided however, that the Participant’s rights under any Stock Award shall not be impaired by any such amendment unless (A) the Company requests the consent of the affected Participant, and (B) such Participant consents in writing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the limitations of applicable law, if any, the Board may amend the terms of any one or more Stock Awards without the affected Participant’s consent if necessary to bring the Stock Award into compliance with Section 409A of the Code.
(viii) Generally, to exercise such powers and to perform such acts as the Board deems necessary or expedient to promote the best interests of the Company and that are not in conflict with the provisions of the Plan or Stock Awards.
(ix) To adopt such procedures and sub-plans as are necessary or appropriate to permit participation in the Plan by Eligible Employees who are foreign nationals or employed outside the United States.
(c) Delegation to Committee
(i) General. Subject to Section 2(a) of the Plan, the Board may delegate some or all of the administration of the Plan to a Committee or Committees. If administration of the Plan is delegated to a Committee, the Committee will have, in connection with the administration of the Plan, the powers theretofore possessed by the Board that have been delegated to the Committee, including the power to delegate to a subcommittee of the Committee any of the administrative powers the Committee is authorized to exercise (and references in this Plan to the Board will thereafter be to the Committee or subcommittee, as applicable). Any delegation of administrative powers will be reflected in resolutions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, adopted from time to time by the Board or Committee (as applicable). The Committee may, at any time, abolish the subcommittee and/or revest in the Committee any powers delegated to the subcommittee. The Board may retain the authority to concurrently administer the Plan with the Committee and may, at any time, revest in the Board some or all of the powers previously delegated to the Committee, Committees, subcommittee or subcommittees.
(d) Effect of Board’s Decision. All determinations, interpretations and constructions made by the Board in good faith will not be subject to review by any person and will be final, binding and conclusive on all persons.
3. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN.
(a) Share Reserve. Subject to the provisions of Section 9 relating to adjustments upon changes in stock, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to Stock Awards after the Effective Date shall not exceed 900,000 shares (the “ Share Reserve ”). For clarity, the foregoing is a limitation on the number of shares of the Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Plan and does not limit the granting of Stock Awards except as provided in Section 7(a). If a Stock Award or any portion thereof (i) expires or otherwise terminates without all of the shares covered by such Stock Award having been issued or (ii) is settled in cash ( i.e. , the Participant receives cash rather than stock), such expiration, termination or settlement shall not reduce (or otherwise offset) the number of shares Common Stock that may be available for issuance under the Plan.
(b) Reversion of Shares to the Share Reserve. If any shares of common stock issued pursuant to a Stock Award are forfeited back to or repurchased by the Company because of the failure to meet a contingency or condition required to vest such shares in the Participant, then the shares that are forfeited or repurchased shall revert to and again become available for issuance under the Plan. Any shares reacquired by the Company pursuant to Section 8(f) or as consideration for the exercise of a Stock Award shall again become available for issuance under the Plan.
(c) Source of Shares. The stock issuable under the Plan will be shares of authorized but unissued or reacquired Common Stock, including shares repurchased by the Company on the open market or otherwise.
4. ELIGIBILITY.
(a) Inducement Grant Requirements . Stock Awards may be granted to Eligible Employees. Stock Awards may only be granted to an Eligible Employee as an inducement material to the individual’s entering into employment with the Company or an Affiliate within the meaning of NASDAQ Listing Rule 5635(c) (4).
5. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.
Each Option or SAR shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall deem appropriate. Each Option Agreement or Stock Appreciation Right Agreement shall include (through incorporation of provisions hereof by reference in the Option Agreement or Stock Appreciation Right Agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:
(a) Term. No Options or SAR shall be exercisable after the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of its grant or such shorter period specified in the Option Agreement or Stock Appreciation Right Agreement.
(b) Exercise Price. The exercise or strike price of each Option or SAR will be not less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Option or SAR on the date the Stock Award is granted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Option or SAR may be granted with an exercise or strike price lower than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Stock Award if such Stock Award is granted pursuant to an assumption of or substitution for another option or stock appreciation right pursuant to a Corporate Transaction and in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 409A of the Code of the Code. Each SAR will be denominated in shares of Common Stock equivalents.
(c) Purchase Price for Options. The purchase price of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option may be paid, to the extent permitted by applicable law and as determined by the Board in its sole discretion, by any combination of the methods of payment set forth below. The Board will have the authority to grant Options that do not permit all of the following methods of payment (or otherwise restrict the ability to use certain methods) and to grant Options that require the consent of the Company to use a particular method of payment. The permitted methods of payment are as follows:
(i) by cash, check, bank draft or money order payable to the Company;
(ii) pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of the stock subject to the Option, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds;
(iii) by delivery to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation) of shares of Common Stock;
(iv) by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; provided, however , that the Company will accept a cash or other payment from the Participant to the extent of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued. Shares of Common Stock will no longer be subject to an Option and will not be exercisable thereafter to the extent that (A) shares issuable upon exercise are used to pay the exercise price pursuant to the “net exercise,” (B) shares are delivered to the Participant as a result of such exercise, and (C) shares are withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations; or
(v) in any other form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board and specified in the applicable Stock Award Agreement.
(d) Exercise and Payment of a SAR. To exercise any outstanding SAR, the Participant must provide written notice of exercise to the Company in compliance with the provisions of the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement evidencing such SAR. The appreciation distribution payable on the exercise of a SAR will be not greater than an amount equal to the excess of (A) the aggregate Fair Market Value (on the date of the exercise of the SAR) of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Common Stock equivalents in which the Participant is vested under such SAR, and with respect to which the Participant is exercising the SAR on such date, over (B) the aggregate strike price of the number of Common Stock equivalents with respect to which the Participant is exercising the SAR on such date. The appreciation distribution may be paid in Common Stock, in cash, in any combination of the two or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board and contained in the Stock Award Agreement evidencing such SAR.
(e) Transferability of Options and SARs. The Board may, in its sole discretion, impose such limitations on the transferability of Options and SARs as the Board will determine. In the absence of such a determination by the Board to the contrary, the following restrictions on the transferability of Options and SARs will apply:
(i) Restrictions on Transfer. An Option or SAR will not be transferable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution (or pursuant to subsections (ii) and (iii) below), and will be exercisable during the lifetime of the Participant only by the Participant. The Board may permit transfer of the Option or SAR in a manner that is not prohibited by applicable tax and securities laws. Except as explicitly provided in the Plan, neither an Option nor a SAR may be transferred for consideration.
(ii) Domestic Relations Orders. Subject to the approval of the Board or a duly authorized officer, an Option or SAR may be transferred pursuant to the terms of a domestic relations order, official marital settlement agreement or other divorce or separation instrument.
(iii) Beneficiary Designation. Subject to the approval of the Board or a duly authorized Officer, a Participant may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form approved by the Company (or the designated broker), designate a third party who, on the death of the Participant, will thereafter be entitled to exercise the Option or SAR and receive the Common Stock or other consideration resulting from such exercise. In the absence of such a designation, upon the death of the Participant, the executor or administrator of the Participant’s estate will be entitled to exercise the Option or SAR and receive the Common Stock or other consideration resulting from such exercise. However, the Company may prohibit designation of a beneficiary at any time, including due to any conclusion by the Company that such designation would be inconsistent with the provisions of applicable laws.
(f) Vesting Generally. The total number of shares of Common Stock subject to an Option or SAR may vest and become exercisable in periodic installments that may or may not be equal. The Option or SAR may be subject to such other terms and conditions on the time or times when it may or may not be exercised as the Board may deem appropriate. The vesting provisions of individual Options or SARs may vary. The provisions of this Section 5(f) are subject to any Option or SAR provisions governing the minimum number of shares of Common Stock as to which an Option or SAR may be exercised.
(g) Termination of Continuous Service. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, if a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates (other than for Cause and other than upon the Participant’s death or Disability), the Participant may exercise his or her Option or SAR (to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise such Stock Award as of the date of termination of Continuous Service) within the period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date which occurs three (3) months following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the applicable Stock Award Agreement), and (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option or SAR as set forth in the applicable Stock Award Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option or SAR (as applicable) within the applicable time frame, the Option or SAR will terminate.
(h) Extension of Termination Date. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement, if the exercise of an Option or SAR following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service (other than for Cause and other than upon the Participant’s death or Disability) would be prohibited at any time solely because the issuance of shares of Common Stock would violate the registration requirements under the Securities Act, then the Option or SAR will terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of a total period of three (3) months (that need not be consecutive) equal to the applicable post termination exercise period after the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service during which the exercise of the Option or SAR would not be in violation of such registration requirements, and (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option or SAR as set forth in the applicable Stock Award Agreement. In addition, unless otherwise provided in a Participant’s applicable Stock Award Agreement, if the sale of any Common Stock received upon exercise of an Option or SAR following the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service (other than for Cause) would violate the Company’s insider trading policy, then the Option or SAR will terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the period of days or months (that need not be consecutive) equal to the applicable post-termination exercise period after the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service during which the sale of the Common Stock received upon exercise of the Option or SAR would not be in violation of the Company’s insider trading policy, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option or SAR as set forth in the applicable Stock Award Agreement.
(i) Disability of Participant. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, if a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option or SAR (to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise such Option or SAR as of the date of termination of Continuous Service), but only within such period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date which occurs twelve (12) months following such termination of Continuous Service (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Award Agreement), and (ii) the expiration of the term of the Option or SAR as set forth in the Stock Award Agreement. If, after termination of Continuous Service, the Participant does not exercise his or her Option or SAR within the applicable time frame, the Option or SAR (as applicable) will terminate.
(j) Death of Participant. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Stock Award Agreement or other agreement between the Participant and the Company, if (i) a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates as a result of the Participant’s death, or (ii) the Participant dies within the period (if any) specified in the Stock Award Agreement for exercisability after the termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service for a reason other than death, then the Option or SAR may be exercised (to the extent the Participant was entitled to exercise such Option or SAR as of the date of death) by the Participant’s estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option or SAR by bequest or inheritance or by a person designated to exercise the Option or SAR upon the Participant’s death, but only within the period ending on the earlier of (i) the date which occurs eighteen (18) months following the date of death (or such longer or shorter period specified in the Stock Award Agreement), and (ii) the expiration of the term of such Option or SAR as set forth in the Stock Award Agreement. If, after the Participant’s death, the Option or SAR is not exercised within the applicable time frame, the Option or SAR (as applicable) will terminate.
(k) Termination for Cause. Except as explicitly provided otherwise in a Participant’s Stock Award Agreement or other individual written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant, if a Participant’s Continuous Service is terminated for Cause, the Option or SAR will terminate immediately upon the date on which the event giving rise to the termination for Cause first occurred, and the Participant will be prohibited from exercising his or her Option or SAR from and after the date on which the event giving rise to the termination for Cause first occurred (or, if required by law, the date of termination of Continuous Service). If a Participant’s Continuous Service is suspended pending an investigation of the existence of Cause, all of the Participant’s rights under the Option or SAR will also be suspended during the investigation period.
(l) Non-Exempt Employees . If an Option or SAR is granted to an Employee who is a non-exempt employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, the Option or SAR will not be first exercisable for any shares of Common Stock until at least six months following the date of grant of the Option or SAR (although the Stock Award may vest prior to such date). Consistent with the provisions of the Worker Economic Opportunity Act, (i) if such non-exempt Employee dies or suffers a Disability, (ii) upon a Corporate Transaction in which such Option or SAR is not assumed, continued, or substituted, (iii) upon a Change in Control, or
(iv) upon the Participant’s retirement (as such term may be defined in the Participant’s Stock Award Agreement in another agreement between the Participant and the Company, or, if no such definition, in accordance with the Company’s then current employment policies and guidelines), the vested portion of any Options and SARs may be exercised earlier than six (6) months following the date of grant. The foregoing provision is intended to operate so that any income derived by a non-exempt employee in connection with the exercise or vesting of an Option or SAR will be exempt from his or her regular rate of pay. To the extent permitted and/or required for compliance with the Worker Economic Opportunity Act to ensure that any income derived by a non-exempt employee in connection with the exercise, vesting or issuance of any shares under any other Stock Award will be exempt from the employee’s regular rate of pay, the provisions of this Section 5(l) will apply to all Stock Awards and are hereby incorporated by reference into such Stock Award Agreements.
6. PROVISIONS OF STOCK AWARDS OTHER THAN OPTIONS AND SARS.
(a) Restricted Stock Awards. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement will be in such form and will contain such terms and conditions as the Board deems appropriate. To the extent consistent with the Company’s bylaws, at the Board’s election, shares of Common Stock may be (x) held in book entry form subject to the Company’s instructions until any restrictions relating to the Restricted Stock Award lapse; or (y) evidenced by a certificate, which certificate will be held in such form and manner as determined by the Board. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Award Agreements need not be identical. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement will conform to (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:
(i) Consideration. A Restricted Stock Award may be awarded in consideration for (A) cash, check, bank draft or money order payable to the Company, (B) past services to the Company or an Affiliate, or (C) any other form of legal consideration (including future services) that may be acceptable to the Board, in its sole discretion, and permissible under applicable law.
(ii) Vesting. Shares of Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Award Agreement may be subject to forfeiture to the Company in accordance with a vesting schedule to be determined by the Board.
(iii) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. If a Participant’s Continuous Service terminates, the Company may receive through a forfeiture condition or a repurchase right any or all of the shares of Common Stock held by the Participant that have not vested as of the date of termination of Continuous Service under the terms of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement.
(iv) Transferability. Rights to acquire shares of Common Stock under the Restricted Stock Award Agreement will be transferable by the Participant only upon such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement, as the Board will determine in its sole discretion, so long as Common Stock awarded under the Restricted Stock Award Agreement remains subject to the terms of the Restricted Stock Award Agreement.
(v) Dividends. A Restricted Stock Award Agreement may provide that any dividends paid on Restricted Stock will be subject to the same vesting and forfeiture restrictions as apply to the shares subject to the Restricted Stock Award to which they relate.
(b) Restricted Stock Unit Awards. Each Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement will be in such form and will contain such terms and conditions as the Board deems appropriate. The terms and conditions of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements may change from time to time, and the terms and conditions of separate Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreements need not be identical. Each Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement will conform to (through incorporation of the provisions hereof by reference in the Agreement or otherwise) the substance of each of the following provisions:
(i) Consideration. At the time of grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the Board will determine the consideration, if any, to be paid by the Participant upon delivery of each share of Common Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Unit Award. The consideration to be paid (if any) by the Participant for each share of Common Stock subject to a Restricted Stock Unit Award may be paid in any form of legal consideration that may be acceptable to the Board, in its sole discretion, and permissible under applicable law.
(ii) Vesting. At the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the Board may impose such restrictions on or conditions to the vesting of the Restricted Stock Unit Award as it, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
(iii) Payment . A Restricted Stock Unit Award may be settled by the delivery of shares of Common Stock, their cash equivalent, any combination thereof or in any other form of consideration, as determined by the Board and contained in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement.
(iv) Additional Restrictions. At the time of the grant of a Restricted Stock Unit Award, the Board, as it deems appropriate, may impose such restrictions or conditions that delay the delivery of the shares of Common Stock (or their cash equivalent) subject to a Restricted Stock Unit Award to a time after the vesting of such Restricted Stock Unit Award.
(v) Dividend Equivalents. Dividend equivalents may be credited in respect of shares of Common Stock covered by a Restricted Stock Unit Award, as determined by the Board and contained in the Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement. At the sole discretion of the Board, such dividend equivalents may be converted into additional shares of Common Stock covered by the Restricted Stock Unit Award in such manner as determined by the Board. Any additional shares covered by the Restricted Stock Unit Award credited by reason of such dividend equivalents will be subject to all of the same terms and conditions of the underlying Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement to which they relate.
(vi) Termination of Participant’s Continuous Service. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement, such portion of the Restricted Stock Unit Award that has not vested will be forfeited upon the Participant’s termination of Continuous Service.
(c) Other Stock Awards . Other forms of Stock Awards valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on, Common Stock, including the appreciation in value thereof (e.g., stock rights with an exercise price or strike price less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock at the time of grant) may be granted either alone or in addition to Stock Awards provided for under Section 5 and the preceding provisions of this Section 6. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Board will have sole and complete authority to determine the persons to whom and the time or times at which such Other Stock Awards will be granted, the number of shares of Common Stock (or the cash equivalent thereof) to be granted pursuant to such Other Stock Awards and all other terms and conditions of such Other Stock Awards.
7. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
(a) Availability of Shares. The Company will keep available at all times the number of shares of Common Stock reasonably required to satisfy then-outstanding Awards.
(b) Securities Law Compliance. The Company will seek to obtain from each regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over the Plan such authority as may be required to grant Stock Awards and to issue and sell shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Stock Awards; provided, however , that this undertaking will not require the Company to register under the Securities Act the Plan, any Stock Award or any Common Stock issued or issuable pursuant to any such Stock Award. If, after reasonable efforts and at a reasonable cost, the Company is unable to obtain from any such regulatory commission or agency the authority that counsel for the Company deems necessary for the lawful issuance and sale of Common Stock under the Plan, the Company will be relieved from any liability for failure to issue and sell Common Stock upon exercise of such Stock Awards unless and until such authority is obtained. A Participant will not be eligible for the grant of a Stock Award or the subsequent issuance of cash or Common Stock pursuant to the Stock Award if such grant or issuance would be in violation of any applicable securities law.
(c) No Obligation to Notify or Minimize Taxes. The Company will have no duty or obligation to any Participant to advise such holder as to the time or manner of exercising such Stock Award. Furthermore, the Company will have no duty or obligation to warn or otherwise advise such holder of a pending termination or expiration of a Stock Award or a possible period in which the Stock Award may not be exercised. The Company has no duty or obligation to minimize the tax consequences of a Stock Award to the holder of such Stock Award.
8. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) Use of Proceeds from Sales of Common Stock. Proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock pursuant to Stock Awards will constitute general funds of the Company.
(b) Corporate Action Constituting Grant of Stock Awards. Corporate action constituting a grant by the Company of a Stock Award to any Participant will be deemed completed as of the date of such corporate action, unless otherwise determined by the Board, regardless of when the instrument, certificate, or letter evidencing the Stock Award is communicated to, or actually received or accepted by, the Participant. In the event that the corporate records (e.g., Board consents, resolutions or minutes) documenting the corporate action constituting the grant contain
terms (e.g., exercise price, vesting schedule or number of shares) that are inconsistent with those in the Stock Award Agreement or related grant documents as a result of a clerical error in the papering of the Stock Award Agreement or related grant documents, the corporate records will control and the Participant will have no legally binding right to the incorrect term in the Stock Award Agreement or related grant documents.
(c) Stockholder Rights. No Participant will be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Common Stock subject to an Stock Award unless and until (i) such Participant has satisfied all requirements for exercise of, or the issuance of shares of Common Stock under, the Stock Award pursuant to its terms, and (ii) the issuance of the Common Stock subject to such Stock Award has been entered into the books and records of the Company.
(d) No Employment or Other Service Rights. Nothing in the Plan, any Stock Award Agreement or any other instrument executed thereunder or in connection with any Stock Award granted pursuant thereto will confer upon any Participant any right to continue to serve the Company or an Affiliate in the capacity in effect at the time the Stock Award was granted or will affect the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate (i) the employment of an Employee with or without notice and with or without cause, (ii) the service of a Consultant pursuant to the terms of such Consultant’s agreement with the Company or an Affiliate, or (iii) the service of a Director pursuant to the bylaws of the Company or an Affiliate, and any applicable provisions of the corporate law of the state in which the Company or the Affiliate is incorporated, as the case may be.
(e) Change in Time Commitment. In the event a Participant’s regular level of time commitment in the performance of his or her services for the Company and any Affiliates is reduced (for example, and without limitation, if the Participant is an Employee of the Company and the Employee has a change in status from a full-time Employee to a part-time Employee or takes an extended leave of absence) after the date of grant of any Award to the Participant, the Board has the right in its sole discretion to (x) make a corresponding reduction in the number of shares or cash amount subject to any portion of such Award that is scheduled to vest or become payable after the date of such change in time commitment, and (y) in lieu of or in combination with such a reduction, extend the vesting or payment schedule applicable to such Award. In the event of any such reduction, the Participant will have no right with respect to any portion of the Award that is so reduced or extended.
(f) Investment Assurances. The Company may require a Participant, as a condition of exercising or acquiring Common Stock under any Stock Award, (i) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company as to the Participant’s knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and/or to employ a purchaser representative reasonably satisfactory to the Company who is knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and that such Participant is capable of evaluating, alone or together with the purchaser representative, the merits and risks of exercising the Stock Award; and (ii) to give written assurances satisfactory to the Company stating that the Participant is acquiring Common Stock subject to the Stock Award for the Participant’s own account and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise
distributing the Common Stock. The foregoing requirements, and any assurances given pursuant to such requirements, will be inoperative if (A) the issuance of the shares upon the exercise or acquisition of Common Stock under the Stock Award has been registered under a then currently effective registration statement under the Securities Act, or (B) as to any particular requirement, a determination is made by counsel for the Company that such requirement need not be met in the circumstances under the then applicable securities laws. The Company may, upon advice of counsel to the Company, place legends on stock certificates issued under the Plan as such counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to, legends restricting the transfer of the Common Stock.
(g) Withholding Obligations. Unless prohibited by the terms of a Stock Award Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, satisfy any federal, state or local tax withholding obligation relating to a Stock Award by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (i) causing the Participant to tender a cash payment; (ii) withholding shares of Common Stock from the shares of Common Stock issued or otherwise issuable to the Participant in connection with the Stock Award; provided, however, that no shares of Common Stock are withheld with a value exceeding the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law (or such lesser amount as may be necessary to avoid classification of the Stock Award as a liability for financial accounting purposes); (iii) withholding cash from a Stock Award settled in cash; (iv) withholding payment from any amounts otherwise payable to the Participant, including proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to a Stock Award; or (v) by such other method as may be set forth in the Stock Award Agreement.
(h) Electronic Delivery . Any reference herein to a “written” agreement or document will include any agreement or document delivered electronically, filed publicly at www.sec.gov (or any successor website thereto) or posted on the Company’s intranet (or other shared electronic medium controlled by the Company to which the Participant has access).
(i) Deferrals. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Board, in its sole discretion, may determine that the delivery of Common Stock or the payment of cash, upon the exercise, vesting or settlement of all or a portion of any Stock Award may be deferred and may establish programs and procedures for deferral elections to be made by Participants. Deferrals by Participants will be made in accordance with Section 409A of the Code (to the extent applicable to a Participant). Consistent with Section 409A of the Code, the Board may provide for distributions while a Participant is still an employee or otherwise providing services to the Company. The Board is authorized to make deferrals of Stock Awards and determine when, and in what annual percentages, Participants may receive payments, including lump sum payments, following the Participant’s termination of Continuous Service, and implement such other terms and conditions consistent with the provisions of the Plan and in accordance with applicable law.
(j) Compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Unless otherwise expressly provided for in a Stock Award Agreement, the Plan and Agreements will be interpreted to the greatest extent possible in a manner that makes the Plan and the Stock Awards granted hereunder exempt from Section 409A of the Code, and, to the extent not so exempt, in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. If the Board determines that any Stock Award granted hereunder is not exempt from and is therefore subject to Section 409A of the Code, the Stock Award Agreement evidencing such Stock Award will incorporate the terms and conditions necessary to avoid the consequences specified in Section 409A (a) (1) of the Code, and to the extent a Stock Award Agreement is silent on terms necessary for compliance, such terms are hereby incorporated by reference into the Stock Award Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan (and unless the Stock Award Agreement specifically provides otherwise), if the shares of Common Stock are publicly traded, and if a Participant holding a Stock Award that constitutes “deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code is a “specified employee” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code, no distribution or payment of any amount that is due because of a “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code without regard to alternative definitions thereunder) will be issued or paid before the date that is six (6) months following the date of such Participant’s “separation from service” (as defined in Section 409A of the Code without regard to alternative definitions thereunder) or, if earlier, the date of the Participant’s death, unless such distribution or payment can be made in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code, and any amounts so deferred will be paid in a lump sum on the day after such six (6) month period elapses, with the balance paid thereafter on the original schedule.
(k) Clawback/Recovery . All Stock Awards granted under the Plan will be subject to recoupment in accordance with any clawback policy that the Company is required to adopt pursuant to the listing standards of any national securities exchange or association on which the Company’s securities are listed or as is otherwise required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or other applicable law. In addition, the Board may impose such other clawback, recovery or recoupment provisions in a Stock Award Agreement as the Board determines necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to a reacquisition right in respect of previously acquired shares of Common Stock or other cash or property upon the occurrence of an event constituting Cause. No recovery of compensation under such a clawback policy will be an event giving rise to a right to resign for “good reason” or “constructive termination” (or similar term) under any agreement with the Company or an Affiliate.
9. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN COMMON STOCK; OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS.
(a) Capitalization Adjustments . In the event of a Capitalization Adjustment, the Board will appropriately and proportionately adjust: (i) the class(es) and maximum number of securities subject to the Plan pursuant to Section 3(a) and (ii) the class(es) and number of securities and price per share of stock subject to outstanding Stock Awards. The Board will make such adjustments, and its determination will be final, binding and conclusive.
(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. Except as otherwise provided in the Stock Award Agreement, in the event of a dissolution or liquidation of the Company, all outstanding Stock Awards (other than Stock Awards consisting of vested and outstanding shares of Common Stock not subject to a forfeiture condition or the Company’s right of repurchase) will terminate immediately prior to the completion of such dissolution or liquidation, and the shares of Common Stock subject to the Company’s repurchase rights or subject to a forfeiture condition may be repurchased or reacquired by the Company notwithstanding the fact that the holder of such Stock Award is providing Continuous Service; provided, however , that the Board may, in its sole discretion, cause some or all Stock Awards to become fully vested, exercisable and/or no longer subject to repurchase or forfeiture (to the extent such Stock Awards have not previously expired or terminated) before the dissolution or liquidation is completed but contingent on its completion.
(c) Corporate Transaction. The following provisions will apply to Stock Awards in the event of a Corporate Transaction unless otherwise provided in the instrument evidencing the Stock Award or any other written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant or unless otherwise expressly provided by the Board at the time of grant of a Stock Award. In the event of a Corporate Transaction, then, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Board will take one or more of the following actions with respect to Stock Awards, contingent upon the closing or completion of the Corporate Transaction:
(i) arrange for the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company) to assume or continue the Stock Award or to substitute a similar stock award for the Stock Award (including, but not limited to, a Stock award to acquire the same consideration paid to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to the Corporate Transaction);
(ii) arrange for the assignment of any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company in respect of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Stock Award to the surviving corporation or acquiring corporation (or the surviving or acquiring corporation’s parent company);
(iii) accelerate the vesting, in whole or in part, of the Stock Award (and, if applicable, the time at which the Stock Award may be exercised) to a date prior to the effective time of such Corporate Transaction as the Board determines (or, if the Board does not determine such a date, to the date that is five (5) days prior to the effective date of the Corporate Transaction), with such Stock Award terminating if not exercised (if applicable) at or prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction;
(iv) arrange for the lapse, in whole or in part, of any reacquisition or repurchase rights held by the Company with respect to the Stock Award;
(v) cancel or arrange for the cancellation of the Stock Award, to the extent not vested or not exercised prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, in exchange for such cash consideration, if any, as the Board, in its sole discretion, may consider appropriate; and
(vi) make a payment, in such form as may be determined by the Board, equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the value of the property the Participant would have received upon the exercise of the Stock Award immediately prior to the effective time of the Corporate Transaction, over (B) any exercise price payable by such holder in connection with such exercise.
The Board need not take the same action or actions with respect to all Stock Awards or portions thereof or with respect to all Participants.
(d) Change in Control. A Stock Award may be subject to additional acceleration of vesting and exercisability upon or after a Change in Control as may be provided in the Stock Award Agreement for such Stock Award or as may be provided in any other written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant, but in the absence of such provision, no such acceleration will occur.
10. TERMINATION OR SUSPENSION OF THE PLAN.
The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan at any time. No Stock Awards may be granted under the Plan while the Plan is suspended or after it is terminated.
11. EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE PLAN; TIMING OF FIRST GRANT OR EXERCISE.
This Plan shall become effective on the Effective Date.
12. CHOICE OF LAW.
The law of the State of Delaware will govern all questions concerning the construction, validity and interpretation of this Plan, without regard to that state’s conflict of laws rules.
13. DEFINITIONS.
As used in the Plan, the following definitions will apply to the capitalized terms indicated below:
(a) “ Affiliate ” means, at the time of determination, any “parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company as such terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. The Board will have the authority to determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status is determined within the foregoing definition.
(b) “ Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
(c) “ Capitalization Adjustment ” means any change that is made in, or other events that occur with respect to, the Common Stock subject to the Plan or subject to any Stock Award after the Effective Date without the receipt of consideration by the Company through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, reincorporation, stock dividend, dividend in property other than cash, large nonrecurring cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, liquidating dividend, combination of shares, exchange of shares, change in corporate structure or
any similar equity restructuring transaction, as that term is used in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (or any successor thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company will not be treated as a Capitalization Adjustment.
(d) “ Cause ” will have the meaning ascribed to such term in any written agreement between the Participant and the Company defining such term and, in the absence of such agreement, such term means, with respect to a Participant, the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) such Participant’s commission of any felony or any crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude under the laws of the United States or any state thereof; (ii) such Participant’s attempted commission of, or participation in, a fraud or act of dishonesty against the Company; (iii) such Participant’s intentional, material violation of any contract or agreement between the Participant and the Company or of any statutory duty owed to the Company; (iv) such Participant’s unauthorized use or disclosure of the Company’s confidential information or trade secrets; or (v) such Participant’s gross misconduct. The determination that a termination of the Participant’s Continuous Service is either for Cause or without Cause will be made by the Company, in its sole discretion. Any determination by the Company that the Continuous Service of a Participant was terminated with or without Cause for the purposes of outstanding Stock Awards held by such Participant will have no effect upon any determination of the rights or obligations of the Company or such Participant for any other purpose.
(e) “ Change in Control ” means the occurrence, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:
(i) any Exchange Act Person becomes the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities other than by virtue of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control will not be deemed to occur (A) on account of the acquisition of securities of the Company directly from the Company, (B) on account of the acquisition of securities of the Company by an investor, any affiliate thereof or any other Exchange Act Person that acquires the Company’s securities in a transaction or series of related transactions the primary purpose of which is to obtain financing for the Company through the issuance of equity securities, or (C) solely because the level of Ownership held by any Exchange Act Person (the “ Subject Person ”) exceeds the designated percentage threshold of the outstanding voting securities as a result of a repurchase or other acquisition of voting securities by the Company reducing the number of shares outstanding, provided that if a Change in Control would occur (but for the operation of this sentence) as a result of the acquisition of voting securities by the Company, and after such share acquisition, the Subject Person becomes the Owner of any additional voting securities that, assuming the repurchase or other acquisition had not occurred, increases the percentage of the then outstanding voting securities Owned by the Subject Person over the designated percentage threshold, then a Change in Control will be deemed to occur;
(ii) there is consummated a merger, consolidation or similar transaction involving (directly or indirectly) the Company and, immediately after the consummation of such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, the stockholders of the Company immediately prior thereto do not Own, directly or indirectly, either (A) outstanding voting securities representing more than 50% of the combined outstanding voting power of the surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction or (B) more than 50% of the combined outstanding voting power of the parent of the surviving Entity in such merger, consolidation or similar transaction, in each case in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such transaction;
(iii) there is consummated a sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than a sale, lease, license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries to an Entity, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are Owned by stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of the outstanding voting securities of the Company immediately prior to such sale, lease, license or other disposition; or
(iv) individuals who, on the date the Plan is adopted by the Board, are members of the Board (the “ Incumbent Board ”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board; provided, however, that if the appointment or election (or nomination for election) of any new Board member was approved or recommended by a majority vote of the members of the Incumbent Board then still in office, such new member will, for purposes of this Plan, be considered as a member of the Incumbent Board.
Notwithstanding the foregoing definition or any other provision of the Plan, the term Change in Control will not include a sale of assets, merger or other transaction effected exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of the Company and the definition of Change in Control (or any analogous term) in an individual written agreement between the Company or any Affiliate and the Participant will supersede the foregoing definition with respect to Stock Awards subject to such agreement; provided, however , that if no definition of Change in Control or any analogous term is set forth in such an individual written agreement, the foregoing definition will apply.
If required for compliance with Section 409A of the Code, in no event will a Change in Control be deemed to have occurred if such transaction is not also a “change in the ownership or effective control of” the Company or “a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of” the Company as determined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) (without regard to any alternative definition thereunder). The Board may, in its sole discretion and without a Participant’s consent, amend the definition of “Change in Control” to conform to the definition of “Change in Control” under Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and guidance thereunder.
(f) “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including any applicable regulations and guidance thereunder.
(g) “ Committee ” means a committee of one or more Directors to whom authority has been delegated by the Board in accordance with Section 2(c).
(h) “ Common Stock ” means, as of the Effective Date, the common stock of the Company, having one vote per share.
(i) “ Company ” means Scynexis, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
(j) “ Consultant ” means any person, including an advisor, who is (i) engaged by the Company or an Affiliate to render consulting or advisory services and is compensated for such services, or (ii) serving as a member of the board of directors of an Affiliate and is compensated for such services. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such service, will not cause a Director to be considered a “Consultant” for purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person is treated as a Consultant under this Plan only if a Form S-8 Registration Statement under the Securities Act is available to register either the offer or the sale of the Company’s securities to such person.
(k) “ Continuous Service ” means that the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, whether as an Employee, Director or Consultant, is not interrupted or terminated. A change in the capacity in which the Participant renders service to the Company or an Affiliate as an Employee, Consultant or Director or a change in the entity for which the Participant renders such service, provided that there is no interruption or termination of the Participant’s service with the Company or an Affiliate, will not terminate a Participant’s Continuous Service; provided, however , that if the Entity for which a Participant is rendering services ceases to qualify as an Affiliate, as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, such Participant’s Continuous Service will be considered to have terminated on the date such Entity ceases to qualify as an Affiliate. To the extent permitted by law, the Board or the chief executive officer of the Company, in that party’s sole discretion, may determine whether Continuous Service will be considered interrupted in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Board or chief executive officer, including sick leave, military leave or any other personal leave, or (ii) transfers between the Company, an Affiliate, or their successors. In addition, if required for exemption from or compliance with Section 409A of the code, the determination of whether there has been a termination of Continuous Service will be made, and such term will be construed, in a manner that is consistent with the definition of “separation from service” as defined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h) (without regard to any alternative definition thereunder). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a leave of absence will be treated as Continuous Service for purposes of vesting in a Stock Award only to such extent as may be provided in the Company’s leave of absence policy, in the written terms of any leave of absence agreement or policy applicable to the Participant, or as otherwise required by law.
(l) “ Corporate Transaction ” means the consummation, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of any one or more of the following events:
(i) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all, as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(ii) a sale or other disposition of at least 90% of the outstanding securities of the Company;
(iii) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is not the surviving corporation; or
(iv) a merger, consolidation or similar transaction following which the Company is the surviving corporation but the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding the merger, consolidation or similar transaction are converted or exchanged by virtue of the merger, consolidation or similar transaction into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise.
To the extent required for compliance with Section 409A of the Code, in no event will an event be deemed a Corporate Transaction if such transaction is not also a “change in the ownership or effective control of” the Company or “a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets of” the Company as determined under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-3(i)(5) (without regard to any alternative definition thereunder).
(m) “ Covered Employee ” will have the meaning provided in Section 162(m)(3) of the Code.
(n) “ Director ” means a member of the Board.
(o) “ Disability ” means, with respect to a Participant, the inability of such Participant to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, as provided in Sections 22(e)(3) and 409A(a)(2)(c)(i) of the Code, and will be determined by the Board on the basis of such medical evidence as the Board deems warranted under the circumstances.
(p) “ Effective Date ” means March 26, 2015.
(q) “ Employee ” means any person employed by the Company or an Affiliate. However, service solely as a Director, or payment of a fee for such services, will not cause a Director to be considered an “Employee” for purposes of the Plan.
(r) “ Eligible Employee ” means any person entering into employment with the Company or an Affiliate, who was not previously an Employee or Director of the Company or an Affiliate, or following a bona fide period of non-employment with the Company or an Affiliate.
(r) “ Entity ” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity.
(s) “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(t) “ Exchange Act Person ” means any natural person, Entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act), except that “Exchange Act Person” will not include (i) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to a registered public offering of such securities, (iv) an Entity Owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their Ownership of stock of the Company; or (v) any natural person, Entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Exchange Act) that, as of the Effective Date, is the Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities.
(u) “ Fair Market Value ” means, as of any date, the value of the Common Stock determined as follows:
(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or traded on any established market, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock will be, unless otherwise determined by the Board, the closing sales price for such stock as quoted on such exchange or market (or the exchange or market with the greatest volume of trading in the Common Stock) on the date of determination, as reported in a source the Board deems reliable.
(ii) Unless otherwise provided by the Board, if there is no closing sales price for the Common Stock on the date of determination, then the Fair Market Value will be the closing selling price on the last preceding date for which such quotation exists.
(iii) In the absence of such markets for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value will be determined by the Board in good faith and in a manner that complies with Section 409A of the Code.
(v) “ Nonstatutory Stock Option ” means any Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan that does not qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(w) “ Officer ” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
(x) “ Option ” means a stock option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted pursuant to the Plan. Only Nonstatutory Stock Options may be issued from the Plan.
(y) “ Option Agreement ” means a written agreement between the Company and an Optionholder evidencing the terms and conditions of an Option grant. Each Option Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(z) “ Optionholder ” means a person to whom an Option is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Option.
(aa) “ Other Stock Awar d” means an award based in whole or in part by reference to the Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(d).
(bb) “ Other Stock Award Agreement ” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of an Other Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of an Other Stock Award grant. Each Other Stock Award Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(cc) “ Own ,” “ Owned ,” “ Owner ,” “ Ownership ” means a person or Entity will be deemed to “Own,” to have “Owned,” to be the “Owner” of, or to have acquired “Ownership” of securities if such person or Entity, directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting, with respect to such securities.
(dd) “ Participant ” means a person to whom a Stock Award is granted pursuant to the Plan or, if applicable, such other person who holds an outstanding Stock Award.
(ee) “ Plan ” means this Scynexis, Inc. 2015 Inducement Award Plan, as it may be amended.
(ff) “ Restricted Stock Award ” means an award of shares of Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(a).
(gg) “ Restricted Stock Award Agreement ” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Restricted Stock Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Award grant. Each Restricted Stock Award Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(hh) “ Restricted Stock Unit Award ” means a right to receive shares of Common Stock which is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 6(b).
(ii) “ Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement ” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Restricted Stock Unit Award evidencing the terms and conditions of a Restricted Stock Unit Award grant. Each Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(jj) “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(kk) “ Stock Appreciation Right ” or “SAR” means a right to receive the appreciation on Common Stock that is granted pursuant to the terms and conditions of Section 5.
(ll) “ Stock Appreciation Right Agreement ” means a written agreement between the Company and a holder of a Stock Appreciation Right evidencing the terms and conditions of a Stock Appreciation Right grant. Each Stock Appreciation Right Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(mm) “ Stock Award ” means any right to receive Common Stock granted under the Plan, including a Nonstatutory Stock Option, a Restricted Stock Award, a Restricted Stock Unit Award, a Stock Appreciation Right or any Other Stock Award.
(nn) “ Stock Award Agreement ” means a written agreement between the Company and a Participant evidencing the terms and conditions of a Stock Award grant. Each Stock Award Agreement will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.
(oo) “ Subsidiary ” means, with respect to the Company, (i) any corporation of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, stock of any other class or classes of such corporation will have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, Owned by the Company, and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which the Company has a direct or indirect interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than 50%.
STOCK OPTION GRANT NOTICE
(2015 INDUCEMENT AWARD PLAN)
Scynexis, Inc. (the “ Company ”), pursuant to its 2015 Inducement Award Plan (the “ Plan ”), hereby grants to Optionholder an option to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock set forth below. This option is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Option Agreement and the Plan, all of which are incorporated herein in their entirety.
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1/4 th of the shares vest one year after the Vesting Commencement Date; the balance of the shares vest in a series of thirty-six (36) successive equal monthly installments measured from the first anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date. |
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By one or a combination of the following items (described in the Option Agreement): |
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☒ By cash or check |
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☒ By bank draft or money order payable to the Company |
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☒ Pursuant to a Regulation T Program if the Shares are publicly traded |
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☒ By delivery of already-owned shares if the Shares are publicly traded |
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☒ By a “net exercise” arrangement , subject to the Company’s consent at the time of exercise |
Additional Terms/Acknowledgements:
By Optionholder’s acceptance of this Award online, Optionholder acknowledges and agrees that this Option is granted under and governed by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Option Agreement and this Stock Option Grant Notice.
Optionholder consents to receive Plan documents by electronic delivery and to participate in the Plan through an online or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company. Optionholder hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions relating to the Plan, the Option Agreement and this Stock Option Grant Notice. PLEASE BE SURE TO READ ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS, WHICH CONTAIN THE SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
The Stock Option Right Grant Notice, Option Agreement, the 2015 Inducement Award Plan, the Plan Prospectus, a form of Notice of Exercise and our most recent Annual Report and Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders are available to participants. You may request a hard copy of these documents from Human Resources.
OPTION AGREEMENT
2015 Inducement Award Plan
Pursuant to your Stock Option Grant Notice (“ Grant Notice ”) and this Option Agreement, SCYNEXIS, Inc. (the “ Company ”) has granted you an option under its 2015 Inducement Award Plan (the “ Plan ”) to purchase the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock indicated in your Grant Notice at the exercise price indicated in your Grant Notice. Defined terms not explicitly defined in this Option Agreement but defined in the Plan shall have the same definitions as in the Plan.
The details of your option are as follows:
1. Vesting. Subject to the limitations contained herein and the potential vesting acceleration provisions set forth in Section 9 of the Plan, your option will vest as provided in your Grant Notice, provided that vesting will cease upon the termination of your Continuous Service.
2. Number of Shares and Exercise Price. The number of shares of Common Stock subject to your option and your exercise price per share referenced in your Grant Notice may be adjusted from time to time for Capitalization Adjustments.
3. Exercise Restriction for Non-Exempt Employees. In the event that you are an Employee eligible for overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (i.e., a “Non-Exempt Employee” ), and except as otherwise provided in the Plan, you may not exercise your option until you have completed at least six (6) months of Continuous Service measured from the Date of Grant specified in your Grant Notice, notwithstanding any other provision of your option.
4. Method of Payment. Payment of the exercise price is due in full upon exercise of all or any part of your option. You may elect to make payment of the exercise price in cash or by check or in any other manner permitted by your Grant Notice, which may include one or more of the following:
(a) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded, pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board that, prior to the issuance of Common Stock, results in either the receipt of cash (or check) by the Company or the receipt of irrevocable instructions to pay the aggregate exercise price to the Company from the sales proceeds.
(b) Provided that at the time of exercise the Common Stock is publicly traded, by delivery to the Company (either by actual delivery or attestation) of already-owned shares of Common Stock that are owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances or security interests, and that are valued at Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. “Delivery” for these purposes, in the sole discretion of the Company at the time you exercise your option, shall include delivery to the Company of your attestation of ownership of such shares of Common Stock in a form approved by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may not exercise your option by tender to the Company of Common Stock to the extent such tender would violate the provisions of any law, regulation or agreement restricting the redemption of the Company’s stock.
(c) Subject to the consent of the Company at the time of exercise , by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of your option by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; provided, however, that the Company shall accept a cash or other payment from you to the extent of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole shares to be issued; provided further, however, that shares of Common Stock will no longer be outstanding under your option and will not be exercisable thereafter to the extent that (1) shares are used to pay the exercise price pursuant to the “net exercise,” (2) shares are delivered to you as a result of such exercise, and (3) shares are withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations.
5. Whole Shares. You may exercise your option only for whole shares of Common Stock.
6. Securities Law Compliance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, you may not exercise your option unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such exercise are then registered under the Securities Act or, if such shares of Common Stock are not then so registered, the Company has determined that such exercise and issuance would be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The exercise of your option also must comply with other applicable laws and regulations governing your option, and you may not exercise your option if the Company determines that such exercise would not be in material compliance with such laws and regulations.
7. Term. You may not exercise your option before the commencement or after the expiration of its term. The term of your option commences on the Date of Grant and expires, subject to the provisions of Section 5(g) of the Plan, upon the earliest of the following:
(a) immediately upon the termination of your Continuous Service for Cause;
(b) three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service for any reason other than Cause, your Disability or death, provided that if during any part of such three (3) month period your option is not exercisable solely because of the condition set forth in Section 6 above relating to “Securities Law Compliance,” your option shall not expire until the earlier of the Expiration Date or until it shall have been exercisable for an aggregate period of three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service; and if (i) you are a Non- Exempt Employee, (ii) your Continuous Service terminates within six (6) months after the Date of Grant specified in your Grant Notice, and (iii) you have vested in a portion of your option at the time of your termination of Continuous Service, your option shall not expire until the earlier of (x) the later of (A) the date that is seven (7) months after the Date of Grant specified in your Grant Notice or (B) the date that is three (3) months after the termination of your Continuous Service, or (y) the Expiration Date;
(c) twelve (12) months after the termination of your Continuous Service due to your Disability;
(d) eighteen (18) months after your death if you die either during your Continuous Service or within three (3) months after your Continuous Service terminates for any reason other than Cause;
(e) the Expiration Date indicated in your Grant Notice; or
(f) the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Date of Grant.
8. Exercise.
(a) You may exercise the vested portion of your option (and the unvested portion of your option if your Grant Notice so permits) during its term by delivering a Notice of Exercise (in a form designated by the Company) together with the exercise price to the Secretary of the Company, or to such other person as the Company may designate, during regular business hours, together with such additional documents as the Company may then require.
(b) By exercising your option you agree that, as a condition to any exercise of your option, the Company may require you to enter into an arrangement providing for the payment by you to the Company of any tax withholding obligation of the Company arising by reason of (1) the exercise of your option, (2) the lapse of any substantial risk of forfeiture to which the shares of Common Stock are subject at the time of exercise, or (3) the disposition of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise.
9. Transferability. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9, your option is not transferable, except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and is exercisable during your life only by you.
(a) Certain Trusts. Upon receiving written permission from the Board or its duly authorized designee, you may transfer your option to a trust if you are considered to be the sole beneficial owner (determined under Section 671 of the Code and applicable state law) while the option is held in the trust, provided that you and the trustee enter into transfer and other agreements required by the Company.
(b) Domestic Relations Orders. Upon receiving written permission from the Board or its duly authorized designee, and provided that you and the designated transferee enter into transfer and other agreements required by the Company, you may transfer your option pursuant to a domestic relations order that contains the information required by the Company to effectuate the transfer. You are encouraged to discuss the proposed terms of any division of this option with the Company prior to finalizing the domestic relations order to help ensure the required information is contained within the domestic relations order.
(c) Beneficiary Designation. Upon receiving written permission from the Board or its duly authorized designee, you may, by delivering written notice to the Company, in a form provided by or otherwise satisfactory to the Company and any broker designated by the Company to effect option exercises, designate a third party who, in the event of your death, shall thereafter be entitled to exercise this option and receive the Common Stock or other consideration resulting from such exercise. In the absence of such a designation, your executor or administrator of your estate shall be entitled to exercise this option and receive, on behalf of your estate, the Common Stock or other consideration resulting from such exercise.
10. Option not a Service Contract . Your option is not an employment or service contract, and nothing in your option shall be deemed to create in any way whatsoever any obligation on your part to continue in the employ of the Company or an Affiliate, or of the Company or an Affiliate to continue your employment. In addition, nothing in your option shall obligate the Company or an Affiliate, their respective stockholders, Boards of Directors, Officers or Employees to continue any relationship that you might have as a Director or Consultant for the Company or an Affiliate.
11. Withholding Obligations .
(a) At the time you exercise your option, in whole or in part, or at any time thereafter as requested by the Company, you hereby authorize withholding from payroll and any other amounts payable to you, and otherwise agree to make adequate provision for (including by means of a “cashless exercise” pursuant to a program developed under Regulation T as promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board to the extent permitted by the Company), any sums required to satisfy the federal, state, local and foreign tax withholding obligations of the Company or an Affiliate, if any, which arise in connection with the exercise of your option.
(b) Upon your request and subject to approval by the Company, in its sole discretion, and in compliance with any applicable legal conditions or restrictions, the Company may withhold from fully vested shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to you upon the exercise of your option a number of whole shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value, determined by the Company as of the date of exercise, not in excess of the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld by law (or such lower amount as may be necessary to avoid classification of your option as a liability for financial accounting purposes). If the date of determination of any tax withholding obligation is deferred to a date later than the date of exercise of your option, share withholding pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be permitted unless you make a proper and timely election under Section 83(b) of the Code, covering the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock acquired upon such exercise with respect to which such determination is otherwise deferred, to accelerate the determination of such tax withholding obligation to the date of exercise of your option. Notwithstanding the filing of such election, shares of Common Stock shall be withheld solely from fully vested shares of Common Stock determined as of the date of exercise of your option that are otherwise issuable to you upon such exercise. Any adverse consequences to you arising in connection with such share withholding procedure shall be your sole responsibility.
(c) You may not exercise your option unless the tax withholding obligations of the Company and/or any Affiliate are satisfied. Accordingly, you may not be able to exercise your option when desired even though your option is vested, and the Company shall have no obligation to issue a certificate for such shares of Common Stock unless such obligations are satisfied.
12. Tax Consequences . You hereby agree that the Company does not have a duty to design or administer the Plan or its other compensation programs in a manner that minimizes your tax liabilities. You shall not make any claim against the Company, or any of its Officers, Directors, Employees or Affiliates related to tax liabilities arising from your option or your other compensation. In particular, you acknowledge that this option is exempt from Section 409A of the Code only if the exercise price per share specified in the Grant Notice is at least equal to the “fair market value” per share of the Common Stock on the Date of Grant and there is no other impermissible deferral of compensation associated with the option.
13. Notices . Any notices provided for in your option or the Plan shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon receipt or, in the case of notices delivered by mail by the Company to you, five (5) days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, addressed to you at the last address you provided to the Company.
14. Governing Plan Document . Your option is subject to all the provisions of the Plan, the provisions of which are hereby made a part of your option, and is further subject to all interpretations, amendments, rules and regulations, which may from time to time be promulgated and adopted pursuant to the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of your option and those of the Plan, the provisions of the Plan shall control.
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Marco Taglietti, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of SCYNEXIS, Inc.; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: August 7, 2019
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/s/ Marco Taglietti, M.D. |
Marco Taglietti, M.D. Chief Executive Officer |
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Eric Francois, certify that:
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I have reviewed this Form 10-Q of SCYNEXIS, Inc.; |
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have: |
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
Date: August 7, 2019
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/s/ Eric Francois |
Eric Francois Chief Financial Officer |
CERTIFICATION
Pursuant to the requirement set forth in Rule 13a-14(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350), Marco Taglietti, Chief Executive Officer of SCYNEXIS, Inc. (the “Company”), and Eric Francois, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, each hereby certifies that, to the best of his knowledge:
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The Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2019, to which this Certification is attached as Exhibit 32.1 (the “Periodic Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and |
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The information contained in the Periodic Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have set their hands hereto as of August 7, 2019.
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/s/ Marco Taglietti, M.D. |
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/s/ Eric Francois |
Marco Taglietti, M.D. Chief Executive Officer |
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Eric Francois Chief Financial Officer |
This certification accompanies the Form 10-Q to which it relates, is not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of SCYNEXIS, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (whether made before or after the date of the Form 10-Q), irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.