UNITED STATES
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant’s proxy statement for the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders, if filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after December 31, 2023, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K, or such Part III information will be provided in an amendment filed on Form 10-K/A within 120 days after December 31, 2023.
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K or the documents incorporated by reference herein regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “predict,” “project,” “will,” “would” “could,” “should,” “potential,” “seek,” “evaluate,” “pursue,” “continue,” “design,” “impact,” “affect,” “forecast,” “target,” “outlook,” “initiative,” “objective,” “designed,” “priorities,” “goal,” or the negative of such terms and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations that may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated.
The forward-looking statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents incorporated herein by reference include, among other things, statements about:
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We may not achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. We have included important factors in the cautionary statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, particularly under “Risk Factors,” that we believe could cause actual results or events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, collaborations or investments we may make. You should read this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the documents that we incorporate by reference herein completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
Solely for convenience, tradenames referred to in this Annual Report on Form 10-K appear without the ® symbol, but those references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or that the applicable owner will not assert its rights, to these tradenames. All trademarks, service marks and tradenames included or incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the property of their respective owners.
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SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS
The risk factors summarized below could materially harm our business, operating results and/or financial condition, impair our future prospects and/or cause the price of our common stock to decline. These are not all of the risks we face and other factors not presently known to us or that we currently believe are immaterial may also affect our business if they occur. Additional detail about these risks are included in Item 1A, "Risk Factors."
Material risks that may affect our business, operating results and financial condition include, but are not necessarily limited to, those relating to:
Risks Related to the Pending Acquisition
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
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Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
Risks Relating to Our Securities
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PART I
Item 1. Business
Acquisition by CoreRx
On February 28, 2024, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, or the Merger Agreement, with CoreRx, Inc., or CoreRx, and Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx, or Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein, CoreRx will commence a tender offer, or the Offer, to acquire all of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for approximately $1.10 per share of our common stock, or the Offer Price, in cash, subject to any applicable withholding of taxes and without interest. The Offer will initially expire one minute following 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date that is 20 business days following the commencement of the Offer, subject to extension under certain circumstances.
Following the consummation of the Offer, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into us, or the Merger, with us continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Merger will be governed by and effected under Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, with no shareholder vote required to consummate the Merger. As a result of the Merger, we will cease to be a publicly traded company. The Merger Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of us, CoreRx and Merger Sub. However, there can be no assurance that the conditions to the completion of the Offer and the Merger will be satisfied or waived, that the Offer and the Merger will be completed on the expected timeframe or at all, or that the Offer and the Merger will be consummated as contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Except as otherwise indicated, we have prepared this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the forward-looking statements contained herein as if we were going to remain an independent, standalone company. If the acquisition is consummated, many of the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K would no longer be applicable.
Overview
We are a bi-coastal contract development and manufacturing organization, or CDMO, with capabilities spanning pre-investigational new drug development to commercial manufacturing and packaging for a wide range of therapeutic dosage forms with a primary focus on small molecules. With an expertise in solving complex manufacturing problems, we are a leading CDMO providing development, end-to-end regulatory support, clinical and commercial manufacturing, aseptic fill/finish, lyophilization, packaging and logistics services to the global pharmaceutical market. In addition to our experience in handling DEA-controlled substances and developing and manufacturing modified-release dosage forms, we have the expertise to deliver on our clients’ pharmaceutical development and manufacturing projects, regardless of complexity level. We do all of this in our state-of-the-art facilities that, in the aggregate, total 145,000 square feet, in Gainesville, Georgia and San Diego, California.
We currently manufacture the following key products with our key commercial partners: Ritalin LA®, Focalin XR®, Verelan PM®, Verelan SR®, Verapamil PM, Verapamil SR and Donnatal liquids and tablets. We also support numerous development stage products. In 2023, the FDA approved us as a manufacturer of a commercial tablet product. This FDA approval represents the first commercial tablet that we have been approved to manufacture, and we began commercial manufacturing of the product at our Gainesville, Georgia facilities in the middle of 2023.
Our manufacturing and development capabilities include product development from formulation through clinical trial and commercial manufacturing, and specialized capabilities for solid oral dosage forms, with specialization in modified release technologies and facilities to handle highly potent compounds and controlled substances, liposomes and nano/microparticles, topicals and oral liquids. In addition to providing manufacturing capabilities, we offer our customers clinical trial support including over-encapsulation, comparator sourcing, packaging, labeling, storage and distribution. We have a bi-coastal footprint from which to better serve clients within the U.S., as well as globally. In a typical collaboration between us and our commercial partners, we continue to work with our partners to develop product candidates or new formulations of existing product candidates. We also typically exclusively manufacture and supply clinical and commercial supplies of these proprietary products and product candidates.
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Our Strategy
The CDMO market is large and growing and is expected to continue to expand as outsourced penetration is seen due to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies outsourcing more of their operations. We believe companies, which include our customers and prospective customers, generally prefer fewer, higher quality suppliers with expertise in addressing their formulation and manufacturing challenges early in the development cycle. Our strategy for growth in this market includes executing segment-specific sales and marketing strategies; building stronger visibility and an updated identity for the organization; enhancing both our customers’ and employees’ experience working with and for the company; and continuing to achieve growth and strengthen our financial position. This strategic mission is comprised of five key objectives:
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Our Competitive Strengths
We believe that the strong relationships we have with our commercial partners result from of our competitive strengths. In particular:
Services
We offer integrated solutions for formulation development, analytical method development, pharmaceutical manufacturing, regulatory support, and pharmaceutical packaging and logistics of both commercial and development stage products with a primary focus in the area of small molecules. Our facilities are located on both coasts of the United States and include:
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Our end-to-end service capabilities allow our customers to start with us for early-phase projects and stay with us through late phase and commercial projects. Early-stage coordination with customers utilizing our development and high-potency product facilities help assure streamlined technology transfer for final scale up and manufacturing at our commercial manufacturing site. Our capabilities include:
Our Commercial Partners
We are party to agreements with each of our commercial partners governing the development, formulation and/or supply services we provide, as well as any applicable intellectual property licenses. Each commercial partner remains responsible for distributing, marketing and promoting their respective products. We are dependent on a small number of commercial partners, with our three largest customers or customer groups* (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., or Teva, Novartis Pharma AG and Sandoz Group AG, or Novartis/Sandoz, and Lannett Company, Inc., or Lannett having generated 70% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023, of which Teva generated 35%, Novartis/Sandoz generated 19% and Lannett generated 16%.
* Novartis/Sandoz is presented in some disclosures as a single customer group above because they are both operating under the Novartis agreement, with Sandoz having been assigned certain rights by Novartis pursuant to that contract.
The table below details the key products developed and/or manufactured with our key commercial partners:
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Agreements with Key Commercial Partners
Teva
We are party to a License and Supply Agreement with Watson Laboratories, Inc., a subsidiary of Teva, or the Teva Agreement, pursuant to which we are the exclusive supplier of Verapamil SR to Teva. We own the authorized generic for Verapamil SR and, pursuant to the Teva Agreement, have granted Teva an exclusive license to commercialize and sell Verapamil SR in the United States. The Teva Agreement expires on December 31, 2024, after which it will renew for additional one-year periods unless terminated by either party. Under the Teva Agreement, Teva pays us a share of profits on sales of Verapamil SR.
Novartis / Sandoz
We are party to a Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with Novartis, or the Novartis Agreement, pursuant to which we continued our long-standing relationship with Novartis as the exclusive global supplier to Novartis of Ritalin LA and Focalin XR capsules. The Novartis Agreement has an original term expiring December 31, 2023, and will renew automatically thereafter for successive one-year periods unless terminated by either party at least 24 months prior. No notice of non-renewal has been delivered. Novartis may terminate the Agreement immediately if (i) any governmental regulatory authority prevents Novartis from supplying the active pharmaceutical ingredients in the products and/or exporting, purchasing or selling the products; (ii) any product cannot be reasonably commercialized for medical, scientific or legal reasons; or (iii) we fail to comply with certain health, safety and environmental protection requirements. After December 31, 2023, Novartis may terminate the Novartis Agreement upon 12 months’ written notice in the event of any sale or divestment by us of our business or assets relating to the products. Novartis assigned certain rights under the agreement to Sandoz during 2023.
Lannett
We are party to a License and Supply Agreement with Kremers Urban Pharmaceutical, Inc., a subsidiary of Lannett, or the Lannett Agreement, pursuant to which we supply Verelan PM and SR and Verapamil PM to Lannett. We own the new drug application, or NDA, related to Verelan and license commercialization rights to Lannett under the Lannett Agreement. The Lannett Agreement expires on December 31, 2024 and will renew thereafter for successive two-year periods. Under the Lannett Agreement, Lannett pays us a share of profits on sales of Verelan PM and SR and Verapamil PM. Lannett additionally pays us an annual license fee of $0.5 million and is obligated to reimburse to us 50% of the Prescription Drug User Act program fees associated with Verelan. In July 2022 we entered into an amendment to the Lannett Agreement pursuant to which we received improved overall economics, including a 10% increase in the profit share component of revenue from Verapamil PM product sales, as well as immediate and scheduled increases in manufacturing prices. Additionally, the amendment awarded us potential new GMP manufacturing agreements targeting injectable products for multiple additional Lannett development projects.
Advanz
We are party to an Amended and Restated Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with AmdiPharm Ltd., a subsidiary of Advanz Pharma Corp, Ltd. (collectively “Advanz”), pursuant to which we continued our multi-year relationship as the exclusive supplier of Donnatal to Advanz for sale in the United States. Under the agreement, we are Advanz's exclusive manufacturer of Donnatal and its authorized generic version until February 3, 2025. Both we and Advanz may terminate this Agreement for any reason at any time by giving the other party not less than twenty-four months prior written notice.
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InfectoPharm
We are party to a Commercial Manufacturing and Supply Agreement with InfectoPharm Arzneimittel und Consilium GmbH, or InfectoPharm, pursuant to which we were the exclusive supplier to InfectoPharm of Ritalin LA capsules in Europe through December 31, 2023. The agreement has a term of three years, expiring April 30, 2025, and is subject to auto-renewal. Either we or InfectoPharm may elect not to renew this agreement by giving the other party at least one hundred eighty days prior written notice prior to the expiration of the agreement.
Backlog
Our backlog represents, as of a point in time, future revenue from work not yet completed under clinical and pre-clinical signed contracts. As of December 31, 2023, our backlog was approximately $17 million. While we anticipate the majority of our backlog will be recognized during fiscal year 2024, our backlog is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: the risk that a customer timely cancels its commitments prior to our initiation of manufacturing services, in which case we may be required to refund some or all of the amounts paid to us in advance under those canceled commitments; and the risk that a customer may experience delays in its program(s) or otherwise, which could result in the postponement of anticipated manufacturing services; the risk that we may not successfully execute on all customer projects, any of which could have a negative impact on our liquidity, reported backlog and future revenue and profitability.
Permits and Regulatory Approvals
We are required to comply with the regulatory requirements of various local, state, national and international regulatory bodies having jurisdiction in the countries or localities where we manufacture products or where our customers’ products are distributed. In particular, we are subject to laws and regulations concerning research and development, testing, manufacturing processes, equipment and facilities, including compliance with cGMPs, labeling and distribution, import and export, and product registration and listing, and compliance with post-marketing reporting obligations. As a result, our facilities are subject to regulation by the FDA, as well as regulatory bodies of other jurisdictions in which we operate.
We hold various licenses and registrations for our manufacturing activities. The primary licenses and registrations held are FDA Registrations of Drug Establishments and DEA Controlled Substance Registration. Due to certain U.S. state law requirements, we also hold certain state licenses for distribution activities throughout certain states. We also hold cGMP certifications for European Union, or EU, importation of products made in Gainesville for sale in the EU and an ANVISA certification for sale in Brazil. Compliance with these licensing and regulatory requirements is a key aspect of our business and, if there are changes in the regulations applicable to our business in the United States or other jurisdictions, we may be required to obtain additional approvals or operate according to different manufacturing or operating standards or pay additional fees. This may require a change in our manufacturing techniques or additional capital investments in our facilities.
In certain of our commercial partnerships, our commercial partner is the product authorization holder for products that have been developed on behalf of the commercial partner. In other commercial partnerships, we are the authorization holder. When our commercial partner holds the relevant authorization from the FDA or other national regulator, we support this authorization by furnishing a letter of reference to the Drug Master File, or the chemistry, manufacturing and related data to the relevant regulator or sponsor to provide adequate manufacturing support in respect of the product. We generally update this information annually with the relevant regulator.
We hold the approved NDAs for Verelan SR and Verelan PM, which we license to Lannett and Teva, respectively. Verapamil SR and Verapamil PM are authorized generics.
Environmental and Safety Matters
Certain products manufactured by us involve the use, storage and transportation of toxic or hazardous material. Our operations are subject to extensive laws and regulations relating to the storage, handling, emissions, transportation and discharge of materials into the environment and the maintenance of safe working conditions. We maintain environmental and industrial safety and health compliance programs and training at our facilities.
Prevailing legislation tends to hold companies primarily responsible for the proper disposal of their waste even after transfer to third party waste disposal facilities. Other future developments, such as increasingly strict environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, and enforcement policies, could result in substantial costs and liabilities to us and could subject the handling, manufacture, use, reuse or disposal of substances or pollutants at our facilities to more rigorous scrutiny than at present.
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Intellectual Property
The products we produce for our commercial partners are also typically covered by patents and patent applications owned by them. Although certain patents may have expired or may expire in the future, we believe there are other barriers to entry for our commercial partners and competition, including ownership of regulatory filings, NDAs, abbreviated new drug applications, or ANDAs, and drug master files, or DMFs, manufacturing trade secrets, proprietary dosage strengths, pricing limitations in various geographies, costs to revalidate with another supplier, maturity and life-cycle stage of products. We have acquired and developed and continue to acquire and develop knowledge and expertise and trade secrets in the provision of formulation, process development and manufacturing services. We intend to rely on a combination of patents and trade secrets, as well as confidentiality agreements and license agreements, to protect our proprietary know-how.
Competition
The contract development and manufacturing industry for pharmaceuticals is intensely competitive and highly regulated. Our current and future competitors include other CDMOs as well as segments of larger pharmaceutical, biotechnology and specialty pharmaceutical companies. Many of our competitors have greater financial and other resources than we have, such as more commercial resources, larger staff and more extensive marketing and manufacturing organizations.
We compete with other CDMOs such as Adare Pharma Solutions, Aenova Alcami, Avara Pharmaceutical Services, Corden Pharma, CoreRx, Pharmaceutics International, Quotient Sciences and Recipharm, segments of larger companies such as Patheon (a segment of ThermoFisher Scientific), Lonza and Catalent, as well as other development and manufacturing service providers.
Government Regulation
Governmental authorities in the United States at the federal, state and local level, and the equivalent regulatory authorities in other countries, extensively regulate the research, development, testing, manufacture, quality control, approval, labeling, packaging, storage, record-keeping, post-market reporting, promotion, distribution, marketing, export and import of prescription drugs, such as those we are developing and manufacturing. Any drug products developed or manufactured by us are subject to pervasive and continuing regulation by the FDA, including compliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMP, which impose procedural and documentation requirements. The FDA or other regulatory agencies can delay approval of a drug if our manufacturing facilities are not able to demonstrate compliance with cGMPs, pass other aspects of pre-approval inspections (i.e., compliance with filed submissions) or properly scale up to produce commercial supplies. Drug manufacturers and their subcontractors, and those supplying products, ingredients and components of them, are required to register their establishments with the FDA and state agencies and are subject to periodic announced and unannounced inspections by the FDA and state agencies for compliance with cGMP and other regulations. In addition, changes to the manufacturing process are strictly regulated, and, depending on the significance of the change, may require prior FDA approval before being implemented. FDA regulations also require investigation and correction of any deviations from cGMP and impose reporting and documentation requirements. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in the area of production and quality control to maintain compliance with cGMPs and other aspects of regulatory compliance. Failure to comply with applicable requirements may result in restrictions on a product, manufacturer or holder of an approved NDA, including withdrawal of product approval, recall or seizure of the product or other voluntary, FDA‑initiated or judicial action that could delay or prohibit further operations.
The DSCSA added new sections to the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act, or FD&C Act, that require manufacturers, repackagers, wholesale distributors, dispensers, and third-party logistics providers to take steps to identify and trace certain prescription drugs to protect against the threats of counterfeit, stolen, contaminated, or otherwise harmful drugs in the supply chain. Among other mandates, the DSCSA requires manufacturers and repackagers to affix or imprint a unique product identifier (comprised of a standardized numerical identifier, lot number, and expiration date of the product) on certain prescription drug packages in both a human-readable and on a machine-readable data carrier. The standardized numerical identifier is comprised of the product’s corresponding National Drug Code combined with a unique alphanumeric serial number. A drug product is misbranded if it does not bear the product identifier as required by Section 582 of the FD&C Act. Section 582 also established several requirements relating to the verification of product identifiers.
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Certain products that we manufacture are regulated as “controlled substances” as defined in the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, or CSA, which establishes registration, security, recordkeeping, reporting, storage, distribution and other requirements administered and enforced by the DEA. The DEA is concerned with the control and handling of controlled substances, and with the equipment and raw materials used in their manufacture and packaging, in order to prevent loss and diversion into illicit channels of commerce. Annual registration is required for any facility that manufactures, distributes, dispenses, imports or exports any controlled substance. The registration is specific to the particular location, activity and controlled substance schedule.
The DEA regulates controlled substances by controlling them in five schedules. Schedule I and II controlled substances have a high potential for abuse, whereas Schedule III-V controlled substances have relatively decreasing potential for abuse. Therefore, the DEA imposes more stringent controls on Schedule I and II substances than Schedule III-V substances, including stricter security controls, quotas, and increased recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Certain of the products we manufacture and/or develop are regulated as Schedule II controlled substances. The DEA establishes annually an aggregate quota for how much certain controlled substances that we manufacture may be produced in total in the United States, based on the DEA’s estimate of the quantity needed to meet legitimate scientific and medicinal needs. This limited aggregate amount that the DEA allows to be produced in the United States each year is allocated among individual companies, who must submit applications annually to the DEA for individual production and procurement quotas. We must receive an annual quota from the DEA in order to produce any Schedule II substance. The DEA may adjust aggregate production quotas and individual production and procurement quotas from time to time during the year, although the DEA has substantial discretion in whether or not to make such adjustments. In April 2018, the DEA proposed new guidelines aimed at strengthening the process for setting controls over diversion of controlled substances and making other improvements in the quota managements regulatory system for the production, manufacturing and procurement of controlled substances. Following a public comment period, the DEA published the final guidelines, which were substantially similar to the proposed guidelines, in July 2018. For 2019, the DEA proposed decreased manufacturing quotas for the six most frequently misused opioids, including hydrocodone, which we used in the manufacture of certain products, by an average of 10% as compared to the 2018 quotas. The DEA proposed further decreasing manufacturing quotas in 2020 for five of the six opioids, including hydrocodone, by an average of 28%. Together with reductions in morphine, this is a 53% decrease since 2016. In October 2019, the DEA proposed additional regulations to amend the manner in which the agency grants quotas to manufacturers, and in August 2023, the DEA published a final rule to finalize the amended regulations. The final rule became effective on November 29, 2023, and the amended regulations establish use-specific quotas, including commercial sales, product development, transfer, replacement, and packaging/repackaging and labeling/relabeling. Further, to decrease the risk of diversion and increase accountability, the final rule reduces inventory allowances and requires procurement quota certifications. In April 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the DEA adjusted the established 2020 aggregate production quotas and assessment of annual needs for select Schedule II substances. The DEA took this action to ensure that the country has an adequate and uninterrupted supply of these substances during the public health emergency. In November 2020, the DEA finalized further decreases to the quota for hydrocodone by 11.5%, which it had proposed in September 2020. In December 2021, the DEA further decreased the quota for hydrocodone by 4% for 2022, which it had proposed in October 2021. The DEA finalized the 2023 quotas in December 2022 and included a 5% decrease for Schedule II opioids such as oxycodone and hydrocodone. In January 2024, the DEA finalized the 2024 quotas and included slight decreases to the quotas for oxycodone and hydrocodone, which it had proposed in November 2023.
The DEA requires facilities that manufacture controlled substances to adhere to certain security requirements. Security requirements vary by controlled substance schedule, with the most stringent requirements applying to Schedule I and Schedule II substances. Required security measures include background checks on employees and physical control of inventory through measures such as cages, surveillance cameras and inventory reconciliations. Records must be maintained for the handling of all controlled substances and periodic reports must be made to the DEA, for example, distribution, acquisition, and inventory reports for Schedule I and II controlled substances, Schedule III substances that are narcotics and other designated substances. Reports must also be made for thefts or losses of any controlled substance and suspicious orders. In addition, special authorization and notification requirements apply to imports and exports.
The DEA requires drug manufacturers to design and implement a system that identifies suspicious orders of controlled substances, such as those of unusual size, those that deviate substantially from a normal pattern and those of unusual frequency, prior to completion of the sale. A compliant suspicious order monitoring, or SOM, system includes well-defined due diligence, “know your customer” efforts and order monitoring.
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To enforce these requirements, the DEA conducts periodic inspections of registered establishments that handle controlled substances. Individual states also independently regulate controlled substances. We are subject to state regulation of distribution for these products. Failure to maintain compliance with applicable requirements, particularly where noncompliance results in loss or diversion, can result in enforcement action that could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. The DEA may seek civil penalties, refuse to renew necessary registrations or initiate proceedings to revoke those registrations, or take other enforcement action. In certain circumstances, violations could result in criminal prosecution.
In addition to DEA regulations, the U.S. government and state legislatures have enacted legislation and regulations intended to fight the opioid epidemic. In February 2016, the FDA released an action plan to address the opioid epidemic, which is part of a broader initiative led by the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the release of a new Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, FDA’s requirement of enhanced warnings and safety labeling, and institution of a class-wide Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or REMS, as a condition of approval. Further, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, or CARA, was passed in 2016. CARA provides resources to improve state monitoring of controlled substances, including opioids. A Senate bill introduced in February 2018, known as CARA 2.0, would further limit initial prescriptions for opioids to three days, while exempting initial prescriptions for chronic care, cancer care, hospice or end of life care, and palliative care. CARA 2.0 would also increase civil and criminal penalties for opioid manufacturers that fail to report suspicious orders for opioids or fail to maintain effective controls against diversion of opioids. More recently, the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment for Patients and Communities Act, or Support Act, has been enacted. It provides for further regulation as well as funding for research and development of non-addictive painkillers. State legislatures have followed in the footsteps of the federal government in passing similar laws intended to limit prescription sales and quantities as well as increase the ability to monitor and regulate the manufacture and sale of opioids.
Corporate Information
We were incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in November 2007. Our principal executive offices are located at 1 E. Uwchlan Ave, Suite 112, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341 and our telephone number is (770) 534-8239.
Employees and Human Capital Resources
Employees
As of December 31, 2023, we had 258 full-time employees. None of our employees are represented by a labor union or covered by collective bargaining agreements, and we believe our relationship with our employees is good.
Diversity & Inclusion
We are fundamentally committed to creating and maintaining a work environment in which employees are treated fairly, with dignity, decency, respect and in accordance with all applicable laws. We strive to create a professional work environment that is free from all forms of harassment, discrimination and bullying in the workplace, including sexual harassment and any form of retaliation. We are an equal opportunity employer and we strive to administer all human resources actions and policies without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, past or present military or veteran status, marital status, familial status, or any other status protected by applicable law. Our management team and employees are expected to exhibit and promote honest, ethical, and respectful conduct in the workplace. All employees must adhere to a code of conduct that sets standards for appropriate behavior and are required to attend annual training to help prevent, identify, report, and stop any type of discrimination and harassment. Our recruitment, hiring, development, training, compensation, and advancement at our company is based on qualifications, performance, skills, and experience without regard to gender, race and ethnicity.
Competitive Pay & Benefits
We provide robust compensation and benefits programs to help meet the needs of our employees. In addition to salaries, these programs include potential annual discretionary bonuses, a 401(k) plan, healthcare and insurance benefits, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, various leave programs and flexible work schedules, among others. In addition, we offer every full-time employee, both exempt and non-exempt, the benefit of equity ownership in the company through stock option grants. We have also used targeted equity-based grants with vesting conditions to facilitate retention of personnel, particularly those with critical drug development skills and experience.
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Safety
The safety, health and wellness of our employees is a top priority. Employees receive employee health and safety focused training on a monthly basis, ranging from regulatory compliance to industry best practices. Departments hold monthly safety meetings covering a wide variety of applicable safety topics such as hazard communication, personal protective equipment, lab and material movement safety, fall protection and many others. These protocols were designed to comply with health and safety standards as required by federal, state, and local government agencies, taking into consideration guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health authorities. In addition, we have provided work-at-home arrangements for employees who are able to do so.
Available Information
Our website address is www.ir.societalcdmo.com. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, any amendments to those reports, filed or furnished with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, are available free of charge through our website. We make these materials available through our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such materials with, or furnish such materials to, the SEC. The reports filed with the SEC by our executive officers and directors pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act are also made available, free of charge on our website, as soon as reasonably practicable after copies of those filings are provided to us by those persons. These materials can be accessed through the “Investor” section of our website. The information contained in, or that can be accessed through, our website is not part of this Annual Report.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The following risk factors and other information included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K should be carefully considered. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we presently deem less significant may also impair our business operations. Please see page 3 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of some of the forward-looking statements that are qualified by these risk factors. If any of the following risks occur, our business, financial condition, results of operations and future growth prospects could be materially and adversely affected. All references and risks related to the launch, commercialization or sale of any of our product candidates are predicated on such product candidates receiving the requisite marketing and regulatory approval in the United States and applicable foreign jurisdictions.
Risks Related to the Pending Acquisition
The completion of the Offer and the Merger are subject to conditions, some or all of which may not be satisfied or completed on a timely basis, if at all. Failure to complete the Offer and the Merger could have material adverse effects on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
On February 28, 2024, we entered into the Merger Agreement with CoreRx and Merger Sub. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein, CoreRx will commence the Offer to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock. Following the consummation of the Offer, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into us, with us continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger. The completion of the Offer and the Merger are subject to a number of conditions, which make the completion and timing of the Offer and Merger uncertain. There can be no assurance that the conditions to the completion of the Offer and the Merger will be satisfied or waived, that the Offer and the Merger will be completed on the expected timeframe or at all, or that the Offer and the Merger will be consummated as contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
If the Offer and Merger are not consummated within the expected time frame or at all, we may be subject to a number of material risks and our financial results and operations may be materially adversely affected. Our share price may fluctuate significantly based on announcement by CoreRx, other third parties or us regarding the Offer and Merger.
In the event the Offer and the Merger are not timely consummated, the price of our common stock may decline. In addition, some costs related to the Offer and the Merger must be paid whether or not the Offer and the Merger are completed, and we have incurred, and will continue to incur, significant costs, expenses and fees for professional services and other transaction costs in connection with the proposed transaction, as well as the diversion of management and resources towards the Offer and Merger, for which we will have received little or no benefit if completion of the Merger does not occur. In such an event, we may also experience negative reactions from our investors, suppliers, and employees. In addition, if the Merger Agreement is terminated under specified circumstances, we will be required to pay CoreRx a termination fee of $5.0 million.
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The Merger Agreement limits our ability to pursue alternative transactions, which could deter a third party from proposing an alternative transaction.
The Merger Agreement contains customary “no-shop” restrictions that, subject to certain exceptions, inhibit our ability to solicit alternative transaction proposals from third parties and engage in discussions or negotiations with third parties regarding transaction proposals. In the event we receive any alternative transaction proposal, then we are required to provide prompt notice (and in any event within 24 hours after receipt thereof) and certain information concerning such proposal to CoreRx. It is possible that these or other provisions in the Merger Agreement, including a termination fee of $5.0 million payable to CoreRx under certain circumstances, might discourage a potential competing acquirer that might have an interest in acquiring all or a significant part of our outstanding common stock from considering an acquisition or might result in a potential competing acquirer proposing an overall lower per-share consideration amount than it might otherwise have proposed to offer.
Lawsuits may be filed against us and the members of our board of directors arising out of the proposed Offer and Merger, which may delay or prevent the proposed Offer and Merger.
Putative shareholder complaints, including shareholder class action complaints, and other complaints may be filed against us, our board of directors, CoreRx, CoreRx’s board of directors, and others in the future in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. The outcome of future litigation is uncertain, and we may not be successful in defending against any such future claims. Future lawsuits that may be filed against us, our board of directors, CoreRx, or CoreRx’s board of directors could delay or prevent the consummation of the Offer and the Merger, divert the attention of our management and employees from our day-to-day business, and otherwise adversely affect us financially.
The following risk factors do not take into account the planned Offer and Merger and assume that we continue to operate our business.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
Our revenues are dependent on a small number of commercial partners, and the loss of any one of these partners, or a decline in their orders, may adversely affect our business.
We are dependent on a small number of commercial partners, with our three largest customers or customer groups (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., or Teva, Novartis Pharma AG and Sandoz Group AG, or Novartis/Sandoz, and Lannett Company, Inc., or Lannett) having generated 70% of our revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023, of which Teva generated 35%, Novartis/Sandoz generated 19% and Lannett generated 16%. Any increases in competition in the market, pricing adjustments, significantly reduced purchasing volume or financial difficulties (for example, the recent Lannett bankruptcy) with any one or more of our key commercial partners could adversely affect our revenue. If any one or more of these commercial partners faces increasing or new competition in their market, adjusts pricing, significantly reduces their purchasing volume or experiences financial difficulties such as bankruptcy, our revenues could be adversely affected.
Our profit sharing, royalty, and manufacturing revenues also depend on the ability of our commercial partners to effectively market and sell their products to their customers. A commercial partner may choose to devote its efforts to its other products or reduce or fail to devote the necessary resources to provide effective sales and marketing support for the products we manufacture and supply. Furthermore, the acquisition of or change in strategy by one of our customers could impact projects we are currently working on or planning to work on in the future. Our commercial partners face competition from other pharmaceutical companies for sales of products to end users. Competition from sellers of generic drugs is a major challenge for our commercial partners, and the loss or expiration of intellectual property rights for the products we manufacture can have a significant adverse effect on their sales volume and price. Our commercial partners have also experienced difficulties in recent years as the pharmaceutical industry was impacted by labor shortages, supply chain shortages, inflationary pressures, economic slowdown or recession, banking instability and geopolitical turmoil. Similar pressures could lead a partner to discontinue a product, make pricing changes or change ordering patterns. In addition, as pharmaceutical product pricing faces scrutiny by governments, legislative bodies and enforcement agencies, our commercial partners may lower their prices or adopt cost-savings measures which could be passed on to us or otherwise impact our profit-sharing revenues. Further, any commercial partner may divest the product we manufacture for them in whole or in certain markets, which may involve termination of our contract with such partner or the assignment of such contract to a new partner who may not be as effective at selling or commercializing such product. Pricing changes and any significant reduction, delay or cancellation of orders from our commercial partners could adversely affect our revenues.
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Our failure to obtain new customer contracts or renew existing contracts may adversely affect our business.
Our agreements with Teva and Lannett expire on December 31, 2024 and our agreement with Novartis/Sandoz expires on December 31, 2026. If any of these commercial partners fail to renew their contract, our revenues could be materially and adversely affected. We continually seek to renew existing customer contracts and secure new contracts, which subjects us to potentially significant pricing pressures. In the event we are unable to replace existing contracts in a timely manner or at all, or are forced to accept terms, including pricing terms, less favorable to us, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
We have a history of losses. If we cannot achieve and maintain profitability and secure additional business, we may have to raise additional capital, which may not be on terms that are acceptable to us.
We have incurred losses of $13.3 million, $19.9 million and $11.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $278.9 million. We have financed our operations through the issuance of debt and equity and through operations, and as of December 31, 2023, we had $39.5 million of outstanding indebtedness, $35.1 million of which was with Royal Bank of Canada. In addition, in the event a customer timely cancels its commitments prior to our initiation of manufacturing services, we may be required to refund some or all of the advance payments made to us under those canceled commitments, which would have a negative impact on our liquidity and future revenue.
In the event we are unable to maintain sufficient business to support our current operations, we may need to raise additional capital in the future. There can be no assurance that equity financing will be available on acceptable terms or at all. Our ability to raise additional capital in the equity markets to fund our future operations is dependent on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the market demand for our common stock. The market demand or liquidity of our common stock is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, our financial results and economic and market conditions. In addition, even if we are able to raise additional capital, it may not be at a price or on terms that are acceptable to us.
Our historical operating results indicate substantial doubt exists related to our ability to operate as a going concern.
We have incurred net losses and used significant cash in operating activities since inception, and we expect to continue to generate operating losses for the foreseeable future. As of December 31, 2023, we had an accumulated deficit of $278.9 million. We held cash, cash equivalents and investments in debt securities of $8.1 million as of December 31, 2023. Based on current trends and activities, there is significant doubt that we can continue as a going concern beyond one year after the issuance of this report.
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Our consolidated audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023 have been prepared under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern for the next 12 months. Our future operations are highly dependent on the profitability of our development and manufacturing operations. The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a slowdown in clinical development activities resulting from reduced cash funding, and we have been experiencing higher rates of customer attrition and development program delays which have negatively impacted earnings and cash flows. As a result, management reduced its earnings and cash flow projections during 2023. These factors, and the related impact on debt covenant compliance, continue to impact us through the present day and are expected to continue. Our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada contains certain financial and other covenants, including minimum liquidity requirements, maximum net leverage ratios and minimum fixed charge coverage ratios, and includes limitations on, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness, paying dividends, acquisitions and certain investments. Due to the factors discussed above, there is significant uncertainty as to whether we will be able to comply with these covenants in future periods. Further, management concluded that substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern exists as of the date of the issuance of these financial statements. Our auditors also included an explanatory paragraph in its report on our financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023 with respect to this uncertainty, the delivery to the lenders of which pursuant to the credit agreement would result in a default under the credit agreement in effect prior to giving effect to the third amendment to the credit agreement. On March 21, 2024, we entered into a third amendment to the credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, which extended the deadline until April 30, 2024 for delivery of (i) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and (ii) the corresponding audit report without a “going concern” explanatory paragraph. The extension of the deadline to submit these documents effectively delays the default under the amended credit agreement until May 1, 2024. The third amendment also (i) defers the $4.0 million quarterly minimum liquidity covenant as of March 31, 2024 until as of April 30, 2024 and (ii) clarified that a $1.5 million monthly liquidity covenant was not applicable as of March 31, 2024. This amendment to the credit agreement was made, in part, to provide us with flexibility to complete the planned merger, to prevent the explanatory paragraph in the auditor’s report from triggering a default under the credit agreement until May 1, 2024 and to allow certain discretionary cash payments that management intends to make prior to closing the planned merger from potentially triggering a default of the minimum liquidity covenant prior to April 30, 2024. Absent completion of the planned merger before May 1, 2024, which is expected to result in the repayment and termination of the credit agreement, or additional amendments to, or waivers under, the credit agreement, we expect that an event of default would be triggered once the audited financial statements are delivered to Royal Bank of Canada under the terms of the amended credit agreement. Any failure to comply with the other terms, covenants and conditions of the credit agreement or the debt agreements may also result in an event of default under such agreements, which could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and results of operations.
If we continue to experience operating losses, we may not be able to comply with financial and other covenants in future periods. In addition, we may not be able to generate additional liquidity through a capital raise or other cash infusion, we may need to secure additional sources of funds, which may or may not be available to us. If we are unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on terms acceptable to us, we may have to further scale back or initiate steps to cease operations.
In addition, we may be unable to make required payments under our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada or otherwise comply with the provisions of our lease agreement with Tenet Equity Funding SPE Gainesville, LLC, or Lessor, or the subordinated promissory note with IriSys. Any such failure to make payments under our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada or otherwise comply with the provisions of our lease agreement with Lessor or the subordinated promissory note with IriSys could result in an “event of default” under each such agreement and also could result in a cross default under certain of the other agreements. Upon the occurrence of an “event of default” under the subordinated promissory note, the entire unpaid principal amount, all accrued and unpaid interest and any other amounts due automatically accelerate and are due on the date of occurrence of an event of default. Upon the occurrence of an “event of default” under the lease agreement, remedies available to the Lessor generally include, without limitation, terminating such lease agreement, repossessing and reletting the leased property, and recover all costs and losses paid or incurred by Lessor as a result of such breach. The exercise of the aforementioned remedies could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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Failure to obtain manufacturing components, supplies and related materials from third-party manufacturers, including due to supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressures on materials and labor, could affect our ability to manufacture and deliver our products and sustain our profitability.
We rely on third-party manufacturers to supply many of our manufacturing components, supplies and related materials, which in some instances are supplied from a single source. We also rely on our labor force to sustain our operations. Prolonged disruptions in the supply of any of our key manufacturing components, supplies and related materials, difficulty implementing replacement materials or new sources of supply; or a significant increase in the prices of manufacturing components, supplies and related materials or labor could have a material adverse effect on our operating results, financial condition or cash flows. In particular, manufacturing problems may occur with these suppliers, and if a supplier provides us with manufacturing components, supplies and related materials that are deficient or defective or if a supplier fails to provide us with such materials or supplies in a timely manner, we may have limited ability to find appropriate substitutes or otherwise meet required specifications and deadlines. Moreover, we could experience inventory shortages if we are required to use an alternative supplier on short notice, which also could lead to manufacturing components, supplies and related materials being purchased on less favorable terms than we have with our regular suppliers. If such problems occur, we may not be able to manufacture our products profitably or on time, which could harm our reputation and have a material adverse effect on our business.
We are experiencing a higher level of residual supply chain disruptions that we are actively managing to meet our production timelines and that may constrain our ability to capture additional growth opportunities, beyond our established projections, from customers who would otherwise want to increase their safety stock of the products that we produce.
If our suppliers are unable to provide the products and manufacturing components necessary to conduct our business, we may experience inventory shortages, and could be required to use an alternative supplier on short notice and enter into agreements on less favorable terms than we have with our regular suppliers. We also rely on third parties for the maintenance of our facilities and equipment.
Unstable market and macroeconomic conditions may have serious adverse consequences on our business, financial condition, and stock price.
Global financial markets have and may continue to experience extreme volatility and disruptions, declines in consumer confidence, declines in economic growth, increases in unemployment rates and uncertainty about economic stability, political unrest and other factors beyond control. There can be no assurance that further deterioration in credit and financial markets and confidence in economic conditions will not occur. Our general business strategy and ability to raise capital may be adversely affected by any such economic downturn, volatile business environment, or continued unpredictable and unstable market conditions, including as a result of liquidity constraints, failures and instability in U.S. and international financial banking systems. If the current equity and credit markets deteriorate, it may make any necessary debt or equity financing more difficult, more costly, and more dilutive. Failure to secure any necessary financing in a timely manner and on favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our growth strategy, financial performance, and stock price. In addition, there is a risk that one or more of our current customers, vendors or other partners may not survive such difficult economic times, which could directly affect our business.
In addition, the stock markets have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies, which has resulted in decreased stock prices for many companies notwithstanding the lack of a fundamental change in their underlying business models or prospects. These fluctuations have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Further, the impacts of geopolitical turmoil, such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the current conflict in Israel and Gaza (including any escalation or expansion), social unrest, political instability in the United States and elsewhere, terrorism, cyber warfare or other acts of war could lead to disruption, instability and volatility in the global markets, which may have an adverse impact on our business or ability to access the capital markets. Broad market and industry factors, including potentially worsening economic conditions and other adverse effects, political, regulatory, and other market conditions, may negatively affect the market price of shares of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance.
We anticipate the continuation of a general slowdown in clinical development activity as a result of clinical failures and/or a lack of adequate funding to go forward. In 2023, we made efforts to adapt to these market changes, including a reconfiguration of our business development team to be better positioned in the longer-term by focusing on account management roles and replacing lost positions in strategic focus areas and a strategic restructuring plan to address the financing challenges in the pharmaceutical industry and increase operational efficiency in areas of historical strength. The ongoing slowdown and/or the reconfiguration may continue to cause a reduction in the number of business development opportunities that we will be able to pursue in 2024.
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We expect to face continuing inflationary pressures on raw materials, labor and logistics during 2024. If inflation or other factors were to significantly increase our business costs, it may not be feasible to pass price increases on to our customers. Interest rates, the liquidity of the credit markets and the volatility of the capital markets could also affect our interest costs under our Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, based term loan borrowings or our ability to access the capital markets. Any such increases in our costs or inability to access capital could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial conditions.
Our customers’ failure to receive or maintain regulatory approval for product candidates or products, or our failure to maintain regulatory approvals for manufacturing, could negatively impact our revenue and profitability.
Our business materially depends upon the regulatory approval of the products we manufacture. As such, if our customers experience a delay in, or failure to receive, approval for any of their product candidates or fail to maintain regulatory approval of products, our revenue and profitability could be adversely affected. Additionally, if the FDA or a comparable foreign regulatory authority does not approve of our facilities for the manufacture of a customer product or if it withdraws such approval in the future, our customers may choose to identify alternative manufacturing facilities and/or relationships, which could significantly impact our ability to expand our capacity and capabilities.
We depend on spending and demand from our customers for our contract manufacturing and development services and any reduction in spending or demand could have a material adverse effect on our business.
The amount that our customers spend on the development and manufacture of their products or product candidates, particularly the amount our customers choose to spend on outsourcing these services to us, substantially impacts our revenue and profitability. The outcomes of our customers’ research, development and marketing also significantly influence the amount that our customers choose to spend on our services and offerings. Our customers determine the amounts that they will spend on our services based upon, among other things, the clinical and market success of their products, available resources, access to capital and their need to develop new products, which, in turn, depend upon a number of other factors, including their competitors’ research, development and product initiatives and the anticipated market for any new products, as well as clinical and reimbursement scenarios for specific products and therapeutic areas. Due to economic developments related to stock market conditions and geopolitical turmoil, such as the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the current conflict in Israel and Gaza (including any escalation or expansion), which continue to have adverse effects on the U.S. and global financial markets, we have been experiencing the effects of a general slowdown in clinical development activity as a result of clinical failures and/or a lack of adequate funding to go forward. The slowdown has caused us to experience delays in and reductions to our backlog and we may continue to experience adverse effects such as delays in and reductions to our backlog and/or a reduction in the number of business development opportunities that we will be able to pursue or close. In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has experienced pressure with respect to access to capital, which may require some of our customers to limit their spending on research and development as they re-assess budgets. Further, increasing consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry may impact such spending, particularly in the event that any of our customers choose to develop or acquire integrated manufacturing operations. Any reduction in customer spending on development and related services as a result of these and other factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Our future profitability could decline if we cannot sustain current operating conditions, including maintaining our current facility and equipment utilization and product mix.
Our business is complex and depends upon a number of variables to sustain our profitability, including how well we leverage our fixed manufacturing costs and maintain our product sales mix.
We have incurred significant fixed costs to purchase equipment that supports our current and future customer base across a wide range of dosage forms and production scales. We depend on our workforce to operate our equipment, and we depend on customers to provide orders that will utilize our equipment. If we are not able to fully utilize our manufacturing capacity due to labor shortages, changes in customer or product mix, or changes in volume, our margins could be adversely affected. Further, there can be no assurance that our future revenue will be sufficient to ensure the economical operation of our facilities, in which case our results of operations could be adversely affected.
Some of our commercial products are significantly more profitable than others and may include profit-sharing, royalty or other forms of associated income. As a result, if we experience more growth in products that are less profitable than others, even if our revenues remain consistent or grow overall, we could become less profitable. Achieving and sustaining our profitability depends upon us experiencing a similar or more favorable mix of revenue, that will depend upon the nature of the different products and services that we offer and/or our customers' request. If we recognize less revenue from our most profitable products as a percentage of total revenue, our future profitability could be materially adversely impacted.
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Our manufacturing services are highly complex, and if we are unable to provide quality and timely services to our customers, our business could suffer.
The manufacturing services we offer are highly complex, due in part to strict regulatory requirements. A failure of our quality control systems in our facilities could cause problems to arise in connection with facility operations for a variety of reasons, including equipment malfunction, viral contamination, failure to follow specific manufacturing instructions, protocols and standard operating procedures, problems with raw materials or environmental factors. Such problems could affect production of a single manufacturing run or a series of runs, requiring the destruction of products, or could halt manufacturing operations altogether. In addition, our failure to meet required quality standards may result in our failure to timely deliver products to our customers, which in turn could damage our reputation for quality and service. Any such incident could, among other things, lead to increased costs, lost revenue, reimbursement to customers for lost drug substance, damage to and possibly termination of existing customer relationships, time and expense spent investigating the cause and, depending on the cause, similar losses with respect to other manufacturing runs. With respect to our commercial manufacturing, if problems are not discovered before the product is released to the market, we may be subject to regulatory actions, including product recalls, product seizures, injunctions to halt manufacture and distribution, restrictions on our operations, civil sanctions, including monetary sanctions, and criminal actions. In addition, such issues could subject us to litigation, the cost of which could be significant.
If the products we manufacture for our customers do not gain market acceptance, and if there are adverse changes in the healthcare industry, our business, results of operations and financial condition may suffer.
We depend on, and have no control over, consumer demand for the products we manufacture for our customers. Consumer demand for our customers’ products could be adversely affected by, among other things, delays in regulatory review or approval, the inability of our customers to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of their products, the loss of patent and other intellectual property rights protection, the emergence of competing or alternative products, including generic drugs, the degree to which private and government payment subsidies for a particular product offset the cost to consumers and changes in the marketing strategies for such products. If the products we manufacture for our customers do not gain market acceptance, our revenues and profitability may be adversely affected.
We believe that continued changes to the healthcare industry, including ongoing healthcare reform, adverse changes in government or private funding of healthcare products and services, legislation or regulations governing the privacy of patient information or patient access to care, or the delivery, pricing or reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and healthcare services or mandated benefits, may cause healthcare industry participants to purchase fewer services from us or influence the price that others are willing to pay for our services. Changes in the healthcare industry’s pricing, selling, inventory, distribution or supply policies or practices could also significantly reduce our revenue and profitability.
Our operating results may fluctuate significantly, which could adversely impact our stock price.
Our operating results may be subject to quarterly and annual fluctuations. Our operating results will be affected by numerous factors, including:
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Due to the various factors mentioned above, and others, the results of prior periods should not be relied upon as an indication of our future operating performance. If our operating results fall below the expectations of investors or securities analysts, the price of our common stock could decline substantially. Furthermore, any fluctuations in our operating results may, in turn, cause the price of our stock to fluctuate substantially.
We have incurred significant indebtedness, which could adversely affect our business.
As of December 31, 2023, we had outstanding indebtedness of $39.5 million. Our indebtedness could have important consequences to our shareholders. For example, it:
Any of the above-listed factors could have a material adverse affect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Our credit agreement, as amended, with Royal Bank of Canada also contains certain financial and other covenants, including a minimum liquidity requirement, maximum net leverage ratios and minimum fixed charge coverage ratios, and includes limitations on, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness, paying dividends, acquisitions and certain investments. The credit agreement provides for certain mandatory prepayment events, including with respect to the proceeds of asset sales, extraordinary receipts, debt issuances and other specified events, based on the terms of the credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada. Any failure to comply with the terms, covenants and conditions of the credit agreement may result in an event of default under such agreement, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operation. Additionally, pursuant to a related security agreement between us and Royal Bank of Canada, we granted Royal Bank of Canada a security interest in substantially all of our assets to secure their obligations to Royal Bank of Canada under the credit agreement. The security interest granted over our assets could limit our ability to obtain additional debt financing. As discussed in note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, we have concluded that substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern. Absent completion of the planned merger before May 1, 2024, which is expected to result in the repayment and termination of the credit agreement, or additional amendments to, or waivers under, the credit agreement, we expect that an event of default would be triggered once the audited financial statements are delivered to Royal Bank of Canada under the terms of the amended credit agreement.
We cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations or that future financing will be available to us in amounts sufficient to enable us to make required and timely payments on our indebtedness, enable us to comply with the covenants under our credit agreement, or to fund our operations.
Our ability to close the sale of land adjacent to our Gainesville, Georgia manufacturing campus, or the Land Sale, is subject to several customary closing conditions, which may impact our ability to complete the Land Sale on the anticipated timeline or at all.
We have signed a sales and purchase agreement, as amended, related to the Land Sale, pursuant to which we agreed to sell approximately 121 acres of land adjacent to our Gainesville, Georgia manufacturing campus for expected proceeds of $8.0 million. We are obligated to use the proceeds of the Land Sale to repay outstanding balances under our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada. We expect to close the Land Sale by the end of the second quarter of 2024; however, the closing of the Land Sale may be extended by three 30-day extensions and is also subject to customary closing conditions for transactions of this type, including completion of buyers permitting.
Because the closing of the Land Sale did not occur within 12 months of closing under our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, (i) the amortization percentages under the credit agreement have increased by an additional 0.625% for each installment due until such time as such real property is sold and the required payment is made to Royal Bank of Canada and (ii) we paid a fee equal to 1.00% of the original principal amount of the term loan.
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Any delay in the closing of the Land Sale, or failure of the Land Sale to close at all, could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financing condition, including as a result of the changes under our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada as set forth above.
We operate in a highly competitive market and competition may adversely affect our business.
We operate in a market that is highly competitive. Our competition in the contract manufacturing market includes full-service contract manufacturers and large pharmaceutical companies offering third-party manufacturing services to fill their excess capacity. We may also compete with the internal operations of those pharmaceutical companies that choose to source their product offerings internally. Changes in the nature or extent of our customers’ requirements may render our offerings obsolete or non-competitive and could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, most of our competitors may have substantially greater financial, marketing, technical or other resources than we do. Moreover, additional competition may emerge, particularly in lower-cost jurisdictions such as India and China, which could, among other things, result in a decrease in the fees paid for our services, which may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.
Adverse developments affecting the financial services industry, including events or concerns involving liquidity, defaults or non-performance by financial institutions or transactional counterparties, could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Events involving limited liquidity, defaults, non-performance or other adverse developments that affect financial institutions, transactional counterparties or other companies in the financial services industry or the financial services industry generally, or concerns or rumors about any events of these kinds or other similar risks, have in the past and may in the future lead to market-wide liquidity problems. For example, in early 2023, several financial institutions closed and were taken into receivership by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Although we assess our banking and customer relationships as we believe necessary or appropriate, our access to funding sources and other credit arrangements in amounts adequate to finance or capitalize our current and projected future business operations could be significantly impaired by factors that affect us, the financial services industry or economy in general. These factors could include, among others, events such as liquidity constraints or failures, the ability to perform obligations under various types of financial, credit or liquidity agreements or arrangements, disruptions or instability in the financial services industry or financial markets, or concerns or negative expectations about the prospects for companies in the financial services industry.
In addition, investor concerns regarding the U.S. or international financial systems could result in less favorable commercial financing terms, including higher interest rates or costs and tighter financial and operating covenants, or systemic limitations on access to credit and liquidity sources, thereby making it more difficult for us to acquire financing on acceptable terms or at all. Any decline in available funding or access to our cash and liquidity resources could, among other risks, adversely impact our ability to meet our operating expenses, financial obligations or fulfill our other obligations, result in breaches of our contractual obligations or result in violations of federal or state wage and hour laws. Any of these impacts, or any other impacts resulting from the factors described above or other related or similar factors not described above, could have material adverse impacts on our liquidity and our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Our business, financial condition, and results of operations are subject to risks arising from the international scope of our manufacturing and supply relationships.
Some of our customers source raw materials outside the United States. As such, we are subject to risks associated with such international manufacturing relationships, including:
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Additionally, we are subject to periodic reviews and audits by governmental authorities responsible for administering import/export regulations. To the extent that we are unable to successfully defend against an audit or review, we may be required to pay assessments, penalties, and increased duties on products imported into the United States.
Issues with product quality could have a material adverse effect upon our business, subject us to regulatory actions and cause a loss of customer confidence in us or our products.
Our success depends upon the quality of our products. Quality management plays an essential role in meeting customer requirements, preventing defects, improving our customers' product candidates and services and assuring the safety and efficacy of their product candidates. Our future success depends on our ability to maintain and continuously improve our quality management program. A quality or safety issue may result in adverse inspection reports, warning letters, product recalls or seizures, monetary sanctions, injunctions to halt manufacture and distribution of products, civil or criminal sanctions, costly litigation, refusal of a government to grant approvals and licenses, restrictions on operations or withdrawal of existing approvals and licenses. An inability to address a quality or safety issue in an effective and timely manner may also cause negative publicity, a loss of customer confidence in us or our future products, which may result in difficulty in successfully launching product candidates and the loss of sales, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our development and formulation services projects are typically for a shorter term than our manufacturing projects, and any failure by us to maintain an adequate volume of development and formulation services projects, including due to lower than expected success rates of the products for which we provide services, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
Our pharmaceutical development services business contracts are generally shorter in term than our manufacturing contracts and typically require us to provide development services within a designated scope. Since our development and formulation services focus on products that are still in developmental stages, their viability depends on the ability of such products to reach their respective subsequent development phases. In many cases, such products do not reach subsequent development phases and, as a result, the profitability of the related pharmaceutical development service project may be limited. Even if a customer wishes to proceed with a project, the product we are developing on such customer’s behalf may fail to receive necessary regulatory approval or may have its development hindered by other factors, such as the development of a competing product.
If we are unable to continue to or timely obtain new projects from existing and new customers, our development and formulation services business could be adversely affected. Furthermore, although our development and formulation services business may act as a pipeline for our manufacturing services business, we cannot predict the conversion rate of our development and formulation services projects to commercial manufacturing services projects, or how successful we will be in winning new projects that lead to a viable product. As such, an increase in the turnover rate of our development and formulation services projects may not benefit our manufacturing services business at a later time.
In addition, our backlog is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including risk that a customer timely cancels its commitments, the risk that a customer may experience delays in its program(s) or otherwise, which could result in the postponement or cancellation of anticipated formulation, development and manufacturing services revenue. There is risk that our business development efforts may not materialize as quickly as we have projected, that we may not successfully execute on all customer projects, any of which could have a negative impact on our liquidity, reported backlog and future revenue. Further, the discontinuation of a project as a result of our failure to satisfy a customer’s requirements may also affect our ability to obtain future projects from such customer, as well as from new customers. Any failure by us to maintain a high volume of development and formulation services projects could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
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If we fail to meet the stringent requirements of governmental regulation in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products, we could incur substantial costs and a reduction in revenues.
We are required to maintain compliance with cGMP and applicable product tracking and tracing requirements, and our manufacturing facilities are subject to inspections by the FDA and other global regulators to confirm such compliance. Changes of suppliers or modifications of methods of manufacturing may require amending application(s) to the FDA and acceptance of the change by the FDA prior to release of our manufactured products. Because we produce multiple products at our manufacturing facilities, there are increased risks associated with cGMP compliance. We can provide no assurance that we will not encounter future inspections resulting in observations not acceptable by the FDA.
Our inability to demonstrate ongoing cGMP compliance could require us to engage in additional lengthy and expensive remediation efforts, withdraw or recall products and/or interrupt commercial supply of any products. Any delay, interruption or other issue that arises in the manufacture, fill/finish, packaging, or storage of any drug product as a result of a failure of our facilities to pass any regulatory agency inspection or maintain cGMP compliance could significantly impair our relationships with our commercial partners, which would substantially harm our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition. Any ongoing or additional findings of non-compliance could also increase our costs and cause us to lose revenue from manufactured products, which could be seriously detrimental to our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition.
Additionally, our manufacturing activities are subject to the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, or CSA, and the regulations of the DEA. Accordingly, we must adhere to a number of requirements with respect to controlled substances, including registration, recordkeeping and reporting requirements; labeling and packaging requirements; security controls, procurement and manufacturing quotas; and certain restrictions on refills. Failure to maintain compliance with applicable requirements can result in an enforcement action that could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and cash flows. The DEA may seek civil penalties, refuse to renew necessary registrations or initiate proceedings to revoke those registrations. In certain circumstances, violations could result in criminal proceedings.
Manufacturers of drug products and their facilities are subject to payment of substantial user fees and continual review and periodic inspections by the FDA and other regulatory authorities, including equivalent regulatory authorities in other countries, for compliance with cGMP regulations and adherence to commitments made in the NDA or the application for marketing authorization. If we, or a regulatory authority, discover previously unknown problems with a product, such as adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, or problems with a facility where the product is manufactured, a regulatory authority may impose restrictions relative to that product or the manufacturing facility, including requiring recall or withdrawal of the product from the market, suspension of manufacturing, or other FDA action or other action by the equivalent regulatory authorities in other countries.
If we use hazardous materials in a manner that causes injury or violates applicable law, we may be liable for damages.
Our operations involve the controlled use of hazardous materials and chemicals. We are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations in the U.S. governing the use, manufacture, storage, handling and disposal of hazardous materials and chemicals. Although we believe that our procedures for using, handling, storing and disposing of these materials comply with legally prescribed standards, we may incur significant additional costs to comply with applicable laws in the future. Even if we comply with applicable laws, we cannot completely eliminate the risk of contamination or injury resulting from hazardous materials or chemicals. As a result of any such contamination or injury, we may incur liability or local, city, state or federal authorities may curtail the use of these materials and interrupt our business operations. In the event of an accident, we could be held liable for damages or penalized with fines, and the liability could exceed our resources. Compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations is expensive, and current or future environmental regulations may impair our contract manufacturing operations, which could materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may not be able to successfully offer new services, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
In order to successfully compete, we will need to offer and develop new services. Without the timely introduction of enhanced or new services, our services and capabilities may become obsolete over time, in which case, our revenues and operating results would suffer. The related development costs may require a substantial investment before we can determine their commercial viability, and we may not have the financial resources to fund such initiatives.
In addition, the success of enhanced or new services will depend on several factors, including but not limited to our ability to:
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Even if we were to succeed in creating enhanced or new services, those services may not result in commercially successful offerings or may not produce revenues in excess of the costs of development and capital investment and may be quickly rendered obsolete by changing customer preferences or by technologies or features offered by our competitors. In addition, innovations may not be accepted quickly in the marketplace due to, among other things, entrenched patterns of clinical practice, the need for regulatory authorization and uncertainty over market access or government or third-party reimbursement. If we are not able to offer new services and effectively compete, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be negatively impacted.
Technological change may cause our offerings to become obsolete over time. A decrease in our customers’ purchases of our offerings could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
The healthcare industry is characterized by rapid technological change. Demand for our services may change in ways that we may not anticipate because of evolving industry standards or as a result of evolving customer needs that are increasingly sophisticated and varied or because of the introduction by competitors of new services and technologies. We may also need to purchase additional equipment, some of which can take several months or more to procure, install and validate, and increase or modify our manufacturing, maintenance, software and computing capabilities to meet changing demand. In addition, we require capital and resources to support the maintenance and improvement of our facilities, including replacing or repairing aging production equipment and updating overall facility master plans. If we are unable to maintain and improve our facilities, we may experience unscheduled equipment downtime and unpredicted machinery failure and become unable to supply our customers with products or services which may affect business continuity. Any such incident or disruption in business continuity could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We may be adversely affected by natural disasters or other events that disrupt our business operations, and our business continuity and disaster recovery plans may not adequately protect us from a serious disaster.
Our manufacturing facilities are located in Gainesville, Georgia and San Diego, California, where natural disasters or similar events, like hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes or explosions or large-scale accidents or power outages, could severely disrupt our operations and have a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, results of operations and financial condition. If a disaster, power outage or other event occurred that prevented us from using all or a significant portion of our Gainesville and/or San Diego facilities, damaged critical infrastructures, such as manufacturing resource planning and enterprise quality systems, or otherwise disrupted operations at that location, it may be difficult or, in certain cases, impossible for us to continue our development, formulation and manufacturing business for a substantial period of time, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Currently, we maintain insurance coverage against damage to our property and equipment, and to cover business interruption expenses, in an amount we believe is sufficient for our development, formulation and manufacturing operations. However, there can be no assurance that such insurance will continue to be available on acceptable terms or that such insurance will provide adequate protection against actual losses. Even if we maintain adequate insurance coverage, claims could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity and results of operations and on our ability to obtain suitable, adequate or cost-effective insurance in the future.
We must comply with environmental and health and safety laws and regulations, which can be expensive and restrict how we do business.
We are subject to federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and policies concerning the environment and the health and safety of our employees. We may be required to incur significant costs to comply with environmental and health and safety regulations in the future. Current or future laws and regulations may impair our research, development or production efforts. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations also may result in substantial fines, penalties or other sanctions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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In addition, our business involves the use, generation and disposal of hazardous materials, including chemicals, solvents, agents and biohazardous materials. As a result, we are subject to federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and policies governing the use, generation, manufacture, storage, air emission, effluent discharge, handling and disposal of certain materials, biological specimens and wastes. We cannot completely eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials. We currently contract with third parties to dispose of these substances that we generate, and we rely on these third parties to properly dispose of these substances in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. If these third parties do not properly dispose of these substances in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we may be subject to legal action by governmental agencies or private parties for improper disposal of these substances. The costs of defending such actions and the potential liability resulting from such actions are often substantial amounts. In the event we are subject to such legal action or we otherwise fail to comply with applicable laws and regulations governing the use, generation and disposal of hazardous materials and chemicals, we could be held liable for any damages that result, and any such liability could exceed our resources. In addition, we may incur costs and expenses due to injuries to our employees, including those resulting from the use of hazardous materials; workers’ compensation insurance may not provide adequate coverage against potential liabilities. If we become subject to any of the foregoing liabilities, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially adversely impacted.
We may be subject to litigation or government investigations for a variety of claims, which could adversely affect our operating results, harm our reputation or otherwise negatively impact our business.
We may be subject to litigation or government investigations. These may include claims, lawsuits, and proceedings involving product liability, labor and employment, wage and hour, commercial and other matters. The outcome of any litigation or government investigation, regardless of its merits, is inherently uncertain. Any lawsuits or government investigations, and the disposition of such lawsuits and government investigations, could be time-consuming and expensive to resolve and divert management attention and resources. Any adverse determination related to litigation or government investigations could adversely affect our operating results, harm our reputation or otherwise negatively impact our business. In addition, depending on the nature and timing of any such dispute, a resolution of a legal matter or government investigation could materially affect our future operating results, our cash flows or both.
Our future success depends on our ability to retain our key executives as well as to attract, retain and motivate other qualified personnel.
We are highly dependent on the principal members of our executive team and, in particular, the services of J. David Enloe, Jr., our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Ryan Lake, our Chief Financial Officer, the loss of whose services would adversely impact the achievement of our objectives. We have entered into employment agreements with each of our executive officers. Recruiting and retaining qualified employees for our business, including business development, scientific and technical personnel, will also be critical to our success. There is currently a shortage of skilled executives in our industry, which is likely to continue. As a result, competition for skilled personnel is intense and the turnover rate can be high. We may not be able to attract and retain personnel on acceptable terms given the competition among numerous pharmaceutical companies for individuals with similar skill sets. The inability to recruit or loss of the services of any executive or key employee could impede the progress of our business development, manufacturing, quality, growth and diversification objectives.
We may acquire other assets or businesses, or form collaborations or make investments in other companies or technologies, that could have a material adverse effect on our operating results, dilute our shareholders’ ownership, increase our debt or cause us to incur significant expense.
As part of our business strategy, we may pursue acquisitions of assets, including, businesses or strategic alliances and collaborations, to expand our existing technologies and operations. We may not identify or complete these transactions in a timely manner, on a cost‑effective basis, or at all, and we may not realize the anticipated benefits of any such transaction, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. Integration of an acquired company or assets may also disrupt ongoing operations, require the hiring of additional personnel and the implementation of additional internal systems and infrastructure, especially the acquisition of commercial assets, and require management resources that would otherwise focus on developing our existing business.
To finance any acquisitions or collaborations, we may choose to issue debt or shares of our common or preferred stock as consideration. Any such issuance of shares would dilute the ownership of our shareholders. If the price of our common stock is low or volatile, we may not be able to acquire other assets or companies or fund a transaction using our stock as consideration. Alternatively, it may be necessary for us to raise additional funds for acquisitions through public or private financings. Additional funds may not be available on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all.
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Our employees, partners, independent contractors, consultants and vendors may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including noncompliance with regulatory standards and requirements.
We are exposed to the risk that our employees, partners, independent contractors, consultants and vendors may engage in fraudulent or other illegal activity with respect to our business. Misconduct by these employees, partners, independent contractors, consultants and vendors could include intentional, reckless and/or negligent conduct or unauthorized activity that violates: (1) FDA or DEA regulations, including those laws requiring the reporting of true, complete and accurate information to the FDA; (2) manufacturing standards; (3) federal, state and foreign healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations; or (4) laws that require the true, complete and accurate reporting of financial information or data. Activities subject to these laws also involve the improper use of information obtained in the course of clinical trials, or illegal misappropriation of drug product, which could result in regulatory sanctions and serious harm to our reputation. Any incidents or any other conduct that leads to an employee receiving an FDA debarment could result in a loss of business from our partners and severe reputational harm. We have adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, but it is not always possible to identify and deter employee misconduct, and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to be in compliance with such laws or regulations. If any such actions are instituted against us, and we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting our rights, those actions could have a significant impact on our business, including the imposition of civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, monetary fines, possible exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings, and curtailment of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business, operating results and financial condition.
We have faced and may continue to face potential product liability claims, and, if such claims are successful, we may incur substantial liability.
The use of our products exposes us to the risk of product liability claims as well as potential toxic tort and other types of product liability claims that are inherent in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. Product liability claims might be brought against us by consumers, health care providers, pharmaceutical companies or others selling or otherwise coming into contact with our products. If we cannot successfully defend against product liability claims, we could incur substantial liability and costs. In addition, regardless of merit or eventual outcome, product liability claims may result in:
Our current product liability insurance coverage may not be sufficient to reimburse us for any expenses or losses we may suffer. Moreover, insurance coverage is becoming increasingly expensive and, in the future, we may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect us against losses due to liability.
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Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.
As of December 31, 2023, we had federal and state net operating loss carry forwards, or NOLs, of approximately $133.5 million and $147.0 million, respectively. The Federal net operating losses, most of which are subject to annual limitations following a December 2022 change in control, were all incurred after 2018 and have an indefinite expiration under the 2017 Tax Cut & Jobs Act. The state carry forwards, including those generated in 2023, will expire in 2028 through 2040. A full allowance for the value of the NOLs is provided for in our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2023. We cannot guarantee what the ultimate outcome or amount of the benefit we may receive from the NOLs, if any, will be.
The security of our information technology systems may be compromised in the event of system failures, unauthorized access, cyberattacks or a deficiency in our cybersecurity, and confidential information, including non-public personal information that we maintain, could be improperly disclosed.
We rely extensively on information technology and systems including internet sites, data hosting, physical security, and software applications and platforms. Our information technology systems, some of which are managed by third parties, may be susceptible to damage, disruptions or shutdowns due to computer viruses, attacks by computer hackers, failures during the process of upgrading or replacing software, power outages, user errors or catastrophic events. A significant breakdown, invasion, corruption, destruction or interruption of critical information technology systems, by our employees, others with authorized access to our systems or unauthorized persons could negatively impact or interrupt operations. For example, the loss of data from completed or ongoing clinical trials for product candidates could result in delays in regulatory approval efforts and significantly increase our costs to recover or reproduce the data. The use of technology, including cloud-based computing, creates opportunities for the unintentional dissemination or intentional destruction of confidential information stored in our systems or our third-party systems. We could also experience a business interruption, theft of confidential information or reputational damage from malware or other cyberattacks, which may compromise our systems or lead to data leakage, either internally or at our third-party providers.
As part of our business, we maintain large amounts of confidential information, including non-public personal information on our employees. The maintenance of such information is governed by various rules and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we conduct our business, including by the General Data Privacy Regulation, or GDPR, in the European Union. Breaches in security, either internally or at our third-party providers, could result in the loss or misuse of this information, which could, in turn, result in potential regulatory actions or litigation, including material claims for damages, interruption to our operations, damage to our reputation or otherwise have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. Our information security policies and systems may not prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information, including non-public personal information.
Any such business interruption, theft of confidential information or reputational damage from malware or other cyberattacks, or violation of personal information laws, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
If we fail to comply with data protection laws and regulations, we could be subject to government enforcement actions (which could include civil or criminal penalties), private litigation and/or adverse publicity, which could negatively affect our operating results and business.
We may be subject to laws and regulations that address privacy and data security of patients who use our customers’ products in the United States and in states in which we conduct our business. In the United States, numerous federal and state laws and regulations, including state data breach notification laws, state health information privacy laws, and federal and state consumer protection laws (e.g., Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act) govern the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of health-related and other personal information. For instance, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, imposes certain obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information and imposes notification obligations in the event of a breach of the privacy or security of individually identifiable health information on entities subject to HIPAA and their business associates that perform certain activities that involve the use or disclosure of protected health information on their behalf. Failure to comply with applicable data protection laws and regulations could result in government enforcement actions and create liability for us, which could include civil and/or criminal penalties, as well as private litigation and/or adverse publicity that could negatively affect our operating results and business.
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Our U.S. government contracts require compliance with numerous laws that may present additional risk and liability.
We provide services to the National Institutes of Health, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As a result, we must comply with certain laws and regulations relating to the award, administration, and performance of U.S. government contracts. U.S. government contracts typically contain a number of extraordinary provisions that would not typically be found in commercial contracts and which may create a disadvantage and additional risks to us as compared to competitors that do not rely on government contracts. As a U.S. government service provider and subcontractor, we are subject to increased risks of investigation, audit, criminal prosecution, and other legal actions and liabilities to which purely private sector companies are not. The results of any such actions could adversely impact our business and have an adverse effect on our financial performance.
Additionally, a violation of specific laws and regulations could result in the imposition of fines and penalties or the termination of our contracts, as well as suspension or debarment. The suspension or debarment in any particular case may be limited to the facility, contract or subsidiary involved in the violation or could be applied to our entire enterprise in certain severe circumstances. Even a narrow scope suspension or debarment could result in negative publicity that could adversely affect our ability to renew contracts and to secure new contracts, both with the U.S. government and private customers, which could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations. Fines and penalties could be imposed for failing to follow procurement integrity and bidding rules, employing improper billing practices, receiving or paying kickbacks, or filing false claims, among other potential violations. In addition, we could suffer serious reputational harm and the value of our common stock could be negatively affected if allegations of impropriety related to such contracts are made against us.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property
Litigation involving patents, patent applications and other proprietary rights is expensive and time-consuming. If we are involved in such litigation, it could interfere with our business.
Our success depends in part on not infringing patents and proprietary rights of third parties. The pharmaceutical industry is characterized by extensive litigation regarding patents and other intellectual property rights.
In a patent infringement claim against us, we may assert, as a defense, that we do not infringe the relevant patent claims, that the patent is invalid or both. The strength of our defenses will depend on the patents asserted, the interpretation of these patents and/or our ability to invalidate the asserted patents. However, we could be unsuccessful in advancing non-infringement and/or invalidity arguments in our defense. In the United States, issued patents enjoy a presumption of validity, and the party challenging the validity of a patent claim must present clear and convincing evidence of invalidity, which is a high burden of proof. Conversely, the patent owner need only prove infringement by a preponderance of the evidence, which is a low burden of proof.
If we were found by a court to have infringed a valid patent, we could be prevented from using the patented technology or be required to pay the owner of the patent for the right to license the patented technology. If we decide to pursue a license to one or more of these patents, we may not be able to obtain a license on commercially reasonable terms, if at all, or the license we obtain may require us to pay substantial royalties or grant cross licenses to our patent rights. For example, if the relevant patent is owned by a competitor, that competitor may choose not to license patent rights to us. If we decide to develop alternative technology, we may not be able to do so in a timely or cost-effective manner, if at all.
In addition, because patent applications can take years to issue and are often afforded confidentiality for some period of time, there may currently be pending applications, unknown to us, that later result in issued patents that could cover one or more of our products.
It is possible that we may in the future receive, particularly as a public company, communications from competitors and other companies alleging that we may be infringing their patents, trade secrets or other intellectual property rights, offering licenses to such intellectual property or threatening litigation. In addition to patent infringement claims, third parties may assert copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights against us. We may need to expend considerable resources to counter such claims and may not be able to be successful in our defense. Our business may suffer if a finding of infringement is established.
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Competitors can challenge the U.S. patents protecting our commercial partners’ product candidates in connection with filing an ANDA for a generic version or a 505(b)(2) NDA for a modified version of our commercial partners’ product candidates.
Separate and apart from the protection provided under the U.S. patent laws, drug candidates may be subject to the provisions of the Hatch-Waxman Act, which may provide drug candidates with either a three- or five-year period of marketing exclusivity following receipt of FDA approval. The Hatch-Waxman Act prohibits the FDA from accepting the filing of an ANDA application (for a generic product) or a 505(b)(2) NDA (for a modified version of the product) for three years for active drug ingredients previously approved by the FDA or for five years for active drug ingredients not previously approved by the FDA.
There is an exception, however, for newly approved molecules that allows competitors to challenge a patent beginning four years into the five-year exclusivity period by alleging that one or more of the patents listed in the FDA’s list of approved drug products are invalid, unenforceable and/or not infringed and submitting an ANDA for a generic version of the innovator drug or a 505(b)(2) NDA for a modified version of the innovator drug. This patent challenge is commonly known as a Paragraph IV certification. Within the past several years, the generic industry has aggressively pursued approvals of generic versions of innovator drugs at the earliest possible point in time.
If a competitor is able to successfully obtain FDA approval for an ANDA or a 505(b)(2) NDA, the competitor may choose to launch its generic or modified version of the innovator drug. Any launch of a generic or modified version of our commercial partners' products will have a material adverse effect on demand for that product, our revenues and our results of operations.
We may be unable to adequately prevent disclosure of trade secrets and other proprietary information.
We may rely on trade secrets to protect our proprietary know-how and technological advances, especially where we do not believe patent protection is appropriate or obtainable. However, trade secrets are difficult to protect. We rely in part on confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, outside scientific collaborators, sponsored researchers and other advisors to protect our trade secrets and other proprietary information. These agreements may not effectively prevent disclosure of confidential information and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. In addition, others may independently discover our trade secrets and proprietary information. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our proprietary rights. Failure to obtain or maintain trade secret protection could enable competitors to use our proprietary information to develop products that compete with our products or cause additional, material adverse effects on our competitive business position.
Our ability to manufacture products for our commercial partners may be impaired if any of our manufacturing activities, or the activities of third parties involved in our manufacture and supply chain, are found to infringe patents of others.
Our ability to continue to manufacture products for our commercial partners, to utilize third parties to supply raw materials or other products, or to perform fill/finish services or other steps in our manufacture and supply chain, depends on our and their ability to operate without infringing the patents and other intellectual property rights of others. Other parties may allege that our manufacturing activities, or the activities of third parties involved in our manufacturing and supply chain, infringe patents or other intellectual property rights. A judicial decision in favor of one or more parties making such allegations could preclude the manufacture of the products to which those intellectual property rights apply, which could materially harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
We may not be able to enforce our intellectual property rights throughout the world.
The laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in certain foreign jurisdictions. The legal systems of some countries, particularly developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents and other intellectual property protection, especially those relating to life sciences. This could make it difficult for us to stop the infringement of our patents or the misappropriation of our other intellectual property rights. For example, many foreign countries have compulsory licensing laws under which a patent owner must grant licenses to third parties. In addition, many countries limit the enforceability of patents against third parties, including government agencies or government contractors. In these countries, patents may provide limited or no benefit.
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Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business. Accordingly, our efforts to protect our intellectual property rights in such countries may be inadequate. In addition, changes in the law and legal decisions by courts in the United States and foreign countries may affect our ability to obtain adequate protection for our technology and the enforcement of intellectual property. If we are unable to adequately enforce our intellectual property rights throughout the world, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely impacted.
Any trademarks we have obtained or may obtain may be infringed or successfully challenged, resulting in harm to our business.
We expect to rely on trademarks as one means to distinguish any of our products that are approved for marketing from the products of our competitors. Once we select new trademarks and apply to register them, our trademark applications may not be approved. Third parties may oppose or attempt to cancel our trademark applications or trademarks, or otherwise challenge our use of the trademarks. In the event that our trademarks are successfully challenged, we could be forced to rebrand our drugs, which could result in loss of brand recognition and could require us to devote resources to advertising and marketing new brands. Our competitors may infringe our trademarks and we may not have adequate resources to enforce our trademarks.
Risks Relating to Our Securities
The market price and trading volume of our common stock have been and may continue to be volatile, which could result in rapid and substantial losses for our shareholders.
The market price for our common stock has been volatile and may continue to fluctuate or may decline significantly in the future. An active, liquid and orderly market for our common stock may not be achieved and sustained, which could depress the trading price of our common stock or cause it to continue to be highly volatile or subject to wide fluctuations. Some of the factors that could negatively affect our share price or result in fluctuations in the price or trading volume of our common stock include, among other things:
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These broad market and industry factors may decrease the market price of our common stock, regardless of our actual operating performance. In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and decreases in the market price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies. Any other securities class actions that may be brought against us, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of our management’s attention and resources.
We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not intend to do so for the foreseeable future, which may make our stock less attractive.
We have never paid cash dividends on our common stock and we do not anticipate that we will pay any cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. Additionally, our ability to pay cash dividends is currently prohibited by the terms of our credit facility with Royal Bank of Canada. Accordingly, any return on an investment in our common stock will be realized, if at all, only when shareholders sell their shares. In addition, our failure to pay cash dividends may make our stock less attractive to investors, adversely impacting trading volume and price.
Some provisions of our charter documents and Pennsylvania law may have anti‑takeover effects that could discourage an acquisition of us by others, even if an acquisition would be beneficial to our shareholders, and may prevent attempts by our shareholders to replace or remove our current management.
Provisions in our articles of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws could make it more difficult for a third-party to acquire us or increase the cost of acquiring us, even if doing so would benefit our shareholders, or remove our current management. These include provisions that:
These provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our shareholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for shareholders to replace members of our board of directors, who are responsible for appointing the members of our management. Because we are incorporated in Pennsylvania, we are governed by the provisions of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, which may discourage, delay or prevent someone from acquiring us or merging with us whether or not it is desired by or beneficial to our shareholders. Under Pennsylvania law, a corporation may not, in general, engage in a business combination with any holder of 20% or more of its capital stock unless the holder has held the stock for five years or, among other things, the board of directors has approved the transaction. Any provision of our articles of incorporation or bylaws or Pennsylvania law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for our shareholders to receive a premium for their shares of our common stock, and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our common stock.
General Risk Factors
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could cause our stock price to fall.
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market or the perception that these sales might occur, could depress the market price of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through the sale of additional equity securities.
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If securities or industry analysts do not continue to publish research or reports, or if they publish unfavorable research or reports, about our business, our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock depends in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. We currently have limited research coverage by securities and industry analysts. If additional securities or industry analysts do not commence coverage of our company, the trading price for our stock could be negatively impacted. In the event we obtain securities or industry analyst coverage, if one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our stock, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases to cover us or fails to regularly publish reports on us, interest in our stock could decrease, which could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.
Our disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect all errors or acts of fraud.
Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to reasonably assure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC. We believe that any disclosure controls and procedures or internal controls and procedures, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.
These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision‑making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by an unauthorized override of the controls. Accordingly, because of the inherent limitations in our control system, misstatements or insufficient disclosures due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate and timely financial statements could be impaired, which could harm our operating results, our ability to operate our business and investors’ views of us.
Ensuring that we have adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place so that we can produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that will need to be frequently evaluated. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires public companies to conduct an annual review and evaluation of their internal controls and attestations of the effectiveness of internal controls by independent auditors (as a smaller reporting company, the latter requirement does not apply to us). Our failure to maintain the effectiveness of our internal controls in accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business. We could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on the price of our common stock.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 1C. Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Risk Management and Strategy
We rely on information systems and the data stored on them to conduct our operations. As such, we have implemented processes designed to mitigate risks posed by cybersecurity threats.
Our approach to cybersecurity risk management is multi-faceted and includes, but is not limited to, engaging third-party information technology and cybersecurity providers and consultants for support as appropriate, including to conduct annual penetration testing and cybersecurity risk assessments, as well as other vulnerability analyses on a periodic basis. We also utilize a third-party to implement and manage automated tools designed to conduct ongoing monitoring for potential critical risks from cybersecurity threats. Additionally, we have implemented an employee education and training program, offered during onboarding and on an ongoing, periodic basis thereafter, that is designed to raise awareness of cybersecurity threats. As part of this employee training, we engage in periodic phishing simulations designed to raise employee awareness of such risks.
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We maintain processes to inform and update management and, as needed, the audit committee, regarding security incidents that may pose a significant risk for the business, as applicable. We have not identified any cybersecurity incidents or threats that have materially affected us or are reasonably likely to materially affect us, including our business strategy, results of operations or financial condition; however, like other companies in our industry, we and our third-party vendors have experienced threats and security incidents relating to our and our third-party vendors’ information systems. For more information, please see “Item 1A, Risk Factors.”
Governance
Our Director of Information Technology, who reports directly to our Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for the day-to-day management of our cybersecurity risk management processes. The Director of Information Technology role is currently held by an individual who has thirty years of information technology and cybersecurity experience.
Our audit committee is responsible for overseeing our cybersecurity risk management program. Our Director of Information Technology and/or Chief Financial Officer periodically update the audit committee on cybersecurity risks and mitigation strategies and related cyber matters. In the event of a cybersecurity incident, we have implemented processes for the Director of Information Technology and/or the Chief Financial Officer to discuss incident response strategies with the audit committee. The Director of Information Technology and/or the audit committee update the full board of directors on matters relating to cybersecurity risk management and critical cybersecurity risks as appropriate.
Item 2. Properties
Our principal executive offices are located at 1 E. Uwchlan Ave, Suite 112, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341. We also lease and operate:
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Information regarding legal and regulatory proceedings is set forth in note 7 to our consolidated financial statements beginning on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and is incorporated by reference herein. We are also engaged in various other legal actions arising in the ordinary course of our business (such as, for example, proceedings relating to employment matters or the initiation or defense of proceedings relating to intellectual property rights) and, while there can be no assurance, we believe that the ultimate outcome of these other legal actions will not have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Shareholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Market Information
Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SCTL.”
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Holders of Common Stock
As of March 15, 2024, there were 6 holders of record of our common stock. The actual number of holders of our common stock is greater than this number of record holders, and includes shareholders who are beneficial owners, but whose shares are held in street name by brokers or held by other nominees. This number of holders of record also does not include shareholders whose shares may be held in trust by other entities.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and our ability to pay cash dividends is currently prohibited by the terms of our credit facility with Royal Bank of Canada. We do not anticipate paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Payment of future dividends, if any, on our common stock will be at the discretion of our board of directors after taking into account various factors, including our financial condition, operating results, anticipated cash needs and plans for expansion.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Offerings
None.
Issuer Repurchases of Equity Securities
None.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans
Other information about our equity compensation plans is incorporated herein by reference to Part III, Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 6. [Reserved]
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere. In addition to historical information, this discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those made, projected or implied in the forward-looking statements. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed below. Please see “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” included in Part I, Item 1A of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for factors that could cause or contribute to such differences.
Overview
We are a bi-coastal contract development and manufacturing organization, or CDMO, with capabilities spanning pre-investigational new drug development to commercial manufacturing and packaging for a wide range of therapeutic dosage forms with a primary focus on small molecules. With an expertise in solving complex manufacturing problems, we are a leading CDMO providing development, end-to-end regulatory support, clinical and commercial manufacturing, aseptic fill/finish, lyophilization, packaging and logistics services to the global pharmaceutical market. In addition to our experience in handling DEA-controlled substances and developing and manufacturing modified-release dosage forms, we have the expertise to deliver on our clients’ pharmaceutical development and manufacturing projects, regardless of complexity level. We do all of this in our state-of-the-art facilities that, in the aggregate, total 145,000 square feet, in Gainesville, Georgia and San Diego, California.
We currently manufacture the following key products with our key commercial partners: Ritalin LA®, Focalin XR®, Verelan PM®, Verelan SR®, Verapamil PM, Verapamil SR and Donnatal liquids and tablets. We also support numerous development stage products. In 2023, the FDA approved us as a manufacturer of a commercial tablet product. This FDA approval represents the first commercial tablet that we have been approved to manufacture, and we began commercial manufacturing of the product at our Gainesville, Georgia facilities in the middle of 2023.
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Our manufacturing and development capabilities include product development from formulation through clinical trial and commercial manufacturing, and specialized capabilities for solid oral dosage forms, with specialization in modified release technologies and facilities to handle highly potent compounds and controlled substances, liposomes and nano/microparticles, topicals and oral liquids. In addition to providing manufacturing capabilities, we offer our customers clinical trial support including over-encapsulation, comparator sourcing, packaging, labeling, storage and distribution. We have a bi-coastal footprint from which to better serve clients within the U.S., as well as globally. In a typical collaboration between us and our commercial partners, we continue to work with our partners to develop product candidates or new formulations of existing product candidates. We also typically exclusively manufacture and supply clinical and commercial supplies of these proprietary products and product candidates.
We use cash flow generated by our business primarily to fund the growth of our CDMO business and to make payments under our credit facility. We believe our business will continue to contribute cash to fund our growth, to make payments under our credit facility and for other general corporate purposes.
Global economic and supply conditions
Global economic conditions, logistics and supply chain issues continue to present obstacles to our business.
We rely on third-party manufacturers to supply our manufacturing components, supplies and related materials, which in some instances are supplied from a single source. Prolonged disruptions in the supply of any of our third-party materials, difficulty implementing new sources of supply or significant price increases could have an adverse effect on our results. We are experiencing a higher level of residual supply chain disruptions that we are actively managing to meet our production timelines and that may constrain our ability to capture additional growth opportunities, beyond our established projections, from customers who would otherwise want to increase their safety stock of the products that we produce. We may face continuing inflationary pressures on raw materials, labor and logistics.
We closely monitor economic developments, stock market conditions and geopolitical conflicts, such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the current conflict in Israel and Gaza (including any escalation or expansion), which continue to have adverse effects on the U.S. and global markets and supply chain.
We have been experiencing the effects of a general slowdown in clinical development activity as a result of clinical failures and/or a lack of adequate funding to go forward. The slowdown has caused us to experience delays in and reductions to our backlog during 2023, and we may continue to experience adverse effects such as delays in and reductions to our backlog and/or a reduction in the number of business development opportunities that we will be able to pursue or close. We are making efforts to adapt to these market changes, including a reduction in force and a strategic refocus of operations resulting in the discontinuation of certain programs and services. While we believe these actions will drive improved cash flows, they will also reduce our overall revenue-generating capacity in the near term.
Finally, while we have been able to capture overall interest savings as a result of the December 2022 refinancing, those improvements have been partially offset by a sustained increase in variable base interest rates, which could increase further in future periods.
Corporate restructuring
In September 2023, we initiated a strategic reorganization primarily impacting our San Diego operations. The reorganization included a reduction in force of 26 then-current employees and nine open positions, which was intended to reduce costs and streamline and optimize operations and resulted in a total charge of $1.8 million, of which $1.0 million was recorded in cost of sales and $0.8 million was recorded in selling, general and administrative expense. Restructuring charges included termination charges of $0.7 million, the write-off of certain assets valued at $0.6 million and other related charges of $0.5 million.
Financial overview
Revenues
We recognize three types of revenue: manufacturing, profit-sharing and development.
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Manufacturing
We recognize manufacturing revenue from the sale of products we manufacture for our commercial partners. Manufacturing revenues are recognized upon transfer of control of a product to a customer, generally upon shipment, based on a transaction price that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to as specified in the agreement with the commercial partner, which could include pricing and volume-based adjustments.
Profit-sharing
In addition to manufacturing revenue, certain customers who use our technologies are subject to agreements that provide us intellectual property sales-based profit-sharing and/or royalties consideration, collectively referred to as profit-sharing, computed on the net product sales of the commercial partner. Profit-sharing revenues are generally recognized under the terms of the applicable license, development and/or supply agreement. We have determined, that in our arrangements, the license for intellectual property is not the predominant item to which the profit-sharing relates, so we recognize revenue upon transfer of control of the manufactured product. In these cases, significant judgment is required to calculate the estimated variable consideration from such profit-sharing using the expected value method based on historical commercial partner pricing and deductions. Estimated variable consideration is partially constrained due to the uncertainty of price adjustments made by our commercial partners, which are outside of our control. Factors causing price adjustments by our commercial partners include increased competition in the products’ markets, mix of volume between the commercial partners’ customers, and changes in government pricing.
Development
Development revenue includes services associated with formulation, process development, clinical trial materials services, as well as custom development of manufacturing processes and analytical methods for a customer’s non-clinical, clinical and commercial products. Such revenues are recognized at a point in time or over time depending on the nature and particular facts and circumstances associated with the contract terms.
Development contracts generally do not contain variable consideration, but to the extent they do, we include in the transaction price only amounts that are considered probable of being achieved and estimate the amount to be included using the most likely amount method.
In contracts that require revenue recognition over time, we utilize an input method that compares the cumulative achievement of contract tasks to date to the most current estimates for the entire performance obligation. Under these contracts, the customer typically owns the product details and process, which have no alternative use. These projects are customized to each customer to meet its specifications, and typically only one performance obligation is included. Each project represents a distinct service that is sold separately and has stand-alone value to the customer. The customer also retains control of its product as the product is being created or enhanced by our services and can make changes to its process or specifications upon request.
Contract assets represent revenue recognized for performance obligations completed or in process before an unconditional right to payment exists, and therefore invoicing or associated reporting from the customer regarding the computation of the net product sales has not yet occurred. Contract liabilities represent payments received from customers prior to the completion of associated performance obligations.
Cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses
Cost of sales consists of inventory costs, including production wages, material costs and overhead, and other costs related to the recognition of revenue. Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of salaries and related costs for administrative, public company and business development functions as well as legal fees, patent-related expenses and consulting fees. Public company costs include compliance, audit, tax insurance and investor relations.
Amortization of intangible assets
Amortization expense relates to acquired customer relationships, backlog and trademarks and trade names from the 2021 IriSys acquisition. They were assigned estimated useful lives of 7.0, 2.4, and 1.5 years, respectively.
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Interest expense
Interest expense for 2023 primarily relates to a term loan borrowing with Royal Bank of Canada originally funded at $36.9 million and the financial liability related to the sale and leaseback of our commercial manufacturing campus in Gainesville, Georgia for gross proceeds of $39.0 million. Interest expense for 2022 and 2021 primarily relates to $100.0 million of senior secured term loans with Athyrium Opportunities III Acquisition LP. Interest expense in all periods also includes the non-cash amortization of deferred financing costs.
Net operating losses and tax carryforwards
As of December 31, 2023, we had federal net operating loss, or NOL, carry forwards of approximately $133.5 million, most of which are subject to annual limitations following a December 2022 change in control, and all of which have an indefinite carry forward period. We also had $147.0 million of state NOL carry forwards on an after-apportionment basis available to offset future taxable income that will begin to expire at various dates beginning in 2028 if not utilized. We believe that it is more likely than not that our deferred income tax assets will not be realized, and as such, there is a full valuation allowance.
Key indicators of performance
To evaluate our performance, we monitor a number of industry-standard key indicators such as:
EBITDA, as adjusted, is a non-GAAP measure that we discuss and reconcile to its nearest GAAP measure elsewhere in our public financial reporting. We believe that supplementing our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP with non-GAAP measures is useful to investors, creditors and others in assessing our performance. These measurements should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for reported GAAP results because they may include or exclude certain items as compared to similar GAAP-based measurements, and such measurements may not be comparable to similarly-titled measurements reported by other companies. Rather, these measurements should be considered as an additional way of viewing aspects of our operations and gaining an understanding of our business.
Results of operations
Comparison of years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022
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Year ended December 31, |
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(in millions) |
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Revenue |
$ |
94.6 |
|
|
$ |
90.2 |
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Operating expenses: |
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|
|
|
|
||
Cost of sales |
|
76.5 |
|
|
|
67.1 |
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Selling, general and administrative |
|
21.0 |
|
|
|
21.9 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
98.2 |
|
|
|
89.9 |
|
Operating loss |
|
(3.6 |
) |
|
|
0.3 |
|
Interest expense |
|
(10.0 |
) |
|
|
(14.2 |
) |
Interest income |
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Loss on extinguishment of debt |
|
— |
|
|
|
(5.0 |
) |
Loss before income taxes |
|
(13.2 |
) |
|
|
(18.8 |
) |
Income tax expense |
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
Net loss |
$ |
(13.3 |
) |
|
$ |
(19.9 |
) |
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Revenue. The increase of $4.4 million was primarily driven by the launch of two new commercial products during the second half of the year with Otsuka and Viatris. In addition, there was an increase in revenue from our largest commercial customer, Teva, due to the continued pull through in demand during the year resulting from market share gains against the sole competitor for the Verapamil SR products. Further, there was an increase in development revenue projects as the Company continues to expand its development programs. Finally, there was an increase in shipments to Lannett for Verapamil PM due to an increase in safety stock by Lannett. Offsetting these increases was a decrease in InfectoPharm shipments due to prior year inventory-build for InfectoPharm as a new customer.
Cost of sales. The increase of $9.4 million was primarily due to higher commercial manufacturing revenue and higher fixed costs to support the newly installed aseptic fill/finish line. In addition, there were $1.0 million of restructuring costs recorded during the current year period.
Selling, general and administrative. The decrease of $0.9 million was primarily driven by debt refinancing costs in the fourth quarter of 2022 offset by restructuring costs recorded in 2023.
Amortization of intangible assets. The decrease of $0.2 million reflects the trademarks and trade names reaching the end of their amortizable life at the beginning of 2023.
Interest expense. The decrease of $4.2 million was primarily due to a significantly reduced amount of aggregate principal and lower interest rates under the company’s refinanced debt in 2023 as compared to 2022.
Interest income. The increase in 2023 was due to the rising interest rate environment in the United States, which increased interest earned on cash and cash equivalents.
Loss on extinguishment of debt. In December 2022, as a result of fully paying off our loan with Athyrium, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt for the write-off of certain deferred financing costs.
Comparison of years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
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Year ended December 31, |
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(in millions) |
2022 |
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2021 |
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Revenue |
$ |
90.2 |
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$ |
75.4 |
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Operating expenses: |
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|
|
|
|
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Cost of sales (excluding amortization of intangible assets) |
|
67.1 |
|
|
|
55.6 |
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Selling, general and administrative |
|
21.9 |
|
|
|
18.4 |
|
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
89.9 |
|
|
|
75.0 |
|
Operating loss |
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
Interest expense |
|
(14.2 |
) |
|
|
(15.1 |
) |
Interest income |
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt |
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(5.0 |
) |
|
|
3.3 |
|
Loss before income taxes |
|
(18.8 |
) |
|
|
(11.4 |
) |
Income tax expense |
|
1.1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Net loss |
$ |
(19.9 |
) |
|
$ |
(11.4 |
) |
Revenue. The increase of $14.8 million was primarily driven by an increase in European Ritalin LA demand from our new customer InfectoPharm, as well as an increase in revenue from our largest commercial customer Teva, correlated with pull through in demand resulting from market share gains against the sole competitor for the Verapamil SR products. In addition, there were higher revenues from our clinical trial materials business as well as a full year of revenue resulting from the acquisition of IriSys compared to approximately five months of revenue in 2021. The increase in revenue was partially offset by a decline in revenue from Lannett’s commercial sales of the Verapamil PM products.
Cost of sales. The increase of $11.5 million was primarily due to the acquisition of the San Diego facility and certain 2021 employment incentive tax credits that were not repeated in 2022 resulting in increased expense in 2022. These increases were partially offset by the reallocation of expenses reflecting the post-acquisition organizational structure. Additionally, for the year ended December 31, 2021, we qualified for approximately $4.4 million of federal employee retention credits, all of which was recognized as an offset to expense.
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Selling, general and administrative. The increase of $3.5 million was primarily related to costs associated with the debt refinancing in the fourth quarter of 2022 and increased personnel costs tied to the reallocation of expenses. Specifically, effective October 1, 2021, certain employees who previously supported our plant operations now support our multi-site organization structure and operations. Accordingly, expenses associated with these employees have been reclassified from cost of sales to selling, general and administrative expenses. These increases were offset by lower IriSys acquisition and integration costs.
Amortization of intangible assets. The decrease of $0.1 million was primarily the result of amortizing a lower amount of IriSys intangible assets in 2022 as compared to a higher amount of historical intangible assets in the first part of 2021, partially offset by an approximately four-month period in 2021 prior to the IriSys acquisition when no intangible assets were being amortized.
Interest expense. The decrease of $1.0 million was primarily due to the extension of the maturity date of our prior term loans, which deferred a portion of the interest expense from non-cash amortization of financing expenses until they were written off as loss on extinguishment of debt in December 2022 (see below), as well as increased capitalized interest. These decreases were partially offset by a full period of interest on the debt portion of the IriSys acquisition purchase price and an increase in the variable LIBOR component of interest on prior term loans with Athyrium.
Loss or gain on extinguishment of debt. In December 2022, as a result of fully paying off our loan with Athyrium, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt for the write-off of certain deferred financing costs. In June 2021, we received forgiveness of principal and interest on a note issued under a Federal COVID-19 relief program and recorded a gain on extinguishment of debt.
Liquidity and capital resources
At December 31, 2023, we had $8.1 million in cash and cash equivalents. Our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, as amended, contains minimum liquidity requirements ranging from $3.5 million to $5.0 million at quarter-ends through September 30, 2025 and minimum liquidity requirements of $1.5 million at month-ends that are not quarter-ends. Our ability to continue to comply with the minimum liquidity requirements is subject to our success in implementing certain cost control measures, reducing capital expenditures and managing working capital in order to improve our ongoing financial performance and our liquidity position.
In August 2023, we raised net proceeds of approximately $7.4 million following completion of an underwritten public offering in which we issued and sold 14,640,000 shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $0.40 per share and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 6,110,000 shares of our common stock.
Since our inception, we have financed our operations and capital expenditures primarily from results of operations, from the issuance of equity and debt, and recently to a lesser extent, from real estate transactions. During the year ended December 31, 2023, our capital expenditures were $8.2 million to scale and support our expansion of capabilities.
We are currently party to a credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada for a term loan originally funded at $36.9 million. The principal is being repaid in quarterly amounts totaling $3.7 million in 2024 and $31.4 million in 2025 (which is inclusive of the remaining principal balance due at maturity on December 16, 2025. An additional $7.5 million will be paid upon completing a sale of certain real property (see below).
Subject certain exceptions, we are required to make mandatory prepayments with the cash proceeds received in respect of certain asset sales, certain equity sales, extraordinary receipts, debt issuances, upon a change of control and specified other events. Additionally, we were obligated by December 14, 2023 to complete the sale of certain real property adjacent to our Gainesville, Georgia manufacturing campus. Since that property was not sold by December 14, 2023, we were required to pay a fee of $0.4 million and are now required to increase each of our quarterly principal payments by $0.2 million until that property is sold and any related mandatory principal prepayment is made.
We have signed a sales and purchase agreement, as amended, to sell approximately 121 acres of land adjacent to our Gainesville, Georgia manufacturing campus for expected proceeds of $8.0 million, $7.5 million of which we are obligated to use to repay the principal amount of loans under our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada. The land sale is currently expected to close by the end of second quarter of 2024; however, the closing of the land sale may be extended by three 30-day extensions. Until closing, the sale of the land is subject to customary closing conditions for transactions of this type, including completion of buyers permitting.
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Our future operations are highly dependent on the profitability of our development and manufacturing operations. The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a slowdown in clinical development activities resulting from reduced cash funding, and we have been experiencing higher rates of customer attrition and development program delays which have negatively impacted earnings and cash flows. As a result, management reduced its earnings and cash flow projections during 2023. These factors, and the related impact on debt covenant compliance, continue to impact us through the present day and are expected to continue.
Our credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada contains certain financial and other covenants, including minimum liquidity requirements, maximum net leverage ratios and minimum fixed charge coverage ratios, and includes limitations on, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness, paying dividends, acquisitions and certain investments. Due to the factors discussed above, there is significant uncertainty as to whether we will be able to comply with these covenants in future periods. Further, management concluded that substantial doubt exists about its ability to continue as a going concern as of the date of the issuance of these financial statements. As a result, we have classified the outstanding balance of the loan with Royal Bank of Canada as a current liability in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023.
In addition, our conclusion that substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern resulted in an explanatory paragraph in the auditor’s report on our financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the delivery to the lenders of which pursuant to the credit agreement would result in a default under the credit agreement in effect prior to giving effect to the third amendment to the credit agreement. On March 21, 2024, we entered into a third amendment to the credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, which extended the deadline until April 30, 2024 for delivery of (i) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and (ii) the corresponding audit report without a “going concern” explanatory paragraph until April 30, 2024. The extension of the deadline to submit these documents effectively delays the default under the amended credit agreement until May 1, 2024. The third amendment also (i) defers the $4.0 million minimum liquidity covenant as of March 31, 2024 until as of April 30, 2024 and (ii) clarified that a $1.5 million monthly liquidity covenant was not applicable as of March 31, 2024. This amendment to the credit agreement was made, in part, to provide us with flexibility to complete the planned merger, to prevent the explanatory paragraph in the auditor’s report from triggering a default under the credit agreement until May 1, 2024 and to allow for certain discretionary cash payments that management intends to make prior to closing the planned merger from potentially triggering a default of the minimum liquidity covenant prior to April 30, 2024. Absent completion of the planned merger before May 1, 2024, which is expected to result in the repayment and termination of the credit agreement, or additional amendments to, or waivers under, the credit agreement, we expect that an event of default would be triggered once the audited financial statements are delivered to Royal Bank of Canada under the terms of the amended credit agreement. Any failure to comply with the other terms, covenants and conditions of the credit agreement or the debt agreements may also result in an event of default under such agreements, which could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and results of operations.
An event of default under our amended credit agreement may constitute an event of default under our subordinated promissory note with the former equity holders of IriSys and under the lease of our manufacturing campus in Gainesville, Georgia. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the subordinated promissory note, the entire unpaid principal amount, all accrued and unpaid interest and any other amounts due automatically accelerate and are due on the date of occurrence of an event of default. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the lease agreement, remedies available to the lessor generally include, without limitation, terminating such lease agreement, repossessing and reletting the leased property, and recovery of all costs and losses paid or incurred by lessor as a result of such default. The exercise of the aforementioned remedies could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our ability to comply with the amended financial covenants and contractual requirements under our debt agreements is subject to the profitability of our development and manufacturing operations, maintaining sufficient cash and cash equivalents to satisfy the minimum liquidity financial maintenance covenants, and our success in implementing certain cost control measures, including our strategic reorganization which included a reduction in force, reducing capital expenditures and managing working capital in order to improve our ongoing financial performance and our liquidity position. However, given the uncertainty associated with on-going slowdown in the pharmaceutical industry, we may not be successful in undertaking these measures and therefore substantial doubt is not alleviated by management’s plans as of the date of issuance of these financial statements.
We may extend and/or supplement the actions we are taking if we continue to experience the adverse conditions described above. If we are unable to achieve the results required to comply with the terms of our credit agreement in one or more quarters over the next twelve months, we may be required to take specific actions in addition to those described above, including but not limited to, additional cost control measures, or alternatively, seeking an additional amendment or waiver from our lenders. Obtaining future credit agreement waivers or amendments to the credit agreement is not within our control, and if we are unsuccessful in doing so and, thereafter, an event of default under the credit agreement occurs, then the lenders may exercise the rights available to them under the credit agreement.
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On February 28, 2024, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, in connection with which a tender offer was commenced to acquire all of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock for approximately $1.10 per share (see note 19). This information was not considered in the analysis of going concern because neither the completion of the tender offer nor the closing of the merger were within management’s control as of the date of the issuance of these consolidated financial statements.
We may require additional financing or choose to refinance certain of these instruments, which could include strategic development, licensing activities and/or marketing arrangements, public or private sales of equity or debt securities or debt refinancing. Financing may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all, and our failure to raise capital when needed could materially adversely impact our growth plans and our financial condition or results of operations. Further, our ability to access capital market or otherwise raise capital may be adversely impacted by potential worsening global economic conditions and the recent disruptions to, and volatility in, financial markets in the United States and worldwide, including as a result of diseases, geopolitical conflicts, recent liquidity constraints or failures and instability in U.S. and international financial banking systems on the global financial markets. Additional debt or equity financing, if available, may be dilutive to the holders of our common stock and may involve significant cash payment obligations and covenants that restrict our ability to operate our business or to access capital, and may further restrict dividend payments.
Sources and uses of cash
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Year ended December 31, |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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Net cash (used in) provided by: |
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Operating activities |
$ |
(1.0 |
) |
|
$ |
(3.6 |
) |
|
$ |
10.9 |
|
Investing activities |
|
(8.2 |
) |
|
|
(8.4 |
) |
|
|
(29.3 |
) |
Financing activities |
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
1.8 |
|
|
|
19.9 |
|
Total |
$ |
(6.9 |
) |
|
$ |
(10.2 |
) |
|
$ |
1.5 |
|
Cash flows from operating activities represents our net loss as adjusted for stock-based compensation expense, non-cash interest expense, depreciation expense, amortization of intangible assets, deferred income tax expense and gains and losses on extinguishment of debt as well as changes in operating assets and liabilities. The $2.6 million increase in cash flows from operations in 2023 compared to 2022 was primarily due to the decrease in net loss, net of various non-cash items described above and an increase in accrued interest, partially offset by an increase in inventory. The $14.5 million decrease in cash flows from operations in 2022 compared to 2021 was primarily due to changes in operating assets and liabilities, including a $4.8 million effect from changes in accrued interest due to the timing of the fourth quarter 2021 interest payment on the prior Athyrium credit agreement that was not paid until 2022. Additionally, we experienced changes to inventory, accrued expenses and accounts receivable collectively resulting in a $10.0 million decrease in cash flows, primarily caused by accrued costs related to the December 2022 debt refinancing that were paid in 2023, growth in our development business and changes to customer ordering patterns.
Net cash used in investing activities for each of the three years includes capital expenditures to scale and support our expansion of capabilities. In 2021, net cash used in investing activities also included $24.0 million paid to acquire IriSys.
Net cash provided by financing activities included:
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Forward-looking factors
Our future use of operating cash and capital requirements will depend on many forward-looking factors, including the following:
We may use existing cash and cash equivalents on hand, additional debt, equity financing, sale of real-estate or other assets or out-licensing revenue or a combination thereof to fund our operations or acquisitions. If we increase our debt levels, we might be restricted in our ability to raise additional capital and might be subject to financial and restrictive covenants. If we issue additional equity in future periods, our shareholders may experience dilution. This dilution may be significant depending upon the amount of equity or debt securities that we issue and the prices at which we issue any securities.
While the Merger Agreement is in effect, we are subject to restrictions on our business activities, generally requiring us to conduct our business in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, and subject to a variety of specified limitations absent CoreRx’s prior consent. These limitations include, among other things, restrictions on our ability to acquire other businesses and assets, sell, transfer or license our assets, make investments, repurchase or issue securities, pay dividends, make capital expenditures, amend our organizational documents, issue securities and incur indebtedness.
Contractual commitments
The table below reflects our contractual commitments as of December 31, 2023:
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Total |
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Less than |
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1-3 years |
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3-5 years |
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More than |
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Debt obligations (1): |
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|
|
|
|
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Principal |
$ |
39.5 |
|
|
$ |
39.1 |
|
|
$ |
0.1 |
|
|
$ |
0.1 |
|
|
$ |
0.2 |
|
Interest |
|
7.3 |
|
|
|
3.9 |
|
|
|
3.3 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Purchase obligations (2) |
|
8.5 |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Operating leases (3) |
|
8.3 |
|
|
|
1.2 |
|
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
2.3 |
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
Other long-term liabilities (4)(5) |
|
92.1 |
|
|
|
4.7 |
|
|
|
7.6 |
|
|
|
8.0 |
|
|
|
71.8 |
|
Total |
$ |
155.7 |
|
|
$ |
56.7 |
|
|
$ |
13.9 |
|
|
$ |
10.6 |
|
|
$ |
74.5 |
|
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Critical accounting policies and estimates
This management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our consolidated financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
We have determined that certain accounting policies and estimates are critical to the preparation of the financial statements. We have prepared the following additional disclosures to supplement our summary of significant accounting policies located in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements beginning on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Revenue recognition for variable consideration in sales-based profit-sharing arrangements
For sales-based profit-sharing where the license for intellectual property is not deemed to be the predominant item to which the profit-sharing relates, we recognize revenue upon transfer of control of the manufactured product. In these cases, significant judgment is required to calculate the estimated variable consideration from such profit-sharing using the expected value method based on historical commercial partner pricing and deductions.
We are required to exercise significant judgment to estimate the value of the variable consideration, which we partially constrain due to the uncertainty of price adjustments made by our commercial partners, which are outside of our control. Factors causing price adjustments by our commercial partners include increased competition in the products’ markets, mix of volume between the commercial partners’ customers, and changes in government pricing. If we were to increase or decrease the percentage value of the constraint by 5%, we would recognize a corresponding decrease or increase, respectively, to revenue and earnings of $0.5 million.
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Impairment of goodwill and other long-lived assets
We are required to review, on an annual basis, the carrying value of goodwill to determine whether impairment may exist. The impairment analysis for goodwill consists of an optional qualitative assessment potentially followed by a quantitative analysis. If we determine that the carrying value of our reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge to goodwill is recorded for the excess.
The critical judgments involved in our annual qualitative test of goodwill include an assessment of unfavorable events and a judgment whether those events put our goodwill at risk of impairment, which if determined to be at risk would require us to perform a quantitative test. The critical judgments and estimates in our quantitative tests for goodwill and long-lived assets include selection and weighting of available valuation methods and the selection of assumptions that may be used in those methods.
In 2023, we determined that indicators of impairment were present for our goodwill and certain assets included in a long-lived asset group, including a decline in share price and the strategic reorganization primarily impacting our San Diego operations. Based on the quantitative analysis, we concluded that our goodwill and certain assets included in a long-lived asset group were not impaired due to the excess of fair value over the carrying value of these assets.
Item 7A. Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk
We are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These market risks are principally limited to interest rate fluctuations. At December 31, 2023, we had only a de minimis amount invested in money market instruments.
Our Royal Bank of Canada term loan interest expense is currently based on the current committed rate of three-month forward SOFR plus 5%. An increase in SOFR of 1% would result in additional interest expense of $0.4 million annually.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
Our consolidated financial statements and the report of our independent registered public accounting firm are included at the end of this Annual Report on Form 10-K beginning on page F-1.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2023. We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system will be met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected. However, our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2023, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance of the reliability of financial reporting and of the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Internal control over financial reporting includes policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and disposition of assets; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with the authorization of its management and directors; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding the prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures included in such controls may deteriorate.
Our management has assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2023. In making this assessment, management used the criteria established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013). These criteria are in the areas of control environment, risk assessment, control activities, information and communication, and monitoring. Management’s assessment included extensive documentation, evaluating and testing the design and operating effectiveness of its internal controls over financial reporting.
Based on management’s processes and assessment, as described above, management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2023, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.
Item 9B. Other Information
(a) On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2024 (the “Amendment”), with Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, the guarantors party thereto, and the lenders party thereto, which amends the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2022, by and among the Company, as borrower, the guarantors party thereto from time to time, the lenders party thereto from time to time, and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent.
Pursuant to the Amendment, the parties thereto agreed that, among other things, (i) the deadline to deliver the Company’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 shall be extended to April 30, 2024 and (ii) the compliance dates for certain financial maintenance covenants shall be extended to April 30, 2024.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such document, which is filed as Exhibit 10.28 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
(b) During the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, no director or “officer” as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act
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Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections
Not applicable
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Information with respect to this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or the Proxy Statement, or in an amendment to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, or the Form 10-K/A, under the headings “Board of Directors,” “Executive Officers,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” and “Corporate Governance and Risk Management” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
Information with respect to this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A under the headings “Director Compensation,” “Executive Compensation,” and “Corporate Governance and Risk Management” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholder Matters
Information with respect to this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A under the headings “Security Ownership of Directors, Certain Beneficial Owners and Management,” “Executive Compensation,” and “Director Compensation,” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
Information with respect to this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A under the headings “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Corporate Governance and Risk Management” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services
Information with respect to this item will be set forth in the Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm,” and is incorporated herein by reference. The Proxy Statement or Form 10-K/A will be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules
(a)(1) Consolidated Financial Statements.
The following consolidated financial statements are filed as a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:
(a)(2) Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules.
Not applicable.
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(a)(3); (b) Exhibits:
Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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Method of filing |
2.1 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 26, 2019 (File No. 001-36329). |
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3.1 |
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Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Recro Pharma, Inc. |
|
Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2014 (File No. 001-36329). |
3.2 |
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Articles of Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Recro Pharma, Inc. |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 21, 2022 (File No. 001-36329). |
3.3 |
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Filed herewith. |
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3.4 |
|
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 10, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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3.5 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 13, 2022 (File No. 001-36329). |
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4.1 |
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Common Stock Purchase Warrant in favor of Warberg WF XI LP (as assigned by OTA LLC) |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
4.2 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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4.3 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 8, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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4.4 |
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Filed herewith. |
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10.1 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2015 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.2 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2015 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.3 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2015 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.4 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 18, 2019 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.5 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 12, 2015 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.6 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2015 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.7 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 28, 2018 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.8 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on March 6, 2019 (File No. 001-3632). |
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10.9 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 4, 2020 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.10 |
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Amendment No. 1 to License and Supply Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2018, by and between Recro Gainesville LLC and Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 4, 2020 (File No. 001-36329). |
10.11 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 10, 2020 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.12 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 10, 2022 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.13 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2021 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.14 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2021 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.15 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 13, 2021 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.16 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.17 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 16, 2022 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.18 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 8, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.19 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 8, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.20 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 8, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.21 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 8, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.22 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 28, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.23 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 12, 2022 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.24 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 1, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.25 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 12, 2022 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.26 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 10, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.27 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14, 2023 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.28 |
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Filed herewith. |
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10.29 |
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Recro Pharma, Inc. 2018 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan. |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on May 9, 2018 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.30 |
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Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Inducement Award Agreement |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 9, 2021 (File No. 001-36329). |
10.31 |
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Form of Inducement Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Units |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 9, 2021 (File No. 001-36329). |
10.32 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2021 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.33 |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2021 (File No. 001-36329). |
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10.34 |
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Form of Award Agreement for Restricted Stock Units (performance-based) |
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Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2021 (File No. 001-36329). |
10.35 |
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Employment Agreement between Recro Pharma, Inc. and J. David Enloe, Jr., dated December 15, 2020. |
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Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 21, 2020 (File No. 001-36329). |
10.36 |
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Employment Agreement between Recro Pharma, Inc. and Ryan Lake, dated December 15, 2020. |
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Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 21, 2020 (File No. 001-36329). |
21.1 |
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Filed herewith. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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Filed herewith. |
31.1 |
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of Principal Executive Officer. |
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Filed herewith. |
31.2 |
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Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) certification of Principal Financial Officer. |
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Filed herewith. |
32.1 |
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Section 1350 certification, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Filed herewith. |
97.1 |
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Filed herewith. |
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101 SCH |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema |
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Filed herewith. |
101 CAL |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase |
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Filed herewith. |
101 DEF |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase |
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Filed herewith. |
101 LAB |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase |
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Filed herewith. |
101 PRE |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
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Filed herewith. |
104 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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Filed herewith. |
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Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
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Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 406 under the Securities Act of 1933. |
(c) Not applicable
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
Date: March 22, 2024
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SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. |
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By: |
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/s/ J. David Enloe, Jr. |
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J. David Enloe, Jr. |
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Chief Executive Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed by the following persons in the capacities held on the dates indicated.
Signature |
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Title |
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Date |
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/s/ J. David Enloe, Jr. |
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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March 22, 2024 |
J. David Enloe, Jr. |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Ryan D. Lake |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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March 22, 2024 |
Ryan D. Lake |
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(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Matt Arens |
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Director |
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March 22, 2024 |
Matt Arens |
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/s/ William L. Ashton |
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Director |
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March 22, 2024 |
William L. Ashton |
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/s/ Elena Cant |
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Director |
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March 22, 2024 |
Elena Cant |
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/s/ Winston J. Churchill |
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Director |
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March 22, 2024 |
Winston J. Churchill |
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/s/ James C. Miller |
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Director |
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March 22, 2024 |
James C. Miller |
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/s/ Laura L. Parks |
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Director |
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March 22, 2024 |
Laura L. Parks |
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/s/ Bryan M. Reasons |
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Director |
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March 22, 2024 |
Bryan M. Reasons |
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/s/ Wayne B. Weisman |
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Executive Chairman of the Board |
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March 22, 2024 |
Wayne B. Weisman |
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55
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-2 |
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F-4 |
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F-5 |
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Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity or (Deficit) |
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F-6 |
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F-7 |
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F-8 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and Board of Directors
Societal CDMO, Inc.:
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Societal CDMO, Inc. and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred net losses since inception, has an accumulated deficit and projects non-compliance with debt covenants, that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of a critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
F-2
Variable consideration for profit-sharing revenue
As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company earns sales-based profit-sharing or royalty consideration, collectively referred to as profit-sharing revenue, which is computed based on the net product sales of the commercial partner. For arrangements that include product sales and sales-based profit-sharing where the license for intellectual property is not deemed to be the predominant item to which the profit-sharing relates, the profit-sharing is variable consideration and the Company recognizes revenue, including an estimate of profit-sharing, upon transfer of control of the manufactured product. In these cases, significant judgment is required to calculate the estimated variable consideration from such profit-sharing using the expected value method based on historical commercial partner pricing and deductions. Estimated variable consideration is partially constrained due to the uncertainty of price adjustments made by the Company’s commercial partners, which are outside of the Company’s control. Factors causing price adjustments by the Company’s commercial partners include increased competition in the products’ markets, mix of volume between the commercial partners’ customers, and changes in government pricing. The Company reported total revenue of $94.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, which included profit-sharing revenue.
We identified the evaluation of the estimate of the variable consideration for arrangements that include sales-based profit-sharing where the license for intellectual property is not deemed to be the predominant item as a critical audit matter. A high degree of auditor judgment was required to evaluate the Company’s determination of the constraint due to the uncertainty of price adjustments made by the Company’s commercial partners in response to market conditions.
The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design of certain internal controls related to the determination of the constraint used to estimate variable consideration. We evaluated the Company’s ability to estimate variable consideration by comparing the actual amount of profit-sharing revenue realized by the Company to its historical estimates. We obtained and inspected third party market data regarding the effect of market conditions on the commercial partners and potential price adjustments they may offer with respect to their products, and assessed how the Company considered such market conditions in its determination of the constraint.
/s/ KPMG LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2009.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 22, 2024
F-3
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data) |
December 31, 2023 |
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December 31, 2022 |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
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$ |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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Contract assets |
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Inventory |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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Assets held for sale |
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Total current assets |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
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Operating lease asset |
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Intangible assets, net |
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Goodwill |
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Other assets |
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Total assets |
$ |
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$ |
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Liabilities and shareholders’ equity |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ |
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$ |
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Current portion of debt |
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Current portion of operating lease liability |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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Total current liabilities |
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Debt, net of current portion |
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Operating lease liability, net of current portion |
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Other liabilities |
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Total liabilities |
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Shareholders’ equity: |
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Convertible preferred stock, $ |
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Common stock, $ |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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Accumulated deficit |
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) |
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( |
) |
Total shareholders’ equity |
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Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity |
$ |
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$ |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-4
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Year ended December 31, |
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(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data) |
2023 |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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Revenue |
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Operating expenses: |
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Cost of sales |
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Selling, general and administrative |
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Amortization of intangible assets |
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Total operating expenses |
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Operating (loss) income |
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( |
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Interest expense |
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( |
) |
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( |
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( |
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Interest income |
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(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt |
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( |
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Loss before income taxes |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
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( |
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Income tax expense |
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Net loss |
$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
( |
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$ |
( |
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Loss per share, basic and diluted |
$ |
( |
) |
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$ |
( |
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$ |
( |
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Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-5
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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Convertible preferred stock |
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Common stock |
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Additional paid-in |
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Accumulated |
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(amounts in thousands, except share data) |
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Shares |
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Amount |
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Shares |
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Amount |
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capital |
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deficit |
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Total |
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Balance, December 31, 2020 |
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
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Fair value of shares issuable to former equity holders of IriSys, net of costs |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Issuance of stock, net of costs |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Vesting of restricted stock units, net |
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— |
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— |
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( |
) |
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— |
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( |
) |
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Exercise of stock options, net |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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Net loss |
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— |
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— |
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— |
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|
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— |
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— |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Balance, December 31, 2021 |
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|
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— |
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|
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( |
) |
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|||||
Issuance of stock, net of costs |
|
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— |
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||||||
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
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— |
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— |
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— |
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— |
|
|
|
|
|
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— |
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||
Vesting of restricted stock units, net |
|
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— |
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— |
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|
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|
|
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|
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( |
) |
|
|
— |
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( |
) |
||
Exercise of stock options, net |
|
|
— |
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|
|
— |
|
|
|
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|
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— |
|
|
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— |
|
|
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— |
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— |
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|
Net loss |
|
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— |
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— |
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|
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— |
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— |
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|
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— |
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|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Balance, December 31, 2022 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
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|
$ |
|
|
$ |
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|
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
|
||||||
Issuance of preferred stock, net of costs |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
( |
) |
Issuance of common stock and warrants, net of costs |
|
|
— |
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— |
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— |
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Issuance of warrants |
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— |
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— |
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|
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— |
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— |
|
|
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— |
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||
Conversion of preferred stock |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
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— |
|
|||
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
||
Vesting of restricted stock units, net |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
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— |
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|
|
( |
) |
||
Net loss |
|
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— |
|
|
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F-6
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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F-7
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to consolidated financial statements
(amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)
(1) Background
Societal CDMO, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on
Liquidity and capital resources
The Company has incurred net losses since inception and has an accumulated deficit of $
The Company’s future operations are highly dependent on the profitability of its development and manufacturing operations. The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a slowdown in clinical development activities resulting from reduced cash funding, and the Company has been experiencing higher rates of customer attrition and development program delays which have negatively impacted earnings and cash flows. As a result, management reduced its earnings and cash flow projections during 2023. These factors, and the related impact on debt covenant compliance, continue to impact the Company through the present day and are expected to continue.
The Company’s credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada contains certain financial and other covenants, including minimum liquidity requirements, maximum net leverage ratios and minimum fixed charge coverage ratios (see note 8 for details), and includes limitations on, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness, paying dividends, acquisitions and certain investments. Due to the factors discussed above, there is significant uncertainty as to whether the Company will be able to comply with these covenants in future periods. Further, management concluded that substantial doubt exists about its ability to continue as a going concern as of the date of the issuance of these financial statements.
The Company’s conclusion that substantial doubt exists about its ability to continue as a going concern resulted in an explanatory paragraph in the auditor’s report on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the delivery to the lenders of which pursuant to the credit agreement would result in a default under the credit agreement in effect prior to giving effect to the third amendment to the credit agreement. On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into a third amendment to the credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, which extended the deadline until April 30, 2024 for delivery of (i) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and (ii) the corresponding audit report without a “going concern” explanatory paragraph. The extension of the deadline to submit these documents effectively delays the default under the amended credit agreement until May 1, 2024. The third amendment also (i) defers the $4,000 quarterly minimum liquidity covenant as of March 31, 2024 until as of April 30, 2024 and (ii) clarified that a $1,500 monthly liquidity covenant was not applicable as of March 31, 2024. This amendment to the credit agreement was made, in part, to provide the Company with flexibility to complete the planned merger, to prevent the explanatory paragraph in the auditor’s report from triggering a default under the credit agreement until May 1, 2024 and to allow certain discretionary cash payments that management intends to make prior to closing the planned merger from potentially triggering a default of the minimum liquidity covenant prior to April 30, 2024. Absent completion of the planned merger before May 1, 2024, which is expected to result in the repayment and termination of the credit agreement, or additional amendments to, or waivers under, the credit agreement, the Company expects that an event of default would be triggered once the audited financial statements are delivered to Royal Bank of Canada under the terms of the amended credit agreement.
As a result, the Company has classified the outstanding balance of the loan with Royal Bank of Canada as a current liability in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023.
Any failure to comply with the other terms, covenants and conditions of the credit agreement or the debt agreements may also result in an event of default under such agreements, which could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and results of operations.
F-8
An event of default under the Company’s amended credit agreement may constitute an event of default under the Company’s subordinated promissory note with the former equity holders of IriSys and under the lease of the Company’s manufacturing campus in Gainesville, Georgia. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the subordinated promissory note, the entire unpaid principal amount, all accrued and unpaid interest and any other amounts due automatically accelerate and are due on the date of occurrence of an event of default. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the lease agreement, remedies available to the lessor generally include, without limitation, terminating such lease agreement, repossessing and reletting the leased property, and recovery of all costs and losses paid or incurred by lessor as a result of such default. The exercise of the aforementioned remedies could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
The Company’s ability to comply with the amended financial covenants and contractual requirements under the Company’s debt agreements is subject to the profitability of the Company’s development and manufacturing operations, maintaining sufficient cash and cash equivalents to satisfy the minimum liquidity financial maintenance covenants, and the Company’s success in implementing certain cost control measures, including the Company’s strategic reorganization which included a reduction in force, reducing capital expenditures and managing working capital in order to improve the Company’s ongoing financial performance and the Company’s liquidity position. However, given the uncertainty associated with the ongoing slowdown in the pharmaceutical industry, the Company may not be successful in undertaking these measures and therefore substantial doubt is not alleviated by management’s plans as of the date of issuance of these financial statements.
The Company may extend and/or supplement the actions the Company is taking if the Company continues to experience the adverse conditions described above. If the Company is unable to achieve the results required to comply with the terms of the Company’s credit agreement in one or more quarters over the next twelve months, the Company may be required to take specific actions in addition to those described above, including but not limited to, additional cost control measures, or alternatively, seeking an additional amendment or waiver from its lenders. Obtaining future credit agreement waivers or amendments to the credit agreement is not within the Company’s control, and if the Company is unsuccessful in doing so and, thereafter, and event of default under the credit agreement occurs, then the lenders may exercise the rights available to them under the credit agreement.
On February 28, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, in connection with which a tender offer was commenced to acquire all of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock for approximately $
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amounts and classification of assets, liabilities, and reported expenses that may be necessary if the Company were unable to continue as a going concern.
(2) Summary of significant accounting principles
Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The Company has determined that it operates in a single segment.
Use of estimates
The preparation of financial statements and the notes to the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from such estimates.
F-9
Business combinations
The Company measures the purchase price paid for acquired companies based on fair value and allocates that purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. Valuations are performed to assist in determining the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions, in particular with respect to intangible assets. Management makes estimates of fair value based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable. These estimates are based in part on historical experience and information obtained from the acquired companies and expectations of future cash flows. Costs associated with business combinations are expensed as incurred as selling, general and administrative expenses.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents represent cash in banks and highly liquid short-term investments that have maturities of three months or less when acquired. These highly liquid short-term investments are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near to their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value due to changes in interest rates.
Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable generally represent amounts billed for services provided under our customer contracts and are recorded at the invoiced amount net of an allowance for credit losses, if necessary. We apply judgment in assessing the ultimate realization of our receivables, and we estimate an allowance for credit losses based on various factors, such as the aging of our receivables, historical experience, and the financial condition of our customers. The allowance for credit losses was not material as of the balance sheet dates presented.
Inventory
Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Included in inventory are raw materials and work-in-process used in the production of commercial products. Items are issued out of inventory using the first-in, first-out method.
Adjustments to inventory are determined at the raw materials, work-in-process, and finished good levels to reflect obsolescence or impaired balances. Factors influencing inventory obsolescence include changes in demand, product life cycle, product pricing, physical deterioration and quality concerns.
Property, plant and equipment, net
Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are as follows: to
The Company considers assets to be held for sale when (i) management commits to a plan to sell the asset; (ii) the asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition; (iii) the asset is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable given the estimate of current market value; and (iv) the sale is probable and will be completed within one year. Upon designation of an asset as held for sale, the Company records the asset’s value at the lower of its carrying value plus selling costs or its estimated net realizable value.
Goodwill and intangible assets
Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired by the Company in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but assessed for impairment on an annual basis or more frequently if impairment indicators exist.
The impairment analysis for goodwill consists of an optional qualitative assessment potentially followed by a quantitative analysis. If the Company determines that the carrying value of its reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess.
F-10
The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test as of November 30th, or whenever an event or change in circumstance occurs that would require reassessment of the impairment of goodwill. In performing the evaluation, the Company assesses qualitative factors such as overall financial performance, actual and anticipated changes in industry and market conditions, and competitive environments. As a result of the most recent annual goodwill impairment test, the Company determined that there was no impairment of goodwill.
Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life. The Company is required to review the carrying value of definite-lived intangible assets for recoverability whenever events occur or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable.
Contingencies
The Company’s business exposes it to various contingencies including compliance with regulations, legal exposures and other matters. Loss contingencies are reflected in the financial statements based on management’s assessments of their expected outcome or resolution:
Significant judgment is required to determine probability and whether the amount can be reasonably estimated. Due to uncertainties related to these matters, accruals are based only on the information available at the time. As additional information becomes available, the Company reassesses potential liabilities and may revise previous estimates.
Revenue recognition
The Company generates revenues from manufacturing, profit-sharing and development services for multiple pharmaceutical companies.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing, packaging and other related services revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of a product to a customer, generally upon shipment, based on a transaction price that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to as specified in the agreement with the commercial partner, which could include variable consideration such as pricing and volume-based adjustments.
Profit-sharing
In addition to manufacturing and packaging revenue, certain customers who use our technologies are subject to agreements that provide us intellectual property sales-based profit-sharing and/or royalties consideration, collectively referred to as profit-sharing, computed on the net product sales of the commercial partner. Profit-sharing revenues are generally recognized under the terms of the applicable license, development and/or supply agreement. The Company has determined that, in its arrangements, the license for intellectual property is not the predominant item to which the profit-sharing relates, so the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the manufactured product. In these cases, significant judgment is required to calculate the estimated variable consideration from such profit-sharing using the expected value method based on historical commercial partner pricing and deductions. Estimated variable consideration is partially constrained due to the uncertainty of price adjustments made by the Company’s commercial partners, which are outside of the Company’s control. Factors causing price adjustments by the Company’s commercial partners include increased competition in the products’ markets, mix of volume between the commercial partners’ customers, and changes in government pricing.
Development
Development revenue includes services associated with formulation, process development, clinical trial materials services, as well as custom development of manufacturing processes and analytical methods for a customer’s non-clinical, clinical and commercial products. Such revenues are recognized at a point in time or over time depending on the nature and particular facts and circumstances associated with the contract terms.
F-11
Development contracts generally do not contain variable consideration, but to the extent they do, the Company includes in the transaction price only amounts that are considered probable of being achieved and estimates the amount to be included using the most likely amount method.
In contracts that require revenue recognition over time, the Company utilizes an input method that compares the cumulative achievement of contract tasks to date to the most current estimates for the entire performance obligation. Under these contracts, the customer typically owns the product details and process, which have no alternative use. These projects are customized to each customer to meet its specifications, and typically only one performance obligation is included. Each project represents a distinct service that is sold separately and has stand-alone value to the customer. The customer also retains control of its product as the product is being created or enhanced by the Company’s services and can make changes to its process or specifications upon request.
Contract assets represent revenue recognized for performance obligations completed or in process before an unconditional right to payment exists, and therefore invoicing or associated reporting from the customer regarding the computation of the net product sales has not yet occurred. Contract liabilities represent payments received from customers prior to the completion of associated performance obligations.
Concentration of credit risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company manages its cash and cash equivalents based on established guidelines that balance safety and liquidity.
The Company’s accounts receivable balances are primarily concentrated among
The Company is dependent on its relationships with a small number of commercial partners. The Company’s three largest customer contracts generated
Stock-based compensation expense
The Company measures employee stock-based awards at grant-date fair value and recognizes employee compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur.
Determining the appropriate fair value of stock options requires the use of subjective assumptions, including the expected life of the option and expected stock price volatility. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and/or management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards.
The expected life of stock options was estimated using the “simplified method,” which is based on the average of the vesting tranches and the contractual life of each grant. For stock price volatility, the Company uses the historical volatility of its publicly traded stock in order to estimate future stock price trends. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury notes with a term approximating the expected life of the option.
Upon exercise of stock options or vesting of restricted stock units, the holder may elect to cover tax withholdings by forfeiting shares of an equivalent value. In such cases, the Company issues net new shares to the holder, pays the tax withholding on behalf of the participant and presents the payment similar to a capital distribution: a reduction to additional paid-in-capital and a financing cash outflow in the consolidated financial statements.
Income taxes
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis, operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date.
F-12
In assessing the realizability of net deferred tax assets, the Company considers all relevant positive and negative evidence in determining whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. The realization of the gross deferred tax assets is dependent on several factors, including the generation of sufficient taxable income prior to the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards. A full valuation allowance was recorded as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Unrecognized income tax benefits represent income tax positions taken on income tax returns that have not been recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The Company recognizes the benefit of an income tax position only if it is more likely than not (greater than 50%) that the tax position will be sustained upon tax examination, based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. Otherwise, no benefit is recognized. The tax benefits recognized are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company does not anticipate significant changes in the amount of unrecognized income tax benefits over the next year.
Leases
The Company determines under U.S. GAAP if an arrangement is a lease at inception. The arrangement is a lease if it conveys the right to the Company to control the use of identified property, plant, or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Options to extend the lease are included in the lease term if the options are reasonably certain to be exercised. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
In a sale-leaseback transaction, the Company determines if it relinquished control of the assets to the buyer-lessor. If control is not relinquished, it does not derecognize the asset and does not apply the lease accounting model.
Operating lease balances are presented as separate captions on the balance sheets. Finance lease assets are included in property, plant and equipment. Finance lease liabilities are included in other liabilities.
Income or loss per share
Basic income or loss per share is determined by dividing net income or loss (the numerator) by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period (the denominator). The denominator includes the weighted average common stock equivalents for warrants priced at $0.0001, as the underlying common shares will be issued for little cash consideration and the conditions for the issuance of the underlying common shares are met when such warrants are issued.
To calculate diluted income or loss per share, the numerator and denominator are adjusted to eliminate the income or loss and the dilutive effects on shares, respectively, caused by outstanding common stock options, warrants and unvested restricted stock units, using the treasury stock method, if the inclusion of such instruments would be dilutive.
For all years presented, the Company incurred a net loss. In periods of net loss, the inclusion of dilutive securities would be antidilutive because it would reduce the amount of loss incurred per share. As a result, no additional dilutive shares were included in diluted loss per share, and there were no differences between basic and diluted loss per share.
The following table presents the potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the computations of diluted loss per share:
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(3) Inventory
The following table presents the components of inventory:
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F-13
(4) Intangible assets, net
The following table presents the components of other intangible assets:
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The following table presents estimated future amortization of other intangible assets:
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(5) Property, plant and equipment, net
The following table presents the components of property, plant and equipment:
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Interest expense capitalized to construction in process was $
The Company is party to a sale and purchase agreement, as amended, to sell approximately
F-14
(6) Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:
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Accrued transaction costs at December 31, 2022 included costs incurred related to the refinancing completed in December 2022 which included the sale and subsequent leaseback of the Company’s commercial manufacturing campus located in Gainesville, Georgia (see note 9), the issuance of common and preferred stock, a borrowing of $
In 2023, the Company completed a strategic reorganization, including termination charges of $
(7) Commitments and contingencies
The Company is involved, from time to time, in various claims and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company is not currently a party to any such claims or proceedings that, if decided adversely to it, would either individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations.
From time to time, the Company is involved in discussions with customers regarding ordinary disputes arising out of daily operations. Those types of discussions have increased in frequency following discussions the Company began to have in 2024 to customers of the San Diego facility regarding the Company’s evaluation of certain strategic alternatives. Certain of those customers have responded that they may seek specific contractual remedies from the Company. The Company intends to vigorously assert its rights and protections under its agreements with customers. Based on the current status of the ongoing discussions, the Company does not believe that it will be required to pay any material amounts to resolve these disputes.
On July 2, 2022, a product liability lawsuit was filed against the Company and various other defendants in the State Court of Cobb County, Georgia that claimed injuries and damages caused by Plaintiff Jakob Cuble’s alleged ingestion of, among other things, Focalin XR. The complaint sought compensatory and punitive damages. On April 14, 2023, Plaintiff’s counsel withdrew the case.
Purchase commitments
As of December 31, 2023, the Company had outstanding cancelable and non-cancelable purchase commitments in the aggregate amount of $
Employment agreements and certain other contingencies
The Company has entered into employment agreements with each of its executive officers that provide for, among other things, severance commitments of up to $
F-15
(8) Debt
The following table presents the components and classification of debt:
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December 31, 2023 |
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December 31, 2022 |
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Debt principal: |
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Term loan under Credit Agreement |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
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Note with former equity holder of IriSys |
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Other |
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Debt principal |
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Debt adjustments: |
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|
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Unamortized deferred issuance costs |
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( |
) |
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( |
) |
Unamortized original discount |
|
( |
) |
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( |
) |
Carrying value of debt |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
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|
|
|
|
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Current portion of debt |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Debt, net of current portion |
|
|
|
|
|
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Carrying value of debt |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
The following table presents the future maturity of debt principal:
Twelve months ending December 31, |
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2024 |
$ |
|
|
2025 |
|
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2026 |
|
|
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2027 |
|
|
|
2028 |
|
|
|
Thereafter |
|
|
|
Total debt principal |
$ |
|
Term loan under Credit Agreement
The Company is currently party to a credit agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) with Royal Bank of Canada. The Credit Agreement has been fully drawn in the form of a term loan of $
Substantial doubt exists that the Company will continue as a going concern (see note 1). Absent completion of the planned merger, which is expected to result in the repayment and termination of the credit agreement, or additional amendments to, or waivers under, the credit agreement, the Company expects that an event of default would be triggered once the audited financial statements are delivered to Royal Bank of Canada under the terms of the amended credit agreement. For these reasons, the entire principal balance of the term loan is classified as current and is presented as maturing during the twelve months ending December 31, 2024.
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As of December 31, 2023, the Credit Agreement also included certain financial covenants that the Company will need to satisfy on a quarterly basis, including: (i) maintaining a net leverage ratio less than
In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company has paid financing costs. These costs are being recognized in interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Credit Agreement, resulting in non-cash interest expense of $
The Credit Agreement bears
Historical term loans with Athyrium
The Company was previously party to a credit agreement with Athyrium Opportunities III Acquisition LP (“Athyrium Credit Agreement”). The Athyrium Credit Agreement included $
During the term of Athyrium Credit Agreement, the Company paid financing costs and accreted an exit fee. These costs were recognized in interest expense using the effective interest method, resulting in non-cash interest expense of $
The overall effective interest rate, including cash paid for interest and non-cash interest expense, immediately prior to repayment was
Note with former equity holder of IriSys
In connection with the acquisition of IriSys (see note 15), the Company issued a subordinated promissory note to a former equity holder of IriSys in the aggregate principal amount of $
In August 2023, the Note was amended to defer the due date of the $
In connection with the Note, the Company has paid financing costs. These costs are being recognized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Note. At December 31, 2023, the overall effective interest rate, including the amortization of the original discount, was
Other
In connection with the acquisition of IriSys (see note 15), the Company assumed a loan with a principal amount of $
F-17
In May 2020, the Company entered into a $
(9) Other liabilities
At December 31, 2023, other liabilities include a sale-leaseback liability of $
Sale-leaseback liability
The Company determined that it did not relinquish control of the assets to the buyer-lessor. Therefore, the assets were not derecognized, and the selling price was recorded as a financial liability. As of December 31, 2023, the carrying value of the liability was $
(10) Shareholders’ equity or deficit
Common stock
In May 2023, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from
In August 2023, the Company closed an underwritten public offering of
Convertible preferred stock
In December 2022, the Company issued
Warrants
The following table presents the warrants outstanding to purchase shares of common stock as of December 31, 2023:
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Number of shares |
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Exercise price per share |
|
|
Expiration date |
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Athyrium warrants |
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$ |
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|
November 17, 2024 |
||
IriSys warrants |
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|
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August 13, 2026 |
||
Pre-Funded warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
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None |
All outstanding warrants are equity-classified.
F-18
(11) Revenue recognition
The following table presents changes in contract assets and liabilities:
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Contract assets |
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Contract liabilities |
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Balance at December 31, 2022 |
$ |
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$ |
( |
) |
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Changes to the beginning balance arising from: |
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Reclassification to receivables as the result of rights to consideration becoming unconditional |
|
( |
) |
|
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— |
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Reclassification to revenue as the result of performance obligations satisfied |
|
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|
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|
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Changes in estimate |
|
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Net change to contract balance recognized since beginning of period due to recognition of revenue, amounts billed and changes in estimate |
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
Balance at December 31, 2023 |
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
|
Less: noncurrent portion |
|
— |
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion |
$ |
|
|
$ |
( |
) |
Contract assets and contract liabilities are reported at the contract level. Contracts with multiple performance obligation are reported as a net contract asset or contract liability on the consolidated balance sheet. The reclassification to revenue appearing in the contract assets column results from the recognition of revenue on contract liabilities that are presented as a net contract asset at the beginning of the year.
The following table disaggregates revenue by timing of revenue recognition:
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Year ended December 31, |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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2021 |
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Point in time |
$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Over time |
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|
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Total |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
The Company’s payment terms for manufacturing revenue and development services are typically 30 to 45 days. Profit-sharing revenue is recorded to accounts receivable in the quarter that the product is sold by the commercial partner upon reporting from the commercial partner and payment terms are generally 45 days after quarter end.
(12) Retirement plan
(13) Stock-based compensation
In October 2013, the Company established an equity incentive plan that has been subsequently amended and restated to become the 2018 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the “A&R Plan”). At December 31, 2023, a total of
Stock options
Stock options are exercisable generally for a period of
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The following table presents information about the fair value of stock options granted:
|
Year ended December 31, |
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2023 |
|
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2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
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Weighted average grant date fair value |
$ |
|
|
$ |
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|
$ |
|
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Assumptions used to determine fair value: |
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Range of expected option life |
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Risk-free interest rate |
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Expected dividend yield |
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The following table presents information about stock option balances and activity:
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Number of shares |
|
|
Weighted average exercise price |
|
|
Aggregate intrinsic value |
|
|
Weighted average remaining contractual life |
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Balance, December 31, 2022 |
|
|
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$ |
|
|
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|
|
|
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Granted |
|
|
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|
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Forfeited or expired |
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( |
) |
|
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|
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|
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Balance, December 31, 2023 |
|
|
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$ |
|
|
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Exercisable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Included in the table above are
Restricted stock units
Restricted stock units (“RSUs”) vest over
The following table presents information about recent RSU activity:
|
Number of shares |
|
|
Weighted average grant date fair value |
|
||
Balance, December 31, 2022 |
|
|
|
$ |
|
||
Granted |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Vested |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Forfeited |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Balance, December 31, 2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
Included in the table above are
Other information
The following table presents the classification of stock-based compensation expense:
|
Year ended December 31, |
|
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|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|||
Cost of sales |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
As of December 31, 2023, there was $
F-20
(14) Income taxes
All of the Company’s income from continuing operations is domestic. The components of the income tax provision from continuing operations are as follows:
|
Year ended December 31, |
|
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|
2023 |
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|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
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Current: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Federal |
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
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State |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
||
Total current |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
— |
|
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Deferred: |
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|
|
|
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Federal |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
State |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
Total deferred |
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
Change in valuation allowance |
|
|
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
||
Income tax expense |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
In 2022, the Company entered into a sale-leaseback transaction of its commercial manufacturing campus in Gainesville, Georgia, as discussed further in note 9. This transaction was treated as a sale for federal and state income tax purposes. The sale resulted in a taxable gain of approximately $
A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:
|
Year ended December 31, |
|
|||||||||
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|||
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate |
|
% |
|
|
% |
|
|
% |
|||
State taxes, net of federal benefit |
|
( |
)% |
|
|
% |
|
|
% |
||
Change in state tax rate |
|
% |
|
|
( |
)% |
|
|
( |
)% |
|
Nondeductible expenses |
|
( |
)% |
|
|
( |
)% |
|
|
( |
)% |
Research and development credits |
|
|
|
|
( |
)% |
|
|
% |
||
Change in valuation allowance |
|
( |
)% |
|
|
% |
|
|
( |
)% |
|
Effective income tax rate |
|
( |
)% |
|
|
( |
)% |
|
|
|
In 2022, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted a reduction to its corporate tax rate from
The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets were as follows:
|
December 31, |
|
|||||
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Deferred tax assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
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Net operating loss carryforwards |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Interest expense |
|
|
|
|
|
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Sale-leaseback |
|
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|
|
|
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Stock-based compensation |
|
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|
|
|
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Other |
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|
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Gross deferred tax asset |
|
|
|
|
|
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Valuation allowance |
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Deferred tax liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
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Depreciation |
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Contract assets |
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Other |
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Deferred tax liabilities |
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
Net deferred tax liabilities |
$ |
( |
) |
|
$ |
( |
) |
F-21
The net deferred tax liability shown in the table above is recorded in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2023. These net liabilities result from future tax years in which settlements of deferred tax liabilities are forecasted to exceed settlements of deferred tax assets. Beginning December 31, 2022, net operating loss carryforwards that could fully offset such liabilities are no longer available because they were all utilized for the December 2022 sale-leaseback transaction, as discussed further below.
The Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance against its U.S. and state deferred tax assets based on the available positive and negative evidence available. An important aspect of objective negative evidence evaluated was the Company’s historical operating results over the prior three-year period. The Company maintains the valuation allowance as of December 31, 2023 as a result of historical losses, inclusive of discontinued operations, during the most recent three-year period. The Company will re-evaluate the need for a valuation allowance in future periods based on its operating results as a standalone entity.
The following table summarizes carryforwards of net operating losses as of December 31, 2023:
|
Amount |
|
|
Expiration |
|
Federal net operating losses, 2018 to 2022 |
|
|
|
||
State net operating losses that expire |
|
|
|
||
State net operating losses that do not expire |
|
|
|
Under U.S. federal tax law, the utilization of a corporation’s net operating loss and research and development tax credit carryforwards is limited following a greater than
At December 31, 2023, the Company had
(15) Acquisition of IriSys
On
The aggregate purchase price consideration was comprised of cash consideration, a subordinated promissory note and a contractual obligation to issue
|
August 13, 2021 |
|
|
Cash paid, net of cash acquired |
$ |
|
|
Net working capital adjustment receivable |
|
( |
) |
Fair value of shares issuable to former equity holders of IriSys |
|
|
|
Fair value of note with former equity holder of IriSys |
|
|
|
Total estimated consideration |
$ |
|
The fair value of the shares issuable was determined by using the price of the Company’s common stock on the acquisition date, less a discount for lack of marketability due to the shares being unregistered shares of the Company. The fair value of the note was determined using a discounted cash flow analysis that incorporated an estimate of the market interest rate for debt of similar terms and credit risk on the acquisition date.
F-22
The Company incurred $
The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition:
|
August 13, 2021 |
|
|
Assets acquired: |
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
$ |
|
|
Contract assets |
|
|
|
Inventory |
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
|
|
|
Property and equipment |
|
|
|
Operating lease asset |
|
|
|
Intangible assets |
|
|
|
Goodwill |
|
|
|
Other assets |
|
|
|
Total assets acquired |
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities assumed: |
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
$ |
|
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
|
|
|
Operating lease liability |
|
|
|
Debt from finance loan |
|
|
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
|
Total liabilities assumed |
$ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net assets acquired |
$ |
|
The purchase price was allocated to the tangible assets and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their acquisition date estimated fair values. The identifiable intangible assets are subject to amortization on a straight-line basis.
|
Fair value |
|
|
Weighted average amortization period |
|
Customer relationships |
$ |
|
|
||
Backlog |
|
|
|
||
Trademarks and tradenames |
|
|
|
||
Total |
$ |
|
|
The fair value of property, plant and equipment was determined using a cost approach valuation method. The customer relationships and acquired backlog were valued using the multi-period excess earnings method and trademarks and trade names were valued using the relief from royalty method. These methods require several judgments and assumptions to determine the fair value of intangible assets, including revenue growth rates, discount rates, EBITDA margins, and tax rates, among others. These nonrecurring fair value measurements are Level 3 measurements within the fair value hierarchy.
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the net identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired. The goodwill related to the acquisition was attributable to expected synergies, the value of the assembled workforce as well as the collective experience of the management team with regards to its operations, customers, and industry. The goodwill is deductible for tax purposes.
Results for 2021 included revenue of $
|
Year ended December 31, |
|
|||||
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
||
Revenue |
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
||
Net income (loss) |
|
( |
) |
|
|
( |
) |
F-23
The pro forma financial information presented above has been prepared by combining the Company’s historical results and the historical results of IriSys and adjusting those results to eliminate historical transaction costs and to reflect the effects of the acquisition as if they occurred on January 1, 2020. The effects of the acquisition on the historical pro forma financial information include additional depreciation and amortization expense from the increase of asset carrying values to fair value, the adoption of new accounting standards, additional interest expense from the issuance of the subordinated promissory note and the elimination of interest expense related to indebtedness of IriSys prior to the acquisition. These results do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations which actually would have resulted had the acquisitions occurred on the date indicated above, or that may result in the future, and do not reflect potential synergies or additional costs following the acquisition.
(16) Fair value of financial instruments
The Company follows the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” for fair value measurement recognition and disclosure purposes for its financial assets and financial liabilities that are remeasured and reported at fair value each reporting period. The Company measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis, including cash equivalents, short-term investments and certain warrants. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of financial assets and financial liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy. Categorization is based on a three-tier valuation hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, as follows:
Items measured at fair value on a recurring basis
Cash equivalents of $
Fair value disclosures
The Company follows the disclosure provisions of FASB ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments” (ASC 825), for disclosure purposes for financial assets and financial liabilities that are not measured at fair value. As of December 31, 2023, the financial assets and liabilities recorded on the consolidated balance sheets that are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. The carrying values of these financial assets and liabilities approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.
The fair value of long-term debt, where a quoted market price is not available, is evaluated based on, among other factors, interest rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms, remaining payments and considerations of the Company’s creditworthiness. The Company determined that the recorded book value of its debt, a level 2 measurement, approximated fair value at December 31, 2023 due to the recent issuances of those instruments and taking into consideration management's current evaluation of market conditions.
(17) Leases
The Company is party to
F-24
Undiscounted future lease payments for the
Twelve months ending December 31, |
|
|
|
2024 |
$ |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
2026 |
|
|
|
2027 |
|
|
|
2028 |
|
|
|
Thereafter |
|
|
|
Total lease payments |
|
|
|
Less imputed interest |
|
( |
) |
Total operating lease liabilities |
$ |
|
At December 31, 2023, the weighted average remaining lease term was
(18) Related Party Transactions
The former equity holder of IriSys beneficially owned more than
(19) Subsequent Event
On February 28, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with CoreRx, Inc., (“CoreRx”), and Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein, CoreRx will commence a tender offer, or the Offer, to acquire all of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $
Following the consummation of the Offer, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Merger will be governed by and effected under Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, with no shareholder vote required to consummate the Merger. As a result of the Merger, the Company will cease to be a publicly traded company. The Merger Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company, CoreRx and Merger Sub. The Company expects that the outstanding debt under the Credit Agreement and the Note with former equity holder of IriSys will be repaid on or about the closing the Merger Agreement. However, there can be no assurance that the conditions to the completion of the Offer and the Merger will be satisfied or waived, that the Offer and the Merger will be completed on the expected timeframe or at all, or that the Offer and the Merger will be consummated as contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into a third amendment to the credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, which extended the deadline until April 30, 2024 for delivery of (i) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and (ii) the corresponding audit report without a “going concern” explanatory paragraph. The extension of the deadline to submit these documents effectively delays the default under the amended credit agreement until May 1, 2024. The third amendment also (i) defers the $4,000 quarterly minimum liquidity covenant as of March 31, 2024 until as of April 30, 2024 and (ii) clarified that a $1,500 monthly liquidity covenant was not applicable as of March 31, 2024.
F-25
Exhibit 3.3
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
OF
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.
In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to articles of amendment) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law of 1988, as amended, the undersigned, desiring to amend its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended hereby states that:
RESOLVED, that the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended of the Corporation is hereby amended by amending and restating the first paragraph of Article IV in its entirety as follows:
“The aggregate number of shares of all classes of stock that the Corporation shall have authority to issue is one hundred ninety-five million (195,000,000) shares, of which one hundred eighty-five million (185,000,000) of such shares shall be common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the ‘Common Stock’), and ten million (10,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share, to be designated by the board of directors of the Corporation (the ‘Board of Directors’), from time to time, as described below (the ‘Preferred Stock’).”
[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank]
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned Corporation has caused these Articles of Amendment to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof on this 24th day of May 2023.
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC |
|
By: |
/s/ J. David Enloe, Jr. |
Name: |
J. David Enloe, Jr. |
Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
Exhibit 4.4
DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Societal CDMO, Inc. (the “Company”) has one class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“Common Stock”) is registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. The following description of our Common Stock is a summary and does not purport to be complete. It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our second amended and restated articles of incorporation, as amended (“Articles of Incorporation”), and fourth amended and restated bylaws (“Bylaws”), each of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4.3 is a part. We encourage you to read our Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws and the applicable provisions of Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (“PBCL”), for additional information.
References to “Societal,” “we,” “our” and the “Company” herein are, unless the context otherwise indicates, only to Societal CDMO, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries.
Our authorized capital stock consists of 105,000,000 shares, 95,000,000 of which are designated as Common Stock and 10,000,000 of which are designated as preferred stock with a par value of $0.01 (“Preferred Stock”).
Common Stock
Shares of our Common Stock have the following rights, preferences and privileges:
Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided by the PBCL or our Articles of Incorporation and subject to the rights of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, all of the voting power of our shareholders is vested in the holders of the Common Stock, and each holder of Common Stock has one vote for each share held by such holder on all matters voted upon by our shareholders. No holder of Common Stock is entitled to the right of cumulative voting. At meetings of our shareholders, a plurality of the votes cast is sufficient to elect a director to our board of directors (the “Board”).
Dividends. Except as otherwise provided by the PBCL or our Articles of Incorporation, and subject to the powers, rights, privileges, preferences and priorities of holders of any series of Preferred Stock, the holders of Common Stock will share ratably in all dividends payable in cash, stock or otherwise and other distributions, whether in respect of liquidation or dissolution (voluntary or involuntary) or otherwise, at such times and in such amounts as our Board in its sole discretion may determine.
No Preemptive or Similar Rights. Holders of our Common Stock have no preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights.
Transfer Agent and Registrar. The transfer agent and registrar for our Common Stock is Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc.
Listing. Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “SCTL.”
Preferred Stock
Our Board has the authority, without further action by our shareholders, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, to fix the dividend, voting and other rights, preferences and privileges of the shares of each wholly unissued series and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereon, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series, but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding. Our Board may authorize the issuance of Preferred Stock with voting or conversion rights that could adversely affect the voting power or other rights of the holders of our Common Stock. The issuance of Preferred Stock, while providing flexibility in connection with possible acquisitions and other corporate purposes, could, among other things, have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in our control and may adversely affect the market price of the Common Stock and the voting and other rights of the holders of our Common Stock.
Shares of our Series A Preferred Stock have the following rights, preferences and privileges:
Voting Rights. The Series A Preferred Stock is non-voting stock and does not entitle the holder thereof to vote on any matter submitted our shareholders for their action or consideration, except as otherwise provided by the PBCL or the other provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or the Certificate of Designations.
As long as any shares of Series A Preferred Stock are outstanding, we may not, without the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, take the following actions: (i) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, the Certificate of Designations or Bylaws of the Company in a manner that adversely affects the powers, preferences or rights of the Series A Preferred Stock; (ii) create, or authorize the creation of, or issue or obligate itself to issue shares of, any additional class or series of capital stock unless the same ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets on
the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends and rights of redemption, or increase the authorized number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock or increase the authorized number of shares of any additional class or series of capital stock of the Company unless the same ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends and rights of redemption; (iii) (A) reclassify, alter or amend any existing security of the Company that is pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends or rights of redemption, if such reclassification, alteration or amendment would render such other security senior to the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of any such right, preference, or privilege or (B) reclassify, alter or amend any existing security of the Company that is junior to the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of the distribution of assets on the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the payment of dividends or rights of redemption, if such reclassification, alteration or amendment would render such other security senior to or pari passu with the Series A Preferred Stock in respect of any such right, preference or privilege; or (iv) purchase or redeem (or permit any subsidiary to purchase or redeem) or pay or declare any dividend or make any distribution on, any shares of capital stock of the Company (with exceptions for dividends on the Common Stock solely in the form of additional shares of Common Stock).
Dividends. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive dividends or distributions on shares of Series A Preferred Stock equal (on an as-if-converted-to-common stock basis) to and in the same form as dividends or distributions actually paid on shares of our Common Stock when, as and if such dividends or distributions are paid on shares of our Common Stock. No other dividends or distributions shall be paid on shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
Automatic Conversion Upon Authorized Share Approval. Each share of our Series A Preferred Stock will automatically convert into 10 shares of our Common Stock without any further action or the payment of additional consideration by the holder thereof, subject to and immediately upon, approval by our shareholders of an amendment to our Articles of Incorporation, and filing and effectiveness thereof, to increase the number of shares of Common Stock we are authorized to issue, which we refer to as Authorized Share Approval. We have agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain Authorized Share Approval. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of each share of Series A Preferred Stock is determined by multiplying one share of Series A Preferred Stock by the Series A Conversion Rate in effect at the time of conversion. The “Series A Conversion Rate” shall initially be 10 shares of Common Stock for each share of Series A Preferred Stock. The Series A Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustment as provided in the Certificate of Designation. If Authorized Share Approval is not obtained by June 30, 2023, the Series A Conversion Rate then-in-effect shall be increased by 10% and will increase by an additional 10% per year on June 30 of each year for which the Authorized Share Approval has not yet been obtained, subject to the limits set forth in the Certificate of Designation.
Liquidation Preference. In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to our shareholders, and in the event of a Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the consideration payable to shareholders in such Deemed Liquidation Event or out of the Available Proceeds (as defined in the Certificate of Designations), as applicable, before any payment shall be made to the holders of Common Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share, or the Series A Liquidation Amount, equal to the greater of (i) the Series A Original Issue Price, plus any dividends declared but unpaid thereon, or (ii) such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Series A Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designations immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution, winding up or Deemed Liquidation Event. The Series A Original Issue Price shall mean $11.00 per share, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, combination or other similar recapitalization with respect to Series A Preferred Stock.
Listing. We do not intend to list the Series A Preferred Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market, any other national securities exchange or any other nationally recognized trading system. We expect the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock to be listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
Anti-Takeover Effects of Pennsylvania Law and our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws may delay or discourage transactions involving an actual or potential change of control or change in our management, including transactions in which shareholders might otherwise receive a premium for their shares, or transactions that our shareholders might otherwise deem to be in their best interests. Therefore, these provisions could adversely affect the price of our Common Stock. Among other things, our Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws:
Our Bylaws also provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, a state or federal court located within the County of Chester in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of our Company, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers or other employees or our shareholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the PBCL, or (iv) any action asserting a claim peculiar to the relationships among or between our Company and our officers, directors and shareholders. When there are no federal courts located in the County of Chester, as is currently the case, the exclusive forum provision of our Bylaws establishes exclusive jurisdiction for the matters above in the state courts of the County of Chester. However, such provision does not establish exclusive jurisdiction in the state courts of the County of Chester for claims that arise under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws if there is exclusive or concurrent jurisdiction in the federal courts.
Pennsylvania Anti-Takeover Law
Provisions of the PBCL applicable to us provide, among other things, that:
Pennsylvania-chartered corporations may exempt themselves from these and other anti-takeover provisions. Our Articles of Incorporation do not provide for exemption from the applicability of these or other anti-takeover provisions in the PBCL.
The provisions noted above may have the effect of discouraging a future takeover attempt that is not approved by our Board but which individual shareholders may consider to be in their best interests or in which shareholders may receive a substantial premium for their shares over the then current market price. As a result, shareholders who might wish to participate in such a transaction may not have an opportunity to do so. The provisions may make the removal of our Board or management more difficult. Furthermore, such provisions could result our Company being deemed less attractive to a potential acquiror and/or could result in our shareholders receiving a lesser amount of consideration for their shares of our Common Stock than otherwise could have been available either in the market generally and/or in a takeover.
Exhibit 10.28
THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This THIRD AMENDMENT to Credit Agreement (this “Third Amendment”), dated as of March 21, 2024, by and among Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), the guarantors party hereto (the “Guarantors”), the Lenders party hereto (collectively, constituting the Required Lenders), and Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”), as Administrative Agent (as defined below). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Third Amendment have the same meanings as specified in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and RBC, as administrative agent for the Lenders and collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”) have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2022, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2023, and as further amended by the Second Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2023 (as so amended, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and, as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including as amended by this Third Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders party hereto (collectively constituting the Required Lenders) have agreed, to amend the Existing Credit Agreement upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
Societal cdmo, inc.,
as the Borrower
By: /s/ Ryan D. Lake
Name: Ryan D. Lake
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Societal cdmo GAINESVILLE, LLC,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Ryan D. Lake
Name: Ryan D. Lake
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Societal cdmo GAINESVILLE DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Ryan D. Lake
Name: Ryan D. Lake
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Societal cdmo SAN DIEGO, LLC,
as a Guarantor
By: /s/ Ryan D. Lake
Name: Ryan D. Lake
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement]
royal bank of canAda,
as Administrative Agent
By: /s/ Casey Clark
Name: Casey Clark
Title: Associate Director
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement]
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as a Lender
By: /s/ Juliet K. M. Eck
Name: Juliet K. M. Eck
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Third Amendment to Credit Agreement]
Annex A
Amended Credit Agreement
[Attached]
Execution version
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 12, 2022
as amended pursuant to the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2023, and the Second Amendment and Waiver to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2023, and the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2024
among
SOCIETAL CDMO, INC.,
as the Borrower,
CERTAIN DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER,
as the Guarantors,
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as the Administrative Agent
and
THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS 1
1.01 Defined Terms. 1
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. 36
1.03 Accounting Terms. 37
1.04 Times of Day. 38
1.05 Currency Generally. 38
2.11 Sharing of Payments by Lenders 39
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS 39
2.01 Commitments and Warrants. 39
2.02 Borrowings. 40
2.03 Prepayments. 40
2.04 Termination of Commitments. 43
2.05 Repayment of Loans. 43
2.06 Interest. 43
2.07 Fees 44
2.08 Computation of Interest. 45
2.09 Evidence of Debt 45
2.10 Payments Generally. 45
2.11 Sharing of Payments by Lenders 46
2.12 Defaulting Lenders. 46
ARTICLE III TAXES, INCREASED COSTS AND YIELD PROTECTION 48
3.01 Taxes 48
3.02 Increased Costs 51
3.03 Illegality 52
3.04 Inability to Determine Rates 52
3.05 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 54
3.06 Survival. 55
ARTICLE IV GUARANTY 55
4.01 The Guaranty. 55
4.02 Obligations Unconditional 55
4.03 Reinstatement 56
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4.04 Certain Additional Waivers 56
4.05 Remedies 57
4.06 Rights of Contribution 57
4.07 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee 57
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO COMMITMENTS AND BORROWINGS 57
5.01 Conditions of Commitments. 57
5.02 Conditions of Initial Borrowings 57
5.03 Conditions to all Borrowings 61
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 61
6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power 61
6.02 Authorization; No Contravention 62
6.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents 62
6.04 Binding Effect 62
6.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect 62
6.06 Litigation 63
6.07 No Default 63
6.08 Ownership of Property; Liens 63
6.09 Environmental Compliance 64
6.10 Insurance 64
6.11 Taxes 65
6.12 ERISA Compliance. 65
6.13 Subsidiaries and Capitalization 65
6.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act 66
6.15 Disclosure 66
6.16 Compliance with Laws 67
6.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. 67
6.18 Solvency 69
6.19 Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral 69
6.20 Business Locations 69
6.21 Sanctions Concerns; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act 70
6.23 Registration Rights 70
6.24 Material Contracts. 70
6.25 Compliance of Products. 70
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6.26 Labor Matters. 75
6.27 EEA Financial Institution. 75
6.28 Regulation H. 75
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 75
7.01 Financial Statements. 75
7.02 Certificates; Other Information 76
7.03 Notices 78
7.04 Payment of Obligations 79
7.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc. 79
7.06 Maintenance of Properties 79
7.07 Maintenance of Insurance 80
7.08 Compliance with Laws. 80
7.09 Books and Records 80
7.10 Inspection Rights 81
7.11 Use of Proceeds 81
7.12 Additional Subsidiaries 81
7.13 ERISA Compliance 81
7.14 Pledged Assets 82
7.15 Compliance with Material Contracts 82
7.16 Deposit Accounts 82
7.17 Products and Key Permits 83
7.18 Consent of Licensors 83
7.19 Anti-Corruption Laws 83
7.20 Maintenance of Regulatory Authorizations, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Etc. 83
7.21 Post-Closing Obligations 85
7.22 Second Amendment Obligations 85
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS 85
8.01 Liens. 85
8.02 Investments 87
8.03 Indebtedness. 89
8.04 Fundamental Changes. 90
8.05 Dispositions 91
8.06 Restricted Payments 91
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8.07 Change in Nature of Business 92
8.08 Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders 92
8.09 Burdensome Agreements 92
8.10 Use of Proceeds 93
8.11 Prepayment of Junior Debt 93
8.12 Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, State of Formation and Form of Entity; Certain Amendments 93
8.13 Ownership of Subsidiaries 93
8.14 Sale Leasebacks 93
8.15 Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws 93
8.16 Financial Covenants. 94
8.17 Capital Expenditures 94
ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 95
9.01 Events of Default 95
9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default 97
9.03 Application of Funds 98
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT 98
10.01 Appointment and Authority. 98
10.02 Rights as a Lender 99
10.03 Exculpatory Provisions 99
10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent 100
10.05 Delegation of Duties 100
10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent 101
10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 101
10.08 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 101
10.09 Collateral and Guaranty Matters 102
10.10 Appointment of Administrative Agent as Security Trustee 103
10.10 Erroneous Payments 103
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS 106
11.01 Amendments, Etc. 106
11.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies 107
11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement. 109
11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver 109
11.05 Payments Set Aside 111
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11.06 Successors and Assigns 112
11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality 115
11.08 Set-off 116
11.09 Interest Rate Limitation 117
11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness 117
11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties 117
11.12 Severability 117
11.13 Replacement of Lenders. 118
11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. 118
11.15 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury 119
11.16 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents 120
11.17 USA PATRIOT Act 120
11.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship 120
11.19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 121
11.20 Collateral and Guaranty Release. 121
11.21 Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs. 122
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SCHEDULES
2.01 Commitments and Applicable Percentages
7.21 Post-Closing Obligations
11.02 Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
A Form of Loan Notice
B Form of Note
C Form of Joinder Agreement
D Form of Assignment and Assumption
E Form of Compliance Certificate
F Form of Solvency Certificate
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of December 12, 2022, by and among SOCIETAL CDMO, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors (defined herein), the Lenders (defined herein) and ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as the Administrative Agent.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders make an investment in the Borrower in the form of term loan facilities, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Acquisition” means, with respect to any Person, the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of (a) assets of another person which constitute all or any significant portion of the assets of such Person, or of any division, line of business or other business unit of such Person, (b) non-exclusive or exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property of a Third Party to be used in connection with the development, manufacture, commercialization, and/or distribution of a Product, other than any such licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (it being understood and agreed that any such license which contemplates aggregate payments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in consideration for such license in excess of $5,000,000 to a Third Party licensor and its affiliates shall be deemed to be outside of the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) or (c) at least a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.
“Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR” means an interest rate per annum equal to (a) Daily Simple SOFR plus (b) 0.11448%.
“Administrative Agent” means Royal Bank of Canada in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder, or any successor administrative agent as provided in Section 10.06; provided that at any time that Royal Bank of Canada is the only Lender, any notices, payments, prepayments, repayments and approvals (except for waivers and amendments) shall be provided to, made by or to, as applicable, Royal Bank of Canada in its capacity as the sole Lender hereunder. Royal Bank of Canada, as the initial Lender shall provide the Administrative Agent five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice (or such other period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent) of the assignment by it of any or all of its Commitment to any additional Lender (such date, the “Syndication Date”). On and following the Syndication Date, all references to the Administrative Agent shall refer to Royal Bank of Canada, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder; “Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
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“Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Anti-Corruption Laws” means the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and other anti-corruption laws and regulations of any jurisdiction.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” means the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act, and other anti-money laundering laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction.
“APIL” means Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated in Ireland with number 448848.
“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Facility represented by (i) on or prior to the Closing Date, such Lender’s Commitment at such time and (ii) thereafter, the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans at such time. The Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.
“Applicable Margin” means (a) from the Funding Date until the one (1) year anniversary of the Funding Date, 4.50% per annum; (b) from the one (1) year anniversary of the Funding Date until the two (2) year anniversary of the Funding Date, 5.00% per annum; and (c) from the two (2) year anniversary of the Funding Date and thereafter, 5.50% per annum.
“Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, with respect to any Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Loan under such Facility at such time.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by MarkitClear or other electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease and (c) in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment.
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“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP.
“Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.04(e).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, regulation rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (ii) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1.00% and (iii) Term SOFR for a three-month tenor in effect for such day plus 1.00%; provided that to the extent such highest rate as calculated above shall, at any time, be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be Floor for all purposes herein. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR shall be effective on the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR, respectively.
“Benchmark” means, initially, Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to Term SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 3.04(b).
“Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:
the Base Rate; or
Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR; or
the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a
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benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.
If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above would be less than the Floor, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then- current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.
“Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 3.04 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).
“Benchmark Replacement Date” means a date and time determined by the Administrative Agent, which date shall be no later than, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:
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For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:
For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).
“Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the 90th day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than 90 days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).
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“Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.04 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with Section 3.04.
“BHC Act Affiliate” of a party means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 1841(k)) of such party.
“Board of Directors” means (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to be closed for business in New York, New York; provided, that, when used in connection with a Term SOFR Loan, or any other calculation or determination involving SOFR, the term “Business Day” means any day that is only a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.
“Businesses” means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time.
“Capital Lease” means, subject to Section 1.03(b), as applied to any Person, any lease of any property by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided, that, the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (ii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within twelve months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person
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shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least 100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations, (e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), (f) other short term liquid investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and (g) solely with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, investments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above denominated in euro or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those referred to above and customarily used by corporations for short-term cash management purposes in any jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any business conducted by such Foreign Subsidiary.
“CFC” means any Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“cGCP” means the then current Good Clinical Practices that establish the ethical and scientific quality standards for designing, conducting, recording and reporting clinical trials that are promulgated or endorsed for the United States by the FDA (including through ICH E6 and 21 CFR Parts 50, 54, 56 and 312) and for outside the United States by comparable Governmental Authorities.
“cGMP” means the then current good manufacturing practices and regulatory requirements for manufacturing pharmaceutical or biological products (and components thereof) that are promulgated or endorsed for the United States by the FDA (including through 21 CFR Parts 210 and 211) and for outside the United States by comparable Governmental Authorities.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:
any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time (such right, an “option right”)), directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests representing 50% or more of the aggregate ordinary voting power in the election of the Board of Directors of the Borrower represented by the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis
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(and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the right to acquire pursuant to any option right);
during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that Board of Directors on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election, appointment or nomination to that Board of Directors was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such election, appointment or nomination at least a majority of that Board of Directors or (iii) whose election, appointment or nomination to that Board of Directors was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time of such election, appointment or nomination at least a majority of that Board of Directors; or
any “Change of Control” (or any comparable term) shall occur under any agreement evidencing Indebtedness in excess of the Threshold Amount.
“Closing Date” means December 12, 2022.
“CMS” means the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
“Collateral” means a collective reference to all real and personal property with respect to which Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral Access Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which a lessor of real property on which Collateral is stored or otherwise located, or a warehouseman, processor or other bailee of inventory or other property owned by any Loan Party, acknowledges the Liens of the Administrative Agent and waives (or, if approved by the Administrative Agent, subordinates) any Liens held by such Person on such property, and permits the Administrative Agent reasonable access to any Collateral stored or otherwise located thereon.
“Collateral Documents” means a collective reference to the Security Agreement, the U.S. Pledge Agreement, the Mortgages, the Deposit Account Control Agreements, the Collateral Questionnaire, the Collateral Access Agreements, the Real Property Security Documents and other security documents as may be executed and delivered by the Loan Parties pursuant to the terms of Section 7.14.
“Collateral Questionnaire” means that certain collateral questionnaire, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, executed by the Borrower as of the Funding Date.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the total of: (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (b) the following (without duplication), in each case (other than with respect to clause (b)(x)), to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, (i) gross interest expense for such period in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the
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deferred purchase price of assets (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest expense attributable to operating leases and Capital Leases or under the Master Lease Agreement), (ii) the provision for current and deferred federal, state, local and foreign income taxes paid or accrued for such period, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iv) unusual, infrequent or non-recurring losses, charges or expenses for such period (including without limitation any such losses, charges or expenses for such period resulting from the impact of the adoption by the Loan Parties of ASU 2014-09 for revenue recognition and similar timing impacts for the adoption of new accounting standards); provided, that, the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (b)(iv) for such period shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of Consolidated EBITDA (calculated prior to giving effect to the add backs permitted pursuant to this clause (b)(iv)) for such period, (v) non-cash charges (including, without limitation, stock-based compensation expense, contingent consideration expense and warrant mark-to-market adjustment expense (but excluding non-cash charges related to receivables)) for such period which do not represent a cash item in such period or any future period, (vi) any losses in such period resulting from any Disposition outside of the ordinary course of business, including any net loss from discontinued operations, (vii) all losses in such period with respect to foreign exchange transactions, (viii) fees, costs and expenses of the Loan Parties incurred directly in connection with the Transactions and the Equity Raise, (ix) up to $1,000,000 of fees, costs and expenses of the Loan Parties incurred directly in connection with the Second Amendment and (x) restructuring expenses, including employee severance, fees of the Administrative Agent’s advisors, and other employee and professional fees directly pertaining to restructuring-related activities after the Second Amendment Effective Date; provided, that, the Borrower shall deliver a certificate executed by a Responsible Financial Officer of the Borrower providing evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that all amounts added back pursuant to clauses (b)(viii), b(ix) and (b)(x) represent bona fide fees, costs and expenses of the Loan Parties that were actually incurred by the Loan Parties during such period, and minus (c) the following (without duplication), in each case, to the extent included in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, (i) federal, state, local and foreign income tax credits for such period, (ii) all non-cash income or gains for such period, (iii) all gains for such period in connection with any Disposition outside of the ordinary course of business, including any gains from discontinued operations and (iv) all gains in such period with respect to foreign exchange transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes herein, Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2021, March 31, 2022, June 30, 2022 and September 30, 2022 shall be deemed to be an amount separately agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower prior to the Funding Date.
“Consolidated Net Income” means for any period, for the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis, net income (or loss) for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, that, there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income any gains or losses that are both unusual and infrequent.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus (ii) Unrestricted Cash of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries held in Deposit Accounts for which the Administrative Agent shall have received a Deposit Account Control Agreement as of such date, in the case of this clause (ii), in an amount not to exceed $7,500,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended.
“Consolidated Revenues” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum (without duplication) of net revenues for such period of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of doubt, for any period, the applicable portion of any one-time
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upfront cash payment with respect to any such net revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for which GAAP required the recognition of revenue from such cash payment to be deferred over time), all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.
“Controlled Investment Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any fund or investment vehicle that (a) is organized for the purposes of making equity investments in one or more companies and (b) is controlled by, or under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition “control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of management and policies of a Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“Controlled Substances Act” means the U.S. Controlled Substances Act (or any successor thereto) and the rules, regulations, guidelines, guidance documents and compliance policy guides issued or promulgated thereunder.
“Copyrights” means all copyrights, whether statutory or common law, along with any and all (a) applications for registration, renewals, revisions, extensions, reversions, restorations, derivative works, enhancements, modifications, updates and new releases thereof, (b) income, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (c) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, and (d) foreign copyrights and any other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Covered Agreements” means the Novartis Agreement, the Verapamil Agreement, and the Verelan Agreement.
“Covered Entity” means any of the following:
“Covered Party” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21.
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“Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day (such day, the “SOFR Determination Day”), that is five (5) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as such SOFR is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any SOFR Determination Day Daily Simple SOFR for the applicable tenor has not been published by the SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then Daily Simple SOFR will be Daily Simple SOFR as published by the SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which Daily Simple SOFR was published by the SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such SOFR Determination Day; provided, that to the extent such rate as determined above shall, at any time, be less than the Floor, such rate shall be deemed to be Floor for all purposes herein.
“DEA” means the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and any successor administration thereto.
“Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.
“Default Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(b).
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.12(b), any Lender that () has failed to () fund all or any portion of its funding obligations hereunder within three (3) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, () has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect, () has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided, that, such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or () has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, () become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, () had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided, that, a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from
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the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above, and the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.12(b)) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower and each other Lender promptly following such determination.
“Deposit Account” means a “deposit account” (as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code), investment account (including securities accounts) or other account in which funds are held or invested to or for the credit or account of any Loan Party.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means any account control agreement by and among a Loan Party, the applicable depository bank (or securities intermediary, as the case may be) and the Administrative Agent, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of any comprehensive Sanctions.
“Disclosure Letter” means, as the context may require, that certain disclosure letter dated as of the Funding Date or that certain disclosure letter dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, in each case containing certain schedules delivered by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction or any issuance by any Subsidiary of its Equity Interests) of any property by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, but excluding the following (the following referred to herein collectively, as the “Permitted Transfers”): (a) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (b) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition in the ordinary course of business of surplus, obsolete or worn out property no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, (c) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary; provided, that, if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party, the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party, (d) the abandonment or other disposition of Intellectual Property that is not material and is no longer used or useful in any material respect in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (e) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases (other than relating to intellectual property) granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business and not interfering with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (f) any Involuntary Disposition, (g) dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business, (h) dispositions consisting of the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of unpaid and overdue accounts receivable in connection with the collection, compromise or settlement thereof in the ordinary course of business and not as part of a financing transaction, (i) Permitted Licenses, (j) the sale, transfer, issuance or other disposition of a de minimis number of shares of the Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary in order to qualify members of the governing body of such Subsidiary if required by applicable Law, (k) any disposition or other transfer of any Product inventory, without the payment or provision of consideration to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such Product inventory (other than expense reimbursement), reasonably necessary for the conduct of any then on-going clinical trial or other development or regulatory activities associated with such Product, (l) to the extent constituting a sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition, the granting, existence or creation of a Lien (but not the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition of the property subject to such Lien) permitted under Section
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8.01, Investments permitted under Section 8.02, fundamental changes permitted under Section 8.04 and Restricted Payments permitted under Section 8.06 (in each case, other than by reference to Section 8.05 or this definition (or any sub-clause of either thereof)), (m) the termination of Swap Contracts permitted hereunder in the ordinary course of business, and (n) a disposition of property to the extent that (A) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (B) the proceeds (determined on an after-tax basis) of such disposition are applied to the purchase price of such replacement.
“Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, prior to the ninety-first (91st) day after the Maturity Date (other than (x) settlements, conversions, redemptions and payments solely in the form of Qualified Capital Stock and (y) cash in lieu of fractional shares), (b) requires the payment of any cash dividends at any time prior to the ninety-first (91st) day after the Maturity Date (other than the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares), (c) contains any repurchase obligation at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, which may come into effect prior to the ninety-first (91st) day following the Maturity Date (other than (x) any obligation for repurchases solely made with Qualified Capital Stock and (y) cash in lieu of fractional shares) or (d) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, in each case at any time prior to the ninety-first (91st) day after the Maturity Date; provided, that, any Equity Interests that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests are convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem or repurchase such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in control occurring prior to the ninety-first (91st) day after the Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Equity Interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem or repurchase any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the termination of all unused Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) under the Loan Documents; provided, further, that, if such Equity Interests are issued pursuant to a plan for the benefit of employees or other service providers of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or by any such plan to such employees or other service providers, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or in connection with such employee’s or other services provider’s termination, death or disability.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.
“Duration Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(d).
“Earn Out Obligations” means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to the documentation relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the aggregate consideration paid for an Acquisition at the time of such Acquisition, the amount of any Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of the earn out payments in respect thereof as specified in the documents relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the amount of any Earn Out Obligations to be included in
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the definition of Funded Indebtedness, the amount of Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the aggregate liability in respect thereof, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assets” means assets (other than current assets) that are used or useful in the same or a similar line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extension or expansions thereof).
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06 (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).
“EMA” means the European Medicines Agency or any successor entity.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member, membership or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.
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“Equity Issuance” means (a) any issuance by Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to any Person that is not a Loan Party or a Subsidiary thereof, of (i) shares of its Qualified Capital Stock, (ii) any shares of its Qualified Capital Stock pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants, (iii) any shares of its Qualified Capital Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity and (iv) any preferred equity or other type of equity instrument and (b) any capital contribution from any Person that is not a Loan Party into any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof.
“Equity Raise” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(r).
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan, (b) the withdrawal of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan, (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA, or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(a).
“Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Impacted Class” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(d)(i).
“Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(e).
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01.
“Excluded Accounts” means Deposit Accounts (a) used exclusively for trust, payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage or employee benefit payments to or for the benefit of any Loan Party’s employees, (b) that are zero balance accounts, (c) over which the grant of a Deposit Account Control Agreement is legally prohibited or which constitute cash collateral in respect of a Permitted Lien and (d) in which the amount on deposit that constitute “Excluded Accounts” in reliance of this clause (d) does not exceed $150,000 in the aggregate for all such accounts at any time.
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“Excluded Property” means, with respect to any Loan Party, including any Person that becomes a Loan Party after the Closing Date as contemplated by Section 7.12, (a) any owned or leased real or personal property which is located outside of the United States (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary required to be pledged pursuant to Section 7.14), (b) with respect to any Loan Party that is organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, any personal property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles) in respect of which perfection of a Lien is not either (x) governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or (y) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, unless requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, (c) the Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, in each case, to the extent not required to be pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to Section 7.14(a), (d) any property which, subject to the terms of Section 8.09, is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.01(i) pursuant to documents which prohibit such Loan Party from granting any other Liens in such property, (e) (i) any leasehold interest of any Loan Party in real property and (ii) any fee owned real property of any Loan Party with, in each case with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), a fair market value of less than $1,000,000, (f) any general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument of a Loan Party if the grant of a security interest in such general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise alter such Loan Party’s rights, titles and interests thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or lapse of time or both); provided, that, (x) any such limitation described in this clause (f) on the security interests granted under the Collateral Documents shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable Law or principles of equity and (y) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in any applicable Law, general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral, a security interest in such general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument shall be automatically and simultaneously granted under the applicable Collateral Document and such general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument shall no longer constitute “Excluded Property” and shall be considered Collateral, (g) those assets with respect to which the granting of security interests in such assets would be prohibited by applicable Law or regulation (other than to the extent that any such Law, regulation or prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable Law or principles of equity), or would require governmental consent (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable Law or principles of equity); provided, that, immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such Law, regulation, prohibition or requirement for consent or the obtaining of any such consent, a security interest in such assets shall be automatically and simultaneously granted under the applicable Collateral Document and such assets shall no longer constitute “Excluded Property” and shall be considered Collateral, (h) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law; provided, that, upon submission and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of an amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall no longer constitute “Excluded Property” and shall be considered Collateral, (i) “margin stock” (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), (j) any real or personal property as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree in writing that the costs or other consequences of obtaining a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom, (k) Equity Interests in any Person (other than Wholly Owned Subsidiaries) to the extent the pledge thereof is not permitted by the terms of such Person’s Organization Documents and (l) any Excluded Accounts described in clauses (a) or (c) (solely to the extent constituting cash collateral in
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respect of a Permitted Lien of the type described in any of Sections 8.01(e), (f), (p), (r), (u), (v) and (w)) of the definition thereof.
“Excluded Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2017, by and between Societal CDMO, Inc. (f/k/a Recro Pharma, Inc.), a Pennsylvania corporation, certain domestic subsidiaries of the Borrower and Athyrium Opportunities III Acquisition LP, as the Administrative Agent and the lenders party thereto from time to time, as amended or otherwise modified.
“Extraordinary Receipts” means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Person not in the ordinary course of business, including tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance, condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof), indemnity payments and any purchase price adjustments; provided, that, Extraordinary Receipts shall exclude (w) working capital adjustments in connection with any Acquisition, (x) indemnification payments to the extent constituting reimbursement for cash expenses incurred by any Loan Party with respect to the event giving rise to the related indemnity claims, (y) fees received from any out-licensing agreements permitted hereunder and (z) proceeds from the issuance or sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower.
“Facilities” means, at any time, a collective reference to the facilities and real properties owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of the Closing Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations thereunder, official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities and implementing such sections of the Code.
“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor entity.
“FDCA” means the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (or any successor thereto) and the rules, regulations, guidelines, guidance documents and compliance policy guides issued or promulgated thereunder.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, that, if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day.
“Fee Letter” means that certain letter agreement dated as of the Funding Date by and among the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as amended or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Final Funding Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
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“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Measurement Period, the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period plus (ii) expense attributed to obligations in respect of operating leases under GAAP or under the Master Lease Agreement paid during such Measurement Period minus (iii) capital expenditures required in connection with the ordinary course maintenance of any property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries paid during such Measurement Period minus (iv) payments made in respect of any applicable federal and state income taxes paid in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such Measurement Period (other than any taxes paid with in connection with the Specified Asset Sale) to (b) (i) cash interest expense, commitment and other fees (other than any Duration Fee) and scheduled principal amortization payments (if any) in respect of the Facility and any other Indebtedness (except for scheduled principal amortization payments paid or payable in respect of the IRISYS Seller Note and principal payments associated with the Specified Asset Sale) incurred by the Borrower for such Measurement Period plus (ii) expense attributed to obligations in respect of operating leases under GAAP or under the Master Lease Agreement paid during such Measurement Period.
“Flood Hazard Property” means any real property subject to a Mortgage that is in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mudslide hazards.
“Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to Term SOFR. For the avoidance of doubt, the initial Floor for Term SOFR and the Base Rate shall be 1.00%.
“Foreign Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company” means any Domestic Subsidiary all or substantially all of the assets of which consist of Equity Interests in one or more CFCs.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.
“Funding Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.
“Funding Period” means the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of the Funding Date or 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on December 30, 2022.
“Funded Capital Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, (a) the additions to property, plant and equipment and other capital expenditures of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with GAAP, minus (b) any interest expenses that were appropriately reclassified from expenses to capital expenditures under GAAP, minus (c) any internal labor costs that were appropriately reclassified from expenses to capital expenditures under GAAP minus (d) any customer funded capital expenditures.
“Funded Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
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For purposes hereof, (i) the amount of any direct obligation arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments shall be the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder and (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, operating leases shall not be considered Funded Indebtedness for all purposes under this Agreement.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied and as in effect from time to time.
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“Governmental Authority” means any national, supranational, federal, state, county, provincial, local, municipal or other government or political subdivision thereof (including any Regulatory Agency), whether domestic or foreign, and any agency, authority, commission, ministry, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, tribunal, arbitrator, central bank or other Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to any such government.
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” means (a) each Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto and (b) each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12, together with their successors and permitted assigns.
“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to Article IV.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“Illegality Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.03.
“IND” means (a) (i) an investigational new drug application (as defined in the FDCA) that is required to be filed with the FDA before beginning clinical testing in human subjects, or any successor application or procedure; and (ii) any similar application or functional equivalent relating to any investigational new drug application applicable to or required by any country, jurisdiction or Governmental Authority other than the United States; and (b) all supplements and amendments that may be filed with respect to the foregoing.
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
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“Indemnified Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04(b).
“Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.07.
“Infringement” and “Infringes” mean the misappropriation or other violation of know-how, trade secrets, confidential information, and/or other Intellectual Property.
“Insurance Net Cash Proceeds” means Net Cash Proceeds that are the proceeds of insurance, received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt.
“Intellectual Property” means all (a) Patents; (b) Trademarks and all applications, registrations and renewals thereof; (c) Copyrights and other works of authorship (registered or unregistered), and all applications, registrations and renewals thereof; (d) Regulatory Authorizations; (e) Product Agreements; (f) computer software, databases, websites and domain registrations, data and documentation; (g) (i) trade secrets and confidential information, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (ii) know-how, (iii) inventions, (iv) manufacturing processes and techniques, (v) research and development information, and (vi) data and other information included in or supporting Regulatory Authorizations; (h) other intellectual property or similar proprietary rights; (i) copies and tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium); (j) any and all improvements to any of the foregoing; and (k) all exclusive and nonexclusive licenses from third parties to use any of the foregoing intellectual property or rights to use any intellectual property owned or licensed by such third parties.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and (b) the Maturity Date.
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“Interim Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2022, including balance sheets and statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Internal Revenue Service” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Interpolated Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation of Term SOFR for a Term SOFR Loan, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between:
(a) for any Interest Period of three-months, the most recent applicable Term SOFR (determined pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof) for the longest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and
(b) the most recent applicable Term SOFR (determined pursuant to clause (a) of the definition thereof) for the shortest period (for which Term SOFR is available) which is greater than the Interest Period of that Loan.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested (which, in the case of any Investment constituting the contribution of an asset or property, shall be based on such Person’s good faith estimate of the fair market value of such asset or property at the time such Investment is made), without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that to the extent that in the ordinary course of business the Borrower pays any bona fide trade payable on behalf of a Subsidiary and such Subsidiary reimburses the Borrower in cash in the amount of such bona fide trade payable paid by the Borrower within 30 days of such payment by the Borrower, such transaction shall not constitute an “Investment”.
“Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“IRISYS Seller Note” means that certain Subordinated Promissory Note, dated as of August 13, 2021, by and among the Borrower and IRISYS, INC., in an original principal amount of $6,116,672.72, as amended in accordance with the terms of the Second Amendment.
“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C executed and delivered by a Domestic Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.12.
“Junior Debt” means (a) any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, (b) any Indebtedness secured by Liens on any Collateral contractually junior to those created
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under the Collateral Documents, (c) any unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money and (d) any Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing.
“Key Permits” means all Permits relating to the Products, including all Regulatory Authorizations, the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on any Product Development and Commercialization Activities associated with any Product.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office address of such Lender and, as appropriate, account of such Lender set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as such Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Liquidity Decrease Notice” means, with respect to any Acquisition, a certificate, duly executed by a Responsible Financial Officer of the Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Acquisition, that (a) such Acquisition constitutes a Permitted Acquisition and (b) a Liquidity Decrease Period shall commence on the date of such Permitted Acquisition; provided, that, no more than three (3) Liquidity Decrease Notices shall be delivered during the term of this Agreement.
“Liquidity Decrease Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.16(a).
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, the Disclosure Letter, each Joinder Agreement, each Collateral Document and any other agreement, instrument or document designated by its terms as a “Loan Document”.
“Loan Notice” means a notice of a Borrowing of Loans pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“Loan Party” means, individually, the Borrower or a Guarantor and “Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
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“Master Lease Agreement” shall mean that certain Master Lease Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2022, by and between Societal CDMO Gainesville, LLC, as lessor, and Tenet Equity, LP, as lessee, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents.
“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document to which it is a party or a material impairment in the perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interests in the Collateral, (c) a material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their material obligations under any Loan Document, or (d) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party.
“Material Contracts” means (a) the Material Covered Agreements and (b) all other contracts or agreements to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party and the breach, nonperformance or cancellation of which, or the failure to renew could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Covered Agreement” means, as of any date of determination, any Covered Agreement pursuant to which the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, for the four (4) fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(b), generated revenues in excess of five percent (5%) of Consolidated Revenues for such four (4) fiscal quarter period. As of the Closing Date, each Covered Agreement is a Material Covered Agreement.
“Material Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property (and/or the economics afforded by the licensing thereof) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (a) that is material to the operations, business, property or financial condition of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or (b) the loss of which could reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Regulatory Authorizations” means any Regulatory Authorizations where the failure to possess or maintain such Regulatory Authorization, or restrictions placed thereon, in either case, could reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to result in either (a) a material adverse effect on any Product Development and Commercialization Activities associated with any Product or (b) a Material Adverse Effect.
“Maturity Date” means the date that falls three (3) years after the Funding Date; provided, that, the Maturity Date hereunder shall in no event be later than December 30, 2025; provided further, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the first Business Day immediately preceding such date.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.09.
“Measurement Period” means the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period of the Borrower.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgage” or “Mortgages” means, individually or collectively, as the context requires, each of the mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds to secure debt or similar instruments in form and substance reasonably
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satisfactory to the Administrative Agent executed by a Loan Party that purport to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the fee or leasehold interest of any Loan Party in real property (other than Excluded Property), in each case, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions or, during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“NDA” means a new drug application filed with the FDA pursuant to Section 505(b) of the FDCA, along with all supplements and amendments thereto, and any similar application for marketing authorization required by any country, jurisdiction or Governmental Authority other than the United States.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents proceeds received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in respect of (i) with respect to Section 2.03(b)(ii), any Disposition, Debt Issuance, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt and (ii) with respect to Section 2.03(b)(i), in each case, net of (a) direct costs incurred in connection therewith (including, without limitation, reasonable legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, (c) in the case of any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition or any Extraordinary Receipt to the extent resulting from a Disposition or an Involuntary Disposition, the amount necessary to retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien (ranking senior to any Lien of the Administrative Agent) on the related property and (d) in the case of any Extraordinary Receipt, direct costs incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other payments; it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary in any Disposition, Debt Issuance, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all Lenders or all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.01 and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.
“Novartis Agreement” means the Manufacturing and Supply Agreement, effective as of January 1, 2019, by and between Novartis Pharma AG and Societal CDMO Gainesville LLC (f/k/a Recro Gainesville LLC), as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Obligations” means (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan (including Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights) and (b) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the foregoing, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed or allowable claims in such proceeding.
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“OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of incorporation, formation or organization and operating agreement or limited liability company agreement (or equivalent or comparable documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction), and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Administrative Proceeding” means any administrative proceeding relating to a dispute involving a patent office or other relevant intellectual property registry which relates to validity, opposition, revocation, ownership or enforceability of the relevant Intellectual Property.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
“Outstanding Amount” means with respect to any Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of any Loans occurring on such date.
“Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(d).
“Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(d).
“Patents” means any patent rights of any kind, including any and all: patents, patent applications or invention disclosures, as well as all divisions, continuations, continuations in-part, provisionals, continued prosecution applications, substitutions, reissues, reexaminations, inter partes review, renewals, extensions, adjustments, restorations, supplemental protection certificates and other additions in connection therewith, whether in or related to the United States or any foreign country or other jurisdiction, together with the right to claim the priority thereto and the right to sue for past infringement of any of the foregoing.
“Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 10.10(a).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Internal Revenue Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
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“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Borrower and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Permits” means all Regulatory Authorizations, permits, licenses, registrations, certificates, accreditations, orders, approvals, authorizations, consents, waivers, franchises, variances and similar rights issued by or obtained from any Governmental Authority or any other Person, including, without limitation, those relating to Environmental Laws.
“Permitted Acquisition” means an Investment consisting of an Acquisition by a Loan Party; provided, that, (i) the property acquired (or the property of the Person acquired) in such Acquisition is used or useful in the same or a related line of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extensions or expansions thereof), (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such Acquisition, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall have received all items in respect of the Equity Interests or property acquired in such Acquisition as and when required to be delivered by the terms of Section 7.12 and/or Section 7.14, (iv) such Acquisition shall not be a “hostile” acquisition and shall have been approved by the Board of Directors and/or the shareholders (or equivalent) of the applicable Loan Party and the target of such Acquisition, (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent pro forma financial statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to such Acquisition for the twelve month period ending as of the most recent fiscal quarter end in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vi) the Borrower shall have demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent that, after giving effect to such Acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis, the Loan Parties are in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 8.16, (vii) the representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in each Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) at and as if made as of the date of such Acquisition (assuming for such purposes that such Acquisition has been consummated), except to the extent any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case it shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date and (viii) the aggregate consideration (including any Earn Out Obligations) paid (or payable, as the case may be) in cash by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not exceed an aggregate amount equal to $40,000,000 for all such Acquisitions made in reliance on this definition during the term of this Agreement. “Permitted Licenses” means, collectively, (a) licenses of over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public, (b) non-exclusive or exclusive (as to geography other than the United States) licenses of Intellectual Property to Third Parties for the use of (or covenant not to sue with respect to) Intellectual Property for manufacture, commercialization, distribution, and/or co-promotion of Products, (c) intercompany licenses or other similar arrangements among the Loan Parties, (d) intercompany licenses between a Loan Party and a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; provided, that, any licenses of Intellectual Property may only be exclusive as to geography other than the United States and are solely for the use of Intellectual Property for manufacture, commercialization, distribution, development and/or co-promotion of Products, and (e) licenses of Intellectual Property existing as of the Closing Date and previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any licenses or similar arrangements described in clauses (b) and (d) above shall not constitute a Permitted License hereunder unless: (i) no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing at the time of such license, (ii) the license constitutes an arms-length transaction, the terms of which, on their face, do not provide for a sale or assignment of any intellectual property and do not restrict the ability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to pledge, grant a Lien on, or assign or otherwise transfer any intellectual property to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents, (iii) in connection
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with an exclusive license, (A) the Borrower delivers ten (10) days’ prior written notice and a brief summary of the terms of the proposed license to the Administrative Agent and delivers to the Administrative Agent copies of the final executed licensing documents promptly upon consummation thereof, and (B) any such license could not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed property, and (iv) all upfront payments, royalties, milestone payments or other proceeds arising from the licensing agreement that are payable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are paid to a Deposit Account that is governed by a Deposit Account Control Agreement.
“Permitted Liens” means, at any time, Liens in respect of property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section 8.01.
“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Indebtedness or other obligations, any extensions, refinancings, renewals and replacements of such Indebtedness or other obligations; provided, that, such extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement (a) shall not increase the outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness or other obligations (other than by an amount equal to unpaid interest and premium thereon, including tender premium, and any underwriting discounts, fees, commissions and expenses associated with such extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement), (b) contains terms relating to outstanding principal amount, amortization, maturity, collateral (if any) and subordination (if any), and other material terms taken as a whole no less favorable in any material respect to the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries or the Secured Parties than the terms of any agreement or instrument governing such existing Indebtedness, (c) shall have an applicable interest rate or equivalent yield which does not exceed the interest rate or equivalent yield of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or replaced, (d) shall not contain any new requirement to grant any Lien or to give any Guarantee that was not an existing requirement of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed or replaced and (e) after giving effect to such extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred (or would reasonably be expected to occur) as a result thereof.
“Permitted Transfers” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Disposition”.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or any other legal entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
“PHSA” means the Public Health Service Act (or any successor thereto), as amended from time to time, and the rules, regulations, guidelines, guidance documents and compliance policy guides issued or promulgated thereunder.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Pledge Agreement” means that certain U.S. pledge agreement dated as of the Funding Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by each of the Loan Parties, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Prime Rate” means the rate of interest per annum determined by Royal Bank of Canada from time to time as its prime commercial lending rate for United States Dollar loans in the United States for such day. The Prime Rate is not necessarily the lowest rate that Royal Bank of Canada is charging any corporate customer.
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“Pro Forma Basis” means, in respect of a Specified Transaction, that such Specified Transaction and the following transactions in connection therewith (to the extent applicable) shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement for the applicable covenant or requirement: (a) (i) with respect to any Disposition, Involuntary Disposition or sale, transfer or other disposition that results in a Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property disposed of shall be excluded and (ii) with respect to any Acquisition or Investment, income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or other information reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness and (c) any incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (and if such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided, that, Pro Forma Basis in respect of any Specified Transaction shall be calculated in a reasonable and factually supportable manner and certified by a Responsible Financial Officer of the Borrower.
“Product” means any current or future service or product researched, designed, developed, manufactured, licensed, marketed, advertised, sold, offered for sale, performed, distributed, tested, provided or commercialized by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including any such product in development or which may be developed, including without limitation those products set forth on Schedule 1.01 to the Disclosure Letter (as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 6.24(o)).
“Product Agreement” means each agreement, license, document, instrument, interest (equity or otherwise) or the like under which one or more parties grants or receives any right, title or interest with respect to any Product Development and Commercialization Activities in respect of one or more Products specified therein or to exclude third parties from engaging in, or otherwise restricting any right, title or interest as to any Product Development and Commercialization Activities with respect thereto, including each contract or agreement with suppliers, manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, distributors, clinical research organizations, hospitals, group purchasing organizations, wholesalers, pharmacies or any other Person related to any such entity.
“Product Authorizations” means any and all approvals, licenses, notifications, registrations or authorizations of any Governmental Authority for the testing, manufacture, development, distribution, use, storage, import, export, transport, promotion, marketing, sale or commercialization of a Product in any country or jurisdiction, including, without limitation, registration and listing, INDs, NDAs and similar applications.
“Product Development and Commercialization Activities” means, with respect to any Product, any combination of research, development, manufacture, import, use, sale, importation, storage, labeling, marketing, promotion, supply, distribution, testing, packaging, purchasing or other commercialization activities, receipt of payment in respect of any of the foregoing, or like activities the purpose of which is to develop or commercially exploit such Product.
“Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Purchase and Sale and Escrow Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2022, by and between Societal CDMO Gainesville, LLC, as seller, and Tenet Equity Funding SPE Gainesville, LLC, as purchaser.
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“QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. 5390(c)(8)(D).
“QFC Credit Support” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21.
“Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Qualifying Insurance Net Cash Proceeds” means the first $15,000,000 of Insurance Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries collectively during the term of this Agreement.
“Real Property Security Documents” means with respect to the fee or leasehold interest of any Loan Party in any real property (other than Excluded Property):
() a fully executed and notarized Mortgage in a form appropriate for recording in the applicable recording office encumbering the fee interest of such Loan Party in such real property;
() ALTA surveys of the sites of such real property certified to the Administrative Agent and the title insurance company issuing the policies referred to in clause (c) of this definition in a manner reasonably satisfactory to each of the Administrative Agent and such title insurance company, dated a date satisfactory to each of the Administrative Agent and such title insurance company by an independent professional licensed land surveyor, which surveys shall be sufficient to delete any standard printed survey exception contained in the applicable title policy and be made in accordance with the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for Land Title Surveys jointly established and adopted by the American Land Title Association and the National Society of Professional Surveyors, Inc. in 2021;
() ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies issued by a title insurance company reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to such real property, assuring the Administrative Agent that the Mortgage covering such real property creates a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage lien on such real property, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, in such amounts as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, which title insurance policies shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall include such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent;
() evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent of payment by obligors of all title policy premiums, search and examination charges, escrow charges and related charges, mortgage recording taxes (including stamp and documentary taxes), fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Mortgages and issuance of the title policies referred to above;
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(g) if requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, a Phase I environmental assessment report as to such real property, in form and substance and from professional firms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(h) if requested by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include a zoning report) that such real property, and the uses of such real property, are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable zoning laws; and
(i) an opinion of legal counsel to the Loan Party granting the Mortgage on such real property in such jurisdiction as such real property is located, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, as to enforceability of such Mortgage in the jurisdiction where the real property is located and such other real property legal opinions as may reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent.
“Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender, and any other recipient of any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(c).
“Regulatory Agencies” means any Governmental Authority that is concerned with the use, control, safety, efficacy, reliability, manufacturing, marketing, distribution, sale or other Product Development and Commercialization Activities relating to any Product, including CMS, FDA, DEA, and all similar agencies in other jurisdictions, and includes Standards Bodies.
“Regulatory Authorizations” means all approvals, clearances, notifications, authorizations, orders, exemptions, registrations, certifications, licenses and permits granted by, submitted to, required by, or filed with any Regulatory Agencies related to the Products or Product Development and Commercialization Activities, including all Product Authorizations.
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors, sub-advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having Total Credit Exposures representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders. The Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be disregarded in determining Required Lenders at any time.
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“Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.
“Responsible Financial Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or chief accounting officer of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of the delivery of certificates pursuant to Sections 5.02 or 7.12(b), the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Financial Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Financial Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, chief medical officer, senior vice president (development), senior vice president (regulatory affairs and quality assurance) or chief accounting officer of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of the delivery of certificates pursuant to Sections 5.02 or 7.12(b), the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Restricted” means, when referring to cash or Cash Equivalents of any Person, that such cash or Cash Equivalents (a) appear (or would be required to appear) as “restricted” on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person as determined in accordance with GAAP, or (b) are subject to any Lien in favor of any Person (other than bankers’ liens, rights of setoff or any non-consensual Lien permitted under Section 8.01) other than the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, and (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Interests of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill Financial, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Safety Notices” means any recalls, field notifications, safety alerts, corrections, withdrawals, warnings, “dear doctor” letters, investigator notices, “serious adverse event” reports, clinical holds, marketing suspensions, removals, label change requests, or the like conducted, undertaken or issued by any Person, whether or not at the request, demand or order of any Regulatory Agency or otherwise, with respect to any Product.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby the Loan Party or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
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“Sanctioned Person” means any Person that is (i) identified on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons maintained by OFAC, the Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets in the UK maintained by His Majesty’s Treasury, or any other Sanctions-related list of designated parties, (ii) domiciled, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, (iii) owned or controlled by any Persons described in clause (i) or (ii), or (iv) otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions.
“Sanctions” means any economic or financial sanctions administered or enforced by the United States (including OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom (including His Majesty’s Treasury), Canada, or other relevant sanctions authority.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Second Amendment” means that certain Second Amendment and Waiver to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
“Second Amendment Effective Date” means August 13, 2023.
“Second Amendment Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Indemnitees and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 10.05.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securitization Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate of such Person.
“Security Agreement” means the security agreement dated as of the Funding Date executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by each of the Loan Parties, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.
“SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).
“SOFR Administrator’s Website” means the website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.
“SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
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“SOFR Rate Day” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.
“Solvent” or “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person as of a particular date, that on such date (a) such Person is able to pay its debts and other liabilities as they become absolute and matured in the ordinary course of business, (b) such Person does not intend to incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured in the ordinary course of business, (c) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is planning to engage and the transactions contemplated hereby and the Indebtedness related thereto, (d) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities of such Person and (e) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured in the ordinary course of business.
“Specified Asset Sale” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction or any issuance by any Subsidiary of its Equity Interests) of that certain real property located at 1300 Gould Drive, Gainesville, Georgia 30504.
“Specified Equity Raise” means the first Equity Issuance under clause (a)(i) of the definition thereof closed by the Borrower at any time after the Second Amendment Effective Date until December 31, 2023.
“Specified Equity Raise Threshold Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(i)(A).
“Specified Transaction” means any Acquisition, any Disposition, any sale, transfer or other disposition that results in a Person ceasing to be a Subsidiary, any Involuntary Disposition or any Investment that results in a Person becoming a Subsidiary, in each case, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise.
“Standards Bodies” means any of the organizations that create, sponsor or maintain safety, quality or other standards, including ISO, ANSI, CEN and SCC and the like.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Supported QFC” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b)
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any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement whereby the arrangement is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not otherwise appear on a balance sheet under GAAP.
“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a).
“Term SOFR” means for any Interest Period for a duration of three-months (in each case, subject to the availability thereof or as used for reference purposes only in determining Interpolated Term SOFR, as applicable) for a Term SOFR Loan, the greater of (i) the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (the “Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator and (ii) the Floor; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.
“Term SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion).
“Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR.
“Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.
“Third Amendment” means that certain Third Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent.
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“Third Amendment Effective Date” means March 21, 2024.
“Third Party” means any entity other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof.
“Threshold Amount” means $1,000,000.
“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments of such Lender and the Outstanding Amount of all Loans of such Lender at such time.
“Trademarks” means any statutory or common law trademark, service mark, trade name, logo, symbol, trade dress, domain name, corporate name or other indicator of source or origin that identifies the goods and services of one provider from another, and all applications and registrations therefor, together with all of the goodwill associated therewith.
“Transactions” means collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the borrowing of Loans hereunder, (b) the consummation of the Refinancing, the Equity Raise, the Purchase Agreement, and the Specified Asset Sale, and (c) the payment of the fees, premiums, expenses and other transaction costs (including original issue discount and upfront fees) payable or otherwise borne by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with the foregoing and the transactions contemplated thereby.
“Treasury Regulations” means the regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated by the United States Treasury Department under the Internal Revenue Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including the corresponding provisions of any future regulations).
“U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.
“U.S. Special Resolution Regimes” has the meaning specified in Section 11.21.
“UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.
“UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.
“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided, that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof or of the other Loan Documents relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
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“Unrestricted Cash” means, at any time, cash and Cash Equivalents that are not Restricted at such time.
“USA PATRIOT Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“Verapamil Agreement” means the Amended and Restated License and Supply Agreement by and between Watson Laboratories, Inc. and Elan Corporation plc, as predecessor in interest to Societal CDMO Gainesville LLC (f/k/a Recro Gainesville LLC), dated as of June 26, 2003, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Verelan Agreement” means the License and Supply Agreement by and between Kremers Urban Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and APIL, as predecessor in interest to Societal CDMO Gainesville LLC (f/k/a Recro Gainesville LLC), dated as of January 1, 2014, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary” means each Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary” or to “Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary or Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Person 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned by the Borrower directly or indirectly through other Persons 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Wholly Owned Subsidiary” or to “Wholly Owned Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and any other Person required by applicable Law to withhold or deduct amounts from a payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers.
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With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
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(c) Pro Forma Calculations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, all calculations of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio pursuant to Section 8.16 shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to the following Specified Transactions: the Credit Agreement, the termination of the Existing Credit Agreement, and the Master Lease Agreement, each for the applicable four quarter period to which such calculation relates.
(d) Consolidation of Variable Interest Rate Entities. All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Borrower is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity was a Subsidiary as defined herein.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
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For purposes of determining compliance with Article VIII with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of currency exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred, made or acquired (so long as such Indebtedness or Investment, at the time incurred, made or acquired, was permitted hereunder).
The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 3.04 provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, the administration of, submission of, calculation of, performance of or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Base Rate, Daily Simple SOFR, Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR) or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including any Benchmark Replacement), including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same value or economic equivalence of as the existing interest rate (or any component thereof) being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate (or any component thereof) prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate (or component thereof) used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrowers. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrowers, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make a single loan to the Borrower, in Dollars, on the Funding Date in an aggregate amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment; provided that the Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by every dollar of the Equity Raise in excess of $32,5000,000 (but the aggregate Commitments shall not be reduced to less than $35,000,000 after giving effect to such reduction) (the amount of aggregate Commitments so funded after giving effect to such reduction, the “Final Funding Amount”). The Borrowing shall consist of Loans made simultaneously by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments. Borrowings repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. The parties hereto acknowledge that
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the Commitments of each Lender will terminate upon the funding of the Loans on the Funding Date and if such Commitments remain undrawn, will terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Funding Date. To the extent the Funding Date has not occurred on or prior to expiration of the Funding Period, the Commitments of each Lender will terminate at such time. Any portion of the Commitment that is not funded pursuant to the Final Funding Amount shall be terminated on the Funding Date.
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(i) Equity Issuances.
(A) In connection with a Specified Equity Raise, (1) with respect to the first $7,500,000 of Net Cash Proceeds in the aggregate received in connection with a Specified Equity Raise (the “Second Amendment Equity Issuance Threshold Amount”), the Borrower shall be permitted to retain 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds and (2) after the Second Amendment Equity Issuance Threshold Amount has been met, the Borrower shall promptly (and, in any event, within three (3) Business Days) upon the receipt by the Borrower of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Specified Equity Raise, prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(B) If the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower in connection with a Specified Equity Raise exceeds $15,000,000 in the aggregate, the Borrower may apply up to $1,000,000 of the Net Cash Proceeds retained by the Borrower pursuant to clause (A) above to repay the principal amount deferred under the IRISYS Seller Note in accordance with the Second Amendment; provided that other than as described in this clause (B), any Net Cash Proceeds retained by the Borrower shall be used by the Borrower for general corporate purposes and shall not be used by the Borrower to pay principal or interest of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or the other Loan Parties (other than the Obligations).
(C) Other than in connection with a Specified Equity Raise, the Borrower shall promptly (and, in any event, within three (3) Business Days) upon the receipt by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity Issuance prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(D) Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (i) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.
(ii) Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions. The Borrower shall promptly (and, in any event, within three (3) Business Days) upon the receipt by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds, in each case other than (A) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists at the time prepayment would otherwise be required pursuant to this Section 2.03(b)(ii), Net Cash Proceeds of Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions not exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year, and (B) Net Cash Proceeds (other than any Insurance Net Cash Proceeds) of Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions that are reinvested in Eligible Assets within 180 days of the date of such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition (or such
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longer period as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion). Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.
(iii) Extraordinary Receipts. The Borrower shall promptly (and, in any event, within three (3) Business Days) upon the receipt by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Extraordinary Receipt, prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds, in each case other than (A) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists at the time prepayment would otherwise be required pursuant to this Section 2.03(b)(iii), Net Cash Proceeds of Extraordinary Receipts not exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate during any fiscal year, and (B) Net Cash Proceeds (other than any Insurance Net Cash Proceeds that are not Qualifying Insurance Net Cash Proceeds) of any Extraordinary Receipt that are reinvested in Eligible Assets within 180 days of the date of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion). Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower shall have made the prepayment required by, or reinvestment permitted by, clause (ii) above with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition that also constitute the Net Cash Proceeds of an Extraordinary Receipt, the Borrower shall not be required to also make the prepayment required under this clause (iii) with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds.
(iv) Debt Issuance. The Borrower shall promptly (and, in any event, within three (3) Business Days) upon the receipt by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance, prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds. Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.
(v) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. All payments under this Section 2.03(b) shall be applied first to all fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts due and payable hereunder, then proportionately (based on the relation of such amounts to the total amount of the relevant payment under this Section 2.03(b) to the payment or prepayment (as applicable) of the following amounts of the Obligations: default interest or compensation, if any, required by Section 2.03(d), accrued interest and principal. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with the respective Applicable Percentages in respect of each of the relevant Facilities.
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The Commitments under any Facility will be automatically and permanently reduced to zero upon the occurrence of any Borrowing under such Facility pursuant to Section 2.01.
Installment Dates |
Amortization Payment Percentage |
Each of the four consecutive Installment Dates to occur after the Funding Date commencing on March 31, 2023 |
1.25% |
Each of the four consecutive Installment Dates to occur after December 31, 2023 |
1.875% |
Each of the Installment Dates to occur after December 31, 2024 until the Maturity Date |
2.50% |
Maturity Date |
Outstanding Principal Balance of Loans |
provided, however, that, (a) the final principal repayment installment of the Loans shall be repaid on the Maturity Date and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such date and (b) if any principal repayment installment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, such principal repayment installment shall be due on the first preceding Business Day; provided further, that to the extent the Specified Asset Sale has not occurred and the Borrower has not repaid the outstanding principal amount of the Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $7,500,000 pursuant to Section 2.05(b), in each case, on or prior to the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Funding Date, the Amortization Payment Percentage set forth in the chart above shall be increased by an additional 0.625% for each Installment Date commencing after the last Business Day of December 2023 until such a time as
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the Specified Asset Sale has occurred and the Borrower has repaid the Loans in accordance with Section 2.05(b).
(ii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent, while any Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on all outstanding Obligations at an interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. The Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower written notice of any such request by the Required Lenders; provided, that, any failure by the Administrative Agent to provide such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to pay interest at the Default Rate.
(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable in cash on demand.
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(a) Closing Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the fees and original issue discount in the Fee Letter in the amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter.
(b) Second Amendment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender party to the Second Amendment, a non-refundable amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.25% of such Lender’s Outstanding Amount as of the Second Amendment Effective Date (the “Second Amendment Fee”). The Second Amendment Fee shall be fully earned and due and payable in full on the Second Amendment Effective Date.
(c) Specified Asset Sale Fee. To the extent the Specified Asset Sale has not occurred on or prior to the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Funding Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Lenders in accordance with the Applicable Percentage of Loans held by such Lender at such time, a fee equal to 1% of the original principal amount of the Loans funded on the Funding Date.
(d) Duration Fees. If on the (i) one (1) year or (ii) two (2) year anniversary of the Funding Date, there remains any outstanding Loans, then, in each case, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of the Lenders in accordance with the Applicable Percentage of Loans held by such Lender at such time, a duration fee (each, a “Duration Fee”) equal to the percentage set forth below of the aggregate amount of outstanding Loans as of such one (1) year or two (2) year anniversary of the Funding Date, as applicable:
Dates |
Percentage |
The first anniversary of the Funding Date |
1.00% |
The second anniversary of the Funding Date |
2.00% |
(e) Miscellaneous. The fees set forth herein shall be fully earned when paid and shall be non-refundable for any reason whatsoever. It is understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent and each Lender reserves the right to allocate, in whole or in part, to its Affiliates, the fees and original issue discount payable thereunder in such manner as the Administrative Agent, such Lenders and such Affiliates shall agree in their sole discretion.
All computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which such Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which such Loan or such portion is paid.
The Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in
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addition to such accounts or records. Each such promissory note shall be in the form of Exhibit B (a “Note”). Each Lender may attach schedules to any of its Notes and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on its portion of any of the Loans or any other amounts due in connection therewith resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of the Loans and accrued interest thereon and other amounts due in connection therewith greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the portions of the Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of, accrued interest on and other amounts due in connection with their respective portions of the Loans and other amounts owing them; provided, that:
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Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
(i) Waivers and Amendment. The Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 11.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amount received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that, if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.03 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting
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Lender pursuant to this Section 2.12(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
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The Borrower shall not be required to pay additional amounts to any Foreign Lender pursuant to this Section 3.01 with respect to taxes attributable to the failure of such Foreign Lender to comply with this paragraph 3.01(c).
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly update such form or certification or promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of its inability to do so.
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), then, the Borrower will pay (in accordance with clause (c) below) to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
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If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to SOFR or Term SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR or Term SOFR, then, upon notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower (through the Administrative Agent) (such notice, an “Illegality Notice”), (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Term SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended, and (b) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, the interest
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rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate, in each case, until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of an Illegality Notice, the Borrower shall prepay or, if applicable, convert all Term SOFR Loans to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Term SOFR component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if all affected Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan to such day, or immediately, if all affected Lenders may not lawfully continue to maintain such Term SOFR Loan, in each case, until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by each affected Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion following receipt of an Illegality Notice, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Sections 3.02(a), 3.02(b) and 3.04(a).
(i) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Term SOFR for such Interest Period (including because the Term SOFR Reference Rate is not available or published on a current basis); provided that no Benchmark Transition Event shall have occurred at this time; or
(ii) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans for such Interest Period;
then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter. In the event of any such determination, until the Administrative Agent has advised the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, any such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing. Furthermore, if any Term SOFR Loan is outstanding on the date of the Borrower’s receipt of the notice from the Administrative Agent referred to in this Section 3.04(a), then until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, then on the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Loan (or the next succeeding Business Day if such day is not a Business Day), such Loan shall be converted by the Administrative Agent to, and shall constitute, a Base Rate Loan on such day.
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All of the Loan Parties’ obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and resignation of the Administrative Agent.
Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Secured Party and the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without
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any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan Documents, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state law.
The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any law or regulation or other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Secured
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Parties exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Loan Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any Secured Party, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Secured Parties on demand for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (but limited, in the case of legal counsel, to the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel for the Secured Parties (taken as a whole), and, of a single local counsel to the Secured Parties (taken as a whole) in each relevant material jurisdiction (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the party affected by such conflict informs the Borrower of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, of one additional firm of counsel for all such affected parties (taken as a whole))) incurred by the Secured Parties in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06.
The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 9.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01. The Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their obligations hereunder are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and that the Secured Parties may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof.
The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under applicable law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.
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The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.
This Agreement and the Commitments hereunder shall become effective on the Closing Date upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
The obligation of Lender to make its portion of the Loans to be advanced on the Funding Date hereunder is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent by the Lenders of each of the following conditions precedent during the Funding Period (the date of satisfaction or waiver thereof, the “Funding Date”):
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(i) copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified to be true and complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, where applicable, and certified by a secretary, assistant secretary or treasurer of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the Funding Date;
(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Financial Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Financial Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Financial Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party; and
(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly incorporated, organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its state of incorporation, organization or formation.
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(i) Evidence of Insurance. Receipt on or prior to the Funding Date by the Administrative Agent of copies of certificates of insurance of the Loan Parties evidencing liability and casualty insurance meeting the requirements set forth in the Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, naming the Administrative Agent as additional insured (in the case of liability insurance) or Lender’s loss payee (in the case of property insurance) on behalf of the Secured Parties.
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The conditions set forth in this Section 5.02 shall have occurred on or prior to expiration of the Funding Period (or the Commitments hereunder shall terminate at such time).
The obligation of each Lender to honor any Loan Notice is subject to the following conditions precedent:
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Each Loan Notice submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 5.03(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Borrowing.
The Loan Parties represent and warrant, unless otherwise indicated, as of the Closing Date, the Funding Date and the Second Amendment Effective Date, to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, incorporated or formed, validly existing and (to the extent applicable under any such Laws) in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject, or (c) violate any Law (including, without limitation, Regulation U or Regulation X issued by the FRB) except with respect to any conflict, breach, contravention or payment (but not creation of Liens) referenced in clause (b) to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document other than (a) those that have already been obtained and are in full force and effect, (b) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Collateral Documents and (c) the filing of any applicable notices under securities laws.
Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. Each Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable Debtor Relief Laws or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.
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There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of any Loan Party after due and diligent investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:
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The Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and other material Taxes levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement with any Person that is not a Loan Party.
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Each Loan Party has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, in each case of the foregoing, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information (other than information of a general economic or industry specific nature) furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished, and when taken as a whole) contains, when furnished, any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that, with respect to financial projections, estimates, budgets or other forward-looking information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time such information was prepared (it being understood that such information is as to future events and is not to be viewed as facts, is subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, that no assurance can be given that any particular projection, estimate or forecast will be realized and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections, estimate, budgets or forecasts may differ significantly from the projected results and such differences may be material).
Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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The Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent (after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and the incurrence of Indebtedness related thereto).
Subject to Section 7.21, the Collateral Documents create valid security interests in, and Liens on, the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, which security interests and Liens will be, upon the timely and proper filings, deliveries, notations and other actions contemplated in the Collateral Documents, perfected security interests and Liens (to the extent that such security interests and Liens can be perfected by such filings, deliveries, notations and other actions), prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens.
Set forth on Schedule 6.20(a) to the Disclosure Letter is a complete and correct list of all real property located in the United States that is owned or leased by the Loan Parties as of the Second Amendment Effective Date (with (x) a description of each real property that is Excluded Property and (y) a designation of whether such real property is owned or leased). Set forth on Schedule 6.20(b) to the Disclosure Letter is the taxpayer identification number and organizational identification number of each Loan Party as of the Second Amendment Effective Date. The exact legal name and state of organization of (a) the Borrower (i) is as set forth on the signature pages hereto or (ii) as may be otherwise disclosed by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.12(c) and (b) each Guarantor is (i) as set forth on the signature pages hereto, (ii) as set forth on the signature pages to the Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Guarantor became a party hereto or (iii) as may be otherwise disclosed by the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.12(c). Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20(c) to the Disclosure Letter, no Loan Party has during the five years preceding the Second Amendment Effective Date (i) changed its legal name, (ii) changed its state of organization, or (iii) been party to a merger, consolidation or other change in structure.
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The Borrower is under no requirement to register under the Securities Act, or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, any of its presently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may subsequently be issued.
Set forth on Schedule 6.23 to the Disclosure Letter is a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, with an adequate description of the parties thereto, and amendments and modifications thereto. Each such Material Contract (a) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against the Borrower and its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the Borrower, all other parties thereto in accordance with its terms (except for expirations of such Material Contracts in accordance with their terms), and (b) is not currently subject to any material breach or default by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the Borrower, any other party thereto. None of the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken or failed to take any action that would permit any other Person party to any Material Contract to have, and, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the Borrower, no such Person otherwise has, any defenses, counterclaims or rights of setoff thereunder. Other than those agreements entered into after the Second Amendment Effective Date (but, in the case of such agreements, subject to Section 7.18), none of the Material Contracts are non-assignable by their terms (other than those certain agreements separately noted in Schedule 6.23 to the Disclosure Letter) or as a matter of law, or prevent the granting of a security interest therein. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of any right or protection set forth in the Loan Documents will not constitute a breach or violation of, or otherwise affect the enforceability of, or give rise to a right of termination in favor of any party to any Material Contract.
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(i) the Products, as well as the business of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, comply with (A) all applicable Laws, rules, regulations, orders, injunctions and decrees of the FDA, the DEA, and any other applicable Regulatory Agency, including, without limitation, all applicable requirements of the FDCA, the PHSA, the Controlled Substances Act, and similar state Laws, and (B) all Product Authorizations, Regulatory Authorizations, and all other Permits;
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There are no existing or threatened strikes, lockouts or other labor disputes involving the Borrower or any Subsidiary that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
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aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are not in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation dealing with such matters.
Neither any Loan Party nor any Subsidiary is an EEA Financial Institution.
No real property subject to a Mortgage is a Flood Hazard Property unless the Administrative Agent shall have received the following: (a) the applicable Loan Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Administrative Agent (i) as to the fact that such real property subject to a Mortgage is a Flood Hazard Property and (ii) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (b) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the applicable Loan Party evidencing flood insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and naming the Administrative Agent as loss payee on behalf of the Lenders and (c) such other flood hazard determination forms, notices and confirmations thereof as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. All flood hazard insurance policies required hereunder have been obtained and remain in full force and effect, and the premiums thereon have been paid in full.
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted), the Loan Parties shall and shall cause each Subsidiary to:
Deliver to the Administrative Agent (for further distribution to each Lender):
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Deliver to the Administrative Agent (for further distribution to each Lender):
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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or Section 7.02 may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, (other than with respect to the financial statements and other documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) in respect of the fiscal year of the Borrower ended December 31, 2023), shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02, or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided, that: (x) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (y) with respect to documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or Section 7.02(a), (b), (d) or (i), the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery by a Lender, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
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Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.03(a) through (f) shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Financial Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the applicable Loan Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
Pay and discharge, as the same shall become due and payable, (a) all its federal and state income and other material Taxes upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Loan Party or such Subsidiary, and (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien upon its property (other than Permitted Liens).
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Comply with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order,
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writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants (so long as a representative of the Borrower is provided a reasonable opportunity to participate in any such discussion with such accountants), all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided, however, so long as no Event of Default exists, only the Administrative Agent may exercise rights under this Section 7.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one (1) time in any fiscal year (excluding any such visits during the continuance of an Event of Default); provided, further, however, when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.
Use the proceeds of the Loans (a) to refinance existing Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) for other general corporate purposes, provided, that, in no event shall the proceeds of the Loans be used in contravention of any Loan Document.
Within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall agree in it is sole discretion) after the acquisition or formation of any Subsidiary:
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Do, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following: (a) except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, maintain each Plan in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state law, and (b) make all required contributions to any Plan subject to Section 412, Section 430 or Section 431 of the Internal Revenue Code, in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Comply in all material respects with each Material Contract of such Person.
At the end of each fiscal month after entering into or becoming bound by any Material Contract or any inbound license or agreement (other than (i) over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public and (ii) any license of or agreement relating to Intellectual Property that is not Material Intellectual Property) after the Closing Date: (a) provide written notice to the Administrative Agent of the material terms of such Material Contract, license or agreement if (x) the actions described in clause (b) below would need to be taken with respect to such Material Contract, license or agreement if requested by the Administrative Agent or (y) the entering into or becoming bound by such Material Contract, license or agreement has not been previously disclosed in a public filing made with the SEC, in each case with a description of its anticipated and projected impact on such Person’s business and financial condition; and
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(b) take such commercially reasonable actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to obtain the consent of, or waiver by, any Person whose consent or waiver is necessary for the Administrative Agent to be granted and perfect a valid security interest in such Material Contract, license or agreement and to fully exercise its rights under any of the Loan Documents in the event of a disposition or liquidation of the rights, assets or property that is the subject of such Material Contract, license or agreement.
(a) Conduct its business in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions; and (b) conduct its business in compliance, in all material respects, with applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws.
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Within the time periods set forth therefor on Schedule 7.21 (or such longer periods of time as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent such other documents, instruments, certificates or agreements as are listed on Schedule 7.21 or take such other actions as are described on Schedule 7.21, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that Schedule 7.21 can be supplemented or modified on the Funding Date with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
The Borrower shall cause management of the Borrower and at the request of the Administrative Agents, other professionals, to attend conference calls with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time, but no less than once every two weeks.
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted), no Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
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Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
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(w) Liens solely on cash and Cash Equivalents securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(m), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and
(x) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 at any one time outstanding; provided, that, no such Lien shall secure any Indebtedness for borrowed money.
Make any Investments, except:
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Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
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(m) Indebtedness with respect to outstanding letters of credit, banker’s acceptances or similar instruments posted in the ordinary course of business in connection with the manufacturing of any Product or in connection with the supply chain related to any Product, in an aggregate amount (i.e., the aggregate stated amount of such letters of credit, banker’s acceptances and similar instruments) not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(n) Indebtedness of the type described in Section 8.01(f), not to exceed $250,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and
(o) other Indebtedness not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section 8.03, not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.
Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.04 but subject to the terms of Sections 7.12 and 7.14, (a) the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any of its Subsidiaries, provided, that, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (b) any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) may merge or consolidate with any other Loan Party (other than the Borrower), (c) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may be merged or consolidated with or into any Loan Party, provided, that, the continuing or surviving Person shall be such Loan Party or concurrently therewith become a Loan Party, (d) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (e) any Subsidiary may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time, provided, that, such dissolution, liquidation or winding up could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all of its assets and business are transferred to a Loan Party or solely in the case of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, another Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party prior to or concurrently with such dissolution, liquidation or winding up, (f) in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted under Section 8.02 (other than by reference to this Section 8.04 (or any sub-clause hereof)) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, so long as (i) the Person surviving such merger with any Subsidiary shall be a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary (and, if such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, a Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary), (ii) in the case of any such merger to which the Borrower is a party, the Borrower is the surviving Person, and (iii) in the case of any such merger to which a Loan Party (other than the Borrower) is a party, the surviving Person is such Loan Party or concurrently therewith becomes a Loan Party, and (g) in connection with any Disposition permitted under Section 8.05 (other than by reference to this Section 8.04 (or any sub-clause hereof)) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge into or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it to consummate such Disposition.
Make any Disposition (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include any Permitted Transfer), except that, (a) the Loan Parties may consummate the Specified Asset Sale and (b) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may make Dispositions if, with respect to any such Disposition, (i) the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be at least 75% cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneous with consummation of the transaction and shall be in an amount not less than the fair market value of the property disposed of, (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Disposition, (iii) such transaction does not involve the sale or other disposition of a minority equity interest in any Subsidiary, and (iv) the aggregate fair market value of all of
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the assets sold or otherwise disposed of in such Disposition together with the aggregate fair market value of all assets sold or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in all such transactions occurring during the term of this Agreement does not exceed $2,000,000.
Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except that:
Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business reasonably related or incidental thereto or which constitutes a reasonable extension or expansion thereof.
Enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions with any officer, director or Affiliate of such Person other than (a) (i) transactions solely among Loan Parties and (ii) transactions solely among Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, (b) transfers of cash and assets to any Loan Party, (c) intercompany transactions expressly permitted by Section 8.02, 8.03, 8.04, 8.05 or 8.06 (in each case, other than by reference to this Section 8.08 (or any sub-clause hereof)), (d) normal and reasonable compensation (including bonuses) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans) and reimbursement of expenses of officers and directors in the ordinary course of business, (e) except as otherwise specifically limited in this Agreement, other transactions which are entered into on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by it in a comparable
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arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an officer, director or Affiliate and (f) transactions set forth on Schedule 8.08 to the Disclosure Letter.
Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or restricts the ability of any such Person to (a) make Restricted Payments to any Loan Party, (b) pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to any Loan Party, (c) make loans or advances to any Loan Party, (d) transfer any of its property to any Loan Party, (e) pledge its property pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof or (f) in the case of the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary, act as a Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of any of the matters referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above) for (1) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (2) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(e), provided, that, any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (3) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, provided, that, any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien, (4) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 8.05 pending the consummation of such sale, (5) customary provisions regarding confidentiality or restricting assignment, pledges or transfer of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, (6) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 8.02 and applicable solely to the assets of such joint ventures, so long as such provisions and restrictions remain in effect, and (7) restrictions or encumbrances in any agreement in effect at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary.
Use the proceeds of any Loan, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
Make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment or redemption or acquisition for value of (including without limitation, by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the purpose of paying when due), refund, refinance or exchange of any Junior Debt of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary (other than (i) intercompany Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 8.03 and (ii) unsecured Indebtedness incurred in reliance on Section 8.03(d), Section 8.03(f) or Section 8.03(k)) or make any payment in violation of any subordination provision applicable to such Junior Debt.
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Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, (a) permit any Loan Party or any Subsidiary to issue or have outstanding any shares of Disqualified Capital Stock or (b) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, except for Permitted Liens.
Enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
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Measuring Date |
Minimum Liquidity |
The last day of each calendar month ending September 30, 2023, December 31, 2023 and March 31April 30, 2024 |
$4,000,000 |
The last day of the calendar month ending June 30, 2024 |
$3,500,000 |
The last day of the calendar month ending September 30, 2024 |
$4,500,000 |
The last day of each calendar month ending December 31, 2024, March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2025 |
$5,000,000 |
The last day of each calendar month (other than March 31, 2024 and the calendar months specified above) |
$1,500,000 |
Beginning with the fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending December 31, 2023, make or commit to make any Funded Capital Expenditure, other than Funded Capital Expenditures of the Borrower not exceeding $9,000,000 in the aggregate for the period of the four fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended.
Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
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If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
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provided, however, that, upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any amounts received by any Lender or the Administrative Agent on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders) arising under the Loan Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on, and any compensation due with respect to, the Loans, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid principal of the Loans, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
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The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
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The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 11.01 and Section 9.02) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that
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the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent at any time by giving thirty (30) days advance notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and, thereafter, the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default under Section 9.01(a), 9.01(f) or 9.01(g) has occurred and is continuing; such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders, been approved (so long as no Event of Default under Section 9.01(a), 9.01(f) or 9.01(g) has occurred and is continuing) by the Borrower or have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent reasonably acceptable to the Borrower (so long as no Default or Event of Default under Section 9.01(a), 9.01(f) or 9.01(g) has occurred and is continuing). Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 10.06 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent. If no successor has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Required Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above.
Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 11.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, pursuant to this Section 10.09.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the
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existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.
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No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, further, that:
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provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender, (ii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend or modify this Agreement and any other Loan Document to (1) cure any factual or typographical error, omission, defect or inconsistency therein, (2) grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Lenders, extend an additional Lien over additional property for the benefit of the Lenders or join additional Persons as Loan Parties or (3) without the consent of any Lender, enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or to enter into additional Loan Documents as the Administrative Agent deems appropriate in order to implement any Benchmark Replacement or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Change or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 3.04 or 2.06(d) in accordance with the terms thereof.
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Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided, that, for both clauses (i) and (ii), if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
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No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 10.01 for the benefit of all the Secured Parties; provided, however, that, the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.11), or (c) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that, if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.01 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.11, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
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To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is made to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon
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from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.02 and 11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided, that, such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 11.01(a) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein
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(it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(c) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) and Section 3.02 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided, that, such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 11.13 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01 or 3.02, with respect to any participation, than the Lender from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.05 with respect to any Participant. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender; provided, that, such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.11 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts of (and stated interest on) each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant's interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations and Section 1.163-5 of the proposed United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of, and not disclose, the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information prior to such disclosure and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), in which case the disclosing party agrees, to the extent permitted by law, rule or regulation and reasonably practicable, to promptly inform the Borrower, except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any regulatory authority, (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; provided, that, (x) prior to any disclosure under this clause (c), the Administrative Agent or such Lender agrees to endeavor to provide the Borrower with prior notice thereof to the extent that the
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Administrative Agent or such Lender is permitted to provide such prior notice to the Borrower pursuant to the terms of applicable laws and regulations or such subpoena or legal process, as the case may be, and (y) any disclosure under this clause (c) pursuant to subpoena or similar legal process shall be limited solely to that portion of the Information as may be specifically compelled by such subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) as may be reasonably necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to a written agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to a Loan Party and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder, (h) with the consent of the Borrower, (i) to the members of its investment committee (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential) or (j) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower who is not, to the knowledge of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, in breach of any obligation of confidentiality to any Loan Party or Subsidiary with respect to such Information.
For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from a Loan Party or any Subsidiary relating to the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by such Loan Party or any Subsidiary. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of, and not disclose, Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised a commercially reasonable degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Lender different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that, in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.12 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting
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Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided, that, the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01 and Section 5.02, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or other Obligation (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Borrowing, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.
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If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
If the Borrower is entitled to replace a Lender pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.05, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender or a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon written notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 3.01 and 3.02) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided, that:
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the failure by any Lender replaced pursuant to this Section 11.13 to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption shall not impair the validity of the removal of such Lender and the mandatory assignment of such Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Loans pursuant to this Section 11.13 shall nevertheless be effective without the execution by such Lender of an Assignment and Assumption.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
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EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
The words “execute,” “execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower and the other Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the Act. The Borrower and the Loan Parties agree to, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all such other documentation and information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” rules and Anti-Money Laundering Laws, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, RBC Capital Markets, and
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the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, RBC Capital Markets and the Lenders on the other hand, (ii) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b)(i) the Administrative Agent, RBC Capital Markets and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Borrower or any of Affiliates or any other Person and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent, RBC Capital Markets and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, RBC Capital Markets nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, RBC Capital Markets or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
Upon the request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent agrees to execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as the Borrower may reasonably request, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 11.20:
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The Administrative Agent will promptly, in connection with the foregoing, at the Borrower’s expense, and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to, deliver to the applicable Loan Party any Collateral in the Administrative Agent’s possession following the release of such Collateral pursuant to the terms hereof.
To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise (including the Guaranty), for any Swap Contracts or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):
In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the
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foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.
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Exhibit 21.1
List of Subsidiaries
Subsidiary |
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Ownership percentage |
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Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization |
Societal CDMO Gainesville, LLC |
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100% |
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Massachusetts |
Societal CDMO Gainesville Development, LLC |
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100% |
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Delaware |
Societal CDMO San Diego, LLC |
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100% |
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California |
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-270192, 333-270189, 333-263180, 333-263179, 333-253574, 333-253573, 333-236875, 333-229737, 333-229736, 333-224870, 333-223437, 333-223436, 333-216581, 333-216579, 333-208750, 333-208749, 333-206309 and 333-194730) on Form S-8 and the registration statements (Nos. 333-259460, 333-253571 and 333-229734) on Form S-3 of our report dated March 22, 2024, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Societal CDMO, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 22, 2024
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, J. David Enloe, Jr., certify that:
Date: March 22, 2024
/s/ J. David Enloe, Jr. |
J. David Enloe, Jr. |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
(Principal Executive Officer) |
Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Ryan D. Lake, certify that:
Date: March 22, 2024
/s/ Ryan D. Lake |
Ryan D. Lake |
Chief Financial Officer |
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Annual Report of Societal CDMO, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to such officer’s knowledge:
Date: March 22, 2024
/s/ J. David Enloe, Jr. |
J. David Enloe, Jr. |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Ryan D. Lake |
Ryan D. Lake |
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit 97.1
Societal CDMO, INC.
COMPENSATION RECOVERY POLICY
Adopted as of September 27, 2023
Societal CDMO, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Company”), has adopted a Compensation Recovery Policy (this “Policy”) as described below.
1. Overview
The Policy sets forth the circumstances and procedures under which the Company shall recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation from Covered Persons (as defined below) in accordance with rules issued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Nasdaq Stock Market. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given in Section 3 below.
2. Compensation Recovery Requirement
In the event the Company is required to prepare a Financial Restatement, the Company shall recover reasonably promptly all Erroneously Awarded Compensation with respect to such Financial Restatement.
3. Definitions
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4. Exception to Compensation Recovery Requirement
The Company may elect not to recover Erroneously Awarded Compensation pursuant to this Policy if the Committee determines that recovery would be impracticable, and one or more of the following conditions, together with any further requirements set forth in the Applicable Rules, are met: (i) the direct expense paid to a third party, including outside legal counsel, to assist in enforcing this Policy would exceed the amount to be recovered, and the Company has made a reasonable attempt to recover such Erroneously Awarded Compensation; or (ii) recovery would likely cause an otherwise tax-qualified retirement plan to fail to be so qualified under applicable regulations.
6. Tax Considerations
To the extent that, pursuant to this Policy, the Company is entitled to recover any Erroneously Awarded Compensation that is received by a Covered Person, the gross amount received (i.e., the amount the Covered Person received, or was entitled to receive, before any deductions for tax withholding or other payments) shall be returned by the Covered Person.
7. Method of Compensation Recovery
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The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the method for recovering Erroneously Awarded Compensation hereunder, which may include, without limitation, any one or more of the following:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Covered Person will be deemed to have satisfied such person’s obligation to return Erroneously Awarded Compensation to the Company if such Erroneously Awarded Compensation is returned in the exact same form in which it was received; provided that equity withheld to satisfy tax obligations will be deemed to have been received in cash in an amount equal to the tax withholding payment made.
8. Policy Interpretation
This Policy shall be interpreted in a manner that is consistent with the Applicable Rules and any other applicable law. The Committee shall take into consideration any applicable interpretations and guidance of the SEC in interpreting this Policy, including, for example, in determining whether a financial restatement qualifies as a Financial Restatement hereunder. To the extent the Applicable Rules require recovery of Incentive-Based Compensation in additional circumstances besides those specified above, nothing in this Policy shall be deemed to limit or restrict the right or obligation of the Company to recover Incentive-Based Compensation to the fullest extent required by the Applicable Rules.
9. Policy Administration
This Policy shall be administered by the Committee; provided, however, that the Board shall have exclusive authority to authorize the Company to prepare a Financial Restatement. In doing so, the Board may rely on a recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Board. The Committee shall have such powers and authorities related to the administration of this Policy as are consistent with the governing documents of the Company and applicable law. The Committee shall have full power and authority to take, or direct the taking of, all actions and to make all determinations required or provided for under this Policy and shall have full power and
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authority to take, or direct the taking of, all such other actions and make all such other determinations not inconsistent with the specific terms and provisions of this Policy that the Committee deems to be necessary or appropriate to the administration of this Policy. The interpretation and construction by the Committee of any provision of this Policy and all determinations made by the Committee under this policy shall be final, binding and conclusive.
10. Compensation Recovery Repayments not Subject to Indemnification
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any agreement with, or the organizational documents of, the Company or any of its subsidiaries, Covered Persons are not entitled to indemnification for Erroneously Awarded Compensation or for any losses arising out of or in any way related to Erroneously Awarded Compensation recovered under this Policy.
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - $ / shares |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
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Statement of Financial Position [Abstract] | ||
Convertible preferred stock, par value | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 |
Preferred stock, shares authorized | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
Shares of convertible preferred stock issued | 0 | 450,000 |
Preferred stock, shares outstanding | 0 | 450,000 |
Common stock, par value | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 |
Common stock, shares authorized | 185,000,000 | 185,000,000 |
Common stock, shares issued | 104,856,247 | 84,588,868 |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 104,856,247 | 84,588,868 |
Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
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Income Statement [Abstract] | |||
Revenue | $ 94,635 | $ 90,214 | $ 75,360 |
Operating expenses: | |||
Cost of sales | 76,497 | 67,076 | 55,537 |
Selling, general and administrative | 21,024 | 21,954 | 18,374 |
Amortization of intangible assets | 687 | 905 | 1,037 |
Total operating expenses | 98,208 | 89,935 | 74,948 |
Operating (loss) income | (3,573) | 279 | 412 |
Interest expense | (9,963) | (14,176) | (15,136) |
Interest income | 394 | 117 | 2 |
(Loss) gain on extinguishment of debt | 0 | (4,996) | 3,352 |
Loss before income taxes | (13,142) | (18,776) | (11,370) |
Income tax expense | 132 | 1,105 | 0 |
Net loss | $ (13,274) | $ (19,881) | $ (11,370) |
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] | |||
Loss per share, basic | $ (0.14) | $ (0.34) | $ (0.26) |
Loss per share, diluted | $ (0.14) | $ (0.34) | $ (0.26) |
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic | 95,229,192 | 57,877,920 | 44,117,473 |
Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted | 95,229,192 | 57,877,920 | 44,117,473 |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
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Pay vs Performance Disclosure | |||
Net Income (Loss) | $ (13,274) | $ (19,881) | $ (11,370) |
Insider Trading Arrangements |
3 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023 | |
Trading Arrangements, by Individual | |
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted | false |
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted | false |
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated | false |
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated | false |
Background |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023 | |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
Background | (1) Background Societal CDMO, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on November 15, 2007. The Company is a bi-coastal contract development and manufacturing organization with capabilities spanning pre-investigational new drug development to commercial manufacturing and packaging for a wide range of therapeutic dosage forms with a primary focus on small molecules. With an expertise in solving complex manufacturing problems, the Company provides therapeutic development, end-to-end regulatory support, clinical and commercial manufacturing, aseptic fill/finish, lyophilization, packaging and logistics services to the global pharmaceutical market. Liquidity and capital resources The Company has incurred net losses since inception and has an accumulated deficit of $278,909 as of December 31, 2023. As of December 31, 2023, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents were $8,095. For the year-ended December 31, 2023, the Company reported $1,005 of net cash used in operating activities. The Company’s future operations are highly dependent on the profitability of its development and manufacturing operations. The pharmaceutical industry has experienced a slowdown in clinical development activities resulting from reduced cash funding, and the Company has been experiencing higher rates of customer attrition and development program delays which have negatively impacted earnings and cash flows. As a result, management reduced its earnings and cash flow projections during 2023. These factors, and the related impact on debt covenant compliance, continue to impact the Company through the present day and are expected to continue. The Company’s credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada contains certain financial and other covenants, including minimum liquidity requirements, maximum net leverage ratios and minimum fixed charge coverage ratios (see note 8 for details), and includes limitations on, among other things, incurring additional indebtedness, paying dividends, acquisitions and certain investments. Due to the factors discussed above, there is significant uncertainty as to whether the Company will be able to comply with these covenants in future periods. Further, management concluded that substantial doubt exists about its ability to continue as a going concern as of the date of the issuance of these financial statements. The Company’s conclusion that substantial doubt exists about its ability to continue as a going concern resulted in an explanatory paragraph in the auditor’s report on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the delivery to the lenders of which pursuant to the credit agreement would result in a default under the credit agreement in effect prior to giving effect to the third amendment to the credit agreement. On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into a third amendment to the credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, which extended the deadline until April 30, 2024 for delivery of (i) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and (ii) the corresponding audit report without a “going concern” explanatory paragraph. The extension of the deadline to submit these documents effectively delays the default under the amended credit agreement until May 1, 2024. The third amendment also (i) defers the $4,000 quarterly minimum liquidity covenant as of March 31, 2024 until as of April 30, 2024 and (ii) clarified that a $1,500 monthly liquidity covenant was not applicable as of March 31, 2024. This amendment to the credit agreement was made, in part, to provide the Company with flexibility to complete the planned merger, to prevent the explanatory paragraph in the auditor’s report from triggering a default under the credit agreement until May 1, 2024 and to allow certain discretionary cash payments that management intends to make prior to closing the planned merger from potentially triggering a default of the minimum liquidity covenant prior to April 30, 2024. Absent completion of the planned merger before May 1, 2024, which is expected to result in the repayment and termination of the credit agreement, or additional amendments to, or waivers under, the credit agreement, the Company expects that an event of default would be triggered once the audited financial statements are delivered to Royal Bank of Canada under the terms of the amended credit agreement. As a result, the Company has classified the outstanding balance of the loan with Royal Bank of Canada as a current liability in the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2023. Any failure to comply with the other terms, covenants and conditions of the credit agreement or the debt agreements may also result in an event of default under such agreements, which could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and results of operations. An event of default under the Company’s amended credit agreement may constitute an event of default under the Company’s subordinated promissory note with the former equity holders of IriSys and under the lease of the Company’s manufacturing campus in Gainesville, Georgia. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the subordinated promissory note, the entire unpaid principal amount, all accrued and unpaid interest and any other amounts due automatically accelerate and are due on the date of occurrence of an event of default. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the lease agreement, remedies available to the lessor generally include, without limitation, terminating such lease agreement, repossessing and reletting the leased property, and recovery of all costs and losses paid or incurred by lessor as a result of such default. The exercise of the aforementioned remedies could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. The Company’s ability to comply with the amended financial covenants and contractual requirements under the Company’s debt agreements is subject to the profitability of the Company’s development and manufacturing operations, maintaining sufficient cash and cash equivalents to satisfy the minimum liquidity financial maintenance covenants, and the Company’s success in implementing certain cost control measures, including the Company’s strategic reorganization which included a reduction in force, reducing capital expenditures and managing working capital in order to improve the Company’s ongoing financial performance and the Company’s liquidity position. However, given the uncertainty associated with the ongoing slowdown in the pharmaceutical industry, the Company may not be successful in undertaking these measures and therefore substantial doubt is not alleviated by management’s plans as of the date of issuance of these financial statements. The Company may extend and/or supplement the actions the Company is taking if the Company continues to experience the adverse conditions described above. If the Company is unable to achieve the results required to comply with the terms of the Company’s credit agreement in one or more quarters over the next twelve months, the Company may be required to take specific actions in addition to those described above, including but not limited to, additional cost control measures, or alternatively, seeking an additional amendment or waiver from its lenders. Obtaining future credit agreement waivers or amendments to the credit agreement is not within the Company’s control, and if the Company is unsuccessful in doing so and, thereafter, and event of default under the credit agreement occurs, then the lenders may exercise the rights available to them under the credit agreement. On February 28, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, in connection with which a tender offer was commenced to acquire all of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock for approximately $1.10 per share (see note 19). This information was not considered in the analysis of going concern because neither the completion of the tender offer nor the closing of the merger were within management’s control as of the date of the issuance of these financial statements. These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles assuming the Company will continue as a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to the carrying amounts and classification of assets, liabilities, and reported expenses that may be necessary if the Company were unable to continue as a going concern. |
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Summary of Significant Accounting Principles | (2) Summary of significant accounting principles Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The Company has determined that it operates in a single segment. Use of estimates The preparation of financial statements and the notes to the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from such estimates. Business combinations The Company measures the purchase price paid for acquired companies based on fair value and allocates that purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. Valuations are performed to assist in determining the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions, in particular with respect to intangible assets. Management makes estimates of fair value based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable. These estimates are based in part on historical experience and information obtained from the acquired companies and expectations of future cash flows. Costs associated with business combinations are expensed as incurred as selling, general and administrative expenses. Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents represent cash in banks and highly liquid short-term investments that have maturities of three months or less when acquired. These highly liquid short-term investments are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near to their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value due to changes in interest rates. Accounts receivable, net Accounts receivable generally represent amounts billed for services provided under our customer contracts and are recorded at the invoiced amount net of an allowance for credit losses, if necessary. We apply judgment in assessing the ultimate realization of our receivables, and we estimate an allowance for credit losses based on various factors, such as the aging of our receivables, historical experience, and the financial condition of our customers. The allowance for credit losses was not material as of the balance sheet dates presented. Inventory Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Included in inventory are raw materials and work-in-process used in the production of commercial products. Items are issued out of inventory using the first-in, first-out method. Adjustments to inventory are determined at the raw materials, work-in-process, and finished good levels to reflect obsolescence or impaired balances. Factors influencing inventory obsolescence include changes in demand, product life cycle, product pricing, physical deterioration and quality concerns. Property, plant and equipment, net Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are as follows: to ten years for furniture, office and computer equipment; to ten years for manufacturing equipment; 40 years for buildings; and for leasehold improvements. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. The Company reviews the carrying value of property, plant and equipment for recoverability whenever events occur or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of individual assets or asset groups may not be recoverable. The Company considers assets to be held for sale when (i) management commits to a plan to sell the asset; (ii) the asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition; (iii) the asset is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable given the estimate of current market value; and (iv) the sale is probable and will be completed within one year. Upon designation of an asset as held for sale, the Company records the asset’s value at the lower of its carrying value plus selling costs or its estimated net realizable value. Goodwill and intangible assets Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired by the Company in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but assessed for impairment on an annual basis or more frequently if impairment indicators exist. The impairment analysis for goodwill consists of an optional qualitative assessment potentially followed by a quantitative analysis. If the Company determines that the carrying value of its reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess. The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test as of November 30th, or whenever an event or change in circumstance occurs that would require reassessment of the impairment of goodwill. In performing the evaluation, the Company assesses qualitative factors such as overall financial performance, actual and anticipated changes in industry and market conditions, and competitive environments. As a result of the most recent annual goodwill impairment test, the Company determined that there was no impairment of goodwill. Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life. The Company is required to review the carrying value of definite-lived intangible assets for recoverability whenever events occur or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. Contingencies The Company’s business exposes it to various contingencies including compliance with regulations, legal exposures and other matters. Loss contingencies are reflected in the financial statements based on management’s assessments of their expected outcome or resolution: • They are recognized as liabilities on the balance sheet if the potential loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. • They are disclosed if the potential loss is material and considered at least reasonably possible. Significant judgment is required to determine probability and whether the amount can be reasonably estimated. Due to uncertainties related to these matters, accruals are based only on the information available at the time. As additional information becomes available, the Company reassesses potential liabilities and may revise previous estimates. Revenue recognition The Company generates revenues from manufacturing, profit-sharing and development services for multiple pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturing Manufacturing, packaging and other related services revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of a product to a customer, generally upon shipment, based on a transaction price that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to as specified in the agreement with the commercial partner, which could include variable consideration such as pricing and volume-based adjustments. Profit-sharing In addition to manufacturing and packaging revenue, certain customers who use our technologies are subject to agreements that provide us intellectual property sales-based profit-sharing and/or royalties consideration, collectively referred to as profit-sharing, computed on the net product sales of the commercial partner. Profit-sharing revenues are generally recognized under the terms of the applicable license, development and/or supply agreement. The Company has determined that, in its arrangements, the license for intellectual property is not the predominant item to which the profit-sharing relates, so the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the manufactured product. In these cases, significant judgment is required to calculate the estimated variable consideration from such profit-sharing using the expected value method based on historical commercial partner pricing and deductions. Estimated variable consideration is partially constrained due to the uncertainty of price adjustments made by the Company’s commercial partners, which are outside of the Company’s control. Factors causing price adjustments by the Company’s commercial partners include increased competition in the products’ markets, mix of volume between the commercial partners’ customers, and changes in government pricing. Development Development revenue includes services associated with formulation, process development, clinical trial materials services, as well as custom development of manufacturing processes and analytical methods for a customer’s non-clinical, clinical and commercial products. Such revenues are recognized at a point in time or over time depending on the nature and particular facts and circumstances associated with the contract terms. Development contracts generally do not contain variable consideration, but to the extent they do, the Company includes in the transaction price only amounts that are considered probable of being achieved and estimates the amount to be included using the most likely amount method. In contracts that require revenue recognition over time, the Company utilizes an input method that compares the cumulative achievement of contract tasks to date to the most current estimates for the entire performance obligation. Under these contracts, the customer typically owns the product details and process, which have no alternative use. These projects are customized to each customer to meet its specifications, and typically only one performance obligation is included. Each project represents a distinct service that is sold separately and has stand-alone value to the customer. The customer also retains control of its product as the product is being created or enhanced by the Company’s services and can make changes to its process or specifications upon request. Contract assets represent revenue recognized for performance obligations completed or in process before an unconditional right to payment exists, and therefore invoicing or associated reporting from the customer regarding the computation of the net product sales has not yet occurred. Contract liabilities represent payments received from customers prior to the completion of associated performance obligations. Concentration of credit risk Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company manages its cash and cash equivalents based on established guidelines that balance safety and liquidity. The Company’s accounts receivable balances are primarily concentrated among three customers with balances in the aggregate accounting for 69% of the balance as of December 31, 2023. If any of these customers’ receivable balances should be deemed uncollectible, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. The Company is dependent on its relationships with a small number of commercial partners. The Company’s three largest customer contracts generated 70% of revenues in 2023. Stock-based compensation expense The Company measures employee stock-based awards at grant-date fair value and recognizes employee compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock options requires the use of subjective assumptions, including the expected life of the option and expected stock price volatility. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and/or management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards. The expected life of stock options was estimated using the “simplified method,” which is based on the average of the vesting tranches and the contractual life of each grant. For stock price volatility, the Company uses the historical volatility of its publicly traded stock in order to estimate future stock price trends. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury notes with a term approximating the expected life of the option. Upon exercise of stock options or vesting of restricted stock units, the holder may elect to cover tax withholdings by forfeiting shares of an equivalent value. In such cases, the Company issues net new shares to the holder, pays the tax withholding on behalf of the participant and presents the payment similar to a capital distribution: a reduction to additional paid-in-capital and a financing cash outflow in the consolidated financial statements. Income taxes Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis, operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date. In assessing the realizability of net deferred tax assets, the Company considers all relevant positive and negative evidence in determining whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. The realization of the gross deferred tax assets is dependent on several factors, including the generation of sufficient taxable income prior to the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards. A full valuation allowance was recorded as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Unrecognized income tax benefits represent income tax positions taken on income tax returns that have not been recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The Company recognizes the benefit of an income tax position only if it is more likely than not (greater than 50%) that the tax position will be sustained upon tax examination, based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. Otherwise, no benefit is recognized. The tax benefits recognized are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company does not anticipate significant changes in the amount of unrecognized income tax benefits over the next year. Leases The Company determines under U.S. GAAP if an arrangement is a lease at inception. The arrangement is a lease if it conveys the right to the Company to control the use of identified property, plant, or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Options to extend the lease are included in the lease term if the options are reasonably certain to be exercised. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In a sale-leaseback transaction, the Company determines if it relinquished control of the assets to the buyer-lessor. If control is not relinquished, it does not derecognize the asset and does not apply the lease accounting model. Operating lease balances are presented as separate captions on the balance sheets. Finance lease assets are included in property, plant and equipment. Finance lease liabilities are included in other liabilities. Income or loss per share Basic income or loss per share is determined by dividing net income or loss (the numerator) by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period (the denominator). The denominator includes the weighted average common stock equivalents for warrants priced at $0.0001, as the underlying common shares will be issued for little cash consideration and the conditions for the issuance of the underlying common shares are met when such warrants are issued. To calculate diluted income or loss per share, the numerator and denominator are adjusted to eliminate the income or loss and the dilutive effects on shares, respectively, caused by outstanding common stock options, warrants and unvested restricted stock units, using the treasury stock method, if the inclusion of such instruments would be dilutive. For all years presented, the Company incurred a net loss. In periods of net loss, the inclusion of dilutive securities would be antidilutive because it would reduce the amount of loss incurred per share. As a result, no additional dilutive shares were included in diluted loss per share, and there were no differences between basic and diluted loss per share. The following table presents the potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the computations of diluted loss per share:
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Property, Plant and Equipment, Net | (5) Property, plant and equipment, net The following table presents the components of property, plant and equipment:
Interest expense capitalized to construction in process was $526 in 2023 and $1,195 in 2022. The Company is party to a sale and purchase agreement, as amended, to sell approximately 121 acres of land adjacent to its Gainesville, Georgia manufacturing campus for expected proceeds of $8,068. The cost of the land has been removed from property, plant and equipment, and together with cumulative closing costs of $155 through December 31, 2023, is currently presented as a held-for-sale asset of $2,813 within prepaid expenses and other current assets. The completion of the land sale is subject to customary closing conditions for transactions of this type, including completion of buyers permitting, which remained to be satisfied at December 31, 2023. |
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Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities | (6) Accrued expenses and other current liabilities Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:
Accrued transaction costs at December 31, 2022 included costs incurred related to the refinancing completed in December 2022 which included the sale and subsequent leaseback of the Company’s commercial manufacturing campus located in Gainesville, Georgia (see note 9), the issuance of common and preferred stock, a borrowing of $36,900 under a new term loan with Royal Bank of Canada (see note 8) and a one-time cash transaction bonus to certain executive officers and employees. In 2023, the Company completed a strategic reorganization, including termination charges of $717, the write-off of certain San Diego assets valued at $595 and other related charges of $502. The restructuring actions resulted in a total charge of $1,814, of which $1,044 was recorded in cost of sales and $769 was recorded in selling, general and administrative expense. As of December 31, 2023, $126 of termination costs remain accrued and unpaid and are included in as part of payroll and related costs in the table above. |
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Commitments and Contingencies | (7) Commitments and contingencies The Company is involved, from time to time, in various claims and legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business. The Company is not currently a party to any such claims or proceedings that, if decided adversely to it, would either individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition or results of operations. From time to time, the Company is involved in discussions with customers regarding ordinary disputes arising out of daily operations. Those types of discussions have increased in frequency following discussions the Company began to have in 2024 to customers of the San Diego facility regarding the Company’s evaluation of certain strategic alternatives. Certain of those customers have responded that they may seek specific contractual remedies from the Company. The Company intends to vigorously assert its rights and protections under its agreements with customers. Based on the current status of the ongoing discussions, the Company does not believe that it will be required to pay any material amounts to resolve these disputes. On July 2, 2022, a product liability lawsuit was filed against the Company and various other defendants in the State Court of Cobb County, Georgia that claimed injuries and damages caused by Plaintiff Jakob Cuble’s alleged ingestion of, among other things, Focalin XR. The complaint sought compensatory and punitive damages. On April 14, 2023, Plaintiff’s counsel withdrew the case. Purchase commitments As of December 31, 2023, the Company had outstanding cancelable and non-cancelable purchase commitments in the aggregate amount of $8,519 related to inventory, capital expenditures and other goods and services. Employment agreements and certain other contingencies The Company has entered into employment agreements with each of its executive officers that provide for, among other things, severance commitments of up to $1,393 should the Company terminate the executive officers for convenience or if certain events occur following a change in control. In addition, the Company is subject to other contingencies of up to $4,597 in the aggregate if certain events occur following a change in control. |
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Debt | (8) Debt The following table presents the components and classification of debt:
The following table presents the future maturity of debt principal:
Term loan under Credit Agreement The Company is currently party to a credit agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) with Royal Bank of Canada. The Credit Agreement has been fully drawn in the form of a term loan of $36,900. The outstanding principal amount is scheduled to be repaid in quarterly amounts totaling $3,690 in 2024 and $31,365 in 2025 (which is inclusive of the remaining principal balance due at maturity on December 16, 2025). The Company is also obligated to make a $7,500 mandatory principal prepayment upon completion of the sale of certain real property. Quarterly principal payments made after the completion of the land sale will be reduced proportionately to the reduction in principal. Substantial doubt exists that the Company will continue as a going concern (see note 1). Absent completion of the planned merger, which is expected to result in the repayment and termination of the credit agreement, or additional amendments to, or waivers under, the credit agreement, the Company expects that an event of default would be triggered once the audited financial statements are delivered to Royal Bank of Canada under the terms of the amended credit agreement. For these reasons, the entire principal balance of the term loan is classified as current and is presented as maturing during the twelve months ending December 31, 2024. Subject to certain exceptions, the Company is required to make mandatory prepayments with the cash proceeds received in respect of asset sales, certain equity sales, extraordinary receipts, debt issuances, upon a change of control and specified other events. The Company paid a fee of $369 and is required to increase its remaining quarterly principal payments by $231 as a result of not completing the sale of certain real property by a December 2023 deadline. Quarterly principal payment increases of $231 have been included in the debt maturity disclosures above. As of December 31, 2023, the Credit Agreement also included certain financial covenants that the Company will need to satisfy on a quarterly basis, including: (i) maintaining a net leverage ratio less than 3.75:1.00 through the quarter ending March 31, 2024, stepping down to 2.75:1.00 for each quarter thereafter; (ii) maintaining a fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.00:1.00 at September 30, 2023, increasing to 1.05:1.00 for the last day of each quarter thereafter; (iii) maintaining cash and cash equivalents on hand of no less than: (a) $4,000 on each of December 31, 2023 and March 31, 2024 (b) $3,500 on June 30, 2024 (c) $4,500 on September 30, 2024 (d) $5,000 on each of December 31, 2024, March 31, 2025, June 30, 2025 and September 30, 2025 and (e) $1,500 on every other month-end date through maturity. Beginning with the quarter ending December 31, 2023, funded capital expenditures, as defined, cannot exceed $9,000 in the aggregate for the preceding period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended. As of December 31, 2023, the Company was in compliance with its financial covenants under the Credit Agreement. See notes 1 and 19 for additional information about subsequent amendments made to certain covenants related to the December 31, 2023 financial information as well as management’s evaluation of forward looking covenant compliance. In connection with the Credit Agreement, the Company has paid financing costs. These costs are being recognized in interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Credit Agreement, resulting in non-cash interest expense of $1,086 in 2023 and $35 in 2022. The Credit Agreement bears interest at a floating rate equal to the three-month term Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, with an initial floor of 1.00%, plus an applicable margin that is equal to 4.50% per annum for the first year, 5.00% for the second year and 5.50% for the third year, with quarterly interest payments due until maturity. At December 31, 2023, the overall effective interest rate, including cash paid for interest and non-cash interest expense, was 13.8%. Historical term loans with Athyrium The Company was previously party to a credit agreement with Athyrium Opportunities III Acquisition LP (“Athyrium Credit Agreement”). The Athyrium Credit Agreement included $100,000 of term loans at an interest rate equal to the three-month LIBOR rate plus 8.25% per annum. During the term of Athyrium Credit Agreement, the Company paid financing costs and accreted an exit fee. These costs were recognized in interest expense using the effective interest method, resulting in non-cash interest expense of $4,411 in 2022 and $5,558 in 2021. The Company repaid the term loans in full using the proceeds from the new Credit Agreement, the sale-leaseback transaction (see note 9) and the issuance of preferred and common stock (see note 10) in December 2022. As a result of fully paying off the terms loans under the Athyrium Credit Agreement, the Company recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $4,996 primarily for the write-off of the remaining unamortized deferred financing costs. The overall effective interest rate, including cash paid for interest and non-cash interest expense, immediately prior to repayment was 16.4%. Note with former equity holder of IriSys In connection with the acquisition of IriSys (see note 15), the Company issued a subordinated promissory note to a former equity holder of IriSys in the aggregate principal amount of $6,117 (as amended from time to time, the “Note”). The Note is unsecured, has a three-year term, and bears interest at a rate of 6% per annum. The Note must be repaid in three equal installments through its maturity date, August 13, 2024. The Note may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time prior to the maturity date. The Note is expressly subordinated in right of payment and priority to the term loan under the Credit Agreement with Royal Bank of Canada. In August 2023, the Note was amended to defer the due date of the $2,039 payment due on August 12, 2023 of principal, plus accrued interest, to the earlier of (i) June 24, 2024; and (ii) the date on which the Company completes its previously announced sale of certain land at its Gainesville, Georgia location (see note 5). In consideration for the payment deferral, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share at an exercise price of $1.00 with a term of three years. In connection with the Note, the Company has paid financing costs. These costs are being recognized as interest expense using the effective interest method over the term of the Note. At December 31, 2023, the overall effective interest rate, including the amortization of the original discount, was 15.3%. Other In connection with the acquisition of IriSys (see note 15), the Company assumed a loan with a principal amount of $339. In May 2020, the Company entered into a $4,416 promissory note issued under a Federal COVID-19 relief program and shortly after prepaid $1,100 of principal to comply with emerging Federal guidance. The note had a two-year term and accrued interest at a rate of 1.0% per annum, payable upon maturity. In June 2021, the Company received forgiveness of principal and interest on the note and recorded a gain on extinguishment of debt of $3,352, consisting of forgiveness of $3,316 of principal and $36 of accrued interest. |
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Other Liabilities | (9) Other liabilities At December 31, 2023, other liabilities include a sale-leaseback liability of $39,010 and other liabilities of $1,322. Sale-leaseback liability In December 2022, the Company concurrently entered into sale and lease agreements related to its commercial manufacturing campus in Gainesville, Georgia. The selling price was $39,000, of which $1,750 was placed as a lease deposit and classified within other assets, resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $37,250 in 2022. The lease is for an initial term of 20 years with four renewal options of ten years each. Rent under the lease will be payable monthly at a rate of $3,510 per year, increasing annually by 3%, except for the first year where annual base rent will increase by the change in the consumer price index, not to exceed 5%, if greater. The Company is responsible for the payment of all operating expenses, property taxes and insurance for the property. Pursuant to the terms of the lease, the Company will have a purchase option every ten years and a right of first offer and a right of first refusal to purchase the property should the buyer-lessor intend to sell the property to a third party. The Company determined that it did not relinquish control of the assets to the buyer-lessor. Therefore, the assets were not derecognized, and the selling price was recorded as a financial liability. As of December 31, 2023, the carrying value of the liability was $39,010, which is net of $820 of unamortized deferred financing costs. The Company will recognize interest expense at an approximately 11% imputed rate of interest over a term of 20 years that includes the amortization of the deferred financing costs over the term of the lease. The gross liability balance is scheduled to increase through 2034, at which point it will decrease through the end of lease term on December 31, 2042. |
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Shareholders' Equity or Deficit | (10) Shareholders’ equity or deficit Common stock In May 2023, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the articles of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 95,000,000 to 185,000,000. In August 2023, the Company closed an underwritten public offering of 14,640,000 shares of its common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 6,110,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share for net proceeds to the Company of $7,352, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. Convertible preferred stock In December 2022, the Company issued 450,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock for proceeds of $11.00 per share. Each share was converted into ten shares of common stock automatically in May 2023 upon approval by the Company’s shareholders to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock. As of December 31, 2023, no preferred stock was issued or outstanding. Warrants The following table presents the warrants outstanding to purchase shares of common stock as of December 31, 2023:
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Revenue Recognition | (11) Revenue recognition The following table presents changes in contract assets and liabilities:
Contract assets and contract liabilities are reported at the contract level. Contracts with multiple performance obligation are reported as a net contract asset or contract liability on the consolidated balance sheet. The reclassification to revenue appearing in the contract assets column results from the recognition of revenue on contract liabilities that are presented as a net contract asset at the beginning of the year. The following table disaggregates revenue by timing of revenue recognition:
The Company’s payment terms for manufacturing revenue and development services are typically 30 to 45 days. Profit-sharing revenue is recorded to accounts receivable in the quarter that the product is sold by the commercial partner upon reporting from the commercial partner and payment terms are generally 45 days after quarter end. |
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Retirement Plan | (12) Retirement plan The Company has a voluntary 401(k) savings plan in which all employees are eligible to participate. The 401(k) plan features a discretionary employer match. The Company’s current approach is to match 100% of the employee contributions up to a maximum of 5% of employee compensation, subject to company performance. Total Company contributions to the 401(k) plan were $1,537 for 2023, $1,348 for 2022 and $915 for 2021. |
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Stock-Based Compensation | (13) Stock-based compensation In October 2013, the Company established an equity incentive plan that has been subsequently amended and restated to become the 2018 Amended and Restated Equity Incentive Plan (the “A&R Plan”). At December 31, 2023, a total of 6,369,829 shares were available for future grants under the A&R Plan. On December 1st of each year, pursuant to an “evergreen” provision of the A&R Plan, the number of shares available under the A&R Plan may be increased by the board of directors by an amount equal to 5% of the outstanding common stock on December 1st of that year. Stock options Stock options are exercisable generally for a period of ten years from the date of grant and generally vest over four years. No options were exercised in 2023. The intrinsic value of options exercised were negligible in 2022 and 2021. The following table presents information about the fair value of stock options granted:
The following table presents information about stock option balances and activity:
Included in the table above are 961,005 options outstanding as of December 31, 2023 that were granted outside the A&R Plan. The grants were made pursuant to the inducement grant exception in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). Restricted stock units Restricted stock units (“RSUs”) vest over six months to four years depending on the purpose of the award and sometimes include performance conditions in addition to service conditions. The fair value of RSUs on the date of grant is measured as the closing price of the Company’s common stock on that date. The weighted average grant-date fair value of RSUs awarded to employees was $1.30 in 2023, $1.32 in 2022 and $3.49 in 2021. The fair value of RSUs vested was $1,329 in 2023, $897 in 2022 and $2,663 in 2021. The following table presents information about recent RSU activity:
Included in the table above are 40,503 time-based RSUs outstanding at December 31, 2023 that were granted outside of the A&R Plan. The grants were made pursuant to the inducement grant exception in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4). Other information The following table presents the classification of stock-based compensation expense:
As of December 31, 2023, there was $7,102 of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested options and RSUs that are expected to vest and will be expensed over a weighted average period of 2.2 years. |
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Income Taxes | (14) Income taxes All of the Company’s income from continuing operations is domestic. The components of the income tax provision from continuing operations are as follows:
In 2022, the Company entered into a sale-leaseback transaction of its commercial manufacturing campus in Gainesville, Georgia, as discussed further in note 9. This transaction was treated as a sale for federal and state income tax purposes. The sale resulted in a taxable gain of approximately $25,350 that was mostly offset with net operating loss carryforwards, as discussed further below. A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:
In 2022, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania enacted a reduction to its corporate tax rate from 9.9% to 8.9% in 2023. Additionally, the rate will be further reduced by 0.5% each year until 2031 when the rate will be 4.99%. This resulted in a revaluation of outstanding state deferred taxes and the significant rate change above. In 2022, the Company also derecognized its deferred tax assets for research and development credits as discussed further below. The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets were as follows:
The net deferred tax liability shown in the table above is recorded in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2023. These net liabilities result from future tax years in which settlements of deferred tax liabilities are forecasted to exceed settlements of deferred tax assets. Beginning December 31, 2022, net operating loss carryforwards that could fully offset such liabilities are no longer available because they were all utilized for the December 2022 sale-leaseback transaction, as discussed further below. The Company continues to maintain a full valuation allowance against its U.S. and state deferred tax assets based on the available positive and negative evidence available. An important aspect of objective negative evidence evaluated was the Company’s historical operating results over the prior three-year period. The Company maintains the valuation allowance as of December 31, 2023 as a result of historical losses, inclusive of discontinued operations, during the most recent three-year period. The Company will re-evaluate the need for a valuation allowance in future periods based on its operating results as a standalone entity. The following table summarizes carryforwards of net operating losses as of December 31, 2023:
Under U.S. federal tax law, the utilization of a corporation’s net operating loss and research and development tax credit carryforwards is limited following a greater than 50% change in ownership during a three-year period. Any unused annual limitation may be carried forward to future years for the balance of the carryforward period. The Company has determined that it experienced ownership changes, as defined by the Act, during the 2008, 2014, 2016 and 2022 tax years; accordingly, the Company’s ability to utilize the aforementioned carryforwards is subject to various annual limitations. As a result of the 2022 ownership change, the Company further determined its research and development tax credits would not be available in future periods, so the related deferred tax assets were written off in 2022. State net operating loss carryforwards may be further limited, including in Pennsylvania, which has a limitation of 40% of taxable income after modifications and apportionment on state net operating losses utilized in any one year. At December 31, 2023, the Company had no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions, and no amounts have been recognized in the Company’s statements of operations. Due to net operating loss and tax credit carry forwards that remain unutilized, income tax returns for tax years since inception remain subject to examination by the taxing jurisdictions. |
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Acquisition of IriSys | (15) Acquisition of IriSys On August 13, 2021, the Company acquired all of the units of IriSys pursuant to a unit purchase agreement. IriSys provides contract pharmaceutical product development and manufacturing services, specializing in formulation research and development and good manufacturing practices of clinical trial materials and specialty pharmaceutical products. The acquisition advances the Company’s ongoing growth strategy and leads to key synergies within business development, clinical development and commercial scale-up, as well as a strong cultural alignment and fit between the companies. The aggregate purchase price consideration was comprised of cash consideration, a subordinated promissory note and a contractual obligation to issue 9,302,718 shares of the Company’s common stock, which were issued on February 14, 2022. The following table summarizes the consideration paid:
The fair value of the shares issuable was determined by using the price of the Company’s common stock on the acquisition date, less a discount for lack of marketability due to the shares being unregistered shares of the Company. The fair value of the note was determined using a discounted cash flow analysis that incorporated an estimate of the market interest rate for debt of similar terms and credit risk on the acquisition date. The Company incurred $1,211 in transaction costs related to the acquisition that were expensed as incurred and classified as selling, general and administrative expenses. The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition:
The purchase price was allocated to the tangible assets and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their acquisition date estimated fair values. The identifiable intangible assets are subject to amortization on a straight-line basis. The following table presents information about the acquired identifiable intangible assets:
The fair value of property, plant and equipment was determined using a cost approach valuation method. The customer relationships and acquired backlog were valued using the multi-period excess earnings method and trademarks and trade names were valued using the relief from royalty method. These methods require several judgments and assumptions to determine the fair value of intangible assets, including revenue growth rates, discount rates, EBITDA margins, and tax rates, among others. These nonrecurring fair value measurements are Level 3 measurements within the fair value hierarchy. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the net identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired. The goodwill related to the acquisition was attributable to expected synergies, the value of the assembled workforce as well as the collective experience of the management team with regards to its operations, customers, and industry. The goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. Results for 2021 included revenue of $5,955 and net income of $440 from IriSys. The following table presents unaudited supplemental pro forma financial information as if the IriSys acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2020:
The pro forma financial information presented above has been prepared by combining the Company’s historical results and the historical results of IriSys and adjusting those results to eliminate historical transaction costs and to reflect the effects of the acquisition as if they occurred on January 1, 2020. The effects of the acquisition on the historical pro forma financial information include additional depreciation and amortization expense from the increase of asset carrying values to fair value, the adoption of new accounting standards, additional interest expense from the issuance of the subordinated promissory note and the elimination of interest expense related to indebtedness of IriSys prior to the acquisition. These results do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations which actually would have resulted had the acquisitions occurred on the date indicated above, or that may result in the future, and do not reflect potential synergies or additional costs following the acquisition. |
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments | (16) Fair value of financial instruments The Company follows the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” for fair value measurement recognition and disclosure purposes for its financial assets and financial liabilities that are remeasured and reported at fair value each reporting period. The Company measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis, including cash equivalents, short-term investments and certain warrants. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of financial assets and financial liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy. Categorization is based on a three-tier valuation hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, as follows: • Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; • Level 2: Inputs that are other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, inputs that are quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable; and • Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. Items measured at fair value on a recurring basis Cash equivalents of $4 at December 31, 2023 and $6,034 at December 31, 2022 consisted entirely of money market mutual funds whose fair value were determined using Level 1 measurements. Fair value disclosures The Company follows the disclosure provisions of FASB ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments” (ASC 825), for disclosure purposes for financial assets and financial liabilities that are not measured at fair value. As of December 31, 2023, the financial assets and liabilities recorded on the consolidated balance sheets that are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis include accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses. The carrying values of these financial assets and liabilities approximate fair value due to their short-term nature. The fair value of long-term debt, where a quoted market price is not available, is evaluated based on, among other factors, interest rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms, remaining payments and considerations of the Company’s creditworthiness. The Company determined that the recorded book value of its debt, a level 2 measurement, approximated fair value at December 31, 2023 due to the recent issuances of those instruments and taking into consideration management's current evaluation of market conditions. |
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Leases | (17) Leases The Company is party to two operating leases for development facilities in California and Georgia that end in 2031 and 2025, respectively, as well as other immaterial operating leases for office space, storage and office equipment. The development facility leases each include options to extend, none of which are included in the lease terms. Short-term and variable lease costs were not material for the periods presented. The development facility leases do not provide an implicit rate, so the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease liabilities. Undiscounted future lease payments for the two development facility leases, which were the only material noncancelable leases at December 31, 2023, were as follows:
At December 31, 2023, the weighted average remaining lease term was 6.8 years, and the weighted average discount rate was 14.1%. Total lease cost was $1,789 in 2023, $1,980 in 2022 and $814 in 2021. |
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Related Party Transactions | (18) Related Party Transactions The former equity holder of IriSys beneficially owned more than 10% of the Company’s common stock and became a related party on August 13, 2021 as a result of the acquisition of IriSys (see note 15). In December 2022, it ceased to meet the definition of a related party following the issuance of additional common stock. |
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Subsequent Event | (19) Subsequent Event On February 28, 2024, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with CoreRx, Inc., (“CoreRx”), and Cane Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions therein, CoreRx will commence a tender offer, or the Offer, to acquire all of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for approximately $1.10 per share of common stock, in cash, subject to any applicable withholding of taxes and without interest. The Offer will initially expire one minute following 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date that is 20 business days following the commencement of the Offer, subject to extension under certain circumstances. Following the consummation of the Offer, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation in the Merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of CoreRx. Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of the Merger Agreement, the Merger will be governed by and effected under Section 321(f) of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, with no shareholder vote required to consummate the Merger. As a result of the Merger, the Company will cease to be a publicly traded company. The Merger Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company, CoreRx and Merger Sub. The Company expects that the outstanding debt under the Credit Agreement and the Note with former equity holder of IriSys will be repaid on or about the closing the Merger Agreement. However, there can be no assurance that the conditions to the completion of the Offer and the Merger will be satisfied or waived, that the Offer and the Merger will be completed on the expected timeframe or at all, or that the Offer and the Merger will be consummated as contemplated by the Merger Agreement. On March 21, 2024, the Company entered into a third amendment to the credit agreement with Royal Bank of Canada, which extended the deadline until April 30, 2024 for delivery of (i) the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and (ii) the corresponding audit report without a “going concern” explanatory paragraph. The extension of the deadline to submit these documents effectively delays the default under the amended credit agreement until May 1, 2024. The third amendment also (i) defers the $4,000 quarterly minimum liquidity covenant as of March 31, 2024 until as of April 30, 2024 and (ii) clarified that a $1,500 monthly liquidity covenant was not applicable as of March 31, 2024. |
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Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation | Basis of presentation and principles of consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The Company has determined that it operates in a single segment. |
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Use of estimates | Use of estimates The preparation of financial statements and the notes to the financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from such estimates. |
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Business combinations | Business combinations The Company measures the purchase price paid for acquired companies based on fair value and allocates that purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values. Valuations are performed to assist in determining the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions, in particular with respect to intangible assets. Management makes estimates of fair value based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable. These estimates are based in part on historical experience and information obtained from the acquired companies and expectations of future cash flows. Costs associated with business combinations are expensed as incurred as selling, general and administrative expenses. |
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Cash and cash equivalents | Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents represent cash in banks and highly liquid short-term investments that have maturities of three months or less when acquired. These highly liquid short-term investments are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near to their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value due to changes in interest rates. |
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Accounts receivable, net | Accounts receivable, net Accounts receivable generally represent amounts billed for services provided under our customer contracts and are recorded at the invoiced amount net of an allowance for credit losses, if necessary. We apply judgment in assessing the ultimate realization of our receivables, and we estimate an allowance for credit losses based on various factors, such as the aging of our receivables, historical experience, and the financial condition of our customers. The allowance for credit losses was not material as of the balance sheet dates presented. |
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Inventory | Inventory Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Included in inventory are raw materials and work-in-process used in the production of commercial products. Items are issued out of inventory using the first-in, first-out method. Adjustments to inventory are determined at the raw materials, work-in-process, and finished good levels to reflect obsolescence or impaired balances. Factors influencing inventory obsolescence include changes in demand, product life cycle, product pricing, physical deterioration and quality concerns. |
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Property, plant and equipment, net | Property, plant and equipment, net Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are as follows: to ten years for furniture, office and computer equipment; to ten years for manufacturing equipment; 40 years for buildings; and for leasehold improvements. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. The Company reviews the carrying value of property, plant and equipment for recoverability whenever events occur or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of individual assets or asset groups may not be recoverable. The Company considers assets to be held for sale when (i) management commits to a plan to sell the asset; (ii) the asset is available for immediate sale in its present condition; (iii) the asset is actively being marketed for sale at a price that is reasonable given the estimate of current market value; and (iv) the sale is probable and will be completed within one year. Upon designation of an asset as held for sale, the Company records the asset’s value at the lower of its carrying value plus selling costs or its estimated net realizable value. |
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Goodwill and intangible assets | Goodwill and intangible assets Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired by the Company in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but assessed for impairment on an annual basis or more frequently if impairment indicators exist. The impairment analysis for goodwill consists of an optional qualitative assessment potentially followed by a quantitative analysis. If the Company determines that the carrying value of its reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess. The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test as of November 30th, or whenever an event or change in circumstance occurs that would require reassessment of the impairment of goodwill. In performing the evaluation, the Company assesses qualitative factors such as overall financial performance, actual and anticipated changes in industry and market conditions, and competitive environments. As a result of the most recent annual goodwill impairment test, the Company determined that there was no impairment of goodwill. Definite-lived intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life. The Company is required to review the carrying value of definite-lived intangible assets for recoverability whenever events occur or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable. |
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Contingencies | Contingencies The Company’s business exposes it to various contingencies including compliance with regulations, legal exposures and other matters. Loss contingencies are reflected in the financial statements based on management’s assessments of their expected outcome or resolution: • They are recognized as liabilities on the balance sheet if the potential loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. • They are disclosed if the potential loss is material and considered at least reasonably possible. Significant judgment is required to determine probability and whether the amount can be reasonably estimated. Due to uncertainties related to these matters, accruals are based only on the information available at the time. As additional information becomes available, the Company reassesses potential liabilities and may revise previous estimates. |
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Revenue recognition | Revenue recognition The Company generates revenues from manufacturing, profit-sharing and development services for multiple pharmaceutical companies. Manufacturing Manufacturing, packaging and other related services revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of a product to a customer, generally upon shipment, based on a transaction price that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to as specified in the agreement with the commercial partner, which could include variable consideration such as pricing and volume-based adjustments. Profit-sharing In addition to manufacturing and packaging revenue, certain customers who use our technologies are subject to agreements that provide us intellectual property sales-based profit-sharing and/or royalties consideration, collectively referred to as profit-sharing, computed on the net product sales of the commercial partner. Profit-sharing revenues are generally recognized under the terms of the applicable license, development and/or supply agreement. The Company has determined that, in its arrangements, the license for intellectual property is not the predominant item to which the profit-sharing relates, so the Company recognizes revenue upon transfer of control of the manufactured product. In these cases, significant judgment is required to calculate the estimated variable consideration from such profit-sharing using the expected value method based on historical commercial partner pricing and deductions. Estimated variable consideration is partially constrained due to the uncertainty of price adjustments made by the Company’s commercial partners, which are outside of the Company’s control. Factors causing price adjustments by the Company’s commercial partners include increased competition in the products’ markets, mix of volume between the commercial partners’ customers, and changes in government pricing. Development Development revenue includes services associated with formulation, process development, clinical trial materials services, as well as custom development of manufacturing processes and analytical methods for a customer’s non-clinical, clinical and commercial products. Such revenues are recognized at a point in time or over time depending on the nature and particular facts and circumstances associated with the contract terms. Development contracts generally do not contain variable consideration, but to the extent they do, the Company includes in the transaction price only amounts that are considered probable of being achieved and estimates the amount to be included using the most likely amount method. In contracts that require revenue recognition over time, the Company utilizes an input method that compares the cumulative achievement of contract tasks to date to the most current estimates for the entire performance obligation. Under these contracts, the customer typically owns the product details and process, which have no alternative use. These projects are customized to each customer to meet its specifications, and typically only one performance obligation is included. Each project represents a distinct service that is sold separately and has stand-alone value to the customer. The customer also retains control of its product as the product is being created or enhanced by the Company’s services and can make changes to its process or specifications upon request. Contract assets represent revenue recognized for performance obligations completed or in process before an unconditional right to payment exists, and therefore invoicing or associated reporting from the customer regarding the computation of the net product sales has not yet occurred. Contract liabilities represent payments received from customers prior to the completion of associated performance obligations. |
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Concentration of credit risk | Concentration of credit risk Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company manages its cash and cash equivalents based on established guidelines that balance safety and liquidity. The Company’s accounts receivable balances are primarily concentrated among three customers with balances in the aggregate accounting for 69% of the balance as of December 31, 2023. If any of these customers’ receivable balances should be deemed uncollectible, it could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. The Company is dependent on its relationships with a small number of commercial partners. The Company’s three largest customer contracts generated 70% of revenues in 2023. |
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Stock-based compensation expense | Stock-based compensation expense The Company measures employee stock-based awards at grant-date fair value and recognizes employee compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur. Determining the appropriate fair value of stock options requires the use of subjective assumptions, including the expected life of the option and expected stock price volatility. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to value its stock option awards. The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if factors change and/or management uses different assumptions, stock-based compensation expense could be materially different for future awards. The expected life of stock options was estimated using the “simplified method,” which is based on the average of the vesting tranches and the contractual life of each grant. For stock price volatility, the Company uses the historical volatility of its publicly traded stock in order to estimate future stock price trends. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury notes with a term approximating the expected life of the option. Upon exercise of stock options or vesting of restricted stock units, the holder may elect to cover tax withholdings by forfeiting shares of an equivalent value. In such cases, the Company issues net new shares to the holder, pays the tax withholding on behalf of the participant and presents the payment similar to a capital distribution: a reduction to additional paid-in-capital and a financing cash outflow in the consolidated financial statements. |
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Income taxes | Income taxes Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis, operating losses and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date. In assessing the realizability of net deferred tax assets, the Company considers all relevant positive and negative evidence in determining whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. The realization of the gross deferred tax assets is dependent on several factors, including the generation of sufficient taxable income prior to the expiration of the net operating loss carryforwards. A full valuation allowance was recorded as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Unrecognized income tax benefits represent income tax positions taken on income tax returns that have not been recognized in the consolidated financial statements. The Company recognizes the benefit of an income tax position only if it is more likely than not (greater than 50%) that the tax position will be sustained upon tax examination, based solely on the technical merits of the tax position. Otherwise, no benefit is recognized. The tax benefits recognized are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company does not anticipate significant changes in the amount of unrecognized income tax benefits over the next year. |
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Leases | Leases The Company determines under U.S. GAAP if an arrangement is a lease at inception. The arrangement is a lease if it conveys the right to the Company to control the use of identified property, plant, or equipment for a period of time in exchange for consideration. Options to extend the lease are included in the lease term if the options are reasonably certain to be exercised. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In a sale-leaseback transaction, the Company determines if it relinquished control of the assets to the buyer-lessor. If control is not relinquished, it does not derecognize the asset and does not apply the lease accounting model. Operating lease balances are presented as separate captions on the balance sheets. Finance lease assets are included in property, plant and equipment. Finance lease liabilities are included in other liabilities. |
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Income or loss per share | Income or loss per share Basic income or loss per share is determined by dividing net income or loss (the numerator) by the weighted average common shares outstanding during the period (the denominator). The denominator includes the weighted average common stock equivalents for warrants priced at $0.0001, as the underlying common shares will be issued for little cash consideration and the conditions for the issuance of the underlying common shares are met when such warrants are issued. To calculate diluted income or loss per share, the numerator and denominator are adjusted to eliminate the income or loss and the dilutive effects on shares, respectively, caused by outstanding common stock options, warrants and unvested restricted stock units, using the treasury stock method, if the inclusion of such instruments would be dilutive. For all years presented, the Company incurred a net loss. In periods of net loss, the inclusion of dilutive securities would be antidilutive because it would reduce the amount of loss incurred per share. As a result, no additional dilutive shares were included in diluted loss per share, and there were no differences between basic and diluted loss per share. The following table presents the potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the computations of diluted loss per share:
Amounts in the table above reflect the common stock equivalents of the noted instruments. |
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Fair Value Measurement | The Company follows the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” for fair value measurement recognition and disclosure purposes for its financial assets and financial liabilities that are remeasured and reported at fair value each reporting period. The Company measures certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value on a recurring basis, including cash equivalents, short-term investments and certain warrants. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the valuation of financial assets and financial liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy. Categorization is based on a three-tier valuation hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value, as follows: • Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; • Level 2: Inputs that are other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities, inputs that are quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets, or other inputs that are either directly or indirectly observable; and •
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Schedule of Anti-Dilutive Securities | The following table presents the potentially dilutive securities that were excluded from the computations of diluted loss per share:
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Components of Inventory | The following table presents the components of inventory:
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Summary of Components of Other Intangible Assets | The following table presents the components of other intangible assets:
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Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Estimated Future Amortization Expense | The following table presents estimated future amortization of other intangible assets:
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Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment | The following table presents the components of property, plant and equipment:
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Summary of Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities | Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:
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Schedule of Components and Classification of Debt | The following table presents the components and classification of debt:
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Schedule of Future Maturities of Debt | The following table presents the future maturity of debt principal:
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Schedule of Warrants Outstanding to Purchase of Common Stock | The following table presents the warrants outstanding to purchase shares of common stock as of December 31, 2023:
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Schedule of Changes in Contract Assets and Liabilities | The following table presents changes in contract assets and liabilities:
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Disaggregation of Revenue by Timing of Revenue Recognition | The following table disaggregates revenue by timing of revenue recognition:
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Fair Value of Stock Options Granted | The following table presents information about the fair value of stock options granted:
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Summary of Stock Option Activity | The following table presents information about stock option balances and activity:
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Summary of Restricted Stock Units Activity | The following table presents information about recent RSU activity:
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Summary of Stock Based Compensation Expense | The following table presents the classification of stock-based compensation expense:
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Components of Income Tax Provision (Benefit) From Continuing Operations | All of the Company’s income from continuing operations is domestic. The components of the income tax provision from continuing operations are as follows:
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Reconciliation of Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate From Continuing Operations | A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate is as follows:
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Schedule of Tax Effects of Temporary Differences to Significant Portions of Deferred Tax Assets | The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets were as follows:
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Summary of Carryforward of Net Operating Losses | The following table summarizes carryforwards of net operating losses as of December 31, 2023:
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Acquisition of IriSys (Tables) |
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Schedule of Business Acquisition of Purchase Price Consideration | The following table summarizes the consideration paid:
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Schedule of Fair Values of the Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed | The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition:
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Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired | The following table presents information about the acquired identifiable intangible assets:
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Schedule of Supplemental Pro Forma Financial Information | The following table presents unaudited supplemental pro forma financial information as if the IriSys acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2020:
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Schedule of Undiscounted Future Lease Payments for the Development Lease | Undiscounted future lease payments for the two development facility leases, which were the only material noncancelable leases at December 31, 2023, were as follows:
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Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | |||
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 2,762,057 | 1,583,469 | 731,525 |
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Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] | |||
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 8,101,217 | 7,317,274 | 4,645,109 |
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Anti-dilutive securities excluded from computation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding | 484,857 | 362,030 | 348,664 |
Inventory - Components of Inventory (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
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Raw materials | $ 5,337 | $ 4,318 |
Work in process | 3,310 | 3,689 |
Finished goods | 1,615 | 2,294 |
Inventory | $ 10,262 | $ 10,301 |
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Gross value | $ 19,670 | $ 19,670 |
Accumulated amortization | 17,429 | 16,742 |
Carrying value | 2,241 | 2,928 |
Customer Relationships [Member] | ||
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] | ||
Gross value | 18,900 | 18,900 |
Accumulated amortization | 16,674 | 16,188 |
Carrying value | 2,226 | 2,712 |
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Gross value | 460 | 460 |
Accumulated amortization | 445 | 261 |
Carrying value | 15 | 199 |
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Gross value | 310 | 310 |
Accumulated amortization | 310 | 293 |
Carrying value | $ 0 | $ 17 |
Intangible Assets, Net - Schedule of Finite Lived Intangible Assets, Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
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Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] | ||
2024 | $ 501 | |
2025 | 486 | |
2026 | 486 | |
2027 | 486 | |
2028 | 282 | |
Carrying value | $ 2,241 | $ 2,928 |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
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Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | ||
Property, plant and equipment | $ 102,337 | $ 94,806 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | (52,542) | (44,441) |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 49,795 | 50,365 |
Land [Member] | ||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 604 | 604 |
Buildings and Improvements [Member] | ||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 22,913 | 22,751 |
Furniture, Office & Computer Equipment [Member] | ||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 6,845 | 6,388 |
Manufacturing Equipment [Member] | ||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | ||
Property, plant and equipment | 68,002 | 58,039 |
Construction in Progress [Member] | ||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | ||
Property, plant and equipment | $ 3,973 | $ 7,024 |
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
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Dec. 31, 2023
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Dec. 31, 2022
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Dec. 31, 2021
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Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | |||
Interest Expense | $ 9,963 | $ 14,176 | $ 15,136 |
Construction in Progress [Member] | |||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | |||
Interest Expense | $ 526 | $ 1,195 | |
Land [Member] | |||
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items] | |||
Area Of Land | a | 121 | ||
Proceeds from Sale of property plant and equipment | $ 8,068 | ||
Carrying value of other assets | 2,813 | ||
Cumulative closing costs | $ 155 |
Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities - Summary of Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
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Payables and Accruals [Abstract] | ||
Payroll and related costs | $ 5,807 | $ 4,276 |
Professional and consulting fees | 869 | 356 |
Property, plant and equipment | 696 | 934 |
Contract liabilities (see note 11) | 543 | 2,211 |
Accrued interest | 511 | 227 |
Accrued transaction costs | 25 | 3,653 |
Other | 2,363 | 1,029 |
Total | $ 10,814 | $ 12,686 |
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |||
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Nov. 30, 2023 |
Sep. 30, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
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Write-off of assests | $ 2,813 | $ 2,768 | |||
Severance and other related costs | 1,814 | ||||
Accrued and unpaid severance costs | 126 | ||||
Cost of Goods and Services Sold | 76,497 | 67,076 | $ 55,537 | ||
Selling, general and administrative | 21,024 | 21,954 | $ 18,374 | ||
Cost of Sales [Member] | |||||
Cost of Goods and Services Sold | 1,044 | ||||
Selling General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | |||||
Selling, general and administrative | 769 | ||||
Term Loan Under Credit Agreement [Member] | |||||
New term loan | $ 36,900 | ||||
Gainesville, Georgia [Member] | Term Loan Under Credit Agreement [Member] | |||||
New term loan | $ 36,900 | ||||
San Diego [Member] | |||||
Write-off of assests | $ 595 | $ 595 | |||
Other restructuring and related charges | 502 | 502 | |||
Severance and other related costs | $ 717 | $ 717 |
Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
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Executive Officer [Member] | |
Supply Commitment [Line Items] | |
Potential severance commitments arrangement consideration | $ 1,393 |
Other Contingencies | 4,597 |
Purchase Commitment [Member] | |
Supply Commitment [Line Items] | |
Purchase commitment non cancelable and cancelable | $ 8,519 |
Debt - Components and Classification of Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
---|---|---|
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||
Debt principal | $ 39,472 | $ 41,317 |
Unamortized deferred issuance costs | (2,172) | (2,476) |
Unamortized original discount | (205) | (297) |
Carrying value of debt | 37,095 | 38,544 |
Current portion of debt | 36,756 | 7,577 |
Debt, net of current portion | 339 | 30,967 |
Term Loan Under Credit Agreement [Member] | ||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||
Debt principal | 35,055 | 36,900 |
Note with Former [Member] | ||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||
Debt principal | 4,078 | 4,078 |
Other [Member] | ||
Debt Instrument [Line Items] | ||
Debt principal | $ 339 | $ 339 |
Debt - Schedule of Maturities of Debt (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
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Debt Disclosure [Abstract] | ||
2024 | $ 39,149 | |
2025 | 32 | |
2026 | 39 | |
2027 | 46 | |
2028 | 56 | |
Thereafter | 150 | |
Total debt principal | $ 39,472 | $ 41,317 |
Other Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
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Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] | |||
Sale leaseback liability | $ 39,010 | ||
Other liabilities | $ 40,332 | $ 39,225 | |
Sale lease back transaction description of assets | In December 2022, the Company concurrently entered into sale and lease agreements related to its commercial manufacturing campus in Gainesville, Georgia. The selling price was $39,000, of which $1,750 was placed as a lease deposit and classified within other assets, resulting in cash proceeds to the Company of $37,250 in 2022. The lease is for an initial term of 20 years with four renewal options of ten years each. Rent under the lease will be payable monthly at a rate of $3,510 per year, increasing annually by 3%, except for the first year where annual base rent will increase by the change in the consumer price index, not to exceed 5%, if greater. The Company is responsible for the payment of all operating expenses, property taxes and insurance for the property. Pursuant to the terms of the lease, the Company will have a purchase option every ten years and a right of first offer and a right of first refusal to purchase the property should the buyer-lessor intend to sell the property to a third party. | ||
Sale lease back transaction date | December 2022 | ||
Lease deposit | $ 1,750 | ||
Proceeds from sales-lease back liability | $ 0 | $ 37,250 | $ 0 |
Lease initial term | 20 years | ||
Lessee,lease, description | The lease is for an initial term of 20 years with four renewal options of ten years each. Rent under the lease will be payable monthly at a rate of $3,510 per year, increasing annually by 3%, except for the first year where annual base rent will increase by the change in the consumer price index, not to exceed 5%, if greater. | ||
Lessee, lease, renewal term | 10 years | ||
Annual base rent under the lease | $ 3,510 | ||
Percentage of increase in rent amount | 3.00% | ||
Company recognized liability | $ 39,010 | ||
Unamortized deferred financing costs | $ 820 | ||
Imputed rate of interest | 11.00% | ||
Term of contract under recognize interest expense | 20 years | ||
Description of sale leaseback liability, gross liability period | The gross liability balance is scheduled to increase through 2034, at which point it will decrease through the end of lease term on December 31, 2042. | ||
Maximum [Member] | |||
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] | |||
Percentage of increase in rent amount | 5.00% | ||
Gainesville, Georgia | |||
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] | |||
Other liabilities | $ 1,322 | ||
Selling price | $ 39,000 |
Shareholders' Equity or Deficit - Schedule of Warrants Outstanding to Purchase Shares of Common Stock (Detail) - Equity [Member] - $ / shares |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Aug. 31, 2023 |
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Athyrium warrants | Warrants, Exercise Price $1.29, Expiring on November 2024 [Member] | ||
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items] | ||
Number of shares | 467,588 | |
Exercise price per share | $ 1.29 | |
IriSys warrants | Warrants Exercise Price One Per Share and Expiration Date August 2026 [Member] | ||
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items] | ||
Number of shares | 100,000 | |
Exercise price per share | $ 1 | |
Pre-Funded warrants | ||
Schedule of Capitalization, Equity [Line Items] | ||
Number of shares | 6,110,000 | 6,110,000 |
Exercise price per share | $ 0.0001 | $ 0.0001 |
Revenue Recognition - Disaggregation of Revenue by Timing of Revenue Recognition (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items] | |||
Revenue | $ 94,635 | $ 90,214 | $ 75,360 |
Point In Time [Member] | |||
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items] | |||
Revenue | 73,316 | 70,325 | 60,992 |
Over Time [Member] | |||
Disaggregation Of Revenue [Line Items] | |||
Revenue | $ 21,319 | $ 19,889 | $ 14,368 |
Retirement Plan - Additional Information (Detail) - 401(k) Plan [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Defined Contribution Plan Disclosure [Line Items] | |||
Defined contribution plan, employer matching contribution, percent of match | 100.00% | ||
Defined contribution plan, maximum annual contributions per employee, percent | 5.00% | ||
Contributions by employer | $ 1,537 | $ 1,348 | $ 915 |
Defined contribution plan, description | The Company has a voluntary 401(k) savings plan in which all employees are eligible to participate. The 401(k) plan features a discretionary employer match. The Company’s current approach is to match 100% of the employee contributions up to a maximum of 5% of employee compensation, subject to company performance. Total Company contributions to the 401(k) plan were $1,537 for 2023, $1,348 for 2022 and $915 for 2021 |
Stock-Based Compensation - Fair Value of Stock Options Granted (Detail) - $ / shares |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
Weighted average grant date fair value | $ 0.92 | $ 1.02 | $ 1.77 |
Assumptions used to determine fair value: | |||
Expected dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Minimum [Member] | |||
Assumptions used to determine fair value: | |||
Range of expected option life | 5 years 6 months | 5 years 6 months | 5 years 6 months |
Expected volatility | 79.00% | 79.00% | 79.00% |
Risk-free interest rate | 3.50% | 1.50% | 0.70% |
Maximum [Member] | |||
Assumptions used to determine fair value: | |||
Range of expected option life | 6 years | 6 years | 6 years |
Expected volatility | 85.00% | 81.00% | 81.00% |
Risk-free interest rate | 4.60% | 4.00% | 1.40% |
Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Restricted Stock Units Activity (Detail) - $ / shares |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
Weighted average grant date fair value, Granted | $ 0.92 | $ 1.02 | $ 1.77 |
Restricted Stock Units [Member] | |||
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
Number of shares, Beginning balance | 2,061,866 | ||
Number of shares, Granted | 2,640,762 | ||
Number of shares, Vested | (1,365,982) | ||
Number of shares, Forfeited | (250,496) | ||
Number of shares, Ending balance | 3,086,150 | 2,061,866 | |
Weighted average grant date fair value, Beginning balance | $ 1.71 | ||
Weighted average grant date fair value, Granted | 1.3 | $ 1.32 | $ 3.49 |
Weighted average grant date fair value, Vested | 3.17 | ||
Weighted average grant date fair value, Forfeited | 1.84 | ||
Weighted average grant date fair value, Ending balance | $ 2.1 | $ 1.71 |
Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Stock Based Compensation Expenses (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
Stock based compensation expense | $ 5,009 | $ 5,426 | $ 6,514 |
Cost of Sales [Member] | |||
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
Stock based compensation expense | 1,953 | 1,868 | 2,797 |
Selling General and Administrative Expenses [Member] | |||
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items] | |||
Stock based compensation expense | $ 3,056 | $ 3,558 | $ 3,717 |
Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax Provision (Benefit) From Continuing Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Current: | |||
Federal | $ 33 | ||
State | $ 43 | 57 | |
Total current | 43 | 90 | |
Deferred: | |||
Federal | (2,092) | 1,399 | $ (2,396) |
State | (1,164) | 4,266 | (677) |
Total deferred | (3,256) | 5,665 | (3,073) |
Change in valuation allowance | 3,345 | (4,650) | 3,073 |
Income tax expense | $ 132 | $ 1,105 | $ 0 |
Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Statutory U.S. Federal Income Tax Rate to Effective Tax Rate From Continuing Operations (Detail) |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | |||
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate | 21.00% | 21.00% | 21.00% |
State taxes, net of federal benefit | (2.00%) | 7.00% | 8.00% |
Change in state tax rate | 1.00% | (22.00%) | (2.00%) |
Nondeductible expenses | (5.00%) | (5.00%) | (1.00%) |
Research and development credits | 0.00% | (23.00%) | 1.00% |
Change in valuation allowance | (16.00%) | 16.00% | (27.00%) |
Effective income tax rate | (1.00%) | (6.00%) | 0.00% |
Income Taxes - Schedule of Tax Effects of Temporary Differences to Significant Portions of Deferred Tax Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
---|---|---|
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] | ||
Net operating loss carryforwards | $ 35,650 | $ 33,352 |
Interest expense | 14,314 | 12,944 |
Sales Leaseback | 9,448 | 9,093 |
Stock-based compensation | 5,344 | 4,681 |
Other | 3,791 | 3,950 |
Gross deferred tax asset | 68,547 | 64,020 |
Valuation allowance | (54,314) | (50,909) |
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance | 14,233 | 13,111 |
Depreciation | (11,088) | (10,750) |
Contract assets | (3,112) | (2,082) |
Other | (1,197) | (1,294) |
Deferred tax liabilities | (15,397) | (14,126) |
Net deferred tax liabilities | $ (1,164) | $ (1,015) |
Income Taxes - Summary of Carryforward of Net Operating Losses (Detail) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
| |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] | |
Net operating losses, Expiration period | State net operating loss carryforwards may be further limited, including in Pennsylvania, which has a limitation of 40% of taxable income after modifications and apportionment on state net operating losses utilized in any one year. |
Federal [Member] | Tax Year 2018 To 2022 | |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] | |
Net operating losses | $ 133,545 |
Net operating losses, Expiration period | No expiration |
State [Member] | Limited | |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] | |
Net operating losses | $ 111,810 |
Net operating losses, Expiration period start | 2031 |
Net operating losses, Expiration period end | 2044 |
State [Member] | Unlimited | |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] | |
Net operating losses | $ 35,165 |
Net operating losses, Expiration period | No expiration |
Acquisition of IriSys (Additional Information) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Aug. 13, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
Indefinite-lived intangible assets fair value | $ 4,170 | |||
Net loss | (13,274) | $ (19,881) | $ (11,370) | |
Customer Relationships [Member] | ||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
Indefinite-lived intangible assets fair value | $ 3,400 | |||
Irisys LLC [Member] | ||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
Date of acquisition agreement | Aug. 13, 2021 | |||
Number of share issued for acquisition | 9,302,718 | |||
Business acquisition transaction costs | $ 1,211 | |||
Revenues | 5,955 | |||
Net loss | $ 440 |
Acquisition of IriSys - Schedule of Business Acquisition of Purchase Price Consideration (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Aug. 13, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 31, 2021 |
|
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
Cash paid, net of cash acquired | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 24,002 | |
Net working capital adjustment receivable | $ (417) | |||
Irisys LLC [Member] | ||||
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||||
Cash paid, net of cash acquired | 24,002 | |||
Fair value of forward equity issuance | 20,931 | |||
Fair value of note with former members of IriSys | 5,240 | |||
Total estimated consideration | $ 49,756 |
Acquisition of IriSys - Schedule of Provisional Fair Values of the Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Aug. 13, 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Assets acquired: | |||
Operating lease asset | $ 5,004 | $ 5,491 | |
Irisys LLC [Member] | |||
Assets acquired: | |||
Accounts receivable | $ 909 | ||
Contract assets | 505 | ||
Inventory | 685 | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 91 | ||
Property and equipment | 9,304 | ||
Operating lease asset | 5,648 | ||
Intangible assets | 4,170 | ||
Goodwill | 36,758 | ||
Other assets | 146 | ||
Total assets acquired | 58,216 | ||
Liabilities assumed: | |||
Accounts payable | 730 | ||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 1,556 | ||
Operating lease liability | 5,648 | ||
Debt from finance loan | 339 | ||
Other liabilities | 187 | ||
Total liabilities assumed | 8,460 | ||
Net assets acquired | $ 49,756 |
Acquisition of IriSys - Schedule of Intangible Assets Acquired (Detail) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
| |
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] | |
Intangible asset amortized remaining term | 6 years 1 month 6 days |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets fair value | $ 4,170 |
Customer Relationships [Member] | |
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] | |
Intangible asset amortized remaining term | 7 years |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets fair value | $ 3,400 |
Backlog [Member] | |
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] | |
Intangible asset amortized remaining term | 2 years 4 months 24 days |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets fair value | $ 460 |
Trademark and tradenames [Member] | |
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items] | |
Intangible asset amortized remaining term | 1 year 6 months |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets fair value | $ 310 |
Acquisition of IriSys - Schedule of Supplemental Pro Forma Financial Information (Detail) - Irisys LLC [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |
---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
|
Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||
Revenue | $ 83,045 | $ 78,881 |
Net income (loss) | $ (11,809) | $ (28,290) |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
---|---|---|
Money Market Mutual Funds [Member] | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member] | ||
Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring And Nonrecurring Basis Valuation Techniques [Line Items] | ||
Cash equivalents | $ 4 | $ 6,034 |
Leases - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | ||
---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Lease
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Dec. 31, 2022
USD ($)
|
Dec. 31, 2021
USD ($)
|
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Lessee Lease Description [Line Items] | |||
Number of operating lease | 2 | ||
Number of development lease | 2 | ||
Operating lease, weighted average remaining term | 6 years 9 months 18 days | ||
Operating lease, weighted average discount rate percent | 14.10% | ||
Total operating lease, cost | $ | $ 1,789 | $ 1,980 | $ 814 |
California [Member] | |||
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items] | |||
Operating lease, option to extend | The development facility leases each include options to extend, none of which are included in the lease terms. | ||
Operating lease expiration year | 2031 | ||
Gainesville, Georgia [Member] | |||
Lessee Lease Description [Line Items] | |||
Operating lease expiration year | 2025 |
Leases - Schedule of Undiscounted Future Lease Payments for the Development Lease (Detail) $ in Thousands |
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
|
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Lessee Disclosure [Abstract] | |
2024 | $ 1,193 |
2025 | 1,158 |
2026 | 1,097 |
2027 | 1,127 |
2028 | 1,159 |
Thereafter | 2,521 |
Total lease payments | 8,255 |
Less imputed interest | (2,997) |
Total operating lease liabilities | $ 5,258 |
Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) |
12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2023 | |
Irisys LLC [Member] | |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] | |
common stock owned percentage | 10 |
Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Details) - $ / shares |
Feb. 28, 2024 |
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
---|---|---|---|
Subsequent Event [Line Items] | |||
Common stock value per share | $ 0.01 | $ 0.01 | |
CoreRx, Inc. [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | |||
Subsequent Event [Line Items] | |||
Common stock value per share | $ 0.01 | ||
Description of merger offer expiration | The Offer will initially expire one minute following 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the date that is 20 business days following the commencement of the Offer, subject to extension under certain circumstances. | ||
CoreRx, Inc. [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member] | Cash [Member] | |||
Subsequent Event [Line Items] | |||
Common stock value per share | $ 1.1 |
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