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Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Precigen Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2019 Financial Results

– Company completed series of transactions to support tighter focus on healthcare –

– Quarterly GAAP revenues from continuing operations of $17.0 million and net loss attributable to Precigen of

$169.2 million, of which $95.7 million was from discontinued operations and an additional $33.8 million was for

non-cash charges related to continuing operations –

GERMANTOWN, MD, March 2, 2020Precigen, Inc. (Nasdaq: PGEN), a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development of innovative gene and cell therapies to improve the lives of patients, today announced its fourth quarter financial results for 2019.

Recent Business Highlights:

 

   

The Company announced the appointment of Helen Sabzevari, PhD as President and CEO of Precigen and Randal J. Kirk as Executive Chairman effective as of January 1, 2020. The Company also changed its name to Precigen, Inc. from Intrexon Corporation and its Nasdaq stock symbol to PGEN from XON effective February 1, 2020;

 

   

The Company closed sales of a number of its assets for an aggregate of $65.2 million and sold $35 million of its common stock in January 2020, thereby alleviating the going concern qualification associated with its 2019 consolidated financial statements as well as further streamlining corporate focus;

 

   

The Company sold its ownership stake in AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AQB) in October 2019 for proceeds of $21.6 million;

 

   

Precigen announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to PRGN-3006, a first-in-class investigational therapy using Precigen’s non-viral UltraCAR-T therapeutic platform for patients with relapsed or refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and higher risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) (clinical trial identifier: NCT03927261);

 

   

Precigen ActoBio, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Precigen, collaboration partner Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) completed enrollment in the Phase 2 trial of AG013, an easy to use oral rinsing system designed to prevent and treat oral mucositis; and

 

   

Triple-Gene LLC, a majority-owned subsidiary of Precigen, completed the Phase 1 trial enrollment and reported preliminary data of its investigational multigenic gene therapy INXN-4001 for the treatment of heart failure.

Fourth Quarter 2019 Financial Highlights:

 

   

Total revenues from continuing operations of $17.0 million;

 

   

Net loss of $169.2 million attributable to Precigen, or $(1.09) per basic share, of which $95.7 million was from discontinued operations and an additional $33.8 million was for non-cash charges related to continuing operations; and

 

   

Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments for continuing operations totaled $75.1 million at December 31, 2019.


Full Year 2019 Financial Highlights:

 

   

Total revenues from continuing operations of $90.7 million;

 

   

Net loss of $322.3 million attributable to Precigen, or $(2.09) per basic share, of which $116.2 million was from discontinued operations and an additional $70.4 million was for non-cash charges related to continuing operations.

“I am confident that we will make important advances this year in our mission to improve patient care through innovative gene and cell therapies,” said Dr. Sabzevari. “We enter 2020 with cash resources that we believe are sufficient for us to deliver on several value-creating milestones during the year across our clinical pipeline. At the same time, we are laser-focused on aligning our portfolio, streamlining operations and maximizing organizational structures to improve operational efficiency going forward.”

Fourth Quarter 2019 Financial Results Compared to Prior Year Period

Total revenues decreased $24.2 million from the quarter ended December 31, 2018. Collaboration and licensing revenues decreased $24.6 million, or 103%, from the quarter ended December 31, 2018 primarily due to the reacquisition of rights previously licensed to some of Precigen’s collaborators in the second half of 2018 and the result of which eliminated or substantially reduced revenues previously generated from those collaborations. Additionally, collaboration and licensing revenues from collaborations with other collaborators decreased due to lower demand for research and development services in the current year period.

Research and development expenses decreased $252.2 million, or 92%. The 2018 amounts include a $228.0 million expense related to in-process research and development reacquired from former collaborators. Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses increased $6.3 million, or 28% which was primarily attributable to increased compensation expenses related to performance and retention incentives for SG&A employees, partially offset by (i) decreased share-based compensation expense which arose primarily from the departure of former employees during the first half of the current year; and (ii) fewer legal fees associated with the Company’s Trans Ova subsidiary. The Company also recorded a $29.6 million goodwill impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2019 related to its Trans Ova subsidiary.

Full Year 2019 Financial Results Compared to Prior Year Period

Total revenues decreased $60.5 million from the year ended December 31, 2018. Collaboration and licensing revenues decreased $55.5 million, or 80%, from the year ended December 31, 2018 primarily due to the reacquisition of rights previously licensed to some of Precigen’s collaborators in the second half of 2018 and the result of which eliminated or substantially reduced revenues previously generated from those collaborations. Additionally, in 2018, the Company recognized additional revenues from the acceleration of previously deferred revenue upon mutual termination of certain collaborations. Product revenues decreased $4.7 million, or 17%, primarily due to lower customer demand in the beef and dairy industries resulting in fewer sales of pregnant cows and calf products. Gross margin on products also declined in the current period as a result of fewer products sold.

Research and development expenses decreased $264.4 million, or 72%. The 2018 amounts include $236.7 million of expenses related to in-process research and development reacquired from former collaborators. SG&A expenses decreased $24.9 million, or 20%. SG&A salaries, benefits, and other personnel costs decreased $14.9 million primarily due to decreased share-based compensation expense as a result of the reversal of previously recognized expense for unvested options granted to former employees as well as the conclusion of the vesting period for other previously granted stock options. Legal and professional fees decreased $6.1 million primarily due to fewer legal fees associated with the Company’s Trans Ova subsidiary. The Company also recorded a $29.6 million goodwill impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2019 related to its Trans Ova subsidiary.


Conference Call and Webcast

Precigen will host a conference call today Monday March 2nd at 5:30 PM ET to discuss the results and provide a general business update. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 1-888-317-6003 (Domestic US), 1-866-284-3684 (Canada), and 1-412-317-6061 (International) and providing the number 4230814 to join the Precigen Conference Call. Participants may also access the live webcast through Precigen’s website in the Events section at https://investors.precigen.com/press-events/event-calendar.

Precigen: Advancing Medicine with Precision

Precigen (Nasdaq: PGEN) is a dedicated discovery and clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing the next generation of gene and cell therapies using precision technology to target urgent and intractable diseases in our core therapeutic areas of immuno-oncology, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases. Our technologies enable us to find innovative solutions for affordable biotherapeutics in a controlled manner. Precigen operates as an innovation engine progressing a preclinical and clinical pipeline of well-differentiated unique therapies toward clinical proof-of-concept and commercialization. For more information about Precigen, visit www.precigen.com or follow us on Twitter @Precigen and LinkedIn.

Trademarks

Precigen, UltraCAR-T, and Advancing Medicine with Precision are trademarks of Precigen and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements made in this press release are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events and generally relate to plans, objectives, and expectations for the development of the Company’s business, including the timing and progress of preclinical and clinical trials and discovery programs, the promise of the Company’s portfolio of therapies, the Company’s refocus to a healthcare-oriented business, and its continuing evaluation of options for the Company’s non-healthcare businesses. Although management believes that the plans and objectives reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual future results may be materially different from the plans, objectives and expectations expressed in this press release. The Company has no obligation to provide any updates to these forward-looking statements even if its expectations change. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. For further information on potential risks and uncertainties, and other important factors, any of which could cause the Company’s actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

For more information, contact:

Investor Contact:

 

Steven Harasym

Vice President, Investor Relations

Tel: +1 (301) 556-9850

investors@precigen.com

  

Corporate Contact:

 

Marie Rossi, PhD

Vice President, Communications

Tel: +1 (301) 556-9850

press@precigen.com


Precigen, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

(Amounts in thousands)

   December 31, 2019     December 31, 2018  

Assets

    

Current assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 65,793     $ 96,876  

Restricted cash

     —         6,987  

Short-term investments

     9,260       119,614  

Equity securities

     —         384  

Receivables

    

Trade, net

     20,650       21,179  

Related parties, net

     600       4,129  

Other, net

     4,978       1,257  

Inventory

     16,097       20,575  

Prepaid expenses and other

     6,444       5,327  

Current assets held for sale

     110,821       9,155  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     234,643       285,483  

Equity securities, noncurrent

     —         640  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     60,969       86,896  

Intangible assets, net

     68,346       88,962  

Goodwill

     63,754       93,627  

Investments in affiliates

     1,461       2,139  

Right-of-use assets

     25,228       —    

Other assets

     1,362       2,069  

Noncurrent assets held for sale

     —         156,361  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 455,763     $ 716,177  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities

    

Accounts payable

   $ 5,917     $ 11,973  

Accrued compensation and benefits

     14,091       9,955  

Other accrued liabilities

     12,049       19,005  

Deferred revenue

     5,697       11,088  

Lines of credit

     1,922       466  

Current portion of long-term debt

     31,670       479  

Current portion of lease liabilities

     4,182       —    

Related party payables

     51       256  

Current liabilities held for sale

     47,333       8,340  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     122,912       61,562  

Long-term debt, net of current portion

     186,321       211,216  

Deferred revenue, net of current portion

     48,136       46,728  

Lease liabilities, net of current portion

     23,849       —    

Deferred tax liabilities, net

     2,834       3,856  

Other long-term liabilities

     —         3,135  

Long-term liabilities held for sale

     —         10,958  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     384,052       337,455  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

    

Total equity

    

Common stock

     —         —    

Additional paid-in capital

     1,752,048       1,722,012  

Accumulated deficit

     (1,652,869     (1,330,545

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (27,468     (28,612
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Precigen shareholders’ equity

     71,711       362,855  

Noncontrolling interests

     —         15,867  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     71,711       378,722  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and total equity

   $ 455,763     $ 716,177  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


Precigen, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

 

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)    Three months ended     Year ended  
   December 31,     December 31,  
   2019     2018     2019     2018  

Revenues

        

Collaboration and licensing revenues

   $ (658   $ 23,947     $ 14,059     $ 69,540  

Product revenues

     5,297       4,974       23,780       28,486  

Service revenues

     12,096       12,040       51,803       52,419  

Other revenues

     267       231       1,080       733  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     17,002       41,192       90,722       151,178  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

        

Cost of products

     7,800       7,531       31,930       35,087  

Cost of services

     7,611       6,462       29,471       27,589  

Research and development

     21,035       273,229       101,879       366,248  

Selling, general and administrative

     28,358       22,089       100,844       125,751  

Impairment loss

     30,184       —         30,810       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     94,988       309,311       294,934       554,675  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

     (77,986     (268,119     (204,212     (403,497
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Income (Expense), Net

        

Unrealized and realized appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of equity securities and preferred stock, net

     5,221       (2,255     8,291       (28,273

Interest expense

     (4,542     (4,307     (17,666     (8,473

Interest and dividend income

     603       1,758       3,871       19,017  

Other income (expense), net

     2,774       (65     3,445       470  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense), net

     4,056       (4,869     (2,059     (17,259

Equity in net loss of affiliates

     (473     (913     (2,416     (8,986
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes

     (74,403     (273,901     (208,687     (429,742

Income tax benefit (expense)

     905       (686     930       15,425  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

   $ (73,498   $ (274,587   $ (207,757   $ (414,317

Loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit

     (95,717     (67,135     (116,159     (100,389
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (169,215   $ (341,722   $ (323,916   $ (514,706

Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests

     —         1,257       1,592       5,370  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Precigen

   $ (169,215   $ (340,465   $ (322,324   $ (509,336
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts Attributable to Precigen

        

Net loss from continuing operations attributable to Precigen

   $ (73,498   $ (273,330   $ (206,165   $ (408,947

Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to Precigen

     (95,717     (67,135     (116,159     (100,389
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Precigen

   $ (169,215   $ (340,465   $ (322,324   $ (509,336
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Loss per Share

        

Net loss from continuing operations attributable to Precigen per share, basic and diluted

   $ (0.47   $ (2.08   $ (1.34   $ (3.16

Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to Precigen per share, basic and diluted

     (0.62     (0.51     (0.75     (0.77
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Precigen per share, basic and diluted

   $ (1.09   $ (2.59   $ (2.09   $ (3.93
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     155,230,741       131,532,851       154,138,774       129,521,731