UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021

OR

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

For the transition period from             to             

Commission File Number: 001-38503

 

Iterum Therapeutics plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Ireland

98-1283148

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Block 2 Floor 3, Harcourt Centre,

Harcourt Street,

Dublin 2, Ireland

(Address of principal executive offices)




Not applicable

(Zip Code)

 

(+353) 1 903-8920

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

Title of each class

 

Trading Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Ordinary Shares, $0.01 par value per share

 

ITRM

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.   Yes   No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes    No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

 

Accelerated filer

 

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

 

 

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes   No

As of April 30, 2021, the registrant had 179,138,769 ordinary shares, $0.01 par value per share, outstanding.

 

 

 


 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

1

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

1

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

1

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

2

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

3

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

4

Item 2.

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

25

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

39

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

39

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

40

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

40

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

40

Item 2.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

92

Item 6.

Exhibits

93

 

Signatures

94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INDUSTRY DATA

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Quarterly Report are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” or the negative of these words or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

our use of cash reserves;

 

the initiation, timing, progress and results of our preclinical studies and clinical trials, and our research and development programs;

 

our ability to retain the continued service of our key professionals and to identify, hire and retain additional qualified professionals;

 

our ability to advance product candidates into, and successfully complete, clinical trials;

 

the potential advantages of our product candidates;

 

the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals, including with respect to our new drug application for oral sulopenem for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in patients with a quinolone non-susceptible pathogen;

 

the commercialization of our product candidates, if approved;

 

our manufacturing plans;

 

our sales, marketing and distribution capabilities and strategy;

 

market acceptance of any product we successfully commercialize;

 

the pricing, coverage and reimbursement of our product candidates, if approved;

 

the implementation of our business model, strategic plans for our business and product candidates;

 

the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our product candidates and our ability to defend and enforce any such intellectual property rights;

 

our ability to enter into strategic arrangements, collaborations and/or commercial partnerships in the United States and other territories and the potential benefits of such arrangements;

 

our estimates regarding expenses, capital requirements and needs for additional financing;

 

our expectations regarding how far into the future our cash on hand will fund our ongoing operations;

 

our financial performance;

 

developments relating to our competitors and our industry;

 

the impact of COVID-19, including the responsive measures taken by governmental authorities and others, on our clinical trials, on regulatory approval, on future commercialization of, and future demand for, our products, available funding, our operations and the economy in general, which may precipitate or exacerbate other risks and/or uncertainties;

 

our ability to maintain compliance with listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market; and;

 

the outcome, impact, effects and results of our evaluation of corporate, strategic, financial and financing alternatives, including the terms, timing, structure, value, benefits and costs of any corporate, strategic, financial or financing alternative and our ability to complete one at all.

These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this Quarterly Report may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance

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or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this Quarterly Report to conform these statements to new information, actual results or to changes in our expectations, except as required by law.

You should read this Quarterly Report and the documents that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as exhibits to this Quarterly Report with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance, and events and circumstances may be materially different from what we expect.

This Quarterly Report also contains industry, market and competitive position data from our own internal estimates and research as well as industry and general publications and research surveys and studies conducted by third parties. Industry publications, studies, and surveys generally state that they have been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. Our internal data and estimates are based upon information obtained from trade and business organizations and other contacts in the markets in which we operate and our management’s understanding of industry conditions. While we believe that each of these studies and publications is reliable, we have not independently verified market and industry data from third-party sources. While we believe our internal company research is reliable and the market definitions are appropriate, neither such research nor these definitions have been verified by any independent source. The industry in which we operate is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risks due to various factors, including those described in the section titled “Risk Factors”.

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.   

 

 

 

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements (Unaudited).

ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

66,640

 

 

$

14,508

 

Short-term investments

 

 

33,868

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

3,695

 

 

 

6,904

 

Current portion of restricted cash

 

 

30

 

 

 

60

 

Total current assets

 

 

104,233

 

 

 

21,472

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

387

 

 

 

421

 

Restricted cash, less current portion

 

 

70

 

 

 

248

 

Other assets

 

 

10,475

 

 

 

10,651

 

Total assets

 

$

115,165

 

 

$

32,792

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity / (Deficit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,853

 

 

$

816

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

2,077

 

 

 

1,829

 

Derivative liability

 

 

28,868

 

 

 

28,865

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

6,431

 

 

 

6,374

 

Current portion of royalty-linked notes

 

 

190

 

 

 

114

 

Income taxes payable

 

 

161

 

 

 

102

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

4,229

 

 

 

3,598

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

43,809

 

 

 

41,698

 

Long-term debt, less current portion

 

 

6,094

 

 

 

22,462

 

Royalty-linked notes, less current portion

 

 

28,798

 

 

 

13,389

 

Other liabilities

 

 

4,947

 

 

 

5,802

 

Total liabilities

 

$

83,648

 

 

$

83,351

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity / (deficit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undesignated preferred shares, $0.01 par value per share: 100,000,000 shares

authorized at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020; no shares issued at

March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ordinary shares, $0.01 par value per share: 300,000,000 shares authorized, 179,137,432 shares issued at March 31, 2021; 150,000,000 shares authorized, 49,431,028 shares issued at December 31, 2020

 

 

1,787

 

 

 

494

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

415,580

 

 

 

235,876

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(385,850

)

 

 

(286,929

)

Total shareholders' equity / (deficit)

 

$

31,517

 

 

$

(50,559

)

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity / (deficit)

 

$

115,165

 

 

$

32,792

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

$

(2,451

)

 

$

(9,743

)

General and administrative

 

 

(3,396

)

 

 

(3,151

)

Total operating expenses

 

 

(5,847

)

 

 

(12,894

)

Operating loss

 

 

(5,847

)

 

 

(12,894

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

(2,952

)

 

 

(2,596

)

Financing transaction costs

 

 

 

 

 

(2,130

)

Adjustments to fair value of derivatives

 

 

(90,103

)

 

 

1,679

 

Other income / (expense), net

 

 

41

 

 

 

(38

)

Total other expense

 

 

(93,014

)

 

 

(3,085

)

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(98,861

)

 

 

(15,979

)

Income tax expense

 

 

(60

)

 

 

(121

)

Net loss and comprehensive loss

 

 

(98,921

)

 

 

(16,100

)

Net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders

 

$

(98,921

)

 

$

(16,100

)

Net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders – basic

   and diluted

 

$

(0.81

)

 

$

(1.08

)

Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding – basic and diluted

 

 

121,549,083

 

 

 

14,868,973

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(98,921

)

 

$

(16,100

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

35

 

 

 

39

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

281

 

 

 

597

 

Interest on short-term investments

 

 

(85

)

 

 

 

Non-cash loss on short-term investments

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

Amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs

 

 

2,372

 

 

 

1,614

 

Interest on exchangeable notes - non-cash

 

 

436

 

 

 

652

 

Financing transaction costs included in financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

2,130

 

Adjustments to fair value of derivatives

 

 

90,103

 

 

 

(1,679

)

Other

 

 

345

 

 

 

378

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

3,170

 

 

 

590

 

Accounts payable

 

 

1,037

 

 

 

(9,185

)

Accrued expenses

 

 

248

 

 

 

(6,214

)

Income taxes

 

 

60

 

 

 

121

 

Other liabilities

 

 

(265

)

 

 

(334

)

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(1,132

)

 

 

(27,391

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of short-term investments

 

 

(33,920

)

 

 

 

Net cash used by investing activities

 

 

(33,920

)

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayments of long-term debt

 

 

(1,629

)

 

 

(1,552

)

Proceeds from private placement, net of transactions costs

 

 

 

 

 

47,423

 

Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares, net of transaction costs

 

 

88,611

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

86,982

 

 

 

45,871

 

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(24

)

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

51,924

 

 

 

18,456

 

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

 

 

14,816

 

 

 

4,891

 

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

 

$

66,740

 

 

$

23,347

 

Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax paid - US

 

$

 

 

$

 

Interest paid

 

$

152

 

 

$

294

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

1. Basis of Presentation

Iterum Therapeutics plc (the Company) was incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Ireland in June 2015 as a limited company and re-registered as a public limited company on March 20, 2018. The Company maintains its registered office at Block 2 Floor 3, Harcourt Centre, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. The Company commenced operations in November 2015. The Company licensed global rights to its novel anti-infective compound, sulopenem, from Pfizer Inc. (Pfizer). The Company is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing sulopenem to be potentially the first oral branded penem in the United States and the first and only oral and intravenous (IV) branded penem available globally.

Since inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its efforts to research and development, recruiting management and technical staff, and raising capital, and has financed its operations through the issuance of ordinary and convertible preferred shares, debt raised under a financing arrangement with Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) including the Paycheck Protection Program loan (PPP loan), a sub-award from the Trustees of Boston University under the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) program and the proceeds of a private placement and subsequent rights offering pursuant to which its wholly owned subsidiary, Iterum Therapeutics Bermuda Limited (Iterum Bermuda) issued and sold $51.8 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Notes due 2025 (Exchangeable Notes) and $0.1 million aggregate principal amount of Limited Recourse Royalty-Linked Subordinated Notes (the RLNs and, together with the Exchangeable Notes, the Securities). The Company has not generated any product revenue. The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties common to early-stage companies in the pharmaceutical industry, including, but not limited to, the ability to secure additional capital to fund operations, failure to achieve regulatory approval, failure to successfully develop and commercialize its product candidates, development by competitors of new technological innovations, dependence on key personnel, protection of proprietary technology and compliance with government regulations. Product candidates currently under development will require additional research and development efforts, including regulatory approval prior to commercialization.

Even if the Company’s product development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will realize significant revenue from product sales.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries.

On July 5, 2019, the Company filed a universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-232569) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which was declared effective on July 16, 2019, and pursuant to which it registered for sale up to $150.0 million of any combination of its ordinary shares, preferred shares, debt securities, warrants and/or units from time to time and at prices and on terms that the Company may determine.

On January 21, 2020, the Company completed a private placement pursuant to which its wholly owned subsidiary, Iterum Bermuda, issued and sold $51.6 million aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Notes and $0.1 million aggregate principal amount of RLNs to a group of accredited investors (the Private Placement). The Securities were sold in units (the Units) in the Private Placement and Rights Offering with each Unit consisting of an Exchangeable Note in the original principal amount of $1,000 and 50 RLNs). In connection with the Private Placement, the Company agreed to undertake a rights offering of subscription rights to purchase additional Units (the Rights Offering). Under the Rights Offering, the Company and Iterum Bermuda, distributed to the Company’s eligible holders of ordinary shares and eligible warrant holders one non-transferable subscription right for each ordinary share owned (or deemed owned in the case of eligible warrant holders) as of the close of business on the record date, August 5, 2020. The subscription period for the Rights Offering expired on August 31, 2020 and right holders subscribed for 220 units. As a result, on September 8, 2020, Iterum Bermuda issued and sold $0.2 million aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Notes and $0.02 million aggregate principal amount of RLNs.  The Units were sold at a price of $1,000 per Unit. The Exchangeable Notes are exchangeable for the Company’s ordinary shares, cash or a combination of ordinary shares and cash, at an exchange rate of 1,286.1845 shares per $1,000 principal and interest on the Exchangeable Notes (equivalent to an exchange price of approximately $0.7775 per ordinary share) as of November 2, 2020, which was adjusted from the initial exchange price of 1,000 shares per $1,000 principal and interest on the Exchangeable Notes (equivalent to an initial exchange price of $1.00 per ordinary share) and is subject to further adjustment pursuant to the terms and conditions of the indenture governing the Exchangeable Notes (the Exchangeable Notes Indenture). Beginning on January 21, 2021 to March 31, 2021, certain noteholders of $37.5 million aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Notes have exchanged their notes for an aggregate of 51,499,567 of the Company’s ordinary shares, which included accrued and unpaid interest relating to such notes. The aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Notes outstanding as of March 31, 2021 was $14.3 million. The RLNs entitle holders to payments based on a percentage of the Company’s net revenues from potential U.S. sales of specified sulopenem products, subject to the terms and conditions of the indenture governing the RLNs. Pursuant to the indenture governing the RLNs, the payments on the RLNs will be up to either 15% or 20% of net revenues from U.S. sales of such products, depending on the indication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the FDA). The aggregate amount of

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

payments on each RLN is capped at $160.00 (or 4,000 times the principal amount of such RLN). Iterum Bermuda received net proceeds from the sales of the Securities of approximately $45.0 million, after deducting placement agent fees and offering expenses.

In April 2020, the Company began deferring payment on its share of U.S. payroll taxes owed, as allowed by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) through December 31, 2020. The Company is able to defer half of its share of U.S. payroll taxes owed until December 31, 2021, with the remaining half due on December 31, 2022.

On April 3, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) launched a Paycheck Protection Program (the Program) established following the signing of the CARES Act on March 27, 2020. On April 30, 2020, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Iterum Therapeutics US Limited, (the Borrower) entered into the PPP loan with SVB (the Lender) under the Program, pursuant to the Company receiving a loan of $0.7 million with a fixed 1% annual interest rate and a maturity of two years. Under the terms of the agreement, there shall be no payments due by the Company until the SBA remits the forgiveness amount to the borrower or 10 months after the end of the six-month period beginning April 30, 2020 (the Deferral Period). Following the Deferral Period, equal monthly repayments of principal and interest will be due to fully amortize the principal amount outstanding on the PPP loan by the maturity date. The SBA forgave $340 of the loan in November 2020, and the remaining loan of $404 began amortization in December with equal monthly repayments of $26 through March 2022.

On June 3, 2020, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (June 3 SPA) with certain institutional investors (the June 3 Purchasers) pursuant to which the Company issued and sold, in a registered direct offering (June 3 Offering), an aggregate of 2,971,770 ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value per share, at a purchase price per share of $1.6825, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $5.0 million and net proceeds of $4.3 million after deducting fees payable to the placement agent and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company offered the ordinary shares in the June 3 Offering pursuant to its universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3. Pursuant to the June 3 SPA, in a concurrent private placement, the Company issued and sold to the June 3 Purchasers warrants to purchase up to 1,485,885 ordinary shares. Upon closing, the warrants became exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $1.62 per ordinary share, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and will expire on December 5, 2025. The closing date of the June 3 Offering was June 5, 2020. Warrants to purchase 208,023 ordinary shares, amounting to 7% of the ordinary shares issued under the June 3 SPA, were issued to designees of the placement agent on the closing of the June 3 Offering Upon closing, the warrants issued to such designees were exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $2.1031 per ordinary share, and will expire on June 3, 2025.

On June 30, 2020, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (June 30 SPA) with certain institutional investors (the June 30 Purchasers) pursuant to which the Company issued and sold in a registered direct offering (June 30 Offering) an aggregate of 3,372,686 ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value per share, at a purchase price per share of $1.4825, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of $5.0 million and net proceeds of $4.2 million after deducting fees payable to the placement agent and other offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company offered the ordinary shares in the June 30 Offering pursuant to its universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3. Pursuant to the June 30 SPA, in a concurrent private placement, the Company issued and sold to the June 30 Purchasers warrants to purchase up to 1,686,343 ordinary shares. Upon closing, the warrants were exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $1.42 per ordinary share, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and will expire on January 2, 2026. The June 30 Offering closed on July 2, 2020. Warrants to purchase 236,088 ordinary shares, amounting to 7% of the ordinary shares issued under the June 30 SPA, were issued to designees of the placement agent on closing of the June 30 Offering. Upon closing, the warrants issued to such designees were exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $1.8531 per ordinary share, and will expire on June 30, 2025.

On October 27, 2020, the Company completed a registered public offering (the October Offering) in which it sold an aggregate of (i) 15,511,537 ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value per share, (ii) pre-funded warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 11,411,539 ordinary shares and (iii) warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 20,192,307 ordinary shares. The pre-funded warrants were issued and sold to certain purchasers whose purchase of ordinary shares in the October Offering would have otherwise resulted in the purchaser, together with its affiliates and certain related parties, beneficially owning more than 4.99% (or, at the election of the purchaser, 9.99%) of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares immediately following the consummation of the October Offering, if the purchaser so chose in lieu of ordinary shares that would have otherwise resulted in such excess ownership. The ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants were each offered together with the warrants, but the ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants were issued separately from the warrants. The combined offering price was $0.65 per ordinary share and warrant and $0.64 per pre-funded warrant and warrant. The Company’s net proceeds from the October Offering, after deducting placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, were $15.5 million. The warrants are exercisable upon issuance at a price of $0.65 per ordinary share, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and expire on October 27, 2025. The pre-funded warrants are exercisable upon issuance at a price of $0.01 per ordinary share, subject to adjustment in certain circumstances, and expire when exercised in full, subject to certain conditions. As of December 31, 2020, all pre-funded warrants had been exercised for net proceeds of $0.11 million. In connection with the October Offering, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the Purchase

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

Agreement) on October 22, 2020 with certain institutional investors. The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the Company, termination rights of the parties, and certain indemnification obligations of the Company and ongoing covenants of the Company, including a prohibition on the Company entering into variable rate transactions for a period of 12 months after the closing of the October Offering, subject to certain exceptions. Warrants to purchase 1,884,615 ordinary shares, which represents a number of ordinary shares equal to 7.0% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares and pre-funded warrants sold in the October Offering, were issued to designees of the placement agent on closing of the October Offering. Upon closing, the warrants issued to such designees became exercisable immediately at an exercise price of $0.8125 per ordinary share and will expire on October 22, 2025.

On February 3, 2021, the Company entered into an amended and restated underwriting agreement (the Underwriting Agreement) to issue and sell 34,782,609 ordinary shares of the Company, $0.01 nominal value per share, in a firm commitment underwritten public offering with a public offering price of $1.15 per share (the February Underwritten Offering). The Company offered the ordinary shares in the February Underwritten Offering pursuant to its universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3. The February Underwritten Offering closed on February 8, 2021. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the underwriter an option for a period of 30 days to purchase up to an additional 5,217,391 ordinary shares on the same terms and conditions, which the underwriter exercised in full on February 10, 2021. This exercise increased the total number of ordinary shares sold by the Company in the offering to 40,000,000 shares, which resulted in aggregate gross proceeds of $46.0 million and net proceeds of $42.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses. In addition, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to issue to the underwriter’s designees warrants to purchase 2,800,000 ordinary shares, which was equal to 7.0% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares sold in the February Underwritten Offering, including the underwriter’s option to purchase an additional 5,217,391 ordinary shares. The warrants issued to such designees have an exercise price of $1.4375 per ordinary share, were exercisable upon issuance and will expire on February 3, 2026.

On February 9, 2021, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the February SPA) with several healthcare-focused institutional investors pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell in a registered direct offering (the February Registered Direct Offering) an aggregate of 17,500,000 ordinary shares, $0.01 nominal value per share, at a purchase price of $2.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $35.0 million and net proceeds to the Company of $32.2 million after deducting placement agent fees and other estimated offering expenses. The Company offered the ordinary shares in the February Registered Direct Offering pursuant to its universal shelf registration statement on Form S-3. The February Registered Direct Offering closed on February 12, 2021. Warrants to purchase 1,225,000 ordinary shares, which was equal to 7.0% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares issued under the February SPA, were issued to designees of the placement agent on closing of the February Registered Direct Offering. The warrants issued to such designees were exercisable upon issuance at an exercise price of $2.50 per ordinary share and will expire on February 9, 2026.

In accordance with Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company has evaluated whether there are conditions and events, considered in aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date of issue of these quarterly condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company has funded its operations to date primarily with proceeds from the sale of preferred shares and ordinary shares, warrants, debt raised under financing arrangements with SVB including the PPP loan, payments received under the CARB-X program and the proceeds of the Private Placement and Rights Offering. The Company has incurred operating losses since inception, including net losses of $98,921 and $16,100 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and a net loss of $52,006 for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Company had an accumulated deficit of $385,850 as of March 31, 2021 and expects to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future. Management believes that its cash and cash equivalents balance of $66,640 and short-term investments balance of $33,868 at March 31, 2021 are sufficient to fund operations for at least one year from the date the condensed consolidated financial statements are issued. In making this assessment management have considered the planned operations of the company and the ability to adjust its plans if required.

In addition, in parallel, the Company is evaluating its corporate, strategic, financial and financing alternatives, with the goal of maximizing value for its stakeholders. These alternatives could potentially include the licensing, sale or divestiture of the Company’s assets or proprietary technologies, a sale of the Company, a merger or other business combination or another strategic transaction involving the Company. The evaluation of corporate, strategic, financial and financing alternatives may not result in any particular action or any transaction being pursued, entered into or consummated, and there is no assurance as to the timing, sequence or outcome of any action or transaction or series of actions or transactions.

 

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

COVID-19 Global Pandemic

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a disruption of the normal operations of many businesses, including the temporary closure or scale-back of business operations and/or the imposition of either quarantine or remote work or meeting requirements for employees, either by government order or on a voluntary basis. The pandemic may impact the ability of the Company’s strategic partners to operate and fulfill their contractual obligations, and result in an increase in their costs and cause delays in performance. These effects, and the direct effect of the virus and any potential disruption on the Company’s operations, may negatively impact the Company’s ability to meet its strategic targets. The Company’s employees, in most cases, are working remotely due to safety concerns and using various technologies to perform their functions. Additionally, the disruption and volatility in the global and domestic capital markets may increase the cost of capital and limit the Company’s ability to access capital. Both the health and economic aspects of COVID-19 are highly fluid and the future course of each is uncertain. For these reasons and other reasons that may come to light if the coronavirus pandemic and associated protective or preventative measures expand, the Company may experience a material adverse effect on its business operations and financial condition; however, its ultimate impact is highly uncertain and subject to change.

The Company cannot foresee if and when the outbreak of COVID-19 will be effectively contained, nor can the Company predict the severity and duration of its impact. COVID-19 has not yet had a significant impact on the Company’s day to day operations. Management is actively monitoring the global situation on its financial condition, liquidity, operations, suppliers, industry, and workforce. Given the daily evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak and the global responses to curb its spread, the Company is not able to estimate the adverse effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on its results of operations, financial condition, or liquidity.

Interim Financial Information

The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2020 was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2021 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial statements. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 12, 2021. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2021, and results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 have been made. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies, other than a change to the measurement method of the RLNs and the adoption of accounting pronouncements as described below, as compared to the significant accounting policies described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with 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 expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these condensed consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, the accrual for research and development expenses, the valuation of share-based compensation awards, and the valuation of the RLNs and the Derivative liabilities. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience, known trends and other market-specific or other relevant factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates as there are changes in circumstances, facts and experience. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The Company has contemplated the impact of COVID-19

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

within its financial statements and is not aware of any specific event or circumstance that would require the Company to update estimates, judgments or revise the carrying value of any assets or liabilities.

Specifically, management has estimated variables used to calculate the discounted cash flow analysis (DCF) and assumptions used in the Black-Scholes and binomial option pricing models to value derivative instruments (see Note 3 - Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities).

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company’s cash and cash equivalents consist of cash balances and highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase. Accounts held at U.S. financial institutions are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250, while accounts held at Irish financial institutions are insured under the Deposit Guarantee Scheme up to $117 (€100).

Cash accounts with any type of restriction are classified as restricted cash. If restrictions are expected to be lifted in the next twelve months, the restricted cash account is classified as current. Included within restricted cash on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet is a certificate of deposit for $60 which is being held by a third party bank as collateral for the irrevocable letter of credit issued in March 2018 to secure an office lease (see Note 7 - Leases). Also included within restricted cash on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet is $17 relating to the warrants issued on June 5, 2020 pursuant to the June 3 SPA, $6 relating to the warrants issued on July 2, 2020 pursuant to the June 30 SPA and $17 relating to warrants issued in the October Offering. On the closing date of each of the June 3 Offering, June 30 Offering and October Offering, each investor deposited $0.01 per warrant issued being the nominal value of the underlying ordinary share represented by each warrant. This amount will be held in trust by the Company pending a decision by the relevant investor to exercise the warrant by means of a "cashless exercise" pursuant to the terms of the warrant, in which case the $0.01 will be used to pay up the nominal value of the ordinary share issued pursuant to the warrant. Upon the exercise of the warrants other than by means of a "cashless exercise", the amount held in trust will be returned to the relevant investor in accordance with the terms of the applicable purchase agreement or prospectus.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. The Company has most of its cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments at two accredited financial institutions in the United States and Ireland, in amounts that exceed federally insured limits. The Company does not believe that it is subject to unusual credit risk beyond the normal credit risk associated with commercial banking relationships.

Net Loss Per Ordinary Share

Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share is determined by dividing net loss attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted-average ordinary shares outstanding during the period in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 260, Earnings per Share. For the periods presented, the following ordinary shares underlying the options, unvested restricted share units, unvested performance restricted share units and the warrants have been excluded from the calculation because they would be anti-dilutive.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

Options to purchase ordinary shares

 

 

690,733

 

 

 

1,133,208

 

Unvested restricted share units

 

 

1,198,136

 

 

 

25,664

 

Unvested performance restricted share units

 

 

407,000

 

 

 

1,127,000

 

Warrants

 

 

8,240,955

 

 

 

19,890

 

Exchangeable Notes

 

 

19,828,296

 

 

 

52,249,329

 

Total

 

 

30,365,120

 

 

 

54,555,091

 

 

Segment and Other Information

The Company determines and presents operating segments based on the information that is internally provided to the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, who together are considered the Company’s chief operating decision maker, in accordance with ASC 280, Segment Reporting. The Company has determined that it operates as a single business segment, which is the development and commercialization of innovative treatments for drug resistant bacterial infections.

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

The distribution of total operating expenses by geographical area was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

Operating expenses

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Ireland

 

$

3,918

 

 

$

9,431

 

U.S.

 

 

1,884

 

 

 

3,463

 

Bermuda

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

5,847

 

 

$

12,894

 

 

The distribution of long-lived assets by geographical area was as follows:

 

Long-lived assets

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Ireland

 

$

7,958

 

 

$

8,101

 

U.S.

 

 

2,904

 

 

 

2,971

 

Total

 

$

10,862

 

 

$

11,072

 

 

Royalty-Linked Notes

On recognition, the RLNs qualified as debt instruments under ASC 470, Debt, and were initially recorded at fair value, applying a DCF model, and then subsequently measured at amortized cost. In January 2021, the RLNs were exchange listed, and therefore, derivative accounting has been applied in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, which establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other financial instruments or contracts which require bifurcation and measurement at fair value for accounting purposes on the balance sheet date. Any liabilities recorded at fair value are revalued at each reporting period with the resulting change in fair value reflected in other income / (expense), net.

Income Taxes

The CARES Act lifts certain deduction limitations originally imposed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (2017 Tax Act). Corporate taxpayers may carryback net operating losses (NOLs) originating during 2018 through 2020 for up to five years, which was not previously allowed under the 2017 Tax Act. The CARES Act also eliminates the 80% of taxable income limitations by allowing corporate entities to fully utilize NOL carryforwards to offset taxable income in 2018, 2019 or 2020. Taxpayers may generally deduct interest up to the sum of 50% of adjusted taxable income plus business interest income (30% limit under the 2017 Tax Act) for tax years beginning January 1, 2019 and 2020. The CARES Act allows taxpayers with alternative minimum tax credits to claim a refund in 2020 for the entire amount of the credits instead of recovering the credits through refunds over a period of years, as originally enacted by the 2017 Tax Act. The enactment of the CARES Act did not result in any material adjustments to the Company’s income tax provision for the three months ended March 31, 2021, or to the Company’s net deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2021.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The new guidance is intended to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions and by updating accounting requirements around franchise taxes, goodwill recognized for tax purposes, the allocation of current and deferred tax expense among legal entities, among other minor changes. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The new standard became effective for the Company on January 1, 2021 and adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In January 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-01, Investments-Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Clarifying the Interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815. The amendments in ASU 2020-01 clarify the interaction of the accounting for equity securities under Topic 321 and investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting. ASU 2020-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The new standard became effective for the Company on January 1, 2021 and adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-10, Codification Improvements, which clarifies various topics in the Codification by providing consistency in codification wording and moving existing disclosure requirements to the relevant disclosure sections.

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

ASU 2020-10 is effective for annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. This standard became effective for the Company on January 1, 2021, and did not have a material impact on the Company’s disclosures.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, which reduces the number of accounting models for convertible instruments and allows more contracts to qualify for equity classification. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is assessing what impact ASU 2020-06 will have on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

3. Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

The following table presents information about the Company’s financial assets that were carried at fair value on a recurring basis on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs utilized to determine such fair value.

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

Total

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Short-term investments

 

$

33,868

 

 

 

33,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other asset – advance payment to supplier

 

 

3,224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,224

 

Total

 

$

37,092

 

 

$

33,868

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

Total

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Other asset – advance payment to supplier

 

$

3,357

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,357

 

 

See Note 4 for details on the short-term investments. The other asset above relates to advance payments made to a supplier that were recorded at fair value using DCF analysis as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020. The fair value measurements of these advance payments were determined based on significant unobservable inputs, including a discount rate of 21% as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and the expected time to recovery of the payment. Changes to the inputs described above are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position and results of operations in any given period.

The carrying amounts reported in the condensed consolidated balance sheets for prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities approximate their fair value based on the short-term maturity of these instruments.

The following table presents information about the Company’s debt, Exchangeable Notes, Derivative liability and RLNs. The Company’s long-term debt was carried at amortized cost on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation inputs utilized to determine the approximate fair value:

 

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

Book

 

 

Approximate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

$

6,431

 

 

$

6,431

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,431

 

 

 

 

Exchangeable Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term exchangeable note

 

 

6,094

 

 

 

9,105

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,105

 

 

 

 

Derivative liability - exchange option and change of control

 

 

28,868

 

 

 

28,868

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,868

 

Revenue Futures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of royalty linked notes

 

 

190

 

 

 

190

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

190

 

Long-term royalty linked notes, less current portion

 

 

28,798

 

 

 

28,798

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,798

 

Total

 

$

70,381

 

 

$

73,392

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,536

 

 

 

57,856

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Book

 

 

Approximate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

$

6,374

 

 

$

6,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,374

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, less current portion

 

 

1,626

 

 

 

1,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,512

 

 

 

 

Exchangeable Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term exchangeable note

 

 

20,836

 

 

 

31,493

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,493

 

 

 

 

Derivative liability - exchange option and change of control

 

 

28,865

 

 

 

28,865

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,865

 

Revenue Futures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of royalty-linked notes

 

 

114

 

 

 

114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

114

 

Long-term royalty-linked notes, less current portion

 

 

13,389

 

 

 

16,379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,379

 

Total

 

$

71,204

 

 

$

84,737

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,379

 

 

 

45,358

 

The book value of the current portion of long-term debt approximates its fair value due to the short-term nature of the balance. The fair value of long-term debt, less current portion were determined using DCF analysis using quoted market interest rates, without consideration of transaction costs, which represents a Level 2 basis of fair value measurement. The counterparty to the long-term debt is a major international financial institution.

The fair value of long-term Exchangeable Notes was determined using DCF analysis using the fixed interest rate outlined in the Exchangeable Note Indenture, without consideration of transaction costs, which represents a Level 2 basis of fair value measurement.

The Level 3 liabilities held as of March 31, 2021 consist of the embedded exchange option and change of control premium contained in the Exchangeable Notes (see Note 9 - Debt) and a separate financial instrument, that was issued as part of the Units, the RLNs (see Note 10 – Royalty-Linked Notes). The exchange option and change of control premium met the criteria requiring these to be bifurcated and accounted for separately from the host debt in accordance with ASC 815-15, Derivatives and Hedging; Embedded Derivatives. The exchange option and change of control premium are presented as a Derivative liability. At any time on or after January 21, 2021, subject to specified limitations, the Exchangeable Notes are exchangeable for the Company’s ordinary shares, cash or a combination of ordinary shares and cash, at an exchange rate of 1,286.1845 shares per $1,000 principal and interest on the Exchangeable Notes (equivalent to an exchange price of approximately $0.7775 per ordinary share) as of November 2, 2020, which was adjusted from an initial exchange rate of 1,000 shares per $1,000 principal and interest on the Exchangeable Notes (equivalent to an initial exchange price of $1.00 per ordinary share) and is subject to further adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Exchangeable Notes. Beginning on January 21, 2021 to March 31, 2021, certain noteholders of $37.5 million aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Notes have exchanged their notes for an aggregate of 51,499,567 of the Company’s ordinary shares, which included accrued and unpaid interest relating to such notes. The aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Notes outstanding as of March 31, 2021 was $14.3 million. The Derivative liability, representing the exchange option and change of control premium, was recorded at a fair value of $27,038 upon issuance of the Exchangeable Notes under the Private Placement and is subsequently remeasured to fair value at the end of each reporting period. The fair value of the exchange option at March 31, 2021 amounted to $20,456.

In the event of a fundamental change that is not a liquidation event (Fundamental Change), under the Exchangeable Note Indenture, the Company will be required to pay each holder of an Exchangeable Note the greater of three times the outstanding principal amount of such Exchangeable Note and the consideration that would be received by the holder of such Exchangeable Note, in connection with such Fundamental Change, if the holder had exchanged its note for ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Change, plus any accrued and unpaid interest. The Derivative liability, representing the change of control feature, was recorded at a fair value of $8,412 at March 31, 2021.

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

The fair value of each component of the Derivative liability was determined using the binomial option pricing model, and in the case of the change of control component, in combination with a DCF analysis, without consideration of transaction costs, which represents a Level 3 basis of fair value measurement. The key inputs to valuing the Derivative liability as of March 31, 2021 include the terms of the Exchangeable Notes Indenture, the Company’s share price and market capitalization, the expected annual volatility of the Company’s ordinary shares, management’s assumption regarding the probability of a fundamental change pursuant to the terms of the Exchangeable Notes Indenture, and the risk-free interest rate. Fair value measurements are highly sensitive to changes in these inputs and significant changes in these inputs could result in a significantly higher or lower fair value.

The following table presents the changes in fair value of the Company's Derivative liability for the three months ended March 31, 2021:

Balance at December 31, 2020

$

28,865

 

Conversion of Exchangeable Notes

 

(75,819

)

Adjustment to fair value

 

75,822

 

Balance at March 31, 2021

$

28,868

 

The following summary table shows the assumptions used in the binomial option pricing model to estimate the fair value of the Derivative liabilities:

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Share price

 

$

1.410

 

 

$

0.989

 

Market capitalization

 

$

252,583,779

 

 

$

48,887,287

 

Volatility

 

 

120

%

 

 

120

%

Risk-free interest rate

 

 

0.59

%

 

 

0.26

%

Dividend rate

 

 

0

%

 

 

0

%

The additional significant assumption used in the DCF model, to estimate the fair value of the change of control feature at March 31, 2021, was management’s assumption regarding the probability of a fundamental change pursuant to the terms of the Exchangeable Notes Indenture.

 The RLN liability is carried at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 (amortized cost as of December 31, 2020) (see Note 10 – Royalty-Linked Notes). The total fair value of $28,988 was determined using DCF analysis, without consideration of transaction costs, which represents a Level 3 basis of fair value measurement. The key inputs to valuing the RLNs were the terms of the RLN Indenture, the expected cash flows to be received by holders of the RLNs based on management’s revenue forecasts of U.S. sulopenem sales and a risk-adjusted discount rate to derive the net present value of expected cash flows. The RLNs will be subject to a maximum return amount, including all principal and payments and certain default interest in respect of uncurable defaults, of $160.00 (or 4,000 times the principal amount of such note). The discount rate applied to the model was 21%. Fair value measurements are highly sensitive to changes in these inputs and significant changes in these inputs could result in a significantly higher or lower fair value.

There have been no transfers of assets or liabilities between the fair value measurement levels.

4. Short-term Investments

The Company classifies its short-term investments as available for sale. Short-term investments comprise highly liquid investments with minimum “A-” rated securities and as at period-end consist of corporate entity commercial paper with maturities of more than three months at the date of purchase. Short-term investments as of March 31, 2021 have an average maturity of 0.74 years. The investments are reported at fair value with unrealized gains or losses recorded in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Any differences between the cost and fair value of investments are represented by unrealized gains or losses. The fair value of short-term investments is represented by Level 1 fair value measurements – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

The following table represents the Company’s available for sale short-term investments by major security type as of March 31, 2021:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturity by period

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Less than 1

 

 

1 to 5

 

Available for sale

 

Total

 

 

gains

 

 

(losses)

 

 

Total

 

 

year

 

 

years

 

Commercial paper

 

$

33,920

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

(54

)

 

 

33,868

 

 

 

31,276

 

 

 

2,592

 

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

The Company did not hold any short-term investments as of December 31, 2020.

5. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following:

 

 

 

March 31,

2021

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

Refundable FDA filing fee (1)

 

$

 

 

$

2,876

 

Short-term deposits

 

 

2,267

 

 

 

2,360

 

Research and development tax credit receivable

 

 

672

 

 

 

801

 

Other prepaid assets

 

 

274

 

 

 

231

 

Prepaid insurance

 

 

253

 

 

 

415

 

Prepaid research and development expenses

 

 

95

 

 

 

157

 

Interest receivable

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

Value added tax receivable

 

 

49

 

 

 

64

 

Total

 

$

3,695

 

 

$

6,904

 

(1) FDA filing fee refund of $2,876 was received in January 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment and related accumulated depreciation are as follows:

 

 

 

March 31,

2021

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

Leasehold improvements

 

$

592

 

 

$

592

 

Furniture and fixtures

 

 

120

 

 

 

120

 

Laboratory equipment

 

 

86

 

 

 

86

 

Computer equipment

 

 

138

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

 

936

 

 

 

935

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

(549

)

 

 

(514

)

 

 

$

387

 

 

$

421

 

 

Depreciation expense was $35 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and $161 for the year ended December 31, 2020.

7. Leases

The Company has entered into a number of operating leases, primarily for office space and commercial property. These leases have terms which range from one to 18 years, and generally include one or more options to terminate or renew. The termination option can reduce the lease term for a period of 10 years, however the remaining lease term does not represent the early termination date as management have concluded that it is reasonably certain that the Company will not exercise this option. The renewal terms can extend the lease term for additional periods ranging from three to five years. These renewal options are represented in the remaining lease term as management have concluded that it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise these renewal options. In September 2020, the Company entered into a sublease agreement for commercial property. Certain leases contain variable lease payments, including payments based on an index or rate. Variable lease payments based on an index or rate are initially measured using the index or rate in effect at lease commencement. Certain agreements contain both lease and non-lease components. The Company has elected to separately account for these components in determining the lease liabilities and right-of-use assets. The Company’s lease agreements generally do not provide an implicit borrowing rate; therefore, an internal incremental borrowing rate was determined based on information available at lease commencement date for the purposes of determining the present value of lease payments. The Company used the incremental borrowing rate on January 1, 2019 for all leases that commenced prior to that date. All operating lease expenses are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company recognized $280 and $252 of operating lease costs for right-of-use assets during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company recognized $81 of sublease income during the three months ended March 31, 2021. The Company was not party to any sublease agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

 

Information related to the Company’s right-of-use assets and related lease liabilities is as follows:

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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Year ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Cash paid for operating lease liabilities

 

$

265

 

 

$

1,116

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease obligation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term

 

12.7 years

 

 

13.2 years

 

Weighted-average discount rate

 

 

7.5

%

 

 

7.5

%

Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for the Company’s operating leases were recorded in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as follows, representing the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the lease term (“Other assets”) and the Company’s obligation to make lease payments (“Other current liabilities” and “Other liabilities”):

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

Other assets

 

$

5,252

 

 

$

5,261

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

648

 

 

$

573

 

Other liabilities

 

 

4,947

 

 

 

5,172

 

Total lease liabilities

 

$

5,595

 

 

$

5,745

 

Future lease payments included in the measurement of lease liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 for the following five fiscal years and thereafter were as follows:

Due in 12 month period ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

2022

 

$

1,025

 

2023

 

 

725

 

2024

 

 

728

 

2025

 

 

733

 

2026

 

 

631

 

Thereafter

 

 

4,471

 

 

 

$

8,313

 

Less imputed interest

 

 

(2,718

)

Total lease liabilities

 

$

5,595

 

 

8. Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

 

March 31,

2021

 

 

December 31,

2020

 

Accrued clinical trial costs

 

$

93

 

 

$

144

 

Accrued payroll and bonus expenses

 

 

717

 

 

 

966

 

Accrued manufacturing expenses

 

 

73

 

 

 

105

 

Accrued other expenses

 

 

1,194

 

 

 

614

 

Total

 

$

2,077

 

 

$

1,829

 

 

9. Debt

Secured Credit Facility

On April 27, 2018, the Company’s subsidiaries, Iterum Therapeutics International Limited, Iterum Therapeutics US Holding Limited and Iterum Therapeutics US Limited (the Borrowers), entered into a loan and security agreement (Loan and Security Agreement) with SVB pursuant to which SVB agreed to lend the Borrowers up to $30,000 in two term loans. $15,000 of the secured credit facility was funded on closing. A second draw of up to $15,000 was available to the Company through October 31, 2019, upon

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

satisfaction of either of the following: (i) the achievement by the Company of both non-inferiority and superiority primary endpoints from its Phase 3 uncomplicated urinary tract infection (uUTI) trial, as well as reporting satisfactory safety data from the trial, or (ii) the achievement of non-inferiority primary endpoints from both its Phase 3 uUTI and complicated urinary tract infection (cUTI) trials, as well as reporting satisfactory safety data from the trials. A non-utilization fee of 1.50% of the aggregate undrawn principal amount was to apply if the Company satisfied the above conditions but chose not to draw down the second term loan. The Company did not satisfy the conditions for the second draw above before the deadline of October 31, 2019.

Required monthly amortization payments for the initial $15,000 draw commenced on November 1, 2019 and total principal repayments of $1,552 were made during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Interest accrues at a floating per annum rate equal to the greater of (i) 8.31%; or (ii) 3.89% above the Wall Street Journal prime rate, and is payable monthly in arrears. All outstanding principal, plus a 4.20% final interest payment, will be due and payable on the earliest to occur of March 1, 2022 (the maturity date), the acceleration of the term loan or the prepayment of the term loan. The final payment fee of $630, which represents 4.2% of the funded loan, is accreted using the effective interest method over the life of the loan as interest expense. Voluntary prepayments are permitted at any time, subject to a prepayment fee of 4.00% in the first year, 3.00% in the second year, and 2.00% thereafter.

In connection with the initial $15,000 draw, the Company issued SVB and Life Sciences Fund II LLC (LSF) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 19,890 Series B convertible preferred shares (which converted into warrants to purchase 19,890 ordinary shares upon the Company’s initial public offering (IPO)) at an exercise price of $18.85 per share. If the second term loan had been drawn down, each of SVB and LSF would have been automatically entitled to purchase additional ordinary shares in an aggregate amount equal to 2.50% of the second term loan divided by the applicable exercise price.

The loan proceeds were allocated based on the relative fair values of the debt instrument and the warrant instrument. The fair value of the warrants and the closing costs were recorded as debt discounts and are being amortized using the effective interest rate method over the term of the loan. The effective annual interest rate of the outstanding debt is approximately 12.51% as of March 31, 2021. The Company recognized $210 and $410 of interest expense related to the loan agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, including $60 and $116 related to the accretion of the debt discounts and deferred financing costs during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

In connection with the Private Placement, Iterum Bermuda was joined as a party to the Loan and Security Agreement as a borrower and the Loan and Security Agreement was amended on January 16, 2020 to, among other things, modify the definition of subordinated debt to include the RLNs and Exchangeable Notes.

 

2025 Exchangeable Notes

On January 21, 2020, the Company completed a Private Placement pursuant to which its wholly owned subsidiary, Iterum Bermuda issued and sold $51.6 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Exchangeable Notes and $0.1 million aggregate principal amount of RLNs, to a group of accredited investors. On September 8, 2020, the Company completed a Rights Offering pursuant to which Iterum Bermuda issued and sold $0.2 million aggregate principal amount of 6.500% Exchangeable Notes and $0.02 million aggregate principal amount of RLNs, to existing shareholders. The Securities were sold in Units with each Unit consisting of an Exchangeable Note in the original principal amount $1,000 and 50 RLNs. The Units were sold at a price of $1,000 per Unit.

At any time on or after January 21, 2021, subject to specified limitations, the Exchangeable Notes are exchangeable for the Company’s ordinary shares, cash or a combination of ordinary shares and cash, at the Company’s election, at an exchange rate of 1,286.1845 shares per $1,000 principal and interest on the Exchangeable Notes (equivalent to an exchange price of approximately $0.7775 per ordinary share) as of November 2, 2020, which exchange rate was adjusted from an initial exchange rate of 1,000 shares per $1,000 principal and interest on the Exchangeable Notes (equivalent to an initial exchange price of $1.00 per ordinary share) and is subject to further adjustment pursuant to the terms of the Exchangeable Notes Indenture. Any accrued and unpaid interest being exchanged will be calculated to include all interest accrued on the Exchangeable Notes being exchanged to, but excluding, the exchange settlement date. Beginning on January 21, 2021 to March 31, 2021, certain noteholders of $37.5 million aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Notes have exchanged their notes for an aggregate of 51,499,567 of the Company’s ordinary shares, which included accrued and unpaid interest relating to such notes. The aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Notes outstanding as of March 31, 2021 was $14.3 million.

In addition, the Exchangeable Notes will become due and payable by the Company upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change as defined in the Exchangeable Notes Indenture. The Company will be required to pay the holder of the Exchangeable Notes the greater of three times the outstanding principal amount of such Exchangeable Note and the consideration that would be received by the holder of such Exchangeable Note in connection with such Fundamental Change if the holder had exchanged its note for ordinary shares immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Change, plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

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ITERUM THERAPEUTICS PLC

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

 

The Company evaluates its debt and equity issuances to determine if those contracts, or embedded components of those contracts, qualify as derivatives under ASC 815-15, Derivatives and Hedging, requiring separate recognition in the Company’s financial statements. The Company evaluated the accounting for the issuance of the Exchangeable Notes and concluded that the embedded exchange option and change of control feature are considered a Derivative liability under ASC 815-15 requiring bifurcation, from the Exchangeable Notes, as it does not qualify for the scope exceptions for contracts in an entity’s own equity given the terms of the Exchangeable Notes. The exchange option and change of control feature are accounted for as a Derivative liability, under ASC 815-15, and are required to be separated and recorded as a single liability, which is revalued each reporting period with the resulting change in fair value reflected in other income / (expense), net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.     

The fair value of the Derivative liability related to the Private Placement on January 21, 2020 was $27,038, and the fair value of the Derivative liability related to the Rights Offering was $82, both of which were recorded as a reduction to the book value of the host debt contract. This debt discount is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the debt using the effective interest method. Transaction costs amounting to $2,815 were allocated to the exchange option. These costs are reflected in financing transaction costs in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in the year ended December 31, 2020. Transaction costs amounting to $2,814 were allocated to the debt host and capitalized in the host debt book value.  

In circumstances where the embedded exchange option in a convertible instrument is required to be bifurcated, and there are other embedded derivative instruments in the convertible instrument that are required to be bifurcated, the derivative instruments are accounted for as a single, compound derivative instrument. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is reassessed at the end of each reporting period. Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not settlement of the derivative instrument is expected within twelve months of the balance sheet date.

The Company determined that all other features of the Exchangeable Notes were clearly and closely associated with a debt host and did not require bifurcation as a Derivative liability. The initial value of the Exchangeable Notes on inception, net of transaction costs, was $9,891.

The Company recognized $436 of interest expense related to the Exchangeable Notes during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and $1,108 related to the amortization of the debt discounts and deferred financing costs during the three months ended March 31, 2021. These amounts are recorded in interest expense, net in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The balance of the Exchangeable Notes as of March 31, 2021 is as follows:

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

 

Principal

 

Accrued Interest