Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On May 9, 2022, Alimera Sciences, Inc. (“Alimera”) issued a press release regarding its results of operations and financial condition for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 as well as a corporate update. On May 9, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. ET, Alimera will host a conference call and a live webcast on the Investor Relations section of its corporate website at www.alimerasciences.com. During the conference call, Alimera’s executives will discuss the company’s financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 and provide an update on corporate developments. The full text of the press release, which includes information regarding Alimera’s use of a non-GAAP financial measure, is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Various statements made during the conference call and webcast will or may be “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding, among other things, Alimera’s expectations (i) regarding the continuing positive trend for Alimera’s business in the U.S. market, (ii) regarding the beneficial effect of Alimera’s marketing expenditures as they increase engagement with physicians, and (iii) that sales in its direct markets in Europe will begin recovering in the second quarter of 2022 and contribute to Alimera’s overall growth toward the middle of the year. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change these expectations, and could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Meaningful factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, uncertainties associated with (a) the continued effects of COVID-19 on the ability or willingness of patients to visit their retina specialists for ILUVIEN injections, particularly in the EU; (b) governmental orders and policies adopted by healthcare facilities to address the COVID-19 pandemic, and the duration of these limitations; (c) the emergence of COVID-19 variants that may increase the transmissibility of the coronavirus or be more deadly, or both; (d) the success or failure of the vaccine campaigns in Alimera’s markets; and (e) the other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of Alimera’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which is on file with the SEC and available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Additional factors may also be described in those sections of Alimera’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the first quarter of 2022, to be filed with the SEC soon.
In addition to the risks described above and in Alimera’s reports and other filings with the SEC, other unknown or unpredictable factors also could affect Alimera’s results. There can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by Alimera will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, Alimera. Therefore, no assurance can be given that the outcomes stated in such forward-looking statements and estimates will be achieved. All forward-looking statements contained in the conference call and webcast and in the press release are expressly qualified by the cautionary statements contained or referred to herein and therein. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the conference call and webcast and the press release (unless another date is indicated). Alimera undertakes no obligation, and specifically declines any obligation, to publicly update or revise any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The information in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.