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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


Form 10-Q

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

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2004

o

 

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 0-19612


ImClone Systems Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  04-2834797
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

180 Varick Street, New York, NY
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

10014
(Zip Code)

(212) 645-1405
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)


        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 ý    No o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes ý    No o

        Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Class

  Outstanding as of November 3, 2004
Common Stock, par value $.001   82,743,464 Shares






IMCLONE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

INDEX

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION   3
  Item 1.   Financial Statements   3
    Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets—September 30, 2004 and
December 31, 2003
  3
    Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations—Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003   4
    Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity—Nine months
ended September 30, 2004
  5
    Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003   6
    Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements   7
  Item 2.   Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations
  34
  Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   49
  Item 4.   Controls and Procedures   50

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

 

51
  Item 1.   Legal Proceedings   51
  Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds   55
  Item 3.   Defaults upon Senior Securities   55
  Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders   55
  Item 5.   Other Information   55
  Item 6.   Exhibits   56

Signatures

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.    Financial Statements

IMCLONE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share and share data)
(Unaudited)

 
  September 30,
2004

  December 31,
2003

 
ASSETS              

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Cash and cash equivalents   $ 246,499   $ 56,850  
  Securities available for sale     660,818     49,498  
  Prepaid expenses     5,523     3,628  
  Amounts due from corporate partners     59,190     8,979  
  Inventories     33,981      
  Other current assets     6,567     3,615  
   
 
 
    Total current assets     1,012,578     122,570  
   
 
 
Property, plant and equipment, net     312,109     245,901  
Deferred financing costs, net     17,121     1,985  
Note receivable, less current portion     8,875     9,213  
Other assets     2,469     1,926  
   
 
 
    $ 1,353,152   $ 381,595  
   
 
 
LIABILITES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)              

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Accounts payable   $ 30,109   $ 28,722  
  Accrued expenses     35,279     20,795  
  Withholding tax liability     18,096     20,987  
  Current portion of deferred revenue     100,434     50,870  
  Other current liabilities     3,277     4,411  
   
 
 
    Total current liabilities     187,195     125,785  
   
 
 
Deferred revenue, less current portion     378,253     286,362  
Long-term debt     600,000     240,000  
Other long-term liabilities, less current portion         41  
   
 
 
    Total liabilities     1,165,448     652,188  
   
 
 
Commitments and contingencies              
Stockholders' equity (deficit):              
  Preferred stock, $1.00 par value; authorized 4,000,000 shares; reserved 1,200,000 series B participating cumulative preferred stock, none issued or outstanding          
  Common stock, $.001 par value; authorized 200,000,000 shares; issued 82,882,165 and 75,296,117 at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively; outstanding 82,688,907 and 75,106,867 at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively     83     75  
  Additional paid-in capital     707,416     375,731  
  Accumulated deficit     (515,777 )   (642,608 )
  Treasury stock, at cost; 193,258 and 189,250 shares at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively     (4,300 )   (4,100 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income:              
  Net unrealized gain on securities available for sale     282     309  
   
 
 
    Total stockholders' equity (deficit)     187,704     (270,593 )
   
 
 
    $ 1,353,152   $ 381,595  
   
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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IMCLONE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)

 
  Three Months
Ended September 30,

  Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 
 
  2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
 
Revenues:                          
  License fees and milestone revenue   $ 22,958   $ 13,908   $ 108,604   $ 35,987  
  Manufacturing revenue     29,952         70,252      
  Royalty revenue     34,137     214     69,742     517  
  Collaborative agreement revenue     7,785     9,461     27,388     24,525  
   
 
 
 
 
    Total revenues     94,832     23,583     275,986     61,029  
   
 
 
 
 
Operating expenses:                          
  Research and development     17,635     21,190     56,682     93,620  
  Clinical and regulatory     7,595     7,590     20,859     23,592  
  Marketing, general and administrative     14,816     13,750     40,021     30,852  
  Royalty expense     7,032         13,933      
  Cost of manufacturing revenue     223         559      
  Other recovery, net         (3,384 )   (1,815 )   (3,319 )
   
 
 
 
 
    Total operating expenses     47,301     39,146     130,239     144,745  
   
 
 
 
 
      Operating income (loss)     47,531     (15,563 )   145,747     (83,716 )
   
 
 
 
 
Other:                          
  Interest income     (5,169 )   (897 )   (8,076 )   (3,580 )
  Interest expense     1,962     2,240     6,476     7,000  
  Gain on securities and investments, net     (20 )   (509 )   (131 )   (1,314 )
   
 
 
 
 
    Net interest and other     (3,227 )   834     (1,731 )   2,106  
   
 
 
 
 
    Income (loss) before income taxes     50,758     (16,397 )   147,478     (85,822 )
    Provision for income taxes     10,975     123     20,647     337  
   
 
 
 
 
    Net income (loss)   $ 39,783   $ (16,520 ) $ 126,831   $ (86,159 )
   
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) per common share:                          
  Basic   $ 0.48   $ (0.22 ) $ 1.62   $ (1.16 )
   
 
 
 
 
  Diluted   $ 0.45   $ (0.22 ) $ 1.47   $ (1.16 )
   
 
 
 
 
Shares used in calculation of income (loss) per share:                          
  Basic     82,514     74,505     78,395     74,009  
   
 
 
 
 
  Diluted     88,294     74,505     88,058     74,009  
   
 
 
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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IMCLONE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004
(in thousands, except share data)
(Unaudited)

 
  Common Stock
   
   
   
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)

   
 
 
  Additional
Paid-in
Capital

  Accumulated
Deficit

  Treasury
Stock

   
 
 
  Shares
  Amount
  Total
 
Balance at December 31, 2003   75,296,117   $ 75   $ 375,731   $ (642,608 ) $ (4,100 ) $ 309   $ (270,593 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Options exercised   3,159,211     3     71,013                       71,016  
Issuance of shares on conversion of 51/2% notes   4,356,468     4     239,993                       239,997  
Issuance of shares to Merck KGaA   58,807     1     4,999                       5,000  
Issuance of shares through employee stock purchase plan   11,562         598                       598  
Compensation related to options granted to non-employees               2,421                       2,421  
Tax benefit of stock options               12,109                       12,109  
Unamortized deferred financing costs on the 51/2% notes               (1,193 )                     (1,193 )
Compensation related to options granted to employees               1,745                       1,745  
Treasury shares                           (200 )         (200 )

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

126,831

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

126,831

 
Net unrealized holding gain                                 104     104  
Reclassification adjustment for realized gain included in net income                                 (131 )   (131 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at September 30, 2004   82,882,165   $ 83   $ 707,416   $ (515,777 ) $ (4,300 ) $ 282   $ 187,704  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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IMCLONE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 
 
  2004
  2003
 
Cash flows from operating activities:              
  Net income (loss)   $ 126,831   $ (86,159 )
  Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:              
    Depreciation and amortization     9,664     8,528  
    Amortization of deferred financing costs     2,181     1,281  
    Expense associated with stock options     4,165     461  
    Recovery of withholding tax     (1,815 )   (3,384 )
    Gain on securities available for sale, net     (131 )   (1,314 )
    Loss on disposal of fixed assets         30  
    Changes in:              
      Prepaid expenses     (1,895 )   (1,974 )
      Amounts due from corporate partners     (50,211 )   (3,161 )
      Inventories     (33,981 )    
      Other current assets     (2,952 )   18,561  
      Note receivable     338     225  
      Other assets     (662 )   379  
      Accounts payable     1,387     (1,617 )
      Accrued expenses     14,484     (17,463 )
      Realized tax benefit from stock options     12,109      
      Withholding tax liability     (1,076 )   (14,421 )
      Other current liabilities     (1,123 )   (3,276 )
      Deferred revenue     141,455     26,710  
   
 
 
        Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     218,768     (76,594 )
   
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:              
  Acquisitions of property, plant and equipment     (75,745 )   (51,729 )
  Purchases of securities available for sale     (2,589,181 )   (177,210 )
  Sales of securities available for sale     726,492     156,636  
  Maturities of securities available for sale     1,251,473     96,084  
  Other     (8 )   (191 )
   
 
 
        Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities     (686,969 )   23,590  
   
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:              
  Proceeds from exercise of stock options     70,817     5,566  
  Proceeds from issuance of common stock under the employee stock purchase plan     598     509  
  Proceeds from issuance of 13/8% convertible notes     600,000      
  Deferred financing costs     (18,510 )    
  Proceeds from issuance of common stock to Merck KGaA     5,000     15,000  
  Other     (55 )   (2,183 )
   
 
 
        Net cash provided by financing activities     657,850     18,892  
   
 
 
        Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     189,649     (34,112 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period     56,850     72,877  
   
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $ 246,499   $ 38,765  
   
 
 
Supplemental cash flow information:              
  Cash paid for:              
    Interest, including amounts capitalized of $5,045 and $4,434 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively
  $ 10,489   $ 13,500  
   
 
 
    Taxes   $ 4,774   $ 225  
   
 
 
Non-cash investing and financing activity:              
  Change in net unrealized gain in securities available-for-sale   $ (27 ) $ (940 )
   
 
 
  Options exercised in exchanged for mature shares of common stock   $ (200 ) $  
   
 
 
  Conversion of 51/2% subordinated convertible notes into common stock   $ 239,997   $  
   
 
 
  Reclassification of unamortized deferred financing costs on the 51/2% subordinated convertible notes to equity   $ 1,193   $  
   
 
 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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IMCLONE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

(1)    Basis of Presentation

        The accompanying consolidated financial statements of ImClone Systems Incorporated ("ImClone Systems" or the "Company") as of September 30, 2004 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 are unaudited. The accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of stockholders' equity and cash flows have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information and in conjunction with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments, which are in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation for the interim periods. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, as filed with the SEC.

        The results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the entire fiscal year or any other period. Certain amounts previously reported have been reclassified to conform to the current year's presentation.

        The Company is a biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to advance oncology care by developing and commercializing a portfolio of targeted treatments designed to address the medical needs of patients with cancer. A substantial portion of the Company's efforts and resources are devoted to research and development conducted on its own behalf and through collaborations with corporate partners and academic research and clinical institutions. The Company does not operate separate lines of business or separate business entities and does not conduct any of its operations outside of the United States. Accordingly, the Company does not prepare discrete financial information with respect to separate product areas or by location and does not have separately reportable segments.

        On February 12, 2004, the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approved Erbitux® (Cetuximab) Injection for use in combination with irinotecan in the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer who are refractory to irinotecan-based chemotherapy and for use as a single agent in the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer who are intolerant to irinotecan-based chemotherapy. The FDA also approved Lonza Biologics plc's ("Lonza") manufacturing facility. ERBITUX inventory previously produced at Lonza's facility served as supply for the initial demand for ERBITUX. On June 18, 2004 the FDA approved the Company's Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for licensure of its manufacturing facility, referred to as BB36.

        On December 1, 2003, Swissmedic, the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, approved ERBITUX in Switzerland for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer who no longer respond to standard chemotherapy treatment with irinotecan. Merck KGaA licensed the right to market ERBITUX outside the United States and Canada from the Company in 1998. In Japan, Merck KGaA has marketing rights to ERBITUX, which are co-exclusive to the co-development rights of the Company and BMS. On June 30, 2004 Merck KGaA received marketing approval by the European Commission to sell ERBITUX for use in combination with irinotecan for the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing metastatic colorectal cancer after failure of irinotecan including cytotoxic therapy in all 25 member states of the newly expanded European Union, as well as Iceland and Norway in accordance with local legal regulations. In addition, ERBITUX has been approved in Argentina, Chile and Mexico.

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Recently Issued Exposure Draft

        On March 31, 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a proposed Statement, Share-Based Payment, that addresses the accounting for share-based awards to employees, including employee-stock-purchase-plans (ESPPs). The FASB formally proposed to require companies to recognize the fair value of stock options and other stock-based compensation to employees. The proposed Statement would eliminate the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and generally would require instead, that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method. The proposed requirements in the exposure draft would be effective for public companies for financial periods beginning after June 15, 2005.

        The Company currently accounts for its stock-based compensation plans in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25. Therefore, the eventual adoption of this proposed statement, if issued in final form by the FASB, will have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

        In September 2004, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 04-8, "The Effect of Contingently Convertible Debt on Diluted Earnings per Share," that contingently convertible debt instruments should be included in diluted earnings per share computations regardless of whether the market price trigger has been met. It is expected that beginning January 1, 2005, calendar year-end companies would be required to retroactively restate earnings per share for all periods during which the securities were outstanding.

        The Company currently excludes from its diluted income per share computation the dilutive effect of the $600 million convertible debt outstanding, since these shares are contingent on reaching a specific market price or other circumstances as disclosed under Note 6. Once the above noted EITF is adopted and the Company restates previously reported amounts to include the dilutive effect of the convertible bonds, there will not be a significant impact in the Company's previously reported diluted income per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004.

Manufacturing Revenue

        Manufacturing revenue consists of revenue earned on the sale of ERBITUX to the Company's corporate partners for subsequent commercial sale. The Company recognizes manufacturing revenue when the product is shipped which is when the Company's partners take ownership and title has passed, collectibility is reasonably assured, the sales price is fixed and determinable, and there is persuasive evidence of an agreement.

Stock Based Compensation Plans

        The Company has two types of stock-based compensation plans: stock option plans and a stock purchase plan. The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation plans in accordance with the provisions of APB Opinion No. 25, and related interpretations including Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 44, "Accounting for Certain Transactions Involving Stock Compensation—An Interpretation of APB Opinion No. 25" ("Interpretation No. 44"). Accordingly, compensation expense would be recorded on the date of grant of an option to an employee or member of the Board of Directors (the "Board") only if the market price of the

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underlying stock on the date of grant exceeds the exercise price. During the year ended 2003 and the nine months ended September 30, 2004, the exercise price of the Company's original stock option grants were equal to the closing market price of its stock on the date of grant.

        The fair value of stock options was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes model considers a number of variables, including the exercise price and the expected life of the option, the current price of the common stock, the expected volatility and the dividend yield of the underlying common stock, and the risk-free interest rate during the expected term of the option. The following table summarizes the weighted average assumptions used:

 
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 
 
  2004
  2003
 
Expected life (years)   4.5   2.92  
Risk free interest rate   2.70 % 2.00 %
Volatility factor   86.00 % 88.00 %
Dividend yield   0.00 % 0.00 %

        Changes in assumptions used could have a material effect on the pro forma results.

        The following table illustrates the effect on net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share if the compensation cost for the Company's stock option grants had been determined based on the fair value at the grant dates for awards consistent with the fair value method of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS 123"):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,

  Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
  2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
 
 
  (in thousands, except per share amounts)

 
Net income (loss) as reported   $ 39,783   $ (16,520 ) $ 126,831   $ (86,159 )
Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in net income (loss), tax effected     43     128     1,500     128  
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method, tax effected     (10,721 )   (7,977 )   (34,200 )   (27,599 )
   
 
 
 
 
Pro forma net income (loss)   $ 29,105   $ (24,369 ) $ 94,131   $ (113,630 )
   
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) per common share:                          
  Basic, as reported   $ 0.48   $ (0.22 ) $ 1.62   $ (1.16 )
  Basic, pro forma   $ 0.35   $ (0.33 ) $ 1.20   $ (1.54 )
  Diluted, as reported   $ 0.45   $ (0.22 ) $ 1.47   $ (1.16 )
  Diluted, pro forma   $ 0.33   $ (0.33 ) $ 1.11   $ (1.54 )

        The pro forma effect on the net income (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 is not necessarily indicative of the pro forma effect on future periods' operating results.

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(2)    Inventories

        Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, determined on the first-in-first-out method, or market. Inventories at September 30, 2004 consist of the following:

 
  (in thousands)

Raw materials and supplies   $ 7,910
Work in process     26,051
Finished goods     20
   
  Total   $ 33,981
   

        Prior to receipt of approval of ERBITUX for commercial sale on February 12, 2004, the Company had expensed all costs associated with the production of ERBITUX to research and development expense. Effective February 13, 2004, the Company began to capitalize the cost of manufacturing ERBITUX as inventories, including the cost to label, package and ship previously manufactured bulk inventory whose costs had already been expensed as research and development. Although it is the Company's policy to state inventories reflecting full absorption costs, until the Company sells all of its existing inventories for which all or a portion of the costs were previously expensed, inventories will reflect costs incurred to process into finished goods previously expensed raw materials and work in process as well as costs to manufacture inventory subsequent to February 12, 2004.

        At September 30, 2004, the costs reflected in finished goods inventory consist solely of cost incurred to package and label work in process inventory previously expensed. In addition, approximately $22.7 million of cost reflected in work in process inventory consists of capitalized labor and overhead incurred subsequent to February 12, 2004 to process raw materials inventory, some of which were previously expensed as research and development. As the Company continues to process the inventory that was partially produced and expensed prior to February 13, 2004, the Company will continue to reflect in inventory only those incremental costs incurred to complete such inventory into finished goods.

(3)    Property, Plant and Equipment

        Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost and consist of the following:

 
  September 30,
2004

  December 31,
2003

 
 
  (in thousands)

 
Land   $ 4,899   $ 4,899  
Buildings and leasehold improvements     79,879     78,741  
Machinery and equipment     53,230     46,075  
Furniture and fixtures     3,773     3,478  
Construction in progress     223,611     156,454  
   
 
 
  Total cost     365,392     289,647  
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization     (53,283 )   (43,746 )
   
 
 
  Property, plant and equipment, net   $ 312,109   $ 245,901  
   
 
 

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        The Company is building a multiple product manufacturing facility ("BB50") in Branchburg, New Jersey with capacity of up to 110,000 liters (production volume). Management estimates that the 250,000 square foot facility will cost approximately $260,000,000; however, the actual cost of the new facility may change depending upon various factors. The Company has incurred approximately $207,017,000 in conceptual design, engineering, pre-construction and construction costs (which are included in construction in progress in the preceding table), excluding capitalized interest of approximately $13,718,000, through September 30, 2004. Through September 30, 2004, committed purchase orders totaling approximately $174,314,000 have been placed with subcontractors for equipment related to this project and $69,230,000 for engineering, procurement, construction management and validation costs. As of September 30, 2004, $199,597,000 has been paid relating to these committed purchase orders. The recoverability of the carrying value of BB50 will depend on the Company's ability to earn sufficient returns on ERBITUX. Based on management's current estimates, the Company expects to recover the carrying value of such assets.

(4)    Contract Manufacturing Services

        In September 2000, the Company entered into a three-year commercial manufacturing services agreement with Lonza relating to ERBITUX. The total cost for services to be provided under the commercial manufacturing services agreement was approximately $86,913,000. All existing commitments under this agreement were completed during the first half of 2003. The Company incurred $23,189,000 in 2003, and $85,022,000 was incurred from inception through 2003, for services provided under the commercial manufacturing services agreement.

(5)    Withholding Tax Assets and Liability

        In January 2003, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance ("New York State") notified the Company that it was liable for the New York State and City income taxes that were not withheld because one or more of the Company's employees who exercised certain non-qualified stock options in 1999 and 2000 failed to pay New York State and City income taxes for those years. On March 13, 2003, the Company entered into a closing agreement with New York State, paying $4,500,000 by March 31, 2003, to settle the matter. On June 17, 2003, New York State notified the Company that based on the warrant issue identified below, it was continuing a previously conducted audit of the Company and was evaluating the terms of the closing agreement to determine whether or not it should be re-opened. On March 31, 2004, the Company entered into a new closing agreement pursuant to which the Company paid New York State an additional $1,000,000 in full satisfaction of all the deficiencies and determinations of withholding taxes for the years 1999-2001. The Company had an estimated liability related to this contingency of $2,815,000 as of December 31, 2003. Therefore the Company has eliminated such liability and has recognized a benefit of $1,815,000 as a recovery in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the first quarter of 2004.

        On March 13, 2003, the Company initiated discussions with the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") relating to federal income taxes on the exercise of non-qualified stock options on which income tax was not properly withheld. Although the IRS has not yet asserted that the Company is required to make a payment with respect to such failure to withhold, the IRS may assert that such a liability exists, and may further assert that the Company is liable for interest and penalties. The Company has

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determined that all but an insignificant amount of the potential liability for withholding taxes with respect to exercises of non-qualified stock options in 1999 and 2000 is attributable to those amounts related to Dr. Samuel D. Waksal, the Company's former Chief Executive Officer. In addition, in the course of the Company's investigation into its potential liability in respect of the non-qualified stock options described above, the Company identified certain warrants that were granted in 1991 and prior years to then current and former officers, directors and advisors that the Company previously treated as non-compensatory warrants and thus not subject to tax withholding and information reporting requirements upon exercise. Accordingly, when exercised in 2001 and prior years, the Company did not deduct income and payroll taxes upon exercise or report applicable information to the taxing authorities. The Company now believes that such treatment was incorrect, and that the exercise of such warrants by current and former officers of the Company should have been treated in the same manner for withholding and reporting purposes as the exercise of non-qualified stock options. The Company has informed the relevant authorities, including the IRS, of this matter and intends to resolve its liability, in conjunction with its resolution of the matter described above.

        On March 31, 2003, the Company received notification from the SEC that it was conducting an informal inquiry into both of those matters and on April 2, 2003, the Company received a request from the SEC for the voluntary production of documents and information relating to the above matters. The Company is cooperating fully with the SEC inquiry. There have been no recent developments in connection with this SEC investigation.

        The IRS has commenced audits of the Company's income tax and employment tax returns for tax years 1999 through 2001. The Company has responded to all requests for information and documents received to date from the IRS and is awaiting further requests or action from the IRS.

        The Company has recognized assets at the time of exercise relating to certain individuals. These assets are based on the fact that individuals are required by law to pay their personal income taxes, which relieves the Company of its liability for such withholding taxes, but not interest and penalties, as well as the Company's determination that these individuals had the means and intention to satisfy their tax liabilities, and legal claims the Company has against these individuals both during and after their employment with the Company. The Company decided to write-down certain of these assets as noted below.

        One former officer and director to whom warrants were issued and previously treated as non-compensatory warrants was the Company's former Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal. The Company has made demands on Dr. Samuel D. Waksal to pay the taxes associated with the exercise of these warrants and certain non-qualified stock options and to indemnify the Company against any liability that it may incur to taxing authorities in respect of the warrants or non-qualified stock options that were previously exercised. The Company determined that subsequent to the Company's receipt of a "refusal to file" letter from the FDA on December 28, 2001, with respect to its rolling Biologics License Application for ERBITUX, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal's financial condition deteriorated and therefore the recoverability of the asset became doubtful. Based upon these determinations, the Company established a withholding tax liability which amounted to $18,096,000 and $20,987,000 at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively. The decrease in the liability at September 30, 2004 is due to the settlement with New York State as described above.

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(6)    Debt

        In February 2000, the Company completed a private placement of $240,000,000 in 51/2% convertible subordinated notes due March 1, 2005. On May 19, 2004, the Company announced its intention to redeem all of the outstanding 51/2 percent convertible subordinated notes due 2005 by June 18, 2004. All of the outstanding notes which amounted to $239,986,000 at the time of the announcement were converted, by June 17, 2004, into 4,356,000 shares of the Company's common stock.

        In May 2004, the Company completed a private placement of $600,000,000 in convertible senior notes due 2024. The notes bear interest at 13/8% per annum payable semi-annually. The Company received net proceeds from this offering of approximately $582,000,000. Holders may convert the notes into shares of the Company's common stock at a conversion rate of 10.5613 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes which is equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $94.69 per share, subject to adjustment, before the close of business on the business day immediately prior to May 15, 2024, subject to prior redemption or repurchase of the notes, only under the following circumstances: (1) on or prior to May 15, 2019 during any calendar quarter commencing after June 30, 2004, if the closing sale price of the Company's common stock exceeds 120% of the conversion price for at least 20 trading days in the 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the preceding calendar quarter and after May 15, 2019 if the closing sale price of the Company's common stock exceeds 120% of the conversion price on the immediately preceding trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period in which the trading price per note for each day of that period was less than 98% of the product of the closing sale price of the Company's common stock and the conversion rate; (3) if the notes have been called for redemption; or (4) upon the occurrence of certain corporate events.

        Beginning May 20, 2009, the Company may redeem all or any portion of the notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, including additional interest, if any. On May 15 of 2009, 2014 and 2019, or upon the occurrence of certain designated events, holders may require the Company to repurchase the notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, including additional interest, if any. The notes are unsubordinated unsecured debt and will rank on a parity with all of the Company's other existing and future unsubordinated unsecured debt and prior to all of the Company's existing and future subordinated debt. Deferred financing costs of approximately $18,500,000 associated with the issuance of this debt are being amortized over five years.

(7)    Income (Loss) Per Common Share

        Basic income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period increased to include all additional common shares that would have been outstanding assuming potentially dilutive common shares had been issued 1) on the exercise of stock options and any proceeds thereof used to repurchase common stock at the average market price during the period and 2) on conversion of convertible debt. In addition, in computing the dilutive effect of convertible debt, the numerator is adjusted to add back the after-tax amount of interest recognized in the period.

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        Potentially diluted common shares applicable to the 51/2% convertible notes that were converted during the period have been weighted and included for the period the convertible securities were outstanding prior to conversion. The dilutive effect of the newly issued 13/8% convertible notes has not been included in the diluted share computation since the conversion is contingent upon certain circumstances which have not occurred as of the end of the reporting period..

        Potentially dilutive common shares are not included in the diluted loss per share computation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2003, since the Company recognized a net loss for those periods and including potentially dilutive common shares in the diluted loss per share computation when there is a net loss will result in an anti-dilutive per share amount. At September 30, 2003, there were an aggregate of 18,327,000 potential common shares, excluded from the diluted loss per share computation because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect.

        Basic and diluted income (loss) per common share (EPS) were computed using the following:

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,

  Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 
 
  2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
 
 
  (in thousands, except per share data)

 
EPS Numerator—Basic:                          
  Net income (loss)   $ 39,783   $ (16,520 ) $ 126,831   $ (86,159 )
   
 
 
 
 
EPS Denominator—Basic:                          
  Weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding     82,514     74,505     78,395     74,009  
   
 
 
 
 
EPS Numerator—Diluted:                          
  Net income (loss)   $ 39,783   $ (16,520 ) $ 126,831   $ (86,159 )
  Adjustment for interest, net of amounts capitalized and income tax effect             2,663      
   
 
 
 
 
    Net income (loss), adjusted   $ 39,783   $ (16,520 ) $ 129,494   $ (86,159 )
   
 
 
 
 
EPS Denominator—Diluted:                          
  Weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding     82,514     74,505     78,395     74,009  
  Effect of dilutive securities:                          
    Stock options     5,780         7,013      
    Convertible subordinated notes             2,650      
   
 
 
 
 
  Dilutive potential common shares     5,780         9,663      
   
 
 
 
 
  Weighted-average common shares and dilutive potential common shares     88,294     74,505     88,058     74,009  
   
 
 
 
 
Basic income (loss) per share   $ 0.48   $ (0.22 ) $ 1.62   $ (1.16 )
Diluted income (loss) per share   $ 0.45   $ (0.22 ) $ 1.47   $ (1.16 )

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(8)    Comprehensive Income (Loss)

        The following table reconciles net income (loss) to comprehensive income (loss):

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,

  Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 
 
  2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
 
 
  (in thousands)

 
Net income (loss)   $ 39,783   $ (16,520 ) $ 126,831   $ (86,159 )
Other comprehensive income (loss):                          
  Unrealized holding gain (loss) arising during the period     903     (95 )   104     374  
  Reclassification adjustment for realized gain     (20 )   (509 )   (131 )   (1,314 )
   
 
 
 
 
    Total other comprehensive income (loss)     883     (604 )   (27 )   (940 )
   
 
 
 
 
Total comprehensive income (loss)   $ 40,666   $ (17,124 ) $ 126,804   $ (87,099 )
   
 
 
 
 

(9)    Taxes

        The Company's effective tax rate for 2004 of 14% has been modified from a previously estimated effective tax rate for 2004 of approximately 10%. The increase in the estimated effective rate used for the six months ended June 30, 2004 is due to an increase in the Company's estimate of full-year income which is now greater than the net operating losses that may be utilized for financial reporting purposes in 2004. The difference from the statutory rate of 35% is due to the anticipated utilization of net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards and tax expense related to state taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax. As of September 30, 2004 the Company has provided a valuation allowance against its total gross deferred tax assets because, more likely than not, its gross deferred tax assets will not be realized.

(10)    Collaborative Agreements

(A) Merck KGaA

        In April 1990, the Company entered into a development and commercialization agreement with Merck KGaA with respect to BEC2 and the recombinant gp75 antigen product candidate. The agreement has been amended a number of times, most recently in December 1997. The agreement grants Merck KGaA a license, with the right to sublicense, to make, have made, use, sell, or have sold BEC2 and gp75 antigen outside North America. The agreement also grants Merck KGaA a license, without the right to sublicense, to use, sell, or have sold, but not to make BEC2 within North America in conjunction with the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement the Company has retained the rights, (1) without the right to sublicense, to make, have made, use, sell, or have sold BEC2 in North America in conjunction with Merck KGaA and (2) with the right to sublicense, to make, have made, use, sell, or have sold gp75 antigen in North America. In return, the Company has recognized research support payments totaling $4,700,000 and is not entitled to any further research support payments under the agreement. Merck KGaA is also required to make payments of up to $22,500,000, of which $4,000,000 has been received through September 30, 2004, based on milestones achieved in the licensed products' development. Merck KGaA is also responsible for worldwide costs of up to DM 17,000,000 associated with a multi-site, multinational Phase III clinical trial for BEC2 in limited disease small-cell lung carcinoma. This expense level was reached during the fourth quarter of 2000 and all

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expenses incurred from that point forward are being shared 60% by Merck KGaA and 40% by the Company. Merck KGaA is also required to pay royalties on the eventual sales of BEC2 outside of North America, if any. Revenues from sales, if any, of BEC2 in North America will be distributed in accordance with the terms of a co-promotion agreement to be negotiated by the parties.

        On June 7, 2004, the Company and Merck KGaA announced that the international, randomized Phase III clinical trial of the Companies' IMC-BEC2 cancer vaccine did not meet its primary endpoint of survival. The Companies intend to meet in the near-term to discuss the ongoing viability of the IMC-BEC2 development program.

        In December 1998, the Company entered into a development and license agreement with Merck KGaA with respect to ERBITUX. In exchange for granting Merck KGaA exclusive rights to market ERBITUX outside of the United States and Canada and co-exclusive development rights in Japan, the Company has received $30,000,000 through September 30, 2004 in up-front cash fees and early cash payments based on the achievement of defined milestones. An additional $30,000,000 has been received through September 30, 2004 based upon the achievement of further milestones for which Merck KGaA received equity in the Company. All amounts received in 2003 and 2004 were recorded as equity transactions.

        The chart below details the equity milestone payments received from Merck KGaA through September 30, 2004:

Date

  Amount of Milestone
  Revenue Recognized
  Number of common shares
issues to Merck KgaA

  Price per share
August 2001   $ 5,000,000   $ 1,760,000   63,027   $ 79.33
May 2003   $ 6,000,000       334,471   $ 17.94
June 2003   $ 3,000,000       150,007   $ 20.00
July 2003   $ 3,000,000       92,276   $ 32.51
July 2003   $ 3,000,000       90,944   $ 32.99
December 2003   $ 5,000,000       127,199   $ 39.31
July 2004   $ 5,000,000       58,807   $ 58.18

        The equity interests underlying the milestone payments are priced at varying premiums to the then-market price of the common stock depending upon the timing of the achievement of the respective milestones. Merck KGaA will pay the Company a royalty on sales of ERBITUX outside of the United States and Canada. This agreement may be terminated by Merck KGaA in various instances, including for a one-year period after first commercial sale of ERBITUX in Merck KGaA's territory, upon Merck KGaA's reasonable determination that the product is economically unfeasible (in which case Merck KGaA is entitled to receive back 50% of the cash-based up front fees and milestone payments then paid to date, but only out of revenues received, based upon a royalty rate applied to the gross profit from ERBITUX sales or a percentage of ERBITUX fees and royalties received from a sublicense on account of the sale of ERBITUX in the United States and Canada). In August 2001, the Company and Merck KGaA amended this agreement to provide, among other things, that Merck KGaA may manufacture ERBITUX for supply in its territory and may utilize a third party to do so upon the Company's reasonable acceptance. The amendment further released Merck KGaA from its obligations under the agreement relating to providing a guaranty under a $30,000,000 credit facility

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relating to the build-out of BB36. In addition, the amendment provides that the companies have co-exclusive rights to ERBITUX in Japan, including the right to sublicense and Merck KGaA waived its right of first offer in the case of a proposed sublicense by the Company of ERBITUX in the Company's territory. In consideration for the amendment, the Company agreed to a reduction in royalties' payable by Merck KGaA on sales of ERBITUX in Merck KGaA's territory.

        Merck KGaA has agreed to reimburse the Company for one-half of the outside contract service costs incurred with respect to the Phase III clinical trial of ERBITUX for the treatment of head and neck cancer in combination with radiation. In September 2002, the Company entered into a binding term sheet, effective as of April 15, 2002, for the supply of ERBITUX to Merck KGaA, which replaces previous supply arrangements. The term sheet provides for Merck KGaA to purchase bulk and finished ERBITUX ordered from the Company during the term of the December 1998 development and license agreement at a price equal to the Company's fully loaded cost of goods. The term sheet also provides for Merck KGaA to use reasonable efforts to enter into its own contract manufacturing agreements for supply of ERBITUX by 2004 and obligates Merck KGaA to reimburse the Company for costs associated with transferring technology and any other services requested by Merck KGaA relating to establishing its own manufacturing or contract manufacturing capacity. Amounts due from Merck KGaA related to these arrangements totaled approximately $3,375,000 and $2,553,000 at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively, and are included in amounts due from corporate partners in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company recorded collaborative agreement revenue related to these arrangements in the Consolidated Statements of Operations totaling approximately $883,000 and $4,041,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively and $4,651,000 and $8,661,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Of these amounts, $92,000 and $3,606,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $2,261,000 and $7,016,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, related to reimbursable costs associated with supplying ERBITUX to Merck KGaA for use in clinical trials. The related manufacturing costs of the ERBITUX sold to Merck KGaA was produced in prior periods and the related manufacturing costs have been expensed in prior periods when the related raw materials were purchased and the associated direct labor and overhead was consumed or, in the case of contract manufacturing, when such services were performed. Reimbursable clinical and regulatory expenses were incurred and totaled approximately $328,000 and $324,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $1,142,000 and $1,362,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts have been recorded as clinical and regulatory expenses, and also as collaborative agreement revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Reimbursable general and administrative expenses and royalty expenses were incurred and totaled approximately $463,000 and $111,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $1,248,000 and $283,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts have been recorded as marketing, general and administrative expenses, royalty expense, and also as collaborative agreement revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(B) Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

        On September 19, 2001, the Company entered into an acquisition agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement") with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ("BMS") and Bristol-Myers Squibb Biologics

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Company, a Delaware corporation ("BMS Biologics"), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMS, providing for the tender offer by BMS Biologics to purchase up to 14,392,003 shares of the Company's common stock for $70.00 per share, net to the seller in cash. In connection with the Acquisition Agreement, the Company entered into a stockholder agreement with BMS and BMS Biologics, dated as of September 19, 2001 (the "Stockholder Agreement"), pursuant to which all parties agreed to various arrangements regarding the respective rights and obligations of each party with respect to, among other things, the ownership of shares of the Company's common stock by BMS and BMS Biologics. Concurrent with the execution of the Acquisition Agreement and the Stockholder Agreement, the Company entered into the Commercial Agreement with BMS and E.R. Squibb, relating to ERBITUX, pursuant to which, among other things, BMS and E.R. Squibb are co-developing and co-promoting ERBITUX in the United States and Canada with the Company, and are co-developing and co-promoting ERBITUX in Japan with the Company and either together or co-exclusively with Merck KGaA.

        On March 5, 2002, the Company amended the Commercial Agreement with E.R. Squibb and BMS. The amendment changed certain economics of the Commercial Agreement and has expanded the clinical and strategic roles of BMS in the ERBITUX development program. One of the principal economic changes to the Commercial Agreement is that the Company received payments of $140,000,000 on March 7, 2002 and $60,000,000 on March 5, 2003. Such payments are in lieu of the $300,000,000 milestone payment the Company would have received upon acceptance by the FDA of the ERBITUX BLA under the original terms of the Commercial Agreement. In addition, the Company agreed to resume and has resumed construction of BB50. The terms of the Commercial Agreement, as amended on March 5, 2002, are set forth in more detail below.

Commercial Agreement

        Rights Granted to E.R. Squibb—Pursuant to the Commercial Agreement, as amended on March 5, 2002, the Company granted to E.R. Squibb (1) the exclusive right to distribute, and the co-exclusive right to develop and promote (together with the Company) any prescription pharmaceutical product using the compound ERBITUX (the "product") in the United States and Canada, (2) the co-exclusive right to develop, distribute and promote (together with the Company and together or co-exclusively with Merck KGaA and its affiliates) the product in Japan, and (3) the non-exclusive right to use the Company's registered trademarks for the product in the United States, Canada and Japan (collectively, the "territory") in connection with the foregoing. In addition, the Company agreed not to grant any right or license to any third party, or otherwise permit any third party, to develop ERBITUX for animal health or any other application outside the human health field without the prior consent of E.R. Squibb (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld).

        Rights Granted to the Company—Pursuant to the Commercial Agreement, E.R. Squibb has granted to the Company and the Company's affiliates a license, without the right to grant sublicenses (other than to Merck KGaA and its affiliates for use in Japan and to any third party for use outside the territory), to use solely for the purpose of developing, using, manufacturing, promoting, distributing and selling ERBITUX or the product, any process, know-how or other invention developed solely by E.R. Squibb or BMS that has general utility in connection with other products or compounds in addition to ERBITUX or the product ("E.R. Squibb Inventions").

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        Up-Front and Milestone Payments—The Commercial Agreement provides for up-front and milestone payments by E.R. Squibb to the Company of $900,000,000 in the aggregate, of which $200,000,000 was paid on September 19, 2001, $140,000,000 was paid on March 7, 2002, $60,000,000, was paid on March 5, 2003, and $250,000,000 was paid on March 12, 2004. An additional $250,000,000 would become payable upon receipt of marketing approval from the FDA with respect to a second tumor type for ERBITUX. All such payments are non-refundable and non-creditable.

        Distribution Fees—The Commercial Agreement provides that E.R. Squibb shall pay the Company distribution fees based on a percentage of "annual net sales" of the product (as defined in the Commercial Agreement) by E.R. Squibb in the United States and Canada. The distribution fee is 39% of net sales in the United States and Canada. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, the Company has recorded royalty revenues of $32,804,000 and $67,474,000, respectively, representing 39% of net sales of ERBITUX by BMS.

        The Commercial Agreement also provides that the distribution fees for the sale of the product in Japan by E.R. Squibb or ImClone Systems shall be equal to 50% of operating profit or loss with respect to such sales for any calendar month. In the event of an operating profit, E.R. Squibb shall pay the Company the amount of such distribution fee, and in the event of an operating loss, the Company shall credit E.R. Squibb the amount of such distribution fee.

        Development of the Product—Responsibilities associated with clinical and other ongoing studies are apportioned between the parties as determined by the product development committee described below. The Commercial Agreement provides for the establishment of clinical development plans setting forth the activities to be undertaken by the parties for the purpose of obtaining marketing approvals, providing market support and developing new indications and formulations of the product. After transition of responsibilities for certain clinical and other studies, each party is primarily responsible for performing the studies designated to it in the clinical development plans. In the United States and Canada, the Commercial Agreement provides that E.R. Squibb is responsible for 100% of the cost of all clinical studies other than those studies undertaken post-launch which are not pursuant to an IND (e.g. Phase IV studies), the cost of which is shared equally between E.R. Squibb and ImClone Systems. As between E.R. Squibb and ImClone Systems, each is responsible for 50% of the costs of all studies in Japan. The Company has also agreed, and may agree in the future, to share with E.R. Squibb, on terms other than the foregoing, costs of clinical trials that the Company believes are not potentially registrational but should be undertaken prior to launch in the United States, Canada or Japan. The Company has incurred $1,237,000 and $987,000 pursuant to such cost sharing for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively and $5,958,000 and $2,115,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. In addition, to the extent that in 2004 the Company and BMS exceed the contractual maximum registrational costs for clinical development, the Company has agreed to share such cost with BMS. The Company has also incurred $153,000 and $186,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively and $595,000 and $590,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, related to the agreement with respect to development in Japan. Except as otherwise agreed upon by the parties, the Company will own all registrations for the product and is primarily responsible for the regulatory activities leading to registration in each country. E.R. Squibb will be primarily responsible for the regulatory activities in each country after the product has been registered in that country. Pursuant to the terms of the

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Commercial Agreement, as amended, Andrew G. Bodnar, M.D., J.D., Senior Vice President, Strategy and Medical & External Affairs of BMS, and a member of the Company's Board of Directors, will oversee the implementation of the clinical and regulatory plan for ERBITUX.

        Distribution and Promotion of the Product—Pursuant to the Commercial Agreement, E.R. Squibb has agreed to use all commercially reasonable efforts to launch, promote and sell the product in the territory with the objective of maximizing the sales potential of the product and promoting the therapeutic profile and benefits of the product in the most commercially beneficial manner. In connection with its responsibilities for distribution, marketing and sales of the product in the territory, E.R. Squibb is performing all relevant functions, including but not limited to the provision of all sales force personnel, marketing (including all advertising and promotional expenditures), warehousing and physical distribution of the product.

        However, the Company has the right, at its election and sole expense, to co-promote with E.R. Squibb the product in the territory. Pursuant to this co-promotion option, which the Company has exercised, the Company is entitled on and after April 11, 2002 (at the Company's sole expense) to have the Company's field organization participate in the promotion of the product consistent with the marketing plan agreed upon by the parties, provided that E.R. Squibb will retain the exclusive rights to sell and distribute the product. Except for the Company's expenses incurred pursuant to the co-promotion option, E.R. Squibb is responsible for 100% of the distribution, sales and marketing costs in the United States and Canada, and as between E.R. Squibb and ImClone Systems, each is responsible for 50% of the distribution, sales, marketing costs and other related costs and expenses in Japan. During the third quarter of 2004, the Company decided to establish a sales force to maximize the potential commercial opportunities for ERBITUX and to serve as a foundation for the marketing of future products derived either from within the Company's pipeline or through business development opportunities. The first 13 sales professionals were redeployed from the Company's field force of 15 Scientific Services Liaisons (SSLs), a group that calls on pre-clinical researchers to enhance the base of pre-clinical knowledge and studies supporting ERBITUX. The Company expects to hire the remaining personnel by the end of 2004 in order to have a total of 43 sales professionals and 6 SSLs.

        Manufacture and Supply—The Commercial Agreement provides that the Company is responsible for the manufacture and supply of all requirements of ERBITUX in bulk form ("API") for clinical and commercial use in the territory, and that E.R. Squibb will purchase all of its requirements of API for commercial use from the Company. The Company will supply API for clinical use at the Company's fully burdened manufacturing cost, and will supply API for commercial use at the Company's fully burdened manufacturing cost plus a mark-up of 10%. Upon the expiration, termination or assignment of any existing agreements between ImClone Systems and third party manufacturers, E.R. Squibb will be responsible for processing API into the finished form of the product.

        Management—The parties have formed the following committees for purposes of managing their relationship and their respective rights and obligations under the Commercial Agreement:

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        Right of First Offer—E.R. Squibb has a right of first offer with respect to the Company's investigational IMC-KDR monoclonal antibodies should the Company decide to enter into a partnering arrangement with a third party with respect to IMC-KDR antibodies at any time prior to the earlier to occur of September 19, 2006 and the first anniversary of the date which is 45 days after any date on which BMS's ownership interest in ImClone Systems is less than 5%. If the Company decides to enter into a partnering arrangement during such period, the Company must notify E.R. Squibb. If E.R. Squibb notifies the Company that it is interested in such an arrangement, the Company will provide its proposed terms to E.R. Squibb and the parties will negotiate in good faith for 90 days to attempt to agree on the terms and conditions of such an arrangement. If the parties do not reach agreement during this period, E.R. Squibb must propose the terms of an arrangement which it is willing to enter into, and if the Company rejects such terms the Company may enter into an agreement with a third party with respect to such a partnering arrangement (provided that the terms of any such agreement may not be more favorable to the third party than the terms proposed by E.R. Squibb).

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        Right of First Negotiation—If at any time during the restricted period (as defined below), the Company is interested in establishing a partnering relationship with a third party involving certain compounds or products not related to IMC-KDR antibodies, the Company must notify E.R. Squibb and E.R. Squibb will have 90 days to enter into a non-binding agreement with the Company with respect to such a partnering relationship. In the event that E.R. Squibb and ImClone Systems do not enter into a non-binding agreement, the Company is free to negotiate with third parties without further obligation to E.R. Squibb. The "restricted period" means the period from September 19, 2001 until the earliest to occur of (1) September 19, 2006, (2) a reduction in BMS's ownership interest in ImClone Systems to below 5% for 45 consecutive days, (3) a transfer or other disposition of shares of the Company's common stock by BMS or any of its affiliates such that BMS and its affiliates own or have control over less than 75% of the maximum number of shares of the Company's common stock owned by BMS and its affiliates at any time after September 19, 2001, (4) an acquisition by a third party of more than 35% of the outstanding shares, (5) a termination of the Commercial Agreement by BMS due to significant regulatory or safety concerns regarding ERBITUX, or (6) the Company's termination of the Commercial Agreement due to a material breach by BMS.

        Restriction on Competing Products—During the period from the date of the Commercial Agreement until September 19, 2008, the parties have agreed not to, directly or indirectly, develop or commercialize a competing product (defined as a product that has as its only mechanism of action an antagonism of the EGF receptor) in any country in the territory. In the event that any party proposes to commercialize a competing product or purchases or otherwise takes control of a third party which has developed or commercialized a competing product, then such party must either divest the competing product within 12 months or offer the other party the right to participate in the commercialization and development of the competing product on a 50/50 basis (provided that if the parties cannot reach agreement with respect to such an agreement, the competing product must be divested within 12 months).

        Ownership—The Commercial Agreement provides that the Company owns all data and information concerning ERBITUX and the product and (except for the E.R. Squibb Inventions) all processes, know-how and other inventions relating to the product and developed by either party or jointly by the parties. E.R. Squibb, however, has the right to use all such data and information, and all such processes, know-how or other inventions, in order to fulfill its obligations under the Commercial Agreement.

        Product Recalls—If E.R. Squibb is required by any regulatory authority to recall the product in any country in the territory (or if the JCC determines such a recall to be appropriate), then E.R. Squibb and ImClone Systems shall bear the costs and expenses associated with such a recall (1) in the United States and Canada, in the proportion of 39% for ImClone Systems and 61% for E.R. Squibb and (2) in Japan, in the proportion for which each party is entitled to receive operating profit or loss (unless, in the territory, the predominant cause for such a recall is the fault of either party, in which case all such costs and expenses shall be borne by such party).

        Mandatory Transfer—Each of BMS and E.R. Squibb has agreed under the Commercial Agreement that in the event it sells or otherwise transfers all or substantially all of its pharmaceutical business or pharmaceutical oncology business, it must also transfer to the transferee its rights and obligations under the Commercial Agreement.

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        Indemnification—Pursuant to the Commercial Agreement, each party has agreed to indemnify the other for (1) its negligence, recklessness or wrongful intentional acts or omissions, (2) its failure to perform certain of its obligations under the agreement, and (3) any breach of its representations and warranties under the agreement.

        Termination—Unless earlier terminated pursuant to the termination rights discussed below, the Commercial Agreement expires with regard to the product in each country in the territory on the later of September 19, 2018 and the date on which the sale of the product ceases to be covered by a validly issued or pending patent in such country. The Commercial Agreement may also be terminated prior to such expiration as follows:

Acquisition Agreement

        On October 29, 2001, pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, BMS Biologics accepted for payment pursuant to the tender offer 14,392,003 shares of the Company's common stock on a pro rata basis from all tendering shareholders and those conditionally exercising stock options.

Stockholder Agreement

        Pursuant to the Stockholder Agreement, the Company's Board was increased from ten to twelve members in October 2001. BMS received the right to nominate two directors to the Company's Board (each a "BMS director") so long as its ownership interest in ImClone Systems is 12.5% or greater. If BMS' ownership interest is 5% or greater but less than 12.5%, BMS will have the right to nominate one BMS director, and if BMS' ownership interest is less than 5%, BMS will have no right to nominate a BMS director. If the size of the Board is increased to a number greater than twelve, the number of BMS directors would be increased, subject to rounding, such that the number of BMS directors is proportionate to the lesser of BMS' then-current ownership interest and 19.9%. Notwithstanding the foregoing, BMS will have no right to nominate any BMS directors if (1) the Company has terminated the Commercial Agreement due to a material breach by BMS or (2) BMS' ownership interest were to remain below 5% for 45 consecutive days.

        Based on the number of shares of common stock acquired pursuant to the tender offer, BMS has the right to nominate two directors. BMS designated Andrew G. Bodnar, M.D., J.D., BMS' Senior Vice President, Strategy and Medical & External Affairs, as one of the initial BMS directors. The nomination of Dr. Bodnar was approved by the Board on November 15, 2001. The other BMS director position was initially filled by Peter S. Ringrose, M.A, and Ph.D. Dr. Ringrose retired in 2002 from his position of Chief Scientific Officer and President, Pharmaceutical Research Institute at BMS, and also resigned from his director position with the Company. BMS has not yet designated a replacement to fill Dr. Ringrose's vacated Board seat.

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        Voting of Shares—During the period in which BMS has the right to nominate up to two BMS directors, BMS and its affiliates are required to vote all of their shares in the same proportion as the votes cast by all of the Company's other stockholders with respect to the election or removal of non-BMS directors.

        Committees of the Board of Directors—During the period in which BMS has the right to nominate up to two BMS directors, BMS also has the right, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, to have one member of each committee of the Board be a BMS director.

        Approval Required for Certain Actions—The Company may not take any action that constitutes a prohibited action under the Stockholder Agreement without the consent of the BMS directors, until September 19, 2006 or earlier, if any of the following occurs: (1) a reduction in BMS's ownership interest to below 5% for 45 consecutive days, (2) a transfer or other disposition of shares of the Company's common stock by BMS or any of its affiliates such that BMS and its affiliates own or have control over less than 75% of the maximum number of shares of the Company's common stock owned by BMS and its affiliates at any time after September 19, 2001, (3) an acquisition by a third party of more than 35% of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock, (4) a termination of the Commercial Agreement by BMS due to significant regulatory or safety concerns regarding ERBITUX, or (5) a termination of the Commercial Agreement due to a material breach by BMS. Such prohibited actions include (1) issuing additional shares or securities convertible into shares in excess of 21,473,002 shares of the Company's common stock in the aggregate, subject to certain exceptions; (2) incurring additional indebtedness if the total of (A) the principal amount of indebtedness incurred since September 19, 2001 and then-outstanding, and (B) the net proceeds from the issuance of any redeemable preferred stock then-outstanding, would exceed the Company's amount of indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding as of September 19, 2001 by more than $500 million; (3) acquiring any business if the aggregate consideration for such acquisition, when taken together with the aggregate consideration for all other acquisitions consummated during the previous twelve months, is in excess of 25% of the Company's aggregate value at the time the binding agreement relating to such acquisition was entered into; (4) disposing of all or any substantial portion of the Company's non-cash assets; (5) entering into non-competition agreements that would be binding on BMS, its affiliates or any BMS director; (6) taking certain actions that would have a discriminatory effect on BMS or any of its affiliates as a stockholder; and (7) issuing capital stock with more than one vote per share.

        Limitation on Additional Purchases of Shares and Other Actions—Subject to the exceptions set forth below, until September 19, 2006 or, if earlier, the occurrence of any of (1) an acquisition by a third party of more than 35% of the Company's outstanding shares, (2) the first anniversary of a reduction in BMS's ownership interest in the Company to below 5% for 45 consecutive days, or (3) the Company's taking a prohibited action under the Stockholder Agreement without the consent of the BMS directors, neither BMS nor any of its affiliates will acquire beneficial ownership of any shares of the Company's common stock or take any of the following actions: (1) encourage any proposal for a business combination with the Company's or an acquisition of our shares; (2) participate in the solicitation of proxies from holders of shares of the Company's common stock; (3) form or participate in any "group" (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) with respect to shares of the Company's common stock; (4) enter into any voting arrangement with respect to shares of the Company's common stock; or (5) seek any amendment to or waiver of these restrictions.

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        The following are exceptions to the standstill restrictions described above: (1) BMS Biologics may acquire beneficial ownership of shares of the Company's common stock either in the open market or from the Company pursuant to the option described below, so long as, after giving effect to any such acquisition of shares, BMS' ownership interest would not exceed 19.9%; (2) BMS may make, subject to certain conditions, a proposal to the Board to acquire shares of the Company's common stock if the Company provides material non-public information to a third party in connection with, or begin active negotiation of, an acquisition by a third party of more than 35% of the outstanding shares; (3) BMS may acquire shares of the Company's common stock if such acquisition has been approved by a majority of the non-BMS directors; and (4) BMS may make, subject to certain conditions, including that an acquisition of shares be at a premium of at least 25% to the prevailing market price, non-public requests to the Board to amend or waive any of the standstill restrictions described above. Certain of the exceptions to the standstill provisions described above will terminate upon the occurrence of: (1) a reduction in BMS's ownership interest in the Company to below 5% for 45 consecutive days, (2) a transfer or other disposition of shares of the Company's common stock by BMS or any of its affiliates such that BMS and its affiliates own or have control over less than 75% of the maximum number of shares owned by BMS and its affiliates at any time after September 19, 2001, (3) a termination of the Commercial Agreement by BMS due to significant regulatory or safety concerns regarding ERBITUX, or (4) a termination of the Commercial Agreement by the Company due to a material breach by BMS.

        Option to Purchase Shares in the Event of Dilution—BMS Biologics has the right under certain circumstances to purchase additional shares of common stock from the Company at market prices, pursuant to an option granted to BMS by the Company, in the event that BMS's ownership interest is diluted (other than by any transfer or other disposition by BMS or any of its affiliates). BMS can exercise this right (1) once per year, (2) if the Company issues shares of common stock in excess of 10% of the then-outstanding shares in one day, and (3) if BMS's ownership interest is reduced to below 5% or 12.5%. BMS Biologics' right to purchase additional shares of common stock from the Company pursuant to this option will terminate on September 19, 2006 or, if earlier, upon the occurrence of (1) an acquisition by a third party of more than 35% of the outstanding shares, or (2) the first anniversary of a reduction in BMS's ownership interest in the Company to below 5% for 45 consecutive days.

        Transfers of Shares—Until September 19, 2004, neither BMS nor any of its affiliates may transfer any shares of the Company's common stock or enter into any arrangement that transfers any of the economic consequences associated with the ownership of shares. After September 19, 2004, neither BMS nor any of its affiliates may transfer any shares or enter into any arrangement that transfers any of the economic consequences associated with the ownership of shares, except (1) pursuant to registration rights granted to BMS with respect to the shares, (2) pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or (3) for certain hedging transactions. Any such transfer is subject to the following limitations: (1) the transferee may not acquire beneficial ownership of more than 5% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock; (2) no more than 10% of the total outstanding shares of common stock may be sold in any one registered underwritten public offering; and (3) neither BMS nor any of its affiliates may transfer shares of common stock (except for registered firm commitment underwritten public offerings pursuant to the registration rights described below) or enter into hedging transactions in any twelve-month period that would, individually or in the aggregate, have the effect of reducing the economic exposure of BMS and its affiliates by the equivalent of more than 10% of the maximum number of shares of common stock owned by BMS and its affiliates at any time after

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September 19, 2001. Notwithstanding the foregoing, BMS Biologics may transfer all, but not less than all, of the shares of common stock owned by it to BMS or to E.R. Squibb or another wholly-owned subsidiary of BMS.

        Registration Rights—The Company granted BMS customary registration rights with respect to shares of common stock owned by BMS or any of its affiliates.

        Amounts due from BMS related to this agreement totaled approximately $55,811,000 and $6,407,000 at September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, respectively, and are included in amounts due from corporate partners in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company recorded collaborative agreement revenue related to this agreement in the Consolidated Statements of Operations totaling approximately $6,910,000 and $5,387,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $22,680,000 and $15,819,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. Of these amounts, $1,922,000 and $1,125,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $10,264,000 and $4,336,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, related to reimbursable costs associated with supplying ERBITUX for use in clinical trials associated with this agreement. The related manufacturing costs have been expensed in prior periods when the related raw materials were purchased and the associated direct labor and overhead was consumed or, in the case of contract manufacturing, when such services were performed. Reimbursable clinical and regulatory expenses were incurred and totaled approximately $3,071,000 and $3,757,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $8,605,000 and $10,286,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts have been recorded as clinical and regulatory expenses and also as collaborative agreement revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Reimbursable marketing and general expenses and royalty expenses were incurred and totaled approximately $1,917,000 and $505,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $3,811,000 and $1,197,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively. These amounts have been recorded as marketing, general and administrative expenses, royalty expense, and also as collaborative agreement revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. At September 30, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the Company had a liability to BMS of $5,928,000 and $3,729,000, respectively, reflected in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

        License fees and milestone revenue consists of the following:

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,

  Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 
  2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
 
  (in thousands)

BMS:                        
  ERBITUX license fee revenue   $ 22,861   $ 13,811   $ 108,257   $ 35,640
Merck KGaA:                        
  ERBITUX and BEC2 license fee revenue     97     97     289     289
Other license fee revenue             58     58
   
 
 
 
Total license fees and milestone revenue   $ 22,958   $ 13,908   $ 108,604   $ 35,987
   
 
 
 

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        Royalty revenue consists of the following:

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,

  Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 
  2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
 
  (in thousands)

BMS   $ 32,804   $   $ 67,474   $
Merck KGaA     1,332         2,203    
Other     1     214     65     517
   
 
 
 
  Total royalty revenue   $ 34,137   $ 214   $ 69,742   $ 517
   
 
 
 

        Collaborative agreement revenue from corporate partners consists of the following:

 
  Three Months Ended
September 30,

  Nine Months
Ended
September 30,

 
  2004
  2003
  2004
  2003
 
  (in thousands)

BMS   $ 6,910   $ 5,387   $ 22,680   $ 15,819
Merck KGaA     875     4,074     4,657     8,706
Other             51    
   
 
 
 
  Total collaborative agreement revenue   $ 7,785   $ 9,461   $ 27,388   $ 24,525
   
 
 
 

        Amounts due from corporate partners consists of the following:

 
  September 30,
2004

  December 31,
2003

 
  (in thousands)

BMS:            
  ERBITUX   $ 55,811   $ 6,407
Merck KGaA:            
  ERBITUX and BEC2     3,379     2,572
   
 
    Total amounts due from corporate partners   $ 59,190   $ 8,979
   
 

        Deferred revenue consists of the following:

 
  September 30,
2004

  December 31,
2003

 
 
  (in thousands)

 
BMS:              
  ERBITUX commercial agreement   $ 471,055   $ 329,312  
Merck KGaA:              
  ERBITUX development and license agreement     3,167     3,333  
  Prepayment of ERBITUX supplied for medical affairs program     2,640     2,640  
  BEC2 development and commercialization agreement     1,825     1,947  
   
 
 
    Total deferred revenue     478,687     337,232  
Less: current portion     (100,434 )   (50,870 )
   
 
 
    Total long-term deferred revenue   $ 378,253   $ 286,362  
   
 
 

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(11) Commitments and Contingencies

        Beginning in January 2002, a number of complaints asserting claims under the federal securities laws against the Company and certain of the Company's directors and officers were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Those actions were consolidated under the caption Irvine v. ImClone Systems Incorporated et al., No. 02 Civ. 0109 (RO), and on September 16, 2002, a consolidated amended complaint was filed in that consolidated action, which plaintiffs corrected in limited respects on October 22, 2002. The corrected consolidated amended complaint named the Company, as well as the Company's former President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal, the Company's former Chief Scientific Officer and then-President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Harlan W. Waksal, and several of the Company's other present or former officers and directors as defendants. The complaint asserted claims for securities fraud under sections 10(b), 20(a) and Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, on behalf of a purported class of persons who purchased the Company's publicly traded securities between March 27, 2001 and January 25, 2002 and asserted claims against Dr. Samuel D. Waksal under section 20A of the Exchange Act on behalf of a separate purported sub-class of purchasers of the Company's securities between December 27, 2001 and December 28, 2001. The complaint generally alleges that various public statements made by or on behalf of the Company or the other defendants during 2001 and early 2002 regarding the prospects for FDA approval of ERBITUX were false or misleading when made, that the individual defendants were allegedly aware of material non-public information regarding the actual prospects for ERBITUX at the time that they engaged in transactions in the Company's common stock and that members of the purported stockholder class suffered damages when the market price of the Company's common stock declined following disclosure of the information that allegedly had not been previously disclosed. The complaint sought to proceed on behalf of the alleged class described above, sought monetary damages in an unspecified amount and sought recovery of plaintiffs' costs and attorneys' fees. On June 3, 2003, the court granted in part, a motion to dismiss filed by all defendants other than Dr. Samuel D. Waksal, the Company and Dr. Harlan W. Waksal. Dr. Harlan W. Waksal, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal and the Company each filed an answer to the complaint on June 27, 2003. On July 31, 2003 plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification. Defendants opposed that motion. On April 14, 2004, the court granted plaintiffs' motion for class certification. Fact discovery in the Irvine matter is ongoing and is currently scheduled to conclude on November 30, 2004.

        Separately, on September 17, 2002, an individual purchaser of the Company's common stock filed an action (Flynn v. ImClone Systems Incorporated, et al., No. 02 Civ 7499) (RO) on his own behalf in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York asserting claims against the Company, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal and Dr. Harlan W. Waksal under sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") Rule 10b-5. In this case, the plaintiff alleges that he purchased shares of ImClone on various dates in late 2001, that various public statements made by the Company or the other defendants during 2001 regarding the prospects for FDA approval of ERBITUX were false or misleading when made and that plaintiff relied on such allegedly false and misleading information in making his purchases. Plaintiff seeks compensatory damages of not less than $180,000 and punitive damages of $5 million, together with interest, costs and attorneys' fees. On November 25, 2002, both defendants other than Dr. Samuel D. Waksal filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. On June 3, 2003, the court denied that motion. Discovery has commenced in the action. The Company, Dr. Harlan W. Waksal and Dr. Samuel D. Waksal each filed

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an answer to the complaint on June 27, 2003. Fact discovery in the Flynn matter is ongoing and is currently scheduled to conclude on November 30, 2004.

        The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims asserted in these actions. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of these actions at this time. No reserve has been established in the financial statements because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

        Beginning on January 13, 2002, and continuing thereafter, nine separate purported shareholder derivative actions were filed against members of the Company's board of directors, certain of the Company's present and former officers, and the Company, as nominal defendant, advancing claims based on allegations similar to the allegations in the federal securities class action complaints. Four of these derivative cases were filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery and have been consolidated in that court under the caption In re ImClone Systems Incorporated Derivative Litigation, Cons. C.A. No. 19341-NC. Three of these derivative actions were filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan and have been consolidated under the caption In re ImClone Systems, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Index No. 02-100759. All of these state court actions have been stayed in deference to the proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which have been consolidated under the caption In re ImClone Systems, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Master File No. 02 CV 163 (RO). A supplemental verified consolidated amended derivative complaint in these consolidated federal actions was filed on August 8, 2003. It asserts, purportedly on behalf of the Company, claims including breach of fiduciary duty by certain current and former members of the Company's board of directors, among others, based on allegations including that they failed to ensure that the Company's disclosures relating to the regulatory and marketing prospects for ERBITUX were not misleading and that they failed to maintain adequate controls and to exercise due care with regard to the Company's ERBITUX application to the FDA. On January 9, 2004, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint due to plaintiffs' failure to make a pre-suit demand on the Company's board of directors to institute suit or to allege grounds for concluding that such a demand would have been futile. The individual defendants filed motions on the same date, both joining in the Company's motion and seeking to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. The motions have been fully briefed, and oral argument took place on November 4, 2004. A decision on the motion has not yet been issued.

        The Company is unable to predict the outcome of these actions at this time. No reserve has been established in the financial statements because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

        On October 8, 2003, certain mutual funds that are past or present common stockholders of BMS filed an action in New York State court against BMS, certain present and former officers and directors of BMS and the Company asserting that they were misled into purchasing or holding their shares of BMS common stock as the result of various public statements by BMS and certain present or former officers or directors of BMS, and that the Company allegedly aided and abetted certain of these misstatements. The action is styled FSS Franklin Global Health Care Fund, et al. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., et al., Index No. 603168/03. On January 9, 2004, the Company and all of the other defendants served motions to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. Argument on

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the motion was held on April 6, 2004. The court has not yet ruled upon the motions, and discovery has been stayed during the pendency of the motions.

        The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claim asserted in this action, which is in its earliest stages. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at this time. No reserve has been established in the financial statements because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

        The Company received subpoenas and requests for information in connection with an investigation by the SEC relating to the circumstances surrounding the disclosure of the FDA "refusal to file" letter dated December 28, 2001, and trading in the Company's securities by certain ImClone Systems insiders in 2001. The Company also received subpoenas and requests for information pertaining to document retention issues in 2001 and 2002, and to certain communications regarding ERBITUX in 2000. On June 19, 2002, the Company received a written "Wells Notice" from the staff of the SEC, indicating that the staff of the SEC is considering recommending that the SEC bring an action against the Company relating to the Company's disclosures immediately following the receipt of a "refusal to file" letter from the FDA on December 28, 2001 for the Company's BLA for ERBITUX. The Company filed a Wells submission on July 12, 2002 in response to the staff's Wells Notice. There have been no recent developments in connection with the SEC investigation.

        On August 14, 2002, after the federal grand jury indictment of Dr. Samuel D. Waksal had been issued but before Dr. Samuel D. Waksal's guilty plea to certain counts of that indictment, the Company filed an action in New York State Supreme Court seeking recovery of certain compensation, including advancement of certain defense costs, that the Company had paid to or on behalf of Dr. Samuel D. Waksal. That action was styled ImClone Systems Incorporated v. Samuel D. Waksal, Index No. 02/602996. On July 25, 2003, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal filed a Motion to Compel Arbitration seeking to have all claims in connection with the Company's action against him resolved in arbitration. By order dated September 19, 2003, the Court granted Dr. Samuel D. Waksal's motion and the action was stayed pending arbitration. On September 25, 2003, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal submitted a Demand for Arbitration with the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA"), by which Dr. Samuel D. Waksal asserts claims to enforce the terms of his separation agreement, including provisions relating to advancement of legal fees, expenses, interest and indemnification, for which Dr. Samuel D. Waksal claims unspecified damages of $10 million. The Demand for Arbitration also seeks to resolve the claims that the Company asserted in the New York State Supreme Court action. On November 7, 2003, the Company filed an Answer and Counterclaims by which the Company denied Dr. Samuel D. Waksal's entitlement to advancement of legal fees, expenses and indemnification, and asserted claims seeking recovery of certain compensation, including stock options, cash payments and advancement of certain defense costs that the Company had paid to or on behalf of Dr. Samuel D. Waksal. In response, on December 15, 2003, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal filed a Reply to Counterclaims. Arbitration hearings in this matter are scheduled to occur in March and April of 2005. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the counterclaims asserted in this action. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at this time. No reserve has been established in the financial statements because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

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        On March 10, 2004, the Company commenced a second action against Dr. Samuel D. Waksal in the New York State Supreme Court. That action is styled ImClone Systems Incorporated v. Samuel D. Waksal, Index No. 04/600643. By this action, the Company seeks the return of more than $21 million that the Company paid to Dr. Samuel D. Waksal, as proceeds from stock option exercises, which the Company alleges he was expected to pay over to federal, state and local tax authorities in satisfaction of his tax obligations arising from certain exercises between 1999 and 2001 of warrants and non-qualified stock options. Specifically, by this action, the Company seek to recover: (a) $4.5 million that the Company paid to the State of New York in respect of exercises of non-qualified stock options and certain warrants in 2000; (b) at least $16.6 million that the Company paid to Samuel D. Waksal in the form of ImClone common stock, in lieu of withholding federal income taxes from exercises of non-qualified stock options and certain warrants in 2000; and (c) approximately $1.1 million that the Company paid in the form of ImClone common stock to Samuel D. Waksal and his beneficiaries, in lieu of withholding federal, state and local income taxes from certain warrant exercises in 1999-2001. The complaint asserts claims for unjust enrichment, common law indemnification, moneys had and received and constructive trust. On June 18, 2004, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal filed an Answer to the Company's Complaint. Fact discovery in this matter is underway.

        On October 28, 2003, a complaint was filed by Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. ("Yeda") against ImClone Systems and Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (03 CV 8484). This action alleges and seeks that three individuals associated with Yeda should also be named as co-inventors on U.S. Patent No. 6,217,866. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims asserted in this action, which is in an early stage. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at the present time.

        On March 25, 2004, an action was filed in the United Kingdom Patent Office entitled Referrer's Statement requesting transfer of co-ownership and amendment of patent EP (UK) 0 667 165 to add three Yeda employees as inventors. Also on March 25, 2004, a German action entitled Legal Action was filed in the Munich District Court I, Patent Litigation Division, seeking to add three Yeda employees as inventors on patent EP (DE) 0 667 165. ImClone was not named as a party in these actions that relate to the European equivalent of the '866 patent; accordingly, the Company has sought to intervene in both the German and the U.K. actions.

        On May 4, 2004, a complaint was filed against the Company by Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") and Repligen Corporation ("Repligen") alleging that the Company's ERBITUX product infringes U.S. Patent No. 4,663,281 (the "281 patent"), which is owned by MIT and exclusively licensed to Repligen. Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Repligen Corporation v. ImClone Systems Inc., U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Civil Action No. 04-10884 RGS. The Company intends to defend vigorously against claims asserted in this action, which is in its earliest stages. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at the present time.

        No reserve has been established in the financial statements for any of the Yeda or MIT and Repligen actions because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

        The Company has not recognized withholding tax liabilities in respect of exercises of certain warrants by Robert F. Goldhammer, one of the four former officers or directors to whom warrants

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were issued and previously treated as non-compensatory warrants. Based on the Company's investigation, it believes that, although such warrants were compensatory, such warrants were received by Mr. Goldhammer in connection with the performance of services by him in his capacity as a director, rather than as an employee, and, as such, are not subject to tax withholding requirements. In addition, in 1999, Mr. Goldhammer erroneously received a portion of a stock option grant in the form of incentive stock options, which under federal law may only be granted to employees. There can be no assurance, however, that the IRS will agree with the Company's position and will not assert that the Company is liable for the failure to withhold income and employment taxes with respect to the exercise of such warrants and any stock options by Mr. Goldhammer. If the Company became liable for the failure to withhold taxes on the exercise of such warrants and any stock options by Mr. Goldhammer, the aggregate potential liability, exclusive of any interest or penalties, would be approximately $8,300,000.

        The Company has not recognized accruals for penalties and interest that may be imposed with respect to the withholding tax issues previously described and other related contingencies, including the period covered by the statute of limitations and the Company's determination of certain exercise dates, because it does not believe that losses from such contingencies are probable, or in the event that any taxing authority makes a claim for penalties or interest, the Company believes that it will be able to settle the total amount asserted (including any liability for taxes) for an amount not in excess of the liability for taxes already accrued with respect to the relevant withholding tax issue. With respect to the statute of limitations and the Company's determination of certain exercise dates, while the Company does not believe a loss is probable, there is a potential additional liability with respect to these issues that may be asserted by a taxing authority. If taxing authorities assert such issues and prevail related to these withholding tax issues and other related contingencies, including penalties, the liability that could be imposed by taxing authorities would be substantial. The potential interest on the withholding tax liabilities recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets could be up to a maximum amount of approximately $7,600,000 at September 30, 2004. Potential additional withholding tax liability on other related contingencies amounts to approximately $8,000,000, exclusive of any interest or penalties, and excluding the amount potentially attributable to Mr. Goldhammer noted above.

        In October 2001, the Company entered into a sublease for a four-story building at 325 Spring Street, New York, New York, which includes between 75,000 and 100,000 square feet of usable space. The sublease has a term of 22 years, followed by two five-year renewal option periods. The future minimum lease payments remaining at September 30, 2004, are approximately $47,174,000 over the term of the sublease. In order to induce the sublandlord to enter into the sublease, the Company made a loan to the sublandlord in the principal amount of a $10,000,000 note receivable, of which, $9,325,000 is outstanding as of September 30, 2004. The loan is secured by a leasehold mortgage on the prime lease as well as a collateral assignment of rents by the sublandlord. The loan is payable by the sublandlord over 20 years and bears interest at 51/2% in years one through five, 61/2% in years six through ten, 71/2% in years eleven through fifteen and 81/2% in years sixteen through twenty. In addition, the Company paid the owner a consent fee in the amount of $500,000. The Company spent significant time analyzing its options with respect to this sublease and in June of 2004, the Company concluded that it will move forward with plans to develop the property for occupancy. The Company plans to house at this location its Research departments, which currently includes both antibody and small molecule research teams.

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        In August 2004, the Company modified its existing operating lease for its corporate headquarters in New York City. The modification extends the term of the lease, which was to expire at December 31, 2004, for an additional ten years for a portion of the premises and by an additional four years for the space that houses its Research department. As noted above, the Company plans to consolidate its Research departments to its 325 Spring Street, New York location.

        In June 2004, the Company entered into an operating lease for a building located at 59-61 Chubb Way in Branchburg, New Jersey. The building contains approximately 54,247 square feet of floor area. The lease expires on December 31, 2020 with no option to renew or extend beyond such date. The future minimum lease payments at September 30, 2004 are $11,066,000. Rent expense related to this lease for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 amounted to $103,000 and $145,000, respectively.

(12) Employee Benefit Plan

        All employees of the Company who meet certain minimum age and period of service requirements are eligible to participate in a 401(k) defined contribution plan. The 401(k) plan allows eligible employees to defer up to 25 percent of their annual compensation, subject to certain limitations imposed by federal law. The amounts contributed by employees are immediately vested and non-forfeitable. Under the 401(k) plan, the Company, at management's discretion, may match employee contributions and/or make discretionary contributions. Neither the employee contributions nor voluntary matching contributions are invested in the Company's securities. Total expense incurred by the Company was $127,000 and $83,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, and $431,000 and $299,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

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Item 2.    Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

        The following discussion and analysis is provided to further the reader's understanding of the consolidated financial statements, financial condition and results of operations of ImClone Systems in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. This discussion contains forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risk and uncertainties. Our actual results and the timing of certain events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those set forth below as well as other risks detailed in our filings with the SEC, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

INTRODUCTION

        ImClone Systems is a biopharmaceutical company whose mission is to advance oncology care by developing and commercializing a portfolio of targeted treatments designed to address the medical needs of patients with cancer. Our lead product, Erbitux® (Cetuximab), is a first-of-its-kind antibody approved by the United States Food and Drug Agency ("FDA") for use in combination with irinotecan in the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer who are refractory to irinotecan-based chemotherapy and for use as a single agent in the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer who are intolerant to irinotecan-based chemotherapy. ERBITUX binds specifically to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR, HER1, c-ErbB-1) on both normal and tumor cells, and competitively inhibits the binding of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and other ligands, such as transforming growth factor-alpha. We are conducting, and in some cases have completed, potential registration studies evaluating ERBITUX for the treatment of colorectal, head and neck and pancreatic cancers, as well as other indications.

        On February 12, 2004, the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approved ERBITUX (Cetuximab) Injection for use in combination with irinotecan in the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer who are refractory to irinotecan-based chemotherapy and for use as a single agent in the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer who are intolerant to irinotecan-based chemotherapy. The FDA also approved Lonza Biologics plc's ("Lonza") manufacturing facility. ERBITUX inventory previously produced at Lonza's facility served as supply for the initial demand for ERBITUX. On June 18, 2004 the FDA approved our Chemistry Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for licensure of our manufacturing facility referred to as BB36.

        On December 1, 2003, Swissmedic, the Swiss agency for therapeutic products, approved ERBITUX in Switzerland for the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer who no longer respond to standard chemotherapy treatment with irinotecan. Merck KGaA licensed the right to market ERBITUX outside the United States and Canada from the Company in 1998. In Japan, Merck KGaA has marketing rights to ERBITUX, which are co-exclusive to the co-development rights of the Company and BMS. On June 30, 2004 Merck KGaA received marketing approval by the European Commission to sell ERBITUX for use in combination with irinotecan for the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing metastatic colorectal cancer after failure of irinotecan including cytotoxic therapy in all 25 member states of the newly expanded European Union, as well as Iceland and Norway in accordance with local legal regulations. In addition, ERBITUX has been approved in Argentina, Chile and Mexico.

        Our revenues, as well as our results of operations, have fluctuated and are expected to continue to fluctuate significantly from period to period due to several factors, including but not limited to:

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        As a result of our substantial research and development costs, we have incurred significant operating losses and have an accumulated deficit of $515,777,000 as of September 30, 2004. We anticipate that our accumulated deficit will continue to decrease in the near future as we earn revenues on commercial sales of ERBITUX and generate net income. Although we have historically devoted most of our efforts and resources to research and development, we expect to devote greater efforts and resources to the manufacturing, marketing, and commercialization of ERBITUX. There is no assurance that we will be able to successfully manufacture, market or commercialize ERBITUX or that potential customers will buy ERBITUX.

OUTLOOK

        We are not currently prepared to provide specific guidance with respect to revenues related to the sale of ERBITUX. However, should we determine to do so in the future, we would not provide such guidance until and unless we were confident in our ability to do so accurately and meaningfully based on a clear understanding of revenue expectations for ERBITUX. With respect to license fees and milestone revenue, we expect to continue to recognize revenues as clinical development spending for ERBITUX continues and that revenue for the remainder of 2004 will be comparable to the third quarter of 2004. We expect research and development expenses for the remaining quarter of 2004 to be at least consistent or at higher levels than the third quarter of 2004, due to expected increases in scientific personnel and other related expenses. We anticipate that clinical and regulatory expenses for the remainder of 2004 will increase as we initiate clinical development of our pipeline and accelerate development of ERBITUX in indications beyond colorectal cancer. We also expect that marketing, general and administrative expenses will continue to increase, to reflect increased headcount and related expenses. Royalty expense will continue to change in proportion to changes in net sales of ERBITUX.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

        The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the 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. We base our estimates on historical experience and on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Estimates are deemed critical when a different methodology could have reasonably been used or where changes in the estimate from period to period may have a material impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations. The Company's critical accounting policies that require management to make significant judgments, estimates, and assumptions are set forth below. The development and selection of the critical accounting policies, and the related disclosure below have been reviewed with the Audit Committee of the Company's Board of Directors.

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        Revenue Recognition—Our revenues are derived from four primary sources: license fees and milestone payments, manufacturing revenue, royalty revenue, and collaborative agreement revenue.

        Revenues from license fees and milestone payments primarily consist of up-front license fees and milestone payments received under the Commercial Agreement with BMS and E.R. Squibb, relating to ERBITUX, and milestone payments received under the development and license agreement with Merck KGaA. We recognize all non-refundable up-front license fees as revenues in accordance with the guidance provided in the Securities and Exchange Commission's Staff Accounting Bulletins No. 101 and No. 104. Our most critical application of this policy, to date, relates to the $650,000,000 in license fees received from BMS and E.R. Squibb under the Commercial Agreement which are being deferred and recognized as revenue based upon the actual product research and development costs incurred since September 19, 2001 to date by BMS and E.R. Squibb and ImClone Systems as a percentage of the estimated total of such costs to be incurred over the 17 year term of the Commercial Agreement. The estimated total of such cost is based on the clinical development budget which establishes joint responsibilities that will be carried out by both the Company and BMS and E.R. Squibb for certain clinical and other studies. Of the $650,000,000 in payments received through September 30, 2004, $108,257,000 was recognized as revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and $178,945,000 from the commencement of the Commercial Agreement through September 30, 2004. The methodology used to recognize deferred revenue involves a number of estimates and judgments, such as the estimate of total product research and development costs to be incurred under the Commercial Agreement. Changes in these estimates and judgments can have a significant effect on the size and timing of revenue recognition. In addition, if management had chosen a different methodology to recognize the license fee and milestone payments received under the Commercial Agreement, the Company's financial position and results of operations could have differed materially. For example, if the Company were to recognize the revenues earned from the Commercial Agreement on a straight-line basis over the life of the agreement, the Company would have recognized approximately $29,700,000 and $75,800,000 as revenue for the nine months and from the commencement of the Commercial Agreement, respectively through September 30, 2004. Management believes that the current methodology used to recognize revenues under the Commercial Agreement, which reflects the level of effort consistent with the product development activities, is the most appropriate methodology because it reflects the level of expenditure and activity in the period in which it is being spent as compared to the total expected expenditure over the life of the Commercial Agreement. This cost to cost approach is systematic and rational, it provides a factually supportable pattern to track progress, and is reflective of the level of effort, which varies over time.

        Non-refundable upfront payments received from Merck KGaA were deferred due to our significant continuing involvement and are being recognized as revenue on a straight-line basis over the estimated service period because the activities specified in the agreement between the Company and Merck KGaA will be performed over the estimated service period and there is no other pattern or circumstances that indicate a different way in which the revenue is earned. In addition, the development and license agreement with Merck KGaA does not contain any provisions for establishing a clinical budget and none has been established between the parties. This agreement does not call for co-development with the Company in Merck KGaA's territory, rather Merck KGaA is solely responsible for regulatory efforts in its territory. Non-refundable milestone payments, which represent the achievement of a significant step in the research and development process, pursuant to collaborative agreements other than the Commercial Agreement, are recognized as revenue upon the achievement of the specified milestone. This is because each milestone payment represents the achievement of a substantive step in the research and development process and Merck KGaA has the right to evaluate the technology to decide whether to continue with the research and development program as each milestone is reached.

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        Manufacturing revenue consists of revenue earned on the sale of ERBITUX to our corporate partners for subsequent commercial sale. The Company recognizes manufacturing revenue when the product is shipped which is when our partners take ownership and title has passed, collectibility is reasonably assured, the sales price is fixed and determinable and there is persuasive evidence of an agreement.

        Royalty revenues from licensees, which are based on third-party sales of licensed products and technology, are recorded as earned in accordance with contract terms when third-party sales can be reliably measured and collection of funds is reasonably assured.

        Collaborative agreement revenue consists of reimbursements received from BMS and E.R. Squibb and Merck KGaA related to clinical and regulatory studies, ERBITUX provided to them for use in clinical studies, and certain marketing and administrative costs. Collaborative agreement revenue is recorded as earned based on the performance requirements under the respective contracts.

        Withholding Taxes—In January 2003, New York State notified the Company that it was liable for the New York State and City income taxes that were not withheld because one or more of the Company's employees who exercised certain non-qualified stock options in 1999 and 2000 failed to pay New York State and City income taxes for those years. On March 13, 2003, the Company entered into a closing agreement with New York State, paying $4,500,000 to settle the matter. Subsequently, the Company became aware of another potential income and employment tax withholding liability associated with the exercise of certain warrants granted in the early years of the Company's existence that were held by certain former officers, directors and employees. After the Company informed New York State of the issue relating to the warrants, New York State, in June 2003, notified the Company that it was continuing the previously conducted audit of the Company and was evaluating the terms of the closing agreement to determine whether or not it should be re-opened. On March 31, 2004, the Company entered into a new closing agreement pursuant to which the Company paid New York State an additional $1,000,000 in full satisfaction of all the deficiencies and determinations of withholding taxes for the years 1999-2001. As a result, we have eliminated the liability of $2,815,000 attributable to New York withholding taxes on stock options and warrants exercised and have recognized a benefit of $1,815,000 as a recovery in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

        On March 13, 2003, the Company initiated discussions with the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") relating to the federal income taxes applicable to the above noted issues. Although the IRS has not yet asserted that the Company is required to make a payment with respect to such failure to withhold, the IRS may assert that such a liability exists, and may further assert that the Company is liable for interest and penalties. The IRS has commenced audits of the Company's income tax and employment tax returns for tax years 1999 through 2001. The Company is cooperating fully with the IRS with respect to these audits, and intends to continue to do so.

        The Company has not recognized withholding tax liabilities in respect of exercises of certain warrants by Robert F. Goldhammer, one of the four former officers or directors to whom warrants were issued and previously treated as non-compensatory warrants. Based on the Company's investigation, it believes that, although such warrants were compensatory, such warrants were received by Mr. Goldhammer in connection with the performance of services by him in his capacity as a director, rather than as an employee, and, as such, are not subject to tax withholding requirements. In addition, in 1999, Mr. Goldhammer erroneously received a portion of a stock option grant in the form of incentive stock options, which under federal law may only be granted to employees. There can be no assurance, however, that the IRS will agree with the Company's position and will not assert that the Company is liable for the failure to withhold income and employment taxes with respect to the exercise of such warrants and any stock options by Mr. Goldhammer. If the Company became liable for the failure to withhold taxes on the exercise of such warrants and any stock options by Mr. Goldhammer,

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the aggregate potential liability, exclusive of any interest or penalties, would be approximately $8,300,000.

        The Company has not recognized accruals for penalties and interest that may be imposed with respect to the withholding tax issues previously described and other related contingencies, including the period covered by the statute of limitations and the Company's determination of certain exercise dates, because it does not believe that losses from such contingencies are probable, or in the event that any taxing authority makes a claim for penalties or interest, the Company believes that it will be able to settle the total amount asserted (including any liability for taxes) for an amount not in excess of the liability for taxes already accrued with respect to the relevant withholding tax issue. With respect to the statute of limitations and the Company's determination of certain exercise dates, while the Company does not believe a loss is probable, there is a potential additional liability with respect to these issues that may be asserted by a taxing authority. If taxing authorities assert such issues and prevail related to these withholding tax issues and other related contingencies, including penalties, the liability that could be imposed by taxing authorities would be substantial. The potential interest on the withholding tax liabilities recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets could be up to a maximum amount of approximately $7,600,000 at September 30, 2004. Potential additional withholding tax liability on other related contingencies amounts to approximately $8,000,000, exclusive of any interest or penalties, and excluding the amount potentially attributable to Mr. Goldhammer noted above.

        Inventories—Until February 12, 2004, all costs associated with the manufacturing of ERBITUX were included in research and development expenses when incurred. Effective February 13, 2004, the date after the Company received approval from the FDA for ERBITUX, we began to capitalize in inventory the cost of manufacturing ERBITUX for commercial sale and will expense such cost as cost of manufacturing revenue at the time of sale. However, as we sell our existing inventory that was previously expensed, there will be a period of time whereby the Company will reflect manufacturing revenue with minimal cost. Therefore, we anticipate that our margin on sales of ERBITUX to our corporate partners will fluctuate from quarter to quarter during 2004 and 2005. For example, effective February 13, 2004, we began to capitalize the cost of producing ERBITUX including the costs of packaging and labeling bulk inventory previously produced, some of which we subsequently sold and reflected in our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 as cost of manufacturing revenue. The cost of manufacturing revenue reflected in the Company's operating expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004 therefore, does not reflect full absorption cost of production because the raw materials, labor and overhead costs incurred to produce the product sold, were previously expensed. If the Company had capitalized inventory prior to obtaining FDA approval of ERBITUX, the cost basis of the inventory sold would be at least 90% of manufacturing revenue or a gross margin of approximately 10%, depending on the relative level of sales to BMS and Merck KGaA. We expect that, consistent with this quarter, we will experience future quarters whereby the cost of manufacturing revenue reflected in our operating expenses will primarily reflect costs associated with packaging, labeling and shipping inventory that has been previously expensed. We also anticipate that there may be a reporting period that may include a combination of partial cost, and full absorption cost of manufacturing revenue. Therefore, we believe that our manufacturing revenue margin will be distorted for comparison purposes for a significant period after February 12, 2004 depending on market demand for ERBITUX. In addition, we anticipate that the comparability of our cost of manufacturing revenue in the future may also be impacted due to differences in the cost for inventory that Lonza may manufacture on our behalf and inventory manufactured at BB36.

        Litigation—The Company is currently involved in certain legal proceedings as fully disclosed in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5, no reserve has been established in our financial statements for these legal proceedings because we do not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time. However, if in

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a future period, events in any such legal proceedings render it probable that a loss will be incurred, and if such loss is reasonably estimable at that time, we will establish such a reserve. Thus, it is possible that legal proceedings may have a material adverse impact on the operating results for that period, on our balance sheet or both.

        Long-Lived Assets—We review long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in business conditions indicate that their full carrying value may not be recovered. Assets are considered to be impaired and written down to fair value if expected associated undiscounted cash flows are less than carrying amounts. Fair value is generally determined as the present value of the expected associated cash flows. We have built BB36 and are building BB50, and purchased a material logistics and warehousing facility and an administrative facility. BB36 is dedicated to the clinical and commercial production of ERBITUX and BB50 will be a multi-use production facility. ERBITUX is currently being produced for clinical studies and commercialization at BB36. The material logistics and warehousing facility includes office space, a storage location and sampling laboratory for ERBITUX. A newly renovated administrative facility houses the clinical, regulatory, sales, marketing, finance, human resources, project management and MIS departments, as well as certain executive and legal offices and other necessities. Based on management's current estimates, we expect to recover the carrying value of such assets. Changes in regulatory or other business conditions in the future could change our judgments about the carrying value of these facilities, which could result in the recognition of material impairment losses.

        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 bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Significant estimates are required in determining our provision for income taxes. As of September 30, 2004, the Company continues to reflect a valuation allowance against its total gross deferred tax assets because, more likely than not, its gross deferred tax assets will not be realized. Although management believes that our reserves as of September 30, 2004 for these uncertainties are appropriate, we expect that as we continue to sell ERBITUX to our corporate partners for commercial use and earn royalties from the expected commercial sales of ERBITUX, we will need to revise our conclusions regarding the realization of our deferred tax assets due to expected changes in overall levels of pretax earnings. In addition, there may be other factors such as changes in tax laws, future levels of research and development spending and future levels of capital expenditures that may impact our effective tax rate in the future.

PROPOSED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

        On March 31, 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a proposed Statement, Share-Based Payment, that addresses the accounting for share-based awards to employees, including employee-stock-purchase-plans (ESPPs). The FASB formally proposed to require companies to recognize the fair value of stock options and other stock-based compensation to employees. The proposed Statement would eliminate the ability to account for share-based compensation transactions using APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and generally would require instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method The proposed requirements in the exposure draft would be effective for public companies for financial periods after June 15, 2005.

        The Company currently accounts for its stock-based compensation plans in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25. Therefore, the eventual adoption of this proposed statement, when issued in final form by the FASB, will have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

        In September 2004, the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 04-8, "The Effect of Contingently Convertible Debt on Diluted Earnings per Share." that

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contingently convertible debt instruments should be included in diluted earnings per share computations regardless of whether the market price trigger has been met. It is expected that beginning January 1, 2005, calendar year-end companies would be required to retroactively restate earnings per share for all periods during which the securities were outstanding.

        The Company currently excludes from its diluted earnings per share computation the dilutive effect of the $600 million convertible debt outstanding, since these shares are contingent on reaching a specific market price or other circumstances as disclosed under Note 6 of the footnotes to the financial statements. Once the above noted EITF is adopted and the Company restates previously reported amounts to include the dilutive effect of the convertible bonds, there would not be a significant impact in the Company's previously reported diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Revenues

 
  Three Months
Ended September 30,

  Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 
  2004
  2003
  Variance
  2004
  2003
  Variance
 
  (in thousands)

Revenues                                    
License fees and milestone revenue   $ 22,958   $ 13,908   $ 9,050   $ 108,604   $ 35,987   $ 72,617
Manufacturing revenue     29,952         29,952     70,252         70,252
Royalty revenue     34,137     214     33,923     69,742     517     69,225
Collaborative agreement revenue     7,785     9,461     (1,676 )   27,388     24,525     2,863
   
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues   $ 94,832   $ 23,583   $ 71,249   $ 275,986   $ 61,029   $ 214,957
   
 
 
 
 
 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2004 and 2003

License fees and milestone revenue

        License fees and milestone revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2004 of $22,958,000 consists of recognition of up-front payments received under the Commercial Agreement with BMS and E.R. Squibb of $22,861,000 compared to $13,811,000 in the corresponding period of 2003, and recognition of payments received under the development and license agreements with Merck KGaA of $97,000 in both periods. The increase of $9,050,000 in license fees and milestone revenue from the comparable period in 2003 is primarily due to increases in clinical development spending by BMS and ImClone. We expect that license fees and milestone revenue for the remaining quarter of 2004 will be comparable to the amount earned in the three months ended September 30, 2004.

Manufacturing revenue

        Manufacturing revenue of $29,952,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 consists of sales of ERBITUX to our corporate partners. In accordance with the Commercial Agreement, we are contractually obligated to sell ERBITUX to BMS at our cost of production plus a 10% markup. We sell bulk inventory to Merck KGaA at our full absorption cost of production. There were no sales of ERBITUX to Merck KGaA through September 30, 2004. The continuing level of manufacturing revenue in future quarters may fluctuate significantly based on market demand, our cost of production, as well as BMS's required level of safety stock inventory for ERBITUX. As previously noted, the selling price for ERBITUX to our corporate partners, is based on the full absorption costs of production incurred, which currently reflects an estimated weighted average costs of production for 2004 for inventory previously produced by Lonza and at our BB36 manufacturing plant. Therefore, our future manufacturing revenue will fluctuate significantly as we sell ERBITUX that was exclusively

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manufactured at our BB36 plant, since our unit cost to manufacture ERBITUX is significantly lower than the cost paid to Lonza for manufacturing ERBITUX.

Royalty revenue

        Royalty revenue consists primarily of royalty payments earned on the sale of ERBITUX by our partners, BMS and E.R. Squibb and Merck KGaA. Under our agreement with BMS and E.R. Squibb, we are entitled to royalty payments equal to 39% of BMS's net sales of ERBITUX in the United States and Canada. Under our agreement with Merck KGaA, we are entitled to royalty payments based on a percentage of gross margin of Merck KGaA's sales of ERBITUX outside the United States and Canada. For the three months ended September 30, 2004, we earned royalties from BMS of $32,804,000 on net sales of ERBITUX of approximately $84.1 million and royalties from Merck KGaA of $1,332,000 on net sales of ERBITUX of approximately $30.5 million.

Collaborative agreement revenue

        Collaborative agreement revenue consists primarily of reimbursements from our partners BMS and E.R. Squibb and Merck KGaA under our collaborative agreements. There are certain categories for which we receive reimbursement from our partners: clinical and regulatory expenses, the cost of ERBITUX supplied to our partners for use in clinical studies, certain marketing and administrative expenses and a portion of royalty expense. For the three months ended September 30, 2004, we earned $7,785,000 in collaborative agreement revenue of which $6,910,000 represents amounts earned from BMS and E.R. Squibb and $875,000 represents amounts earned from Merck KGaA, as compared to $9,461,000 earned in the comparable period in 2003, of which $5,387,000 was earned from BMS and E.R. Squibb and $4,074,000 was earned from Merck KGaA. The decrease in collaborative agreement revenue is principally due to a decrease of approximately $2,700,000 in clinical product shipments from the comparable period in 2003, partially offset by an increase in royalty expense reimbursed by our corporate partners of approximately $1,600,000.

Operating Expenses

 
  Three Months
Ended September 30,

  Nine Months
Ended September 30,

 
 
  2004
  2003
  Variance
  2004
  2003
  Variance
 
 
  (in thousands)

 
Operating Expenses                                      
Research and development   $ 17,635   $ 21,190   $ (3,555 ) $ 56,682   $ 93,620   $ (36,938 )
Clinical and regulatory     7,595     7,590     5     20,859     23,592     (2,733 )
Marketing, general and administrative     14,816     13,750     1,066     40,021     30,852     9,169  
Royalty expense     7,032         7,032     13,933         13,933  
Cost of manufacturing revenue     223         223     559         559  
Other recovery, net         (3,384 )   3,384     (1,815 )   (3,319 )   1,504  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total operating expenses   $ 47,301   $ 39,146   $ 8,155   $ 130,239   $ 144,745   $ (14,506 )
   
 
 
 
 
 
 

Research and Development

        Research and development expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were $17,635,000 and $21,190,000, respectively, a decrease of $3,555,000 or 17.0%. Research and development expenses include costs associated with our in-house and collaborative research programs, product and process development expenses, costs to manufacture ERBITUX (until February 12, 2004) and other product candidates (prior to any approval that we may obtain of a product candidate for commercial sale) and quality assurance and quality control costs. Research and development includes costs that are reimbursable from our corporate partners. Approximately $2,014,000 and $4,731,000 of costs representing research and development expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, are reimbursed and included under collaborative agreement revenue since they represent inventory supplied to our partners for use in clinical studies.

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        The decrease in research and development expenses of $3,555,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 was primarily attributable to a decrease of approximately $8,600,000 reflecting the capitalization of inventory costs subsequent to February 12, 2004. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in salaries and benefits of approximately $4,700,000 due to a significant increase in headcount from the comparable period in 2003 and an overall increase in salary and benefit expenses. We expect research and development expenses for the remainder of 2004 to be at least consistent or at higher levels than the amount experienced in the third quarter of 2004.

Clinical and Regulatory

        Clinical and regulatory expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were $7,595,000 and $7,590,000, respectively, an increase of $5,000 in 2004. Clinical and regulatory expenses consist of costs to conduct our clinical studies and associated regulatory activities. The increase experienced in 2004 is primarily due to an increase in salaries and benefits and other employee related expenses of approximately $720,000 due to increases in headcount, salaries and employee benefits, partially offset by a decrease of approximately $700,000 in cost incurred related to contract clinical services. Approximately $3,399,000 and $4,080,000 of the costs included in this category for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, is reflected as revenues under collaborative agreement revenue since they represent costs that are reimbursable by our corporate partners. We anticipate that clinical and regulatory expenses for the remainder of 2004 will increase as we initiate clinical development of our pipeline and accelerate development of ERBITUX in indications beyond colorectal cancer.

Marketing, General and Administrative

        Marketing, general and administrative expenses include marketing and administrative personnel costs, including related facility costs, additional costs to develop internal marketing and field operations capabilities and expenses associated with applying for patent protection for our technology and products. Marketing, general and administrative expenses also include amounts reimbursable from our corporate partners.

        Marketing, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2004 amounted to $14,816,000, an increase of $1,066,000, or 8.0% from the comparable period in 2003. This increase is primarily due to increases in personnel costs of approximately $2,300,000 due to increased headcount, salaries and benefits and marketing expenses incurred to support the commercialization of ERBITUX and an increase of approximately $3,800,000 in professional fees related to legal, consulting and marketing research and marketing conventions, offset by a charge of approximately $5,000,000 in the third quarter of 2003 related to a termination agreement with a former officer of the company. During the third quarter of 2004, we decided to establish a sales force to maximize potential commercial opportunities for ERBITUX and to serve as a foundation for the marketing of future products derived either from within the Company's pipeline or through business development opportunities. The first 13 sales professionals were redeployed from our field force of 15 Scientific Services Liaisons (SSLs), a group that calls on pre-clinical researchers to enhance the base of pre-clinical knowledge and studies supporting ERBITUX. We expect that by the end of the year, we will hire the remaining personnel in order to have a total of 43 sales professionals and 6 SSLs. The Company estimates that the incremental costs related to the additional sales force will amount to approximately $10 million, on an annualized basis. We expect incremental expenditures in marketing, general and administrative expenses during the remainder of 2004 to reflect increased headcount and related expenses.

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Cost of Manufacturing Revenue

        Effective February 13, 2004, the Company began to capitalize in inventory the costs of manufacturing of ERBITUX for commercial sale and will expense such costs as cost of manufacturing revenue at the time of sale. However, as we sell our existing inventory that was previously expensed, there will be a period of time in which the Company will reflect minimal cost of manufacturing revenue since the majority of the cost of such inventory has already been expensed in prior periods as research and development expenses. Therefore, we anticipate that our manufacturing revenue margin on sales of ERBITUX to our corporate partners will fluctuate from quarter to quarter during 2004 and 2005. The cost of manufacturing revenue reflected in the Company's operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2004 therefore, does not reflect full absorption cost of production because the raw materials, labor and overhead costs incurred to produce the product sold, were previously expensed. We expect that, consistent with this quarter, we will experience future quarters in which the cost of manufacturing revenue reflected in our operating expenses will primarily reflect costs associated with packaging, labeling and shipping inventory, for which all or a portion, have been previously expensed. We also anticipate that there may be a reporting period that may include a combination of partial cost, and full absorption cost of manufacturing revenue. In addition, we anticipate that the comparability of our cost of manufacturing revenue in the future may also be impacted due to differences in the cost of manufacturing revenue for inventory that Lonza may manufacture on our behalf and inventory manufactured at BB36.

Royalty Expense

        Royalty expense of $7,032,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 consists of obligations related to certain licensing agreements and probable licensing agreements related to ERBITUX. Approximately $1,600,000 of royalty expense is reimbursed by our corporate partners and included as collaborative agreement revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2004.

Other Recovery, net

        Other recovery, net for the three months ended September 30, 2003 of $3,384,000 consist of a recovery of a previous write-down of a withholding tax asset related to a withholding tax matter attributable to a former executive of the Company.

Interest Income and Interest Expense

        Interest income was $5,169,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 compared with $897,000 in the comparable period in 2003, an increase of $4,272,000. This increase is attributable to the increase in the Company's cash and cash equivalents and our securities portfolio primarily as a result of the receipt of a $250,000,000 milestone payment received from BMS and E.R. Squibb in March of 2004 and the $600,000,000 of convertible debt issued in May 2004.

        Interest expense was $1,962,000 and $2,240,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, a decrease of $278,000 or 12.0%. The decrease in interest expense is due to the fact that the Company's cost of borrowing decreased with the issuance of $600 million of 13/8% convertible debt in May of 2004, compared to the $240 million of 51/2% convertible debt outstanding in the comparable period of 2003.

Provision for Income Taxes

        The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2004 amounted to 22% in comparison to a previously estimated effective tax rate for 2004 of approximately 10% and compared to the federal statutory rate of 35%. The increase in the estimated effective tax rate for 2004 is due to an increase in the Company's estimate of full-year income which is greater than the net operating losses that may be

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utilized for financial reporting purposes in 2004. We currently expect that the Company will have an estimated effective tax rate for 2004 of approximately 14%. Therefore, the effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2004 includes a catch-up adjustment for the previous six months, thereby increasing the rate to 22%. The difference from the statutory rate of 35% is due to the anticipated utilization of net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards and tax expense related to state taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax. We expect that our effective tax rate in 2005 may fluctuate significantly in direct relation to the level of income that the Company will generate. For example, if the Company were to earn a milestone payment in 2005, our effective tax rate may be higher or comparable to the federal statutory rate. However without the receipt of a milestone payment, our effective tax rate in 2005 may be comparable to the effective tax currently estimated for 2004.

Net Income (Loss)

        We had net income of $39,783,000 or $0.48 per basic common share and $0.45 per diluted common share for the three months ended September 30, 2004, compared with a net loss of $16,520,000 or $0.22 per basic and diluted common share in the comparable period in 2003. The fluctuation in results was due to the factors noted above.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2004 and 2003

License fees and milestone revenue

        License fees and milestone revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 of $108,604,000 consists of recognition of up-front payments received under the Commercial Agreement with BMS and E.R. Squibb of $108,257,000, recognition of payments received under the development and license agreements with Merck KGaA of $289,000 and license fees from GlaxoSmithKline plc. of $58,000. The increase of $72,617,000 in license fees and milestone revenue from the comparable period in 2003 is primarily due to an increase in revenue recognized under the Commercial Agreement with BMS and E.R. Squibb primarily as a result of the $250,000,000 earned in the first quarter of 2004, when we obtained FDA approval of ERBITUX and due to increases in clinical development spending by BMS and ImClone. We expect that license fees and milestone revenue in the remaining quarter of 2004 will be comparable to the amount earned in the three months ended September 30, 2004.

Manufacturing revenue

        Manufacturing revenue of $70,252,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 consists of sales of ERBITUX to our corporate partners. In accordance with the Commercial Agreement, we are contractually obligated to sell ERBITUX to BMS at our cost of production plus a 10% markup. We sell bulk inventory to Merck KGaA at our full absorption cost of production. There were no sales of ERBITUX to Merck KGaA through September 30, 2004. The continuing level of manufacturing revenue in future periods may fluctuate significantly based on market demand, our cost of production, as well as BMS's required level of safety stock inventory for ERBITUX. As previously noted, the selling price for ERBITUX to our corporate partners, is based on the full absorption costs of production incurred, which currently reflects an estimated weighted average costs of production for inventory previously produced by Lonza and at our BB36 manufacturing plant. Therefore, our future manufacturing revenue may fluctuate significantly if we were to sell ERBITUX that was exclusively manufactured at our BB36 plant, since our unit cost to manufacture ERBITUX is significantly lower than the cost paid to Lonza for manufacturing ERBITUX.

Royalty revenue

        Royalty revenue consists primarily of royalty payments earned on the sale of ERBITUX by our partners, BMS and Merck KGaA. Under our agreement with BMS, we are entitled to royalty payments

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equal to 39% of BMS's net sales of ERBITUX in the United States and Canada. Under our agreement with Merck KGaA, we are entitled to royalty payments based on a percentage of gross margin of Merck KGaA's sales of ERBITUX outside the United States and Canada. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we earned royalties from BMS of $67,474,000 on net sales of ERBITUX of approximately $173.0 million and royalties from Merck KGaA of $2,203,000 on net sales of ERBITUX of approximately $50.5 million.

Collaborative agreement revenue

        Collaborative agreement revenue consists primarily of reimbursements from our partners BMS and E.R. Squibb and Merck KGaA under our collaborative agreements. There are certain categories for which we receive reimbursement from our partners: clinical and regulatory expenses, the cost of ERBITUX supplied to our partners for use in clinical studies, certain marketing and administrative expenses and a portion of royalty expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2004, we earned $27,388,000 in collaborative agreement revenue of which $22,680,000 represents amounts earned from BMS and E.R. Squibb and $4,657,000 represents amounts earned from Merck KGaA, as compared to $24,525,000 earned in the comparable period in 2003, of which $15,819,000 was earned from BMS and E.R. Squibb and $8,706,000 was earned from Merck KGaA. The increase in collaborative agreement revenue of $2,863,000 is principally due to an increase in royalty expense reimbursed by our corporate partners of approximately $2,900,000, partly offset by a decrease in clinical product shipments from the comparable period in 2003.

Research and Development

        Research and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were $56,682,000 and $93,620,000, respectively, a decrease of $36,938,000 or 39.0%. Research and development expenses include costs associated with our in-house and collaborative research programs, product and process development expenses, costs to manufacture ERBITUX (until February 12, 2004) and other product candidates (prior to any approval that we may obtain of a product candidate for commercial sale) and quality assurance and quality control costs. Research and development include costs that are reimbursable from our corporate partners. Approximately $12,525,000 and $11,352,000 of costs representing research and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, are reimbursed and included under collaborative agreement revenue since they represent inventory supplied to our partners for use in clinical studies.

        The decrease in research and development expenses of $36,938,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 was primarily attributable to a decrease of approximately $23,200,000 related to costs incurred in connection with the manufacturing of ERBITUX by Lonza, a contract manufacturer, and a decrease of $24,200,000 reflecting the capitalization of inventory costs subsequent to February 12, 2004. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in salaries and benefits of approximately $12,200,000 due to a significant increase in headcount from the comparable period in 2003 and an overall increase in salary and benefit expenses. Approximately $3,445,000 was incurred and expensed prior to February 13, 2004 in the manufacturing of ERBITUX. We expect that research and development expenses for the remainder of 2004 to be at least consistent or at higher levels than the third quarter of 2004.

Clinical and Regulatory

        Clinical and regulatory expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003 were $20,859,000 and $23,592,000, respectively, a decrease of $2,733,000 or 12.0% in 2004. Clinical and regulatory expenses consist of costs to conduct our clinical studies and associated regulatory activities. The decrease experienced in 2004 is primarily due to a decrease in cost incurred related to contract clinical services of approximately $5,300,000, partially offset by an increase in salaries and benefits and

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other employee related expenses of approximately $2,870,000 due to increases in headcount, salaries and employee benefits. Approximately $9,747,000 and $11,648,000 of the costs included in this category for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, is reflected as revenues under collaborative agreement revenue since they represent costs that are reimbursable by our corporate partners. We anticipate that clinical and regulatory expenses for the remainder of 2004 will increase as we approach the initiation of clinical development of our pipeline as well as the continued development of ERBITUX in indications beyond colorectal cancer.

Marketing, General and Administrative

        Marketing, general and administrative expenses include marketing and administrative personnel costs, including related facility costs, additional costs to develop internal marketing and field operations capabilities and expenses associated with applying for patent protection for our technology and products. Marketing, general and administrative expenses also include amounts reimbursable from our corporate partners.

        Marketing, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 amounted to $40,021,000, an increase of $9,169,000 or 30.0% from the comparable period in 2003. This increase is partly due to increases in personnel costs of approximately $7,300,000 due to increased headcount, salaries and benefits and marketing expenses incurred to support the commercialization of ERBITUX and an increase of approximately $6,800,000 in professional services fees related to legal, consulting and marketing research and marketing conventions, offset by a charge of approximately $5,000,000 in the third quarter of 2003 related to a termination agreement with a former officer of the company. During the third quarter of 2004, we decided to establish a sales force to maximize potential commercial opportunities for ERBITUX and to serve as a foundation for the marketing of future products derived either from within the Company's pipeline or through business development opportunities. The first 13 sales professionals were redeployed from our field force of 15 Scientific Services Liaisons (SSLs), a group that calls on pre-clinical researchers to enhance the base of pre-clinical knowledge and studies supporting ERBITUX. We expect that by the end of the year, we will hire the remaining personnel in order to have a total of 43 sales professionals and 6 SSLs. The Company estimates that the incremental costs related to the additional sales force will amount to approximately $10 million, on an annualized basis. We expect incremental expenditures in marketing, general and administrative expenses during the remainder of 2004 to reflect increased headcount and related expenses.

Cost of Manufacturing Revenue

        Effective February 13, 2004, the Company began to capitalize in inventory the costs of manufacturing of ERBITUX for commercial sale and will expense such costs as cost of manufacturing revenue at the time of sale. However, as we sell our existing inventory that was previously expensed, there will be a period of time in which the Company will reflect minimum cost of manufacturing revenue since the majority of the cost of such inventory has already been expensed in prior periods as research and development expenses. Therefore, we anticipate that our manufacturing revenue margin on sales of ERBITUX to our corporate partners will fluctuate from quarter to quarter during 2004 and 2005. The cost of manufacturing revenue reflected in the Company's operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 therefore, does not reflect full absorption cost of production because the raw materials, labor and overhead costs incurred to produce the product sold, were previously expensed. We expect that, consistent with this nine month period, we will experience future quarters in which the cost of manufacturing revenue reflected in our operating expenses will primarily reflect costs associated with packaging, labeling and shipping inventory, for which all or a portion, have been previously expensed. We also anticipate that there may be a reporting period that may include a combination of partial cost, and full absorption cost of manufacturing revenue. In addition, we

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anticipate that the comparability of our cost of manufacturing revenue in the future may also be impacted due to differences in the cost of manufacturing revenue for inventory that Lonza may manufacture on our behalf and inventory manufactured at BB36.

Royalty Expense

        Royalty expense of $13,933,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 consists of obligations related to certain licensing agreements and probable licensing agreements related to ERBITUX. Approximately $2,900,000 of royalty expense is reimbursed by our corporate partners and included as collaborative agreement revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.

Other Recovery, net

        Other recovery, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 of $1,815,000 consist of the reversal of a liability related to withholding taxes that was settled at an amount less than it was originally estimated. The recovery in the comparable period of 2003 of $3,319,000 is primarily due to a recovery of a previous write-down of a withholding tax asset related to a withholding tax matter attributable to a former executive of the Company.

Interest Income and Interest Expense

        Interest income was $8,076,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 compared with $3,580,000 in the comparable period in 2003, an increase of $4,496,000. This increase is attributable to the increase in the Company's cash and cash equivalents and our securities portfolio primarily as a result of the receipt of $250,000,000 in March of 2004 and the $600,000,000 of convertible debt issued in May 2004.

        Interest expense was $6,476,000 and $7,000,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2003, respectively, a decrease of $524,000 or 7.0%. The decrease in interest expense is primarily attributable to the fact that the Company's cost of borrowing decreased with the issuance of $600 million of 13/8% convertible debt in May of 2004, compared to the $240 million of 51/2% convertible debt outstanding in the comparable period of 2003.

Provision for Income Taxes

        The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 of 14% has been modified from a previously estimated effective tax rate of approximately 10% used for the six months of 2004. The increase in the estimated effective tax rate for 2004 is due to an increase in the Company's estimate of full-year income which is now greater than the net operating losses that may be utilized for financial reporting purposes in 2004. The difference from the statutory rate of 35% is due to the anticipated utilization of net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards and tax expense related to state taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax. We expect that our effective tax rate in 2005 may fluctuate significantly in direct relation to the level of income that the Company will generate. For example, if the Company were to earn a milestone payment in 2005, our effective tax rate may be higher than or comparable to the federal statutory rate. However, without the receipt of a milestone payment, our effective tax rate in 2005 is estimated to be comparable to the effective tax currently estimated for 2004.

Net Income (Loss)

        We had net income of $126,831,000 or $1.62 per basic common share and $1.47 per diluted common share for the nine months ended September 30, 2004, compared with a net loss of $86,159,000 or $1.16 per basic and diluted common share in the comparable period in 2003. The fluctuation in results was due to the factors noted above.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

        At September 30, 2004 our principal sources of liquidity consisted of cash and cash equivalents and securities available for sale of approximately $907,300,000. Historically, we have financed our operations through a variety of sources, most significantly through the issuance of public and private equity and convertible notes, license fees and milestone payments and reimbursements from our corporate partners. Beginning in the second quarter of 2004, the Company began to generate income from the sale of ERBITUX by our corporate partners. As we continue to generate income, our cash flows generated from operating activities is expected to increase and become a source to fund our operations.

SUMMARY OF CASH FLOWS

 
  Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
  2004
  2003
  Variance
 
 
  (in thousands)

 
Cash provided by (used in):                    
Operating activities   $ 218,768   $ (76,594 ) $ 295,362  
Investing activities     (686,969 )   23,590     (710,559 )
Financing activities     657,850     18,892     638,958  
   
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents   $ 189,649   $ (34,112 ) $ 223,761  
   
 
 
 

        Historically our cash flows from operating activities have fluctuated significantly due to the nature of our operations and the timing of our cash receipts. During the first nine months of 2004, net cash provided by operating activities was $218,768,000, as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $76,594,000 in the comparable period of 2003. The change in net cash provided by operating activities in 2004 was primarily attributable to the receipt of a milestone payment of $250,000,000 from BMS and E.R. Squibb on March 12, 2004 as a result of the FDA's approval of ERBITUX. As we continue to earn revenues on the sale of ERBITUX in the future, we expect that our operating cash flows will continue to experience significant fluctuations from prior period results.

        Our primary sources and uses of cash under investing activities consists of purchases and sales activity in our investment portfolio, which we manage based on our liquidity needs, and amounts used for capital expenditures. During the first nine months of 2004, we used approximately $687,000,000 in investing activities as compared to the comparable period in 2003, in which we generated $23,590,000 from investing activities, or a net increase of cash used in investing activities of approximately $710,600,000. The increase in cash used in investing activities is mainly due to an increase of approximately $686,000,000 in our investment portfolio and an increase in capital expenditures of approximately $24,000,000 from the corresponding period in 2003 primarily related to construction of our multiple product facility. The increase in our investment portfolio during the third quarter of 2004 is reflective of management's desire to increase the yield on the Company's cash balance by investing in longer term maturities and therefore, decreasing the amount of short term investments reflected in our cash equivalent portfolio.

        Net cash flows provided by financing activities increased by approximately $639,000,000 in the first nine months of 2004 primarily due to net proceeds of approximately $581,000,000 received in May of 2004 from the issuance of senior convertible notes and an increase in cash from exercise of stock options of approximately $65,000,000.

        As a result of the approval of ERBITUX on February 12, 2004, we anticipate that our future financial condition and our future operating performance will continue to experience significant changes. Therefore, past performance will not likely be indicative of our future performance.

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        We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities and our cash provided by operating activities will provide us with sufficient liquidity to support our operations at least through 2005. We are also entitled to reimbursement for certain marketing and research and development expenditures and certain other payments, some of which are payable contingent upon the achievement of research and development milestones. There can be no assurance that we will achieve these milestones. Our future working capital and capital requirements will depend upon numerous factors, including, but not limited to:

        The table below presents our contractual obligations and commercial commitments as of September 30, 2004:

 
  Payments Due by Year
 
  Total
  2004
  2005
  2006
  2007 and
Thereafter

 
  (in thousands)

Long-term debt   $ 600,000   $   $   $   $ 600,000
Operating leases     71,757     1,089     4,977     4,898     60,793
Purchase obligations     12,251     12,251            
Construction commitments     43,947     15,270     28,677        
   
 
 
 
 
Total contractual cash obligations   $ 727,955   $ 28,610   $ 33,654   $ 4,898   $ 660,793
   
 
 
 
 

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

        We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

Item 3.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

        Our holdings of financial instruments comprise a mix of U.S. dollar denominated securities that may include U.S. corporate debt, foreign corporate debt, U.S. government debt, foreign government/agency guaranteed debt and commercial paper. All such instruments are classified as securities available for sale. Generally, we do not invest in portfolio equity securities, commodities, foreign exchange contracts or use financial derivatives for trading purposes. Our debt security portfolio represents funds held temporarily pending use in our business and operations. We manage these funds

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accordingly. We seek reasonable assuredness of the safety of principal and market liquidity by investing in investment grade fixed income securities while at the same time seeking to achieve a favorable rate of return. Our market risk exposure consists principally of exposure to changes in interest rates. Our holdings are also exposed to the risks of changes in the credit quality of issuers. We invest in securities that have a range of maturity dates. Typically, those with a short-term maturity are fixed-rate; highly liquid debt instruments and those with longer-term maturities are highly liquid debt instruments with fixed interest rates or with periodic interest rate adjustments. The table below presents the principal amounts and related weighted average interest rates by year of maturity for our investment portfolio as of September 30, 2004:

 
  2004
  2005
  2006
  2007
  2008
  2009 and
Thereafter

  Total
  Fair Value
 
  (in thousands, except interest rates)

Fixed Rate   $ 41,804   $ 202,118   $ 210,002   $ 115,840   $ 15,000   $ 15,000   $ 599,764   $ 600,124
Average Interest Rate     1.66 %   2.21 %   2.94 %   3.63 %   3.90 %   4.30 %   2.80 %    
Variable Rate         45,100 (1)           1,806 (1)   13,866 (1)   60,772     60,694
Average Interest Rate         2.33 %           1.37 %   4.91 %   2.98 %    
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    $ 41,804   $ 247,218   $ 210,002   $ 115,840   $ 16,806   $ 28,866   $ 660,536   $ 660,818
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

(1)
These holdings consist of U.S. corporate and foreign corporate floating rate notes. Interest on the securities is adjusted monthly, quarterly or semi-annually, depending on the instrument, using prevailing interest rates. These holdings are highly liquid and we consider the potential for loss of principal to be minimal.

        Our outstanding 13/8% fixed rate convertible senior notes in the principal amount of $600,000,000 due May 15, 2024 are convertible into our common stock at a conversion price of $94.69 per share, subject to certain restrictions as outlined in the indenture agreement. The fair value of fixed interest rate instruments is affected by changes in interest rates and in the case of the convertible notes by changes in the price of our common stock as well. The fair value of the convertible senior notes was approximately $580,500,000 at September 30, 2004.

Item 4.    Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

        Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our "disclosure controls and procedures" (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information that we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

        There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the nine months ended September 30, 2004 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

A. Litigation

        As previously reported, beginning in January 2002, a number of complaints asserting claims under the federal securities laws against the Company and certain of the Company's directors and officers were filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Those actions were consolidated under the caption Irvine v. ImClone Systems Incorporated, et al., No. 02 Civ. 0109 (RO), and on September 16, 2002, a consolidated amended complaint was filed in that consolidated action, which plaintiffs corrected in limited respects on October 22, 2002. The corrected consolidated amended complaint named the Company, as well as the Company's former President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal, the Company's former Chief Scientific Officer and then-President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Harlan W. Waksal, and several of the Company's other present or former officers and directors as defendants. The complaint asserted claims for securities fraud under sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b5-1, on behalf of a purported class of persons who purchased the Company's publicly traded securities between March 27, 2001 and January 25, 2002 and asserted claims against Dr. Samuel D. Waksal under section 20A of the Exchange Act on behalf of a separate purported sub-class of purchasers of the Company's securities between December 27, 2001 and December 28, 2001. The complaint generally allege that various public statements made by or on behalf of the Company or the other defendants during 2001 and early 2002 regarding the prospects for FDA approval of Erbitux® were false or misleading when made, that the individual defendants were allegedly aware of material non-public information regarding the actual prospects for ERBITUX at the time that they engaged in transactions in the Company's common stock and that members of the purported stockholder class suffered damages when the market price of the Company's common stock declined following disclosure of the information that allegedly had not been previously disclosed. The complaint sought to proceed on behalf of the alleged classes described above, sought monetary damages in an unspecified amount and sought recovery of plaintiffs' costs and attorneys' fees. On June 3, 2003, the court granted, in part, a motion to dismiss filed by all defendants and dismissed plantiff's claims except those asserted against the Company, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal, and Dr. Harlan W. Waksal. On April 14, 2004, the court granted plaintiffs' motion for class certification. Fact discovery in the Irvine matter is ongoing and is currently scheduled to conclude on November 30, 2004.

        As previously reported, separately, on September 17, 2002, an individual purchaser of the Company's common stock filed an action (Flynn v. ImClone Systems Incorporated, et al., No. 02 Civ 7499 (RO)) on his own behalf in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York asserting claims against the Company, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal and Dr. Harlan W. Waksal under sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-5-1. The plaintiff alleges that he purchased shares of ImClone on various dates in late 2001, that various public statements made by the Company or the other defendants during 2001 regarding the prospects for FDA approval of ERBITUX were false or misleading when made and that plaintiff relied on such allegedly false and misleading information in making his purchases. Plaintiff seeks compensatory damages of not less than $180,000 and punitive damages of $5 million, together with interest, costs and attorneys' fees. On November 25, 2002, both defendants other than Dr. Samuel D. Waksal filed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. On June 3, 2003, the court denied that motion. The Company, Dr. Harlan W. Waksal and Dr. Samuel D. Waksal each filed an answer to the complaint on June 27, 2003. Fact discovery in the Flynn matter is ongoing and is currently scheduled to conclude on November 30, 2004.

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        The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims asserted in these actions. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of these actions at this time. No reserve has been established in the financial statements because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

        As previously reported, beginning on January 13, 2002, and continuing thereafter, nine separate purported shareholder derivative actions were filed against members of the Company's board of directors, certain of the Company's present and former officers, and the Company, as nominal defendant, advancing claims based on allegations similar to the allegations in the federal securities class action complaints. Four of these derivative cases were filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery and have been consolidated in that court under the caption In re ImClone Systems Incorporated Derivative Litigation, Cons. C.A. No. 19341-NC. Three of these derivative actions were filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan and have been consolidated under the caption In re ImClone Systems, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Index No. 02-100759. All of these state court actions have been stayed in deference to the proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which have been consolidated under the caption In re ImClone Systems, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Master File No. 02 CV 163 (RO). A supplemental verified consolidated amended derivative complaint in these consolidated federal actions was filed on August 8, 2003. It asserts, purportedly on behalf of the Company, claims including breach of fiduciary duty by certain current and former members of the Company's board of directors, among others, based on allegations including that they failed to ensure that the Company's disclosures relating to the regulatory and marketing prospects for ERBITUX were not misleading and that they failed to maintain adequate controls and to exercise due care with regard to the Company's ERBITUX application to the FDA. On January 9, 2004, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint due to plaintiffs' failure to make a pre-suit demand on the Company's board of directors to institute suit or to allege grounds for concluding that such a demand would have been futile. The individual defendants filed motions on the same date, both joining in the Company's motion and seeking to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim. The motions have been fully briefed, and oral argument took place on November 4, 2004. A decision on the motion has not yet been issued.

        The Company is unable to predict the outcome of these actions at this time. No reserve has been established in the financial statements because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

        As previously reported, on October 8, 2003, certain mutual funds that are past or present common stockholders of BMS filed an action in New York State court against BMS, certain present or former officers and directors of BMS and the Company asserting that they were misled into purchasing or holding their shares of BMS common stock as a result of various public statements by BMS and certain present or former officers or directors of BMS, and that the Company allegedly aided and abetted certain of these misstatements. The action is styled FSS Franklin Global Health Care Fund, et al. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., et al., Index No. 603168/03. On January 9, 2004, the Company and all of the other defendants served motions to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action. Argument on the motions was held on April 6, 2004. The court has not yet ruled upon the motions, and discovery has been stayed during the pendency of the motions.

        The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims asserted in this action. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at this time. No reserve has been established in the financial statements because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

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B. Government Inquiries and Investigations

        As previously reported, the Company received subpoenas and requests for information in connection with an investigation by the SEC relating to the circumstances surrounding the disclosure of the FDA "refusal to file" letter dated December 28, 2001, and trading in the Company's securities by certain ImClone Systems insiders in 2001. The Company also received subpoenas and requests for information pertaining to document retention issues in 2001 and 2002, and to certain communications regarding ERBITUX in 2000. On June 19, 2002, the Company received a written "Wells Notice" from the staff of the SEC, indicating that the staff of the SEC is considering recommending that the SEC bring an action against the Company relating to the Company's disclosures immediately following the receipt of a "refusal to file" letter from the FDA on December 28, 2001 for the Company's BLA for ERBITUX. The Company filed a Wells submission on July 12, 2002 in response to the staff's Wells Notice. There have been no recent developments in connection with this SEC investigation.

        In January 2003, New York State notified the Company that the Company was liable for the New York State and City income taxes that were not withheld because one or more the Company's employees who exercised certain non-qualified stock options in 1999 and 2000 failed to pay New York State and City income taxes for those years. On March 13, 2003, the Company entered into a closing agreement with New York State, paying $4,500,000 to settle the matter. The Company believes that substantially all of the underpayment of New York State and City income tax identified by New York State is attributable to the exercise of non-qualified stock options by the Company's former President and Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal. At the same time, the Company informed the IRS, the SEC and the United States Attorney's Office, responsible for the prosecution of Dr. Samuel D. Waksal, of this issue. In order to confirm whether the Company's liability in this regard was limited to Dr. Samuel D. Waksal's failure to pay income taxes, the Company contacted current and former officers and employees who had exercised non-qualified stock options to confirm that those individuals had properly reported and paid their personal income tax liabilities for the years 1999 and 2000 in which they exercised options, which would reduce or eliminate the Company's potential liability for failure to withhold income taxes on the exercise of those options. In the course of doing so, the Company became aware of another potential income and employment tax withholding liability associated with the exercise of certain warrants granted in the early years of the Company's existence that were held by certain former officers, directors and employees, including the Company's former President and Chief Executive Officer, Samuel D. Waksal, the Company's former General Counsel, John B. Landes, the Company's former Chief Scientific Officer, Harlan W. Waksal, and the Company's former director and Chairman of the Board, Robert F. Goldhammer. Again, the Company promptly informed the IRS, the SEC and the United States Attorney's Office of this issue. The Company also informed New York State of this issue. On June 17, 2003, New York State notified the Company that based on this issue, they were continuing a previously conducted audit and were evaluating the terms of the closing agreement to determine whether it should be re-opened. On March 31, 2004, the Company entered into a new closing agreement pursuant to which the Company paid New York State an additional $1,000,000 in full satisfaction of all the deficiencies and determinations of withholding taxes for the years 1999-2001. Therefore, the Company has eliminated the liability of $2,815,000 primarily attributable to New York State withholding taxes on stock options and warrants exercised by Dr. Samuel D. Waksal and has recognized a benefit of $1,815,000 as a recovery in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the first quarter of 2004.

        The IRS has commenced audits of the Company's income tax and employment tax returns for tax years 1999 through 2001. The Company has responded to all requests for information and documents received to date from the IRS and is awaiting further requests or action from the IRS.

        On March 31, 2003, the Company received notification from the SEC that it was conducting an informal inquiry into both of these matters and on April 2, 2003, the Company received a request from the SEC for the voluntary production of related documents and information. The Company is

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cooperating fully with this SEC inquiry. There have been no recent developments in connection with this SEC investigation.

C. Actions Against Dr. Samuel D. Waksal

        As previously reported, on August 14, 2002, after the federal grand jury indictment of Dr. Samuel D. Waksal had been issued but before Dr. Samuel D. Waksal's guilty plea to certain counts of that indictment, the Company filed an action in New York State Supreme Court seeking recovery of certain compensation, including advancement of certain defense costs, that the Company had paid to or on behalf of Dr. Samuel D. Waksal and cancellation of certain stock options. That action was styled ImClone Systems Incorporated v. Samuel D. Waksal, Index No. 02/602996. On July 25, 2003, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal filed a Motion to Compel Arbitration seeking to have all claims in connection with the Company's action against him resolved in arbitration. By order dated September 19, 2003, the Court granted Dr. Samuel D. Waksal's motion and the action was stayed pending arbitration. On September 25, 2003, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal submitted a Demand for Arbitration with the American Arbitration Association (the "AAA"), by which Dr. Samuel D. Waksal asserts claims to enforce the terms of his separation agreement, including provisions relating to advancement of legal fees, expenses, interest and indemnification, for which Dr. Samuel D. Waksal claims unspecified damages of $10 million. The Demand for Arbitration also seeks to resolve the claims that the Company asserted in the New York State Supreme Court action. On November 7, 2003, the Company filed an Answer and Counterclaims by which the Company denied Dr. Samuel D. Waksal's entitlement to advancement of legal fees, expenses and indemnification, and asserted claims seeking recovery of certain compensation, including stock options, cash payments and advancement of certain defense costs that the Company had paid to or on behalf of Dr. Samuel D. Waksal. In response, on December 15, 2003, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal filed a Reply to Counterclaims. Arbitration hearings in this matter are scheduled to occur in March and April of 2005.

        The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims asserted in this matter and to vigorously pursue its counterclaims. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at this time. No reserve has been established in the financial statements because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

        As previously reported, on March 10, 2004, the Company commenced a second action against Dr. Samuel D. Waksal in the New York State Supreme Court. That action is styled ImClone Systems Incorporated v. Samuel D. Waksal, Index No. 04/600643. By this action, the Company seeks the return of more than $21 million that the Company paid to Dr. Samuel D. Waksal, as proceeds from stock option exercises, which the Company alleges he was expected to pay over to federal, state and local tax authorities in satisfaction of his tax obligations arising from certain exercises between 1999 and 2001 of warrants and non-qualified stock options. Specifically, by this action, the Company seeks to recover: (a) $4.5 million that the Company paid to the State of New York in respect of exercises of non-qualified stock options and certain warrants in 2000; (b) at least $16.6 million that the Company paid to Samuel D. Waksal in the form of ImClone common stock, in lieu of withholding federal income taxes from exercises of non-qualified stock options and certain warrants in 2000; and (c) approximately $1.1 million that the Company paid in the form of ImClone common stock to Samuel D. Waksal and his beneficiaries, in lieu of withholding federal, state and local income taxes from certain warrant exercises in 1999-2001. The complaint asserts claims for unjust enrichment, common law indemnification, moneys had and received and constructive trust. On June 18, 2004, Dr. Samuel D. Waksal filed an Answer to the Company's Complaint. Fact discovery in this matter is underway.

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D. Intellectual Property Litigation

        As previously reported, on October 28, 2003, a complaint was filed by Yeda Research and Development Company Ltd. ("Yeda") against ImClone Systems and Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (03 CV 8484). This action alleges and seeks that three individuals associated with Yeda should also be named as co-inventors on U.S. Patent No. 6,217,866. The Company intends to vigorously defend against the claims asserted in this action. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at the present time.

        As previously reported, on March 25, 2004, an action was filed in the United Kingdom Patent Office entitled Referrer's Statement requesting transfer of co-ownership and amendment of patent EP (UK) 0 667 165 to add three Yeda employees as inventors. Also on March 25, 2004, a German action entitled Legal Action was filed in the Munich District Court I, Patent Litigation Division, seeking to add three Yeda employees as inventors on patent EP (DE) 0 667 165. The Company was not named as a party in these actions that relate to the European equivalent of U.S. Patent No. 6,217,866 discussed above; accordingly, the Company has sought to intervene in both the German and the U.K. actions.

        As previously reported, on May 4, 2004, a complaint was filed against the Company by Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("MIT") and Repligen Corporation ("Repligen") in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (04-10884 RGS). This action alleges that ERBITUX infringes U.S. Patent No. 4,663,281, which is owned by MIT and exclusively licensed to Repligen. The Company intends to defend vigorously against claims asserted in this action, which is in its earliest stages. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at the present time.

        No reserve has been established in the financial statements for any of the Yeda or MIT and Repligen actions because the Company does not believe that such a reserve is required to be established at this time under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 5.

Item 2.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

        Not applicable

Item 3.    Defaults upon Senior Securities

        Not applicable

Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

        Not applicable

Item 5.    Other Information

        Not applicable

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Item 6.    Exhibits

        (a) Exhibits

Exhibit No.

  Description
  Incorporation by Reference
 

  3.1

 

Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through December 31, 1998

 

D (3.1

)
  3.2   Amendment dated June 4, 1999 to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended   H (3.1A )
  3.3   Amendment dated June 12, 2000 to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended   K (3.1A )
  3.4   Amendment dated August 9, 2002 to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended   Q (3.1C )
  3.5   Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Company   S (3.2 )
  4.1   Indenture dated as of February 29, 2000 by and between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee   I (10.74 )
  4.2   Form of 51/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2005   I (10.75 )
  4.3   Rights Agreement dated as of February 15, 2002 between the Company and EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as Rights Agent   M (99.2 )
  4.4   Stockholder Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2001, among Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Biologics Company and the Company   L(99.2D2 )
  4.5   Indenture dated as of May 7, 2004 by and between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee and Form of 13/8% Convertible Notes Due 2024   V(4.5 )
  4.6   Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 7, 2004 by and between the Company, as Issuer, and Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC, as the Initial Purchasers   V(4.6 )
10.1   Company's 1986 Employee Incentive Stock Option Plan, including form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement   A (10.1 )
10.2   Company's 1986 Non-qualified Stock Option Plan, including form of Non-qualified Stock Option Agreement   A (10.2 )
10.3   1996 Incentive Stock Option Plan, as amended   O (99.1 )
10.4   1996 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, as amended   O (99.2 )
10.5   ImClone Systems Incorporated 1998 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan, as amended   O (99.2 )
10.6   ImClone Systems Incorporated 2002 Stock Option Plan   Q (99.8 )
10.7   ImClone Systems Incorporated 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan   I (99.4 )
10.8   Option Agreement, dated as of September 1, 1998, between the Company and Ron Martell   F (99.3 )
10.9   Option Agreement, dated as of January 4, 1999, between the Company and S. Joseph Tarnowski   J (99.4 )
10.10   License Agreement between the Company and the Regents of the University of California dated April 9, 1993   B (10.48 )
           

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10.11   Collaboration and License Agreement between the Company and the Cancer Research Campaign Technology, Ltd., signed April 4, 1994, with an effective date of April 1, 1994   B (10.50 )
10.12   License Agreement between the Company and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer dated June 13, 1994   C (10.56 )
10.13   Development and License Agreement between the Company and Merck KGaA dated December 14, 1998   E (10.70 )
10.14   Lease dated as of December 15, 1998 for the Company's premises at 180 Varick Street, New York, New York   G (10.69 )
10.15   Amendment dated March 2, 1999 to Development and License Agreement between the Company and Merck KGaA   G (10.71 )
10.16   Acquisition Agreement dated as of September 19, 2001, among the Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb Biologics Company   L(99.D1 )
10.17   Development, Promotion, Distribution and Supply Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2001, among the Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C   L (99.D3 )
10.18   Employment Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2001, between the Company and S. Joseph Tarnowski, Ph.D   L (99.D10 )
10.20   Employment Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2004, between the Company and Daniel S. Lynch.   U (10.1 )
10.21   Agreement of Sublease dated October 5, 2001, by and between 325 Spring Street LLC and the Company   O (10.86 )
10.22   Promissory Note in the principal amount of $10,000,000, dated October 5, 2001, executed by 325 Spring Street LLC in favor of the Company   O(10.86.1 )
10.23   Amendment No. 1 to Development, Promotion, Distribution and Supply Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2002, among the Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C   N (99.2 )
10.24   Amendment, dated as of August 16, 2001 to the Development and License Agreement between the Company and Merck KGaA   P (10.88 )
10.25   Agreement of Sale and Purchase between 4/33 Building Associates, LP and ImClone Systems Incorporated pertaining to 33 Chubb Way, Branchburg, New Jersey executed as of March 1, 2002   Q (10.92 )
10.26   Target Price Contract, dated as of July 15, 2002, between ImClone Systems Incorporated and Kvaerner Process, a division of Kvaerner U.S. Inc., for the Architectural, Engineering, Procurement Assistance, Construction Management and Validation of a Commercial Manufacturing Project in Branchburg, New Jersey   R(10.930 )
10.27   Modifications Agreement dated as of December 15, 2000 by an between 180 Varick Street Corporation and the Company   S (10.94 )
10.28*   Amendment number 4 to the Company's lease at 180 Varick Street dated August 13, 2004 by and between 180 Varick Street Corporation and the Company      
10.29   ImClone Systems Incorporated Annual Incentive Plan   T (A.C )
           

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31.1*   Certification of the Company's Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.      
31.2*   Certification of the Company's Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.      
32.1*   Certification of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.      

*
Filed herewith.

(A)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on to Form S-1, File No. 33-61234.

(B)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 0-19612, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1993. Confidential Treatment was granted for a portion of this Exhibit.

(C)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 0-19612, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994.

(D)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, File No. 0-19612, for the quarter ended June 30, 1997.

(E)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-67335. Confidential treatment was granted for a portion of this Exhibit.

(F)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-64827.

(G)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, File No. 0-19612, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998.

(H)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999.

(I)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.

(J)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8; File No. 333-30172.

(K)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000.

(L)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Schedule 14D-9 filed on September 28, 2001.

(M)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 19, 2002.

(N)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 6, 2002.

(O)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2001.

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(P)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2001, and Confidential Treatment has been requested for a portion of this exhibit.

(Q)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002.

(R)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002.

(S)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 2002.

(T)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Proxy Statement for its 2003 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed August 21, 2003, as appendix C.

(U)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 19, 2004.

(V)
Previously filed with the Commission; incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2004

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SIGNATURES

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

    IMCLONE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
(Registrant)

 

 

By:

/s/  
DANIEL S. LYNCH      
Daniel S. Lynch
Chief Executive Officer
Date: November 9, 2004      

 

 

By:

/s/  
MICHAEL J. HOWERTON      
Michael J. Howerton
Chief Financial Officer
Date: November 9, 2004      

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