Company Overview and Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Company Overview and Basis of Presentation

Company Overview and Basis of Presentation

(A) Company Overview

Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc. (together with its subsidiary, “we”, “Aquestive” or the “Company”) is a pharmaceutical company advancing medicines to solve patients' problems with current standards of care and provide transformative products to improve their lives. The Company is developing pharmaceutical products that deliver complex molecules through alternative administrations to invasive and inconvenient standard of care therapies. The Company has five licensed commercialized products which are marketed by its licensees in the U.S. and around the world. The Company is the exclusive manufacturer of these licensed products. The Company also collaborates with pharmaceutical companies to bring new molecules to market using proprietary, best-in-class technologies, like PharmFilm®, and has proven drug development and commercialization capabilities. The Company is advancing a product pipeline for the treatment of severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis. The Company has also developed a product pipeline focused on treating diseases of the central nervous system, or CNS. The Company's production facilities are located in Portage, Indiana, and its corporate headquarters and primary research laboratory facilities are based in Warren, New Jersey.

(B) Equity Transactions

Equity Offering of Common Stock

On September 11, 2019, the Company established an “At-The-Market” ("ATM") facility pursuant to which the Company may offer up to $25,000 worth of shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the "Common Stock"). On November 20, 2020, the Company began utilizing the ATM facility. On March 26, 2021, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to offer up to an additional $50,000 worth of shares of Common Stock under the ATM (the "2021 Prospectus"). The 2019 registration statement covering the shares under the ATM expired under its terms on September 17, 2022. On September 7, 2022, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to register the offer and sale of up to $35,000 worth of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Amended Equity Distribution Agreement with Piper Sandler Companies (successor to Piper Jaffray & Co.) under a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-254775), or the 2021 Registration Statement, that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on April 5, 2021. The Company discontinued using the 2021 Prospectus upon the filing of the prospectus supplement on September 7, 2022.

For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company sold 3,060,559 shares of Common Stock under the ATM which provided net proceeds of approximately $5,090 after deducting commissions and other transaction costs of $312. This ATM facility has approximately $28,014 worth of shares of Common Stock available at June 30, 2023. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company sold 1,404,878 shares which provided net proceeds of approximately $2,473 after deducting commissions and other transaction costs of $139.

On April 12, 2022, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the "Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement") with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC ("Lincoln Park"), which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement, the Company has the right, but not the obligation, to sell to Lincoln Park up to $40,000 worth of shares of Common Stock from time to time over the 36-month term of the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement. The Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement contains an ownership limitation such that the Company will not issue, and Lincoln Park will not purchase, shares of Common Stock if it would result in Lincoln Park's beneficial ownership exceeding 9.99% of the Company's then outstanding Common Stock. Lincoln Park has covenanted under the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement not to cause or engage in any manner whatsoever, any direct or indirect short selling or hedging of the Company's Common Stock. In 2022, the Company sold 1,600,000 shares, in addition to 236,491 commitment shares, which provided proceeds of approximately $1,987 in connection with the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement. The Company did not sell shares in connection with the Lincoln Park Purchase Agreement in the six months ended June 30, 2023.

On June 6, 2022, the Company entered into securities purchase agreements ("Securities Purchase Agreements") with certain purchasers named therein. The Securities Purchase Agreements provided for the sale and issuance by the Company of an aggregate of: (i) 4,850,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 4,000,000 shares of Common Stock and (iii) Common Stock warrants to purchase up to 8,850,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $7,796, after deducting placement agent fees and expenses and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company used the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes. The pre-funded warrants were fully exercised in 2022 and 3,689,452 Common Stock warrants issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreements with proceeds of approximately $3,542 were exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2023.

(C) Nasdaq Stock Market Notifications

On December 30, 2022, the Company received a notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) that the Company was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s Listing Rule 5450(a)(1), as the minimum bid price of the Company’s Common Stock had been below $1.00 per share for 30 consecutive business days (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). The notification of noncompliance had no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company’s Common Stock on The Nasdaq Global Market. The Company had 180 calendar days, or until June 28, 2023, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. To regain compliance, the minimum bid price of the Company’s Common Stock must meet or exceed $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during this 180-calendar day grace period. On April 13, 2023, the Company received a notice from Nasdaq informing the Company that it had regained compliance with Nasdaq's Listing Rule 5450(a)(1) for continued listing on The Nasdaq Global Market, as the minimum bid price of the Company’s Common Stock had met or exceeded $1.00 per share for a minimum of ten consecutive business days during this 180-day calendar period.

(D) Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and with Article 10 of Regulation S-X for interim financial reporting. In compliance with those rules, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023 (the “2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K”). As included herein, the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2022 is derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair statement of the results of interim periods have been included. The accompanying financial statements reflect certain reclassifications from previously issued financial statements to conform to the current presentation. The Company has evaluated subsequent events for disclosure through the date of issuance of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance refers to the authoritative U.S. GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).