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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
[x]
|
QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
|
For the
quarterly period ended September 30, 2008
[ ]
|
TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
|
For the
transition period from ____________ to ____________
Commission
File Number: 001-16133
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
|
06-1245881
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
|
600 Fifth
Avenue, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10020
(Address
of principal executive offices)
(212)
489-2100
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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 [x] No [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated
filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
Large
accelerated filer [
] Accelerated
filer [x]
Non-accelerated
filer [ ] (Do not
check if a smaller reporting
company) Smaller
reporting company [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange
Act).
Yes [ ] No [x]
As
of October 21,
2008, 25,335,254 shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value, were
issued and outstanding
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
Index
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
|
Condensed
Financial Statements (Unaudited)
|
Index
to Financial Statements
September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007
|
F-1
|
for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 and
Cumulative from Inception (August 5, 1988) to September 30,
2008
|
F-2
|
for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
|
F-3
|
for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 and Cumulative from
Inception (August 5, 1988) to September 30, 2008
|
F-4
|
|
F-5
– F-12
|
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
|
|
September
30,
2008
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
December
31,
2007
(Audited)
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
|
$12,930,867 |
|
|
|
$7,886,937 |
|
Investments
– treasury bills
|
|
|
202,532 |
|
|
|
9,878,700 |
|
Investments
– marketable equity securities
|
|
|
38,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
260,347 |
|
|
|
325,452 |
|
Total
current assets
|
|
|
13,431,746 |
|
|
|
18,091,089 |
|
Property
and equipment, net
|
|
|
18,955 |
|
|
|
15,037 |
|
Total
assets
|
|
|
$13,450,701 |
|
|
|
$18,106,126 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
and Stockholders’ Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
$267,433 |
|
|
|
$125,278 |
|
Derivative
instrument liability
|
|
|
744,653 |
|
|
|
1,552,000 |
|
Total
current liabilities
|
|
|
1,012,086 |
|
|
|
1,677,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock, $.01 par value; 70,000,000 shares authorized
|
|
|
253,353 |
|
|
|
252,593 |
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
|
|
56,999,617 |
|
|
|
56,626,533 |
|
Deficit
accumulated during development stage
|
|
|
(44,806,155 |
) |
|
|
(40,450,278 |
) |
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
|
|
(8,200 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
12,438,615 |
|
|
|
16,428,848 |
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
$13,450,701 |
|
|
|
$18,106,126 |
|
See accompanying notes to condensed financial
statements.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
|
|
Three
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
Cumulative
from Inception
(August
5, 1988)
to
September
30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Costs
and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General
and administrative expenses
|
|
|
$589,900 |
|
|
|
$609,759 |
|
|
|
$1,730,040 |
|
|
|
$2,183,043 |
|
|
|
$21,821,450 |
|
Research
and development costs
|
|
|
1,624,379 |
|
|
|
1,125,573 |
|
|
|
3,712,823 |
|
|
|
3,208,963 |
|
|
|
27,731,904 |
|
Total costs and
expenses
|
|
|
$2,214,279 |
|
|
|
$1,735,332 |
|
|
|
$5,442,863 |
|
|
|
$5,392,006 |
|
|
|
$49,553,354 |
|
Operating loss
|
|
|
(2,214,279 |
) |
|
|
(1,735,332 |
) |
|
|
$(5,442,863 |
) |
|
|
$(5,392,006 |
) |
|
|
$(49,553,354 |
) |
Derivative
instrument income (expense)
|
|
|
1,280,748 |
|
|
|
(78,000 |
) |
|
|
807,347 |
|
|
|
(78,000 |
) |
|
|
3,524,347 |
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
55,674 |
|
|
|
101,755 |
|
|
|
279,639 |
|
|
|
305,301 |
|
|
|
2,766,432 |
|
Other
income
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
126,500 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(171,473 |
) |
Net loss
|
|
|
$(877,857 |
) |
|
|
$(1,711,577 |
) |
|
|
$(4,355,877 |
) |
|
|
$(5,164,705 |
) |
|
|
$(43,307,548 |
) |
Common
share data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Basic
and diluted loss per share
|
|
|
$(0.03 |
) |
|
|
$(0.08 |
) |
|
|
$(0.17 |
) |
|
|
$(0.24 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
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Weighted
average number of shares
of
common stock outstanding
|
|
|
25,334,244 |
|
|
|
21,630,349 |
|
|
|
25,285,366 |
|
|
|
21,331,461 |
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to condensed financial
statements.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
|
|
Common
Stock $0.01 Par Value Issued and Outstanding
|
|
|
Additional
Paid
|
|
|
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
|
|
|
Deficit
Accumulated During Development
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Balance
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
25,259,284 |
|
|
|
$252,593 |
|
|
|
$56,626,533 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$(40,450,278 |
) |
|
|
$16,428,848 |
|
|
|
|
Compensation
expense for issuance of stock options
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
149,861 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
149,861 |
|
|
|
|
Compensation
expense for issuance of restricted stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,333 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,333 |
|
|
|
|
Compensation
expense for issuance of common stock to management and directors for
services
|
|
|
75,000 |
|
|
|
750 |
|
|
|
180,950 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
181,700 |
|
|
|
|
Cashless
exercise of stock options
|
|
|
970 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
1,940 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,950 |
|
|
|
|
Components
of comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change
in unrealized loss on investments
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
$(8,200 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(8,200 |
) |
|
|
$(8,200 |
) |
Net
loss
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,355,877 |
) |
|
|
(4,355,877 |
) |
|
|
(4,355,877 |
) |
Total
comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$(4,364,077 |
) |
Balance
at September 30, 2008
|
|
|
25,335,254 |
|
|
|
$253,353 |
|
|
|
$56,999,617 |
|
|
|
$(8,200 |
) |
|
|
$(44,806,155 |
) |
|
|
$12,438,615 |
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to condensed financial
statements.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
|
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
Cumulative
from inception
(Aug.
5, 1988)
to
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss
|
|
|
$(4,355,877 |
) |
|
|
$(5,164,705 |
) |
|
|
$(43,307,548 |
) |
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
option compensation expense
|
|
|
149,861 |
|
|
|
1,339,776 |
|
|
|
5,130,581 |
|
Restricted
stock compensation expense
|
|
|
40,333 |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
40,333 |
|
Stock
and warrant compensation expense issued for legal settlement, consulting
services
|
|
|
183,650 |
|
|
|
211,250 |
|
|
|
1,040,361 |
|
Depreciation
expense
|
|
|
4,395 |
|
|
|
3,020 |
|
|
|
50,295 |
|
Amortization
of organization costs
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
42,165 |
|
Derivative
liability fair value adjustment
|
|
|
(807,347 |
) |
|
|
78,000 |
|
|
|
(3,524,347 |
) |
Changes
in assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease
(increase) in prepaid expenses
|
|
|
65,105 |
|
|
|
(191,499 |
) |
|
|
(260,347 |
) |
Increase
(decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
142,155 |
|
|
|
(560,050 |
) |
|
|
267,433 |
|
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
$(4,577,725 |
) |
|
|
$(4,284,208 |
) |
|
|
$(40,521,074 |
) |
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase
of equipment or furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
$(8,313 |
) |
|
|
$(15,641 |
) |
|
|
$(69,252 |
) |
Purchase
of short-term investments
|
|
|
(202,532 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(37,573,274 |
) |
Purchase
of marketable equity securities
|
|
|
(46,200 |
) |
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(46,200 |
) |
Proceeds
from maturities of short-term investments
|
|
|
9,878,700 |
|
|
|
1,856,762 |
|
|
|
37,370,742 |
|
Organization
costs
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(42,165 |
) |
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
$9,621,655 |
|
|
|
$1,841,121 |
|
|
|
$(360,149 |
) |
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
proceeds from sale of stock and exercise of stock options and
warrants
|
|
|
$– |
|
|
|
$14,652,450 |
|
|
|
$52,657,764 |
|
Repurchases
of common stock
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(51,103 |
) |
Dividends
paid on preferred stock
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
(499,535 |
) |
Proceeds
from short-term borrowings
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
1,704,964 |
|
Net
cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
$– |
|
|
|
$14,652,450 |
|
|
|
$53,812,090 |
|
Increase
in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
5,043,930 |
|
|
|
12,209,363 |
|
|
|
12,930,867 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
7,886,937 |
|
|
|
6,289,723 |
|
|
|
– |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
|
$12,930,867 |
|
|
|
$18,499,086 |
|
|
|
$12,930,867 |
|
Supplemental
cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
paid for interest
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
$171,473 |
|
Supplemental
non-cash activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cashless
exercise of stock options
|
|
|
$1,950 |
|
|
|
$450,999 |
|
|
|
$544,116 |
|
Conversion
of debt to common stock
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
$1,704,964 |
|
Common
stock issued for preferred stock dividends
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
$999,070 |
|
Conversion
of preferred stock to common stock
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
$24,167 |
|
Common
stock issued as compensation for stock sale
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
$510,000 |
|
Fair
value of warrants issued
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
– |
|
|
|
$4,269,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to condensed financial
statements.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Note
1:
|
Description
of Business
|
Delcath
Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) is a development stage company that develops and
manufactures an innovative device designed to administer high dose chemotherapy
and other therapeutic agents to diseased organs or regions of the body.
The Company was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1988 and since
its inception has focused its efforts on the development of a single product,
the Delcath System, for the treatment of tumors of the liver.
In 2006,
the Company began a Phase III clinical trial to support a pre-market approval
application for use of the Delcath System with melphalan, a chemotherapy agent,
for the treatment of metastatic melanoma that has spread to the liver. The
trial is ongoing, and the Company expects it to be fully enrolled in 2009. In
2004, the Company began a multi-arm Phase II clinical trial for use of the
Delcath System with certain other cancers that have spread to the liver and
metastatic melanomas that have spread to the liver and have received certain
prior regional treatment. The Company is focusing on enrolling patients in
the neuroendocrine arm of that study. The other two arms treating
metastatic colorectal cancer and primary liver cancer will be refocused so as to
optimize the progress of those arms of the trial. The Company has entered
into a dialogue with the FDA concerning a clinical trial that will focus on the
effectiveness of the Delcath System in administering high-dose doxorubicin as
compared with standard systemic treatment with sorafenib for the treatment of
primary liver cancer. In September the Company received a conditional
approval from the FDA to begin working on that trial. To date, the
Delcath System has not been approved by the FDA.
Note
2:
|
Basis
of Financial Statement Presentation
|
The
accompanying condensed financial statements are unaudited and were prepared by
the Company in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (“GAAP”). Certain information and footnote
disclosures normally included in the Company’s annual financial statements have
been condensed or omitted. The interim financial statements, in the
opinion of management, reflect all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring
accruals) necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods
ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, and cumulative from inception (August 5,
1988) to September 30, 2008.
The
results of operations for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of
the results of operations to be expected for the fiscal year. These
interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited
financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2007,
which are contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) on March 12, 2008 (the “2007 Form 10-K”).
Note
3: Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet
Adopted
In March 2008, the FASB
issued SFAS No. 161, "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities" (“SFAS 161”), which changes the disclosure requirements for
derivative instruments and hedging activities. SFAS 161 requires enhanced
disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how
derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No.
133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities" and its
related
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
interpretations,
and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity's
financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. This Statement is
effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods
beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company has not yet determined the
effect, if any, that SFAS 161 will have on its condensed financial
statements.
Note
4:
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Costs
and Expenses
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Research
and Development Costs
Research
and development costs include the costs of materials, personnel, outside
services and applicable indirect costs incurred in development of the Company’s
proprietary drug delivery system. All such costs are charged to
expense when incurred.
General
and Administrative Costs
General
and administrative costs include salaries and related expenses for our executive
and administrative staff, recruitment and employee retention expenses,
professional license and organizational fees, business development and certain
general legal activities.
Note
5: Investment in Marketable Equity Securities
In
January 2008, the Company entered into a research and development agreement with
Aethlon Medical, Inc., (“AEMD”) a publicly traded company whose securities are
quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board. As part of this
agreement, the Company received 100,000 shares of restricted common stock of
AEMD. The Company allocated $46,200 of the cost of the
agreement to the fair value of the common stock acquired, using the closing
stock price at the date of the agreement and then discounting that value due to
certain sale restrictions on the stock being held. At September 30,
2008 the sale restriction on the stock being held had lapsed and as a result the
fair value of the stock is no longer being discounted. The investment
is classified as an available for sale security and had a fair value on
September 30, 2008 of $38,000 which included a gross unrealized loss of $8,200,
which is included as a component of comprehensive loss.
Note
6:
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Stockholders’
Equity
|
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2008, there were several events that
effected stockholders’ equity.
The per
share weighted average fair value of stock options granted to two employees who
commenced employment in June 2007 that will vest incrementally over three years
during the respective terms of employment was:
(i)
|
with
respect to the first employee, $1.92 for options with a grant date in
April 2007 (the date of acceptance of the offer of employment) with an
exercise price equal to the fair value of the common stock at the date of
grant (options for an aggregate of 50,000 shares);
and
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DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
(ii)
|
with
respect to the second employee, (a) $1.75 for options with a grant date in
May 2007 (the date of acceptance of the offer of employment) with an
exercise price equal to the fair value of the common stock at the date of
grant (options for an aggregate of 50,000 shares), and (b) $1.22 for
options with a grant date of May 2007 (the date of acceptance of the offer
of employment) with an exercise price equal to 150% of the fair value of
the common stock at the date of grant (options for an aggregate
of 25,000 shares).
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The per
share weighted average fair value of such options was estimated on the date of
acceptance using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The expected term was
estimated to be the full three year vesting period as the Company does not have
a calculable history of forfeitures by employees granted options. The
weighted-average assumption of a risk free interest rate of 4.60% was based on
the implied yield available on a U.S. Treasury note with a term equal to the
estimated term of the underlying options as indicated above. The expected
volatility of 58% was estimated based upon the historical volatility of the
Company’s share price. The Company used a dividend yield percentage of zero
based on the fact that the Company has not paid dividends on common stock in the
past nor does it expect to pay dividends in the future. The Company
has recognized compensation expense of $53,501 in 2008 relating to these option
grants.
The per
share weighted average fair value of five-year stock options granted to the
President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2008 was $0.68 for those
options with a grant date exercise price equal to the common stock value at the
date of grant (options for an aggregate of 50,000 shares), estimated on the date
of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. All of these options
vested immediately. The expected term was estimated using a midpoint between the
date of grant and the expiration date as required by the Simplified Method of
term calculation in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123R, “Share-Based Payment”. The weighted-average assumption of a risk free
interest rate of 2.89% was based on the implied yield available on a U.S.
Treasury note with a term equal to the estimated term of the underlying options
as indicated above. The expected volatility of 60.3% was estimated based upon
the historical volatility of the Company’s share price. The Company used a
dividend yield percentage of zero based on the fact that the Company has not
paid dividends in the past nor does it expect to pay dividends in the
future. The Company recognized compensation expense totaling $33,873
upon grant of these fully vested options.
The per
share weighted average fair value of five-year stock options granted to an
employee in May 2008 that will vest incrementally over three years was $0.94 for
those options with a grant date exercise price equal to the common stock value
at the date of grant (options for an aggregate of 20,000 shares), estimated on
the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The expected
term was estimated using a midpoint between the date of grant and the expiration
date for each vesting tranche as required by the Simplified Method of term
calculation in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
123R, “Share-Based Payment”. The weighted-average assumption of a risk free
interest rate of 2.53% was based on the implied yield available on a U.S.
Treasury note with a term equal to the estimated term of the underlying options
as indicated above. The expected volatility of 68.81% was estimated based upon
the historical volatility of the Company’s share price. The Company used a
dividend yield percentage of zero based on the fact that the Company has not
paid dividends in the past nor does it expect to pay dividends in the
future. The Company has recognized compensation expense of $2,613 in
2008 relating to these option grants.
The per
share weighted average fair value of five-year stock options granted to a new
employee in June 2008 that will vest after twelve months of employment was (a)
$1.08 for options with an exercise price
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
equal to
the fair value of the common stock at the date of grant (options for an
aggregate of 50,000 shares) and (b) $0.82 for options with an exercise price
equal to 150% of the fair value of the common stock at the date of grant
(options for an aggregate of 20,000 shares) estimated on the date of grant using
the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The expected term was estimated using a
midpoint between the date of grant and the expiration date for each vesting
tranche as required by the Simplified Method of term calculation in accordance
with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123R, “Share-Based
Payment”. The weighted-average assumption of a risk free interest rate of 3.27%
was based on the implied yield available on a U.S. Treasury note with a term
equal to the estimated term of the underlying options as indicated above. The
expected volatility of 67.35% was estimated based upon the historical volatility
of the Company’s share price. The Company used a dividend yield percentage of
zero based on the fact that the Company has not paid dividends in the past nor
does it expect to pay dividends in the future. The Company has
recognized compensation expense of $5,843 in 2008 relating to these option
grants.
In June
2008, the Company issued common stock to the President and Chief Executive
Officer in accordance with his Employment Agreement and to the Directors
totaling 50,000 shares that had issuance values between $2.19 and
$2.47. The total compensation expense recorded as a result of the
common stock issued was $120,700.
The per
share weighted average fair value of five-year stock options granted to the
President and Chief Executive Officer in July 2008 was $1.08 for those options
with a grant date exercise price equal to the common stock value at the date of
grant (options for an aggregate of 50,000 shares), estimated on the date of
grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. All of these options vested
immediately. The expected term was estimated using a midpoint between the date
of grant and the expiration date as required by the Simplified Method of term
calculation in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
123R, “Share-Based Payment”. The weighted-average assumption of a risk free
interest rate of 2.74% was based on the implied yield available on a U.S.
Treasury note with a term equal to the estimated term of the underlying options
as indicated above. The expected volatility of 70.6% was estimated based upon
the historical volatility of the Company’s share price. The Company used a
dividend yield percentage of zero based on the fact that the Company has not
paid dividends in the past nor does it expect to pay dividends in the
future. The Company recognized compensation expense totaling $54,031
upon the grant of these fully vested options.
In July
2008 the Company issued common stock to the President and Chief Executive
Officer in accordance with his Employment Agreement totaling 25,000 shares that
had an issuance value of $2.44. As a result, the common stock issued,
the Company recorded compensation expense of $61,000.
In July
2008, in accordance with a letter agreement with the new Chief Medical Officer,
the Company issued common stock totaling 200,000 shares that will vest
incrementally over three years that had an issuance value of
$2.42. As a result of the common stock issued, the expense recorded
will total $40,333 per quarter during the period of vesting.
In
September 2008, a cashless exercise of 15,000 options with an exercise price of
$2.01 per share resulted in the issuance of 970 shares of common
stock.
In
September 2007, the Company completed the sale of 3,833,108 shares of its common
stock and the issuance of warrants to purchase 1,916,554 common shares in a
private placement to institutional and accredited investors. The Company
received net proceeds of $13,303,267 in this transaction. The
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Company
allocated $4,269,000 of the total proceeds to warrants (see below). The warrants
are exercisable at $4.53 per share beginning six months after the issuance
thereof and on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the issuance thereof. The
shares were offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf registration
statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on May 25, 2007 and was declared effective on June 7, 2007 (File No.
333-143280).
The
$4,269,000 in proceeds allocated to the warrants was classified as a liability
in accordance with EITF 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments
Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s own Stock.” The warrants may
require cash settlement in the event of certain circumstances, including its
inability to deliver registered shares upon the exercise of the warrants by such
warrant holders. The warrants also contain a cashless exercise feature.
Accordingly, the warrants have been accounted for as derivative instrument
liabilities that are subject to mark-to-market adjustment in each period. As a
result, for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, the
Company recorded pre-tax derivative instrument income of $1,280,748 and
$807,347, respectively. The resulting derivative instrument liability totaled
$744,653 at September 30, 2008. Management believes that the possibility of an
actual cash settlement with a warrant holder of the recorded liability is quite
remote, and expects that the warrants will either be exercised or expire
worthless, at which point the then existing derivative liability will be
credited to equity. The fair value of the warrants was determined by using the
Black-Scholes model assuming a risk free interest rate of 2.63%, volatility of
68.52% and an expected life equal to the September 24, 2012 contractual life of
the warrants.
Note
7:
|
Stock
Option Plan
|
The
Company has adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS 123R”). SFAS 123R
establishes accounting for equity instruments exchanged for employee
services. Under the provisions of SFAS 123R, share-based compensation
is measured at the grant date, based upon the fair value of the award, and is
recognized as an expense over the option holders’ requisite service period
(generally the vesting period of the equity grant). Prior to January
1, 2006, the Company accounted for share-based compensation to employees in
accordance with Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for
Stock Issued to Employees” (“APB 25”), as permitted by SFAS No. 123, and,
accordingly, did not recognize compensation expense for the issuance of options
with an exercise price equal to or greater than the market price at the date of
grant. The Company also followed the disclosure requirements of SFAS
123 as amended by SFAS 148, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation –
Transition and Disclosure.” Effective January 1, 2006, the Company
adopted the modified prospective approach and, accordingly, prior period amounts
have not been restated. Under this approach, the Company is required
to record compensation cost for all share-based payments granted after the date
of adoption based upon the grant date fair value, estimated in accordance with
the provisions of SFAS 123R, and for the unvested portion of all share-based
payments previously granted that remain outstanding based on the grant date fair
value, estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS
123. The Company has expensed its share-based compensation for
share-based payments granted after January 1, 2006 under the ratable method,
which treats each vesting tranche as if it were an individual
grant.
The
Company periodically grants stock options for a fixed number of shares of common
stock to its employees, directors and non-employee contractors, with an exercise
price greater than or equal to the fair market value of our common stock at the
date of the grant. The Company estimates the fair value of stock
options using a Black-Scholes valuation model. Key inputs used to
estimate the fair value of stock
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
options
include the exercise price of the award, the expected post-vesting option life,
the expected volatility of our stock over the option’s expected term, the
risk-free interest rate over the option’s expected term, and our expected annual
dividend yield. Estimates of fair value are not intended to predict
actual future events or the value ultimately realized by persons who receive
equity awards.
The
Company established the 2000 Stock Option Plan, the 2001 Stock Option Plan and
the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan (collectively, the “Plans”) under which stock
options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, and stock grants may be
awarded. A stock option grant allows the holder of the option to purchase a
share of the Company’s common stock in the future at a stated price. The Plans
are administered by the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board of
Directors which determines the individuals to whom awards shall be granted as
well as the terms and conditions of each award, the option price and the
duration of each award.
During
2000, 2001 and 2004, respectively, the Plans became
effective. Options granted under the Plans vest as determined by the
Company and expire over varying terms, but not more than five years from the
date of grant. Stock option activity for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2008 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
Options
|
|
|
Exercise
Price per Share
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Exercise Price
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Remaining Life (Years)
|
|
Outstanding
at December 31, 2007
|
|
|
1,140,000 |
|
|
|
$1.88
– $7.14 |
|
|
|
$4.54 |
|
|
|
3.96 |
|
Granted
|
|
|
190,000 |
|
|
|
1.74
– 3.45 |
|
|
|
2.27 |
|
|
|
|
|
Expired
|
|
|
(5,000 |
) |
|
|
3.59 |
|
|
|
3.59 |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(15,000 |
) |
|
|
1.88 |
|
|
|
1.88 |
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding
at September 30, 2008
|
|
|
1,310,000 |
|
|
|
$1.74
– $7.14 |
|
|
|
$4.24 |
|
|
|
3.60 |
|
Note
8:
|
Assets
and Liabilities Measured at Fair
Value
|
Derivative financial
instruments
Currently,
the Company has allocated proceeds of warrants issued in connection with a
private placement that were classified as a liability and accounted for as a
derivative instrument in accordance with EITF 00-19, “Accounting for Derivative
Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s own
Stock”. The valuation of the
warrants is determined using the Black-Scholes model. This model uses inputs
such as the underlying price of the shares issued when the warrant is exercised,
volatility, risk free interest rate and expected life of the
instrument. The Company has determined that the inputs
associated with fair value determination are readily observable and as a result
the instrument is classified within Level 2 of the fair-value
hierarchy.
Marketable
Equity Securities
The
Company owns 100,000 shares of common stock of AEMD. At September 30,
2008, the valuation of such stock is determined utilizing the current quoted
market price of AEMD due to the selling
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
restrictions
as stated in the agreement to purchase these shares having lapsed during the
three month period ending September 30, 2008. The Company has
determined that the inputs associated with the fair value determination are
readily observable and as a result the instrument was classified within Level 1
of the fair-value hierarchy.
Money
Market Funds and Treasury Bills
Cash and
cash equivalents includes a money market account valued at
$12,930,867. The Company also has a U.S. treasury bill totaling
$202,532.
The
Company has determined that the inputs associated with the fair value
determination are based on quoted prices (unadjusted) and as a result the
investments are classified within Level 1 of the fair value
hierarchy.
The table
below presents the Company’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a
recurring basis as of September 30, 2008, aggregated by the level in the fair
value hierarchy within which those measurements fall.
Assets
and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis at September 30,
2008
|
|
Level
1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Balance
at September 30, 2008
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marketable
equity securities
|
|
$ |
$38,000 |
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
38,000 |
|
Money
market funds
|
|
|
12,930,867 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,930,867 |
|
Treasury
bills
|
|
|
202,532 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
202,532 |
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative
financial instruments
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
744,653
|
|
|
$ |
—
|
|
|
$ |
744,653 |
|
The
Company does not have any fair value measurements using significant unobservable
inputs (Level 3) as of September 30, 2008.
The
Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” ("FIN
No. 48"), on January 1, 2007. FIN No. 48 requires that the impact of
tax positions be recognized in the financial statements if they are
more
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
likely
than not of being sustained upon examination, based on the technical merits of
the position. As discussed in the financial statements in the
2007 Form 10-K, the Company has a valuation allowance against
the full amount of its net deferred tax assets. The
Company currently provides a valuation allowance against
deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or
all of its deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company has
not recognized any unrecognized tax benefits in their balance sheet under the
provisions of FIN No. 48.
The
Company is subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax of certain
state jurisdictions. The Company has not been audited by the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service or any states in connection with income taxes. The periods from
December 31, 2003 to December 31, 2007 remain open to examination by the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service and state authorities.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
Item 2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The
following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of
operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying condensed and
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in Item 1 of Part
I of this Form 10-Q and our audited “financial statements and notes thereto as
of and for the year ended December 31, 2007” included in our Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2007 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
to provide an understanding of our results of operations, financial condition
and cash flows.
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
This Form
10-Q, including the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contains forward-looking
statements regarding our future performance. All forward-looking
information is inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially
from assumptions, estimates or expectations reflected or contained in the
forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set
forth in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and in our annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Forward-looking statements
convey our current expectations or forecasts of future events. All
statements contained in this Form 10-Q other than statements of historical fact
are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include
statements regarding our future financial position, business strategy, budgets,
projected costs, plans and objectives of management for future
operations. The words “may,” “continue,” “estimate,” “intend,”
“plan,” “will,” “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate” and similar
expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these
words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not
forward-looking. With respect to the forward-looking statements, we
claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained
in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Form
10-Q. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect new information or
future events or otherwise.
Overview
We are a
medical technology company that develops and manufactures an innovative device
designed to administer high dose chemotherapy and other therapeutic agents
directly to diseased organs or regions of the body. We are currently
focusing on the development of a single product, the Delcath System, for the
treatment of tumors of the liver. Based on human clinical data, we believe that
the Delcath System allows physicians to deliver significantly higher
chemotherapy doses to the liver than could be administered by conventional
intravenous delivery.
The
Delcath System is a disposable kit consisting of various catheters, filters, and
a tubing circuit used during cancer treatment to isolate the liver from the
patients general circulatory system. Our system allows for ultra-high
doses of chemotherapy agents to be directed at a patient’s liver while at the
same time limiting the exposure of healthy tissue and organs to the harmful
effects of those chemotherapeutic agents. By providing higher dosing
of chemotherapy agents than would otherwise be possible through conventional
chemotherapy, we believe that treatment with the Delcath System is more
effective than conventional treatment at killing cancer cells and preventing new
cancer cell formation.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
In 2006
we began a Phase III clinical trial to support a pre-market approval application
for use of the Delcath System with melphalan, a chemotherapy agent, for the
treatment of metastatic melanoma that has spread to the liver. The
trial is being conducted under the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”)
Special Protocol Assessment (“SPA”). Patients enrolled in this study currently
receive treatment at the National Cancer Institute, or NCI, which serves as the
coordinating center for this multi-center trial. The trial is
currently approved for expansion to a maximum of 15 centers. In April
2008, the Institutional Review Board of the University of Maryland Medical
Center agreed to participate in our Phase III study. In June 2008,
St. Luke’s Cancer Center, the Albany Medical Center, the Atlantic Melanoma
Center of Atlantic Health and the University of Texas Medical Branch joined this
clinical trial. In the third quarter, Swedish Medical Center of
Colorado, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Providence Health Systems, and Moffitt
Cancer Center agreed to join the clinical trial which brings the total to ten
centers. Each of the centers Institutional Review Board (“IRB”) has
approved our treatment protocol. Critical to expediting completion of
this trial, the Western International Review Board, or WIRB, has also approved
our protocol. The WIRB, which provides review services for more than
100 institutions (academic centers, hospitals, networks and in-house biotech
research) in all 50 states and internationally, will help accelerate the
internal review process at a number of the hospitals currently participating in
the study. As of September 30, 2008 we have enrolled a total of 40
patients of the expected 92 patient trial. We expect to complete
patient enrollment in this study in 2009. Once the FDA grants
approval, we plan to conduct additional pre-clinical and clinical trials on the
use of the Delcath System with other chemotherapy agents used to treat cancer in
the liver and seek additional FDA pre-market approvals.
In 2004
we began a multi-arm Phase II clinical trial for the use of the Delcath System
with melphalan in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinomas as well as
neuroendocrine and adenocarcenoma cancers that have spread to the
liver. In 2007 an additional arm was added to the Phase II trial to
treat patients with metastatic melanomas that have spread to the liver who have
received prior surgical isolated hepatic perfusion. Based on
promising initial clinical results, we plan to focus our efforts on enrolling
patients for the treatment of metastatic neuroendocrine cancer. We
have currently enrolled 22 of the 25 patients required for the neuroendocrine
arm of the trial and we anticipate that we will complete patient enrollment in
this arm of the study in 2009.
As
indicated above, the Company is focusing on enrolling patients in the
neuroendocrine arm of the Phase II study. The other two arms treating
colorectal cancer and primary liver cancer will be refocused so as to optimize
the progress of those arms of the trial. The Company has entered into a
dialogue with the FDA concerning a clinical trial that will focus on the
effectiveness of the Delcath System in administering high-dose doxorubicin as
compared with standard systemic treatment with sorafenib for the treatment of
primary liver cancer. In September the Company received a conditional
approval from the FDA to begin working on that trial.
The
successful development of the Delcath System is highly uncertain, and
development costs and timelines can vary significantly and are difficult to
accurately predict. Various statutes and regulations also impact the
manufacturing, safety, labeling, storage, record keeping and marketing of our
system. The lengthy process of completing clinical trials, seeking
FDA approval and subsequent compliance with applicable statutes and regulations
require the expenditure of substantial resources. Any failure by us
to obtain, or any delay in obtaining, regulatory approvals could materially,
adversely affect our business. To date, we have not received approval
for the sale of our system in any market and, therefore, have not generated any
revenues. The Delcath System has not yet been approved by the FDA and may not be
marketed in the United States without FDA pre-market approval.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
During
the next twelve months we plan to hire additional personnel to support the
development of the Delcath System. In June 2008 and July 2008 we hired two
senior executives. We hired a Chief Medical Officer to oversee the
expansion of clinical activity, moving us towards the conclusion of our first
Phase III clinical trial. We also hired a Senior Vice President for Regulatory
Affairs and Quality Systems, a position newly created to manage the extensive
FDA process. We expect that as a result of these efforts our
expenditures during the next twelve months will increase
significantly. Our expenses generally include costs for clinical
studies, securing patents, regulatory activities, manufacturing, personnel, rent
for our facilities, and general corporate and working capital, including general
and administrative expenses. Because we have no FDA-approved product
and no commercial sales, we will continue to be dependent upon existing cash,
the sale of equity or debt securities, or establishing a strategic alliance with
appropriate partners to fund future activities.
We are a
development stage company, and since our inception we have raised approximately
$52.7 million (net of fundraising expenses). We have financed our
operations primarily through public and private placements of equity
securities. We have
incurred net losses since we were founded and we expect to continue to incur
significant and increasing net losses for the foreseeable future.
At our
anticipated pace of development of the Delcath System, during the next twelve
months we expect to incur expenses of approximately $9.5 million. We
believe that we currently have sufficient capital that will take operations
through 2009 and allow us to substantially advance our ongoing Phase II and
Phase III trials. However, we cannot be assured that we will obtain
FDA approval for our Delcath System, that we will have, or could raise,
sufficient financial resources to sustain our operations pending FDA approval,
or that, if and when the required approvals are obtained, there will be a market
for any of our products.
Results
of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
We have
operated at a loss for our entire history. We had a net loss for the
nine months ended September 30, 2008, of $4,355,877, which is an $808,828
decrease in the net loss for the same period in 2007. The decrease in
net loss in 2008 is mainly attributable to $807,347 of derivative instrument
income.
General
and administrative expenses decreased from $2,183,043 during the nine months
ended September 30, 2007, to $1,730,040 for the nine months ended September 30,
2008, or $453,003, a 20.8% change. This decrease is primarily
attributed to the additional expenses incurred in 2007 by the cashless exercise
of options by outgoing Directors, expenses incurred in issuing options in 2007
to new Directors, and the higher legal fees paid last year as part of the final
resolution of various legal matters.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we incurred $3,712,823 in research and
development costs, as compared to $3,208,963 during the first quarter of 2007,
an increase of $503,860. While we have incurred increases in expenses primarily
due to exploring new and improved filter technology to remove current and future
therapeutic agents that can be used with the Delcath PHP System, we have also
expanded our clinical trials to a total of ten sites which has required
additional fees for IRB approvals, patient preparation costs, and clinical trial
set-up expenses.
Interest
income shown is from our money market and Treasury bill and note
investments. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the
Company had interest income of $279,639, as compared to interest income of
$305,301, or an 8% change, for the same period in 2007. This decrease
is due to the investment of the net proceeds from the sale of our common stock
and warrants that was received during
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
the third
quarter of fiscal 2007 but a reduction in invested funds due to their use in
clinical trials and a reduced interest rate from last year.
Results
of Operations for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
We had a
net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2008, of $877,857, which is
$833,720 less than the net loss from continuing operations for the same period
in 2007. This decrease is primarily due to the derivative instrument
income as discussed above.
General
and administrative expenses decreased from $609,759 during the three months
ended September 30, 2007, to $589,900 for the three months ended September 30,
2008. The cashless exercise of options by an outgoing member of the
Board of Directors in 2007 resulted in additional charges to general
operations.
During
the three months ended September 30, 2008, we incurred $1,624,379 in research
and development costs, as compared to $1,125,573 during the corresponding period
in 2007. Increased expenses incurred this year in exploring new and
improved filter technology along with accelerated clinical development costs
relating to all facets of the Delcath drug delivery system is offset against
higher expenses incurred in 2007 as part of the option activity as explained
above.
Interest
income shown is from our money market and Treasury note
investments. During the three months ended September 30, 2008, the
Company had interest income of $55,674, as compared to interest income of
$101,755 for the same period in 2007. This decrease is primarily due
to a substantially reduced interest earning rate on our investments together
with the reduction in investment funds due to their use in expanding our
clinical trials. There was no other income during the three months ended
September 30, 2008 or the comparable period in 2007.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
Our
future results are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. We
have operated at a loss for our entire history and we anticipate that losses
will continue for the foreseeable future. There can be no assurance
that we will ever generate significant revenues or achieve
profitability. We expect to use cash, cash equivalents and investment
proceeds to fund our operating activities. Our future liquidity and
capital requirements will depend on numerous factors, including the progress of
our research and product development programs, including our ongoing Phase II
and Phase III clinical trials; the timing and costs of making various United
States and foreign regulatory filings, obtaining approvals and complying with
regulations; the timing and effectiveness of product commercialization
activities, including marketing arrangements overseas; the timing and costs
involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing intellectual
property rights; and the effect of competing technological and market
developments. We continue to move forward aggressively, most notably by adding
new sites to our ongoing clinical trials and increasing our efforts to enroll
additional patients in these trials. As we seek FDA approval
and get our product to market we expect that our capital expenditures will
increase significantly.
At
September 30, 2008, we had cash and cash equivalents of $12,930,867, as compared
to $7,886,937 at December 31, 2007 and $18,499,086 at September 30,
2007. Nearly all of
our available funds are invested in money market accounts, which are reflected
in our financial statements as part of “Cash and Cash Equivalents.”
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2008, we used $4,577,725 of cash in our
operating activities. This amount compares to $4,284,208 used in our operating
activities during the comparable nine-month period in 2007. The
increase of $293,517, or 6.9%, is primarily due to accelerated clinical
development costs relating to all facets of the Delcath drug delivery
system. We expect that our cash allocated to operating activities
will increase significantly as we aggressively move toward the full enrollment
and completion of our first Phase III clinical trial, and continue to navigate
the extensive FDA approval process. We believe we have sufficient capital to
fund our current clinical trials through 2009. Even in light of
potential increased expenditures, we believe that our cash and cash equivalents
will be adequate to satisfy our capital needs through at least the next 12
months.
At
September 30, 2008, the Company’s accumulated deficit was approximately $ 44.8
million. Because our business does not generate any positive cash
flow from operating activities, we will likely need to raise additional capital
to develop our product beyond the current clinical trials or to fund development
efforts relating to new products. We anticipate that we could raise
additional capital in the event that we find it in our best interest to do so.
We anticipate raising such additional capital by either borrowing money, selling
shares of our capital stock, or entering into strategic alliances with
appropriate partners. To the extent additional capital is not
available when we need it, we may be forced to abandon some or all of our
development and commercialization efforts, which would have a material adverse
effect on the prospects of our business. Further, our assumptions
relating to our cash requirements may differ materially from those planned
because of a number of factors, including significant unforeseen delays in the
regulatory approval process, changes in the focus and direction of our clinical
trials and costs related to commercializing our product.
We have
funded our operations through a combination of private placements of our
securities and through the proceeds of our public offerings in 2000 and 2003
along with our registered direct offering in 2007. Please see the
detailed discussion of our various sales of securities described in Note 2 to
our 2007 Form 10-K. Over the last 18 months, we received
approximately $1.3 million on exercise of warrants and options, and
approximately $13.3 million from a registered direct offering we completed in
2007.
Critical
Accounting Estimates
Our
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Certain
accounting policies have a significant impact on amounts reported in the
financial statements. A summary of those significant accounting
policies can be found in Note 1 to our financial statements contained in our
2007 Form 10-K. We are still in the development stage and have no
revenues, trade receivables, inventories, or significant fixed or intangible
assets, and therefore have very limited opportunities to choose among accounting
policies or methods. In many cases, we must use an accounting policy
or method because it is the only policy or method permitted under
GAAP.
Additionally,
we devote substantial resources to clinical trials and other research and
development activities relating to obtaining FDA and other approvals for the
Delcath system, the cost of which is required to be charged to expense as
incurred. This further limits our choice of accounting policies and
methods. Similarly, management believes there are very limited
circumstances in which our financial statement estimates are significant or
critical.
We
consider the valuation allowance for the deferred tax assets to be a significant
accounting estimate. In applying SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income
Taxes,” management estimates future taxable income
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
from
operations and tax planning strategies in determining if it is more likely than
not that we will realize the benefits of our deferred tax
assets. Management believes the Company does not have any uncertain
tax positions as defined under FASB Interpretation No. 48 “Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No.
109.”
The
Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS 123R. SFAS 123R
establishes accounting for equity instruments exchanged for employee
services. Under the provisions of SFAS 123R, share-based compensation
is measured at the grant date, based upon the fair value of the award, and is
recognized as an expense over the option holders’ requisite service period
(generally the vesting period of the equity grant). Effective
January 1, 2006, the Company adopted the modified prospective approach and,
accordingly, prior period amounts have not been restated. Under this
approach, the Company is required to record compensation cost for all
share-based payments granted after the date of adoption based upon the grant
date fair value, estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123R, and
for the unvested portion of all share-based payments previously granted that
remain outstanding based on the grant date fair value, estimated in accordance
with the original provisions of SFAS 123. The Company has expensed
its share-based compensation for share-based payments granted after January 1,
2006 under the ratable method, which treats each vesting tranche as if it were
an individual grant.
On
January 1, 2008, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines
fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands
disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies to
reported balances that are required or permitted to be measured at fair value
under existing accounting pronouncements; accordingly, the standard does not
require any new fair value measurements of reported balances. The
adoption of SFAS No. 157 did not have a material effect on the carrying values
of the Company’s assets.
SFAS No.
157 emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an
entity-specific measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement
should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would use
in pricing the asset or liability. As a basis for considering market
participant assumptions in fair value measurements, SFAS No. 157 establishes a
fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions
based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity
(observable inputs that are classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy)
and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions
(unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).
Level 1
inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets
or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are
inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the
asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include
quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as
inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted
prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves that
are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable
inputs for the asset or liability which are typically based on an entity’s own
assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances
where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from
different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value
hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the
lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its
entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to
the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers
factors specific to the asset or liability.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
Risk
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We may be
exposed to market risk through changes in market interest rates that could
affect the value of our investments. However, the Company’s
marketable securities consist of short-term and/or variable rate instruments
and, therefore, a change in interest rates would not have a material impact on
the fair value of our investment portfolio or related income.
In
January 2008, the Company entered into a research and development agreement with
Aethlon Medical, Inc., (“AEMD”) a publicly traded company whose securities are
quoted on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board. As part of this
agreement, the Company received 100,000 shares of restricted common stock of
AEMD. The Company allocated $46,200 of the cost of the
agreement to the fair value of the common stock acquired, using the closing
stock price at the date of the agreement and then discounting that value due to
certain sale restrictions on the stock being held. During the third
quarter ending September 30, 2008, the restriction on the common stock held
lapsed and as a result the fair value of the stock is calculated using the
closing stock price (unadjusted) at September 30, 2008. The
investment is classified as an available for sale security and had a fair value
on September 30, 2008 of $38,000, which included a gross unrealized loss of
$8,200, which is
included as a component of comprehensive loss.
The
Company measures all derivatives, including certain derivatives embedded in
contracts, at fair value and recognizes them in the balance sheet as an asset or
a liability, depending on the Company’s rights and obligations under the
applicable derivative contract. In 2007, the Company completed the
sale of 3,833,108 shares of its Common Stock and the issuance of warrants to
purchase 1,916,554 common shares in a private placement to institutional and
accredited investors. The Company received net proceeds of $13,303,267 in this
transaction. The Company allocated $4,269,000 of the total proceeds to warrants.
The shares were offered by the Company pursuant to an effective shelf
registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 25, 2007 and was declared effective on June 7, 2007
(File No. 333-143280). The $4,269,000 in proceeds allocated to the
warrants was classified as a liability in accordance with EITF 00-19,
“Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially
Settled in, a Company’s own Stock.” The warrants may require cash settlement in
the event of certain circumstances; including the Company’s inability to deliver
registered shares upon the exercise of the warrants by such warrant holders. The
warrants also contain a cashless exercise feature in certain circumstances.
Accordingly, the warrants have been accounted for as derivative instrument
liabilities, which are subject to mark-to-market adjustment in each period. As a
result, for the nine month period ended September 30, 2008, the Company recorded
pre-tax derivative instrument income of $807,347. The resulting derivative
instrument liability totaled $744,653 at September 30, 2008. Management believes
that the possibility of an actual cash settlement with a warrant holder of the
recorded liability is quite remote, and expects that the warrants will either be
exercised or expire worthless, at which point the then existing derivative
liability will be credited to equity. The fair value of the warrants was
determined by using the Black-Scholes model assuming a risk free interest rate
of 2.63%, volatility of 68.52% and an expected life equal to the September 24,
2012 contractual life of the warrants.
Based on
an evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures performed by
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer as of the end
of the period covered by this report, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and
procedures have been effective.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
As used
herein, “disclosure controls and procedures” means controls and other procedures
of the Company that are designed to ensure that information required to be
disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the
rules and forms issued by the SEC. Disclosure controls and procedures
include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files
or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the
Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and
its principal financial officer or officers, or persons performing similar
functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
There
were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
identified in connection with the evaluation described above that occurred
during the period covered by this report that materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
OTHER
INFORMATION
Delcath
and M.S. Koly (former CEO, President, Treasurer and Director of Delcath) filed a
libel complaint in August 2005 against Elizabeth Enney (“Enney”) in the United
States District Court for the District of Connecticut involving communications
by Enney concerning Delcath and Koly to the Rolls Royce Owners Club (“RROC”) in
which both Koly and Enney were members (the “First Connecticut
Action). In May 2006, the libel claims were dismissed without
prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction. In July 2006, Delcath
and Koly filed a similar libel lawsuit in the United States District Court for
the Northern District of Georgia (the “Georgia District Court”). On
April 19, 2007, the Georgia District Court dismissed the action, and denied
Enney’s motion for sanctions. Enney
appealed. Delcath and Koly did not appeal.
On March
7, 2008, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the denial of Enney’s
motion for sanctions, and remanded the action to the Georgia District Court for
further proceedings to determine the amount of sanctions. Enney has
requested sanctions in excess of $400,000. A hearing was held on
September 23, 2008. On September 25, 2008 the Georgia District Court
ordered all parties in the George District Court action and a related action
between Enney and the RROC (in which Delcath is not a party) to mediation to
attempt to resolve the parties’ various claims.
On July
29, 2008 Enney filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the
District of Connecticut against Delcath, Donna Newman (Delcath’s and Koly’s
former counsel), and David Foltz (Delcath’s and Koly’s former counsel) alleging
abuse of process, vexatious litigation and violations of Connecticut’s Unfair
Trade Practices Act (the “New Connecticut Action”), based on Koly’s and
Delcath’s prosecution of the original libel suit in Connecticut. The
complaint seeks damages in excess of $500,000, and punitive
damages.
Delcath
has been vigorously contesting the sanctions proceeding in the Georgia District
Court and the claims in the New Connecticut Action. Although the
ultimate effect of these matters is difficult to
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
predict,
management believes that their resolution will not have a material adverse
effect on the Company’financial statements. However, no assurance can be given
that Delcath will prevail in either action.
Our 2007
Form 10-K contains a detailed discussion of certain risk factors that could
materially adversely affect our business, operating results or financial
condition. There were no material changes in these risk factors since
such disclosure.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
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None.
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Defaults
upon Senior Securities
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None.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
|
None.
31.1 Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the
Exchange Act.
31.2 Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of the
Exchange Act.
32.1 Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2 Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
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.
October 24,
2008
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DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(Registrant)
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/s/
Paul M. Feinstein
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Paul
M. Feinstein
Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer (on behalf of the registrant and as the
principal financial and accounting officer of the
registrant)
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DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
(A
Development Stage Company)
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No. Description
31.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of
the Exchange Act.
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31.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) of
the Exchange Act.
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32.1
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Certification
of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002.
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32.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002
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