UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
ý | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015
or
¨ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from to
Commission file number: 001-34180
FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 77-0513190 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | |
7000 Shoreline Court, Suite 100
South San Francisco, California 94080
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(650) 266-6000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 ý 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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ý 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 the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ý | Accelerated filer | ¨ | |||
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 ý
As of October 30, 2015, there were 28,792,350 shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding.
FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PART I. | ||
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PART II. | ||
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Item 1A. | ||
Item 5. | Other Information | |
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
FLUIDIGM CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | |||||||
(Note 2) | ||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 28,817 | $ | 33,713 | ||||
Short-term investments | 68,253 | 81,588 | ||||||
Accounts receivable (net of allowances of $88 at September 30, 2015 and $120 at December 31, 2014) | 26,248 | 22,384 | ||||||
Inventories | 19,141 | 15,991 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2,991 | 2,221 | ||||||
Total current assets | 145,450 | 155,897 | ||||||
Long-term investments | 17,033 | 27,499 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | 14,358 | 13,889 | ||||||
Other non-current assets | 3,688 | 3,966 | ||||||
Developed technology, net | 93,850 | 102,200 | ||||||
Goodwill | 104,108 | 104,108 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 378,487 | $ | 407,559 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | 6,303 | $ | 5,919 | ||||
Accrued compensation and related benefits | 3,586 | 6,874 | ||||||
Other accrued liabilities | 9,413 | 9,664 | ||||||
Deferred revenue, current portion | 8,179 | 6,928 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 27,481 | 29,385 | ||||||
Convertible notes, net | 195,626 | 195,455 | ||||||
Deferred tax liability, net | 24,118 | 26,152 | ||||||
Deferred revenue, net of current portion | 4,999 | 4,357 | ||||||
Other non-current liabilities | 2,137 | 1,791 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 254,361 | 257,140 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies (see Note 7) | ||||||||
Stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 | — | — | ||||||
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 200,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014; 28,786 and 28,341 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively | 29 | 28 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 475,504 | 461,362 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (794 | ) | (794 | ) | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (350,613 | ) | (310,177 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders’ equity | 124,126 | 150,419 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 378,487 | $ | 407,559 | ||||
See accompanying notes.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
Revenue: | ||||||||||||||||
Product revenue | $ | 25,101 | $ | 27,291 | $ | 74,749 | $ | 76,326 | ||||||||
Service revenue | 3,487 | 2,273 | 9,043 | 6,166 | ||||||||||||
License revenue | 55 | 71 | 198 | 257 | ||||||||||||
Grant revenue | — | — | — | 217 | ||||||||||||
Total revenue | 28,643 | 29,635 | 83,990 | 82,966 | ||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Cost of product revenue | 10,463 | 10,558 | 31,512 | 27,759 | ||||||||||||
Cost of service revenue | 967 | 863 | 2,529 | 2,321 | ||||||||||||
Research and development | 9,444 | 12,687 | 29,524 | 31,707 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 19,558 | 18,574 | 60,874 | 52,486 | ||||||||||||
Acquisition-related expenses | — | — | — | 10,696 | ||||||||||||
Gain on escrow settlement | (3,986 | ) | — | (3,986 | ) | — | ||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 36,446 | 42,682 | 120,453 | 124,969 | ||||||||||||
Loss from operations | (7,803 | ) | (13,047 | ) | (36,463 | ) | (42,003 | ) | ||||||||
Gain from sale of investment in Verinata | — | 332 | — | 332 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (1,451 | ) | (1,453 | ) | (4,355 | ) | (3,894 | ) | ||||||||
Other expense, net | (377 | ) | (338 | ) | (889 | ) | (308 | ) | ||||||||
Loss before income taxes | (9,631 | ) | (14,506 | ) | (41,707 | ) | (45,873 | ) | ||||||||
Benefit from income taxes | 362 | 716 | 1,271 | 3,987 | ||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (9,269 | ) | $ | (13,790 | ) | $ | (40,436 | ) | $ | (41,886 | ) | ||||
Net loss per share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.32 | ) | $ | (0.49 | ) | $ | (1.41 | ) | $ | (1.52 | ) | ||||
Shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted | 28,758 | 28,085 | 28,677 | 27,613 | ||||||||||||
See accompanying notes.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (9,269 | ) | $ | (13,790 | ) | $ | (40,436 | ) | $ | (41,886 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax | ||||||||||||||||
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities | $ | 11 | $ | 35 | $ | 86 | $ | (5 | ) | |||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | $ | (108 | ) | $ | (137 | ) | $ | (86 | ) | $ | (67 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax | (97 | ) | (102 | ) | — | (72 | ) | |||||||||
Total comprehensive loss | $ | (9,366 | ) | $ | (13,892 | ) | $ | (40,436 | ) | $ | (41,958 | ) | ||||
See accompanying notes.
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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Operating activities | ||||||||
Net loss | $ | (40,436 | ) | $ | (41,886 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 4,030 | 2,922 | ||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | 12,850 | 15,280 | ||||||
Amortization of developed technology | 8,400 | 7,000 | ||||||
Acquisition-related share-based awards acceleration expense | — | 2,648 | ||||||
Non-cash charges for sale of inventory revalued at the date of acquisition | — | 798 | ||||||
Gain from escrow settlement | (3,986 | ) | — | |||||
Gain from sale of investment in Verinata | — | (332 | ) | |||||
Loss on disposal of property and equipment | 87 | — | ||||||
Other non-cash items | 136 | 83 | ||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
Accounts receivable, net | (3,571 | ) | 1,650 | |||||
Inventories | (4,568 | ) | (6,450 | ) | ||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | (728 | ) | (564 | ) | ||||
Other non-current assets | (116 | ) | (662 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable | 702 | 1,453 | ||||||
Deferred revenue | 2,000 | 2,944 | ||||||
Other current liabilities | (3,441 | ) | 146 | |||||
Other non-current liabilities | (1,688 | ) | (4,128 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in operating activities | (30,329 | ) | (19,098 | ) | ||||
Investing activities | ||||||||
Acquisition, net of cash acquired | — | (113,190 | ) | |||||
Purchases of investments | (53,704 | ) | (106,672 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sales and maturities of investments | 77,319 | 41,412 | ||||||
Proceeds from sale of investment in Verinata | — | 332 | ||||||
Purchase of intangible assets | (170 | ) | — | |||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (2,545 | ) | (5,919 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 20,900 | (184,037 | ) | |||||
Financing activities | ||||||||
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes, net | — | 195,212 | ||||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | 5,272 | 4,084 | ||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 5,272 | 199,296 | ||||||
Effect of foreign exchange rate fluctuations on cash and cash equivalents | (739 | ) | (483 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (4,896 | ) | (4,322 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 33,713 | 35,261 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 28,817 | $ | 30,939 | ||||
Supplemental cash flow information: | ||||||||
Issuance of common stock and options related to acquisition | $ | — | $ | 78,196 | ||||
See accompanying notes.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1. Description of Business
Fluidigm Corporation (we, our, or us) was incorporated in the State of California in May 1999 to commercialize microfluidic technology initially developed at the California Institute of Technology. In July 2007, we were reincorporated in Delaware. Our headquarters are located in South San Francisco, California.
We create, manufacture, and market innovative technologies and life-science tools focused on the exploration and analysis of single cells, as well as the industrial application of genomics, based upon our core microfluidics and mass cytometry technologies. We sell instruments and consumables, including integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs), assays, and reagents, to academic institutions, clinical laboratories, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology (Ag-Bio) companies.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and following the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain footnotes or other financial information that are normally required by U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted, and accordingly the balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 has been derived from audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as our annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that are necessary for a fair statement of our financial information. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015 or for any other interim period or for any other future year. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.
The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses, and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates, including critical accounting policies or estimates related to revenue recognition, income tax provisions, stock-based compensation, inventory valuation, allowances for doubtful accounts, and useful lives of long-lived assets. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various relevant assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ significantly from these estimates.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and related financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes in Item 8 of Part II "Financial Statements and Supplementary Data" for the year ended December 31, 2014 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Prior Period Reclassifications
Certain prior period amounts were reclassified to conform with the current period presentation for service revenue and cost of service revenue within our condensed consolidated statement of operations. These reclassifications do not affect total revenue, total costs and expenses, loss from operations, or net loss.
Net Loss per Share
Our basic and diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Restricted stock units and options to purchase common stock are considered to be potentially dilutive common shares but have been excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share as their effect is anti-dilutive for all periods presented.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(Unaudited)
The following potentially dilutive common shares were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the interim periods presented because they would have been anti-dilutive (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
Stock options, restricted stock units and restricted stock awards | $ | 3,839 | $ | 3,900 | $ | 3,839 | $ | 3,900 | ||||||||
Convertible notes | 3,598 | 3,598 | 3,598 | 3,598 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 7,437 | $ | 7,498 | $ | 7,437 | $ | 7,498 | ||||||||
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 are summarized as follows (in thousands):
Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Marketable Securities | Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | ||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | (49 | ) | $ | (745 | ) | $ | (794 | ) | |||
Other comprehensive income | 55 | 139 | 194 | |||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2015 | $ | 6 | $ | (606 | ) | $ | (600 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive (loss) income | 20 | (117 | ) | (97 | ) | |||||||
Balance at June 30, 2015 | $ | 26 | $ | (723 | ) | $ | (697 | ) | ||||
Other comprehensive (loss) income | 11 | (108 | ) | (97 | ) | |||||||
Balance at September 30, 2015 | $ | 37 | $ | (831 | ) | $ | (794 | ) | ||||
Investment, at cost
In February 2013, Illumina, Inc. acquired Verinata Health, Inc. (Verinata) for $350 million in cash and up to an additional $100 million in milestone payments through December 2015. In March 2013, we received cash proceeds of $3.1 million in exchange for our ownership interest in Verinata resulting in a gain of $1.8 million. If a final milestone is met on or before December 31, 2015, we could receive up to $3.2 million in additional proceeds. During the third quarter of 2014, we received cash proceeds of $0.3 million from the escrow account related to our investment in Verinata. We recorded the proceeds as "Gain from sale of investment in Verinata" in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Business Combinations
Assets acquired and liabilities assumed as part of a business acquisition are generally recorded at their fair value at the date of acquisition. The excess of purchase price over the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. Determining fair value of identifiable assets, particularly intangibles, and liabilities acquired also requires management to make estimates, which are based on all available information and in some cases assumptions with respect to the timing and amount of future revenues and expenses associated with an asset. Accounting for business acquisitions requires management to make judgments as to whether a purchase transaction is a multiple element contract, meaning that it includes other transaction components such as a settlement of a preexisting relationship. This judgment and determination affects the amount of consideration paid that is allocable to assets and liabilities acquired in the business purchase transaction (See Note 4).
Long-lived Assets, including Goodwill
Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not subject to amortization, but are tested for impairment on an annual basis during the fourth quarter or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable. We first conduct an assessment of qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If we determine that it is more likely than not that the fair value of our reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, we then conduct a two-step test for impairment of goodwill. In the first step, we compare the fair value of our reporting unit to its carrying value. If the fair value of our reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, goodwill is not considered impaired and no further analysis is required. If the carrying value of the reporting
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unit exceeds its fair value, then the second step of the impairment test must be performed in order to determine the implied fair value of the goodwill. If the carrying value of the goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, then an impairment loss equal to the difference would be recorded.
We evaluate our finite lived intangible assets for indicators of possible impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If any indicator of impairment exists, we assess the recoverability of the affected intangible assets by determining whether the carrying value of the asset can be recovered through undiscounted future operating cash flows. If impairment is indicated, we estimate the asset’s fair value using future discounted cash flows associated with the use of the asset, and adjust the carrying value of the asset accordingly.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
With the exception of those discussed below, there have not been any recent changes in accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 that are of significance or potential significance to us.
In April 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03 (ASU-2015-03), Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. This guidance is intended to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs. These amendments require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. It will be effective for our interim and annual financial statements beginning in the first quarter of 2016 and early adoption is permitted. We will apply the guidance in ASU 2015-03 in our financial statements commencing in the first quarter of 2016, which will result in a reclassification of approximately $1.0 million from Other assets to a reduction of Convertible notes, net.
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 (ASU 2014-09) regarding ASC Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 provides principles for recognizing revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. On July 7, 2015, the FASB amended ASU 2014-09 to defer the effective date by one year with early adoption permitted as of the original effective date. ASU 2014-09 will be effective for our fiscal year beginning January 1, 2018 unless we elect the earlier date of January 1, 2017. We are currently evaluating the accounting, transition, and disclosure requirements of the standard. We have not yet determined whether we will elect early adoption of the standard and cannot currently estimate the financial statement impact of adoption.
In July 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory (ASU 2015-11) which changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to the lower of cost and net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 defines net realizable value as estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. It will be effective for our interim and annual financial statements beginning in the first quarter of 2017 and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the adoption of the provisions of ASU 2015-11 and cannot currently estimate the financial statement impact of adoption.
3. Convertible Notes
On February 4, 2014, we closed an underwritten public offering of $201.3 million aggregate principal amount of our 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2034 (Notes) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated January 29, 2014. The Notes accrue interest at a rate of 2.75% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 2014. The Notes will mature on February 1, 2034, unless earlier converted, redeemed, or repurchased in accordance with the terms of the Notes. The initial conversion rate of the Notes is 17.8750 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share, per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $55.94 per share). The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events. Holders may surrender their Notes for conversion at any time prior to the stated maturity date. On or after February 6, 2018 and prior to February 6, 2021, we may redeem any or all of the Notes in cash if the closing price of our common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price for a specified number of days, and on or after February 6, 2021, we may redeem any or all of the Notes in cash without any such condition. The redemption price of the Notes will equal 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest. Holders may require us to repurchase all or a portion of their Notes on each of February 6, 2021, February 6, 2024, and February 6, 2029 at a repurchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid
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interest. If we undergo a fundamental change, as defined in the terms of the Notes, holders may require us to repurchase the Notes in whole or in part for cash at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest.
In February 2014, we received $195.2 million, net of underwriting discounts, from the issuance of the Notes and incurred approximately $1.1 million in offering-related expenses. We used $113.2 million of the net proceeds to fund the cash portion of the consideration payable by us in connection with our acquisition of DVS Sciences, Inc. (now Fluidigm Sciences Inc.) (DVS) (See Note 4). Interest expense related to the Notes was approximately $1.5 million and $4.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015. Interest expense related to the Notes was approximately $1.5 million and $3.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. Approximately $5.5 million of accrued interest under the Notes became due and was paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.
4. Acquisition
On February 13, 2014 (Acquisition Date), we acquired DVS primarily to broaden our addressable single-cell biology market opportunity and complement our existing product offerings. DVS develops, manufactures, markets, and sells high-parameter single-cell protein analysis systems and related reagents and data analysis tools. DVS’s principal market is the life sciences research market consisting of drug development companies, government research centers, and universities worldwide.
The contractual price for the acquisition was $207.5 million, subject to certain adjustments as specified in the merger agreement. The measurement period for the acquisition ended on February 12, 2015. The aggregate purchase price was determined to be $199.9 million, as detailed in the table below (in thousands):
Estimated Fair Value | ||||
Cash | $ | 126,048 | ||
Issued 1,759,007 shares of Fluidigm common stock | 76,805 | |||
Acquisition consideration paid at Acquisition Date | 202,853 | |||
Accelerated stock compensation (1) | (6,690 | ) | ||
Estimated fair value of vested Fluidigm equivalent stock options (2) | 4,039 | |||
Working capital adjustment | (269 | ) | ||
Aggregate purchase price | $ | 199,933 | ||
(1) | As a part of the acquisition, we accelerated vesting of certain DVS stock options and shares of restricted stock, and incurred a $6.7 million expense, based upon the per share consideration paid to holders of shares of DVS common stock as of February 13, 2014. This expense is accounted for as a separate transaction and reflected in the acquisition-related expenses line of the condensed consolidated statements of operations. |
(2) | In conjunction with the acquisition, we assumed all outstanding DVS stock options and unvested shares of restricted stock and converted, as of the Acquisition Date, the unvested stock options outstanding under the DVS stock option plan |
into unvested stock options to purchase approximately 143,000 shares of Fluidigm common stock and the unvested DVS restricted stock into approximately 186,000 shares of restricted Fluidigm common stock, retaining the original vesting schedules. The fair value of all converted share-based awards was $14.6 million, of which $4.0 million was attributed to the pre-combination service period and was included in the calculation of the purchase price. The remaining fair value will be recognized over the awards’ remaining vesting periods subsequent to the acquisition. The fair value of the Fluidigm equivalent share-based awards as of the Acquisition Date was estimated using the Black-Scholes valuation model.
Approximately 885,000 shares of Fluidigm common stock, with a fair value of $38.6 million as of the Acquisition Date, representing 50.3030% of the shares otherwise payable to the former stockholders of DVS, were deposited into escrow (Escrowed Shares). The Escrowed Shares comprised a portion of the merger consideration and were being held in escrow to secure indemnification obligations under the merger agreement, if any, for a period of 13 to 18 months following the Acquisition Date, subject to any then pending indemnification claims. Under the terms of the merger agreement, fifty percent (50.0%) of the aggregate shares subject to the indemnification escrow were eligible for release on March 13, 2015 (Initial Release Date), and the balance of the shares were eligible for release on August 13, 2015, provided that in each case shares would have continued to be held in escrow in amounts that we reasonably determined in good faith to be necessary to satisfy any claims for which we had delivered a notice of claim which had not been fully resolved between us and the representative of the former stockholders of DVS (Stockholder Representative). Prior to the Initial Release Date, we submitted escrow claim notices under the terms of the
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merger agreement. On April 9, 2015, the Stockholder Representative provided notices objecting to our claims. In July 2015, we entered into a settlement agreement with the Stockholder Representative regarding the claims (Settlement Agreement). Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the parties agreed to release approximately 80% of the Escrowed Shares to the former stockholders of DVS, and the remaining approximately 20% of the Escrowed Shares, or 170,107 shares, to us, which were canceled and returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares. Additionally, the parties agreed to, among other things, release various claims and waive certain rights with respect to the merger agreement. On the settlement date, the 170,107 shares had a value of approximately $4.0 million, which was recorded as gain on escrow settlement during the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Net Assets Acquired
The transaction has been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting which requires that assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their fair values as of the Acquisition Date. The following table summarizes the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the Acquisition Date (in thousands):
Allocation of purchase price | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 8,405 | ||
Accounts receivable, net | 7,698 | |||
Inventories | 3,489 | |||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,482 | |||
Property and equipment, net | 1,202 | |||
Developed technology | 112,000 | |||
Goodwill | 104,108 | |||
Other non-current assets | 88 | |||
Total assets acquired | 238,472 | |||
Accounts payable | (1,114 | ) | ||
Accrued compensation and related benefits | (761 | ) | ||
Other accrued liabilities | (1,204 | ) | ||
Deferred revenue, current portion | (1,844 | ) | ||
Tax payable | (45 | ) | ||
Deferred tax liability | (31,942 | ) | ||
Deferred revenue, net of current portion | (1,629 | ) | ||
Net assets acquired | $ | 199,933 | ||
The following table provides details of intangible assets acquired in connection with the DVS acquisition as of September 30, 2015 (in thousands, except years):
Gross | Accumulated Amortization | Net | Useful Life (years) | ||||||||||||||||
Developed technology | $ | 112,000 | $ | (18,200 | ) | $ | 93,800 | 10 | |||||||||||
We recognized $2.8 million and $8.4 million in intangible asset amortization expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. We recognized $2.8 million and $7.0 million in intangible asset amortization expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Intangible asset amortization expense is recorded in cost of product revenue.
The $104.1 million of goodwill recognized as part of the transaction is attributable primarily to expected synergies and other benefits from the acquisition, including expansion of our addressable market from the single-cell genomics market to the larger single-cell biology market and the ability to leverage our larger global commercial sales organization and infrastructure to expand awareness of DVS's products and technology. Goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes. There were no changes in goodwill between December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2015.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(Unaudited)
Acquisition Costs
Acquisition-related expenses were $10.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and primarily included accelerated vesting of certain DVS restricted stock and options, and consulting, legal, and investment banking fees. These costs are included within the acquisition-related expenses line of the condensed consolidated statements of operations. No such costs were incurred in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015.
5. Balance Sheet Details
Inventories
Inventories consist of the following (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | |||||||
Raw materials | $ | 6,842 | $ | 4,670 | ||||
Work-in-process | 3,765 | 3,524 | ||||||
Finished goods | 8,534 | 7,797 | ||||||
$ | 19,141 | $ | 15,991 | |||||
Property and Equipment, net
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | |||||||
Computer equipment and software | $ | 4,795 | $ | 3,905 | ||||
Laboratory and manufacturing equipment | 21,110 | 17,592 | ||||||
Leasehold improvements | 5,738 | 4,988 | ||||||
Office furniture and fixtures | 1,580 | 1,804 | ||||||
33,223 | 28,289 | |||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | (19,351 | ) | (16,360 | ) | ||||
Construction-in-progress | 486 | 1,960 | ||||||
Property and equipment, net | $ | 14,358 | $ | 13,889 | ||||
Intangible Assets
The total intangible assets, which includes developed technology as a result of the DVS acquisition and other intangible assets included in Developed technology, net and Other non-current assets, was $95.3 million as of September 30, 2015. The estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets as of September 30, 2015 is as follows (in thousands):
Amount | ||||
2015 (remainder of year) | $ | 2,876 | ||
2016 | 11,504 | |||
2017 | 11,489 | |||
2018 | 11,424 | |||
2019 | 11,333 | |||
Thereafter | 46,667 | |||
$ | 95,293 | |||
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(Unaudited)
6. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
As a basis for considering fair value, we follow a three-tier value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
Level I: observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
Level II: inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly; and
Level III: unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which requires us to develop our own assumptions.
Our cash equivalents, which include money market funds, are classified as Level I because they are valued using quoted market prices. Our investments are generally classified as Level II because their value is based on valuations using significant inputs derived from or corroborated by observable market data. Depending on the security, the income and market approaches are used in the model driven valuations. Inputs of these models include recently executed transaction prices in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers and yield curves.
The following table sets forth our financial instruments that were measured at fair value by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level I | Level II | Level III | Total | Level I | Level II | Level III | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Money market funds | $ | 10,836 | $ | 10,836 | $ | 10,220 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 10,220 | ||||||||||||||||||||
U.S. government and agency securities | 85,286 | 85,286 | — | 109,087 | — | 109,087 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets measured at fair value | $ | 10,836 | $ | 85,286 | $ | — | $ | 96,122 | $ | 10,220 | $ | 109,087 | $ | — | $ | 119,307 | ||||||||||||||||
There were no transfers in and out of Level I and Level II fair value measurement categories during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and there were no changes in the valuation techniques used.
The following is a summary of investments at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||
Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gain | Gross Unrealized Loss | Estimated Fair Value | |||||||||||||
U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 85,249 | $ | 37 | $ | — | $ | 85,286 | ||||||||
December 31, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||
Amortized Cost | Gross Unrealized Gain | Gross Unrealized Loss | Estimated Fair Value | |||||||||||||
U.S. government and agency securities | $ | 109,136 | $ | 3 | $ | (52 | ) | $ | 109,087 | |||||||
The contractual maturity dates of $68.3 million of our investments are within one year from September 30, 2015. The contractual maturity dates of our remaining securities are less than eighteen months from September 30, 2015.
Based on an evaluation of securities that were in a loss position, we did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairment charges for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. None of these investments have been in a continuous loss position for more than 12 months. Our conclusion that these losses are not “other-than-temporary” is based on the high credit quality of the securities, their short remaining maturity periods, and our intent and ability to hold such securities until the date of recovery of their respective market values or maturity.
The estimated fair value of the Notes is based on a market approach. The estimated fair value was approximately $144.0 million (par value $201.3 million) as of September 30, 2015 and represents a Level II valuation. When determining the estimated fair value of our long-term debt, we used a commonly accepted valuation methodology and market-based risk measurements that are indirectly observable, such as credit risk.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(Unaudited)
The following is a summary of our cash and cash equivalents (in thousands):
September 30, 2015 | December 31, 2014 | |||||||
Cash | $ | 17,981 | $ | 23,493 | ||||
Money market funds | 10,836 | 10,220 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 28,817 | $ | 33,713 | ||||
7. Commitments and Contingencies
Operating Leases
On April 9, 2013, we entered into an amendment (the 2013 Amendment) to the lease agreement dated September 14, 2010 (as amended, the Lease) relating to the lease of office and laboratory space at our corporate headquarters located in South San Francisco, California. The 2013 Amendment provided for an expansion of the premises covered under the Lease, effective April 1, 2014; an extension of the term of the Lease to April 30, 2020 with an option to renew for an additional five years; payment of base rent with rent escalation; and payment of certain operating expenses during the term of the Lease. The 2013 Amendment also provided for an allowance of approximately $0.7 million for tenant improvements, $0.5 million of which was used for tenant improvements and $0.2 million of which was used to offset base rent obligations in the quarter ended September 30, 2015, and an additional allowance of approximately $0.5 million for tenant improvements, which, if used, will be repaid in equal monthly payments with interest at a rate of 9% per annum over the remaining term of the Lease. We did not use the additional allowance as of September 30, 2015. The total future minimum lease payments for the additional space, which will be paid through April 2020, are approximately $7.1 million as of September 30, 2015.
On June 4, 2014, we entered into an additional amendment to the Lease (the June 2014 Amendment), which provided for an expansion of the premises covered under the Lease by approximately 13,000 square feet, effective October 1, 2014; payment of base rent with rent escalation; and payment of certain operating expenses during the term of the Lease. The June 2014 Amendment also provided for an allowance of approximately $0.2 million for tenant improvements, which was fully utilized by March 31, 2015, and an additional allowance of approximately $0.1 million for tenant improvements, which, if used, will be repaid in equal monthly payments with interest at a rate of 9% per annum over the remaining term of the Lease. The total future minimum lease payments for the additional space, which will be paid through April 2020, are approximately $2.1 million as of September 30, 2015.
On September 15, 2014, we entered into an additional amendment to the Lease (the September 2014 Amendment), which provided for an expansion of the premises covered under the Lease by approximately 9,000 square feet, effective October 1, 2014; payment of base rent with rent escalation; and payment of certain operating expenses during the term of the Lease. The September 2014 Amendment also provided for an allowance of approximately $0.2 million for tenant improvements. The total future minimum lease payments for the additional space, which will be paid through April 2020, are approximately $1.4 million as of September 30, 2015.
On October 14, 2013, Fluidigm Singapore Pte. Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary (Fluidigm Singapore), accepted an offer of tenancy (Singapore Lease) from HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited, as trustee of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (Landlord), relating to the lease of a new facility located in Singapore. Pursuant to the terms of the Singapore Lease, Fluidigm Singapore took possession of the facility commencing on March 3, 2014 for a term of 99 months, and the Singapore Lease and rental obligations thereunder commenced on June 3, 2014. The Singapore Lease also provides Fluidigm Singapore with an option to renew the Singapore Lease for an additional 60 months at the then prevailing market rent, and on similar terms as the existing Singapore Lease. In June 2014, Fluidigm Singapore leased additional space of approximately 2,400 square feet in the same building as the new facility on the same terms as the Singapore Lease (the June 2014 Singapore Lease). We completed the consolidation of our Singapore manufacturing operations in the new space in July 2014 and the site qualification was completed in August 2014. The leases relating to our prior manufacturing facility in Singapore terminated on August 31, 2014. In April 2015, Fluidigm Singapore leased additional space of approximately 10,000 square feet in the same building on the same terms as the Singapore Lease (the April 2015 Singapore Lease). In connection with the April 2015 Singapore Lease, Fluidigm Singapore terminated the June 2014 Singapore Lease as of June 30, 2015. The total future minimum lease payments for the facility, which will be paid through June 2022, are approximately $4.1 million as of September 30, 2015.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(Unaudited)
In connection with our acquisition of DVS (See Note 4), we acquired the operating leases for facilities in Sunnyvale, California and Markham, Ontario, Canada, which expire in July 2016 and April 2016, respectively. The Canada lease includes an option to renew the lease for an additional five years at the then prevailing market rent, and on similar terms as the existing lease. We recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis over the non-cancelable lease term. The total future minimum lease payments for the operating leases in Sunnyvale, California and Markham, Ontario, Canada are approximately $235,000 as of September 30, 2015.
On August 18, 2015, we, Fluidigm Canada Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary (Fluidigm Canada), and Rodick Equities, Inc. (the “Landlord”) entered into an office lease dated as of August 17, 2015 (the New Canada Lease), relating to the lease of approximately 41,145 square feet of office, laboratory, and warehouse space at a facility in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Pursuant to the terms of the New Canada Lease, Fluidigm Canada was in possession of the new space commencing on or about August 27, 2015, and rental obligations thereunder will commence on April 1, 2016 for a term of ten years. The New Canada Lease provided for an allowance for tenant improvements, an option to renew the Lease for an additional five years, and a right of first offer on certain additional space in the building. The total future minimum lease payments for the New Canada Lease, which will be paid through March 31, 2026, are approximately $4.5 million as of September 30, 2015.
Warranty
We accrue for estimated warranty obligations at the time of product shipment. Management periodically reviews the estimated fair value of its warranty liability and records adjustments based on the terms of warranties provided to customers, historical and anticipated warranty claim experience. Activity for our warranty accrual for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, which is included in other accrued liabilities, is summarized below (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
Beginning balance | $ | 1,052 | $ | 1,095 | $ | 1,178 | $ | 344 | ||||||||
Acquired warranty obligation from DVS | 791 | |||||||||||||||
Warranty accrual, net | (36 | ) | 199 | (162 | ) | 159 | ||||||||||
Ending balance | $ | 1,016 | $ | 1,294 | $ | 1,016 | $ | 1,294 | ||||||||
Legal Matters
From time to time, we may be subject to various legal proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of business. We assess contingencies to determine the degree of probability and range of possible loss for potential accrual in our financial statements. An estimated loss contingency is accrued in the financial statements if it is probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.
Pursuant to the terms of a patent cross license agreement with Applied Biosystems, LLC (a subsidiary of Life Technologies Corporation, or Life, and now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific), we were obligated to make a $1.0 million payment to Life upon satisfaction of certain conditions. We do not believe that the conditions triggering the payment obligation have been met; however, on October 16, 2013, Life provided notice that the $1.0 million payment was due and payable under the license agreement. We accrued a loss contingency of $1.0 million on September 30, 2013 and on January 30, 2014, we paid Life the amount due while reserving our rights with respect to such matter. Among other reasons, we made the payment to avoid what would have been, in our view, an improper termination of our license to certain Life patent filings under the agreement, which could have subjected our relevant product lines to risks associated with patent infringement litigation.
8. Stock-Based Compensation
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we granted certain employees options to purchase 72,000 and 399,000 shares of common stock, respectively. The options granted during the three months ended September 30, 2015 had exercise prices ranging from $8.11 to $20.59 and a total grant date fair value of $0.5 million. The options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 had exercise prices ranging from $8.11 to $44.20 and a total grant date fair value of $6.6 million.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we granted certain employees 104,000 and 492,000 restricted stock units, respectively. The restricted stock units granted during the three months ended September 30, 2015 had fair market
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values ranging from $8.11 to $20.03 and a total grant date fair value of $1.4 million. The restricted stock units granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 had fair market values ranging from $8.11 to $44.20 and a total grant date fair value of $16.8 million. The fair value of restricted stock units is determined based on the value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant.
The expenses relating to these options and restricted stock units will be recognized over their respective four-year vesting periods.
We recognized stock-based compensation expense of $4.1 million and $6.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. We recognized stock-based compensation expense of $12.9 million and $15.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. As of September 30, 2015, we had $13.6 million and $20.4 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation costs related to stock options and restricted stock units, respectively, which are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.3 years and 3.0 years, respectively.
In conjunction with the DVS acquisition, we assumed all outstanding DVS stock options and unvested shares of restricted stock (See Note 4). As of September 30, 2015, we had $0.4 million of unrecognized stock-based compensation costs related to the assumed stock options, which are expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of 1.3 years.
9. Income Taxes
The provision or benefit for income taxes for the periods presented differs from the 34% U.S. Federal statutory rate primarily due to maintaining a valuation allowance for U.S. losses and tax assets, which we do not consider to be realizable. We recorded a tax benefit of $0.4 million and $1.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, which was primarily attributable to the amortization of our acquisition-related deferred tax liability, partially offset by tax provision and provision for uncertain tax liabilities related to our foreign operations. The tax benefit of $0.7 million and $4.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, was primarily attributable to the release of the valuation allowance associated with our California deferred tax assets upon recording the foreign and California deferred tax liabilities arising from the DVS acquisition and the deferred tax liabilities arising from amortization of acquired intangible assets.
10. Information about Geographic Areas
We operate in one reporting segment, which is the development, manufacturing, and commercialization of life science analytical and preparatory systems consisting of instruments and consumables for academic institutions, clinical laboratories, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and Ag-Bio companies in growth markets, such as single-cell biology and production genomics.
The following table presents our product and service revenue by geography of our customers for each period presented (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
United States | $ | 13,571 | $ | 16,711 | $ | 41,501 | $ | 42,149 | ||||||||
Europe | 10,049 | 8,077 | 25,977 | 21,991 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 1,218 | 958 | 4,027 | 5,670 | ||||||||||||
Asia-Pacific | 2,316 | 2,792 | 8,430 | 9,496 | ||||||||||||
Other | 1,434 | 1,026 | 3,857 | 3,186 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 28,588 | $ | 29,564 | $ | 83,792 | $ | 82,492 | ||||||||
Our license and grant revenues are primarily generated in the United States. No individual customer represented more than 10% of our revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.
11. Subsequent Events
Some of the intellectual property rights covering our mass cytometry products were subject to a license agreement (the Original License Agreement) between Fluidigm Canada Inc. (Fluidigm Canada) and PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. (PerkinElmer). Under the Original License Agreement, Fluidigm Canada received an exclusive, royalty bearing, worldwide license to certain patents owned by PerkinElmer in the field of ICP-based mass cytometry, including the analysis of elemental tagged materials in connection therewith (the Patents), and a non-exclusive license for reagents outside the field of ICP-based
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mass cytometry. On November 4, 2015, we entered into a patent purchase agreement with PerkinElmer pursuant to which we purchased the Patents for a purchase price of $6.5 million and a patent assignment agreement pursuant to which PerkinElmer transferred and assigned to us all rights, title, privileges, and interest in and to the Patents and the Original License Agreement. Accordingly, we have no further financial obligations to PerkinElmer under the Original License Agreement. Contemporaneously with the purchase of the Patents, we entered into a license agreement with PerkinElmer pursuant to which we granted PerkinElmer a worldwide, non-exclusive, fully paid-up license to the Patents in fields other than (i) ICP-based mass analysis of atomic elements associated with a biological material, including any elements that are unnaturally bound, directly or indirectly, to such biological material (Mass Analysis) and (ii) the development, design, manufacture, and use of equipment or associated reagents for such Mass Analysis. The license will terminate on the last expiration date of the Patents, currently expected to be in December 2025, unless earlier terminated pursuant to the terms of the license agreement.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis should be read together with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q. This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. The forward-looking statements are contained principally in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future cash flow, revenue, sources of revenue and results of operations, operating and other expenses, unit sales, business strategies, financing plans, expansion of our business, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities, and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “could,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. We discuss these risks in greater detail in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this Form 10-Q.
Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future. You should read this Form 10-Q completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.
“Fluidigm,” the Fluidigm logo, “Access Array,” “Biomark,” “C1,” “Callisto,” “CyTOF,” “Delta Gene,” “EP1,” “Helios,” “Juno,” “Polaris,” and “SNP Type,” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Fluidigm Corporation. Other service marks, trademarks, and trade names referred to in this Form 10-Q are the property of their respective owners.
In this Form 10-Q, “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Fluidigm Corporation and its subsidiaries.
Overview
We create, manufacture, and market innovative technologies and life-science tools focused on the exploration and analysis of single cells, as well as the industrial application of genomics, based upon our core microfluidics and mass cytometry technologies. We sell instruments and consumables, including integrated fluidic circuits, or IFCs, assays, and reagents, to academic institutions, clinical laboratories, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology, or Ag-Bio, companies.
We distribute our systems through our direct sales force and support organizations located in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and through distributors or sales agents in several European, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and Asia-Pacific countries. Our manufacturing operations are primarily located in Singapore and Canada. Our facility in Singapore manufactures our genomics instruments, several of which are assembled at facilities of our contract manufacturers in Singapore, with testing and calibration of the assembled products performed at our Singapore facility. All of our IFCs for commercial sale and some IFCs for our research and development purposes are also fabricated at our Singapore facility. Our proteomics analytical instruments are manufactured at our facility in Canada. We also manufacture IFCs for research and development, assays, and reagents at our facilities in South San Francisco, California.
Our total revenue grew from $71.2 million in 2013 to $116.5 million in 2014 (including $20.7 million in revenue from the sales of CyTOF 2 systems and related consumables following our acquisition of DVS Sciences, Inc., or DVS, in February 2014), and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, our total revenue was $84.0 million. We have incurred significant net losses since our inception in 1999 and, as of September 30, 2015, our accumulated deficit was $350.6 million.
Critical Accounting Policies, Significant Judgments and Estimates
Our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue,
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costs, and expenses and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Changes in accounting estimates may occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by our management. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. To the extent there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows will be affected.
Except as otherwise disclosed, there have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, as filed with the SEC on February 26, 2015.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See Note 2 — “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements.
Results of Operations
The following table presents our historical condensed consolidated statements of operations data for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and as a percentage of total revenue for the respective periods ($ in thousands):
Three Months Ended | Nine months ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenue | $ | 28,643 | 100 | % | $ | 29,635 | 100 | % | $ | 83,990 | 100 | % | $ | 82,966 | 100 | % | |||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of product revenue | 10,463 | 37 | 10,558 | 35 | 31,512 | 38 | 27,759 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cost of service revenue | 967 | 3 | 863 | 3 | 2,529 | 3 | 2,321 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Research and development | 9,444 | 33 | 12,687 | 43 | 29,524 | 35 | 31,707 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 19,558 | 68 | 18,574 | 63 | 60,874 | 72 | 52,486 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition-related expenses | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10,696 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gain on escrow settlement | (3,986 | ) | (14 | ) | — | — | (3,986 | ) | (5 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Total costs and expenses | 36,446 | 127 | 42,682 | 144 | 120,453 | 143 | 124,969 | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||
Loss from operations | (7,803 | ) | (27 | ) | (13,047 | ) | (44 | ) | (36,463 | ) | (43 | ) | (42,003 | ) | (50 | ) | |||||||||||
Gain from sale of investment in Verinata | — | — | 332 | 1 | — | — | 332 | - | |||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (1,451 | ) | (5 | ) | (1,453 | ) | (5 | ) | (4,355 | ) | (5 | ) | (3,894 | ) | (5 | ) | |||||||||||
Other expense, net | (377 | ) | (2 | ) | (338 | ) | (1 | ) | (889 | ) | (2 | ) | (308 | ) | — | ||||||||||||
Loss before income taxes | (9,631 | ) | (34 | ) | (14,506 | ) | (49 | ) | (41,707 | ) | (50 | ) | (45,873 | ) | (55 | ) | |||||||||||
Benefit from income taxes | 362 | 2 | 716 | 2 | 1,271 | 2 | 3,987 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (9,269 | ) | (32 | )% | $ | (13,790 | ) | (47 | )% | $ | (40,436 | ) | (48 | )% | $ | (41,886 | ) | (50 | )% | |||||||
Revenue
We generate revenue from sales of our products and services, license agreements, and government grants. Our product revenue consists of sales of instruments and consumables, including IFCs, assays, and other reagents. Our service revenue consists of post-warranty service contracts, preventive maintenance plans, installation, and training. We have entered into license agreements and have received government grants to conduct research and development activities.
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The following table presents our revenue by source for each period presented (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||
Revenue: | ||||||||||||||||
Instruments | $ | 15,057 | $ | 15,576 | $ | 42,757 | $ | 42,161 | ||||||||
Consumables | 10,044 | 11,715 | 31,992 | 34,165 | ||||||||||||
Product revenue | 25,101 | 27,291 | 74,749 | 76,326 | ||||||||||||
Service revenue | 3,487 | 2,273 | 9,043 | 6,166 | ||||||||||||
License revenue | 55 | 71 | 198 | 257 | ||||||||||||
Grant revenue | — | — | — | 217 | ||||||||||||
Total revenue | $ | 28,643 | $ | 29,635 | $ | 83,990 | $ | 82,966 | ||||||||
The following table presents our product and service revenue by geography and as a percentage of total product and service revenue, respectively, by geography of our customers for each period presented ($ in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, | Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | 2014 | 2015 | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States | $ | 13,571 | 48 | % | $ | 16,711 | 57 | % | $ | 41,501 | 50 | % | $ | 42,149 | 51 | % | ||||||||||||
Europe | 10,049 | 35 | 8,077 | 27 | 25,977 | 31 | 21,991 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Japan | 1,218 | 4 | 958 | 3 | 4,027 | 5 | 5,670 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Asia-Pacific | 2,316 | 8 | 2,792 | 9 | 8,430 | 10 | 9,496 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 1,434 | 5 | 1,026 | 4 | 3,857 | 4 | 3,186 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 28,588 | 100 | % | $ | 29,564 | 100 | % | $ | 83,792 | 100 | % | $ | 82,492 | 100 | % | ||||||||||||
Our customers include academic research institutions, clinical laboratories, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and Ag-Bio companies worldwide. Total revenue, excluding license and grant revenue, from our five largest customers comprised 13% and 13% of our total revenue in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, and 15% and 16% in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively.
We currently expect revenues for 2015 to be lower than 2014.
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014
Total Revenue
Total revenue decreased by $1.0 million, or 3%, to $28.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $29.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014.
Product Revenue
Product revenue decreased by $2.2 million, or 8%, to $25.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $27.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014.
Instrument revenue decreased by $0.5 million, or 3%, to $15.1 million, primarily driven by a decrease in unit sales of Biomark HD, C1, and Access Array systems, as well as negative effects of foreign currency of $1.0 million. This decrease was partially offset by increased unit sales of our CyTOF/Helios systems and, to a lesser extent, contribution from new products, such as the Juno, Polaris, and Callisto systems.
Consumables revenue decreased by $1.7 million, or 14%, to $10.0 million, primarily due to a decrease in unit sales from production genomics applications, as well as negative effects of foreign currency, which reduced consumables revenues by $0.5 million. Annualized IFC pull-through for our genomics analytical systems was within our revised range of $25,000 and $35,000 per system per year, compared to a range of $40,000 to $50,000 per system per year in 2014. IFC pull-through for our genomics
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preparatory systems was within our expected range of $15,000 to $25,000 per system per year, and consumables pull-through for our proteomics analytical systems was within the historical range of $50,000 to $70,000 per system per year. IFC pull-through is determined by dividing the applicable IFC revenue for a specific period by the number of genomics analytical or preparatory systems, as applicable, in our installed base at the beginning of the period. Similarly, consumables pull-through for proteomics analytical systems is determined by dividing the related consumables revenue for a specific period by the number of proteomics analytical systems in our installed base at the beginning of the period. The IFC and consumables pull-through amounts are annualized by multiplying the pull-through amounts by a ratio, the numerator of which equals 12 and the denominator of which equals the number of months in the specific period.
We expect total unit sales of both instruments and consumables to increase over time as we continue our efforts to grow our customer base, expand our geographic market coverage, and launch new products. However, we expect the average selling prices of our products to fluctuate over time based on market conditions, product mix, and currency fluctuations.
Service Revenue
Service revenue increased by $1.2 million, or 53%, to $3.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014, primarily due to increased sales of post-warranty service contracts and increased installation and training for our CyTOF/Helios systems. Service revenue for prior periods, which were previously recorded in product revenue within our condensed consolidated statement of operations, have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
Cost of Product and Service Revenue
The following table presents our cost of product revenue, cost of service revenue, product margin, and service margin for each period presented ($ in thousands), respectively:
Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Cost of product revenue | $ | 10,463 | $ | 10,558 | ||||
Product margin | 58 | % | 61 | % | ||||
Cost of service revenue | 967 | 863 | ||||||
Service margin | 72 | % | 62 | % | ||||
Cost of product revenue includes manufacturing costs incurred in the production process, including component materials, labor and overhead, packaging, and delivery costs. In addition, cost of product revenue includes amortization of developed technology, royalty costs for licensed technologies included in our products, warranty, provisions for slow-moving and obsolete inventory, and stock-based compensation expense. Cost of service revenue includes direct labor hours, overhead, and instrument parts. Costs related to license and grant revenue are included in research and development expense.
Cost of product revenue decreased by $0.1 million, or 1%, to $10.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $10.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014. Cost of product revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 includes $2.8 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets resulting from our acquisition of DVS. Overall cost of product revenue as a percentage of related revenue was 42% and 39%, including 11% and 10% related to these charges, for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Product margins declined 3 percentage points during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the corresponding period in 2014, primarily due to the impact of higher consumables manufacturing costs driven by overall lower volume of production, and a change in sales mix.
Cost of service revenue increased by $0.1 million, or 12%, to $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 from $0.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014. Overall cost of service revenue as a percentage of related revenue was 28% and 38% for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The service margins increased 10 percentage points during the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the corresponding period in 2014 mainly due to a decrease in instrument parts. Cost of service revenue for prior periods, which were previously recorded in cost of product revenue within our condensed consolidated statement of operations, have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
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Operating Expenses
The following table presents our operating expenses for each period presented (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Research and development | $ | 9,444 | $ | 12,687 | ||||
Selling, general and administrative | 19,558 | 18,574 | ||||||
Total | $ | 29,002 | $ | 31,261 | ||||
Research and Development
Research and development expense consists primarily of personnel and independent contractor costs, prototype and material expenses, and other allocated facilities and information technology expenses. We have made substantial investments in research and development since our inception. Our research and development efforts have focused primarily on enhancing our technologies and supporting development and commercialization of new and existing products and services.
Research and development expense decreased $3.2 million, or 26%, to $9.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $12.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014, primarily due to a decrease in stock-based compensation expenses of $2.0 million resulting from the vesting in 2014 of a substantial portion of the equity awards issued in connection with the DVS acquisition according to their vesting terms; lower project-related costs of $0.6 million; reduced outside services costs of $0.4 million; and reduced bonus expense of $0.7 million; partially offset by higher headcount and compensation-related costs of $0.3 million.
We believe that our continued investment in research and development is essential to our long-term competitive position and these expenses may increase in future periods.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel costs for our sales and marketing, business development, finance, legal, human resources, and general management, as well as professional services, such as legal and accounting services.
Selling, general and administrative expense for the three months ended September 30, 2015 increased $1.0 million, or 5%, to $19.6 million, compared to $18.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014, primarily driven by higher headcount and compensation-related costs of $1.4 million; increased legal and other outside services costs of $0.7 million; and increased facilities expenses of $0.3 million; partly offset by reduced bonus expense of $1.0 million and decreased marketing and tradeshow expenses of $0.3 million.
We expect selling, general and administrative expense to increase in future periods as we continue to grow our sales, technical support, marketing, and administrative headcount, support increased product sales, broaden our customer base, and incur additional costs to support our expanding global footprint and the overall growth in our business.
Gain on Escrow Settlement
Approximately 885,000 shares of Fluidigm common stock were deposited into escrow, or Escrowed Shares, in connection with our acquisition of DVS in February 2014. The Escrowed Shares comprised a portion of the merger consideration and were being held in escrow to secure indemnification obligations under the merger agreement, if any, for a period of 13 to 18 months following the acquisition, subject to any then pending indemnification claims. Under the terms of the merger agreement, fifty percent (50.0%) of the aggregate shares subject to the indemnification escrow were eligible for release on March 13, 2015, or the Initial Release Date, and the balance of the shares were eligible for release on August 13, 2015, provided that in each case shares would have continued to be held in escrow in amounts that we reasonably determined in good faith to be necessary to satisfy any claims for which we had delivered a notice of claim which had not been fully resolved between us and the representative of the former stockholders of DVS, or Stockholder Representative. Prior to the Initial Release Date, we submitted escrow claim notices under the terms of the merger agreement, which were objected to by the Stockholder Representative. In July 2015, we entered into a settlement agreement with the Stockholder Representative regarding the claims pursuant to which the parties agreed to release approximately 80% of the Escrowed Shares to the former stockholders of DVS, and the remaining
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approximately 20% of the Escrowed Shares, or 170,107 shares, to us, which were canceled and returned to the status of authorized and unissued shares. On the settlement date, the 170,107 shares had a value of approximately $4.0 million, which was recorded to gain on escrow settlement during the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Gain from Sale of Investment in Verinata
In February 2013, Illumina, Inc. acquired Verinata Health, Inc., or Verinata, for $350 million in cash and up to an additional $100 million in milestone payments through 2015. In March 2013, we received cash proceeds of $3.1 million in exchange for our ownership interest in Verinata resulting in a gain of $1.8 million. During the third quarter of 2014, we received cash proceeds of $0.3 million from the escrow account related to Verinata. We recorded the proceeds as Gain from sale of investment in Verinata in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Interest Expense and Other Income and Expense, Net
We have incurred interest expense and amortization of debt discount related to our long-term debt. The following table presents interest expense and other (expense) income, net for each period presented (in thousands):
Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Interest expense | $ | (1,451 | ) | $ | (1,453 | ) | ||
Other expense, net | (377 | ) | (338 | ) | ||||
Total | $ | (1,828 | ) | $ | (1,791 | ) | ||
On February 4, 2014, we closed an underwritten public offering of $201.3 million aggregate principal amount of our 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2034, or the Notes. The Notes accrue interest at a rate of 2.75% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 2014. The Notes will mature on February 1, 2034, unless earlier converted, redeemed, or repurchased in accordance with the terms of the Notes.
Benefit from Income Taxes
We recorded a tax benefit of $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015. The tax benefit was primarily attributable to the amortization of our acquisition-related deferred tax liability, partially offset by tax provision from our foreign operations. The tax benefit of $0.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2014 was primarily attributable to amortization of our acquisition-related deferred tax liability and income tax benefit from our foreign operations.
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014
Total Revenue
Total revenue increased by $1.0 million, or 1%, to $84.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $83.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Product Revenue
Product revenue decreased by $1.6 million, or 2%, to $74.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $76.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Instrument revenue increased by $0.6 million, or 1%, to $42.8 million, primarily due to an increase in unit sales of CyTOF/Helios systems and, to a lesser extent, contribution from new products, including the Juno, Polaris, and Callisto systems. These revenue increases were partially offset by decreases in unit sales of Biomark HD, C1, and Access Array systems, as well as negative effects of foreign currency of $2.8 million.
Consumables revenue decreased by $2.2 million, or 6%, to $32.0 million, primarily due to a decrease in unit sales of analytical IFCs and, to a lesser extent, a decrease in unit sales of Access Array IFCs and assays. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in sales of C1 IFCs; antibodies in line with increased unit sales of CyTOF/Helios systems; and reagents. In addition, negative impacts of foreign currency reduced consumables revenues by $1.8 million.
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Service Revenue
Service revenue increased by $2.9 million, or 47%, to 9.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $6.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, primarily due to increased sales of post-warranty service contracts and increased installation and training for our CyTOF/Helios systems. Service revenue for prior periods, which were previously recorded in product revenue within our condensed consolidated statement of operations, have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
Grant Revenue
Grant revenue consists of a grant from California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, or CIRM. Our CIRM grant was awarded in 2011 in the amount of $1.9 million to be earned over a three-year period which ended in April 2014. The CIRM grant revenue is recognized as the related research and development services are performed and costs associated with the grants are recognized as research and development expense during the period incurred.
We did not receive any grant revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Grant revenue was $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Cost of Product and Service Revenue
The following table presents our cost of product revenue, cost of service revenue, product margin, and service margin for each period presented ($ in thousands), respectively:
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Cost of product revenue | $ | 31,512 | $ | 27,759 | ||||
Product margin | 58 | % | 64 | % | ||||
Cost of service revenue | 2,529 | 2,321 | ||||||
Service margin | 72 | % | 62 | % | ||||
Cost of product revenue includes manufacturing costs incurred in the production process, including component materials, labor and overhead, packaging, and delivery costs. In addition, cost of product revenue includes amortization of developed technology, royalty costs for licensed technologies included in our products, warranty, provisions for slow-moving and obsolete inventory, and stock-based compensation expense. Cost of service revenue includes direct labor hours, overhead, and instrument parts. Costs related to license and grant revenue are included in research and development expense.
Cost of product revenue increased by $3.8 million, or 14%, to $31.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $27.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Cost of product revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 includes $8.4 million of amortization of acquired intangible assets resulting from our acquisition of DVS, an increase of $1.4 million when compared to the comparable period in 2014, partially offset by charges from inventory step-up expensed during 2014 related to the acquisition of approximately $0.8 million. Overall cost of product revenue as a percentage of related revenue was 42% and 36%, including 11% and 10% related to these charges, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Product margin declined 6 percentage points during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the corresponding period in 2014 mainly due to higher IFC and reagent manufacturing costs driven by overall lower volume of production, lower average instrument selling prices, and a change in sales mix.
Cost of service revenue increased by $0.2 million, or 9%, to $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 from $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Overall cost of service revenue as a percentage of related revenue was 28% and 38% for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The service margin increased 10 percentage points during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the corresponding period in 2014 mainly due to a decrease in instrument parts. Cost of service revenue for prior periods, which were previously recorded in cost of product revenue within our condensed consolidated statement of operations, have been reclassified to conform with the current period presentation.
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Operating Expenses
The following table presents our operating expenses for each period presented (in thousands):
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Research and development | $ | 29,524 | $ | 31,707 | ||||
Selling, general and administrative | 60,874 | 52,486 | ||||||
Total | $ | 90,398 | $ | 84,193 | ||||
Research and Development
Research and development expense consists primarily of personnel and independent contractor costs, prototype and material expenses, and other allocated facilities and information technology expenses. We have made substantial investments in research and development since our inception. Our research and development efforts have focused primarily on enhancing our technologies and supporting development and commercialization of new and existing products and services.
Research and development expense decreased $2.2 million, or 7%, to $29.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, compared to $31.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, primarily due to a decrease in stock-based compensation expenses of $3.9 million resulting from the vesting in 2014 of a substantial portion of the equity awards issued in connection with the DVS acquisition according to their vesting terms, and reduced bonus expense of $1.0 million, partially offset by higher headcount and compensation-related costs of $1.9 million, and increased allocated and other costs of $1.0 million.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expense consists primarily of personnel costs for our sales and marketing, business development, finance, legal, human resources, and general management, as well as professional services, such as legal and accounting services.
Selling, general and administrative expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased $8.4 million, or 16%, to $60.9 million, compared to $52.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, primarily driven by an increase in stock-based compensation expenses of $1.3 million; higher headcount and compensation-related costs of $4.0 million; increased legal and other outside services costs of $4.3 million; and depreciation and amortization of $0.6 million; partly offset by reduced bonus expense of $1.7 million and decreased marketing, tradeshow, and travel expenses of $0.2 million.
Acquisition-Related Expenses
Acquisition-related expenses of $10.7 million incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 primarily included accelerated vesting of certain DVS restricted stock and stock options, and consulting, legal, and investment banking fees relating to our acquisition of DVS.
Gain on escrow settlement
Approximately 885,000 shares of Fluidigm common stock were deposited into escrow, or Escrowed Shares, in connection with our acquisition of DVS in February 2014. The Escrowed Shares comprised a portion of the merger consideration and were being held in escrow to secure indemnification obligations under the merger agreement, if any, for a period of 13 to 18 months following the acquisition, subject to any then pending indemnification claims. Under the terms of the merger agreement, fifty percent (50.0%) of the aggregate shares subject to the indemnification escrow were eligible for release on March 13, 2015, or the Initial Release Date, and the balance of the shares were eligible for release on August 13, 2015, provided that in each case shares would have continued to be held in escrow in amounts that we reasonably determined in good faith to be necessary to satisfy any claims for which we had delivered a notice of claim which had not been fully resolved between us and the representative of the former stockholders of DVS, or Stockholder Representative. Prior to the Initial Release Date, we submitted escrow claim notices under the terms of the merger agreement, which were objected to by the Stockholder Representative. In July 2015, we entered into a settlement agreement with the Stockholder Representative regarding the claims pursuant to which the parties agreed to release approximately 80% of the Escrowed Shares to the former stockholders of DVS, and the remaining approximately 20% of the Escrowed Shares, or 170,107 shares, to us, which were canceled and returned to the status of
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authorized and unissued shares. On the settlement date, the 170,107 shares had a value of approximately $4.0 million, which was recorded to gain on escrow settlement during the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Gain from sale of investment in Verinata
On February 2013, Illumina, Inc. acquired Verinata Health, Inc., or Verinata, for $350 million in cash and up to an additional $100 million in milestone payments through 2015. In March 2013, we received cash proceeds of $3.1 million in exchange for our ownership interest in Verinata resulting in a gain of $1.8 million. During the third quarter of 2014, we received cash proceeds of $0.3 million from the escrow account related to Verinata. We recorded the proceeds as "Gain from sale of investment in Verinata" in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Interest Expense and Other Income and Expense, Net
We have incurred interest expense and amortization of debt discount related to our long-term debt. The following table presents interest expense and other (expense) income, net for each period presented (in thousands):
Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Interest expense | $ | (4,355 | ) | $ | (3,894 | ) | ||
Other expense | (889 | ) | (308 | ) | ||||
Total | $ | (5,244 | ) | $ | (4,202 | ) | ||
On February 4, 2014, we closed an underwritten public offering of $201.3 million aggregate principal amount of our 2.75% Senior Convertible Notes due 2034, or the Notes. The Notes accrue interest at a rate of 2.75% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 2014. The Notes will mature on February 1, 2034, unless earlier converted, redeemed, or repurchased in accordance with the terms of the Notes.
Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased by $0.5 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014 due to accrual of interest under the terms of the Notes for the nine months of 2015, as compared to a partial comparable period in 2014.
Other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 increased by $0.6 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2014 primarily due to losses from revaluation of certain foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities during the first nine months of 2015 compared to 2014.
Benefit from Income Taxes
We recorded a tax benefit of $1.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. The tax benefit was primarily attributable to the amortization of our acquisition-related deferred tax liability, partially offset by tax provision and provision for uncertain tax liabilities related to our foreign operations. The tax benefit of $4.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was primarily attributable to the release of the valuation allowance associated with our California deferred tax assets upon recording the foreign and California deferred tax liabilities arising from the DVS acquisition and the deferred tax liabilities arising from amortization of acquired intangible assets.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources of Liquidity
As of September 30, 2015, our principal sources of liquidity consisted of $28.8 million of cash and cash equivalents and $85.3 million of investments. As of September 30, 2015, our working capital excluding deferred revenue totaled $126.1 million.
The following table presents our cash flow summary for each period presented (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
2015 | 2014 | |||||||
Cash flow summary | ||||||||
Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (30,329 | ) | $ | (19,098 | ) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 20,900 | (184,037 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | 5,272 | 199,296 | ||||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (4,896 | ) | (4,322 | ) | ||||
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
We derive cash flows from operations primarily from cash collected from the sale of our products and services, license agreements, and grants from certain government entities. Our cash flows from operating activities are also significantly influenced by our use of cash for operating expenses to support the growth of our business. We have historically experienced negative cash flows from operating activities as we have expanded our business and built our infrastructure domestically and internationally, and this may continue in the future.
Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 was $30.3 million, and consisted of net loss of $40.4 million, less non-cash adjustments of $21.5 million, plus net change in assets and liabilities of $11.4 million. Non-cash items primarily included stock-based compensation expense of $12.9 million, depreciation and amortization of $4.0 million, and amortization of developed technology of $8.4 million, partially offset by $4.0 million in gain on escrow settlement. The net change in assets and liabilities was primarily driven by increases in inventory and accounts receivable, and decreases in long-term liabilities; partially offset by an increase in deferred revenue.
Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was $19.1 million, and consisted of net loss of $41.9 million, less non-cash adjustments of $28.4 million, plus net change in assets and liabilities of $5.6 million. Non-cash items primarily included stock-based compensation expense of $ 15.3 million, amortization of developed technology of $7.0 million, depreciation and amortization of $2.9 million, and $3.4 million of acquisition-related charges. The net change in assets and liabilities was primarily driven by increases in inventory and other long-term liabilities; partially offset by increases in deferred revenue and accounts payable, and a decrease in accounts receivable.
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
Our primary investing activities consist of purchases, sales, and maturities of our short-term and long-term investments, and capital expenditures for manufacturing, laboratory, and computer equipment and software to support our expanding infrastructure and work force. We expect to continue to expand our manufacturing capability, including improvements in manufacturing productivity, and expect to incur additional costs for capital expenditures related to these efforts in future periods. In addition, we expect to continue to incur costs for capital expenditures for demonstration units and loaner equipment to support our sales and service efforts, and computer equipment and software to support our growth.
Net cash provided by investing activities was $20.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Net cash provided by investing activities primarily consisted of $77.3 million of proceeds from sales and maturities of investments, partially offset by purchases of investments of $53.7 million, capital expenditures of $2.5 million and the purchase of intangible assets of $0.2 million primarily to support growth in our employee base worldwide and manufacturing operations.
Net cash used in investing activities was $184.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Net cash used by investing activities primarily consisted of $113.2 million related to the acquisition of DVS, net of acquired cash of $8.4 million, and excluding $4.1 million attributed to the acceleration of DVS share-based awards and classified as used in operating activities; purchases of investment of $106.7 million; and capital expenditures of $5.9 million primarily to support growth in our
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manufacturing operations; partially offset by proceeds from sales and maturities of investments of $41.4 million, and additional proceeds from the 2013 sale of our investment in Verinata of $0.3 million.
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities was $5.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and consists of proceeds received in connection with the exercise of options for our common stock.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $199.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and consists of net proceeds of $195.2 million from the issuance of the Notes and $4.1 million from proceeds received in connection with the exercise of options for our common stock.
Capital Resources
At September 30, 2015, our working capital excluding deferred revenue was $126.1 million, including cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments of $97.1 million. On November 4, 2015, we purchased certain patents from PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. for a cash purchase price of $6.5 million. (See Note 11 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the purchase). We believe our existing cash, cash equivalents, and investments will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for at least the next 18 months. However, we may experience lower than expected cash generated from operating activities or greater than expected capital expenditures, cost of revenue, or operating expenses, and we may need to raise additional capital to expand the commercialization of our products, expand and fund our operations, further our research and development activities, or acquire or invest in a business. Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including market acceptance of our products, the cost of our research and development activities, the cost of filing and prosecuting patent applications, the cost associated with litigation or disputes relating to intellectual property rights or otherwise, the cost and timing of regulatory clearances or approvals, if any, the cost and timing of establishing additional sales, marketing, and distribution capabilities, the cost and timing of establishing additional technical support capabilities, and the effect of competing technological and market developments. In the future, we may acquire businesses or technologies from third parties, and we may decide to raise additional capital through debt or equity financing to the extent we believe this is necessary to successfully complete these acquisitions. We currently have no material commitments or agreements relating to any such acquisitions.
If we require additional funds in the future, we may not be able to obtain such funds on acceptable terms, or at all. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity securities, our stockholders may experience dilution. Debt financing, if available, may involve covenants restricting our operations or our ability to incur additional debt. Any debt or additional equity financing that we raise may contain terms that are not favorable to us or our stockholders. If we raise additional funds through collaboration and licensing arrangements with third parties, it may be necessary to relinquish some rights to our technologies or our products, or grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us. If we are unable to raise adequate funds, we may have to liquidate some or all of our assets, or delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate some or all of our development programs. If we do not have, or are not able to obtain, sufficient funds, we may have to delay development or commercialization of our products or license to third parties the rights to commercialize products or technologies that we would otherwise seek to commercialize. We also may have to reduce marketing, customer support, research and development, or other resources devoted to our products or cease operations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of September 30, 2015, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Contractual Obligations and Commitments
On April 9, 2013, we entered into an amendment (the 2013 Amendment) to the lease agreement dated September 14, 2010 (as amended, the Lease) relating to the lease of office and laboratory space at our corporate headquarters located in South San Francisco, California. The 2013 Amendment provided for an expansion of the premises covered under the Lease, effective April 1, 2014; an extension of the term of the Lease to April 30, 2020 with an option to renew for an additional five years; payment of base rent with rent escalation; and payment of certain operating expenses during the term of the Lease. The 2013 Amendment also provided for an allowance of approximately $0.7 million for tenant improvements, $0.5 million of which was used for tenant improvements and $0.2 million of which was used to offset base rent obligations in the quarter ended September 30, 2015, and an additional allowance of approximately $0.5 million for tenant improvements, which, if used, will be repaid in equal monthly payments with interest at a rate of 9% per annum over the remaining term of the Lease. The total future minimum lease payments for the additional space, which will be paid through April 2020, are approximately $7.1 million as of September 30, 2015.
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On June 4, 2014, we entered into an additional amendment to the Lease (the June 2014 Amendment), which provided for an expansion of the premises covered under the Lease by approximately 13,000 square feet, effective October 1, 2014; payment of base rent with rent escalation; and payment of certain operating expenses during the term of the Lease. The June 2014 Amendment also provided for an allowance of approximately $0.2 million for tenant improvements, which was fully utilized by March 31, 2015, and an additional allowance of approximately $0.1 million for tenant improvements, which, if used, will be repaid in equal monthly payments with interest at a rate of 9% per annum over the remaining term of the Lease. The total future minimum lease payments for the additional space, which will be paid through April 2020, are approximately $2.1 million as of September 30, 2015.
On September 15, 2014, we entered into an additional amendment to the Lease (the September 2014 Amendment), which provided for an expansion of the premises covered under the Lease by approximately 9,000 square feet, effective October 1, 2014; payment of base rent with rent escalation; and payment of certain operating expenses during the term of the Lease. The September 2014 Amendment also provided for an allowance of approximately $0.2 million for tenant improvements. The total future minimum lease payments for the additional space, which will be paid through April 2020, are approximately $1.4 million as of September 30, 2015.
On October 14, 2013, Fluidigm Singapore Pte. Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary (Fluidigm Singapore), accepted an offer of tenancy (Singapore Lease) from HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited, as trustee of Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (Landlord), relating to the lease of a new facility located in Singapore. Pursuant to the terms of the Singapore Lease, Fluidigm Singapore took possession of the facility commencing on March 3, 2014 for a term of 99 months, and the Singapore Lease and rental obligations thereunder commenced on June 3, 2014. The Singapore Lease also provides Fluidigm Singapore with an option to renew the Singapore Lease for an additional 60 months at the then prevailing market rent, and on similar terms as the existing Singapore Lease. In June 2014, Fluidigm Singapore leased additional space of approximately 2,400 square feet in the same building as the new facility on the same terms as the Singapore Lease (the June 2014 Singapore Lease). We completed the consolidation of our Singapore manufacturing operations in the new space in July 2014 and the site qualification was completed in August 2014. The leases relating to our prior manufacturing facility in Singapore terminated on August 31, 2014. In April 2015, Fluidigm Singapore leased additional space of approximately 10,000 square feet in the same building on the same terms as the Singapore Lease (the April 2015 Singapore Lease). In connection with the April 2015 Singapore Lease, Fluidigm Singapore terminated the June 2014 Singapore Lease as of June 30, 2015. The total future minimum lease payments for the facility, which will be paid through June 2022, are approximately $4.1 million as of September 30, 2015.
In connection with our acquisition of DVS, we acquired the operating leases for facilities in Sunnyvale, California and Markham, Ontario, Canada, which expire in July 2016 and April 2016, respectively. (See Note 4 to our unaudited consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding the acquisition). The Canada lease includes an option to renew the lease for an additional five years at the then prevailing market rent, and on similar terms as the existing lease. We recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis over the non-cancelable lease term. The total future minimum lease payments for the operating leases in Sunnyvale, California and Markham, Ontario, Canada are approximately $235,000 as of September 30, 2015.
On August 18, 2015, we, Fluidigm Canada Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (Fluidigm Canada), and Rodick Equities, Inc. (Landlord) entered into an office lease dated as of August 17, 2015 (the New Canada Lease), relating to the lease of approximately 41,145 square feet of office, laboratory, and warehouse space at a facility in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Pursuant to the terms of the New Canada Lease, Fluidigm Canada was in possession of the new space commencing on or about August 27, 2015, and rental obligations thereunder will commence on April 1, 2016 for a term of ten years. The New Canada Lease provides for an allowance for tenant improvements, an option to renew the Lease for an additional five years, and a right of first offer on certain additional space in the Building. The total future minimum lease payments for the New Canada Lease, which will be paid through March 31, 2026, are approximately $4.5 million as of September 30, 2015.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Our market risk exposure is primarily a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We do not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
As we expand internationally, our results of operations and cash flows will become increasingly subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Our revenue is generally denominated in the local currency of the contracting
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party. Historically, the majority of our revenue has been denominated in U.S. dollars. Our expenses are generally denominated in the currencies in which our operations are located, which is primarily in the United States, with a portion of expenses incurred in Singapore and Canada where our manufacturing facilities are located. Our results of operations and cash flows are, therefore, subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The volatility of exchange rates depends on many factors that we cannot forecast with reliable accuracy. We have experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in our net loss as a result of transaction gains or losses related to revaluing certain current asset and current liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. We experienced foreign currency losses of $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 primarily due to the strengthening of the U.S. dollar, whereas the impact of foreign currency fluctuations in the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was not material. To date, we have not entered into any foreign currency hedging contracts although we may do so in the future. As our international operations grow, we will continue to reassess our approach to manage our risk relating to fluctuations in currency rates.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
We had cash and cash equivalents of $28.8 million at September 30, 2015. These amounts were held primarily in cash on deposit with banks and cash equivalents. We had $85.3 million in investments at September 30, 2015 held primarily in U.S. government and agency securities. The contractual maturity dates of $68.3 million of our U.S. government and agency securities are within one year from September 30, 2015. The contractual maturity dates of our remaining U.S. government and agency securities are less than eighteen months from September 30, 2015. Cash and cash equivalents and investments are held for working capital purposes. Due to the short-term nature of these investments, we believe that we do not have any material exposure to changes in the fair value of our investment portfolio as a result of changes in interest rates. Declines in interest rates, however, will reduce future investment income. If overall interest rates had decreased by 10% during the periods presented, our interest income would not have been materially affected.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
We do not have material exposure to market risk with respect to investments. We do not use derivative financial instruments for speculative or trading purposes. However, we may adopt specific hedging strategies in the future.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2015. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to
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allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2015, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended September 30, 2015 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls
Control systems, no matter how well conceived and operated, are designed to provide a reasonable, but not an absolute, level of assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Because of the inherent limitations in any control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
We are not currently engaged in any material legal proceedings.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
We operate in a rapidly changing environment that involves numerous uncertainties and risks. The following risks and uncertainties may have a material and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations. You should consider these risks and uncertainties carefully, together with all of the other information included or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-Q. If any of the risks or uncertainties we face were to occur, the trading price of our securities could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Related to Fluidigm’s Business and Strategy
Market opportunities may not develop as quickly as we expect, limiting our ability to successfully sell our products, or our product development and strategic plans may change and our entry into certain markets may be delayed, if it occurs at all.
The application of our technologies to single-cell biology (across genomics and proteomics) and production genomics applications are emerging market opportunities. We believe these opportunities will take several years to develop or mature and we cannot be certain that these market opportunities will develop as we expect. The future growth of the single-cell biology market and the success of our products depend on many factors beyond our control, including recognition and acceptance by the scientific community, and the growth, prevalence, and costs of competing methods of genetic and protein analysis. If the market for single-cell biology and production genomics do not develop as we expect, our business may be adversely affected. Additionally, our success in these markets may depend to a large extent on our ability to successfully sell products using our technologies. If we are not able to successfully market and sell our products, or to achieve the revenue or margins we expect, our operating results may be harmed and we may not recover our product development and marketing expenditures. In addition, our product development and strategic plans may change, which could delay or impede our entry into these markets.
Our financial results and revenue growth rates have varied significantly from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year due to a number of factors, and a significant variance in our operating results or rates of growth, if any, could lead to substantial volatility in our stock price.
Our revenue, results of operations, and revenue growth rates have varied in the past and may continue to vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter or year-to-year. For example, in 2011, 2012, and 2014, we experienced higher sales in the fourth quarter than in the first quarter of the next fiscal year. Although this was not the case in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared to the first quarter of 2014, this historical trend resumed in 2015, and we expect it to continue. Additionally, for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015, we experienced year-over-year revenue growth rates that were substantially lower than revenue growth rates experienced in other periods since our initial public offering, and we experienced a year-over-year decline in revenue for the quarter ended September 30, 2015. We currently expect revenue for 2015 to be lower than 2014. We may experience substantial variability in our product mix from period-to-period as revenue from sales of our instruments relative to sales of our consumables may fluctuate or deviate significantly from expectations. Variability in our quarterly or annual results of operations, mix of product revenue, or rates of revenue growth, if any, may lead to volatility in our stock price as research analysts and investors respond to these fluctuations. These fluctuations are due to numerous factors that are difficult to forecast, including: fluctuations in demand for our products; changes in customer budget cycles and capital spending; seasonal variations in customer operations; tendencies among some customers to defer purchase decisions to the end of the quarter; the large unit value of our systems; changes in our pricing and sales policies or the pricing and sales policies of our competitors; our ability to design, manufacture, market, sell, and deliver products to our customers in a timely and cost-effective manner; quality control or yield problems in our manufacturing operations; our ability to timely obtain adequate quantities of the materials or components used in our products, which in certain cases are purchased through sole and single source suppliers; new product introductions and enhancements by us and our competitors; unanticipated increases in costs or expenses; our complex, variable and, at times, lengthy sales cycle; global economic conditions; and fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Additionally, we have certain customers who have historically placed large orders in multiple quarters during a calendar year. A significant reduction in orders from one or more of these customers could adversely affect our revenue and operating results, and if these customers defer
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or cancel purchases or otherwise alter their purchasing patterns, our financial results and actual results of operations could be significantly impacted. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could harm our results.
The foregoing factors, as well as other factors, could materially and adversely affect our quarterly and annual results of operations and rates of revenue growth, if any. We have experienced significant revenue growth in the past but we may not achieve similar growth rates in future periods. We currently expect revenues for 2015 to be lower than 2014. You should not rely on our operating results for any prior quarterly or annual period as an indication of our future operating performance. If we are unable to maintain adequate revenue growth, our operating results could suffer and our stock price could decline. In addition, a significant amount of our operating expenses are relatively fixed due to our manufacturing, research and development, and sales and general administrative efforts. Any failure to adjust spending quickly enough to compensate for a shortfall relative to our anticipated revenue could magnify the adverse impact of such shortfalls on our results of operations. We expect that our sales will continue to fluctuate on an annual and quarterly basis and that our financial results for some periods may be below those projected by securities analysts, which could significantly decrease the price of our common stock.
We have incurred losses since inception, and we may continue to incur substantial losses for the foreseeable future.
We have a limited operating history and have incurred significant losses in each fiscal year since our inception, including net losses of $40.4 million, $41.9 million, and $11.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and years 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of September 30, 2015, we had an accumulated deficit of $350.6 million. These losses have resulted principally from costs incurred in our research and development programs, and from our manufacturing costs and selling, general, and administrative expenses. We believe that our continued investment in research and development, sales, and marketing is essential to our long-term competitive position and future growth, and we expect these expenses will increase in future periods. We also expect that our selling, general, and administrative expenses will continue to increase due to the additional operational costs associated with the growth of our business. Until we are able to generate additional revenue to support our level of operating expenses, we will continue to incur operating and net losses and negative cash flow from operations. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with our commercialization efforts and future product development, we are unable to predict when we will become profitable, and we may never become profitable. Even if we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase our profitability.
The carrying value of long-lived and intangible assets may become impaired and result in an impairment charge.
As of September 30, 2015, we had approximately $199.4 million of intangible assets, net of amortization, and goodwill. In addition, if in the future we acquire additional complementary businesses or technologies, a substantial portion of the value of such assets may be recorded as intangible assets or goodwill. The carrying amounts of intangible assets and goodwill are affected whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any asset may not be recoverable. Such events or changes might include a significant decline in market share, a significant decline in revenues, a significant increase in losses or decrease in profits, rapid changes in technology, failure to achieve the benefits of capacity increases and utilization, significant litigation arising out of an acquisition, or other matters. Adverse events or changes in circumstances may affect the estimated undiscounted future operating cash flows expected to be derived from intangible assets and goodwill. If at any time we determine that an impairment has occurred, we will be required to reflect the impaired value as a charge, resulting in a reduction in earnings in the quarter such impairment is identified and a corresponding reduction in our net asset value. The potential recognition of impairment in the carrying value, if any, could have a material and adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
If our research and product development efforts do not result in commercially viable products within anticipated timelines, if at all, our business and results of operations will be adversely affected.
Our business is dependent on the improvement of our existing products, our development of new products to serve existing markets, and our development of new products to create new markets and applications that were previously not practical with existing systems. We intend to devote significant personnel and financial resources to research and development activities designed to advance the capabilities of our technology. We have developed design rules for the implementation of our technology that are frequently revised to reflect new insights we have gained about the technology. In addition, we have discovered that biological or chemical reactions sometimes behave differently when implemented on our systems rather than in a standard laboratory environment. Furthermore, many such reactions take place within the confines of single cells, which have also demonstrated unexpected behavior when grown and manipulated within microfluidic environments. As a result, research and development efforts may be required to transfer certain reactions and cell handling techniques to our systems. In the past, product
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development projects have been significantly delayed when we encountered unanticipated difficulties in implementing a process on our systems. We may have similar delays in the future, and we may not obtain any benefits from our research and development activities. Any delay or failure by us to develop and release new products or product enhancements would have a substantial adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
If one or more of our manufacturing facilities become unavailable or inoperable, we will be unable to continue manufacturing our instruments, IFCs, assays, and/or reagents and, as a result, our business will be harmed until we are able to secure a new facility.
We manufacture all of our genomics analytical and preparatory instruments and integrated fluidic circuits, or IFCs, for commercial sale at our facility in Singapore, our proteomics analytical instruments for commercial sale at our facility in Canada, and our assays and reagents for commercial sale at our facility in South San Francisco. No other manufacturing facilities are currently available to us, particularly facilities of the size and scope required by our Singapore and Canada operations. Our facilities and the equipment we use to manufacture our instruments, IFCs, assays, and reagents would be costly to replace and could require substantial lead time to repair or replace. Our facilities may be harmed or rendered inoperable by natural or man-made disasters, which may render it difficult or impossible for us to manufacture our products for some period of time. If any of our facilities become unavailable to us, we cannot provide assurances that we will be able to secure a new manufacturing facility on acceptable terms, if at all. The inability to manufacture our products, combined with our limited inventory of manufactured supplies, may result in the loss of customers or harm our reputation, and we may be unable to reestablish relationships with those customers in the future. Although we possess insurance for damage to our property and the disruption of our business, this insurance may not be sufficient to cover all of our potential losses and may not continue to be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. If our manufacturing capabilities are impaired, we may not be able to manufacture and ship our products in a timely manner, which would adversely impact our business.
We may experience development or manufacturing problems or delays that could limit the growth of our revenue or increase our losses.
We may encounter unforeseen situations in the manufacturing and assembly of our products that would result in delays or shortfalls in our production. For example, our production processes and assembly methods may have to change to accommodate any significant future expansion of our manufacturing capacity, which may increase our manufacturing costs, delay production of our products, reduce our product margin, and adversely impact our business.
Additionally, all of our IFCs for commercial sale are manufactured at our facility in Singapore. Production of the elastomeric block that is at the core of our IFCs is a complex process requiring advanced clean rooms, sophisticated equipment, and strict adherence to procedures. Any contamination of the clean room, equipment malfunction, or failure to strictly follow procedures can significantly reduce our yield in one or more batches. We have in the past experienced variations in yields due to such factors. A drop in yield can increase our cost to manufacture our IFCs or, in more severe cases, require us to halt the manufacture of our IFCs until the problem is resolved. Identifying and resolving the cause of a drop in yield can require substantial time and resources.
Furthermore, developing an IFC for a new application may require developing a specific production process for that type of IFC. While all of our IFCs are produced using the same basic processes, significant variations may be required to ensure adequate yield of any particular type of IFC. Developing such a process can be very time consuming, and any unexpected difficulty in doing so can delay the introduction of a product.
If our manufacturing activities are adversely impacted, or if we are otherwise unable to keep up with demand for our products by successfully manufacturing, assembling, testing, and shipping our products in a timely manner, our revenue could be impaired, market acceptance for our products could be adversely affected and our customers might instead purchase our competitors’ products.
We are dependent on single and sole source suppliers for some of the components and materials used in our products, and the loss of any of these suppliers could harm our business.
We rely on single and sole source suppliers for certain components and materials used in our products. Additionally, several of our instruments are assembled at the facilities of contract manufacturers in Singapore. We do not have long term contracts with our suppliers of these components and materials or our assembly service providers. The loss of a single or sole source supplier of
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any of the following components and/or materials would require significant time and effort to locate and qualify an alternative source of supply, if at all:
• | The IFCs used in our microfluidic systems are fabricated using a specialized polymer, and other specialized materials, that are available from a limited number of sources. In the past, we have encountered quality issues that have reduced our manufacturing yield or required the use of additional manufacturing processes. |
• | Specialized pneumatic and electronic components for our C1, Callisto, Juno, and Polaris systems are available from a limited number of sources. |
• | The electron multiplier detector included in the CyTOF and Helios systems and certain metal isotopes used with the CyTOF and Helios systems are purchased from sole source suppliers. |
• | The nickel sampler cone used with the CyTOF and Helios systems is purchased from single source suppliers and is available from a limited number of sources. |
• | The raw materials for our Delta Gene and SNP Type assays and Access Array target-specific primers are available from a limited number of sources. |
Our reliance on single and sole source suppliers and assembly service providers also subjects us to other risks that could harm our business, including the following:
• | we may be subject to increased component or assembly costs; |
• | we may not be able to obtain adequate supply or services in a timely manner or on commercially reasonable terms; |
• | our suppliers or service providers may make errors in manufacturing or assembly of components that could negatively affect the efficacy of our products or cause delays in shipment of our products; and |
• | our suppliers or service providers may encounter capacity constraints or financial hardships unrelated to our demand for components or services, which could inhibit their ability to fulfill our orders and meet our requirements. |
We have in the past experienced quality control and supply problems with some of our suppliers, such as manufacturing errors, and may again experience problems in the future. We may not be able to quickly establish additional or replacement suppliers, particularly for our single source components, or assembly service providers. Any interruption or delay in the supply of components or materials or assembly of our instruments, or our inability to obtain components, materials, or assembly services from alternate sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner, could impair our ability to meet the demand of our customers and cause them to cancel orders or switch to competitive products.
If our products fail to achieve and sustain sufficient market acceptance, our revenue will be adversely affected.
Our success depends, in part, on our ability to develop and market products that are recognized and accepted as reliable, enabling and cost-effective. Most of our potential customers already use expensive research systems in their laboratories and may be reluctant to replace those systems. Market acceptance of our systems will depend on many factors, including our ability to convince potential customers that our systems are an attractive alternative to existing technologies. Compared to some competing technologies, our technology is relatively new, and most potential customers have limited knowledge of, or experience with, our products. Prior to adopting our systems, some potential customers may need to devote time and effort to testing and validating our systems. Any failure of our systems to meet these customer benchmarks could result in customers choosing to retain their existing systems or to purchase systems other than ours.
In addition, it is important that our systems be perceived as accurate and reliable by the scientific and medical research community as a whole. Historically, a significant part of our sales and marketing efforts has been directed at convincing industry leaders of the advantages of our systems and encouraging such leaders to publish or present the results of their evaluation of our system. If we are unable to continue to induce leading researchers to use our systems, or if such researchers are unable to achieve and publish or present significant experimental results using our systems, acceptance and adoption of our systems will be slowed and our ability to increase our revenue would be adversely affected.
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Our future success is dependent upon our ability to expand our customer base and introduce new applications.
Our customer base is primarily composed of academic institutions, clinical laboratories that use our technology to develop tests, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology, or Ag-Bio, companies that perform analyses for research and commercial purposes. Our success will depend, in part, upon our ability to increase our market share among these customers, attract additional customers outside of these markets, and market new applications to existing and new customers as we develop such applications. Attracting new customers and introducing new applications require substantial time and expense. For example, it may be difficult to identify, engage, and market to customers who are unfamiliar with the current applications of our systems. Any failure to expand our existing customer base or launch new applications would adversely affect our ability to increase our revenue.
The life science research and applied markets are highly competitive and subject to rapid technological change, and we may not be able to successfully compete.
The markets for our products are characterized by rapidly changing technology, evolving industry standards, changes in customer needs, emerging competition, new product introductions, and strong price competition. We compete with both established and development stage life science research companies that design, manufacture, and market instruments and consumables for gene expression analysis, single-cell targeted gene expression or protein expression analysis, single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping, or SNP genotyping, polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, digital PCR, other nucleic acid detection, flow cytometry, cell imaging, and additional applications using well established laboratory techniques, as well as newer technologies such as bead encoded arrays, microfluidics, nanotechnology, high-throughput DNA sequencing, microdroplets, and photolithographic arrays. Most of our current competitors have significantly greater name recognition, greater financial and human resources, broader product lines and product packages, larger sales forces, larger existing installed bases, larger intellectual property portfolios, and greater experience and scale in research and development, manufacturing, and marketing than we do. For example, companies such as Affymetrix, Inc., Agena Bioscience, Inc., Agilent Technologies, Inc., Becton, Dickinson and Company, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Cellular Research, Inc., Danaher Corporation, Illumina, Inc., Life Technologies Corporation (now part of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.), LGC Limited, Luminex Corporation, Millipore Corporation, NanoString Technologies, Inc., PerkinElmer, Inc. (through its acquisition of Caliper Life Sciences, Inc.), RainDance Technologies, Inc., Roche Diagnostics Corporation, Sony Corporation, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., and WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. have products that compete in certain segments of the market in which we sell our products.
Competitors may be able to respond more quickly and effectively than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards, or customer requirements. In light of these advantages, even if our technology is more effective than the product or service offerings of our competitors, current or potential customers might accept competitive products and services in lieu of purchasing our technology. We anticipate that we will face increased competition in the future as existing companies and competitors develop new or improved products and as new companies enter the market with new technologies. Increased competition is likely to result in pricing pressures, which could reduce our profit margins and increase our sales and marketing expenses. In addition, mergers, consolidations, or other strategic transactions between two or more of our competitors, or between our competitor and one of our key customers, could change the competitive landscape and weaken our competitive position, adversely affecting our business.
Our business depends on research and development spending levels of academic, clinical, and governmental research institutions, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and Ag-Bio companies, a reduction in which could limit our ability to sell our products and adversely affect our business.
We expect that our revenue in the foreseeable future will be derived primarily from sales of our systems and IFCs to academic institutions, clinical laboratories that use our technology to develop tests, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and Ag-Bio companies worldwide. Our success will depend upon their demand for and use of our products. Accordingly, the spending policies of these customers could have a significant effect on the demand for our technology. These policies may be based on a wide variety of factors, including concerns regarding any future federal government budget sequestrations, the availability of resources to make purchases, the spending priorities among various types of equipment, policies regarding spending during recessionary periods, and changes in the political climate. In addition, academic, governmental, and other research institutions that fund research and development activities may be subject to stringent budgetary constraints that could result in spending reductions, reduced allocations, or budget cutbacks, which could jeopardize the ability of these customers to purchase our products. Our operating results may fluctuate substantially due to reductions and delays in research and development expenditures
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by these customers. For example, reductions in capital and operating expenditures by these customers may result in lower than expected sales of our systems and IFCs. These reductions and delays may result from factors that are not within our control, such as:
• | changes in economic conditions; |
• | natural disasters; |
• | changes in government programs that provide funding to research institutions and companies; |
• | changes in the regulatory environment affecting life science and Ag-Bio companies engaged in research and commercial activities; |
• | differences in budget cycles across various geographies and industries; |
• | market-driven pressures on companies to consolidate operations and reduce costs; |
• | mergers and acquisitions in the life science and Ag-Bio industries; and |
• | other factors affecting research and development spending. |
Any decrease in our customers’ budgets or expenditures, or in the size, scope, or frequency of capital or operating expenditures, could materially and adversely affect our operations or financial condition.
We may not be able to develop new products or enhance the capabilities of our existing systems to keep pace with rapidly changing technology and customer requirements, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, revenue, financial condition, and operating results.
Our success depends on our ability to develop new products and applications for our technology in existing and new markets, while improving the performance and cost-effectiveness of our systems. New technologies, techniques, or products could emerge that might offer better combinations of price and performance than our current or future product lines and systems. Existing markets for our products, including single-cell biology and production genomics, as well as potential markets for our products such as high-throughput DNA sequencing and molecular diagnostics applications, are characterized by rapid technological change and innovation. It is critical to our success for us to anticipate changes in technology and customer requirements and to successfully introduce new, enhanced, and competitive technology to meet our customers’ and prospective customers’ needs on a timely and cost-effective basis. Developing and implementing new technologies will require us to incur substantial development costs and we may not have adequate resources available to be able to successfully introduce new applications of, or enhancements to, our systems. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to maintain technological advantages over emerging technologies in the future. While we typically plan improvements to our systems, we may not be able to successfully implement these improvements. If we fail to keep pace with emerging technologies, demand for our systems will not grow and may decline, and our business, revenue, financial condition, and operating results could suffer materially. In addition, if we introduce enhanced systems but fail to manage product transitions effectively, customers may delay or forgo purchases of our systems and our operating results may be adversely affected by product obsolescence and excess inventory. Even if we successfully implement some or all of these planned improvements, we cannot guarantee that our current and potential customers will find our enhanced systems to be an attractive alternative to existing technologies, including our current products.
Being regulated as a medical device manufacturer by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and foreign regulatory authorities, and seeking approval and/or clearance for our products, will take significant time and expense and may not result in FDA clearance or approval for the intended uses we believe are commercially attractive. If our products are successfully approved and/or cleared, we will be subject to ongoing and extensive regulatory requirements, which would increase our costs and divert resources away from other projects. If we fail to comply with these requirements, our business and financial condition could be adversely impacted.
Our products are currently labeled, promoted and sold to academic institutions, life sciences laboratories, and pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and Ag-Bio companies for research purposes only, or RUO, and cannot be used for diagnostic tests or as medical devices as currently marketed. Before we can begin to label and market our products for use as, or in the
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performance of, clinical diagnostics in the United States, thereby subjecting them to FDA regulation as medical devices, we would be required to obtain premarket 510(k) clearance or pre-market approval from the FDA, unless an exception applies.
We recently announced our plan to register with the FDA as a medical device manufacturer and list some of our products with the FDA pursuant to an FDA Class I listing for general purpose laboratory equipment within the next 12 months. While this regulatory classification is exempt from certain FDA requirements, such as the need to submit a premarket notification commonly known as a 510(k), and most of the requirements of the FDA’s Quality System Regulations, or QSRs, we will be subject to ongoing FDA “general controls,” which include compliance with FDA regulations for labeling, inspections by the FDA, complaint evaluation, corrections and removals reporting, promotional restrictions, reporting adverse events or malfunctions for our products, and general prohibitions against misbranding and adulteration.
In addition, we plan to submit 510(k) premarket notifications to the FDA to obtain FDA clearance of certain of our products on a selected basis. Although we plan to submit 510(k)s, it is possible that the FDA will take the position that a more burdensome premarket application, such as a premarket approval application or a de novo application is required for some of our products. If such applications are required, greater time and investment would be required to obtain FDA approval. Even if the FDA agrees that a 510(k) is appropriate, FDA clearance can be expensive and time consuming. It generally takes a significant amount of time to prepare a 510(k), including conducting appropriate testing on our products, and several months to years for the FDA to review a submission. Notwithstanding the effort and expense, FDA clearance or approval may be denied for some or all of our products. Even if we were to obtain regulatory approval or clearance, it may not be for the uses we believe are important or commercially attractive.
If we receive regulatory clearance or approval for our products, we will be subject to ongoing FDA obligations and continued regulatory oversight and review, including the general controls listed above and the FDA’s QSRs for our manufacturing operations. In addition, we may be required to obtain a new 510(k) clearance before we can introduce subsequent modifications or improvements to our products. We may also be subject to additional FDA post-marketing obligations, any or all of which would increase our costs and divert resources away from other projects. If we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance with applicable laws, we may be prohibited from marketing our products for use as, or in the performance of, clinical diagnostics and/or may be subject to enforcement actions, including warning letters and adverse publicity, fines, injunctions, and civil penalties; recall or seizure of products; operating restrictions; and criminal prosecution.
We intend to seek similar regulatory clearance or approval for our products in countries outside of the United States. Sales of our products outside the United States will be subject to foreign regulatory requirements, which vary greatly from country to country. As a result, the time required to obtain clearances or approvals outside the United States may differ from that required to obtain FDA clearance or approval and we may not be able to obtain foreign regulatory approvals on a timely basis or at all. Clearance or approval by the FDA does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries, and approval by one foreign regulatory authority does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries or by the FDA. In addition, the FDA regulates exports of medical devices. Failure to comply with these regulatory requirements or obtain required approvals could impair our ability to commercialize our products for diagnostic use outside of the United States.
Our products could become subject to regulation as medical devices by the FDA or other regulatory agencies, before we have obtained regulatory clearance or approval to market our products for diagnostic purposes, which would adversely impact our ability to market and sell our products and harm our business.
As products that are currently labeled, promoted and intended for RUO, our products are not currently subject to regulation as medical devices by the FDA or comparable agencies of other countries. However, the FDA or comparable agencies of other countries could disagree with our conclusion that our products are currently intended for research use only or deem our current marketing and promotional efforts as being inconsistent with research use only products. For example, our customers may elect to use our research use only labeled products in their own laboratory developed tests, or LDTs, for clinical diagnostic use. The FDA has historically exercised enforcement discretion in not enforcing the medical device regulations against laboratories offering LDTs. However, on October 3, 2014, the FDA issued two draft guidance documents that set forth the FDA’s proposed risk-based framework for regulating LDTs, which are designed, manufactured, and used within a single laboratory. The draft guidance documents provide the anticipated details through which the FDA would propose to establish an LDT oversight framework, including premarket review for higher-risk LDTs, such as those that have the same intended use as FDA-approved or cleared companion diagnostics currently on the market. The FDA held a public workshop and accepted comments on the two draft guidance documents and is currently assessing next steps for implementing the framework for regulating LDTs. At the same time, various legislative proposals have been floated that would take differing approaches to the regulation of LDTs. It is also
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possible that companies or associations will attempt to bring litigation against the FDA arguing that the FDA lacks legal authority over LDTs. We cannot predict how these various efforts will be resolved, how FDA will regulate LDTs in the future, or how that regulatory system will impact our business.
Additionally, on November 25, 2013, the FDA issued Final Guidance “Distribution of In Vitro Diagnostic Products Labeled for Research Use Only.” The guidance emphasizes that the FDA will review the totality of the circumstances when it comes to evaluating whether equipment and testing components are properly labeled as RUO. The final guidance states that merely including a labeling statement that the product is for research purposes only will not necessarily render the device exempt from the FDA’s clearance, approval, and other regulatory requirements if the circumstances surrounding the distribution of the product indicate that the manufacturer knows its product is, or intends for its product to be, used for clinical diagnostic purposes. These circumstances may include written or verbal marketing claims or links to articles regarding a product’s performance in clinical applications and a manufacturer’s provision of technical support for clinical applications.
If the FDA modifies its approach to our products labeled and intended for RUO, or otherwise determines our products or related applications should be subject to additional regulation as in vitro diagnostic devices based upon our customers’ use of our products for clinical diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, before we have obtained regulatory clearance or approval to market our products for diagnostic purposes, our ability to market and sell our products could be impeded and our business, prospects, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected. In addition, if the FDA determines that our products labeled for RUO were intended, based on a review of the totality of circumstances, for use in clinical investigation or diagnosis, those products could be considered misbranded or adulterated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and subject to recall and/or other enforcement action.
Compliance or the failure to comply with current and future regulations, such as environmental regulations enacted in the European Union, could cause us significant expense and adversely impact our business.
We are subject to many federal, state, local, and foreign regulations relating to various aspects of our business operations. Governmental entities at all levels are continuously enacting new regulations, and it is difficult to identify all applicable regulations and anticipate how such regulations will be implemented and enforced. We continue to evaluate the necessary steps for compliance with applicable regulations. To comply with applicable regulations, we have and will continue to incur significant expense and allocate valuable internal resources to manage compliance-related issues. In addition, such regulations could restrict our ability to expand or equip our facilities, or could require us to acquire costly equipment or to incur other significant expenses to comply with the regulations. For example, the Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, or RoHS, and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, or WEEE, enacted in the European Union, regulate the use of certain hazardous substances in, and require the collection, reuse, and recycling of waste from, products we manufacture. Certain of our products sold in these countries are subject to WEEE requirements and may become subject to RoHS requirements. These and similar regulations that have been or are in the process of being enacted in other countries may require us to redesign our products, use different types of materials in certain components, or source alternative components to ensure compliance with applicable standards, and may reduce the availability of parts and components used in our products by negatively impacting our suppliers’ ability to source parts and components in a timely and cost-effective manner. Any such redesigns, required use of alternative materials, or limited availability of parts and components used in our products may detrimentally impact the performance of our products, add greater testing lead times for product introductions, reduce our product margins, or limit the markets for our products, and if we fail to comply with any present and future regulations, we could be subject to future fines, penalties, and restrictions, such as the suspension of manufacturing of our products or a prohibition on the sale of products we manufacture. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our business, financial condition, or results of operations.
If we are unable to recruit and retain key executives, scientists, and technical support personnel, we may be unable to achieve our goals. We may have difficulty attracting, motivating, and retaining executives and other key employees in light of our recent acquisition.
Our performance is substantially dependent on the performance of our senior management, particularly Gajus V. Worthington, our president and chief executive officer. Additionally, to expand our research and product development efforts, we need key scientists skilled in areas such as molecular and cellular biology, assay development, and manufacturing. We also need highly trained technical support personnel with the necessary scientific background and ability to understand our systems at a technical level to effectively support potential new customers and the expanding needs of current customers. Competition for these people is intense. Because of the complex and technical nature of our systems and the dynamic market in which we
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compete, any failure to attract and retain a sufficient number of qualified employees could materially harm our ability to develop and commercialize our technology.
The loss of the services of any member of our senior management or our scientific or technical support staff might significantly delay or prevent the development of our products or achievement of other business objectives by diverting management’s attention to transition matters and identification of suitable replacements, if any, and could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, our research and product development efforts could be delayed or curtailed if we are unable to attract, train, and retain highly skilled employees, particularly, senior scientists and engineers. We do not maintain fixed term employment contracts or significant key man life insurance with any of our employees.
If we are unable to integrate future acquisitions successfully, our operating results and prospects could be harmed.
In addition to our acquisition of DVS, we may make additional acquisitions to improve our product offerings or expand into new markets. Our future acquisition strategy will depend on our ability to identify, negotiate, complete, and integrate acquisitions and, if necessary, to obtain satisfactory debt or equity financing to fund those acquisitions. Mergers and acquisitions are inherently risky, and any transaction we complete may not be successful. Our acquisition of DVS was our first acquisition of another company. Any merger or acquisition we may pursue would involve numerous risks, including but not limited to the following:
• | difficulties in integrating and managing the operations, technologies, and products of the companies we acquire; |
• | diversion of our management’s attention from normal daily operation of our business; |
• | our inability to maintain the key business relationships and the reputations of the businesses we acquire; |
• | our inability to retain key personnel of the acquired company; |
• | uncertainty of entry into markets in which we have limited or no prior experience and in which competitors have stronger market positions; |
• | our dependence on unfamiliar affiliates and customers of the companies we acquire; |
• | insufficient revenue to offset our increased expenses associated with acquisitions; |
• | our responsibility for the liabilities of the businesses we acquire, including those which we may not anticipate; and |
• | our inability to maintain internal standards, controls, procedures, and policies. |
We may be unable to secure the equity or debt funding necessary to finance future acquisitions on terms that are acceptable to us. If we finance acquisitions by issuing equity or convertible debt securities, our existing stockholders will likely experience dilution, and if we finance future acquisitions with debt funding, we will incur interest expense and may have to comply with financial covenants and secure that debt obligation with our assets.
Adverse conditions in the global economy and disruption of financial markets may significantly harm our revenue, profitability, and results of operations.
The global credit and financial markets have in recent years experienced volatility and disruptions, including diminished liquidity and credit availability, increased concerns about inflation and deflation, and the downgrade of U.S. debt and exposure risks on other sovereign debts, decreased consumer confidence, lower economic growth, volatile energy costs, increased unemployment rates, and uncertainty about economic stability. Volatility and disruption of financial markets could limit our customers’ ability to obtain adequate financing or credit to purchase and pay for our products in a timely manner or to maintain operations, which could result in a decrease in sales volume that could harm our results of operations. General concerns about the fundamental soundness of domestic and international economies may also cause our customers to reduce their purchases. Changes in governmental banking, monetary, and fiscal policies to address liquidity and increase credit availability may not be effective. Significant government investment and allocation of resources to assist the economic recovery of sectors which do not include our customers may reduce the resources available for government grants and related funding for life science, Ag-Bio, and clinical
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research and development. Continuation or further deterioration of these financial and macroeconomic conditions could significantly harm our sales, profitability, and results of operations.
We generate a substantial portion of our revenue internationally and are subject to various risks relating to such international activities, which could adversely affect our sales and operating performance. In addition, any disruption or delay in the shipping or off-loading of our products, whether domestically or internationally, may have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and years 2014 and 2013, approximately 50%, 52%, and 46%, respectively, of our product revenue was generated from sales to customers located outside of the United States. We believe that a significant percentage of our future revenue will come from international sources as we expand our international operations and develop opportunities in other countries. Engaging in international business inherently involves a number of difficulties and risks, including:
• | required compliance with existing and changing foreign regulatory requirements and laws that are or may be applicable to our business in the future, such as the WEEE and RoHS directives, which regulate the use of certain hazardous substances in, and require the collection, reuse, and recycling of waste from, products we manufacture; |
• | required compliance with anti-bribery laws, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and U.K. Bribery Act, data privacy requirements, labor laws, and anti-competition regulations; |
• | export or import restrictions; |
• | laws and business practices favoring local companies; |
• | longer payment cycles and difficulties in enforcing agreements and collecting receivables through certain foreign legal systems; |
• | unstable economic, political, and regulatory conditions; |
• | potentially adverse tax consequences, tariffs, customs charges, bureaucratic requirements, and other trade barriers; |
• | difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations; and |
• | difficulties protecting or procuring intellectual property rights. |
If one or more of these risks occurs, it could require us to dedicate significant resources to remedy, and if we are unsuccessful in finding a solution, our financial results will suffer.
In addition, a majority of our product sales are currently denominated in U.S. dollars and fluctuations in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to foreign currencies could decrease demand for our products and adversely impact our financial performance. For example, if the value of the U.S. dollar increases relative to foreign currencies, our products could become more costly to the international consumer and therefore less competitive in international markets, or if the value of the U.S. dollar decreases relative to the Singapore dollar or the Canadian dollar, it would become more costly in U.S. dollars for us to manufacture our products in Singapore and/or in Canada. Additionally, our expenses are generally denominated in the currencies of the countries in which our operations are located, which is primarily in the United States, with a portion of expenses incurred in Singapore and Canada where a significant portion of our manufacturing operations are located. Our results of operations and cash flows are, therefore, subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The volatility of exchange rates depends on many factors that we cannot forecast with reliable accuracy. We have experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in our net income or loss as a result of transaction gains or losses related to revaluing certain current asset and current liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded. For example, we experienced foreign currency losses of $1.2 million, $1.1 million, and $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Fluctuations in currency exchange rates could have an adverse impact on our financial results in the future.
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We rely on shipping providers to deliver products to our customers globally. Labor, tariff, or World Trade Organization-related disputes, piracy, physical damage to shipping facilities or equipment caused by severe weather or terrorist incidents, congestion at shipping facilities, inadequate equipment to load, dock, and offload our products, energy-related tie-ups, or other factors could disrupt or delay shipping or off-loading of our products domestically and internationally. Such disruptions or delays may have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to risks related to taxation in multiple jurisdictions and if taxing authorities disagree with our interpretations of existing tax laws or regulations, our effective income tax rate could be adversely affected and we could have additional tax liability.
We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgments based on interpretations of existing tax laws or regulations are required in determining the provision for income taxes. For example, we have made certain interpretations of existing tax laws or regulations based upon the operations of our business internationally and we have implemented intercompany agreements based upon these interpretations and related transfer pricing analyses. If the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authorities disagree with the positions, our effective income tax rate could be adversely affected and we could have additional tax liability, including interest and penalties. We recently completed a review of our European corporate structure and tax positions and, based upon our existing business operations, we plan to restructure our European intercompany transactions, which is likely to increase our income tax liability. From time to time, we may review our corporate structure and tax positions in other international jurisdictions and such review may result in additional changes to how we structure our international business operations, which may adversely impact our effective income tax rate. Our effective income tax rate could also be adversely affected by changes in the mix of earnings in tax jurisdictions with different statutory tax rates, changes in the valuation of deferred tax assets and liabilities, changes in existing tax laws or tax rates, changes in the level of non-deductible expenses (including share-based compensation), changes in our future levels of research and development spending, mergers and acquisitions, or the result of examinations by various tax authorities. Payment of additional amounts upon final adjudication of any disputes could have a material impact on our results of operations and financial position.
If we are unable to manage our anticipated growth effectively, our business could be harmed.
The rapid growth of our business has placed a significant strain on our managerial, operational, and financial resources and systems. To execute our anticipated growth successfully, we must continue to attract and retain qualified personnel and manage and train them effectively. We must also upgrade our internal business processes and capabilities to create the scalability that a growing business demands.
We believe our facilities located in Singapore, Canada, and California, are sufficient to meet our short-term manufacturing needs. The current lease for our manufacturing facility in Singapore expires in June 2022. In the event that we need to add to our existing manufacturing space in Singapore or move our manufacturing facility to a new location in Singapore, such a move will involve significant expense and efforts in connection with the establishment of new clean rooms and the recommissioning of key manufacturing equipment. The current lease for our facility in Canada expires in April 2016. In August 2015, we entered into a lease for new office, laboratory, and warehouse space in Canada and expect to relocate our Canada operations to the new space in April 2016. A move of any of our manufacturing facilities may delay or otherwise adversely affect our manufacturing activities and business.
Further, our anticipated growth will place additional strain on our suppliers and manufacturing facilities, resulting in an increased need for us to carefully monitor quality assurance. Any failure by us to manage our growth effectively could have an adverse effect on our ability to achieve our development and commercialization goals.
Our products could have unknown defects or errors, which may give rise to claims against us, adversely affect market adoption of our systems, and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our systems utilize novel and complex technology and such systems may develop or contain undetected defects or errors. We cannot assure you that material performance problems, defects, or errors will not arise, and as we increase the density and integration of our systems, these risks may increase. We generally provide warranties that our systems will meet performance expectations and will be free from defects. We also provide warranties relating to other parts of our systems. The costs incurred in correcting any defects or errors may be substantial and could adversely affect our operating margins.
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In manufacturing our products, including our systems, IFCs, and assays, we depend upon third parties for the supply of various components, many of which require a significant degree of technical expertise to produce. In addition, we purchase certain products from third-party suppliers for resale. If our suppliers fail to produce components to specification or provide defective products to us for resale and our quality control tests and procedures fail to detect such errors or defects, or if we or our suppliers use defective materials or workmanship in the manufacturing process, the reliability and performance of our products will be compromised.
If our products contain defects, we may experience:
• | a failure to achieve market acceptance or expansion of our product sales; |