Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-Q)

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Aug 06, 2012
Threshold Pharmaceuticals Inc. (THLD, Financial) filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2012-06-30.

Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a market cap of $385.86 million; its shares were traded at around $7.08 with and P/S ratio of 6223.55.

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We were incorporated in October 2001. We have devoted substantially all of our resources to research and development of our product candidates. We have not generated any revenue from the commercial sales of our product candidates, and prior to our initial public offering in February 2005, we funded our operations through the private placement of equity securities. During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we sold 2,022,144 shares of common stock under our at market issuance sales facility for net proceeds of $12.3 million, and we received approximately $6.9 million from the exercise of warrants to purchase common stock. On February 3, 2012, we entered into an agreement with Merck KGaA, which provided for an upfront payment of $25 million. We also earned an additional $32.5 million in milestone payments, $20 million of which we have received during the quarter ended June 30, 2012 and the remaining $12.5 million is expected by the end of the 2012. We could receive an additional $22.5 million in potential milestone payments in 2012 that are independent of continued development of TH-302 in pancreatic cancer. As of June 30, 2012 we had cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $66.5 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2012, we had an operating loss of $10.0 million and a net loss of $98.5 million, including $88.5 million in non-cash expense related to the change in the fair value of outstanding warrants. Our cumulative net loss since our inception through June 30, 2012 was $350.6 million.

Revenue. We recognized a total of $1.8 million and $2.0 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, from the amortization of the $25 million upfront payment received and $32.5 million milestone payments earned, including a $20 million milestone payment based on positive results from its randomized Phase 2 trial in pancreatic cancer, from our collaboration with Merck. We are amortizing the upfront payment and milestones earned over the period of performance (product development period). We will periodically review and, if necessary, revise the estimated periods of performance of our collaboration. No revenue was recognized for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.

We have not generated and do not expect to generate revenue from sales of product candidates in the near term. Since our inception we funded our operations primarily through private placements and public offerings of equity securities. During the six months ended June 30, 2012, we sold an aggregate of 2,022,144 shares of common stock under our at market issuance sales facility for net proceeds of $12.3 million, and we received approximately $6.9 million from the exercise of warrants to purchase approximately 4 million shares of common stock.

Net cash provided by financing activities for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 was $19.6 million and $29.7 million, respectively. The $10.1 million decrease in cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to the approximately $27.8 million of net proceeds from our March 2011 registered direct offering as compared to the $19.2 million received during 2012 primarily as a result of our issuance of common stock under the at the market sales facility and the exercise of warrants to purchase shares of common stock.

On October 29, 2010, we entered into an at market issuance sales agreement, or sales agreement, with MLV & Co., LLC, formerly McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC (MLV), pursuant to which we were able to issue and sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $15.0 million from time to time through MLV as our sales agent. Sales of our common stock through MLV will be made on The NASDAQ Capital Market, on any other existing trading market for our common stock, to or through a market maker or as otherwise agreed by MLV and us. Subject to the terms and conditions of the sales agreement, MLV will use commercially reasonable efforts to sell our common stock from time to time, based upon our instructions (including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions we may impose). We will pay MLV an aggregate commission rate of 3.0% of the gross proceeds of the sales price per share of any common stock sold under the sales agreement. Under certain circumstances, sales of the stock under the at market issuances sales agreement could result in an adjustment to the exercise price of certain of our outstanding warrants. The number of shares we are able to sell under this arrangement will be limited in practice based on the trading volume of our common stock. As of December 31, 2010 we had not sold any stock pursuant to the sales agreement. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we sold an aggregate of 971,037 shares of our common stock at an average price of $2.66 pursuant to the sales agreement. Net proceeds from the sale of stock in 2011 were $2.3 million. The sales of the stock did not result in an adjustment to the exercise price of certain of our outstanding warrants. Pursuant to an amendment to the at the market issuance sales agreement and a prospectus supplement we filed on January 20, 2012 and pursuant to a new registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, we may sell shares of our common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $15.0 million from time to time through MLV as our sales agent on the terms and conditions described above. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we sold 2,022,144 shares of our common stock at an average price of $6.29 pursuant to the sales agreement. Net proceeds from the sale of stock were $12.3 million. The sale of stock did not result in an adjustment to the exercise price of certain of our outstanding warrants. During the quarter ended June 30, 2012, there were no sales of common stock pursuant to the at market issuance sales agreement

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