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Gene Logic Inc. (NASDAQ:GLGC) today reported financial
results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30,
2005.
Quarterly Highlights
Corporate
-- The Company announced a revision to its 2005 financial
guidance, showing improved earnings on lower revenue.
Drug Repositioning and Selection(TM) Services ("DRS Business")
-- The Company entered into a milestone and royalty based
agreement with Pfizer, Inc. to reposition a significant number
of drug candidates from a broad range of therapeutic areas.
-- The Company has surpassed its goal of initiating repositioning
work on at least twenty (20) compounds by year end 2005.
-- The Company has moved to animal model validation or partner
evaluation discussions regarding six (6) of the compounds
currently in the repositioning program.
Genomics and Toxicogenomics Services ("Genomics Business")
-- This segment achieved operating profitability for a third
consecutive quarter.
-- The Company initiated a variety of genomics and toxicogenomics
services work with six (6) new customers, bringing to
twenty-two (22) the total number of new genomics and
toxicogenomics customers signed during 2005.
-- The Company continued to make progress on its planned upgrade
of its BioExpress database using the latest Affymetrix human
microarrays, with anticipated completion by year end 2005.
Nonclinical Services ("Nonclinical Business")
-- The Company announced a non-cash impairment charge against the
goodwill associated with its Nonclinical Business; the
impairment of goodwill totaled $32.8 million.
-- The Company continued a realignment and expansion of its
nonclinical sales force into key growth markets.
-- During the fourth quarter, the Company reduced the number of
employees in the Nonclinical Business in order to more
properly align staffing with anticipated revenue over the near
term; the Company expects this restructuring effort will
result in improved operational efficiencies for this segment.
Revenue
Total revenue for the third quarter of 2005 was $17.1 million
compared to $17.0 million for the third quarter of 2004. For the 2005
period, the Company's Genomics Business revenue decreased $0.2
million, or 2%, the Company's Nonclinical Business revenue increased
$0.1 million, or 3%, and, while not material, the Company's DRS
Business recorded a small amount of revenue.
Total revenue for the nine months of 2005 was $57.0 million
compared to $55.9 million for 2004, an increase of $1.1 million, or
2%. For the 2005 period, revenue for the Company's Genomics Business
increased 2%, revenue from the Company's Nonclinical Business was
unchanged, and, while not material, the Company's DRS Business
recorded a small amount of revenue.
Revenue for the Company's Genomics Business for the third quarter
2005 does not include $2.6 million in revenue (for services delivered
during the third quarter), which was deferred into future periods,
associated with specific multiple-element contracts. Of this amount,
the Company expects to record as revenue in the fourth quarter of 2005
at least $1.4 million, with the remainder to be recorded in future
periods. The Company anticipates that it could enter into additional
multiple-element contracts in the future, as the Company expands its
portfolio of service offerings and reduces its historical reliance on
large, multi-year subscriptions; this may result in uneven revenue due
to the nature of revenue recognition associated with multiple-element
arrangements.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses consist of costs for adding content to the
Company's Genomics Business databases, costs for developing its DRS
Business and sales and marketing and general and administrative
expenses associated with all of the Company's business segments.
Operating expenses do not include the cost of sales for the
Nonclinical Business.
For the third quarter of 2005, total operating expenses were $50.2
million compared to $25.9 million for the third quarter of 2004. Total
operating expenses for the third quarter of 2005 reflect the impact of
the $32.8 million goodwill impairment charge and the Company's
expenses of $3.2 million in its DRS Business. Total operating expenses
for the third quarter of 2004 reflect the impact of the $9.1 million
purchased research and development ("R&D") write-off recorded in
connection with the Company's acquisition of certain drug
repositioning and selection technologies from Millennium
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the $0.8 million expenses in the DRS
Business. Excluding the goodwill impairment charge, the purchased R&D
write-off and the expenses in the DRS Business, the Company's third
quarter 2005 operating expenses declined by $1.8 million, or 11%, over
the third quarter of 2004, primarily due to lower operating expenses
associated with the Genomics Business, as described below.
For the first nine months of 2005, total operating expenses were
$84.6 million compared to $61.6 million for the same period of 2004.
Total operating expenses for the first nine months of 2005 reflect the
impact of the $32.8 million goodwill impairment charge and the
Company's expenses of $8.4 million in its DRS Business. Total
operating expenses for the first nine months of 2004 reflect the
impact of the $9.1 million purchased R&D write-off and the $0.8
million expenses in the DRS Business. Excluding the goodwill
impairment charge, the purchased R&D write-off and the expenses in the
DRS Business, the Company's year to date 2005 operating expenses
declined $8.3 million, or 16%, over those of 2004, primarily due to
lower operating expenses associated with the Genomics Business, as
described below.
Segment Operating Income (Loss)
Note: Management uses operating income to evaluate segment
performance. To arrive at operating income, the Company has included
all direct costs for providing its services and an allocation for
corporate overhead applied on a consistent and reasonable basis. The
Company has excluded the cost of income taxes and interest income or
expense and could also exclude certain unusual or corporate related
costs in the future. In addition, while the Company's consolidated
results of operation include adjustments to reflect the elimination of
inter-company transactions, individual segments may include these
types of transactions. The Company does not believe these transactions
are material and believes that their inclusion would not impact either
management's or shareholders' understanding of our various segments.
For the purpose of clarity, revenue is reported net of inter-company
transactions.
The following segment operating results exclude the impact of two
items:
-- a $32.8 million expense for goodwill impairment in 2005; and
-- a $9.1 million purchased R&D expense related to the
acquisition of the drug repositioning and selection
technologies from Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 2004.
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Segment Operating Results for the Third Quarter Ended
September 30, 2005
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Q3 2005 Q3 2004 % Change
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Genomics and toxicogenomics services $ 27 $(1,861) 101%
Nonclinical services (4,452) (4,030) -10%
Drug repositioning and selection services (3,121) (816) -282%
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Total operating income (loss) $(7,546) $(6,707) -13%
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Segment Operating Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
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9 Months 9 Months
2005 2004 % Change
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Genomics and toxicogenomics services $ 2,539 $ (6,429) 139%
Nonclinical services (10,302) (8,881) -16%
Drug repositioning and selection
services (8,038) (816) -885%
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Total operating income (loss) $(15,801) $(16,126) 2%
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Genomics Business:
For the third quarter of 2005, the Genomics Business segment
reported an operating profit of $27,000 compared to an operating loss
of $1.9 million for the third quarter of 2004. The 2005 results
reflect reduced expenses related to new content development for the
Company's databases, including lower microarray and tissue usage and
lower amortization expense.
For the nine months of 2005, the Genomics Business segment
reported an operating profit of $2.5 million compared to an operating
loss of $6.4 million for the nine months of 2004. The 2005 results
reflect the impact of increased sales and reduced database production
costs, including lower microarray and tissue usage, lower amortization
expense and lower costs for agreements with third-party suppliers.
Nonclinical Business:
For the third quarter of 2005, the Nonclinical Business segment
reported an operating loss of $4.5 million compared to $4.0 million
for the third quarter of 2004. The 2005 results reflect flat revenue
and an increase of $0.5 million in costs of services, including higher
facility, labor and support expenses associated with the Company's
ongoing underutilization of existing study capacity.
For the nine months of 2005, the Nonclinical Business segment
reported an operating loss of $10.3 million compared to $8.9 million
for the nine months of 2004. The 2005 results reflect the impact of
continued lower gross margins, flat revenue growth year-to-date and,
most significantly, higher labor and support expenses associated with
the Company's ongoing underutilization of existing study capacity.
DRS Business:
For the third quarter and nine months of 2005, the Company's
investment in its DRS Business segment was $3.1 million and $8.0
million, respectively, compared to $0.8 million in both prior year
periods. This increase reflects the scale-up and development of this
segment over the past 15 months.
Goodwill Impairment
On September 22, 2005, the Company determined that the value of
the goodwill asset that resulted from the April 1, 2003 acquisition of
TherImmune Research Corporation, now Gene Logic Laboratories Inc., the
Company's Nonclinical Business, was impaired. Upon the completion of
the required testing, analysis and review of the Company's forecasts
as well as a full review of the valuation provided by the Company's
third-party valuation specialist, the Company has determined the value
of the goodwill impairment to be $32.8 million, which it has recorded
as a non-cash expense on its financial statements. Previously, the
Nonclinical Business goodwill was valued at $43 million. The Company
does not expect that this impairment will result in any future cash
expenditures.
Net Loss
Note: The Company reports non-GAAP results, which excludes certain
non-operational charges and non-cash charges that management generally
does not consider in evaluating the Company's ongoing operations. The
Company provides non-GAAP results as a complement to GAAP results.
Management believes these non-GAAP measures are helpful to investors
because they indicate underlying trends in the Company's core
operations (defined as a combination of the Genomics Business and the
Nonclinical Business) and provide useful period-to-period financial
comparisons. A reconciliation of non-GAAP to GAAP results is included
in a supplemental table which follows the condensed consolidated
financial statements.
For 2005, excluding the impact of the $32.8 million goodwill
impairment charge and $3.2 million (third quarter) and $8.4 million
(nine months) in operating expenses associated with the Company's DRS
Business, the Company's total consolidated net losses for the three
and nine months ended September 30 were $3.5 and $5.0 million, or
$0.11 and $0.16 per share, respectively.
For 2004, excluding the impact of $9.1 million in purchased R&D
expenses associated with the Company's acquisition of certain drug
repositioning and selection technologies from Millennium
Pharmaceuticals, the impact of the one-time income tax credit of $0.8
million associated with the implementation of a new income tax treaty
in 2004, and $0.8 million (third quarter and nine months) in operating
expenses associated with the Company's DRS Business, the Company's
total consolidated net losses for the three and nine months ended
September 30 were $3.9 and $13.8 million, or $0.12 and $0.44 per
share, respectively.
Total consolidated net losses for the third quarter of 2005 were
$39.5 million, or $1.24 per share, compared to $14.6 million, or $0.46
per share, for the third quarter of 2004.
Total consolidated net losses for the nine months of 2005 were
$46.2 million, or $1.46 per share, compared to $24.5 million, or $0.78
per share, for the nine months of 2004.
Backlog
As of September 30, 2005, Gene Logic had a backlog for its
Nonclinical Business of approximately $17 million; this backlog
consists of commitments under signed task orders (or other written
firm commitments), excluding any amounts thereunder already recognized
as revenue.
Cash
As of September 30, 2005, Gene Logic had approximately $91.3
million in combined cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities
available-for-sale.
Financial Guidance
The following updates and replaces all previous Company financial
guidance.
Corporate:
With regard to contribution to consolidated net losses, for the
first nine months of 2005, the Company's Genomics Business has
performed significantly better than expectations, the Nonclinical
Business has performed significantly below expectations, and the DRS
Business has performed slightly better than expectations. As a result,
the Company expects full year total consolidated net losses to be $19
to $21 million, an improvement from previous guidance of $26 to $28
million. This revised forecast excludes the impact of the goodwill
impairment, assumes up to $14 million in total investment in the DRS
Business for 2005, and is primarily the result of the continued
improvement in the Genomics Business.
For the full year 2005, the Company expects total revenue to be
$76 to $78 million, down from previous guidance of $83.5 to $85.5
million. This revised forecast is based on the revenue shortfall in
the Nonclinical Business.
The Company reaffirms its expectation of it's a 2005 year end cash
balance of approximately $70 to $75 million.
Finally, the Company reaffirms that in 2007 it will achieve
profitability during the year and it will have positive cash flows
during the year. The Company also reaffirms that this specific
forecast does not include the impact of changing rules concerning
expensing of stock-based compensation, which will be effective for the
Company beginning in 2006.
DRS Business:
The Company reaffirms its commitment to making a significant
investment in this segment, with an anticipated total investment of up
to $14 million in 2005. The Company continues to expect to maintain
this level of annual investment through at least 2007.
The Company reaffirms its expectation of signing two (2)
repositioning agreements in 2005. The Company satisfied one of these
two agreements with the recent repositioning agreement with Pfizer,
Inc.
Finally, the Company now anticipates it will have initiated
repositioning work on more than 30 drug candidates by year end, an
improvement from a previous forecast of 20.
Conference Call and Webcast
Gene Logic will host a conference call and webcast on October 28,
2005 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern to discuss the results for the third quarter
of 2005 and the revised financial guidance. Participants to the live
call may dial 800/259-0251 or 617/614-3671; alternatively, a webcast
of the live call will be accessible from the Investors section of the
Company's website at www.genelogic.com.
A replay of the call will be available beginning October 28, 2005
through November 11, 2005. Participants to the replay may dial
888/286-8010 or 617/801-6888 and use the passcode 46609086. An
archived webcast of the conference call will be available under the
Investors section of the Company's website at www.genelogic.com.
Gene Logic Overview
Gene Logic is leading the transformation of pharmaceutical
research and development with its extensive gene expression databases,
pioneering efforts in toxicogenomics, sophisticated bioinformatics
expertise, specialty nonclinical services testing capabilities and
cutting edge technology program for drug repositioning. Gene Logic
technologies and services are used by many of the world's top
pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Over 150 organizations and
government agencies have benefited from Gene Logic's diverse portfolio
of drug development services, enabling them to make more informed,
more reliable and more predictive decisions at each point in the
highly complex and costly drug development process. Founded in 1994,
Gene Logic is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Md., with additional
research and development facilities in Cambridge, Mass. and Berkeley,
Calif. The Company maintains customer support operations in Europe and
Asia and currently has about 450 employees worldwide. For more
information, visit www.genelogic.com or call toll-free -
1/800/GENELOGIC.
Safe Harbor Statement
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve
significant risks and uncertainties; including those discussed below
and others that can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2004 (filed on March 16, 2005) and in
subsequent filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Gene Logic is providing this information as of the date of this news
release and does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this document as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
No forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results
may differ materially from those we project. The Company's results may
be affected by: the extent of utilization of genomics, toxicogenomics,
bioinformatics, nonclinical services contract research and drug
repositioning and selection by the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
industry in research and product development; our ability to retain
existing and obtain additional domestic and international customers in
a timely manner; capital markets and other economic conditions
adversely affecting the purchasing patterns of pharmaceutical and
biotechnology companies; merger and acquisition and other
consolidation trends among pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies;
levels of industry research and development spending; risks relating
to the development of genomics and toxicogenomics-based services and
their use by existing and potential customers; our reliance on sole
source suppliers; our ability to limit our losses and become
profitable; our ability to timely supply customers with additional
data as required under some of our genomics and toxicogenomics
services contracts; risks relating to the fact that our contracts with
our Japanese customers are payable in foreign currency beginning in
2005 and may be subject to fluctuations due to changes in currency
exchange rates; our ability to achieve sufficient growth and
consistent operational performance of our nonclinical services
contract research operations, including achieving optimal use of
facilities and facility capacity and adequate quality of studies; our
ability to comply with, and to provide studies that are compliant
with, regulatory requirements, including those of the FDA, DEA, and
AAALAC; our ability to attract and retain key employees; our continued
access to necessary human and animal tissue samples; the availability
of large animals for clinical testing; our ability to enforce our
intellectual property rights and the impact of intellectual property
rights of others; outsourcing trends in the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industries; competition within the drug development
services outsourcing industry; our ability to limit losses from
certain fixed price contracts for nonclinical services; technological
advances or alternative technologies, methodologies and services that
may make our genomics and toxicogenomics services, nonclinical
services and/or drug repositioning and selection services less
competitive; risks associated with valuation of assets representing
acquired businesses; our ability to successfully develop and
commercialize the Horizon technologies acquired from Millennium
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and our related drug repositioning and
selection services, and our ability to successfully develop new
indications for compounds, and to realize value from such results of
our services.
Financial tables follow.
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Gene Logic Inc.
Statement of Operations
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
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2005 2004 2005 2004
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Revenue:
Genomics and toxicogenomics
services $ 11,719 $ 11,921 $ 39,125 $ 38,395
Nonclinical services 5,257 5,109 17,510 17,478
Drug repositioning and
selection services 102 - 316 -
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Total revenue 17,078 17,030 56,951 55,873
Expenses:
Cost of nonclinical services 7,174 6,905 20,988 19,510
Database production 7,340 9,971 23,546 32,580
Research and development 1,818 673 4,659 1,392
Selling, general and
administrative 8,292 6,188 23,559 18,517
Purchased research and
development - 9,083 - 9,083
Impairment of goodwill 32,794 - 32,794 -
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Total expenses 57,418 32,820 105,546 81,082
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Loss from operations (40,340) (15,790) (48,595) (25,209)
Interest (income), net (727) (367) (1,844) (985)
Other (income) expense (133) - (560) -
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Net loss before income
tax expense (39,480) (15,423) (46,191) (24,224)
Income tax (credit) expense - (814) - 287
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Net loss $(39,480) $(14,609) $(46,191) $(24,511)
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Basic and diluted net loss per
share $ (1.24) $ (0.46) $ (1.46) $ (0.78)
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Shares used in computing basic
and diluted net loss per
share 31,756 31,600 31,736 31,439
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Note: Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years'
financial statements to conform to the current year presentation.
Gene Logic Inc.
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
Sept. 30, Dec. 31,
2005 2004
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(unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 56,454 $ 53,237
Marketable securities available-for-sale 34,856 49,678
Accounts receivable, net 3,511 4,953
Unbilled services 5,610 6,406
Inventory, net 4,273 1,683
Prepaid expenses 3,059 2,210
Other current assets 1,171 2,185
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Total current assets 108,934 120,352
Property and equipment, net 30,482 23,034
Long-term investments 3,239 4,239
Goodwill 12,913 45,707
Intangibles and other assets, net 12,995 13,749
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Total assets $ 168,563 $207,081
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 5,641 $ 5,256
Accrued compensation and employee benefits 6,664 3,990
Other accrued expenses 4,627 4,629
Current portion of capital lease obligations 145 136
Current portion of long-term debt 496 494
Acquired technologies payable 3,455 -
Deferred revenue 15,840 9,788
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Total current liabilities 36,868 24,293
Deferred revenue 1,375 3,595
Capital lease obligations, net of current
portion 94 204
Long-term debt, net of current portion 139 174
Acquired technologies payable - 3,347
Other noncurrent liabilities 3,535 2,640
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Total liabilities 42,011 34,253
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Stockholders' equity:
Common stock 318 317
Additional paid-in capital 385,560 385,313
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (469) (136)
Accumulated deficit (258,857) (212,666)
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Total stockholders' equity 126,552 172,828
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Total liabilities and stockholders'
equity $ 168,563 $207,081
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TABLE A: GAAP to Non-GAAP Net Loss Reconciliation
Gene Logic Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Information
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
September 30, September 30,
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2005 2004 2005 2004
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Items:
Total expenses for Drug
Repositioning and
Selection Services $ 3,223 $ 816 $ 8,353 $ 816
Purchased research and
development - 9,083 - 9,083
Impairment of goodwill 32,794 - 32,794 -
Income tax (credit) expense - 814 - 814
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Total items $ 36,017 $ 10,713 $ 41,147 $ 10,713
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GAAP net loss $(39,480) $(14,609) $(46,191) $(24,511)
Adjusted for items above 36,017 10,713 41,147 10,713
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Non-GAAP net loss $ (3,463) $ (3,896) $ (5,044) $(13,798)
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GAAP basic and diluted net
loss per share $ (1.24) $ (0.46) $ (1.46) $ (0.78)
Adjusted for items above 1.13 0.34 1.30 0.34
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Non-GAAP basic and diluted
net loss per share $ (0.11) $ (0.12) $ (0.16) $ (0.44)
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Shares used in computing basic
and diluted net loss per
share 31,756 31,600 31,736 31,439
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