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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


 
FORM 10-Q


(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2017

OR

TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OF 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

From the transition period from               to               .

Commission File Number 001-35798


 
HUMANIGEN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 
Delaware
 
77-0557236
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
 
Identification No.)

1000 Marina Blvd., Suite 250, Brisbane, CA 94005
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 243-3100


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

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

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

Large accelerated filer  
 
Accelerated filer
     
Non-accelerated filer  
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company  
   
Emerging growth company  

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

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes   No 

As of November 10, 2017, there were 14,986,712 shares of common stock of the issuer outstanding.


 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
HUMANIGEN, INC.
FORM 10-Q

       
     
Page
       
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
3
       
 
Item 1.
3
       
   
3
       
   
4
       
   
5
       
   
6
       
 
Item 2.
23
       
 
Item 4.
31
       
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
33
       
 
Item 1.
33
       
 
Item 1A.
33
       
 
Item 6.
36
       
 
37
 
 
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1.
Financial Statements

Humanigen, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands, except share data)
(Unaudited)
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2017
   
2016
 
Assets
           
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
1,095
   
$
2,906
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
1,213
     
1,643
 
Total current assets
   
2,308
     
4,549
 
                 
Property and equipment, net
   
30
     
68
 
Restricted cash
   
101
     
101
 
Other assets
   
128
     
-
 
Total assets
 
$
2,567
   
$
4,718
 
                 
Liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
               
Current liabilities:
               
Accounts payable
 
$
4,177
   
$
4,072
 
Accrued expenses
   
2,990
     
736
 
Term loans payable
   
15,656
     
3,016
 
Total current liabilities
   
22,823
     
7,824
 
Notes payable to vendors
   
1,322
     
1,273
 
Total liabilities
   
24,145
     
9,097
 
                 
Stockholders’ deficit:
               
Common stock, $0.001 par value: 85,000,000 shares authorized at September 30,
               
  2017 and December 31, 2016; 14,986,712 and 14,977,397 shares issued and outstanding
               
  at  September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
   
15
     
15
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
237,904
     
236,216
 
Accumulated deficit
   
(259,497
)
   
(240,610
)
Total stockholders’ deficit
   
(21,578
)
   
(4,379
)
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
 
$
2,567
   
$
4,718
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
 
Humanigen, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
 
   
Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2017
   
2016
   
2017
   
2016
 
Operating expenses:
                       
Research and development
 
$
3,807
   
$
1,741
   
$
10,328
   
$
7,805
 
General and administrative
   
1,993
     
2,453
     
5,987
     
6,169
 
Total operating expenses
   
5,800
     
4,194
     
16,315
     
13,974
 
                                 
Loss from operations
   
(5,800
)
   
(4,194
)
   
(16,315
)
   
(13,974
)
                                 
Other expense:
                               
Interest expense
   
(1,269
)
   
(30
)
   
(2,245
)
   
(76
)
Other income (expense), net
   
(14
)
   
128
     
(38
)
   
128
 
Reorganization items, net
   
(102
)
   
(427
)
   
(289
)
   
(8,039
)
Net loss
   
(7,185
)
   
(4,523
)
   
(18,887
)
   
(21,961
)
Other comprehensive income
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Comprehensive loss
 
$
(7,185
)
 
$
(4,523
)
 
$
(18,887
)
 
$
(21,961
)
                                 
Basic and diluted net loss per common share
 
$
(0.48
)
 
$
(0.30
)
   
(1.26
)
 
$
(2.76
)
                                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding used to
                               
calculate basic and diluted net loss per common share
   
14,981,346
     
14,879,519
     
14,978,728
     
7,950,826
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
 
Humanigen, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
 
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2017
   
2016
 
Operating activities:
           
Net loss
 
$
(18,887
)
 
$
(21,961
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
   
38
     
81
 
Gain on lease termination
   
-
     
(227
)
Noncash interest expense
   
2,226
     
46
 
Reorganization items related to debtor-in-possession financing
   
-
     
1,627
 
Stock based compensation expense
   
1,773
     
317
 
Issuance of common stock for services
   
12
     
-
 
Issuance of warrants in connection with acquisition of licenses
   
-
     
272
 
Change in fair value of warrants issued in connection with acquisition of licenses
   
(97
)
   
-
 
Issuance of common stock to officer and directors
   
-
     
1,452
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
Prepaid expenses and other assets
   
303
     
428
 
Accounts payable
   
327
     
3,537
 
Accrued expenses
   
2,253
     
(367
)
Liabilities subject to compromise
   
(259
)
   
(3,153
)
Net cash used in operating activities
   
(12,311
)
   
(17,948
)
                 
Investing activities:
               
Changes in restricted cash
   
-
     
92
 
Net cash provided by investing activities
   
-
     
92
 
                 
Financing activities:
               
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
   
-
     
10,132
 
Net proceeds from term loan
   
10,500
     
-
 
Net proceeds from convertible notes payable
   
-
     
2,198
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
10,500
     
12,330
 
                 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
   
(1,811
)
   
(5,526
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
   
2,906
     
8,431
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 
$
1,095
   
$
2,905
 
                 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
               
Conversion of notes payable and related accrued interest and fees to common stock
 
$
-
   
$
3,387
 
Change in fair value of warrants issued in connection with acquisition of licenses
 
$
(97
)
 
$
-
 
Issuance of common stock for services
 
$
12
   
$
-
 
Issuance of warrants in connection with acquisition of licenses
 
$
-
   
$
272
 
Issuance of common stock to officer and directors
 
$
-
   
$
1,452
 
Issuance of notes payable to vendors
 
$
-
   
$
1,212
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
 
Humanigen, Inc.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)

1. Nature of Operations

Description of the Business
 
The Company was incorporated on March 15, 2000 in California and reincorporated as a Delaware corporation in September 2001 under the name KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The Company completed its initial public offering in January 2013. Effective August 7, 2017, the Company changed its legal name to Humanigen, Inc.

The Company has undergone a significant transformation since December 2015. As a result of challenges facing it at the time, on December 29, 2015, the Company filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. On June 30, 2016, the Company’s Second Amended Plan of Reorganization, dated May 9, 2016, as amended (the “Plan”), became effective and the Company emerged from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. Refer to Note 2 for additional details regarding the Company’s bankruptcy proceedings.

From the time of its emergence from bankruptcy to August 29, 2017, the Company’s focus was on its lead product candidate benznidazole for the treatment of Chagas disease, a parasitic illness that can lead to long-term heart, intestinal and neurological problems. As more fully described in Note 10, the Company acquired certain worldwide rights to benznidazole on June 30, 2016 and, until August 29, 2017, was primarily focused on the development necessary to seek and obtain approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for benznidazole and the subsequent commercialization, if approved. According to FDA issued guidance, benznidazole is eligible for review pursuant to a 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway as a potential treatment for Chagas disease and, if it became the first FDA-approved treatment for Chagas disease, the Company would have been eligible to receive a Priority Review Voucher (“PRV”).

However, on August 29, 2017, the FDA announced it had granted accelerated and conditional approval of a benznidazole therapy manufactured by Chemo Research, S.L. (“Chemo”) for the treatment of Chagas disease and had awarded that manufacturer a neglected tropical disease PRV. Chemo’s benznidazole also has received Orphan Drug designation.  As a result of FDA’s actions and with the information currently available, the Company no longer expects to be eligible to receive a PRV with its own benznidazole candidate for the treatment of Chagas disease.  Accordingly, the Company has ceased development of benznidazole and is currently assessing a full range of options with respect to its benznidazole assets and development program.

Since the FDA’s August 29, 2017 announcement, the Company has shifted its primary focus toward developing its proprietary monoclonal antibody portfolio, which comprises lenzilumab (formerly known as KB003) and ifabotuzumab (formerly known as KB004), for use in addressing significant unmet needs in oncology. Both of these product candidates are in the early stage of development and will require substantial time, expenses, clinical development, testing, and regulatory approval prior to commercialization. Furthermore, neither of these product candidates has advanced into a pivotal registration study and it may be years before such a study is initiated, if at all.

Lenzilumab is currently being developed for the treatment of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (“CMML”), a rare hematologic cancer with high unmet medical need. The Company has enrolled a total of nine patients in the 200, 400 and 600 mg dose cohorts in its CMML trial, and is currently evaluating subjects in the highest dose cohort of 600 mg for continuing accrual. The Company plans to review preliminary safety and efficacy results and anticipates completion of the ad hoc interim analysis in the first half of 2018. Additionally, the Company is exploring lenzilumab’s potential to neutralize circulating Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) which could lead to developing it as a possible treatment for a range of conditions including juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (“JMML”) and the toxicities and adverse events associated with  chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (“CAR-T”) therapy.

Ifabotuzumab development has begun with an Investigator-Sponsored Phase 0/1 radiolabeled imaging trial in glioblastoma multiforme (“GBM”), a particularly aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer. The Company is exploring partnering opportunities to enable further development of ifabotuzumab, for the treatment of certain rare solid and hematologic cancers.
 
 
Liquidity and Going Concern
 
The Company has incurred significant losses since its inception in March 2000 and had an accumulated deficit of $259.5 million as of September 30, 2017. The Company has financed its operations primarily through the sale of equity securities, debt financings, interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents, grants and the payments received under its agreements with Novartis Pharma AG and Sanofi Pasteur S.A. (“Sanofi”). To date, none of the Company’s product candidates have been approved for sale and therefore the Company has not generated any revenue from product sales. Management expects operating losses to continue for the foreseeable future. As a result, the Company will continue to require additional capital through equity offerings, debt financing and/or payments under new or existing licensing or collaboration agreements. If sufficient funds are not available on acceptable terms when needed, the Company could be required to significantly reduce its operating expenses and delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of its development programs. The Company’s ability to access capital when needed is not assured and, if not achieved on a timely basis, could materially harm its business, financial condition and results of operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. See Note 12 – “Subsequent Events.”
 
The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three months ended September 30, 2017 were prepared on the basis of a going concern, which contemplates that the Company will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the normal course of business.  The ability of the Company to meet its total liabilities of $24.1 million at September 30, 2017 and to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the availability of future funding. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.  See Note 12 – “Subsequent Events.”

Review of Strategic Alternatives
 
The Company is currently evaluating a full range of strategic alternatives to address or respond to the Company’s lack of liquidity in order to repay its outstanding term loans (See Note 7 – “Debt and Equity Financing”) and other obligations.  The Company has been discussing and continues to discuss with its Term Loan Lenders alternative transactions that might result in the satisfaction, extension or modification of the Company’s obligations including conversion of the Term Loans into equity in the Company, which may occur at a significant discount to the current market price and be dilutive to the ownership interests of existing stockholders. If the Company is able to successfully reach agreement with its Term Loan Lenders and is also able to obtain additional financing, the review of strategic alternatives could result in among other things, pursuit of a litigation strategy relating to its benznidazole intellectual property rights, a sale, merger, consolidation or business combination, asset divestiture, partnering, licensing or other collaboration agreements, or potential acquisitions or recapitalizations, in one or more transactions, or continuing to operate with the Company’s current business plan and strategy. The Company may incur substantial expenses associated with identifying, evaluating and pursuing potential strategic alternatives, and there can be no assurances as to whether any of these may be successfully implemented. If the Company is unable to reach a satisfactory agreement with its Term Loan Lenders on any alternative transactions, the Company may be forced to file for a second bankruptcy. See Note 12 – “Subsequent Events.”


Delisting of Common Stock

On January 13, 2016, the Company’s common stock was suspended from the Nasdaq Global Market and began trading on the over-the-counter market under the KBIOQ symbol.  On January 26, 2016, NASDAQ filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to complete the delisting of the common stock, and the delisting was effective on February 5, 2016.  On June 30, 2016, upon emergence from bankruptcy, the ticker symbol for the trading of the Company’s common stock on the over-the-counter market reverted back to KBIO.  On June 26, 2017 the Company’s common stock began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the same ticker symbol. On August 7, 2017, following the effectiveness of our previously reported name change, the Company’s common stock began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the new ticker symbol “HGEN”.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying interim unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and on a basis consistent with the annual consolidated financial statements and include all adjustments necessary for the presentation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. These financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The December 31, 2016 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was derived from the audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. These interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017, or for any other future annual or interim period. The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in the Company’s 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “2016 Annual Report”).
 
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures reported in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. The Company believes judgment is involved in determining the valuation of the financing derivative, the fair value-based measurement of stock-based compensation, accruals and warrant valuations. The Company evaluates its estimates and assumptions as facts and circumstances dictate. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions, and those differences could be material to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

2. Chapter 11 Filing
 
On December 29, 2015, the Company filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filing was made in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”) (Case No. 15-12628 (LSS)).

In connection with financing efforts related to the Company’s bankruptcy proceedings, on April 1, 2016, the Company entered into a Debtor-in-Possession Credit and Security Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with a group of lenders (the “DIP Lenders”), pursuant to which the Company received $3 million in funds for working capital, bankruptcy-related costs, costs related to its plan of reorganization, payment of certain fees to the DIP Lenders and other costs associated with the ordinary course of business. Funds received under the Credit Agreement bore interest at a rate of 12% and were due and payable upon the Effective Date of the Plan, as defined below. Payment due under the Credit Agreement was convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock, with share amounts subject to calculation as provided in the Credit Agreement.

On April 1, 2016, the Company also entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with the DIP Lenders. The SPA provided for the sale of the Company’s common stock, with share amounts subject to calculation as provided in the SPA, in respect of exit financing in the amount of $11,000,000 to be received upon the Effective Date of the Plan, as defined below.

Plan of Reorganization

On May 9, 2016, the Company filed with the Bankruptcy Court the Plan and related amended disclosure statement pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. On June 16, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order confirming the Plan.

  The Plan became effective on June 30, 2016 (the “Effective Date”) and the Company emerged from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. In connection with such emergence, the Company consummated the transactions and other items described below.

·
Pursuant to the Plan and the SPA and in repayment of its obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Company issued an aggregate of 9,497,515 shares of its common stock to the DIP Lenders.
·
The Company became obligated to issue 327,608 shares of common stock to the plaintiffs in litigation related to the Company’s 2015 private financing transaction in accordance with the settlement stipulation discussed below. The Company recorded an obligation in stockholders’ equity to issue the related shares and recorded the related expense of approximately $1.5 million as of December 31, 2015. As of September 30, 2017, all of the shares of common stock related to this settlement stipulation had been issued.
·
The Company reserved 300,000 shares of common stock for issuance to the plaintiffs in class action litigation related to the events surrounding the Company’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company recorded an obligation in stockholders’ equity to issue the related shares and recorded the related expense of approximately $1.3 million as of December 31, 2015. As of September 30, 2017, all of the shares related to this settlement stipulation had been issued.
·
The Company became obligated to issue 3,750 shares of common stock to a former director in satisfaction of claims against the Company. The Company recorded an obligation in stockholders’ equity to issue the related shares and recorded the related expense of approximately $16,000 as of December 31, 2015. As of September 30, 2017, all of the shares related to this settlement stipulation had been issued.
 
 
·
The Company reserved for issuance shares of common stock in an amount as yet to be determined in connection with the settlement of certain other claims and interests as set forth in the Plan. As of September 30, 2017, management does not believe the issuance of additional common stock for any such claims is probable.  As such, no accrual has been made in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
·
The Company issued promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $1.2 million to certain vendors in accordance with the Plan.  The notes are unsecured, bear interest at 10% per annum and are due and payable in full, including principal and accrued interest, on June 30, 2019. As of September 30, 2017 the Company has accrued $148,000 of interest expense related to these promissory notes.
·
The Company issued an aggregate of 323,155 shares of common stock to Cameron Durrant, Ronald Barliant, and David Moradi pursuant to an order by the Bankruptcy Court approving a one-time equity award for the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and two other directors. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded a charge of $1,451,000 representing the fair value of the shares issued and classified $700,000 and $751,000 as Reorganization items, net and General and administrative expenses, respectively.
   
Bankruptcy Claims Administration

On February 29, 2016, the Company filed its schedules of assets and liabilities and statement of financial affairs (the “Schedules”) with the Bankruptcy Court. The Bankruptcy Court entered an order setting April 1, 2016 as the deadline for filing proofs of claim for creditors other than governmental units and June 27, 2016 as the bar date for filing proofs of claim by governmental units (together, the “Bar Date”). The Bar Date is the date by which proofs of claims against the Company relating to the period prior to the commencement of the Company's Chapter 11 case were required to be filed if such claims were not listed in liquidated, non-contingent and undisputed amounts in the Schedules, or if the claimant disagrees with the amount, characterization or classification of its claim as reflected in the Schedules. Claims that are subject to the Bar Date and that were not filed on or prior to the Bar Date are barred from participating in any distribution that may be made under the Plan.

As of the Effective Date, approximately 195 proofs of claim were outstanding (including claims that were previously identified on the Schedules) totaling approximately $32 million. Prior to the Bar Date, certain investors filed a class action claim in the amount of $20 million in connection with events surrounding the Company’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. On June 15, 2016, a settlement stipulation related to the class action suit was approved under order of the Bankruptcy Court. The settlement stipulation required the Company to issue 300,000 shares of common stock and submit a payment of $250,000 to the claimants. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the 300,000 shares were issued and the $250,000 payment was made. See Note 11 for additional information on this matter and settlement.

Separately, a claim was filed by certain investors in the Company’s 2015 private financing transaction totaling approximately $6.9 million. On May 9, 2016, a settlement stipulation related to this suit was approved under order of the Bankruptcy Court. The settlement stipulation required the Company to issue 327,608 shares of common stock and submit a payment of $250,000 to an escrow account on behalf of the claimants. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the 327,608 shares were issued and the $250,000 payment was made. See Note 11 for additional information on this matter and settlement.

As of June 30, 2016, the Company emerged from bankruptcy. The Company expects the amounts remaining in Liabilities subject to compromise as of the Effective Date to be paid in accordance with the Plan. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2017, Liabilities subject to compromise have been reduced to zero and reclassified according to their payment terms.

In March 2016, the Company entered into a termination agreement (the “Lease Termination Agreement”) related to the lease of its prior facility in South San Francisco, California. The Lease Termination Agreement, approved by order of the Bankruptcy Court issued March 15, 2016, waived all damages related to early termination of the lease, relieved the Company of March rental expenses and set an effective termination date of March 31, 2016. In accordance with the termination of the lease, the Company wrote off remaining deferred rent liabilities of approximately $312,000 and disposed of certain leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures with a net book value of approximately $85,000. The resulting gain of approximately $227,000 is included in Reorganization items, net, in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Concurrent with the termination of its prior lease, the Company entered into a lease agreement for a new office facility in Brisbane, California. The new lease commenced in April 2016 and was to expire in March 2017. On February 16, 2017, the Company amended the lease to extend the term of the lease for an additional period of eighteen months such that the lease will expire on September 30, 2018.
 
 
The reconciliation of certain proofs of claim filed against the Company in the Bankruptcy Case, including certain General Unsecured Claims, Convenience Class Claims and Other Subordinated Claims, is ongoing.  As a result of its examination of the claims, the Company may ask the Bankruptcy Court to disallow, reduce, reclassify or otherwise adjudicate certain claims the Company believes are subject to objection or otherwise improper.  Under the terms of the Plan, the Company had until December 27, 2016 to file additional objections to disputed claims, subject to the Company’s right to seek an extension of this deadline from the Bankruptcy Court.  By Order, dated February 6, 2017, the Bankruptcy Court extended the claims objection deadline to June 26, 2017. By Order dated July 10, 2017, the Bankruptcy Court extended the claims objection deadline to September 25, 2017. By Order dated October 23, 2017, the Bankruptcy Court extended the claims objection deadline to December 26, 2017.The Company may compromise certain claims with or without specific prior approval of the Bankruptcy Court as set forth in the Plan and may identify additional liabilities that will need to be recorded or reclassified to liabilities subject to compromise. The resolution of such claims could result in material adjustments to the Company’s financial statements.

As of September 30, 2017, approximately $731,000 in claims remained subject to review and reconciliation by the Company. The Company may file objections to these claims after it completes the reconciliation process. As of September 30, 2017, the Company has recorded $28,000 and $31,000 related to these claims in Accounts payable and Notes payable to vendors, respectively, which represents management’s best estimate of claims to be allowed by the Bankruptcy Court.

Although the Bankruptcy Case remains open, other than with respect to certain matters relating to the implementation of the Plan, the administration of certain claims, or over which the Bankruptcy Court may have otherwise retained jurisdiction, the Company is no longer operating under the direct supervision of the Bankruptcy Court.  The Company anticipates that the Bankruptcy Case will be closed following the completion of the claims reconciliation process.  

Bankruptcy Related Financing Arrangements

On April 1, 2016,  the Company entered into the Credit Agreement with Black Horse Capital Master Fund Ltd., as administrative agent and lender (“BHCMF” or “Agent”), Black Horse Capital LP, as a lender (“BHC”), Cheval Holdings, Ltd., as a lender (“Cheval”) and Nomis Bay LTD, as a lender (“Nomis” and, together with BHCMF, BHC and Cheval, the “Lenders”). The Credit Agreement provided for a debtor-in-possession credit facility in the original principal amount of $3,000,000 (the “Term Loan”). The Credit Agreement provided that the Term Loan will be made by the Lenders at an original discount equal to $191,000 (the “Upfront Fee”) and required the payment by the Company to the Lenders of a commitment fee equal to $150,000 (the “Commitment Fee”). In accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company used the proceeds of the Term Loan for working capital, bankruptcy-related costs, costs related to the Company’s plan of reorganization, the payment of certain fees and expenses owed to the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Credit Agreement and other costs incurred in the ordinary course of business.

Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Term Loan bore interest at a rate per annum equal to 12.00%.
 
In accordance with the bidding procedures order entered by the Bankruptcy Court, the Term Loan and the SPA were together subject to competing, higher and better offers.

In connection with the Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Company executed in favor of the Agent an Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2016 (the “IP Security Agreement”). Under the terms of the IP Security Agreement, the Company pledged all of its intellectual property to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as collateral for its obligations under the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement provided that the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan, plus accrued and unpaid interest, plus the Upfront Fee, plus the Commitment Fee and all other non-contingent obligations would mature on the earlier of an event of default under the Credit Agreement or the effective date of the Company’s plan of reorganization.  The Maturity Date was deemed to occur simultaneously with the Effective Date and, accordingly, on June 30, 2016, 2,350,480 shares of common stock were issued to the Lenders in repayment of the Company’s debt obligations under the Credit Agreement, including 201,436 shares to BHC, 470,096 shares to BHCMF, 503,708 shares to Cheval, 940,192 shares to Nomis and 235,048 shares to Cortleigh Limited (“Cortleigh”).  Pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Company also paid $406,000 to BHC in payment of its fees and expenses and $285,000 to Nomis in payment of its fees and expenses.
 
 
The Company records discounts to convertible notes for the intrinsic value of conversion options embedded in debt instruments based upon the fair value of the underlying common stock at the commitment date of the note transaction exceeding the effective conversion price embedded in the note. The Company evaluated the Credit Agreement for beneficial conversion features and calculated a value of approximately $484,000, all of which was expensed as of the Effective Date.

In conjunction with the Credit Agreement, during the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company incurred the following expenses which were charged to Reorganization items, net in 2016:

   
Nine Months ended
 
(in thousands)
 
September 30, 2016
 
Upfront fee
 
$
191
 
Commitment fee
   
150
 
Beneficial conversion feature
   
484
 
Legal fees
   
802
 
Total Credit Agreement expense
 
$
1,627
 
 
 On April 1, 2016, the Company also entered into the SPA with the Lenders. The SPA provided for the sale to the Lenders on the closing date of an aggregate of 5,885,000 shares of common stock, subject to adjustment as provided in the SPA, in respect of exit financing in the amount of $11,000,000 (the “Exit Financing”) plus an exit financing commitment fee of $770,000 payable by the Company to the Lenders, plus payment to the Lenders of their fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Exit Financing and the SPA. Nomis subsequently assigned twenty percent (20%) of its interest in the shares of common stock to be purchased by Nomis under the SPA and the Credit Agreement to Cortleigh (collectively with the Lenders, the “Purchasers”).
 
The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the SPA were contingent on, among other things, the funding of the Term Loan, the approval of the Bankruptcy Court of the Company’s plan of reorganization, and the simultaneous closing of the Company’s transaction with Savant. In addition, the closing of the transactions under the SPA were contingent upon the board of directors of the Company, upon the effectiveness of the confirmed plan of reorganization, consisting of (i) one director to be designated by Nomis; (ii) one director to be jointly designated by BHC, BHCF, and Cheval; (iii) the Chief Executive Officer of the Company to be designated jointly and unanimously by the Lenders; and (iv) two independent directors to be designated jointly and unanimously by the Lenders.

The issuance of the shares contemplated by the SPA was consummated on the Effective Date, and the Company issued to the Purchasers an aggregate of 7,147,035 shares of common stock for an aggregate purchase price of $11,000,000, including 612,501 shares to BHC, 1,429,407 shares to BHCMF, 1,531,610 shares to Cheval, 2,858,814 shares to Nomis and 714,703 shares to Cortleigh.  Pursuant to the terms of the SPA, the Company paid $427,000 to BHC in payment of its fees and expenses and $304,000 to Nomis in payment of its fees and expenses.

Under the terms of the SPA, the Company was required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a registration statement registering the resale by the Purchasers of the shares issuable under the SPA to be declared effective by the SEC no later than December 27, 2016.  The Company was obligated to keep the registration statement effective until all of the shares issued pursuant to the SPA are eligible for resale by the Purchasers without volume restrictions under an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. If the registration statement has not been declared effective by December 27, 2016 and any of the shares issued pursuant to the SPA are not eligible to be sold under Rule 144, then during each subsequent thirty day period (or portion thereof) until the registration statement is declared effective, the Company agrees to issue additional shares of common stock to the Purchasers in an amount equivalent to 10.0% of the shares originally purchased under the SPA that are then held by the Purchasers. On October 28, 2016, the SPA was amended to require the Company to file a registration statement by January 10, 2017 with effectiveness to be no later than March 31, 2017. On December 19, 2016, the SPA was amended again to require the Company to file a registration statement by March 17, 2017 with effectiveness to be no later than June 20, 2017.

The Company timely filed a registration statement on Form S-1 on March 17, 2017. On June 20, 2017 the SPA was amended again to require the Company to obtain effectiveness of the registration statement no later than July 30, 2017.  On July 14, 2017, the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC.
 
 
Governance Arrangements

On the Effective Date, the Company and Martin Shkreli, the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer, former Chairman and former controlling stockholder, entered into a Corporate Governance Agreement (the “Governance Agreement”), which provides for certain terms and conditions regarding the acquisition, disposition, holding and voting of securities of the Company by Mr. Shkreli. The Governance Agreement applies to all common stock owned by Mr. Shkreli or affiliates he controls.
 
Under the terms of the Governance Agreement, for 180 days following the Effective Date, Mr. Shkreli could not sell his shares of common stock at a price per share that was less than the greater of (x) $2.50 and (y) a 10% discount to the prior two week volume-weighted average price (the “Market Discount Price”). In addition, for 180 days following the 61st day after the Effective Date, the Company had a right to purchase any or all of Mr. Shkreli’s shares at a purchase price per share equal to the Market Discount Price. For a limited time, the Company also had a right of first refusal to purchase shares that Mr. Shkreli proposed to sell. Mr. Shkreli was also prohibited from transferring any shares to his affiliates or associates unless such transferee agreed to be subject to the terms of the Governance Agreement. Transfers of shares by Mr. Shkreli not made in compliance with the Governance Agreement would be null and void.
 
Under the terms of the Governance Agreement, Mr. Shkreli has no right to nominate directors to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) and agreed in connection with any stockholder vote to vote his shares in proportion to the votes of the Company’s public stockholders. The Governance Agreement also prohibits Mr. Shkreli or his affiliates for a period of 24 months after the date of the Governance Agreement, from, among other things:
 
·
purchasing any stock or assets of the Company;
·
participating in any proposal for any merger, tender offer or other business combination, or similar extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries;
·
seeking to control or influence the management, the Company’s Board or the policies of the Company; or
·
submitting any proposal to be considered by the stockholders of the Company.

In addition, any material transaction between Mr. Shkreli or his associates and the Company, or relating to the Governance Agreement, cannot be taken without the prior approval of the Company’s Board.
 
The Governance Agreement provides for a mutual release between the Company and Mr. Shkreli of all claims and liabilities existing as of the date of execution.

On August 25 and August 26, 2016, Mr. Shkreli sold all of his shares of the Company to third party investors in private transactions.

Board Changes
 
On the Effective Date, in accordance with the Plan, Cameron Durrant, current Chief Executive Officer of the Company, as joint designee of BHCMF, BHC and Cheval (collectively, the "Black Horse Entities") and Nomis, continued as a director, Ronald Barliant, a then-current member of the Board, continued as a director as the designee of the Black Horse Entities, Dale Chappell became a director as a designee of Nomis, and Timothy Morris and Ezra Friedberg became directors as joint designees of the Black Horse Entities and Nomis. On November 9, 2017, Dale Chappell and Ezra Friedberg resigned from the Board, effective immediately.
 
Financial Reporting in Reorganization

The Company applied Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 852, Reorganizations, which is applicable to companies under bankruptcy protection, and requires amendments to the presentation of key financial statement line items. It requires that the financial statements for periods subsequent to the Chapter 11 filing distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. Revenues, expenses, realized gains and losses, and provisions for losses that can be directly associated with the reorganization and restructuring of the business must be reported separately as reorganization items in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. The balance sheet must distinguish pre-petition liabilities subject to compromise from both those pre-petition liabilities that are not subject to compromise and from post-petition liabilities. Liabilities that may be subject to a plan of reorganization must be reported at the amounts expected to be allowed in the Company’s Chapter 11 case, even if they may be settled for lesser amounts as a result of the plan of reorganization or negotiations with creditors.
 
 
As of December 31, 2015, the Company had approximately $5.4 million recorded as Liabilities subject to compromise. In conjunction with the Company’s exit from bankruptcy, the Company reclassified remaining Liabilities subject to compromise as of June 30, 2016 totaling approximately $2.8 million, $0.8 million and $1.2 million to Accounts payable, Accrued expenses and Notes payable to vendors, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company paid approximately $3.4 million related to Liabilities subject to compromise, issued $1.2 million in promissory notes to vendors and wrote off approximately $0.3 million in deferred rent liabilities related to its lease termination and reversed approximately $0.1 million in accrued expenses related to a claim that has been denied by the court, which as discussed above, were previously included in Liabilities subject to compromise. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company wrote off approximately $0.2 million in claims that had been reduced or for which a settlement had been reached at a lower amount than what had been previously accrued and also paid approximately $0.1 million in claims. As of September 30, 2017, approximately $0.1 million and $1.3 million remain in Accounts payable and Notes payable to vendors, respectively. Remaining amounts will be paid based on terms of the Plan.

For the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, Reorganization items, net consisted of the following charges:

   
Three months ended
   
Three months ended
 
(in thousands)
 
September 30, 2017
   
September 30, 2016
 
Legal fees
 
$
97
   
$
224
 
Professional fees
   
5
     
203
 
Total reorganization items, net
 
$
102
   
$
427
 

Cash payments for reorganization items totaled $190,000 and $1,824,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, Reorganization items, net consisted of the following charges:

   
Nine months ended
   
Nine months ended
 
(in thousands)
 
September 30, 2017
   
September 30, 2016
 
Legal fees
 
$
263
   
$
4,780
 
Professional fees
   
26
     
1,159
 
Debtor-in-possession financing  costs
   
-
     
1,143
 
Beneficial conversion on debtor-in-possession financing
   
-
     
484
 
Fair value of shares issued to officer and directors for service in bankruptcy
   
-
     
700
 
Gain on lease termination
   
-
     
(227
)
Total reorganization items, net
 
$
289
   
$
8,039
 

Cash payments for reorganization items totaled $834,000 and $4,052,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes in the Company’s significant accounting policies to those previously disclosed in the 2016 Annual Report.

4. Potentially Dilutive Securities

The Company’s potential dilutive securities, which include stock options, restricted stock units and warrants, have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per common share as the effect of including those securities would be to reduce the net loss per common share and be antidilutive. Therefore, the denominator used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per common share is the same in each period presented.
 
 
The following outstanding potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the computations of diluted net loss per common share:
 
   
As of September 30,
 
   
2017
   
2016
 
Options to purchase common stock
   
2,578,948
     
2,036,177
 
Restricted stock units
   
     
3,750
 
Warrants to purchase common stock
   
356,193
     
331,193
 
     
2,935,141
     
2,371,060
 

5. Investments

At September 30, 2017, the amortized cost and fair value of investments, with gross unrealized gains and losses, were as follows:
(in thousands)
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair Value
 
Money market funds
 
$
101
   
$
   
$
   
$
101
 
Total investments
 
$
101
   
$
   
$
   
$
101
 
                                 
Reported as:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
                         
$
 
Restricted cash, long-term
                           
101
 
Total investments
                         
$
101
 

At December 31, 2016, the amortized cost and fair value of investments, with gross unrealized gains and losses, were as follows:
(in thousands)
 
Amortized
Cost
   
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
   
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
   
Fair Value
 
Money market funds
 
$
101
   
$
   
$
   
$
101
 
Total investments
 
$
101
   
$
   
$
   
$
101
 
                                 
Reported as:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
                         
$
 
Restricted cash, long-term
                           
101
 
Total investments
                         
$
101
 

6. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Cash, accounts payable, term loans and accrued liabilities are carried at cost, which approximates fair value given their short-term nature. Marketable securities and cash equivalents are carried at fair value.

The fair value of financial instruments reflects the amounts that would be received upon the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). The fair value hierarchy is based on three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value, of which the first two are considered observable, and the third is considered unobservable, as follows:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 — Inputs other than those included in Level 1 that are directly or indirectly observable, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
 
 
The Company measures the fair value of financial assets and liabilities using the highest level of inputs that are reasonably available as of the measurement date. The following tables summarize the fair value of financial assets that are measured at fair value and the classification by level of input within the fair value hierarchy:
 
   
Fair Value Measurements as of
September 30, 2017
 
(in thousands)
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Investments:
               
Money market funds
 
$
101
   
$
   
$
   
$
101
 
Total assets measured at fair value
 
$
101
   
$
   
$
   
$
101
 
 
   
Fair Value Measurements as of
December 31, 2016
 
(in thousands)
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Investments:
               
Money market funds
 
$
101
   
$
   
$
   
$
101
 
Total assets measured at fair value
 
$
101
   
$
   
$
   
$
101
 
 
7. Debt and Equity Financing

Notes Payable to Vendors

On June 30, 2016, the Company issued promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of approximately $1.2 million to certain claimants in accordance with the Plan.  The notes are unsecured, bear interest at 10% per annum and are due and payable in full, including principal and accrued interest on June 30, 2019.  As of September 30, 2017, the Company has accrued a total of $148,000 of interest expense related to these promissory notes in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet with a charge to Interest expense of $87,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2017 in the accompanying Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.

December 2016 Term Loan
 
On December 21, 2016, the Company entered into a Credit and Security Agreement (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) with BHCMF, as administrative agent and lender BHC, as a lender, Cheval, as a lender, and Nomis, as a lender (collectively, the “Term Loan Lenders”). The Term Loan Credit Agreement provides for a credit facility in the original principal amount of $3,315,000, provides an original discount equal to $265,000 (the “Upfront Fee”) and requires the payment by the Company to the Term Loan Lenders of a commitment fee equal to $153,000. In accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Company used the proceeds of the term loan (the “December 2016 Term Loan”) for general working capital, the payment of certain fees and expenses owed to BHCMF and the Term Loan Lenders and other costs incurred in the ordinary course of business. Dr. Chappell, one of the Company’s former directors, is an affiliate of each of BHCMF, BHC and Cheval. On November 9, 2017, Dr. Chappell resigned from the Board, effective immediately.
 
The Term Loans (as defined below) bear interest at 9.00% and are subject to certain customary representations, warranties and covenants, as set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
 
The outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans, plus accrued interest and fees, are due on the earlier of acceleration after an event of default under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, or October 31, 2017.  However, to the extent the Company raises capital through any SEC-registered stock offering, 50% of such offering’s proceeds (net of costs) must be used to pay down the Term Loans. On October 31, 2017, the Company obtained a short-term extension of the maturity of the Company’s obligations under the Term Loans. On November 16, 2017, the Company obtained an additional short-term extension of the maturity of the Company’s obligations under the Term Loans.  See Note 12 - “Subsequent Events” for further information.
 
Upon the occurrence of any event of default set forth in the Term Loan Credit Agreement, BHCMF has the option of terminating the Term Loan Credit Agreement and declaring all of the Company’s obligations immediately payable. The occurrence of an event of default will cause the Term Loans to bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 14.00%. 
 
The Company’s obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement are secured by a first priority interest in all of the Company’s real and personal property, subject only to certain carve outs and permitted liens, as set forth in the agreement.
 
 
The Company recorded the original principal amount of the December 2016 Term Loan reduced by the Upfront Fee and costs incurred in putting the loan in place for a net principal amount of $2,993,000.

As of September 30, 2017, the Company has accrued a total of $662,000 of interest expense, consisting of $234,000 interest and loan cost accretion of $428,000 and has recorded such against the principal balance resulting in a loan balance of $3,655,000 in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet with a charge to Interest expense of $639,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2017 in the accompanying Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.

March 2017 Term Loan

On March 21, 2017, the Company entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Term Loan Credit Agreement to obtain an additional term loan (the “March 2017 Term Loan”) in the original principal amount of $5,978,000 less an upfront fee equal to $478,000 (the “Additional Upfront Fee”), and requires the payment by the Company to the Term Loan Lenders of a commitment fee equal to $275,000. In accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Company used the proceeds from the additional loan for general working capital, the payment of certain fees and expenses owed to BHCMF and the Term Loan Lenders in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and other costs incurred in the ordinary course of business. Aside from the increase in the principal amount extended, the Amendment did not modify any of the terms under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, all of which will be applicable to the March 2017 Term Loan extended to the Company by the Lenders.

The Company recorded the original principal amount of the additional loan reduced by the Additional Upfront Fee and costs incurred in putting the March 2017 Term Loan in place for a net principal amount of $5,500,000.

As of September 30, 2017, the Company has accrued a total of $938,000 of interest expense, consisting of $288,000 interest and loan cost accretion of $650,000 and has recorded such against the principal balance resulting in a loan balance of $6,438,000 in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet with a charge to Interest expense of $937,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2017 in the accompanying Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.

July 2017 Term Loan

On July 8, 2017, the Company entered into a second amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Term Loan Credit Agreement to obtain an additional term loan (the “July 2017 Term Loan” and, together with the December 2016 Term Loan and the March 2017 Term Loan, the “Term Loans”). The Second Amendment provides for additional loans that may be drawn by the Company on a bi-monthly basis from time to time (the “Grid Advances”) in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5,434,783, less an upfront fee equal to $435,000 and requires the payment at maturity by the Company to the Term Loan Lenders a commitment fee of $263,000.  In accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Company used the proceeds from the Grid Advances for general working capital, the payment of certain fees and expenses owed to the Agent and the Term Loan Lenders in connection with the Term Loan Credit Agreement and other costs incurred in the ordinary course of business. Aside from the increase in the principal amount extended, the Second Amendment did not modify any of the terms under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, all of which will be applicable to the Grid Advances extended to the Company by the Term Loan Lenders.

As of September 30, 2017, the entire amount provided by the Second Amendment of $5,000,000 (net of an Upfront Fee of $435,000) of the July 2017 Term Loan has been received by the Company.  Accordingly, as of September 30, 2017, the Company has received the entire amount available under the Term Loans totaling $14.7 million.

As of September 30, 2017, the Company has accrued a total of $563,000 of interest expense, consisting of $91,000 interest and loan cost accretion of $472,000 and has recorded such against the principal balance resulting in a loan balance of $5,563,000 in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet with a charge to Interest expense of $563,000 for the nine months ending September 30, 2017 in the accompanying Condensed Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss.
 
 
Committed Equity Financing Facility

On August 24, 2017, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2017 (the “ELOC Purchase Agreement”), with Aperture Healthcare Ventures Ltd. (“Aperture”) pursuant to which the Company may, subject to certain conditions and limitations set forth in the ELOC Purchase Agreement, require Aperture to purchase up to $15.0 million worth of newly issued shares (the “Put Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, over the 36-month term following the effectiveness of the initial resale registration statement described below (the “Investment Period”). From time to time over the Investment Period, and in the Company’s sole discretion, the Company may present Aperture with one or more notices requiring Aperture to purchase a specified dollar amount of Put Shares, based on the price per share per day over five consecutive trading days (a “Pricing Period”). The per share purchase price for these shares equals the daily volume weighted average price of the common stock on each date during the Pricing Period on which shares are purchased, less a discount of 6.0% based on a minimum price as set forth in the ELOC Purchase Agreement. In addition, in the Company’s sole discretion, but subject to certain limitations, the Company may require Aperture to purchase a percentage of the daily trading volume of common stock for each trading day during the Pricing Period.
 
Under the ELOC Purchase Agreement, the Company paid Aperture a document preparation fee of $15,000 by issuing to Aperture 9,315 shares of common stock (the “Fee Shares” and, together with the Put Shares, the “ELOC Shares”).

On August 23, 2017, in connection with the ELOC Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the "ELOC RRA") with Aperture, pursuant to which the Company granted to Aperture certain registration rights related to the ELOC Shares issuable in accordance with the ELOC Purchase Agreement. Under the ELOC RRA, the Company agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC one or more registration statements for the purpose of registering the resale of the maximum ELOC Shares issuable pursuant to the ELOC Purchase Agreement. The Company agreed to file the initial registration statement with the SEC within 90 days after the date of the ELOC Purchase Agreement and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause that registration statement to be declared effective within 120 days of the date of the ELOC Purchase Agreement (180 days if the registration statement is reviewed by the SEC).
 
The actual amount of funds that can be raised under the Aperture facility will depend on the number of shares sold under the ELOC Purchase Agreement and the market value of the Company’s common stock during the Pricing Period of each sale. The Company has not yet filed a registration statement under the ELOC RRA.  Sales of common stock under the ELOC Purchase Agreement cannot commence until such registration statement is filed and declared effective by the SEC. There can be no assurance that the Company will use the Aperture facility to raise funds in the future.
 
8. Commitments and Contingencies

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

As of September 30, 2017, there were no material changes to the Company’s contractual obligations from those set forth in the 2016 Annual Report.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

The Company has  certain agreements with service providers with which it does business that contain indemnification provisions pursuant to which the Company typically agrees to indemnify the party against certain types of third-party claims. The Company accrues for known indemnification issues when a loss is probable and can be reasonably estimated. The Company would also accrue for estimated incurred but unidentified indemnification issues based on historical activity. As the Company has not incurred any indemnification losses to date, there were no accruals for or expenses related to indemnification issues for any period presented.

9. Share Based Compensation

2012 Equity Incentive Plan

Under the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, the Company may grant shares, stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance cash awards and/or options to employees, directors, consultants, and other service providers. For options, the per share exercise price may not be less than the fair market value of a Company common share on the date of grant. Awards generally vest and become exercisable over three to four years and expire 10 years from the date of grant. Options generally become exercisable as they vest following the date of grant.
 
 
On September 13, 2016, the Board approved an amendment to the Company’s 2012 Equity Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issuance under the Plan by 3,000,000 shares and to increase the annual maximum aggregate number of shares subject to stock option awards that may be granted to any one person under the Plan from 125,000 to 1,100,000.
 
A summary of stock option activity for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 under all of the Company’s options plans is as follows:
 
   
Options
   
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 
Outstanding at December 31, 2016
   
1,835,835
   
$
4.15
 
Granted
   
615,000
     
2.92
 
Exercised
   
-
     
-
 
Cancelled (forfeited)
   
(17,905
)
   
3.29
 
Cancelled (expired)
   
(87
)
   
4.24
 
Outstanding at March 31, 2017
   
2,432,843
   
$
3.85
 
Granted
   
-
     
-
 
Exercised
   
-
     
-
 
Cancelled (forfeited)
   
(3,895
)
   
3.20
 
Cancelled (expired)
   
-
     
-
 
Outstanding at June 30, 2017
   
2,428,948
   
$
3.85
 
Granted
   
150,000
     
0.33
 
Exercised
   
-
     
-
 
Cancelled (forfeited)
   
-
     
-
 
Cancelled (expired)
   
-
     
-
 
Outstanding at September 30, 2017
   
2,578,948
   
$
3.65
 
 
The weighted average fair value of options granted during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 was $0.22 and $1.49 per share, respectively.

The Company valued the options granted using the Black-Scholes options pricing model and the following weighted-average assumption terms for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:

   
Nine months Ended
September 30, 2017
 
Exercise price
 
$
2.41
 
Market value
 
$
2.41
 
Risk-free rate
 
1.78% to 2.09%%
 
Expected term
 
5.0 to 6.0 years
 
Expected volatility
 
83.2% to 87.9%
 
Dividend yield
   
-
 
 
 
Stock-Based Compensation

The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss as follows:

 
Three Months
 
Nine Months
 
 
Ended September 30,
 
Ended September 30,
 
(in thousands)
2017
 
2016
 
2017
 
2016
 
General and administrative
$
278
 
$
273
 
$
1,477
 
$
275
 
Research and development
 
67
   
40
   
296
   
42
 
 
$
345
 
$
313
 
$
1,773
 
$
317
 
 
At September 30, 2017, the Company had $2.5 million of total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense, net of estimated forfeitures, related to outstanding stock options that will be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.9 years.

10. Savant Arrangements
 
On February 29, 2016, the Company entered into a binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) with Savant Neglected Diseases, LLC (“Savant”).  The LOI provided that the Company would acquire certain worldwide rights relating to benznidazole (the “Compound”) from Savant.   Under the LOI, the Company made a non-refundable deposit to Savant of $500,000, which was credited towards the Initial Payment (as defined below), and agreed to make monthly payments to Savant equal to $87,500 for development services performed by Savant relating to the Compound.
 
The LOI provided that in consideration for the assets to be acquired, the Company would provide consideration to Savant, including:
 
·
$3,000,000 (the “Initial Payment”) payable as soon as practicable but in no event later than the Company emerging from its Chapter 11 bankruptcy pursuant to a plan of reorganization (the “Bankruptcy Exit”);
 
·
a five-year warrant from the date of the Bankruptcy Exit to purchase up to 200,000 shares of common stock at a per share price of $2.25, exercisable for 25% of the shares immediately and exercisable for the remaining shares upon reaching certain milestones related to regulatory approval of the Compound; and
 
·
certain additional payments to be further specified in the definitive agreements.
 
On the Effective Date, as authorized by the Plan and the Confirmation Order, the Company and Savant entered into an Agreement for the Manufacture, Development and Commercialization of Benznidazole for Human Use (the “MDC Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company acquired certain worldwide rights relating to the Compound. The MDC Agreement consummates the transactions contemplated by the LOI.
 
Under the terms of the MDC Agreement, the Company acquired certain regulatory and non-intellectual property assets relating to the Compound and any product containing the Compound and an exclusive license of certain intellectual property assets related to the Compound. Savant will retain the right to use the licensed intellectual property for veterinary uses. The MDC Agreement provides that the Company and Savant will jointly conduct research and development activities with respect to the Compound, while the Company will be solely responsible for commercializing the Compound. The Company will fund the development program for the Compound and will reimburse Savant for its development program costs. 
 
As required by the MDC Agreement, on the Effective Date, the Company made payments to Savant totaling $2,687,500, consisting of the remaining portion of the Initial Payment less the deposit in the amount of $2,500,000, an initial monthly Joint Development Program Cost payment of $87,500, and reimbursement of Savant’s legal fees capped at $100,000. The MDC Agreement provides for milestone payments, including payments related to U.S. and foreign regulatory submissions of up to $21 million and certain other contingent payments.  Additionally, the Company will pay Savant royalties in the mid-teens on net sales of any benznidazole product on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis, which royalty will be reduced to the high single digits in the United States if a priority review voucher is not granted subsequent to regulatory approval of any benznidazole product.  The MDC Agreement also provides that Savant is entitled to a portion of the amount the Company receives upon the sale, if any, of a PRV relating to the Compound.
 
 
In addition, on the Effective Date the Company and Savant also entered into a Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company granted Savant a continuing senior security interest in the assets and rights acquired by the Company pursuant to the MDC Agreement and certain future assets developed from those acquired assets.
 
On the Effective Date, the Company issued to Savant a five year warrant (the “Warrant”) to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at an exercise price of $2.25 per share, subject to adjustment. The Warrant is exercisable for 25% of the shares immediately and exercisable for the remaining shares upon reaching certain regulatory related milestones. In addition, pursuant to the MDC Agreement, the Company has granted Savant certain “piggyback” registration rights for the shares issuable under the Warrant.
 
The Company determined the fair value of the Warrant to be approximately $670,000. During the course of 2016, the Company reevaluated the performance conditions and expected vesting of the Warrant at the end of each quarter and recorded expense of approximately $361,000 during the year ended December 31, 2016 in Research and development expenses.
 
The Company reevaluated the performance conditions and expected vesting of the Warrant as of September 30, 2017 and recorded a reduction in expense of approximately $59,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2017 and a reduction of expense of approximately $97,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 due to a decline in the fair value, which reduction is included in Research and development expenses in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. Specifically, as a result of the FDA granting accelerated and conditional approval of a benznidazole therapy manufactured by Chemo for the treatment of Chagas disease and awarding Chemo a neglected tropical disease PRV, the Company re-evaluated the final two vesting milestones and concluded that the probability of achievement of these milestones had decreased to 0%.The Company will continue to reevaluate the performance conditions and expected vesting of the Warrant on a quarterly basis until all performance conditions have been met.
 
Before a compound receives regulatory approval, the Company records upfront and milestone payments made to third parties under licensing arrangements as expense. Upfront payments are recorded when incurred and milestone payments are recorded when the specific milestone has been achieved.
 
The Company determined that the acquisition of the Compound should be treated as a purchase of in-process research and development. Accordingly, during the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded $3,250,000, which includes an additional $250,000 payment made in 2015 to Savant, as a Research and development expense. In addition, during the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded $262,500 in connection with the Joint Development Program and recorded $100,000 in legal fee reimbursement as a Research and development expense.
 
On May 26, 2017, the Company submitted its benznidazole IND to FDA which became effective on June 26, 2017.  The Company recorded expense of $1,000,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2017 as a Research and development expense related to the milestone achievement associated with the IND being declared effective.
 
On July 10, 2017 FDA notified the Company that it granted Orphan Drug Designation to benznidazole for the treatment of Chagas disease. The Company recorded an expense of $1,000,000 during the three months ended September 30, 2017 as a Research and development expense related to the milestone achievement associated with Orphan Drug Designation.
 
In July 2017, the Company commenced litigation against Savant alleging that Savant breached the MDC Agreement and seeking a declaratory judgement.  Savant has asserted counterclaims for breaches of contract under the MDC Agreement and the Security Agreement.  The dispute primarily concerns the Company’s right under the  MDC Agreement to offset certain costs incurred by the Company in excess of the agreed upon budget  against payments due Savant.  The aggregate cost overages as of September 30, 2017 that the Company asserts are Savant’s responsibility total approximately $3.4 million, net of a $500,000 deductible.  The Company asserts that it is entitled to offset $2 million in milestone payments due Savant against the cost overages, such that as of June 30, 2017, Savant owed the Company approximately $1.4 million. As of September 30, 2017, Savant owed the Company approximately $2.1 million in cost overages. Such cost overages have been charged to Research and development expense as incurred.  Recovery of such cost overages, if any, will be recorded as a reduction of Research and development expense in the period received. See Part II, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for more information about this pending matter.
 
 
11. Litigation

Bankruptcy Proceeding

The Company filed for protection under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code on December 29, 2015.  See Note 2 for additional information related to the bankruptcy.

Securities Class Action Litigation

On December 18, 2015, a putative class action lawsuit (captioned Li v. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., 5:15-cv-05841-EJD) was filed against the Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Class Action Court”), alleging violations of the federal securities laws by the Company, Herb Cross and Martin Shkreli, the Company’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  On December 23, 2015, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against the Company in the Class Action Court (captioned Sciabacucchi v. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., 3:15-cv-05992-CRB), similarly alleging violations of the federal securities laws by the Company and  Mr. Shkreli.  On December 31, 2015, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against the Company in the Class Action Court (captioned Isensee v. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. et al., Case No. 15-cv-06331-EJD) also alleging violation of the federal securities laws by the Company, a former officer and Mr. Shkreli.  On April 18, 2016, an amended complaint was filed in the Isensee suit, adding Herb Cross and Ronald Martell as defendants. On April 28, 2016, the Class Action Court consolidated these cases (the “Securities Class Action Litigation”) and appointed certain plaintiffs as the lead plaintiffs.  The lead plaintiffs in the Securities Class Action Litigation were seeking damages of $20.0 million on behalf of all the affected members of the class represented in the Securities Class Action Litigation, (the “Securities Class Action Members”).

On June 15, 2016, a settlement stipulation (the “Securities Class Action Settlement”), was approved by the Bankruptcy Court. The Securities Class Action Settlement required the Company to issue 300,000 shares of common stock and submit a payment of $250,000 to the Securities Class Action Members and advance insurance proceeds of $1.25 million to the Securities Class Action Members (collectively, the consideration is the “Securities Class Action Settlement Consideration”).  On January 20, 2017, the Class Action Court preliminarily approved the Securities Class Action Settlement and on June 22, 2017, the Class Action Court issued its final approval order. The Securities Class Action Settlement provides that any Securities Class Action Member is entitled to share in the Securities Class Action Settlement Consideration.  The Securities Class Action Settlement provides for releases and related injunctions to be granted for the benefit of, among others, the Company, Ronald Martell, Herb Cross and all of the Company’s past, present and future directors, officers and employees, excluding Mr. Shkreli. Securities Class Action Members had the option to exclude themselves from the Securities Class Action Settlement and are thereby not bound by the terms of the Securities Class Action Settlement nor entitled to receive any amount of the Securities Class Acton Settlement Consideration. Such Securities Class Action Members, to the extent they properly excluded themselves from the Securities Class Action Settlement and timely and properly filed a proof of claim in the bankruptcy case, may have certain rights under the Plan with respect to such claims. Pursuant to the Plan and Confirmation Order, such claims are subordinated to the level of the Company’s common stock that was issued and outstanding when the Company’s bankruptcy case was filed. Such claims are also subject to the Company’s objection.

The Company’s agreement to the Securities Class Action Settlement was not in any way an admission of the Company’s wrongdoing or liability. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the 300,000 shares were issued and the $250,000 payment was made.

PIPE Litigation

On January 7, 2016, certain investors (the “PIPE Claimants”), commenced an adversary proceeding (captioned Gregory Rea, et al. v. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Adv. Pro. No. 16-50001 (LSS)) in the Bankruptcy Court against the Company alleging implied trust theories, breach of contract, fraud and violations of the federal securities laws in connection with the PIPE Claimants’ purchase of the Company’s common stock in the Private Placement (the “PIPE Litigation”).  The PIPE Claimants also raised certain other objections to the Company’s bankruptcy proceeding.  The PIPE Claimants sought an aggregate total of approximately $6.9 million in damages.
 

On May 9, 2016, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving a settlement stipulation between the Company and the PIPE Claimants (the “Settlement Stipulation”).  Under the Settlement Stipulation, in connection with the effectiveness of the Plan, and per the terms of the Settlement Stipulation, the Company became obligated to issue 327,608 shares to the PIPE Claimants and make a payment of $250,000 to the PIPE Claimants for the purpose of satisfying expenses related to the PIPE Litigation. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the 327,608 shares were issued and the $250,000 payment was made.

Claim by Marek Biestek

Marek Biestek was a director of the Company who, while not a plaintiff in the above described PIPE Litigation, filed a proof of claim alleging damages from the PIPE transaction and filed an objection to the confirmation of the Plan.  To resolve his objection to the Plan and his proof of claim, the Company settled with him individually by issuing him 3,750 additional shares of common stock. Mr. Biestek, as a former director of the Company, was excluded from the Securities Class Action Members and therefore received nothing from the Securities Class Action Litigation.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company recorded an obligation in stockholders’ equity to issue the shares related to the above claims totaling approximately $2.8 million and recorded the cash liability of $500,000 in Liabilities subject to compromise. During the year ended December 31, 2016, all of the above claims were satisfied and shares issued.

Savant Litigation

See Note 10 – “Savant Arrangements” and Part II, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for information about litigation between the Company and Savant that was instituted in July 2017.

12. Subsequent Events

Vendor Negotiations

In October 2017, the Company reached agreement with certain vendors which reduced trade payables by $2.0 million, which includes $1.1 million reclassified to a long-term liability, as it is based on future revenue. The gain of $900,000, will be recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended December 31, 2017 as Other Income.
 
Term Loans

The outstanding principal balance of $14.7 million under the Term Loans, plus accrued interest and fees, became due on October 31, 2017.  See Note 7 – “Debt and Equity Financing” for further information about the Term Loans. As of October 31, 2017, the aggregate amount of the Company’s obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including accrued interest and fees, approximated $16.1 million.
 
The Company does not have access to sufficient funds to repay the outstanding obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement. Accordingly, on October 31, 2017, the Company obtained a short-term extension of the maturity of the Company’s obligations under the Term Loans. On November 16, 2017, the Company obtained an additional short-term extension of the maturity of the Company’s obligations under the Term Loans.  The extension agreed with the Term Loan Lenders extends the maturity date of the Company’s obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement to the earlier of (i) December 1, 2017, or (ii) the date that the Company consummates one or more alternative transactions with the Term Loan Lenders. Aside from the extension of the Maturity Date, the extensions did not modify any of the terms under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.

The Company has been discussing and continues to discuss with its Term Loan Lenders alternative transactions that might result in the satisfaction, extension or modification of the Company’s obligations including conversion of the Term Loans into equity in the Company, which may occur at a significant discount to the current market price and be dilutive to the ownership interests of existing stockholders. There can be no assurances that the Term Loan Lenders will agree to continue discussing any such alternative transactions or that the Company ultimately will be able to reach agreement with such Term Loan Lenders on the terms of any alternative transaction.

If the Company is unable to reach a satisfactory agreement with the Term Loan Lenders on any alternative transaction, the Company’s Board has authorized the Company’s management to prepare for a second bankruptcy filing while exploring other options in parallel.
 
Departure of Directors
 
On November 9, 2017, Dale Chappell and Ezra Friedberg resigned from the Board, effective immediately. Dr. Chappell is an affiliate of BHCMF, BHC and Cheval, each of which is a Term Loan Lender under the Term Loan Credit Agreement. 
 

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

You should read the following discussion and analysis together with our financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.  This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains statements that discuss future events or expectations, projections of results of operations or financial condition, trends in our business, business prospects and strategies and other “forward-looking” information. In some cases, you can identify “forward-looking statements” by words like “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “intends,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of those words and other comparable words. These statements may relate to, among other things, our expectations regarding the scope, progress, expansion, and costs of researching, developing and commercializing our product candidates; our intent to in-license or acquire additional product candidates; our opportunity to benefit from various regulatory incentives; expectations for our financial results, revenue, operating expenses and other financial measures in future periods; and the adequacy of our sources of liquidity to satisfy our working capital needs, capital expenditures, and other liquidity requirements. Actual events or results may differ materially due to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors such as:

 
·
our lack of revenues, history of operating losses, limited cash reserves and ability to obtain additional capital to develop and commercialize our product candidates, including the additional capital which will be necessary to complete the clinical trials that we have initiated or plan to initiate, and continue as a going concern;
·
our ability to consummate one or more alternative transactions with our term loan lenders to permit the satisfaction, extension or modification of our obligations under our term loan credit agreement;
·
the effect on our stock price and the significant dilution to the share ownership of our existing stockholders that may result from conversion of the term loans into equity of the company at a discount from the current market price;
·
our ability to execute our new strategy and business plan focused on developing our proprietary monoclonal antibody portfolio;
·
our ability to list our common stock on a national securities exchange, whether through a new listing or by completing a reverse merger or other strategic transaction;
·
the success, progress, timing and costs of our efforts to evaluate or consummate various strategic alternatives if in the best interests of our stockholders;
·
our ability to recover any portion of our investment in benznidazole after FDA’s award of a Priority Review Voucher to a competitor’s drug candidate;
·
uncertainties relating to the timetable for FDA action under the new presidential administration;
·
the potential timing and outcomes of clinical studies of lenzilumab, ifabotuzumab or any other product candidates and the uncertainties inherent in clinical testing;
·
our ability to timely source adequate supply of our development products from third-party manufacturers on which we depend;
·
the potential, if any, for future development of any of our present or future products;
·
our ability to successfully progress, partner or complete further development of our programs;
·
our ability to identify and develop additional products;
·
our ability to attain market exclusivity or to protect our intellectual property;
·
our ability to reach agreement with a partner to effect a successful commercialization of any of our product candidates;
·
the outcome of pending or future litigation;
·
competition; and
·
changes in the regulatory landscape that may prevent us from pursuing or realizing any of the expected benefits from the various regulatory incentives at the center of our strategy, or the imposition of regulations that affect our products.
 
These are only some of the factors that may affect the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q. For a discussion identifying additional important factors that could cause actual results to vary materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors” discussed in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. You should review these risk factors for a more complete understanding of the risks associated with an investment in our securities. However, we operate in a competitive and rapidly changing environment and new risks and uncertainties emerge, are identified or become apparent from time to time. It is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q. You should be aware that the forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q are based on our current views and assumptions. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. The forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q are intended to be subject to protection afforded by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
 
 
Overview
 
We were incorporated on March 15, 2000 in California and reincorporated as a Delaware corporation in September 2001 under the name KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. We completed our initial public offering in January 2013. Effective August 7, 2017, we changed our legal name to Humanigen, Inc.

We have undergone a significant transformation since December 2015. As a result of challenges facing us at the time, on December 29, 2015, we filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. On June 30, 2016, our Second Amended Plan of Reorganization, dated May 9, 2016, as amended, or the Plan, became effective and we emerged from our Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. For further information on our bankruptcy and emergence from bankruptcy, see Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
 
On January 13, 2016, our common stock was suspended from the Nasdaq Global Market and began trading on the over-the-counter market under the ticker symbol KBIOQ.  On January 26, 2016, NASDAQ filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to complete the delisting of our common stock, and the delisting was effective on February 5, 2016.  On June 30, 2016, upon emergence from bankruptcy, the ticker symbol for the trading of our common stock on the over-the-counter market reverted back to KBIO. On June 26, 2017 our common stock began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the same ticker symbol. On August 7, 2017, following effectiveness of our previously reported name change to Humanigen, Inc., our common stock began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the new ticker symbol “HGEN”.
 
From the time of our emergence from bankruptcy to August 29, 2017, our lead product candidate was benznidazole for the treatment of Chagas disease, a parasitic illness that can lead to long-term heart, intestinal and neurological problems.

On June 30, 2016, we acquired certain worldwide rights to benznidazole from Savant Neglected Diseases, LLC, or Savant, and until August 29, 2017, we were primarily focused on the development necessary to seek and obtain approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, for benznidazole and the subsequent commercialization, if approved.  According to FDA-issued guidance, benznidazole is eligible for review pursuant to a 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway as a potential treatment for Chagas disease and, if it became the first FDA-approved treatment for Chagas disease, we would have been eligible to receive a Priority Review Voucher (“PRV”).
 
However, on August 29, 2017, the FDA announced it had granted accelerated and conditional approval of a benznidazole therapy manufactured by Chemo Research, S.L. or Chemo, for the treatment of Chagas disease and had awarded that manufacturer a neglected tropical disease PRV. Chemo’s benznidazole also has received Orphan Drug designation. As a result of FDA’s actions and with the information currently available, we no longer expect to be eligible to receive a PRV with our own benznidazole candidate for the treatment of Chagas disease.  Accordingly, we have ceased development for benznidazole and are currently assessing a full range of options with respect to our benznidazole assets and development program.
 
Since the FDA’s August 29, 2017 announcement, we have shifted our primary focus toward developing our proprietary monoclonal antibody portfolio, which comprises, lenzilumab (formerly known as KB003) and ifabotuzumab (formerly known as KB004), for use in addressing significant unmet needs in oncology. Both of these product candidates are in the early stage of development and will require substantial time, expenses, clinical development, testing, and regulatory approval prior to commercialization. Furthermore, neither of these product candidates has advanced into a pivotal registration study and it may be years before such a study is initiated, if at all.

Lenzilumab is a recombinant monoclonal antibody, or mAb, that neutralizes soluble granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, or GM-CSF, a critical cytokine for the growth of certain hematologic malignancies and solid tumors and potentially involved in other serious conditions. In July 2016, we initiated dosing in a Phase 1 clinical trial in patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia or CMML to identify the maximum tolerated dose, or recommended Phase 2 dose of lenzilumab and to assess lenzilumab’s safety, pharmacokinetics, and clinical activity.
 
We have enrolled a total of nine patients in the 200, 400 and 600 mg dose cohorts of our CMML trial, and are currently evaluating subjects in the highest dose cohort of 600 mg for continuing accrual. We also plan to review preliminary safety and efficacy results and anticipate completion of the ad hoc interim analysis in the first half of 2018.

We also expect to explore lenzilumab’s effectiveness in reducing adverse events associated with chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, or CAR-T, therapy.  Specifically, we intend to explore lenzilumab’s effectiveness in preventing, ameliorating or treating CAR-T-cell-related adverse events. We may also use the interim data from the lenzilumab CMML Phase I study to determine the feasibility of rapidly commencing a Phase I study in JMML patients, or to explore progressing directly with a JMML Phase I study. JMML, a rare pediatric cancer, is associated with a very high unmet medical need and there are no FDA-approved therapies.
 
 
Ifabotuzumab is an anti-EphA3 mAb that has the potential to offer a novel approach to treating solid tumors, hematologic malignancies and serious pulmonary conditions. EphA3 is aberrantly expressed on the surface of tumor cells and stromal cells in certain cancers. We completed the Phase 1 dose escalation portion of a Phase 1/2 ifabotuzumab clinical trial in hematologic malignancies for which the preliminary results were published in the journal Leukemia Research in 2016.    An Investigator-Sponsored Phase 0/1 radiolabeled imaging trial of ifabotuzumab in glioblastoma multiforme (a particularly aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer) has begun at the Olivia-Newton John Cancer Institute in Melbourne, Australia.   We are currently exploring partnering opportunities to enable further development of ifabotuzumab.

Lenzilumab and ifabotuzumab were each developed with our proprietary, patent-protected Humaneered® technology, which consists of methods for converting antibodies (typically murine) into engineered, high-affinity antibodies designed for human therapeutic use, typically for chronic conditions.

We have incurred significant losses and had an accumulated deficit of $259.5 million as of September 30, 2017.  We expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future as we develop our drug candidates, expand clinical trials for our drug candidates currently in clinical development, expand our development activities and seek regulatory approvals. Significant capital is required to continue to develop and to launch a product and many expenses are incurred before revenue is received, if any. We are unable to predict the extent of any future losses or when we will receive revenue or become profitable, if at all.
 
We will require substantial additional capital to continue as a going concern and to support our business efforts, including obtaining regulatory approvals for our product candidates, clinical trials and other studies, and, if approved, the commercialization of our product candidates.
 
 As discussed in further detail below under the caption “Liquidity and Capital Resources” and in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” we do not have access to sufficient funds to repay our outstanding obligations totaling approximately $16.1 million under our outstanding Term Loans. We have been discussing and continue to discuss with our Term Loan Lenders alternative transactions that might result in the satisfaction, extension or modification of our obligations including conversion of the Term Loans into equity of the Company, which may occur at a significant discount to the current market price and be dilutive to the ownership interests of existing stockholdersIf we are unable to reach agreement with our Term Loan Lenders to satisfy, extend or modify these obligations, we may be forced to file for a second bankruptcy. Even if we were to successfully reach such an agreement with our Term Loan Lenders, in the future we would need to seek additional financing from a number of sources, including, but not limited to, the sale of equity or debt securities, strategic collaborations, and licensing of our product candidates. Additional funding may not be available to us on a timely basis or on acceptable terms, if at all. Our ability to access capital when needed is not assured and, if not achieved on a timely basis, would materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of our development programs. We may also be required to sell or license to others our technologies, product candidates, or development programs that we would have preferred to develop and commercialize ourselves and on less than favorable terms, if at all.
 
Based on our current levels of operating expenses, our current capital will not be sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months.  These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2017, were prepared on the basis of a going concern, which contemplates that we will be able to realize our assets and discharge liabilities in the normal course of business.  Our ability to meet our liabilities and to continue as a going concern is dependent upon the availability of future funding.  The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern.
 
We are currently evaluating a full range of strategic alternatives to address or respond to our lack of liquidity to repay our outstanding term loans and other obligations.  If we are able to successfully reach agreement with our Term Loan Lenders and are also able to successfully obtain additional financing, the review of strategic alternatives could result in, among other things, pursuit of a litigation strategy relating to our benznidazole intellectual property rights, a sale, merger, consolidation or business combination, asset divestiture, partnering, licensing or other collaboration agreements, or potential acquisitions or recapitalizations, in one or more transactions, or continuing to operate with our current business plan and strategy. We may incur substantial expenses associated with identifying, evaluating and pursuing potential strategic alternatives, and there can be no assurances as to whether any of these may be successfully implemented. If we are not successful in reaching agreement with our Term Loan Lenders, we may have to file a second petition for bankruptcy.  See Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
 
Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Our management believes judgment is involved in determining revenue recognition, valuation of financing derivative, the fair value-based measurement of stock-based compensation, accruals and warrant valuations. Our management evaluates estimates and assumptions as facts and circumstances dictate. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ from these estimates and assumptions, and those differences could be material to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. If our assumptions change, we may need to revise our estimates, or take other corrective actions, either of which may also have a material adverse effect on our statements of operations, liquidity and financial condition.
 
 
We are an emerging growth company under the JOBS Act. Emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have elected to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, we may not be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are not emerging growth companies.

There were no significant and material changes in our critical accounting policies and use of estimates during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, as compared to those disclosed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Use of Estimates” in our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-35798), filed with the SEC on March 9, 2017.

Results of Operations

General

We have not generated net income from operations, except for the year ended December 31, 2007 during which we recognized a one-time license payment from Novartis. At September 30, 2017 we had an accumulated deficit of $259.5 million primarily as a result of research and development and general and administrative expenses. While we may in the future generate revenue from a variety of sources, including license fees, milestone payments, and research and development payments in connection with strategic partnerships, our product candidates may never be successfully developed or commercialized and we may therefore never realize revenue from any product sales, particularly because most of our product candidates are at an early stage of development. Accordingly, we expect to continue to incur substantial losses from operations for the foreseeable future, and there can be no assurance that we will ever generate significant revenue or profits.

Our operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily related to our status as a debtor in possession and other matters in connection with our Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, in addition to our efforts to obtain certain rights related to our former lead product candidate benznidazole. Our operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, which are now largely related to advancing our development programs, have changed substantially from the same period in 2016. Accordingly, comparisons of our operations and results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 to our operations and results in the prior year periods may only provide a limited benefit, and similarly should not be relied on as an indicator of our future operations or results.

Research and Development Expenses

Conducting research and development is central to our business model. We expense both internal and external research and development costs as incurred. We track external research and development costs incurred by project for each of our clinical programs. We began tracking our external costs by project beginning January 1, 2008, and we have continued to refine our systems and our methodology in tracking external research and development costs. Our external research and development costs consist primarily of:

·
expenses incurred under agreements with contract research organizations, investigative sites, and consultants that conduct our clinical trials and a substantial portion of our preclinical activities;

·
the cost of acquiring and manufacturing clinical trial and other materials; and
 
·
other costs associated with development activities, including additional studies.

Other research and development costs consist primarily of internal research and development costs such as salaries and related fringe benefit costs for our employees (such as workers compensation and health insurance premiums), stock‑based compensation charges, travel costs, lab supplies, overhead expenses such as rent and utilities, and external costs not allocated to one of our clinical programs. Internal research and development costs generally benefit multiple projects and are not separately tracked per project.
 
 
The following table shows our total research and development expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016:

    For the     For the  
   
Three Months Ended
   
Nine Months Ended
 
   
September 30,
   
September 30,
 
(in thousands)
 
2017
   
2016
   
2017
    2016  
External Costs
                       
   KB001
 
$
-
   
$
5
   
$
-
   
$
10
 
   Lenzilumab
   
528
     
99
     
1,713
     
215
 
   Ifabotuzumab
   
25
     
30
     
120
     
176
 
   Benznidazole
   
3,138
     
829
     
6,956
     
5,024
 
Internal costs
   
116
     
778
     
1,539
     
2,380
 
Total research and development
 
$
3,807
   
$
1,741
   
$
10,328
   
$
7,805
 
 
General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses consist principally of personnel-related costs, professional fees for legal, consulting, audit and tax services, rent and other general operating expenses not otherwise included in research and development.

Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016
 
   
Three Months Ended September 30,
    Increase/(Decrease)  
(in thousands)
 
2017
   
2016
   
$'s
   
%
 
Operating expenses:
                       
Research and development
 
$
3,807
   
$
1,741
   
$
2,066
     
119
 
General and administrative
   
1,993
     
2,453
     
(460
)
   
(19
)
Loss from operations
   
(5,800
)
   
(4,194
)
   
1,606
     
38
 
Interest expense
   
(1,269
)
   
(30
)
   
1,239
     
4,130
 
Other income (expense), net
   
(14
)
   
128
     
142
     
111
 
Reorganization items, net
   
(102
)
   
(427
)
   
(325
)
   
(76
)
Net loss
 
$
(7,185
)
 
$
(4,523
)
 
$
2,662
     
59
 
 
Research and development expenses increased $2.1 million, from $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 to $3.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017. The increase is driven by increases in benznidazole and lenzilumab development costs as well as an increase in internal costs. The 2017 benznidazole costs include the $1 million milestone achieved in July 2017.  See Note 10 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information regarding the milestone achievement in July 2017.

General and administrative expenses decreased $0.5 million from $2.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 to $2.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017.  The decrease is primarily due to lower accounting and professional fees partially offset by an increase in legal fees due to the litigation with Savant.

Reorganization items, net, decreased $0.3 million from $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 to $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017.  The decrease is primarily related to a decrease in legal and professional fees due to less bankruptcy related activities.

Interest expense of $1.3 million recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2017 relates to interest accrued on the Term Loans and interest accrued on the Notes payable to vendors.  Interest expense of $30,000 recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2016 was related to the debtor-in-possession financing entered into on April 1, 2016.
 
 
Other expense, net for the three months ended September 30, 2017 consists of foreign currency losses related to the payment of vendor invoices in foreign currencies. Other income, net for the three months ended September 30, 2016 primarily consists of foreign currency gains related to the payment of bankruptcy liabilities in foreign currencies.
 
Comparison of Nine months Ended September 30, 2017 and 2016

   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
   
Increase/(Decrease)
 
(in thousands)
 
2017
   
2016
   
$'s
   
%
 
Operating expenses:
                       
Research and development
 
$
10,328
   
$
7,805
   
$
2,523
     
32
 
General and administrative
   
5,987
     
6,169
     
(182
)
   
(3
)
Loss from operations
   
(16,315
)
   
(13,974
)
   
2,341
     
17
 
Interest expense
   
(2,245
)
   
(76
)
   
2,169
     
2,854
 
Other income (expense), net
   
(38
)
   
128
     
166
     
130
 
Reorganization items, net
   
(289
)
   
(8,039
)
 
$
(7,750
)
   
(96
)
Net loss
 
$
(18,887
)
 
$
(21,961
)
 
$
(3,074
)
   
(14
)
 
Research and development expenses increased $2.5 million, from $7.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to $10.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The increase is driven by an increase in benznidazole and lenzilumab development costs and internal development costs.  The 2017 benznidazole costs include the cumulative $2.0 million in milestones achieved in June and July 2017.  See Note 10 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information regarding these milestone achievements.  The 2016 benznidazole costs included the costs of the technology acquisition which occurred on June 30, 2016.

General and administrative expenses decreased $0.2 million, from $6.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to $6.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 primarily due to a decrease in accounting and auditing expenses during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 as compared to the prior year.

Reorganization items, net decreased $7.7 million, from $8.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 to $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 due to the amounts incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2016  related to the bankruptcy plan, including legal fees of $4.8 million, $1.1 million in professional fees, $0.7 million related to the fair value of common shares issued to our CEO and two directors for their service in bankruptcy, $1.1 million in legal and other costs related to the debtor-in-possession financing, $0.5 million related to the beneficial conversion expense recognized in connection with the debtor-in-possession financing, offset by a net gain on the termination of the South San Francisco lease of $0.2 million. The costs incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 include $0.2 million in legal and professional fees related to ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.

Interest expense of $2.2 million recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 relates to interest accrued on the Term Loans and interest accrued on the Notes payable to vendors.  Interest expense of $76,000 recognized for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 was related to the debtor-in-possession financing entered into on April 1, 2016.
 
Other expense, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 consists of foreign currency losses related to the payment of vendor invoices in foreign currencies. Other income, net for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily consists of foreign currency gains related to the payment of bankruptcy liabilities in foreign currencies.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Since our inception, we have financed our operations primarily through proceeds from the public offerings of our common stock, private placements of our preferred stock, debt financings, interest income earned on cash, and cash equivalents, and marketable securities, borrowings against lines of credit, and receipts from agreements with Sanofi and Novartis. At September 30, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of $1.1 million.  As of November 16, 2017, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $145,000.
 
 
The following table sets forth the primary sources and uses of cash and cash equivalents for each of the periods presented below:

   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
(In thousands)
 
2017
   
2016
 
             
Net cash (used in) provided by:
           
   Operating activities
 
$
(12,311
)
 
$
(17,948
)
   Investing activities
   
-
     
92
 
   Financing activities
   
10,500
     
12,330
 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
$
(1,811
)
 
$
(5,526
)
 
Net cash used in operating activities was $12.3 million and $17.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The primary use of cash in 2017 was to fund our operations related to the development of our product candidates, whereas the primary use of cash in 2016 was to fund our operations related to the Plan. Cash used in operating activities of $12.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 primarily related to our net loss of $18.9 million, adjusted for non-cash items, such as $1.8 million in stock based compensation, $2.2 million in noncash interest expense and net increases in working capital items, primarily $2.3 million of Accrued expenses.

 Cash used in operating activities of $17.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 primarily related to our net loss of $21.8 million, adjusted for non-cash items, such as $1.6 million related to reorganization items related to the debtor-in-possession financing, $1.5 million related to the issuance of stock to our CEO and two directors, $0.3 million related to the issuance of warrants to Savant in connection with the acquisition of certain rights related to the benznidazole license, $0.2 million related to a net gain on lease termination, other non-cash items of $0.4 million and net cash outflows of $0.3 million related to changes in operating assets and liabilities, primarily Liabilities subject to compromise, Accounts payable and Accrued expenses.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016, primarily related to the reduction in restricted cash in connection with the termination of our former office lease in South San Francisco. There was no Net cash provided by investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $10.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to the March 2017 and July 2017 Term Loans.  Net cash provided by financing activities was $12.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 related to the debtor-in-possession and equity bankruptcy financings.
 
In connection with our emergence from bankruptcy in June 2016, we closed an $11 million financing that provided the funds required to enable our exit from Chapter 11, as well as to fund our current working capital needs. In December 2016, we entered into a Credit and Security Agreement (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”) providing for an original $3.0 million credit facility (the “December 2016 Term Loan”), net of certain fees and expenses. On March 21, 2017, we entered into an amendment to the Term Loan Credit Agreement to obtain an additional $5.5 million (the “March 2017 Term Loan”), net of certain fees and expenses, providing additional working capital. On July 8, 2017, we entered into a second amendment to the Term Loan Credit Agreement to obtain an additional $5.0 million (the “July 2017 Term Loan” and together with the December 2016 Term Loan and the March 2017 Term Loan, the “Term Loans”), net of certain fees and expenses, providing additional working capital. As of September 30, 2017, we had received the entire amount available under the July 2017 Term Loan,   bringing the total principal amount of the Term Loans to $14.7 million.  The outstanding balance of $16.1 million under the Term Loans, including accrued interest and fees, became due on October 31, 2017.  On October 31, 2017, we obtained a short-term extension from our Term Loan Lenders of the maturity of our obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement until November 10, 2017. On November 16, 2017, we obtained an additional short-term extension of the maturity of our obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.  The extension agreed with the Term Loan Lenders extends the maturity date of our obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement to the earlier of (i) December 1, 2017, or (ii) the date that we consummate one or more alternative transactions with the Term Loan Lenders. Aside from the extension of the Maturity Date, the extensions did not modify any of the terms under the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
 
We do not have access to sufficient funds to repay the outstanding obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement. Accordingly, we have been discussing and continue to discuss with our Term Loan Lenders alternative transactions that might result in the satisfaction, extension or modification of our obligations including conversion of the Term Loans into equity of the Company, which may occur at a significant discount to the current market price and be dilutive to the ownership interests of existing stockholders.  There can be no assurances that the Term Loan Lenders will agree to continue discussing any such alternative transactions or that we ultimately will be able to reach agreement with such Term Loan Lenders on the terms of any alternative transaction.
 
 
If we are unable to reach a satisfactory agreement with the Term Loan Lenders on any alternative transactions, the Company’s board of directors has authorized the Company’s management team to prepare for a second bankruptcy filing while exploring other options in parallel.
 
Please see Note 7 – “Debt and Equity Financing” and Note 12 – “Subsequent Events” to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for additional information relating to the Term Loan Credit Agreement. See also Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”
 
Even if we were able to reach agreement with the Term Loan Lenders, we would require substantial additional capital to continue as a going concern and to support our business efforts, including obtaining regulatory approvals for our product candidates, clinical trials and other studies, and, if approved, the commercialization of our product candidates. The amount of capital we would require and the timing of our need for additional capital will depend on many factors, including:
 
·
the type, number, timing, progress, costs, and results of the product candidate development programs that we are pursuing or may choose to pursue in the future;
·
the scope, progress, expansion, costs, and results of our pre-clinical and clinical trials;
·
the timing of and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approvals;
·
the success, progress, timing and costs of our efforts to evaluate or consummate various strategic alternatives if in the best interests of our stockholders;
·
our ability to re-list our common stock on a national securities exchange, whether through a new listing or by completing a strategic transaction;
·
our ability to establish and maintain development partnering arrangements and any associated funding;
·
the emergence of competing products or technologies and other adverse market developments;
·
the costs and outcome of pending and future litigation;
·
the costs of maintaining, expanding, and protecting our intellectual property portfolio, including potential litigation costs and liabilities;
·
the resources we devote to marketing, and, if approved, commercializing our product candidates;
·
the scope, progress, expansion and costs of manufacturing our product candidates; and
·
the costs associated with being a public company.
 
We are pursuing efforts to raise additional capital from a number of sources, including, but not limited to, the sale of equity or debt securities, strategic collaborations, and licensing of our product candidates. Additional funding may not be available to us on a timely basis or at acceptable terms, if at all. Our ability to access capital when needed is not assured and, if not achieved on a timely basis, would materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. If adequate funds are not available, we may be required to delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of our development programs. We may also be required to sell or license to others our technologies, product candidates, or development programs that we would have preferred to develop and commercialize ourselves and on less than favorable terms, if at all. If in the best interests of our stockholders, we may also find it appropriate to enter into a strategic transaction that could result in, among other things, a sale, merger, consolidation or business combination.

Based on our current levels of operating expenses, our current capital will not be sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months.  These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

On January 13, 2016, our common stock was suspended from the Nasdaq Global Market and began trading on the over-the-counter market under the ticker symbol KBIOQ.  On January 26, 2016, NASDAQ filed a Form 25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to complete the delisting of our common stock, and the delisting was effective on February 5, 2016.  On June 30, 2016, upon emergence from bankruptcy, the ticker symbol for the trading of our common stock on the over-the-counter market reverted back to KBIO. On June 26, 2017 we began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the same ticker symbol. On August 7, 2017, following the effectiveness of our previously reported name change, our common stock began trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the new ticker symbol “HGEN”. Although our common stock is eligible to trade in the OTCQB Venture Market, trading is limited and an active market for our common stock may never develop in the future, which could harm our ability to raise capital to continue to fund operations.
 
 
Committed Equity Financing Facility

On August 24, 2017, we entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 23, 2017 (the "ELOC Purchase Agreement"), with Aperture Healthcare Ventures Ltd. ("Aperture") pursuant to which we may, subject to certain conditions and limitations set forth in the ELOC Purchase Agreement, require Aperture to purchase up to $15.0 million worth of newly issued shares of our common stock, over the 36-month term following the effectiveness of the initial resale registration statement described below (the “Investment Period”). From time to time over the Investment Period, and in our sole discretion, we may present Aperture with one or more notices requiring Aperture to purchase a specified dollar amount of shares of our common stock, based on the price per share per day over five consecutive trading days (the “Pricing Period”). In addition, in our sole discretion, but subject to certain limitations, we may require Aperture to purchase a percentage of the daily trading volume of our common stock for each trading day during the Pricing Period.

On August 23, 2017, in connection with the ELOC Purchase Agreement, we entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the "ELOC RRA”) with Aperture, pursuant to which we granted to Aperture certain registration rights related to the shares issuable in accordance with the ELOC Purchase Agreement. Under the ELOC RRA, we agreed to use our commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC one or more registration statements for the purpose of registering the resale of the maximum shares issuable pursuant to the ELOC Purchase Agreement.
 
The actual amount of funds that can be raised under the Aperture committed equity financing facility will depend on the number of shares of our common stock sold under the ELOC Purchase Agreement and the market value of our common stock during the Pricing Period of each sale. We have yet to file a registration statement under the ELOC RRA. Sales of common stock under the ELOC Purchase Agreement cannot commence until such registration statement is filed and declared effective by the SEC. There can be no assurance that we will use the Aperture facility to raise funds in the future. See Note 7 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for more information regarding the ELOC Purchase Agreement and the ELOC RRA.
 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We currently have no off-balance sheet arrangements, such as structured finance, special purpose entities or variable interest entities.

Item 4.
Controls and Procedures.

Management’s Evaluation of our Disclosure Controls and Procedures

“Disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.

Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, those designed to ensure that this information is accumulated and communicated to our management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon the evaluation our Chief Executive Officer and  Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2017 to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely discussion regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2017, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
Inherent Limitations of Controls
 
Management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all error and all fraud. Controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost‑benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision‑making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or deterioration in the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost‑effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
 
 
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 Item 1.
Legal Proceedings.

Please see Note 11 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a summary of other legal proceedings.

On July 10, 2017, the Company filed a complaint against Savant Neglected Diseases, LLC (“Savant”) in the Superior Court for the State of Delaware, New Castle County (the “Delaware Court”).  KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Savant Neglected Diseases, LLC, No. N17C-07-068 PRW-CCLD.  The Company asserted breach of contract and declaratory judgment claims against Savant arising under the MDC Agreement. See Note 10 - “Savant Arrangements” to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for more information about the MDC Agreement.  The Company alleges that Savant has breached its MDC Agreement obligations to pay cost overages that exceed a budgetary threshold as well as other related MDC Agreement representations and obligations. In the litigation, the Company has alleged that as of June 30, 2017,  Savant was responsible for aggregate cost overages of approximately $3.4 million, net of a $500,000 deductible under the MDC.   The Company asserts that it is entitled to offset $2 million in milestone payments due Savant against the cost overages, such that as of June 30, 2017 Savant owed the Company approximately $1.4 million.

On July 12, 2017, Savant removed the case to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, claiming that the action is related to or arises under the bankruptcy court case from which the Company emerged in July 2016. In re KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 15-12628-LSS (Bankr. D. Del.). On July 27, 2017, Savant filed an Answer and Counterclaims.  Savant’s filing alleges breaches of contracts under the MDC Agreement and the Security Agreement, claiming that the Company breached its obligations to pay the milestone payments and other related representations and obligations.

On August 1, 2017, the Company moved to remand the case back to the Delaware Superior Court. Briefing on that motion is completed and awaiting determination by the Bankruptcy Court.

On August 2, 2017, Savant sent a foreclosure notice to the Company, demanding that the Company provide the Collateral as defined in the Security Agreement for inspection and possession on August 9, 2017, with a public sale to be held on September 1, 2017.  The Company moved for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction in the bankruptcy court on August 4, 2017.  Savant responded on August 7, 2017.  On August 7, 2017, the bankruptcy court granted the Company’s motion for a Temporary Restraining Order, entering an order prohibiting Savant from collecting on or selling the Collateral, entering the Company’s premises, issuing any default notices to the Company, or attempting to exercise any other remedies under the MDC Agreement or the Security Agreement.  The parties have stipulated to continue the provisions of the Temporary Restraining Order in full force and effect until further order of the appropriate court.
 
Item 1A.
Risk Factors

We do not have sufficient funds to repay our outstanding term loan obligations in full or significant part. If we cannot reach agreement with our Term Loan Lenders on alternative transactions providing for the satisfaction, extension or modification of our term loan obligations, we may have to file for bankruptcy in the near future.

               As of October 31, 2017, the aggregate amount of our obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement, including accrued interest and fees, approximated $16.1 million. The extension agreed with the Term Loan Lenders extends the maturity date of our obligations under the Term Loan Credit Agreement to the earlier of (i) December 1, 2017, or (ii) the date that we consummate one or more alternative transactions with the Term Loan Lenders.
 
             We do not have access to sufficient funds to repay these outstanding obligations in full or in part. We have been discussing and continue to discuss with our Term Loan Lenders alternative transactions that might result in the satisfaction, extension or modification of these obligations, including conversion of the Term Loans into equity in the Company, which may occur at a significant discount to the current market price. There can be no assurances that the Term Loan Lenders will agree to continue discussing any such alternative transactions or that we ultimately will be able to reach agreement with such Term Loan Lenders on the terms of any alternative transaction.
 
 
If we are unable to reach a satisfactory agreement with our Term Loan Lenders our board of directors has authorized us to begin preparing the company to file a second bankruptcy petition. Given our lack of liquidity, it is reasonably likely that any such filing would result in a complete loss of value for our unsecured creditors and holders of our common stock.

If we are able to reach agreement with our Term Loan Lenders to convert the Term Loans into equity of the Company, the share ownership of our existing stockholders will be significantly diluted. 

We have been discussing and continue to discuss with our Term Loan Lenders alternative transactions that might result in the satisfaction, extension or modification of our Term Loan obligations, including conversion of the Term Loans into equity in the Company, at a discount from the current market price.  If the Term Loan Lenders agree to convert the Term Loan into equity of the Company at a discount from current market prices, current stockholders will  experience significant dilution in their shares ownership.

Even if we were able to reach agreement with our Term Loan Lenders, we will need substantial additional capital to develop and commercialize our product candidates and to continue as a going concern, but our access to capital funding is uncertain.

We will require substantial additional capital to continue as a going concern and to support our business efforts, including obtaining regulatory approvals for lenzilumab and ifabotuzumab, clinical trials and other studies, and, if approved, the commercialization of our product candidates. The amount of capital we will require and the timing of our need for additional capital will depend on many factors, including:
 
the type, number, timing, progress, costs, and results of the product candidate development programs that we are pursuing or may choose to pursue in the future;
the scope, progress, expansion, costs, and results of our pre-clinical and clinical trials;
the timing of and costs involved in obtaining regulatory approvals;
the success, progress, timing and costs of our efforts to evaluate or consummate various strategic alternatives if in the best interests of our stockholders;
our ability to re-list our common stock on a national securities exchange, whether through a new listing or by completing a strategic transaction;
our ability to establish and maintain development partnering arrangements and any associated funding;
the emergence of competing products or technologies and other adverse market developments;
 
the costs of maintaining, expanding, and protecting our assets and intellectual property portfolio, including potential litigation costs and liabilities;
the resources we devote to marketing, and, if approved, commercializing our product candidates;
the scope, progress, expansion and costs of manufacturing our product candidates; and
the costs associated with being a public company.
 
We will need to seek additional financing from a number of sources, including, but not limited to, the sale of equity or debt securities, strategic collaborations, and licensing of our product candidates. Additional funding may not be available to us on a timely basis or at acceptable terms, if at all. Our ability to access capital when needed is not assured and, if not achieved on a timely basis, would materially harm our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, to the extent that additional capital is raised through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, such issuance will result in further dilution to our stockholders.
 
If management is unsuccessful in efforts to raise additional capital, based on our current levels of operating expenses, our current capital is not expected to be sufficient to fund our operations for the next twelve months. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
 
We may not be able to recover any portion of our investment in benznidazole after the FDA’s award of a Priority Review Voucher to a competitor’s drug candidate.

From the time of our emergence from bankruptcy to August 29, 2017, our lead product candidate was benznidazole for the treatment of Chagas disease. We acquired certain worldwide rights to benznidazole on June 30, 2016 and, until August 29, 2017, were primarily focused on the development necessary to seek and obtain approval by the FDA for benznidazole and the subsequent commercialization, if approved. According to FDA issued guidance, benznidazole is eligible for review pursuant to a 505(b)(2) regulatory pathway as a potential treatment for Chagas disease and, if it became the first FDA-approved treatment for Chagas disease, we would have been eligible to receive a PRV.  We invested a significant portion of our time and financial resources in the approval of benznidazole with a more limited focus on our other product candidates.
 
 
However, on August 29, 2017, the FDA announced it had granted accelerated and conditional approval of a benznidazole therapy manufactured by Chemo for the treatment of Chagas disease and had awarded that manufacturer a tropical disease PRV. Chemo’s benznidazole also received Orphan Drug designation.  As a result of FDA’s actions and with the information currently available, we no longer expect to be eligible to receive a PRV with our own benznidazole candidate for the treatment of Chagas disease.
 
We are currently assessing a full range of options with respect to our benznidazole assets and development program, which may include an asset divestiture or pursuit of a litigation strategy if we believe our benznidazole intellectual property rights have been violated by any of our competitors. Litigation may be necessary to protect our rights, which could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to our management team. There can be no assurance that the exploration or pursuit of one or more of these options will result in our ability to recover all or any portion of our investment in benznidazole.

If we can obtain funding, our forward-looking business operations will depend on the success of our product candidates, lenzilumab and ifabotuzumab. We cannot be certain that we will be able to obtain regulatory approval for, or successfully commercialize, any of our product candidates.
 
. We have a limited pipeline of product candidates and are not conducting active research at this time for discovery of new molecules or antibodies. We are currently dependent on the successful continued development and regulatory approval of our current product candidates for our future business success. Since the FDA’s August 29, 2017 announcement, our primary focus has shifted to investing our time and financial resources in the development of lenzilumab and ifabotuzumab.
 
We will need to successfully enroll and complete clinical trials of lenzilumab and ifabotuzumab, and potentially obtain regulatory approval to market these products. The future clinical, regulatory and commercial success of our product candidates is subject to a number of risks, including the following:
 
 
we may not be able to enroll adequate numbers of eligible patients in the clinical trials we propose to conduct;
 
we may not have sufficient financial and other resources to complete the clinical trials;
 
we may not be able to provide acceptable evidence of safety and efficacy for our product candidates;
 
the results of our clinical trials may not meet the level of statistical or clinical significance, or product safety, required by FDA for marketing approval;
 
we may not be able to obtain, maintain and enforce our patents and other intellectual property rights; and
 
we may not be able to obtain and maintain commercial manufacturing arrangements with third-party manufacturers or establish commercial-scale manufacturing capabilities.
 
Furthermore, even if we do receive regulatory approval to market any of our product candidates, any such approval may be subject to limitations on the indicated uses for which we may market the product. If any of our product candidates are unsuccessful, that could have a substantial negative impact on our business.
 
Accordingly, even if we are able to obtain the requisite financing to continue to fund our development programs, we cannot assure you that our product candidates will be successfully developed or commercialized. If we or any future development partners are unable to develop, or obtain regulatory approval for or, if approved, successfully commercialize, one or more of our product candidates, we may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to continue our business.
 
 
 Item 6.
Exhibits.
 
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
2.1
 
     
3.1
 
     
3.2
 
     
3.3
 
     
4.1
 
     
10.1
 
     
31.1
 
     
31.2
 
     
32.1**
 
     
32.2**
 
     
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
     
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
_________________________
 
 
**
 
The Certifications attached as Exhibits 32.1 and 32.2 that accompanies this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Humanigen, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.
 
 
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.

   
HUMANIGEN, INC.
       
Date: November 17, 2017
 
By:
  /s/ Cameron Durrant
     
Cameron Durrant
     
Chief Executive Officer
     
(Principal Executive Officer)
       
       
Date: November  17, 2017
 
By:
  /s/ Greg Jester
     
Greg Jester
     
Chief Financial Officer
     
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 
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