Dyax Corp. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Mar 02, 2011
Dyax Corp. (DYAX, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.

Dyax Corp. has a market cap of $172.4 million; its shares were traded at around $1.75 with and P/S ratio of 3.4. Dyax Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 0.6% over the past 5 years.Hedge Fund Gurus that owns DYAX: Louis Moore Bacon of Moore Capital Management, LP, Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns DYAX: PRIMECAP Management, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates.

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The aggregate market value of the registrant s common stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrant s most recently completed fiscal second quarter, June 30, 2010, based on the last reported sale price of the registrant s common stock of $2.27 per share was $172,905,582. The number of shares outstanding of the registrant s Common Stock, $.01 Par Value, as of February 23, 2011, was 98,709,979.

To date we have received more than $150 million in revenues, primarily related to license fees and milestones, under the LFRP. In 2010, we earned $24.4 million, including an $11.3 million buy-out of one royalty obligation for Xyntha®, a product marketed by Pfizer, and we expect receipts under the LFRP to continue to grow as more products advance in clinical development.

In addition, under a loan arrangement with Cowen Healthcare Royalty Partners (Cowen Healthcare), we obtained $65 million in debt funding, secured exclusively by the LFRP. This debt, which has a current principal balance of $57.8 million, is being repaid from a portion of LFRP receipts, is required to be repaid in full by 2016, and may be prepaid without penalty in August 2012.

In June 2010, we entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Sigma-Tau to develop and commercialize subcutaneous ecallantide for the treatment of HAE and other therapeutic indications throughout Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Russia. We retained our rights to ecallantide in all other territories. Under the terms of the agreement, Sigma-Tau made a $2.5 million upfront payment to us and also purchased 636,132 shares of our common stock at a price of $3.93 per share, which represented a 50% premium over the 20-day average closing price through June 17, 2010, for an aggregate purchase price of $2.5 million. We will also be eligible to receive over $100 million in development and sales milestones related to ecallantide and royalties equal to 41% of net sales of product, as adjusted for product costs. Sigma-Tau will pay the costs associated with regulatory approval and commercialization in the licensed territories. In addition, we and Sigma-Tau will share equally the costs for all development activities for future indications developed in partnership with Sigma-Tau.

In December 2010, we amended our agreement with Sigma-Tau to expand our collaboration to commercialize KALBITOR for the treatment of HAE in Australia and New Zealand. Under the terms of the amendment, in January 2011, Sigma-Tau made a $500,000 upfront payment to us and also purchased 151,515 shares of our common stock at a price of $3.30 per share, which represented a 50% premium over the 20-day average closing price through December 20, 2010, for an aggregate purchase price of $500,000. We will also be eligible to receive up to $2 million in regulatory and commercialization milestones and royalties equal to 41% of net sales of product, as adjusted for product costs. Consistent with the previous agreement, Sigma-Tau will pay the costs associated with regulatory approval and commercialization in these additional territories.

In 2008, we entered into an agreement with Cowen Healthcare for a $50.0 million loan secured by our LFRP. This loan is the Tranche A loan. In March 2009, we amended and restated the loan agreement with Cowen Healthcare to include a Tranche B loan of $15.0 million. We used $35.1 million from the proceeds of the Tranche A loan to pay off our remaining obligation under a then existing agreement with Paul Royalty Fund Holdings II, LP (Paul Royalty). The Tranche A and Tranche B loans (collectively referred to as, the Loan) have an outstanding principal balance at December 31, 2010 of $57.8 million.

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