LCTX Lineage Cell Therapeutics Inc

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 09, 2024

 

 

Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

California			001-12830	94-3127919
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)			(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
2173 Salk Avenue, Suite 200
Carlsbad, California				92008
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (442) 287-8990

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares		LCTX		NYSE American LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 9, 2024, Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. issued a press release announcing financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The information under this Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and is not being filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued May 9, 2024
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL 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 hereunto duly authorized.

			Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
Date:	May 9, 2024	By:	/s/ George A. Samuel III
		Name: Title:	George A. Samuel III General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2024 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND PROVIDES BUSINESS UPDATE

 

 

 

CARLSBAD, CA – May 9, 2024 - Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing allogeneic cell therapies for unmet medical needs, today reported its first quarter 2024 financial and operating results and will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results and to provide a business update.

 

“The quarter was highlighted by significant milestones and data updates on our lead program,” stated Brian M. Culley, Lineage CEO. “A key area of attention for investors is our partnership with Roche and Genentech, and we are pleased to announce a new services agreement which reflects an additional commitment by Genentech for the benefit of the OpRegen program. We believe this agreement will enable our partners to take advantage of our cell transplant expertise to more fully investigate the promising potential of the OpRegen program and do so in a cost-effective manner. We also are planning to bring our second cell transplant program, OPC1, into the clinic this year for a condition with growing awareness of its unmet need and commercial opportunity. Lastly, we continue to build value through the advancement of our early-stage pipeline, which can help create value by capitalizing on the continued validation of our cell transplant approach.”

 

Recent Operational Highlights

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Balance Sheet Highlights

Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $43.6 million as of March 31, 2024, is expected to support planned operations into Q3 2025.

First Quarter Operating Results

 

Revenues: Lineage’s revenue is generated primarily from collaboration revenues and royalties. Total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were approximately $1.4 million, a net decrease of $1.0 million as compared to $2.4 million for the same period in 2023. The decrease was primarily driven by lower collaboration and licensing revenue recognized from deferred revenues under the collaboration and license agreement with Roche.

 

Operating Expenses: Operating expenses are primarily comprised of research and development (“R&D”) expenses and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses. Total operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were $8.1 million, a decrease of $0.9 million as compared to $9.0 million for the same period in 2023.

 

R&D Expenses: R&D expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were $3.0 million, a net decrease of $1.2 million as compared to $4.2 million for the same period in 2023. The net decrease was primarily driven by $0.4 million for our OPC1 program, $0.3 million for our preclinical programs, and $0.2 million for our OpRegen program. Another $0.3 million of the decrease was attributable to other research and development expenses, primarily related to reduced manufacturing activities.

 

G&A Expenses: G&A expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were $5.0 million, a net increase of $0.3 million as compared to approximately $4.7 million for the same period in 2023. The increase was primarily driven by $0.2 million in stock-based compensation expenses, and an overall increase in costs incurred for consulting services.

 

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Loss from Operations: Loss from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were $6.7 million, an increase of $0.1 million as compared to $6.6 million for the same period in 2023.

 

Other Income/(Expenses), Net: Other income (expenses), net for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was comprised of other income of $0.1 million, compared to other income of $0.4 million for the same period in 2023. The net decrease was primarily driven by the employee retention credit recognized in the prior year, partially offset by exchange rate fluctuations related to Lineage’s international subsidiaries.

 

Net Loss Attributable to Lineage: The net loss attributable to Lineage for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $6.5 million, or $0.04 per share (basic and diluted), compared to a net loss attributable to Lineage of $4.4 million, or $0.03 per share (basic and diluted), for the same period in 2023.

 

Conference Call and Webcast

Interested parties may access the conference call on May 9th, 2024, by dialing (800) 715-9871 from the U.S. and Canada and should request the “Lineage Cell Therapeutics Call”. A live webcast of the conference call will be available online in the Investors section of Lineage’s website. A replay of the webcast will be available on Lineage’s website for 30 days and a telephone replay will be available through May 15th, 2024, by dialing (800) 770-2030 from the U.S. and Canada and entering conference ID number 1330332.

 

About Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

Lineage Cell Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel or "off-the-shelf," cell therapies to address unmet medical needs. Lineage’s programs are based on its proprietary cell-based technology platform and associated development and manufacturing capabilities. From this platform, Lineage designs, develops, manufactures, and tests specialized human cells with anatomical and physiological functions similar or identical to cells found naturally in the human body. These cells are created by applying directed differentiation protocols to established, well-characterized, and self-renewing pluripotent cell lines. These protocols generate cells with characteristics associated with specific and desired developmental lineages. Cells derived from such lineages are transplanted into patients in an effort to replace or support cells that are absent or dysfunctional due to degenerative disease, aging, or traumatic injury, and to restore or augment the patient's functional activity. Lineage’s neuroscience focused pipeline currently includes: (i) OpRegen, a retinal pigment epithelial cell therapy in Phase 2a development under a worldwide collaboration with Roche and Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, for the treatment of geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration; (ii) OPC1, an oligodendrocyte progenitor cell therapy in Phase 1/2a development for the treatment of spinal cord injuries; (iii) ANP1, an auditory neuronal progenitor cell therapy for the potential treatment of auditory neuropathy; (iv) PNC1, a photoreceptor neural cell therapy for the potential treatment of vision loss due to photoreceptor dysfunction or damage; and (v) RND1, a novel hypoimmune induced pluripotent stem cell line being developed in collaboration with Eterna Therapeutics Inc. For more information, please visit www.lineagecell.com or follow the company on X/Twitter @LineageCell.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

Lineage cautions you that all statements, other than statements of historical facts, contained in this press release, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, in some cases, can be identified by terms such as “believe,” “aim,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “design,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “can,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “would,” “contemplate,” “project,” “target,” “tend to,” or the negative version of these words and similar expressions. Lineage’s forward-looking statements are based upon its current expectations and beliefs and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to: the benefits of our new services agreement Genentech and its impact on advancing the OpRegen program; the commencement of the DOSED clinical study for OPC1; that our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities is sufficient to support our planned operations into the third quarter of 2025; and the potential of our early-stage pipeline to create value. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause Lineage’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release, including, but not limited to, the following risks: that we may need to allocate our cash to unexpected events and expenses causing us to use our

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cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities more quickly than expected; that clinical trials of our product candidates may not commence, progress or be completed as expected due to many factors within and outside of our control; that positive findings in early clinical and/or nonclinical studies of a product candidate may not be predictive of success in subsequent clinical and/or nonclinical studies of that candidate; that OpRegen may never be proven to provide durable anatomical functional improvements in dry-AMD patients, that competing alternative therapies may adversely impact the commercial potential of OpRegen; that Roche and Genentech may not successfully advance OpRegen or be successful in completing further clinical trials for OpRegen and/or obtaining regulatory approval for OpRegen in any particular jurisdiction; that the ongoing Israel-Hamas war may materially and adversely impact our manufacturing processes, including cell banking and product manufacturing for our cell therapy product candidates, all of which are conducted by our subsidiary in Jerusalem, Israel; that Lineage may not be able to manufacture sufficient clinical quantities of its product candidates in accordance with current good manufacturing practice; and those risks and uncertainties inherent in Lineage’s business and other risks discussed in Lineage’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Further information regarding these and other risks is included under the heading “Risk Factors” in Lineage’s periodic reports with the SEC, including Lineage’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC and its other reports, which are available from the SEC’s website. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made. Lineage undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by law. All forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements.

 

Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. IR

Ioana C. Hone

(ir@lineagecell.com)

(442) 287-8963

 

LifeSci Advisors

Daniel Ferry

(daniel@lifesciadvisors.com)

(617) 430-7576

 

Russo Partners – Media Relations

Nic Johnson or David Schull

(Nic.johnson@russopartnersllc.com)

(David.schull@russopartnersllc.com)

(212) 845-4242

 

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LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(IN THOUSANDS)

 

		March 31, 2024				December 31, 2023
		(Unaudited)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents		$	43,576			$	35,442
Marketable securities			45				50
Accounts receivable, net			77				745
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			2,018				2,204
Total current assets			45,716				38,441
NONCURRENT ASSETS
Property and equipment, net			2,104				2,245
Operating lease right-of-use assets			2,855				2,522
Deposits and other long-term assets			596				577
Goodwill			10,672				10,672
Intangible assets, net			46,540				46,562
TOTAL ASSETS		$	108,483			$	101,019
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$	5,683			$	6,270
Operating lease liabilities, current portion			1,052				830
Finance lease liabilities, current portion			49				52
Deferred revenues, current portion			10,106				10,808
Total current liabilities			16,890				17,960
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Deferred tax liability			273				273
Deferred revenues, net of current portion			18,177				18,693
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion			2,074				1,979
Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion			79				91
TOTAL LIABILITIES			37,493				38,996
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred shares, no par value, 2,000 shares authorized; none issued and    outstanding as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023			—				—
Common shares, no par value, 450,000 shares authorized as of March 31, 2024    and December 31, 2023; 188,754 and 174,987 shares issued and outstanding    as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively			466,571				451,343
Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(2,771	)			(3,068	)
Accumulated deficit			(391,398	)			(384,856	)
Lineage's shareholders’ equity			72,402				63,419
Noncontrolling deficit			(1,412	)			(1,396	)
Total shareholders’ equity			70,990				62,023
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY		$	108,483			$	101,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

(UNAUDITED)

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024				2023
REVENUES:
Collaboration revenues		$	1,187			$	2,121
Royalties, license and other revenues			257				265
Total revenues			1,444				2,386
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Cost of sales			98				119
Research and development			3,010				4,185
General and administrative			4,997				4,724
Total operating expenses			8,105				9,028
Loss from operations			(6,661	)			(6,642	)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
Interest income, net			462				410
(Loss) gain on marketable equity securities, net			(5	)			40
Foreign currency transaction gain/(loss), net			(354	)			(472	)
Other income			—				457
Total other income (expenses), net			103				435
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES			(6,558	)			(6,207	)
Provision for income tax benefit			—				1,803
NET LOSS			(6,558	)			(4,404	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			16				32
NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO LINEAGE		$	(6,542	)		$	(4,372	)
Net loss per common share attributable to Lineage    basic and diluted		$	(0.04	)		$	(0.03	)
Weighted-average common shares used to compute basic and    diluted net loss per common share			182,909				170,127

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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LINEAGE CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024				2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net loss attributable to Lineage		$	(6,542	)		$	(4,372	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			(16	)			(32	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss attributable to Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.    to net cash used in operating activities:
Loss (gain) on marketable equity securities, net			5				(40	)
Accretion of income on marketable debt securities			—				(326	)
Depreciation and amortization expense			153				138
Change in right-of-use assets and liabilities			(10)				—
Amortization of intangible assets			22				33
Stock-based compensation			1,163				1,031
Deferred income tax benefit			—				(1,803	)
Foreign currency remeasurement and other loss			371				465
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable			668				95
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			195				(847	)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			(574	)			(3,463	)
Deferred revenue			(1,218	)			(2,121	)
Net cash used in operating activities			(5,783	)			(11,242	)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Purchases of marketable debt securities			—				(7,718	)
Maturities of marketable debt securities			—				23,332
Purchase of equipment			(38	)			(188	)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities			(38	)			15,426
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from employee options exercised			132				51
Common shares received and retired for employee taxes paid			(23	)			(37	)
Proceeds from sale of common shares			14,037				—
Payments for offering costs			(112	)			—
Repayment of finance lease liabilities			(13	)			(13	)
Net cash provided by financing activities			14,021				1
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash			(70	)			(100	)
NET INCREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH			8,130				4,085
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH:
At beginning of the period			35,992				11,936
At end of the period		$	44,122			$	16,021

 

 

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