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SIGA Technologies, Inc. Reports Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2020
- Company Recently Announced Exercise of Contract Options Totaling $101.3 million -
- Corporate Update Conference Call Today at 4:30 PM ET -
May 6, 2020, 4:05 pm ET
NEW YORK -- SIGA Technologies, Inc. (SIGA) (NASDAQ: SIGA), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the health security market, today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2020.
First Quarter 2020 Financial Results Summary
SIGA's revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was approximately $2.6 million, resulting in an operating loss of approximately $4.0 million. Loss per diluted share was $0.11 for the quarter. Loss per
diluted share includes items not included in the calculation of operating loss, such as costs in connection with the recently retired Term Loan, adjustments to the fair value of warrants, interest expense and benefit from income taxes. Cash and
cash equivalents were approximately $77.4 million at March 31, 2020. During the first quarter, after the repayment of the Term Loan, SIGA repurchased approximately $1 million of its common stock in open market transactions.
Recent Key Activities:
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant societal and economic disruption. Such disruption, and the associated risks and costs, are expected to continue for an indeterminate period of time.
Given the uncertain future course of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the uncertain scale and scope of its future impact, the Company is continually reviewing business and financial risks related to the pandemic and is continually seeking coordination with
its government partners with respect to the performance of current and future government contracts. Additionally, the Company is continually coordinating with service providers and vendors, in particular CMOs that constitute our supply chain, to
review actions and risks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic has not adversely affected the liquidity position of the Company, nor is it currently expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial condition or annual financial results of the
"The COVID-19 pandemic reinforces the importance of having preparedness countermeasures available to combat the spread of deadly infectious diseases," said Dr. Phil Gomez, CEO of SIGA, "Recent orders for TPOXX from
BARDA and the Canadian Department of National Defence demonstrate that pandemic preparedness is a key priority both in and outside the United States, and we believe that governments across the world will move to enhance their preparedness for a
variety of possible pandemics in light of the current crisis. As the health security market gains greater attention in this environment, we continue to work with government agencies both domestically and internationally in pursuing future orders of
TPOXX. As the only FDA-approved therapy for smallpox, TPOXX should play a critical role in an effective response plan to a potential outbreak of smallpox, which has significantly higher mortality and transmission rates than the virus that causes
Conference Call and Webcast
SIGA will host a conference call and webcast to provide a business update today, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at 4:30 P.M. ET.
Participants may access the call, by dialing (877) 407-6184 for domestic callers or (201) 389-0877 for international callers. A live webcast of the call will also be available on the Company's website at www.siga.com
under the 'Events & Presentations' tab in the Investor Relations section, or by clicking here. Please log in approximately 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
A replay of the call will be available for two weeks by dialing (877) 660-6853 for domestic callers or (201) 612-7415 for international callers and using Conference ID: 13700583. The archived webcast will be
available in the Events and Presentations section of the Company's website.
ABOUT SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and TPOXX
SIGA Technologies, Inc. is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the health security market. Health security comprises countermeasures for biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear attacks
(biodefense market), vaccines and therapies for emerging infectious diseases, and health preparedness. Our lead product is TPOXX , also known as tecovirimat and ST-246 , an orally administered and IV formulation antiviral drug for the
treatment of human smallpox disease caused by variola virus. TPOXX is a novel small-molecule drug and the US maintains a stockpile of 1.7 million courses in the Strategic National Stockpile under Project BioShield. The oral formulation
of TPOXX was approved by the FDA for the treatment of smallpox in 2018. The full label is here: https://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/drugInfo.cfm?setid=fce826ab-4d6a-4139-a2ee-a304a913a253. In September 2018, SIGA signed a
contract potentially worth more than $600 million with BARDA for additional procurement and development related to both oral and intravenous formulations of TPOXX . For more information about SIGA, please visit www.siga.com.
Smallpox is a contagious, disfiguring and often deadly disease that has affected humans for thousands of years. Naturally-occurring smallpox was eradicated worldwide by 1980, the result of an unprecedented global
immunization campaign. Samples of smallpox virus have been kept for research purposes. This has led to concerns that smallpox could someday be used as a biological warfare agent. A vaccine can prevent smallpox, but the risk of the current vaccine's
side effects is too high to justify routine vaccination for people at low risk of exposure to the smallpox virus.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various known
and unknown risks and uncertainties, and SIGA cautions you that any forward-looking information provided by or on behalf of SIGA is not a guarantee of future performance. More detailed information about SIGA and risk factors that may affect the
realization of forward-looking statements, including the forward-looking statements in this press release, is set forth in SIGA's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including SIGA's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2019, and in other documents that SIGA has filed with the SEC. SIGA urges investors and security holders to read those documents free of charge at the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov. Interested parties may also obtain those
documents free of charge from SIGA. Forward-looking statements are current only as of the date on which such statements were made, and except for our ongoing obligations under the United States of America federal securities laws, we undertake no
obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
The information contained in this press release does not necessarily reflect the position or the policy of the Government and no official endorsement should be inferred.
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
| March 31, 2020 | December 31, 2019 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 77,377,300 | $ | 65,249,072 | ||||
| Restricted cash and cash equivalents, short-term | - | 95,737,862 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable | 1,685,642 | 4,167,996 | ||||||
| Inventory | 16,342,014 | 9,652,855 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2,617,852 | 5,234,000 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 98,022,808 | 180,041,785 | ||||||
| Property, plant and equipment, net | 2,500,641 | 2,618,303 | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets, net | 16,304,697 | 14,151,002 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 898,334 | 898,334 | ||||||
| Other assets | 847,983 | 856,766 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 118,574,463 | $ | 198,566,190 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 4,765,817 | $ | 3,054,032 | ||||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 16,658,698 | 8,636,911 | ||||||
| Total debt, current | - | 80,044,866 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 21,424,515 | 91,735,809 | ||||||
| Warrant liability | 6,132,947 | 6,116,882 | ||||||
| Other liabilities | 2,874,879 | 2,929,743 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 30,432,341 | 100,782,434 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||
| Stockholders' equity | ||||||||
| Common stock ($.0001 par value, 600,000,000 shares authorized, 81,047,424 and 81,269,868 issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019, respectively) | 8,105 | 8,127 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 221,057,307 | 220,808,037 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (132,923,290 | ) | (123,032,408 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 88,142,122 | 97,783,756 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 118,574,463 | $ | 198,566,190 |
SIGA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME (LOSS) (UNAUDITED)
| Three Months Ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2019 | |||||||
| Revenues | ||||||||
| Product sales and supportive services | $ | 113,009 | $ | 7,142,400 | ||||
| Research and development | 2,506,756 | 3,316,684 | ||||||
| Total revenues | 2,619,765 | 10,459,084 | ||||||
| Operating expenses | ||||||||
| Cost of sales and supportive services | 109,094 | 915,367 | ||||||
| Selling, general and administrative | 3,176,024 | 3,166,566 | ||||||
| Research and development | 3,150,105 | 3,997,281 | ||||||
| Patent expenses | 182,597 | 187,916 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | 6,617,820 | 8,267,130 | ||||||
| Operating (loss) income | (3,998,055 | ) | 2,191,954 | |||||
| (Loss) gain from change in fair value of warrant liability | (16,065 | ) | 3,136,265 | |||||
| Loss on extinguishment of Term Loan | (4,981,461 | ) | - | |||||
| Interest expense | (3,016,817 | ) | (3,928,418 | ) | ||||
| Other income, net | 412,363 | 736,129 | ||||||
| (Loss) income before income taxes | (11,600,035 | ) | 2,135,930 | |||||
| Benefit (provision) for income taxes | 2,702,506 | (506,153 | ) | |||||
| Net and comprehensive (loss) income | $ | (8,897,529 | ) | $ | 1,629,777 | |||
| Basic (loss) income per share | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | 0.02 | |||
| Diluted (loss) per share | $ | (0.11 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||
| Weighted average shares outstanding: basic | 81,240,105 | 80,913,320 | ||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding: diluted | 81,240,105 | 82,139,108 |