SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

  

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015

 

OR

 

¨TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OF 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

From the transition period from __________ to__________.

 

Commission File Number 001-35366

  

FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC.

(Exact name of small business issuer as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware   20-5157386

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3 Columbus Circle, 15th Floor

New York, New York 10019

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Coronado Biosciences, Inc., 24 New England Executive Park, Suite 105, Burlington, MA 01803

(Former name and former address)

 

(781) 652-4500

(Issuer’s telephone number)

 

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 has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    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 May 11, 2015, there were 46,819,034 shares of Common Stock of the issuer outstanding.

 

 
 

 

FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

      Page
   
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 3
       
  Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 3
       
    Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets—As of March 31, 2015 (unaudited) and December 31, 2014 3
       
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)—For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 4
       
    Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)—For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 5
       
    Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 6
       
  Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 20
       
  Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 24
       
  Item 4. Controls and Procedures 24
   
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION 25
       
  Item 1. Legal Proceedings 25
       
  Item 1A. Risk Factors 25
       
  Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 25
       
  Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 25
       
  Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 25
       
  Item 5. Other Information 25
       
  Item 6. Exhibits 26

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

($ in thousands except for share amounts)

 

   March 31,
2015
   December 31,
2014
 
   (Unaudited)     
ASSETS          
Current Assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents  $48,928   $49,759 
Marketable securities, at fair value (Note 3)   20,005    20,002 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   680    702 
Total current assets   69,613    70,463 
Property & equipment, net   46    52 
Restricted cash   14,586    14,586 
Long-term investment, at fair value (Note 11)   3,945    4,160 
Intangible asset license (Note 6)   1,250     
Other assets   1,011    70 
Total Assets  $90,451   $89,331 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY          
Current Liabilities:          
Accounts payable  $664   $366 
Interest payable   26    28 
Accrued expenses   5,238    3,683 
Total current liabilities   5,928    4,077 
Notes payable, long-term   24,009    14,009 
Other long-term liabilities   327    722 
Total Liabilities   30,264    18,808 
Commitments and Contingencies          
Stockholders’ Equity:          
Convertible Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 129,767 Series C shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014        
Common Stock, $.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 46,819,034 and 46,494,034 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively   47    46 
Additional paid-in capital   213,890    212,205 
Accumulated deficit   (153,784)   (141,728)
Total Stockholders’ Equity Attributable to the Company   60,153    70,523 
Non-controlling interest (Note 5)   34     
Total Stockholders’ Equity   60,187    70,523 
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity  $90,451   $89,331 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. 

 

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FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

($ in thousands except for share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

   For the three months ended
March 31,
 
   2015   2014 
Revenue:          
Licence fees, from a related party  $500   $ 
           
Operating expenses:          
Research and development   1,642    4,487 
Research and development – licenses acquired   7,439     
General and administrative   3,490    2,095 
Total operating expenses   12,571    6,582 
Loss from operations   (12,071)   (6,582)
Other income (expense):          
Interest  and other income   82    178 
Interest expense   (331)   (966)
Change in fair value of investments   (215)    
Total other income (expense)   (464)   (788)
Net loss    (12,535)   (7,370)
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest   (479)    
Net loss attributable to common shareholders  $(12,056)  $(7,370)
           
Basic and diluted net loss per common share  $(0.31)  $(0.21)
Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic and diluted   38,574,702    35,900,596 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. 

 

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FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

($ in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

   For the Three Months
Ended
March 31,
 
   2015   2014 
Cash flows from operating activities:          
Net loss  $(12,535)  $(7,370)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Subsidiary shares issued for licences and expensed   513     
Stock-based compensation expense   1,470    1,135 
Noncash interest expense   188    515 
Depreciation expense   6    5 
Asset impairment and lease abandonment charges       723 
Change in fair value of investments   215     
Unrealized gain on marketable securities   (2)    
Realized gain on marketable securities   (1)    
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:          
Prepaid expenses and other currents assets   22    (12)
Interest payable   (2)   (84)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   1,853    (588)
Other long term liabilities   (500)    
End of term charge Hercules Note       (398)
Other   (61)    
Net cash used in operating activities   (8,834)   (6,074)
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Purchase of investments, long-term       (250)
Purchase of license   (1,250)    
Payment to related party – CB Pharma Acquisitions Corp   (108)    
Net cash used in investing activities   (1,358)   (250)
Cash flows from financing activities:          
Proceeds from issuance of Common Stock       481 
Payment of costs related to the issuance of Common Stock       (32)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options   216     
Payment of Hercules Note       (13,655)
Proceeds from IDB Note       14,009 
Payment of debt issue costs associated with IDB Note       (9)
Proceeds from NSC Note   10,000     
Payment of debt issue costs associated with NSC Note   (855)    
Transfer of restricted cash       (14,009)
Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities   9,361    (13,215)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents   (831)   (19,539)
Cash and cash equivalents—beginning of period   49,759    99,521 
Cash and cash equivalents—end of period  $48,928   $79,982 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:          
Cash paid for interest  $80   $534 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash financing and investing activities:          
Issuance of Restricted Stock  $1   $4 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1. Organization and Description of Business

 

Fortress Biotech, Inc., formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc. (“Fortress” or “the Company”) is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to acquiring, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical and biotechnology products.  Fortress plans to develop and commercialize products that it acquires both directly as well as indirectly by establishing subsidiary companies, also known as Fortress Companies.  The Company will leverage its biopharmaceutical business expertise and drug development capabilities to help the Fortress Companies achieve their goals.  Additionally, the Company will provide funding and management services to each of the Fortress Companies and, from time to time, the Company and the Fortress Companies will seek licensing, partnerships, joint ventures and/or public and private financings to accelerate and provide additional funding to support their research and development programs.

  

As of March 31, 2015, the Company has several consolidated Fortress Companies, which contain product licenses, Journey Medical Corporation (“JMC”), Coronado SO Co. (“Coronado SO”), Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (“Checkpoint”) and Mustang Bio, Inc. (“Mustang”) and other consolidated Fortress subsidiaries, which have minimal activity: Avenue Therapeutics, Inc. (“Avenue”), Innmune Limited, CB Securities Corporation (holds marketable securities), Cyprium Inc., and Altamira Bio Inc.

 

Fortress

 

Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors (“EGFR”) Inhibitors

 

In March 2015, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with NeuPharma, Inc. (“NeuPharma”) to develop and commercialize novel irreversible, 3rd Generation EGFR inhibitors on a worldwide basis other than certain Asian countries. The program is currently in pre-clinical development. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company paid NeuPharma an up-front licensing fee of $1.0 million included in research and development licenses acquired on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations and will also make development and sales-based milestone payments and will pay a tiered single digit royalty on net sales.

 

IV Tramadol

 

In February 2015, the Company purchased an exclusive license to an intravenous (“IV”) formulation of Tramadol for the U.S. market from Revogenex Ireland Ltd (“Revogenex”), a privately held company in Dublin, Ireland. Fortress made an upfront payment of $2.0 million to Revogenex upon execution of the exclusive license included in research and development licenses-acquired on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations, with an additional $1.0 million due 120 days later and after receiving all the assets acquired in this agreement. Under the terms of the agreement Revogenex is eligible to receive additional milestone payments upon the achievement of certain development milestones, in addition to royalty payments for sales of the product. Tramadol is a centrally acting synthetic opioid analgesic for moderate to moderately severe pain and is available as immediate release or extended-release tablets in the United States. In connection with this purchase, the Company formed a Fortress subsidiary, Avenue, to acquire, in-license, develop and commercialize products principally for use in the U.S. hospital market. The Company will transfer the Revogenex license to Avenue during the first half of 2015.

 

Avenue plans to initiate a Phase III development program of IV Tramadol for the management of post-operative pain later this year. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company and Avenue will assume sole responsibility for the development and commercialization of IV Tramadol in the United States. In addition to IV Tramadol, Avenue plans to seek additional products.

 

Fortress Companies

 

Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc.

 

License Agreement with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

 

In March 2015 the Company announced the formation of a Fortress Company, Checkpoint, to develop a portfolio of fully human immuno-oncology targeted antibodies generated in the laboratory of Dr. Wayne Marasco, MD, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (“Dana-Farber”). Dr. Marasco will chair the Scientific Advisory Board of Checkpoint, for which Checkpoint granted Dr. Marasco 1,500,000 shares of restricted stock and will be paid $0.2 million a year paid quarterly for these services. Under the terms of the agreement, Checkpoint paid Dana-Farber an up-front licensing fee of $1.0 million included in research and development licenses acquired on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operation and in addition will pay development and sales-based milestone payments and royalties on net sales. The portfolio of antibodies licensed from Dana-Farber includes antibodies targeting Programmed-death Ligand 1 (“PD-L1”), glucocorticoid-induced TNFR-related protein (“GITR”) and carbonic anhydrase 9 (“CAIX”). Checkpoint plans to develop these novel immuno-oncology and checkpoint inhibitor antibodies on their own and in combination with each other, as data suggest that combinations of these targets can work synergistically together. We expect clinical trials to start in the second half of next year.

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

An independent consultant valued the restricted stock Checkpoint granted to Dr. Marasco utilizing a discounted cash flow model to determine the weighted market value of invested capital, discounted by a lack of marketability of 44.8% and a weighted average cost of capital of 30%, resulting in a value of $0.10 per share. Under the terms of the stock grant, the shares vest 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date and monthly thereafter for 48 months. At March 31, 2015, we recorded expense of approximately $3,000 in research and development expense on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 

Collaboration Agreement with TG Therapeutics

 

In connection with the license agreement with Dana-Farber, Checkpoint entered into a collaboration agreement with TG Therapeutics, Inc. (“TGTX”) to develop and commercialize the Anti-PD-L1 and Anti-GITR antibody research programs in the field of hematological malignancies. Michael Weiss, the Company’s Executive Vice Chairman, Strategic Development is also Co-Portfolio Manager and a Partner of Opus Point Partners Management, LLC (“OPPM”) with Dr. Rosenwald the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Further, Michael Weiss is the Executive Chairman, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer and a stockholder of TGTX. Checkpoint retains the right to develop and commercialize these antibodies in the field of solid tumors. Both programs are currently in pre-clinical development. Under the terms of the agreement, TGTX paid Checkpoint $0.5 million, representing an up-front licensing fee, and will make additional development and sales-based milestone payments as well as pay a tiered single digit royalty on net sales. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company recognized $0.5 million in revenue from its collaboration agreement with TGTX in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 

Mustang Bio, Inc.

 

License Agreement with the City of Hope

 

In March 2015, the Company formed Mustang to develop immunotherapies based on Chimeric Antigen Receptor Technology (“CAR-T”) and Mustang entered into a license agreement with the City of Hope (“COH”) to acquire such technology. Pursuant to the agreement Mustang paid COH an upfront fee of $2.0 million, in April 2015, included in research and development-licenses acquired expense, and granted 1,000,000 shares of Mustang common stock, representing 10% of Mustang, with additional milestones due to COH upon the achievement of certain development goals and royalty payments for sales of the product. In addition, Mustang entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with the COH in which Mustang will fund continued research in the amount of $2.0 million per year, payable in four equal installments, over the next five years.

 

An independent consultant valued the stock grant to the COH utilizing a discounted cash flow model to determine the weighted market value of invested capital, discounted by a lack of marketability of 44.8% and a weighted average cost of capital of 30%, resulting in a $0.26 value per share or $0.3 million and is included in research and development-licences acquired expense on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 

Coronado SO Company

 

License Agreement

 

In February 2015, Coronado SO entered into an exclusive license agreement with a third party for a topical product used in the treatment of Hand-Foot Syndrome, a common painful side effect of chemotherapeutics. Coronado SO paid $0.9 million upfront, included in research and development-licenses acquired expense, issued a stock grant of 150,000 shares of common stock or 13% of Coronado SO and will pay $0.9 million nine months from the execution date. Additional milestone payments are due upon the achievement of certain development milestones and royalties will become due on sales of the product.

 

An independent consultant valued the stock grant to the third party utilizing a discounted cash flow model to determine the weighted market value of invested capital, discounted by a lack of marketability of 44.8% and a weighted average cost of capital of 30%, resulting in a $1.67 value per share or $0.2 million, included in research and development-licenses acquired expense.

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Journey Medical Corporation

 

License Agreement

 

In March 2015, JMC entered into a license and supply agreement to acquire rights to distribute a dermatological product for the treatment of acne. JMC made an upfront payment of $1.2 million capitalized as Intangible Asset License and will incur another fee of $0.7 million upon receipt of the product. Further payments will be made based on a revenue sharing arrangement. (Note 6)

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of our balances and results for the periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the Company’s annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statement results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any future period.

 

The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2014 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date. The condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures have been prepared with the presumption that users of the condensed consolidated financial statements have read or have access to the audited consolidated financial statements for the preceding fiscal year. Accordingly, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Form 10-K, which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 16, 2015.

 

The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries: Innmune Limited, Coronado SO., Cyprium Inc., Altamira Bio Inc, JMC, CB Securities Corporation, Avenue Checkpoint and Mustang. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

 

The preparation of the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements include certain amounts that are based on management’s best estimates and judgments. The Company’s significant estimates include, but are not limited to, useful lives assigned to long-lived assets, fair value of stock options and warrants, investments, accrued expenses, provisions for income taxes and contingencies. Due to the uncertainty inherent in such estimates, actual results may differ from our estimates. 

 

Restricted Cash 

 

The Company records cash held in trust or pledged to secure certain debt obligations as restricted cash. As of March 31, 2015, the Company has $14.6 million of restricted cash securing a note payable of $14.0 million and a pledge to secure a letter of credit in connection with a new lease of $0.6 million.

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Fair Value Measurement

 

The Company follows accounting guidance on fair value measurements for financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis. Under the accounting guidance, fair value is defined as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or a liability.

 

The accounting guidance requires fair value measurements be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

 

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2:  Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, for similar assets or liabilities that are directly or indirectly observable in the marketplace.

 

Level 3:  Unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity and that are financial instruments whose values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.

 

The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires management to make judgments and consider factors specific to the asset or liability.

 

Certain of the Company’s financial instruments are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, but are recorded at amounts that approximate their fair value due to their liquid or short-term nature, such as accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities. The carrying value of the amount owed to Ovamed upon the acquisition of certain manufacturing rights in December 2012 under the amendment to our sublicense agreement with Ovamed included in current liabilities in the March 31, 2015 Consolidated Balance Sheet and both current liabilities and long-term liabilities in the December 31, 2014 Consolidated Balance Sheet, has been recorded at its net present value, which approximates its fair value. (See Note 11).

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Company reviews long-lived assets, including property and equipment, for impairment whenever events or changes in business circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be fully recoverable. Factors that the Company considers in deciding when to perform an impairment review include significant underperformance of the business in relation to expectations, significant negative industry or economic trends, and significant changes or planned changes in the use of the assets. If an impairment review is performed to evaluate a long-lived asset for recoverability, the Company compares forecasts of undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the long-lived asset to its carrying value. An impairment loss would be recognized when estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of an asset are less than its carrying amount. The impairment loss would be based on the excess of the carrying value of the impaired asset over its fair value, determined based on discounted cash flows. During the three month period ended March 31, 2014, in relation to the abandonment of its lease in Woburn, MA, the Company recorded an impairment loss of $0.4 million as a result of the write-off of its construction in progress long-lived asset.

 

Investments at Fair Value

 

The Company elected the fair value option for its investment in a third-party company developing a laser device to treat migraine headaches, and its investment in CB Pharma Acquisitions Corp (“CB Pharma”). As of March 31, 2015 the fair value of these investments approximate $3.9 million. (See Note 11).

 

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FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

While the Company believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different estimate of fair value at the reporting date.

 

The decision to elect the fair value option, which is irrevocable once elected, is determined on an instrument by instrument basis and applied to an entire instrument. The net gains or losses, if any, on an investment for which the fair value option has been elected, are recognized as a change in fair value of financial instruments, net, in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

The Company recognizes revenue for the performance of services or the shipment of products when each of the following four criteria is met: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (ii) products are delivered or as services are rendered; (iii) the sales price is fixed or determinable; and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.

  

The Company follows ASC 605-25, Revenue Recognition Multiple-Element Arrangements and ASC 808, Collaborative Arrangements, if applicable, to determine the recognition of revenue under our collaborative research, development and commercialization agreements. The terms of these agreements generally contain multiple elements, or deliverables, which may include (i) grants of licenses, or options to obtain licenses, to our intellectual property, (ii) research and development services, (iii) drug product manufacturing, and/or (iv) participation on joint research and/or joint development committees. The payments we may receive under these arrangements typically include one or more of the following: non-refundable, up-front license fees; option exercise fees; funding of research and/or development efforts; amounts due upon the achievement of specified objectives; and/or royalties on future product sales.

 

ASC 605-25 provides guidance relating to the separability of deliverables included in an arrangement into different units of accounting and the allocation of arrangement consideration to the units of accounting. The evaluation of multiple-element arrangements requires management to make judgments about (i) the identification of deliverables, (ii) whether such deliverables are separable from the other aspects of the contractual relationship, (iii) the estimated selling price of each deliverable, and (iv) the expected period of performance for each deliverable.

 

To determine the units of accounting under a multiple-element arrangement, management evaluates certain separation criteria, including whether the deliverables have stand-alone value, based on the relevant facts and circumstances for each arrangement. Management then estimates the selling price for each unit of accounting and allocates the arrangement consideration to each unit utilizing the relative selling price method. The allocated consideration for each unit of accounting is recognized over the related obligation period in accordance with the applicable revenue recognition criteria.

 

If there are deliverables in an arrangement that are not separable from other aspects of the contractual relationship, they are treated as a combined unit of accounting, with the allocated revenue for the combined unit recognized in a manner consistent with the revenue recognition applicable to the final deliverable in the combined unit. Payments received prior to satisfying the relevant revenue recognition criteria are recorded as deferred revenue in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and recognized as revenue in the Condensed Conslidated Statement of Operations when the related revenue recognition criteria are met.

 

Intangible Asset License

 

The Company records the costs of acquired product license rights as intangible asset licenses in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Upon commencement of product sales, license rights will be amortized over the expected life of the product into product expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of March 31, 2015, product sales of the Company’s intangible asset license had not yet commenced. (See Note 6).

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

The Company expenses stock-based compensation to employees over the requisite service period based on the estimated grant-date fair value of the awards and forfeiture rates. For stock-based compensation awards to non-employees, the Company remeasures the fair value of the non-employee awards at each reporting period prior to vesting and finally at the vesting date of the award. Changes in the estimated fair value of these non-employee awards are recognized as compensation expense in the period of change.

 

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FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based awards represent management’s best estimates and involve inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company records income taxes using the asset and liability method. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax effects attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective income tax bases, and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. The Company establishes a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be recovered based on an evaluation of objective verifiable evidence. For tax positions that are more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, the Company recognizes the largest amount of the benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized. For tax positions that are not more likely than not of being sustained upon audit, the Company does not recognize any portion of the benefit.

 

Non-Controlling Interests

 

Non-controlling interests in consolidated entities represent the component of equity in consolidated entities held by third parties. Any change in ownership of a subsidiary while the controlling financial interest is retained is accounted for as an equity transaction between the controlling and non-controlling interests. (see Note 5).

 

Comprehensive Loss

 

The Company’s comprehensive loss is equal to its net loss for all periods presented.  

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards 

 

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which requires debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the associated debt liability, consistent with the presentation of a debt discount. ASU No. 2015-03 is effective for the interim and annual periods ending after December 15, 2015. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of ASU No. 2015-03 will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

 

In the first quarter of 2015, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-08, "Reporting Discontinued operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity" issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. ASU No. 2014-08 changes the definition of a discontinued operation to include only those disposals of components of an entity that represent a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity's operations and financial results (e.g., a disposal of a major geographical area, a major line of business, a major equity method investment or other major parts of an entity). The Company’s adoption of ASU No. 2014-08 did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers, ASU No. 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2017. Early application is not permitted. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. We have not yet selected a transition method, nor have we determined the effect of the standard on our ongoing financial reporting. We are also evaluating the effect that ASU No. 2014-09 will have on our financial statements and related disclosures.

 

3. Marketable Securities

 

Marketable securities, classified as trading, consist of the following:

 

   As of March 31, 2015 
   Amortized   Unrealized     
($ in thousands)  Cost   Gains   Losses   Fair value 
U.S. treasury bill  $19,999   $1   $   $20,000 
Mutual fund   4    1        5 
                     
   $20,003   $2   $   $20,005 

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

  

As of December 31, 2014

 
   Amortized   Unrealized     
($ in thousands)  Cost   Gains   Losses   Fair value 
U.S. treasury bill  $19,998   $   $   $19,998 
Mutual fund   4            4 
   $20,002   $   $   $20,002 

 

The contractual term to maturity of all marketable securities held by the Company as of March 31, 2015 is less than one year.

 

4. Licenses Acquired

 

Licenses Acquired

 

In accordance with ASC 730-10-25-1 Research and Development, costs incurred in obtaining technology licenses are charged to research and development expense if the technology licensed has not reached technological feasibility and has no alternative future use. The assets purchased by the Company, Mustang, Checkpoint and Coronado SO require substantial completion of research and development, regulatory and marketing approval efforts in order to reach technological feasibility. Accordingly, the total purchase price of $7.4 million, broken out as follows, was reflected as Research and Development-licenses acquired in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015:

 

($ in thousands)  For the Three Months 
Ended March 31, 
2015
 
Fortress:     
EGFR inhibitors  $1,000 
IV Tramadol   2,000 
Fortress Companies:     
Mustang   2,260(1)
Checkpoint   1,000 
Coronado SO   1,179(2)
 Total  $7,439 

 

(1)Mustang: $2.0 million in cash and $260,000 of Mustang shares issued in connection with acquiring the license.
(2)Coronado SO: $929,000 in cash and $250,000 of Coronado SO shares issued in connection with acquiring the license.

 

5. Non-Controlling Interests

 

Non-controlling interests in consolidated entities are as follows

 

($ in thousands)  As of March 31, 2015 
    Mustang    Checkpoint    Coronado SO    Total 
Issuance of common stock to non-controlling interest holders  $260   $3   $250   $513 
Net loss attributed to non-controlling interest   (226)   (93)   (160)   (479)
Non-controlling interests in consolidated entities  $34   $(90)  $90   $34 

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The components of non-controlling interests in loss of consolidated entities is a follows:

 

($ in thousands)  For the three months-ended March 31, 2015 
    Mustang    Checkpoint    Coronado SO    Total 
Non-controlling interests in loss of consolidated entities  $(226)  $(93)  $(160)  $(479)
Non-controlling ownership (See Note 4)   10%   15%   13%     

 

6. Intangible Asset License

 

Journey Medical Corporation

 

In March 2015, JMC entered into a license and supply agreement to acquire rights to distribute a dermatological product for the treatment of acne. JMC made an upfront payment of $1.2 million and will incur another fee of $0.7 million upon receipt of the product. Further payments will be made based on a revenue sharing arrangement.

 

We recorded the upfront payment as an intangible asset on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2015 and will amortize it over the deemed life of the product or agreement, whichever is shorter, upon the commencement of sales, which we expect will commence in the fourth quarter of 2015.

 

7. Net Loss Per Common Share

 

Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period, without consideration for Common Stock equivalents. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss by the weighted-average number of Common Stock and Common Stock equivalents outstanding for the period.

 

A calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share follows:

 

 ($ in thousands except share and per share amounts)  For the three months ended
March 31,
 
   2015   2014 
Net loss  $(12,056)  $(7,370)
Weighted-average common stock outstanding—for basic and diluted net loss per share   38,574,702    35,900,596 
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributed to the Common Stockholders  $(0.31)  $(0.21)

 

Included in Common Stock issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2015 are 7,704,269 shares of unvested restricted stock, which is excluded from the average weighted Common Stock outstanding since its effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

The Company’s potential dilutive securities which consist of unvested restricted stock, options, and warrants have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted-average Common Stock outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share is the same.

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The following shares of potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the computations of diluted weighted average shares outstanding, as the effect of including such securities would be anti-dilutive:

 

   For the three months ended March 31, 
   2015   2014 
Warrants to purchase Common Stock   685,061    711,895 
Options to purchase Common Stock   2,157,699    2,583,812 
Unvested Restricted Stock   6,584,943    5,009,512 
Unvested Restricted Stock Units   2,722     
    9,430,425    8,305,219 

 

8. Debt and Interest

 

Debt

 

NSC Note

 

In March 2015, the Company closed a private placement of a promissory note for $10 million through National Securities Corporation (the “NSC Note”). The Company used the proceeds from the NSC Note to acquire medical technologies and products. The note matures in 36 months, provided that during the first 24 months the Company can extend the maturity date by six months. No principal amount will be due for the first 24 months (or the first 30 months if the maturity date is extended). Thereafter, the note will be repaid at the rate of 1/12 of the principal amount per month for a period of 12 months. Interest on the note is 8% payable quarterly during the first 24 months (or the first 30 months if the note is extended) and monthly during the last 12 months. National Securities Corporation (“NSC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Holdings, Inc., acted as the sole placement agent for the NSC Note. The Company paid NSC a fee of $0.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2015, in connection with the note. At March 31, 2015 we recorded the fee as a deferred financing cost on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and will amortize it over the life of the NSC Note.

 

The NSC Note allows the Company to transfer a portion of the proceeds from the note to a Fortress Company upon the completion by the subsidiary of an initial public offering in which the Fortress Company raises sufficient equity capital so that it has cash equal to five times the amount of the portion of the proceeds of the NSC Note so transferred. At the time of transfer the Company’s obligation under the NSC Note will be reduced by the amount transferred.

 

In connection with this transfer NSC will receive a warrant to purchase the subsidiary’s stock equal to 25% of that subsidiary’s proceeds raised in the initial public offering divided by the lowest price the subsidiary sells its equity in its first third party financing. The warrants issued will have a term of 10 years and an exercise price equal to the par value of the Fortress Company’s common stock. As of March 31, 2015, no portion of the proceeds have been transferred to a Fortress Company and therefore, there are no warrants issued to NSC.

 

Israel Discount Bank Note (“IDB Note”)

 

At March 31, 2015, the Company had $14.0 million outstanding under the IDB Note. Effective March 31 2015, the Company extended the maturity date to February 2017. The Company pays interest only on the note through maturity.

 

Debt consists of the following:

 

($ in Thousands)  As of   As of   Interest      
   March 31, 2015   December 31, 2014   Rate   Maturity  
IDB Note  $14,009   $14,009    2.25%  Feb - 2017  
NSC Note   10,000        8.00%  Mar - 2018  
Total long-term debt  $24,009   $14,009           

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Interest

 

Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, was $0.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively. During the three month period ended March 31, 2014, interest expense related to the Hercules Note was $0.8 million, including $0.4 million related to accretion of the debt discount, and $44,000 related to the amortization of financing costs, respectively. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, borrowings under the IDB Note were $14.0 million, respectively, and interest expense incurred was $71,300 and $42,000, with $1,000 related to the amortization of financing cost in 2015 and none in 2014, respectively. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2015 interest related to the NSC Note was $72,300 and $20,000 related to the amortization of financing costs.

 

9. Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment consisted of the following:

 

($ in thousands)  Useful Life
(Years)
   As of March 31,
2015
   As of
December 31,
2014
 
Computer equipment   3   $13   $13 
Furniture & fixtures   5    69    69 
Leasehold improvements   5    12    12 
Total property and equipment        94    94 
Less: Accumulated depreciation        (48)   (42)
Property and equipment, net       $46   $52 

 

Depreciation expense for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 was $6,000 and $5,000, respectively.

 

10. Accrued Expenses and Other Long-Term Liabilities

  

In December 2012, the Company acquired certain manufacturing rights from Ovamed GmbH (“Ovamed”) and agreed to pay an aggregate of $1.5 million, in three installments of $0.5 million on December 12, 2014, 2015 and 2016, respectively. As of March 31, 2015, the Company had not made any payments to Ovamed. On February 27, 2015, Ovamed, the Company’s supplier and manufacturer of TSO, filed for insolvency in Germany, a process similar to U.S. bankruptcy. The accrual is recorded on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as a current accrued expense of $1.5 million as of March 31, 2015, as a result of the bankruptcy notification. This obligation was recorded at its full value; accretion of the obligation was $166,000 and $37,000 for the three month period ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and is recorded as interest expense. As of April 2015, the Company terminated all on-going TSO trials.

 

Accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities consisted of the following:

 

   As of March 31,
2015
   As of December 31,
2014
 
Accrued expenses:          
Salaries, bonuses and related benefits  $376   $598 
Severance   5    38 
Professional fees   238    837 
Research and development expenses   710    832 
Ovamed manufacturing rights – short-term component   1,500    1,000 
Payable to COH (Note 5)   2,000     
Short-term lease abandonment charge   165    165 
Other   244    213 
Total accrued expenses  $5,238   $3,683 
Other long-term liabilities:          
Ovamed manufacturing rights – long-term component       334 
Long-term lease abandonment charge   207    268 
Deferred rent   120    120 
Total other long-term liabilities  $327   $722 

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 11. Investment at Fair Value

 

From time to time, the Company invests in marketable securities, which are classified as trading securities and are stated at fair value as determined by quoted market prices. As of both March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company held approximately $20.0 million in marketable securities, which consisted of a U.S. treasury bill and mutual funds.

 

Certain of the Company’s financial instruments are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis but are recorded at amounts that approximate their fair value due to their liquid or short-term nature, such as accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities.

 

The fair value of the Company’s investment of $250,000 in a third-party company developing a laser device to treat migraine headaches, approximated cost, as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. During the quarter the Company evaluated operating results and other qualitative and quantitative factors pertaining to this investment to arrive at this determination.

 

As of March 31, 2015, the Company valued its investment in CB Pharma utilizing the following assumptions for the insider shares: volatility of 25.6%, and no dividend rate; yielding an underlying value of $2.73 per ordinary share for the insider shares and $2.90 per ordinary share for the private placement units. The rights and warrants were valued utilizing a binomial-lattice model which assumes a volatility of 25.6%, a risk free rate of return of 1.37% and a strike price of $11.50 per share, and applied a probability factor (implied likelihood of a successful business combination occurring within 18 months from the IPO date) arriving at an estimated value of $0.75 for each warrant and $0.91 for each right. Based upon the valuation, the Company recorded a change in fair-value of investment of $0.2 million; decreasing the fair value of the investment to $3.7 million as of March 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2015, CB Pharma had net assets, including ordinary shares subject to possible redemption, of approximately $38.0 million. Operations since inception have been insignificant. The Company has a working capital commitment of up to $0.5 million to fund CB Pharma Operations, of which $0.1 million has been paid. As of March 31, 2015, the fair value of this commitment was insignificant.

 

The following tables classify into the fair value hierarchy financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014:

 

   Fair Value Measurement as of March 31, 2015 
($ in thousands)  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets                    
Marketable securities:                    
U.S. treasury bills  $20,000   $   $   $20,000 
Mutual funds   5            5 
Total marketable securities   20,005            20,005 
Long-term investments, at fair value           3,945    3,945 
Total  $20,005   $   $3,945   $23,950 

 

   Fair Value Measurement as of December 31, 2014 
($ in thousands)  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets                    
Marketable securities:                    
U.S. treasury bills  $19,998   $   $   $19,998 
Mutual funds   4            4 
Total marketable securities   20,002            20,002 
Long-term investments, at fair value           4,160    4,160 
Total  $20,002   $   $4,160   $24,162 

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The table below provides a rollforward of the changes in fair value of Level 3 financial instruments, as of March 31, 2015:

  

   Fair Value of Investments     
   Short-term   Long-term     
($ in thousands)  Other   Other   CB Pharma   Total 
Balance at December 31, 2014  $   $250   $3,910   $4,160 
Purchases                
Change in fair value of investment           (215)   (215)
Balance at March 31, 2015  $   $250   $3,695   $3,945 

  

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, no transfers occurred between Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 instruments.

 

12. Common Stock

 

Stock-based Compensation

 

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had three equity compensation plans: the Fortress Biotech, Inc. 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, the Fortress Biotech, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, and the Fortress Biotech, Inc. 2012 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

 

The following table summarizes the stock-based compensation expense from stock option awards, restricted common stock awards, employee stock purchase programs and warrants for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

 

   For the three months ended
March 31,
 
($ in thousands)  2015   2014 
Employee awards  $1,463   $1,122 
Non-employee awards   7    13 
Total stock-based compensation expense  $1,470   $1,135 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, $0.3 million was included in research and development expenses and $1.2 million was included in general and administrative expenses and $0.3 million was included in research and development expenses and $0.8 million was included in general and administrative expenses, respectively.

 

The following table summarizes stock option activity:

 

   Outstanding Options   Weighted 
($ in thousands except per share amounts)  Number of
Shares
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Total
Weighted
Average
Intrinsic
Value
   Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (in
years)
 
Options vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2014   2,164,365   $4.69   $    7.38 
Options granted                 
Options exercised   (100,000)   2.15    170      
Options cancelled                 
Options vested and expected to vest at March 31, 2015   2,064,365   $4.82   $    7.20 
Options vested and exercisable   1,681,032   $4.58   $    7.00 

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

  

The following table summarizes restricted stock award and restricted stock unit activity:

 

   Restricted Stock 
   Number of
Shares
   Weighted
Average Grant
Date
Fair Value
 
Unvested balance at December 31, 2014   8,287,384   $2.33 
Restricted stock granted   200,000    3.04 
Restricted stock vested   (783,115)   2.43 
Restricted stock units granted   61,000    2.34 
Restricted stock units vested   (25,000)   2.19 
Unvested balance at March 31, 2015   7,740,269   $2.34 

 

As of March 31, 2015, the Company had unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options and restricted stock awards and restricted stock units of $0.9 million and $15.6 million, respectively, which is expected to be recognized over the remaining weighted-average vesting period of 0.5 years and 2.76 years, respectively.

 

Warrants

 

As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 the Company had vested warrants to purchase 685,061 shares of common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $6.85.

 

Deferred Compensation Plan

 

On March 12, 2015, the Company’s Compensation Committee approved the Deferred Compensation Plan allowing all non-employee directors the opportunity to defer all or a portion of their fees or compensation, including restricted stock and restricted stock units. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, certain non-employee directors elected to defer 250,000 restricted stock awards under this plan.

 

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

 

As of March 31, 2015, 63,194 shares have been purchased and 136,806 shares are available for future sale under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). The Company recognized share-based compensation expense related to this plan of $9,000 and $6,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

13. Related Party Note

  

Related Party Service Agreement

 

On April 3, 2014, the Company entered into a Shared Services Agreement with OPPM in which the parties agreed to share a rented facility as well as costs for certain services, which they individually require for the operation of their respective entities. The Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Executive Vice Chairman, Strategic Development, are both Co-Portfolio Managers and Partners of OPPM. The Company incurred expense of approximately $40,000 under this agreement for the three months ended March 31, 2015, no expense was incurred in 2014. The agreement can be terminated by either party with thirty days’ notice.

 

Checkpoint Collaboration Agreement with TGTX

 

In connection with the license agreement with Dana-Farber, Checkpoint entered into a collaboration agreement with TGTX to develop and commercialize the Anti-PD-L1 and Anti-GITR antibody research programs in the field of hematological malignancies. In connection with this Agreement TGTX paid an upfront fee of 0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015. (Note 1)

 

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(Formerly Coronado Biosciences, Inc.)

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

  

14. Subsequent Events

 

On April 27, 2015, the Company changed its name from Coronado Biosciences, Inc. to Fortress Biotech, Inc.

 

On April 20, 2015, the Company decided to no longer pursue the development of TSO. As a result, the Company terminated all on-going TSO trials including its Phase 2A clinical trial in pediatric patients with autism spectrum disorder. A preliminary analysis of data from this trial failed to demonstrate any signal of activity.

 

On April 2, 2015, the Company formed a new subsidiary company, DiaVax Biosciences (“DiaVax”), to develop novel immunotherapies for the prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus (“CMV”), a common virus that affects people of all ages. Under the agreement with City of Hope, DiaVax secured worldwide rights for an upfront payment of $0.2 million for two T-cell immunotherapeutic vaccines for controlling CMV in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) and solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Known as Triplex and PepVax, the programs are expected to enter Phase II clinical studies later this year and are supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute. In connection with the licensing of Triplex and PepVax, DiaVax further entered into an option agreement with City of Hope for exclusive worldwide rights to Pentamer, a universal immunotherapeutic vaccine being developed for the prevention of CMV transmission in utero. If DiaVax exercises its option, and successfully develops and commercializes PepVax, Triplex and Pentamer, City of Hope will receive additional milestone and other payments.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

References in this report to “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company” and “Fortress” refer to Fortress Biotech, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), including, without limitation, statements regarding our expectations, beliefs, intentions or future strategies that are signified by the words “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “may,” or similar language. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Our business and financial performance are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. In evaluating our business, you should carefully consider the information set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

Overview

 

Since inception on June 28, 2006, Fortress Biotech, Inc., formerly known as Coronado Biosciences, Inc., has been a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to acquiring, developing and commercializing novel pharmaceutical and biotechnology products. Our plan is to develop and commercialize products that we acquire both directly, as well as, indirectly though our subsidiary companies, also known as Fortress Companies. We plan to maintain direct ownership of product rights and revenues as well as receive royalties. We will leverage our biopharmaceutical business expertise and drug development capabilities to help the Fortress Companies achieve their goals. Additionally, we will provide funding and management services to each of the Fortress Companies and, from time to time, we will seek licensing, partnerships, joint ventures, and/or public and private financings to accelerate and provide additional funding to support research and development for its products under development .

 

Business Strategy 

 

Our overriding business strategy is to create a portfolio of marketed products and products under development that provide us a diversified long-term revenue stream. We plan to maintain an economic interest in our development programs through royalty rights and, through our equity stakes in the Fortress Companies, will have an economic interest in any products that the Fortress Companies develop. Each of the Fortress Companies will have dedicated management teams as well as a management services arrangement with us to ensure consistent management and drug development quality across the Fortress Companies.

 

We are therapeutic area agnostic, which provides maximum flexibility, allowing us to invest in a broad array of new technologies with clinical and commercial potential. Our streamlined management structure and extensive experience in structuring deals enables us to quickly take advantage of time-sensitive opportunities and provides us with a range of options to select from what we believe is the most advantageous corporate or financial structure for the development of each product candidate. Over time, our novel approach is also expected to provide opportunities to achieve synergies across the Fortress Companies and we encourage collaboration and sense of team work among employees of the Fortress Companies. We believe leveraging skills and expertise from the Company and each of the Fortress Companies will accelerate drug development and promote best practices.

 

Recent Events

 

In April 2015, we changed our name to Fortress Biotech, Inc.

 

In April 2015, we decided to no longer pursue the development of TSO. As a result, we terminated all on-going TSO trials including its Phase 2A clinical trial in pediatric patients with autism spectrum disorder. A preliminary analysis of data from this trial failed to demonstrate any signal of activity.

 

In April 2015, we formed a new subsidiary, DiaVax Biosciences (“DiaVax”), to develop novel immunotherapies for the prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus (“CMV”), a common virus that affects people of all ages. Also, in April 2015, DiaVax entered into an agreement with the City of Hope. for worldwide rights for two T-cell immunotherapeutic vaccines for controlling CMV in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (“HSCT”) and solid organ transplant (“SOT”) recipients for an upfront payment of $0.2 million. Known as Triplex and PepVax, the programs are expected to enter Phase II clinical studies later this year and are supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute. In connection with the licensing of Triplex and PepVax, DiaVax further entered into an option agreement with City of Hope for exclusive worldwide rights to Pentamer, a universal immunotherapeutic vaccine being developed for the prevention of CMV transmission in utero. If DiaVax exercises its option, and successfully develops and commercializes PepVax, Triplex and Pentamer, City of Hope will receive additional milestone and other payments.

 

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Results of Operations

 

General

 

To date, we have revenues of $0.5 million from a licensing agreement between our subsidiary Checkpoint and TG Therapeutics, Inc. (“TGTX”), an affiliated entity, and, at March 31, 2015, we had an accumulated deficit of $153.8 million primarily as a result of research and development expenses, purchases of in-process research and development and general and administrative expenses. While we may in the future generate revenue from a variety of sources, including license fees, milestone payments, research and development payments in connection with strategic partnerships and/or product sales, our current product candidates are at an early stage of development and may never be successfully developed or commercialized. Accordingly, we expect to continue to incur substantial losses from operations for the foreseeable future and there can be no assurance that we will ever generate significant revenues. 

 

Research and Development Expenses

 

Conducting research and development has been central to our business. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, research and development expenses were $1.6 million and $4.5 million, respectively. Additionally, we expensed for the three months ended March 31, 2015, $7.4 million in costs related to the acquisition of licenses. Noncash, stock-based compensation expense included in research and development for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, was $0.3 million and $0.3 million, respectively. Research and development expenses consist primarily of:

 

  employee-related expenses, which include salaries and benefits, and rent expense;

 

  noncash stock-based compensation expense;

  

  license fees and milestone payments related to in-licensed products and intellectual property;

 

  expenses incurred under agreements with CROs, investigative sites and consultants that conduct or provide other services relating to our clinical trials and our preclinical activities;

 

  the cost of acquiring clinical trial materials from third party manufacturers; and

 

  costs associated with non-clinical activities, patent filings and regulatory filings.

 

We expect to continue to incur expenses related to our research and development activities for the foreseeable future as we develop our existing product candidates and potentially acquire new product candidates. Since product candidates in later stages of clinical development generally have higher development costs than those in earlier stages of clinical development, primarily due to the increased size and duration of later stage clinical trials, our research and development expenses might increase in the future. In addition, if our product development efforts are successful, we expect to incur substantial costs to prepare for potential commercialization of any late-stage product candidates and, in the event one or more of these product candidates receive regulatory approval, to fund the launch of the product.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, direct, external development costs incurred for our TSO product development program were $0.2 million and $1.3 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, direct, external development costs incurred for our CNDO-109 product development program were $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

 

General and Administrative Expenses

 

General and administrative expenses consist principally of personnel-related costs, professional fees for legal, consulting, audit and tax services, rent and other general operating expenses not otherwise included in research and development expenses. Noncash, stock-based compensation expense included in general and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, was $1.2 million and $0.8 million, respectively. We anticipate general and administrative expenses will increase in future periods, reflecting continued and increasing costs associated with:

 

  support of our expanded research and development activities;

 

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  support of business development activities; and

 

  an expanding infrastructure and increased professional fees and other costs associated with the regulatory requirements and increased compliance associated with being a public reporting company.

 

Comparison of three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

   For the three months  ended
March 31,
   Change 
($ in thousands)  2015   2014   $   % 
Revenue:                    
License fees from a related party  $500   $    500    100%
Operating expenses:                    
Research and development   1,642    4,487    (2,845)   (63)%
Research and development – licenses acquired   7,439        7,439    100%
General and administrative   3,490    2,095    1,395    67%
Loss from operations   (12,071)   (6,582)   (5,489)   83%
Interest income   82    178    (96)   (54)%
Interest expense   (331)   (966)   635    (66)%
Change in fair value of investments   (215)       (215)   100%
Net loss  $(12,535)  $(7,370)   (5,165)   70%
Less: Non-controlling interest   (479)       (479)   (100)%
Net loss attributable to Common Stockholders  $(12,056)  $(7,370)   (4,686)   64%

 

Revenue of $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 was from license fees pursuant to an agreement between TGTX and Checkpoint.

 

Research and development expenses decreased $2.8 million, or 63%, from the three months ended March 31, 2014 to the three months ended March 31, 2015. This decrease was primarily due to a $1.2 million reduction in TSO product development costs related to the wind down of Phase 2 of the TRUST-I trial and reduced development activities. In addition, personnel costs decreased by $0.5 million which was primarily comprised of a $0.4 million reduction in salary and benefits as a result of severance recorded in 2014. Cost related to manufacturing activities decreased by $1.0 million primarily due to a one-time charge of $0.7 million related to the decision to delay manufacturing of TSO in the Woburn, MA facility in 2014, as well as, a decrease in the use of consultants. We expect to incur expenses related to our research and development efforts going forward with existing product candidates as well as potentially acquired new products.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2015, we invested $7.4 million in new research and development programs with various partners. This increase was primarily due to the purchase by Mustang Bio, Inc. (“Mustang”) of Chimeric Antigen Receptor Technology from the City of Hope Beckman Research Institute for $2.2 million, Checkpoint’s payment of $1.0 million for the license to develop a portfolio of fully human immuno-oncology targeted antibodies, Coronado SO Corporation’s licensing of 1UO for $1.2 million and our in-licensing of IV Tramadol for $2.0 million and EGFR Inhibitors for $1.0 million.

 

General and administrative expenses increased $1.4 million, or 67%, from the three months ended March 31, 2014 to the three months ended March 31, 2015, largely due to a $0.5 million increase in costs related to the development of a sales and marketing infrastructure for our dermatology subsidiary Journey Medical Corporation (“JMC”), and $0.5 million of expenses related to our business development activity. In addition salaries and benefits increased by $0.2 million as a result of headcount increases related to business development and stock-based compensation expense increased by $0.4 million due to restricted stock grants made to our Chief Executive Officer, our Executive Vice Chairman of Strategic Development and the independent members of our board of directors in the first quarter of 2014, partially offset by a $0.2 million decrease in professional fees.

 

Interest expense in 2015 primarily relates to interest on the IDB Note, while in 2014 we incurred $0.8 million of expense in connection with our loan with Hercules of which $0.3 related to the early payment penalty. The decrease in interest income in 2015 compared to the same period last year was primarily due to on average lower cash balances for the period. The change in fair value of investments primarily relates to the decrease in value of our investment in CB Pharma of $0.2 million.

 

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The non-controlling interest of $0.5 million relates to the minority share of expenses in Checkpoint, Mustang and Coronado SO Corp.

  

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, we have funded our operations through cash on hand and the sale of debt and option exercises, aggregating $10.2 million of gross proceeds. At March 31, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents of $48.9 million, plus marketable securities of $20.0 million and restricted cash of $14.6 million, of which $14.0 million is securing the IDB Note and $0.6 million of which is securing a letter of credit used as a security deposit for the New York, NY lease that became effective on October 3, 2014. 

 

In March 2015, we closed a private placement of a promissory note for $10.0 million. We intend to use the proceeds from the offering to continue to acquire medical technologies and products and create subsidiaries in which we can advance those technologies and products.

 

In February 2014, we paid off the Hercules Note and entered into the IDB Note. Early payment of the Hercules Note approximated $14.0 million consisting of principal of $13.2 million, end of term charge of $0.4 million, a prepayment fee of $0.1 million and interest of $0.3 million. Prior to repayment, in January 2014, the Company made a scheduled principal payment of $0.5 million on the Hercules Note.

 

We may require additional financing to fully develop, and prepare regulatory filings and obtain regulatory approvals for our existing and new product candidates, fund operating losses, and, if deemed appropriate, establish or secure through third parties manufacturing for our potential products, sales and marketing capabilities. We have funded our operations to date primarily through the sale of equity and debt securities. We believe that our current cash is sufficient to fund operations for at least the next twelve months. Our failure to raise capital as and when needed would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and our ability to pursue our business strategies. We may seek funds through equity or debt financings, collaborative or other arrangements with corporate sources, or through other sources of financing. Adequate additional funding, particularly subsequent to the negative results from our TRUST-I clinical trial, may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. If adequate funds are not available to us when needed, we may be required to delay, curtail or eliminate one or more of our research and development programs and, potentially, delay our growth strategy.

 

Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014

 

   For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
   Change 
($ in thousands)  2015   2014     
Statement of Cash Flows Data:               
Total cash (used in)/provided by:               
Operating activities  $(8,834)  $(6,074)  $(2,760)
Investing activities   (1,358)   (250)   (1,108)
Financing activities   9,361    (13,215)   22,576 
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents  $(831)  $(19,539)  $18,708 

 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities increased $2.8 million from the three-month period ended March 31, 2014, compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2015. The increase was primarily due to a $5.0 million increase in net loss, partially offset by an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2015 relates to JMC’s acquisition of the rights to distribute a dermatological product and a working capital loan of $0.1 million to CB Pharma Acquisition Corp. Net cash used in investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2014 relates to the investment in Argus.

 

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Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities of $9.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, primarily relates to proceeds of $10.0 million from the promissory note, partially offset by $0.9 million in debt issuance costs associated with the promissory note. Net cash used in financing activities of $13.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, reflects $14.0 million in proceeds from the IDB Note offset by a transfer of $14.0 million to restricted cash to secure the IDB Note as well as $13.7 million from the repayment of the Hercules Note.

 

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

 

There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations and commitments outside of the ordinary course of business from those disclosed on our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

None.

 

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risks

 

Market risk represents the risk of loss that may result from the change in value of a financial instruments due to fluctuations in its market price. Market risk is inherent in all financial instruments. Market risk may be exacerbated in times of trading illiquidity when market participants refrain from transacting in normal quantities and/or at normal bid-offer spreads. Our exposure to market risk is directly related to derivatives, debt and equity linked instruments related to our financing activities.

 

Our assets and liabilities are denominated in U.S. dollars. Consequently, we have not considered it necessary to use foreign currency contracts or other derivative instruments to manage changes in currency rates. We do not now, nor do we plan to, use derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes. However, these circumstances might change.

 

The primary quantifiable market risk associated with our financial instruments is sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Interest rate risk represents the potential loss from adverse changes in market interest rates. We use an interest rate sensitivity simulation to assess our interest rate risk exposure. For purposes of presenting the possible earnings effect of a hypothetical, adverse change in interest rates over the 12-month period from our reporting date, we assume that all interest rate sensitive financial instruments will be impacted by a hypothetical, immediate 100 basis point increase in interest rates as of the beginning of the period. The sensitivity is based upon the hypothetical assumption that all relevant types of interest rates that affect our results would increase instantaneously, simultaneously and to the same degree. We do not believe that our cash and equivalents have significant risk of default or illiquidity.

 

The sensitivity analyses of the interest rate sensitive financial instruments are hypothetical and should be used with caution. Changes in fair value based on a 1% or 2% variation in an estimate generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in the estimate to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, the effect of a variation in a particular estimate on the fair value of financial instruments is calculated independent of changes in any other estimate; in practice, changes in one factor may result in changes in another factor, which might magnify or counteract the sensitivities. In addition, the sensitivity analyses do not consider any action that we may take to mitigate the impact of any adverse changes in the key estimates.

 

Based on our analysis, as of March 31, 2015, the effect of a 100+/- basis point change in interest rates on the value of our financial instruments and the resultant effect on our net loss are considered immaterial.

  

Item 4.Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness, as of March 31, 2015, of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

No change in internal control over financial reporting occurred during the most recent quarter with respect to our operations, which materially affected, or is reasonable likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.

 

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1.Legal Proceedings

 

None.

 

Item 1A.Risk Factors

 

None.

 

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.

 

Item 3.Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures

 

None.

 

Item 5.Other Information

 

None.

 

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Item 6.Exhibits.

 

(b) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

  Description
     
31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
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
     
99.1   Financial Information of CB Pharma Acquisition Corp.
     
101.INS   XBRL Instance Documents
     
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

    FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC.
       
Date: May 11, 2015   By: /s/ Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D. 
      Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
       
Date: May 11, 2015   By: /s/ Lucy Lu, M.D. 
      Lucy Lu, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No. 

  Description 
   
  31.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
  31.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
     
  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
     
  99.1   Financial Information of CB Pharma Acquisition Corp.
   
101.INS   XBRL Instance Documents
     
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
     
101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
     
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
     
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
     
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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Exhibit 31.1

 

FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), certify that:

 

(1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Fortress Biotech, Inc. (the “Registrant”);

 

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

(4) The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

 

a. designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c. evaluated the effectiveness of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d. disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

(5) The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

By: /s/ Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D.   
  Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D.  
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer  
  (Principal Executive Officer)  
   
May 11, 2015  

 

 

  



 

Exhibit 31.2

 

FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

I, Lucy Lu, M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), certify that:

 

(1) I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Fortress Biotech, Inc. (the “Registrant”);

 

(2) Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

(3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

(4) The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

 

a. designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

b. designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c. evaluated the effectiveness of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

d. disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

(5) The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 

By:

/s/ Lucy Lu, M.D. 

 
  Lucy Lu, M.D.  
  Chief Financial Officer  
  (Principal Financial Officer)  

 

May 11, 2015

 

 

  



 

Exhibit 32.1

 

FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Fortress Biotech, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company, as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

 

May 11, 2015

 

By: /s/ Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D.   
  Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D.  
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer  
  (Principal Executive Officer)  

 

 

  



 

Exhibit 32.2

 

FORTRESS BIOTECH, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Fortress Biotech, Inc. on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Lucy Lu, Chief Financial Officer, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

 

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company, as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

 

May 11, 2015

 

By: /s/ Lucy Lu, M.D.   
  Lucy Lu, M.D.  
  Chief Financial Officer  
  (Principal Financial Officer)  

 

 

 

 



 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Financial Information of CB Pharma Acquisition Corp

 

CB Pharma Acquisition Corp.

Condensed Balance Sheets

 

   As of 
   February 28, 2015   November 30, 2014 
   (unaudited)     
Assets        
Current assets        
Cash and cash equivalents  $60,002   $100,170 
Prepaid expenses and other assets   99,653    - 
Total current assets   159,655    100,170 
           
Cash and cash equivalents held in Trust Account   42,860,209    - 
Deferred offering costs associated with initial public offering   -    136,837 
Total assets  $43,019,864   $237,007 
           
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity          
           
Current Liabilities:          
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $36,375   $20,567 
Note payable to related party   32,715    200,000 
Total current liabilities   69,090    220,567 
           
Commitments          
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption 3,720,230 and 0 shares at conversion value at February 28, 2015 and November 30, 2014   37,950,773    - 
           
Shareholders’ Equity:          
Preferred shares, $.0001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at February 28, 2015 and November 30, 2014   -    - 
Ordinary shares, $.0001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 1,815,770 and 1,150,000 shares issued and outstanding at February 28, 2015 and November 30, 2014 (excluding 3,720,230 shares subject to redemption)   182    115 
Additional paid-in capital   5,089,439    24,885 
Accumulated deficit   (89,620)   (8,560)
Total Shareholders' Equity   5,000,001    16,440 
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity  $43,019,864   $237,007 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

 

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CB Pharma Acquisition Corp.

Condensed Statement of Operations

For The Three Months Ended February 28, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Three Months Ended 
   February 28, 2015 
Formation and operating costs  $71,269 
Operating cost - related parties   25,000 
Loss from operations   (96,269)
      
Interest income   15,209 
      
Net loss  $(81,060)
      
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share  $(0.05)
      
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted (1)   1,666,159 

 

(1) For the three months ended February 28, 2015, weighted average shares outstanding excludes 3,720,230 shares subject to possible redemption

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

 

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CB Pharma Acquisition Corp.

Condensed Statement of Change in Shareholders’ Equity

For The Three Months Ended February 28, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

       Additional       Total 
   Ordinary Shares   Paid-In   Accumulated   Shareholders' 
   Shares   Amount   Capital   Deficit   Equity 
Balance - November 30, 2014   1,150,000   $115   $24,885   $(8,560)  $16,440 
Sale of units, net of underwriters' discounts and offering cost   4,200,000    420    40,154,874    -    40,155,294 
Sale of units to Coronado Biosciences and EarlyBirdCapital   286,000    29    2,859,971    -    2,860,000 
Sale of unit purchase option   -    -    100    -    100 
Compulsory repurchase of ordinary shares   (100,000)   (10)   10    -    - 
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption   (3,720,230)   (372)   (37,950,401)   -    (37,950,773)
Net loss   -    -    -    (81,060)   (81,060)
Balance - February 28, 2015   1,815,770   $182   $5,089,439   $(89,620)  $5,000,001 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

 

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CB Pharma Acquisition Corp.

Condensed Statement of Cash Flows

For The Three Months Ended February 28, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

Cash Flows from Operating Activities    
Net loss  $(81,060)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:     
Interest income in restricted cash and cash equivalents held in trust   (15,209)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:     
Prepaid expenses and other assets   (99,653)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   15,808 
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities   (180,114)
      
Cash Flows from Investing Activities     
Principal deposited in trust account   (42,845,000)
Net cash used in investing activities   (42,845,000)
      
Cash Flows from Financing Activities     
Repayment of note payable to related party   (200,502)
Proceeds from note payable to related party   33,217 
Proceeds from underwriters unit purchase option   100 
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of costs   40,292,131 
Proceeds from private placement   2,860,000 
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities   42,984,946 
      
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents   (40,168)
      
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning   100,170 
      
Cash and cash equivalents - ending  $60,002 
      
Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:     
Ordinary shares subject to possible redemption  $37,950,773 
Reclassification of deferred offering cost to additional paid-in capital  $136,837 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.

 

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CB Pharma Acquisition Corp.

Notes to Condensed Financial Statements

February 28, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 - Organization, Plan of Business Operations

 

CB Pharma Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) was incorporated in the Cayman Islands on August 26, 2014 as a blank check company whose objective is to acquire, through a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination, one or more businesses or entities (a “Business Combination”). The Company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region of the world although the Company initially intends to focus on target businesses in North America, Europe, South America and Asia operating in the specialty pharma and generic drug industries.

 

All activity through February 28, 2015 relates to the Company’s formation, the initial public offering described below and a search for a Business Combination candidate. On December 12, 2014, the Company changed its fiscal year end from December 31 to November 30.   The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

 

The registration statement for the Company’s initial public offering (“Initial Public Offering”) was declared effective on December 12, 2014. The Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 4,000,000 units (“Units”) at $10.00 per unit on December 17, 2014, generating gross proceeds of $40,000,000 which is described in Note 3.

 

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the private placement (“Private Placement”) of 285,000 units (“Private Placement Units”) at a price of $10.00 per unit, of which 265,000 Private Placement Units were sold to Coronado Biosciences, Inc., (“Coronado”), an affiliate of the Company’s executive officers and the holder of a majority of the Company’s Ordinary Shares prior to the Initial Public Offering, and 20,000 Private Placement Units were sold to EarlyBirdCapital (“EBC”), the representative of the underwriters in the Initial Public Offering, generating gross proceeds of $2,850,000, which is described in Note 4.

 

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on December 17, 2014, an amount of $40,900,000 ($10.225 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement Units, net of fees associated with the Initial Public Offering was placed in a Trust Account (“Trust Account”) and will be invested in U.S. government treasury bills, bonds or notes with a maturity of 180 days or less or in money market funds selected by the Company meeting the conditions of paragraphs (c)(2), (c)(3) and (c)(4) of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the consummation of a Business Combination or (ii) the distribution of the Trust Account as described below.

 

On December 18, 2014, EBC notified the Company of its election to exercise its over-allotment option to the extent of 200,000 additional Units. The issuance of the additional Units closed on December 24, 2014 at $10.00 per unit, generating total gross proceeds of $2,000,000. Following the closing of the over-allotment an additional $1,945,000 of net proceeds was placed in the Trust Account, amounting to $42,845,000 (approximately $10.20 per Unit) held in Trust.

 

On December 24, 2014, the Company also consummated a simultaneous private placement of an additional 1,000 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit to EBC, generating gross proceeds of $10,000.

 

Transaction costs amounted to approximately $1,844,000, inclusive of $1,365,000 of underwriting fees. In addition, $407,000 of cash was available to fund operations and held outside of the Trust Account of which $200,000 was used to reimburse Coronado for its Working Capital Promissory Note, on December 18, 2014, as described in Note 5.

 

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the Private Placement, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied to consummating a Business Combination. 

 

Coronado has agreed that it will be liable under certain circumstances to ensure that the proceeds in the Trust Account are not reduced by the claims of target businesses or vendors or other entities that are owed money by the Company for service rendered, contracted for or products sold to the Company. However, Coronado may not be able to satisfy those obligations should they arise. The remaining net proceeds (not held in the Trust Account) may be used to pay for business, legal and accounting due diligence on prospective acquisitions and continuing general and administrative expenses. In addition, (i) interest income earned on the funds in the Trust Account may be released to the Company to pay its income or other tax obligations and (ii) any remaining interest earned on the funds in the Trust Account may be released to the Company for its working capital requirements. With these exceptions, expenses incurred by the Company may be paid prior to a Business Combination only from the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering not held in the Trust Account; provided, however, that in order to meet its working capital needs following the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company’s initial shareholders (“Initial Shareholders”), officers and directors or their affiliates (including Coronado) may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds, from time to time or at any time, in whatever amount they deem reasonable in their sole discretion. Each loan would be evidenced by a promissory note. The notes would either be paid upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $500,000 of the notes may be converted upon consummation of the Company’s Business Combination into additional Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per unit. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination, the loans would not be repaid. At February 28, 2015, proceeds not held in Trust approximated $60,002.

  

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The Company will either seek shareholder approval of any Business Combination at a meeting called for such purpose at which public shareholders may seek to convert their public shares into their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid, or provide public shareholders with the opportunity to sell their public shares to the Company by means of a tender offer for an amount equal to their pro rata share of the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, less any taxes then due but not yet paid. The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if it will have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 upon consummation of the Business Combination and, solely if shareholder approval is sought, a majority of the outstanding Ordinary Shares of the Company voted, are voted in favor of the Business Combination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of his or any other person with whom he is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined in Section 13(d) (3) of the Exchange Act) will be restricted from seeking conversion rights with respect to 30% or more of the Ordinary Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering. Accordingly, all shares purchased by a holder in excess of 30% of the shares sold in the Initial Public Offering will not be converted to cash. In connection with any shareholder vote required to approve any Business Combination, the Initial Shareholders have agreed (i) to vote any of their respective shares, including the 1,050,000 Ordinary Shares sold to the Initial Shareholders in connection with the organization of the Company (the “Initial Shares”), in favor of the initial Business Combination and (ii) not to convert such respective shares into a pro rata portion of the Trust Account or seek to sell their shares in connection with any tender offer the Company engages in.

 

The Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that the Company will continue in existence only until 18 months from the closing of the Initial Public Offering. If the Company has not completed a Business Combination by such date, it will trigger the automatic liquidation of the Trust Account and the voluntary liquidation of the Company. If the Company is forced to liquidate prior to a Business Combination, holders of the outstanding Ordinary Shares sold in the Initial Public Offering (“Public Shareholders”) are entitled to share ratably in the Trust Account, including any interest, and any net assets remaining available for distribution to them after payment of liabilities. The Initial Shareholders have agreed to waive their rights to share in any distribution with respect to their initial shares.

 

On January 5, 2015, the Company was informed by EBC, that the holders of the Company’s units will be able to separately trade on NASDAQ the Ordinary Shares, rights and redeemable warrants included in such units commencing on January 7, 2015.

 

Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal accruals) considered for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended February 28, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending November 30, 2015. For further information refer to the financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period from August 26, 2014 through November 30, 2014, filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2015. 

 

Emerging Growth Company

 

Section 102(b) (1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”) registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such an election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected not to opt out of such extended transition period which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company, as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

 

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Cash held in Trust Account

 

The amounts held in the Trust Account represent substantially all of the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and are classified as restricted assets since such amounts can only be used by the Company in connection with the consummation of a Business Combination. As of February 28, 2015, cash and cash equivalents held in the Trust Account consisted of $42,859,285 in United States Treasury Bills with an original maturity of three months or less and $924 in cash. At February 28, 2015, there was $15,209 of interest income held in the Trust Account available to be released to the Company.

 

Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption

 

The Company accounts for its Ordinary Shares subject to possible conversion in accordance with the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 480 “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity.” Ordinary Shares subject to mandatory redemption (if any) is classified as a liability instrument and is measured at fair value. Conditionally redeemable Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares that features redemption rights that are either within the control of the holder or subject to redemption upon the occurrence of uncertain events not solely within the Company’s control) is classified as temporary equity. At all other times, Ordinary Shares are classified as shareholders’ equity. The Company’s Ordinary Shares features certain redemption rights that are considered to be outside of the Company’s control and subject to occurrence of uncertain future events. Accordingly, at February 28, 2015, 3,720,230 Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption in the amount of $37,950,773 are presented as temporary equity, outside of the shareholders’ equity section of the Company’s balance sheet.

 

Offering Costs

 

Offering costs consist principally of legal, accounting and underwriting costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs amounting to $1,844,706 (including $1,365,000 in underwriters’ fees) were charged to shareholder’s equity upon completion of the Initial Public Offering.

 

Concentration of credit risk

 

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. At February 28, 2015, the Company had not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts.

 

Fair value of financial instruments

 

The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

 

Net loss per Share

 

Loss per share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding during the period. 3,720,230 Ordinary Shares subject to possible redemption at February 28, 2015, have been excluded from the calculation of basic loss per ordinary share since such Ordinary Shares, if redeemed, only participate in their pro rata share of the trust earnings. The Company has not considered the effect of (i) warrants sold in the Public Offering and Private Placement to purchase 2,243,000 Ordinary Shares of the Company, (ii) rights to acquire 448,600 Ordinary Shares of the Company and (iii) 400,000 Ordinary Shares, warrants to purchase 200,000 Ordinary Shares and rights to acquire 40,000 Ordinary Shares included in the unit purchase option sold to the underwriter, in the calculation of diluted loss per share, since the exercise of the unit purchase option and warrants as well as the conversion of rights is contingent on the occurrence of future events.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740 “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). ASC 740 requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for both the expected impact of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities and for the expected future tax benefit to be derived from tax loss and tax credit carry forwards. ASC 740 additionally requires a valuation allowance to be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

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ASC 740 also clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement process for financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. ASC 740 also provides guidance on derecoginition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim period, disclosure and transition. The Company determined that the Cayman Islands is its only major tax jurisdiction. Based on the Company’s evaluation, it has been concluded that there are no significant uncertain tax positions requiring recognition in the Company’s financial statements. Since the Company was incorporated on August 26, 2014, the evaluation was performed for the 2014 tax year, which will be the only period subject to examination upon filing of appropriate tax returns. The Company believes that its income tax positions and deductions would be sustained on audit and does not anticipate any adjustments that would result in a material changes to its financial position.

 

The Company’s policy for recording interest and penalties associated with audits is to record such expense as a component of income tax expense. There were no amounts accrued for penalties or interest as of February 28, 2015. Management is currently unaware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviations from its position.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

On February 18, 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-2, Consolidation (Topic 820): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis . ASU 2015-2 provides a revised consolidation model for all reporting entities to use in evaluating whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. All legal entities will be subject to reevaluation under this revised consolidation model. The revised consolidation model, among other things, (i) modifies the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are VIEs or voting interest entities, (ii) eliminates the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, and (iii) modifies the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs through fee arrangements and related party relationships. This guidance in ASU 2015-2 is effective for the Company beginning on January 1, 2016, however, early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact that this guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014-15”). ASU 2014-15 provides guidance on management’s responsibility in evaluating whether there is substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern and about related footnote disclosures. For each reporting period, management will be required to evaluate whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date the financial statements are issued. The amendments in ASU 2014-15 are effective for annual reporting periods ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual and interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt the methodologies prescribed by ASU 2014-15 by the date required, and does not anticipate that the adoption of ASU 2014-15 will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

 

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-12, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718). The ASU clarifies how entities should treat performance targets that can be achieved after the requisite service period of a share-based payment award. The accounting standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the guidance on its financial position, results of operation, and cash flows.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

 

Subsequent Events

 

The Company evaluates subsequent events and transactions that occur after the balance sheet date up to the date that the financial statements were issued for potential recognition or disclosure. Any material events that occur between the balance sheet date and the date that the financial statements were issued are disclosed as subsequent events, while the financial statements are adjusted to reflect any conditions that existed at the balance sheet date. 

 

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Note 3 - Initial Public Offering

 

In December 2014, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 4,200,000 of its units (“Units”). Each Unit consists of one ordinary share, $.0001 par value per share (“Ordinary Share”), one right (“Right”) to receive one-tenth of one Ordinary Share upon consummation of the Company’s initial Business Combination and one warrant entitling the holder to purchase one-half of one Ordinary Share (“Warrant”). The Units were sold at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $42,000,000. Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one-half of one ordinary share at a price of $11.50 per full ordinary share commencing on the later of the Company’s completion of its initial Business Combination or December 12, 2015, and expiring five years from the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination. The Company will not issue fractional shares. As a result, investors must exercise Warrants in multiples of two Warrants, at a price of $11.50 per full share, subject to adjustment, to validly exercise the Warrants. The Company may redeem the Warrants at a price of $0.01 per Warrant upon 30 days’ notice, only in the event that the last sale price of the Ordinary Shares is at least $24.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period (“30-Day Trading Period”) ending on the third day prior to the date on which notice of redemption is given, provided there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the Ordinary Shares underlying such Warrants commencing five business days prior to the 30-Day Trading Period and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption. If the Company redeems the Warrants as described above, management will have the option to require all holders that wish to exercise Warrants to do so on a “cashless basis.” In accordance with the warrant agreement relating to the Warrants issued in the Initial Public Offering the Company is only required to use its best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement covering the Warrants. If a registration statement is not effective within 90 days following the consummation of a Business Combination, Warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise Warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the event that a registration statement is not effective at the time of exercise or no exemption is available for a cashless exercise, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant for cash and in no event (whether in the case of a registration statement being effective or otherwise) will the Company be required to net cash settle the Warrant exercise. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Rights. If an initial Business Combination is not consummated, the Rights and Warrants will expire and will be worthless.

 

Note 4 - Private Placement

 

Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the Private Placement of 285,000 Private Placement Units at a price of $10.00 per Private Placement Unit, generating total proceeds of $2,850,000. Of the Private Placement Units, 265,000 were purchased by Coronado, an affiliate of the Company’s executive officers and the holder of a majority of the Company’s Ordinary Shares prior to the Initial Public Offering, and 20,000 were purchased by EBC, the representative of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering. The Company consummated the sale of an additional 1,000 Private Placement Units to EBC upon consummation of the over-allotment option, generating total proceeds of $10,000. The Private Placement Units are identical to the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except the warrants included in the Private Placement Units will be non-redeemable, may be exercised on a cashless basis and may be exercisable for unregistered Ordinary Shares if the prospectus relating to the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is not current and effective, in each case so long as they continue to be held by the initial purchasers or their permitted transferees. The holders of the Private Placement Units have agreed (A) to vote the Ordinary Shares included in the Private Placement Units (“Private Shares”) in favor of any initial Business Combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association with respect to the Company’s pre-Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of such a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to convert their public shares into the right to receive cash from the Company’s Trust Account in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any Private Shares into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve the Company’s initial Business Combination or a vote to amend the provisions of the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity and (D) that such Private Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated within the required time period. Additionally, the purchasers have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Private Placement Units (except to certain permitted transferees) until the completion of the Company’s initial Business Combination.

 

Note 5 - Related Party Transactions

 

Initial Shares

 

In August 2014, the Company issued 1,150,000 Initial Shares to the Initial Shareholders for an aggregate purchase price of $25,000. The Initial Shares included an aggregate of up to 150,000 shares subject to compulsory repurchase for an aggregate purchase price of $0.01 to the extent that the underwriters’ over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Initial Shareholders would collectively own 20.0% of issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering (excluding the sale of the Private Placement Units). On December 18, 2014, EBC notified the Company that it had elected to exercise a portion of the over-allotment option for 200,000 additional units at $10.00 per unit for an additional $2,000,000, The partial exercise resulted in a reduction of 50,000 Ordinary Shares subject to compulsory repurchase resulting in a total of 100,000 Ordinary Shares being compulsory repurchased on January 5, 2015.

 

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The Initial Shares are identical to the Ordinary Shares included in the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering. However, the Initial Shareholders have agreed (A) to vote their Initial Shares (as well as any shares acquired after the Initial Public Offering) in favor of any proposed Business Combination, (B) not to propose, or vote in favor of, an amendment to the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association with respect to pre-Business Combination activities prior to the consummation of such a Business Combination unless the Company provides dissenting public shareholders with the opportunity to convert their public shares into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with any such vote, (C) not to convert any Initial Shares (as well as any other shares acquired after the Initial Public Offering) into the right to receive cash from the Trust Account in connection with a shareholder vote to approve a proposed initial Business Combination (or sell any shares they hold to the Company in a tender offer in connection with a proposed initial Business Combination) or a vote to amend the provisions of the amended and restated memorandum and articles of association relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-Business Combination activity and (D) that the Initial Shares shall not participate in any liquidating distribution upon winding up if a Business Combination is not consummated. Additionally, the Initial Shareholders have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell any of the Initial Shares (except to certain permitted transferees) until (1) with respect to 50% of the Initial Shares, the earlier of one year after the date of the consummation of initial Business Combination and the date on which the closing price of Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after initial Business Combination and (2) with respect to the remaining 50% of the Initial Shares, one year after the date of the consummation of initial Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to initial Business Combination, the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of shareholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

Promissory Notes

 

The Company issued a $200,000 principal amount unsecured promissory note to Coronado. The note was non-interest bearing and became due and payable on the consummation of the Initial Public Offering. Due to the short-term nature of the note, the fair value of the note approximated the carrying amount. The Company repaid this note on December 18, 2014 from the proceeds received upon closing of the Initial Public Offering

 

Administrative Service Fee

 

The Company, commencing on December 12, 2014, has agreed to pay Coronado a monthly fee of $10,000 for general and administrative services. However, pursuant to the terms of such agreement, the Company may delay payment of such monthly fee upon a determination by the Company’s audit committee that the Company lacks sufficient funds held outside the Trust Account to pay actual or anticipated expenses in connection with an initial Business Combination. Any such unpaid amount will accrue without interest and either is due and payable no later than the date of the consummation of an initial Business Combination, or, at Coronado’s option, treated as working capital loans and will be convertible into additional Private Placement Units. During the three months ended February 28, 2015, Notes Payable to Coronado were $32,715; of which $25,000 represents the accrued service fee and $7,715 represents invoices of the Company paid by Coronado. Additionally, invoices totaling $502 which are no longer included in this balance were paid back by the Company in December 2014.

 

Note 6 - Commitments and Contingencies

 

On December 12, 2014, the Company entered into an agreement with EBC (“Underwriting Agreement”). The Underwriting Agreement required the Company to pay an underwriting discount of 3.25% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering as an underwriting discount. The Company has further engaged EBC to assist the Company with its initial Business Combination. Pursuant to this arrangement, the Company anticipates that the underwriter will assist the Company in holding meetings with shareholders to discuss the potential Business Combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce the Company to potential investors that are interested in purchasing the Company’s securities, assist the Company in obtaining shareholder approval for the Business Combination and assist the Company with its press releases and public filings in connection with the Business Combination. The Company will pay EBC a cash fee of 4% of the gross proceeds of the Initial Public Offering for such services upon the consummation of its initial Business Combination (exclusive of any applicable finders’ fees which might become payable).

 

Purchase Option

 

The Company sold to EBC, for $100, a unit purchase option to purchase up to a total of 400,000 units exercisable at $11.00 per unit (or an aggregate exercise price of $4,400,000) commencing on the later of the consummation of a Business Combination and December 12, 2015. The unit purchase option expires on December 12, 2019. The units issuable upon exercise of this option are identical to the Units being offered in the Initial Public Offering. Accordingly, after the Business Combination, the purchase option will be to purchase 440,000 Ordinary Shares (which include 40,000 Ordinary Shares to be issued for the rights included in the units) and 400,000 Warrants to purchase 200,000 Ordinary Shares. The Company has agreed to grant to the holders of the unit purchase option, demand and “piggy back” registration rights for periods of five and seven years, respectively, from the effective date of the Initial Public Offering, including securities directly and indirectly issuable upon exercise of the unit purchase option.

 

The Company accounted for the fair value of the unit purchase option, inclusive of the receipt of a $100 cash payment, as an expense of the Initial Public Offering resulting in a charge directly to shareholders’ equity. The Company estimated that the fair value of this unit purchase option is approximately $2,920,000 (or $7.30 per unit) using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of the unit purchase option granted to the EBC is estimated as of the date of grant using the following assumptions: (1) expected volatility of 99.10%, (2) risk-free interest rate of 1.53% and (3) expected life of five years. The unit purchase option may be exercised for cash or on a “cashless” basis, at the holder’s option (except in the case of a forced cashless exercise upon the Company’s redemption of the Warrants, as described in Note 3), such that the holder may use the appreciated value of the unit purchase option (the difference between the exercise prices of the unit purchase option and the underlying Warrants and the market price of the Units and underlying Ordinary Shares) to exercise the unit purchase option without the payment of any cash. The Company will have no obligation to net cash settle the exercise of the unit purchase option or the Warrants underlying the unit purchase option. The holder of the unit purchase option will not be entitled to exercise the unit purchase option or the Warrants underlying the unit purchase option unless a registration statement covering the securities underlying the unit purchase option is effective or an exemption from registration is available. If the holder is unable to exercise the unit purchase option or underlying Warrants, the unit purchase option or Warrants, as applicable, will expire worthless.

 

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Registration Rights

 

The Initial Shareholders will be entitled to registration rights with respect to their initial shares and the purchasers of the Private Placement Units will be entitled to registration rights with respect to the Private Placement Units (and underlying securities), pursuant to an agreement dated December 12, 2014. The holders of the majority of the initial shares are entitled to demand that the Company register these shares at any time commencing three months prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of a Business Combination. The holders of the Private Placement Units (or underlying securities) are entitled to demand that the Company register these securities at any time after the Company consummates a Business Combination. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights on registration statements filed after the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination.

 

Note 7 - Shareholder Equity

 

Preferred Shares

 

The Company is authorized to issue 1,000,000 preferred shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share with such designation, rights and preferences as may be determined from time to time by the Company’s board of directors.

 

As of February 28, 2015, there are no preferred shares issued or outstanding.

 

Ordinary Shares

 

The Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 Ordinary Shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share.

 

In connection with the organization of the Company, on August 26, 2014, 1,150,000 Ordinary Shares were sold to the Initial Shareholders at a price of approximately $0.01 per share for an aggregate of $25,000. This number included an aggregate of up to 150,000 shares that were subject to compulsory repurchase if the over-allotment option is not exercised by the underwriters. On December 18, 2014, EBC notified the Company that it had elected to exercise a portion of the over-allotment option for 200,000 additional units of the Company at $10.00 per unit for an additional $2,000,000, The partial exercise resulted in a reduction of 50,000 Ordinary Shares subject to compulsory repurchase resulting in a total of 100,000 Ordinary Shares being compulsory repurchased on January 5, 2015. All of the Initial Shares have been placed in escrow with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as escrow agent, until (1) with respect to 50% of the Initial shares, the earlier of one year after the date of the consummation of an initial Business Combination and the date on which the closing price of the Company’s Ordinary Shares equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing after initial Business Combination and (2) with respect to the remaining 50% of the Initial Shares, one year after the date of the consummation of an initial Business Combination, or earlier, in either case, if, subsequent to an initial Business Combination, the Company consummates a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their shares for cash, securities or other property.

 

In connection with the Initial Public Offering, 4,000,000 Ordinary Shares, included in the Units, were sold at a price of $10.00 per unit for an aggregate of $40,000,000. An additional 286,000 Ordinary Shares included in the Private Placement Units were sold at a price of $10.00 per Unit for an aggregate of $2,860,000 related to the Private Placement.

 

Note 8 - Subsequent Events

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

On March 19, 2015, the Company issued a $100,000 convertible promissory note to Coronado to evidence a loan made by Coronado to the Company. The loan is unsecured, non-interest bearing and is payable at the consummation by the Company of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, or other similar Business Combination, with a Business Combination. Upon consummation of a Business Combination, the principal balance of the note may be converted, at the holder’s option, to units at a price of $10.00 per unit. The terms of the units will be identical to the units issued by the Company in its initial public offering except that the warrants included in such units will be non-redeemable by the Company and will be exercisable for cash or on a “cashless” basis, in each case, if held by the initial holders or their permitted transferees. If the holder converts the entire principal balance of the convertible promissory note, it would receive 10,000 units. If a Business Combination is not consummated, the note will not be repaid by the Company and all amounts owed thereunder by the Company will be forgiven except to the extent that the Company had funds available to it outside of its Trust Account.

 

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