ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Business Overview
ThermoGenesis Corp. (the “Company”, “we”, “our”) is a leading designer and supplier of clinical technologies for processing, storage and administration of stem cells used in the practice of regenerative medicine. Regenerative medicine is an emerging field using cell-based therapies to treat a number of clinical indications, including the repair or restoration of diseased or damaged tissue and cell function. Our products automate the volume reduction and cryopreservation of adult stem cell concentrates from cord blood, peripheral blood, and bone marrow for use in laboratory and point-of-care settings. Our primary business model is based on the sale of medical devices and the recurring revenues generated from their companion single-use, sterile disposable products. We currently sell our products in approximately 30 countries throughout the world to customers that include private and public cord blood banks, surgeons, hospitals and research institutions. Our worldwide commercialization strategy relies primarily on the utilization of distributors. The Company was founded in 1986 and is located in Rancho Cordova, California.
Our growth strategy is to expand our offerings in regenerative medicine while partnering with other pioneers in the stem cell arena to accelerate our worldwide penetration of this growing market.
Regenerative medicine represents a new paradigm in human health and the treatment of disease and injury. It is uniquely capable of altering the fundamental mechanisms of disease and through translational medicine, we are better understanding our body’s ability to heal itself. Harnessing, concentrating and directing that ability for the treatment of acute and chronic conditions has demonstrated curative potential never before seen.
We believe our enabling tools and technologies are foundational to the automation and commercialization of regenerative medicine practiced at the point-of-care. However, global regulatory bodies are increasing their oversight and placing a greater burden of proof on device manufacturers to demonstrate the safety, consistency, predictability and effectiveness of in-vivo use from the cells produced by our devices. In a laboratory or manufacturing setting the consistency and predictability are controlled by the rigorous validated procedures and test methods around their Good Manufacturing Practices (“cGMP”). A point-of-care product is used by and in a physician managed environment where the safety and well-being of the patient is the key principle. Therefore enabling the physician to ensure a point-of-care product delivers a clinically effective cell therapy meeting current cGMP quality standards requires rigorous precision and consistent control mechanisms of all variables at the patient bed side during a procedure, including but not limited to cell temperatures, dosing, cell viability, and viscosity. All of these control processes must be simple, rapid, and cost effective to become a routine treatment modality.
To capture the true potential of our technological assets and know-how across the entire value stream of regenerative medicine, we believe we must broaden our clinical capabilities and extend our presence into point-of-care to ensure a level of consistency and control across multiple indications and delivery settings. In doing so, we will evolve into a fully integrated regenerative medicine company capable of developing and delivering safe and consistently efficacious, commercially viable autologous cell therapies physicians can deliver with ease, in less than 60 minutes, at the patient’s bed-side. We believe this transformation will substantially expand the company’s addressable markets to include billion dollar patient populations within the vascular and orthopedic markets.
Consistent with this strategy, on July 15, 2013, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization with TotipotentRX Corporation (“TotipotentRX”), a privately held California Corporation, and its principle shareholders. TotipotentRX specializes in developing cell-based therapies in the field of regenerative medicine and is the exclusive provider of cell-based product and services to the Fortis Healthcare System. The combined company, which will be called Cesca Therapeutics, is expected to become one of the first fully integrated regenerative medicine companies in the world, developing clinically validated, commercially scalable, point-of-care cell therapies for major therapeutic markets, including orthopedic, cardiovascular and neurologic indications. Our consummation of the merger with TotipotentRX is subject to, among other things, approval by our stockholders and TotipotentRX shareholders.
Our Solutions
We believe our automated products significantly enhance the safety, reproducibility and viability of regenerative medical procedures and expand the use and success of those products in clinical treatment through their ease of use and high cell recovery rates. Our competitive advantage is achieved through applying our advanced research and engineering capabilities to the development of a comprehensive line of products for healthcare providers to utilize in regenerative medicine. Our solutions enable our customers to automate their processes, comply with quality regulations, improve their efficiency and produce therapeutic doses of high quality stem cell concentrates.
Key Events and Accomplishments
The following are key events and accomplishments that occurred in fiscal 2013:
· Received Registration Approval for AXP in China
Our AXP received registration approval from China’s State Food & Drug Administration enabling the Company to initiate commercial distribution in China.
· Signed Golden Meditech Holdings Limited (“Golden Meditech”) AXP Distribution Agreement
We signed an exclusive, subject to existing distributors and customers, agreement to distribute the AXP Disposable Blood Processing Set in China and several southeast Asian countries.
· AXP System Selected by New Customers in United Kingdom and Portugal
Our AXP system was selected by United Kingdom’s NHS Blood and Transplant (“NHSBT”) which manages six cord blood collection facilities and operates a cord blood bank laboratory under a five-year exclusive agreement and Crioestaminal, a leading cord blood stem cell bank in Portugal.
· Sold ThermoLine Product Line to Helmer Scientific
The sale of our ThermoLine plasma freezer and thawer product line was part of our growth strategy to focus our core business on developing enabling technologies for the stem cell regenerative medicine market.
· Signed New Cord Blood Products Distribution Agreements
We signed three integrated distribution agreements with Concessus, HVD Biotech Vertriebs GmbH and Comercia Exportacao e Importacao de Materials Medicos to provide a customer-centric focus that incorporates sales, service and support for our cord blood product portfolio.
Market Overview
Regenerative Medicine Market
The regenerative medicine market continues to experience meaningful advances in clinical efficacy, the number of FDA therapeutic product approvals and product commercialization of cell based therapies. The vast majority of this progress has been achieved through the broader application of adult stem cells, reflecting a greater awareness and appreciation of their therapeutic potential.
Positive results generated from the application of adult stem cells have resulted in greater government and private sector investment in the research and development of new cell therapies, including the continued advancement of existing treatments.
The regenerative medicine market is comprised of companies that harvest, process, purify, expand, modify, cryopreserve, store or administer cells as the therapeutic agent. These cells can be stem cells, modified autologous cells, i.e. cell vaccines, and cell carrier packages for therapeutic cytokines and growth factors, i.e. platelets. Key success factors include:
· Target or purified cell recovery rates
· Efficiency of cell processing, including time
· Cost of care
· Product quality and efficacy
· Purity, viability and potency of stem cells
· Obtaining regulatory approval / U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) clearance
Cells are processed in the laboratory as well as in the operating room or point-of-care setting. Point-of-care applications involve the processing of patient cells in conjunction with a surgical procedure in an operating room or in an outpatient clinical setting. The laboratory market requirements include, but are not limited to, current cGMP, objective quality assurance and the ability to process multiple samples at one time. Requirements for the point-of-care include sterile field packaging, portability, minimal processing steps, predictable recovery rates, and speed of processing. These market requirements must be considered and translated into product features and benefits for successful market adoption.
The availability of therapeutic cells, including stem cells, at the point-of-care enables physicians to apply cells across an array of applications. In the United States the regulations governing the use of tissue and cells are defined in the Public Health Services Act under Sections 351 and 361. Cells intended to treat patients which are autologous, minimally manipulated, homologous and not combined with another regulated article are categorized as 361 agents and may be prescribed by physicians without a PreMarket Approval (“PMA”) or Biological License Approval (“BLA”). All other cell products are therefore regulated as 351 tissue or cell treatments and can only be used within an approved clinical trial or as defined in the PMA/BLA license. Therefore, many physicians are now choosing to study patient outcomes to understand the benefits of the therapeutic cells under their own independently-sponsored and regulated studies. Such research efforts are growing and already include studies using cells derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, cord blood, adipose, and placenta sources in diverse areas such as spinal fusion, non-healing fractures, wound healing, radiation injury, breast reconstruction and augmentation, cardiovascular applications, peripheral vascular disease and liver disease among many others.
In terms of the largest market opportunities, the current forecast is that commercial products will come first in orthopedics, cardiology, skin and wound healing, diabetes and central nervous system disorders. With initiatives like the Armed Forces Institute for Regenerative Medicine (“AFIRM”), the acceleration of therapy development for the treatment of wounded warriors could create more rapid adoption for general patient populations due to the significant clinical research dollars and highly-collaborative nature of the AFIRM program.1
Market Size
Market estimates for regenerative medicine include pathologies that affect vast numbers of people of all age groups.
Below is illustrated the 2009 to 2018 forecast for the global markets in tissue engineering, cell therapy and transplantation, by clinical area.
1Excerpts from Oct. 2012 white paper: A Private Investor Guide to Regenerative Medicine Unique Opportunities in an Emerging Field- www.regenerativemedicinefoundation.org.
Regenerative medicine can capitalize on the trends surrounding cost containment. As healthcare costs rise, there has been a similar boost in efforts to limit expenses by employers, payers and the government. If regenerative medicine therapies can provide a cost-effective alternative to current treatments, physicians and hospitals might have an incentive to more readily adopt them. Again, the need for baseline clinical and cost data, and more comprehensive studies, is as critical as funding the research itself.
Overall demographics make a compelling case for examination of regenerative medicine as a field of the future. The demands of an aging population places ever increasing demands on healthcare delivery requirements and cost, and most prominently shows up as in the dramatic percentage of gross domestic product (“GDP”) spending on healthcare. The U.S. alone spent an estimated $2.2 trillion, or 16% of GDP, on healthcare in 2006, a figure that is expected to reach $4.1 trillion by 2016. By 2040, the senior citizen population will double in the U.S. to about 70 million and about 25% of GDP could be devoted to healthcare by that time.1
Cord Blood Market
Since the first cord blood transplant was carried out in 1988, stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood have been used in more than 30,000 transplants worldwide to treat a wide range of blood diseases, genetic and metabolic disorders, immunodeficiencies and various forms of cancer. Today over 4,000 cord blood transplantations are performed annually and that number is expected to grow.
Cord blood banks now exist in nearly every developed country, as well as several developing nations.
Cord blood banking can be divided into 3 segments; private, public and public/private (hybrid) with private companies serving individual families and public banks serving the broader public. The hybrid private/public banks use revenue generated from patrons from their private sector to fund a public bank.
The number of units a cord bank receives is somewhat related to how many sites from which they receive units. Some cord blood banks may receive units only from nearby hospitals and birthing centers, while others allow mail-in units from a wide geographic region via courier services.
Product Overview
We provide products and technologies to enable highly-effective cell separation, processing and cryopreservation for storage of biological fluids including umbilical cord blood and bone marrow in a proprietary format. These proprietary products and technologies are designed for use in the laboratory as well as point-of-care.
Cord Blood
· The AXP System is a medical device with an accompanying disposable bag set that isolates and retrieves stem cells from umbilical cord blood. The AXP System provides cord blood banks with an automated method to concentrate adult stem cells which reduces the overall processing and labor costs with a reduced risk of contamination under cGMP conditions. The AXP System retains over 97% of the mononuclear cells (“MNCs”). High MNC recovery has significant clinical importance to patient transplant survival rates. Self-powered and microprocessor-controlled, the AXP device contains flow control optical sensors that achieve precise separation.
Our market for the AXP System includes both private and public cord blood banks. In private banks, parents pay to preserve the cord blood cells from their offspring for family use, while a public bank owns cord blood stem cells donated by individuals, which are then available to the public for transplantation. Also, there are banks we consider “public/private” that offer both services. Some public sites are evaluating the inclusion of a private bank within their facility. Since the infrastructure to process and store cord blood is already in place, they see it as a way of funding their public side.
The AXP System has been commercially available since 2006, marketed under a Master File with the FDA. In 2007, we received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for use in the processing of cord blood for cryopreservation.
· The BioArchive System is a robotic cryogenic medical device used to cryopreserve and archive stem cells for future transplant and treatment. Launched in fiscal 1998, our BioArchive Systems have now been purchased by over 110 umbilical cord blood banks in over 35 countries for the archiving, cryopreservation and storage of stem cell preparations extracted from human placentas and umbilical cords for future use.
The BioArchive System is designed to store over 3,600 stem cell samples. It is the only fully-automated, commercially available system on the market that integrates controlled-rate freezing, sample management and long term cryogenic storage in liquid nitrogen. The robotic storage and retrieval of these stem cell units improves cell viability, provides precise inventory management and minimizes the possibility of human error.
Bone Marrow
· The Res-Q 60 BMC, is a rapid, reliable, and easy to use product for cell processing at the point-of-care. The product is a centrifuge-based disposable device designed for the isolation and extraction of specific stem cell populations from bone marrow. The product was launched in 2009. The key advantages of the Res-Q 60 BMC include (a) delivering a high number of target cells from a small sample of bone marrow, and (b) providing a disposable that is highly portable and packaged for the sterile field. These features allow the physician to process bone marrow and return the cells to the patient in 15 minutes.
· The MarrowXpress® or MXP System, a derivative product of the AXP and its accompanying disposable bag set, isolates and concentrates stem cells from bone marrow aspirate and its initial application is for the preparation of cells for regeneration of bone in spinal fusion procedures. The product is an automated, closed, sterile system that volume-reduces blood from bone marrow to a user-defined volume in 30 minutes, while retaining over 90% of the MNCs, a clinically important cell fraction. Self-powered and microprocessor-controlled, the MXP System contains flow control optical sensors that achieve precise separation. In June 2008, we received the CE-Mark, enabling commercial sales in Europe. In July 2008, we received authorization from the FDA to begin marketing the MXP in the U.S. for the preparation of cell concentrate from bone marrow.
PRP
· The Res-Q 60 PRP, is designed to be used for the safe and rapid preparation of autologous PRP from a small sample of blood at the point-of-care. The product allows PRP to be mixed with autograft and/or allograft bone prior to application to a bony defect in the body. The Res-Q 60 PRP received FDA 510(k) clearance in June of 2011.
Sales and Distribution Channels
We market and sell our products primarily through independent distributors. During fiscal 2013, we employed new integrated distribution arrangements whereby our suite of cord blood products are distributed into specific territories by a single distributor. The new arrangements have improved the customer experience by streamlining their product, service and support needs through a single point of contact.
Business Development
We continue to have encouraging discussions with multiple potential partners aimed at identifying and developing growth opportunities beyond our current product offerings and geographies. These include leveraging our technology platforms to create new products for our existing markets, cord blood and bone marrow processing and adjacent markets such as adipose tissue processing. In addition, we seek to develop products that serve more of the cell processing work flow continuum from cell sourcing and preparation through to preservation and patient administration.
We maintain a rigorous flow of discussions with numerous organizations having complementary products, services or other relevant assets. We are optimistic that our business development efforts will generate increased sales and stockholder value through the advancement of existing products into new applications and through the development and commercialization of new products. See Item 1A
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
An investment in ThermoGenesis’ common stock is subject to risks inherent to our business. The material risks and uncertainties that management believes affect us are described below. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below together with all of the other information included or incorporated by reference in this report. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing ThermoGenesis. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are not aware of or focused on or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair ThermoGenesis’ business operations. This report is qualified in its entirety by these risk factors.
If any of the following risks actually occur, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected. If this were to happen, the value of our common stock could decline significantly, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Risks Related to Our Business
Our Proposed Merger with TotipotentRX is Subject to Various Closing Conditions, and the Failure to Complete the Merger with TotipotentRX could Negatively Impact Us. The TotipotentRX Merger is subject to the satisfaction of a number of conditions, including, but not limited to approval by our stockholders and TotipotentRX’s shareholders. No assurance can be given that the TotipotentRX Merger will occur on the terms and timeline currently contemplated or at all. If the proposed TotipotentRX Merger is not completed, the share price of our common stock may decline to the extent that the current market price of our common stock reflects an assumption that the TotipotentRX Merger will be completed. Further, a failed TotipotentRX Merger may result in negative publicity and a negative impression of us in the investment community since we have spent a substantial amount of effort, time and money to explain the benefits of the TotipotentRX Merger.
Our Future Revenue Growth is Dependent on our New Products being Accepted and our Existing Products being Accepted for New Indications or into New Markets and we are not sure they will be Accepted. The acceptance of our products into new markets or for new indications will depend upon the medical community and third-party payers accepting the products as clinically useful, reliable, accurate, and cost effective compared to existing and future products or procedures. Acceptance will also depend on our ability to adequately train technicians on how to use our existing and future products. Even if our products are released for sale, their use may not be recommended by the medical profession or hospitals unless acceptable reimbursement from healthcare and third party payers is available. Failure of these products to achieve significant market share could have material adverse effects on our long term business, financial condition, and results of operation.
Outcomes of Pending or Future Clinical Trials or Evaluations may be Negative and the Regenerative Medicine Market may not Expand, or may not Expand in the Areas Targeted by our Products. The marketing and sales of new products may depend on successful clinical trial or evaluation outcomes in the regenerative medicine areas targeted by our products and the approval of regulators. Clinical trials also represent a significant expenditure of resources. Negative clinical trial results in connection with our products or in the areas targeted by the Company could negatively impact regulatory approval or market acceptance of our products. Unfavorable clinical trials or failure of study results to obtain regulatory approval or target areas with successful clinical trials, could have material adverse effects on our long term business, financial condition, and results of operations.
A Significant Portion of our Revenue is Derived from Customers in Foreign Countries. We may Lose Revenues, Market Share, and Profits due to Exchange Rate Fluctuations, Political and Economic Changes Related to our Foreign Business. In the year ended June 30, 2013, sales to customers in foreign countries comprised approximately 55% of our revenues. This compares to 43% in fiscal 2012. Our foreign business is subject to economic, political and regulatory uncertainties and risks that are unique to each area of the world. Fluctuations in exchange rates may also affect the prices that our foreign customers are willing to pay, and may put us at a price disadvantage compared to other competitors. Potentially volatile shifts in exchange rates may negatively affect our financial position and results.
The Loss of a Significant Distributor or End User Customer may Adversely Affect our Financial Condition and Results of Operations. Revenues from four significant distributors comprised 56% of our revenues for the year ended June 30, 2013 and a significant portion of our largest distributor’s revenue came from one customer. The loss of a large end user customer or distributor may decrease our revenues.
We are Heavily Reliant on a Single Distributor to Market and Sell our MXP and Res-Q Systems. We have limited control over our distributor’s sales and marketing efforts. Although we have added distributors in other territories and other indications, we must manage our distribution network effectively to gain additional revenue and gross profit. Since the Res-Q products are a significant portion of our projected revenue growth, a delay or failure by our distributors to successfully market these products may decrease our future revenues and competitive advantage.
Our Inability to Successfully Identify and Complete Acquisitions or Successfully Integrate any New Products could have a Material Adverse Effect on our Business. Our current business strategy includes the acquisition of other companies, technologies and products that position us to move into greater markets and larger revenue streams. Promising acquisitions are difficult to identify and complete for a number of reasons, including competition among prospective buyers and the need for regulatory, including antitrust, approvals. We would seek to acquire based on time and risks associated with moving towards our strategic markets, as opposed to the risks and costs associated with trying to organically grow or develop those components. We may not be able to identify and successfully complete transactions. Any acquisitions we may complete may be made at a substantial premium over the fair value of the net identifiable assets. Further, we may not be able to integrate any acquired businesses successfully into our existing businesses, make such businesses profitable, or realize anticipated cost savings or synergies, if any, from these acquisitions, which could adversely affect our business.
We may be Exposed to Liabilities under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and any Determination that we Violated these Laws could have a Material Adverse Effect on our Business. We are subject to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), and other laws that prohibit improper payments or offers of payments to foreign governments and their officials and political parties by U.S. persons and issuers as defined by the statute, for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. It is our policy to implement safeguards to discourage these practices by our employees. However, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective and the employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors of our Company may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Violations of the FCPA may result in severe criminal or civil sanctions and we may be subject to other liabilities, which could negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
Adverse Results of Legal Proceedings could have a Material Adverse Effect on Us. We are subject to, and may in the future be subject to, a variety of legal proceedings and claims that arise out of the ordinary conduct of our business. Results of legal proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty. Irrespective of their merits, legal proceedings may be both lengthy and disruptive to our operations and may cause significant expenditure and diversion of management attention. We may be faced with significant monetary damages or injunctive relief against us that could have a material adverse effect on a portion of our business operations or a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Related to Our Operations
Our Inability to Protect our Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and other Proprietary Rights could Adversely Impact our Competitive Position. We believe that our patents, trademarks, trade secrets and other proprietary rights are important to our success and our competitive position. Accordingly, we devote substantial resources to the establishment and protection of our patents, trademarks, trade secrets and proprietary rights. We use various methods, including confidentiality agreements with employees, vendors, and customers, to protect our trade secrets and proprietary know-how for our products. We currently hold patents for products, and have patents pending in certain countries for additional products that we market or intend to market. However, our actions to establish and protect our patents, trademarks, and other proprietary rights may be inadequate to prevent imitation of our products by others or to prevent others from claiming violations of their trademarks and proprietary rights by us. If our products are challenged as infringing upon patents of other parties, we may be required to modify the design of the product, obtain a license, or litigate the issues, all of which may have an adverse business effect on us.
We may be Subject to Claims that our Products or Processes Infringe the Intellectual Property Rights of Others, which may Cause us to Pay Unexpected Litigation Costs or Damages, Modify our Products or Processes or Prevent us from Selling our Products. Although it is our intention to avoid infringing or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of others, third parties may nevertheless claim that our processes and products infringe their intellectual property and other rights. Our strategies of capitalizing on growing international demand as well as developing new innovative products across multiple business lines present similar infringement claim risks both internationally and in the United States as we expand the scope of our product offerings and markets. We compete with other companies for contracts in some small or specialized industries, which increases the risk that the other companies will develop overlapping technologies leading to an increased possibility that infringement claims will arise. Whether or not these claims have merit, we may be subject to costly and time-consuming legal proceedings, and this could divert our management’s attention from operating our business. In order to resolve such proceedings, we may need to obtain licenses from these third parties or substantially re-engineer or rename our products in order to avoid infringement. In addition, we might not be able to obtain the necessary licenses on acceptable terms, or at all, or be able to re-engineer or rename our products successfully.
We may not be able to Protect our Intellectual Property in Countries Outside the United States. Intellectual property law outside the United States is uncertain and in many countries is currently undergoing review and revisions. The laws of some countries do not protect our patent and other intellectual property rights to the same extent as United States laws. This is particularly relevant to us as a significant amount of our current and projected future sales are outside of the United States. Third parties may attempt to oppose the issuance of patents to us in foreign countries by initiating opposition proceedings. Opposition proceedings against any of our patent filings in a foreign country could have an adverse effect on our corresponding patents that are issued or pending in the United States. It may be necessary or useful for us to participate in proceedings to determine the validity of our patents or our competitors’ patents that have been issued in countries other than the U.S. This could result in substantial costs, divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, and could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
Any Failure to Achieve and Maintain the High Design and Manufacturing Standards that our Products Require may Seriously Harm our Business. Our products require precise, high-quality manufacturing. Achieving precision and quality control requires skill and diligence by our personnel as well as our vendors. Our failure to achieve and maintain these high manufacturing standards, including the incidence of manufacturing errors, design defects or component failures could result in patient injury or death, product recalls or withdrawals, delays or failures in product testing or delivery, cost overruns or other problems that could seriously hurt our business. Additionally, the large amount of AXP disposable inventory certain distributors and end-users maintain may delay the identification of a manufacturing error and expand the financial impact. A manufacturing error or defect, or previously undetected design defect, or uncorrected impurity or variation in a raw material component, either unknown or undetected, could affect the product. Despite our very high manufacturing standards, we cannot completely eliminate the risk of errors, defects or failures. If we or our vendors are unable to manufacture our products in accordance with necessary quality standards, our business and results of operations may be negatively affected.
Our Revenues and Operating Results may be Adversely Affected as a Result of our Required Compliance with the Adopted European Union Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment, as well as other Standards Around the World. A number of domestic and foreign jurisdictions seek to restrict the use of various substances, a number of which have been or are currently used in our products or processes. For example, the European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (“RoHS”) Directive now requires that certain substances, which may be found in certain products we have manufactured in the past, be removed from all electronics components. Eliminating such substances from our manufacturing processes requires the expenditure of additional research and development funds to seek alternative substances for our products, as well as increased testing by third parties to ensure the quality of our products and compliance with the RoHS Directive. Other countries, such as China, have enacted or may enact laws or regulations similar to RoHS. While we have implemented a compliance program to ensure our product offerings meet these regulations, there may be instances where alternative substances will not be available or commercially feasible, or may only be available from a single source, or may be significantly more expensive than their restricted counterparts. Additionally, if we were found to be non-compliant with any such rule or regulation, we could be subject to fines, penalties and/or restrictions imposed by government agencies that could adversely affect our operating results.
Compliance with Government Regulations Regarding the Use of “Conflict Minerals” may Result in Additional Expense and Affect our Operations. The SEC recently adopted a final rule to implement Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, which imposes new disclosure requirements regarding the use of “conflict minerals” mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries. These minerals include tantalum, tin, gold and tungsten. The new requirements will require due diligence efforts on our part in fiscal 2014 and thereafter, and we will also be required to comply with the initial disclosure requirements that become effective in May 2014. We may incur significant costs associated with complying with the new disclosure requirements, including but not limited to costs related to determining which of our products may be subject to the new rules and source of any “conflict minerals” used in those products. Additionally, implementing the new requirements could adversely affect the sourcing, supply and pricing of materials used in the manufacture of our products. We may also face reputational challenges if we are unable to verify through our compliance procedures the origins for all metals used in our products.
Our Products may be Subject to Product Recalls which may Harm our Reputation and Divert our Managerial and Financial Resources. The FDA and similar governmental authorities in other countries have the authority to order the mandatory recall of our products or order their removal from the market if the governmental entity finds our products might cause adverse health consequences or death. The FDA may also seize product or prevent further distribution. A government-mandated or voluntary recall by us could occur as a result of component failures, manufacturing errors or design defects (including labeling defects). In the past we have initiated voluntary recalls of some of our products and we could do so in the future. Any recall of our products may harm our reputation with customers, divert managerial and financial resources and negatively impact our profitability.
We are Dependent on our Suppliers and Manufacturers to Meet Existing Regulations. Certain of our suppliers and manufacturers are subject to heavy government regulations, including FDA QSR compliance, in the operation of their facilities, products and manufacturing processes. Any adverse action by the FDA against our suppliers or manufacturers could delay supply or manufacture of component products required to be integrated or sold with our products. There are no assurances we will be successful in locating an alternative supplier or manufacturer to meet product shipment or launch deadlines. As a result, our sales, contractual commitments and financial forecasts may be significantly affected by any such delays.
Dependence on Suppliers for Disposable Products and Custom Components may Impact the Production Schedule. The Company obtains certain disposable products and custom components from a limited number of suppliers. If the supplier raises the price or discontinues production, the Company may have to find another qualified supplier to provide the item or re-engineer the item. In the event that it becomes necessary for us to find another supplier, we would first be required to qualify the quality assurance systems and product quality of that alternative supplier. Any operational issues with re-engineering or the alternative qualified supplier may impact the production schedule, therefore delaying revenues, and this may cause the cost of disposables or key components to increase.
Failure to Meet Certain Financial Covenants could Decrease our AXP Revenues. Under certain license and escrow agreements, if we fail to meet certain financial covenants, other companies may take possession of the escrowed intellectual property and initiate manufacturing of the applicable device and disposables. If this were to occur, our revenues would be negatively impacted.
Failure to Retain or Hire Key Personnel may Adversely Affect our Ability to Sustain or Grow our Business. Our ability to operate successfully and manage our potential future growth depends significantly upon retaining key research, technical, clinical, regulatory, sales, marketing and managerial personnel. Our future success partially depends upon the continued services of key technical and senior management personnel. Our future success also depends on our continuing ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified managerial and technical personnel. The inability to retain or attract qualified personnel could have a significant negative effect upon our efforts and thereby materially harm our business and future financial condition.
All of our Operations are Conducted at a Single Location. Any Disruption at our Facility could Delay Revenues or Increase our Expenses. All of our operations are conducted at a single location although we contract the manufacturing of certain devices, disposables and components. We take precautions to safeguard our facility, through insurance, health and safety protocols, and off-site storage of computer data. However, a natural disaster, such as a fire, flood or earthquake, could cause substantial delays in our operations, damage or destroy our manufacturing equipment or inventory, and cause us to incur additional expenses. The insurance we maintain against fires, floods, and other natural disasters may not be adequate to cover our losses in any particular case.
Risks Related to Our Industry
Our Business is Heavily Regulated, Resulting in Increased Costs of Operations and Delays in Product Sales. Many of our products require FDA approval or clearance to sell in the U.S. and will require approvals from comparable agencies to sell in foreign countries. These authorizations may limit the U.S. or foreign markets in which our products may be sold. Further, our products must be manufactured under requirements of our quality system for continued CE-Marking so they can continue to be marketed and sold in Europe. These requirements are similar to the QSR of both the FDA and California Department of Public Health. Failure to comply with or inappropriately interpret these quality system requirements and regulations may subject the Company to delays in production while it corrects deficiencies found by the FDA, the State of California, or the Company’s notifying body as a result of any audit of our quality system. If we are found to be out of compliance, we could receive a Warning Letter or an untitled letter from the FDA or even be temporarily shut down in manufacturing and product sales while the non-conformances are rectified. Also, we may have to recall products and temporarily cease their manufacture and distribution, which would increase our costs and reduce our revenues. The FDA may also invalidate our PMA or 510(k) if appropriate regulations relative to the PMA or 510(k) product are not met. The notified bodies may elect to not renew CE-Mark certification. Any of these events would negatively impact our revenues and costs of operations.
Changes in Governmental Regulations may Reduce Demand for our Products or Increase our Expenses. We compete in many markets in which we and our customers must comply with federal, state, local and international regulations, such as environmental, health and safety and food and drug regulations. We develop, configure and market our products to meet customer needs created by those regulations. Any significant change in regulations could reduce demand for our products or increase our expenses. For example, many of our instruments are marketed to the industry for enabling new regenerative therapies. Changes in the U.S. FDA’s regulation of the devices and products directed at regenerative medicine, and development process for new therapeutic applications could have an adverse effect on the demand for these products.
To Sell in International Markets, we will be Subject to Regulation in Foreign Countries. In cooperation with our distribution partners, we intend to market our current and future products both domestically and in many foreign markets. A number of risks are inherent in international transactions. In order for us to market our products in certain non-U.S. jurisdictions, we need to obtain and maintain required regulatory approvals or clearances and must comply with extensive regulations regarding safety, manufacturing processes and quality. These regulations, including the requirements for approvals or clearances to market, may differ from the FDA regulatory scheme. International sales also may be limited or disrupted by political instability, price controls, trade restrictions and changes in tariffs. Additionally, fluctuations in currency exchange rates may adversely affect demand for our products by increasing the price of our products in the currency of the countries in which the products are sold.
There can be no assurance that we will obtain regulatory approvals or clearances in all of the countries where we intend to market our products, or that we will not incur significant costs in obtaining or maintaining foreign regulatory approvals or clearances, or that we will be able to successfully commercialize current or future products in various foreign markets. Delays in receipt of approvals or clearances to market our products in foreign countries, failure to receive such approvals or clearances or the future loss of previously received approvals or clearances could have a substantial negative effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
Competition in our Industry is Intense and will likely Involve Companies with Greater Resources than We Have. We hope to develop a competitive advantage in the medical applications of our products, but there are many competitors that are substantially larger and possess greater financial resources and more personnel than we do. Our current principal market is cord blood banks, and with regards to the BioArchive and AXP Systems, numerous larger and better-financed medical device manufacturers may choose to enter this market as it develops.
Influence by the Government and Insurance Companies may Adversely Impact Sales of our Products. Our business may be materially affected by continuing efforts by government, third party payers such as Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance plans, to reduce the costs of healthcare. For example, in certain foreign markets the pricing and profit margins of certain healthcare products are subject to government controls. In addition, increasing emphasis on managed care in the U.S. will continue to place pressure on the pricing of healthcare products. As a result, continuing efforts to contain healthcare costs may result in reduced sales or price reductions for our products. To date, we are not aware of any direct impact on our pricing or product sales due to such efforts by governments to contain healthcare costs, and we do not anticipate any impact in the near future.
Product Liability and Uninsured Risks May Adversely Affect the Continuing Operations. We operate in an industry susceptible to significant product liability claims. We may be liable if any of our products cause injury, illness, or death. These claims may be brought by individuals seeking relief or by groups seeking to represent a class. We also may be required to recall certain of our products should they become damaged or if they are defective. We are not aware of any material product liability claims against us. However, product liability claims may be asserted against us in the future based on events we are not aware of at the present time. We maintain a product liability policy for $3,000,000 and a general liability policy that includes product liability coverage of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 per year in the aggregate. However, a product liability claim against us could have a material adverse effect on our business or future financial condition.
Risks Related to Operating Results and Financial Markets
We Have Incurred Net Losses since our Inception and Losses may Continue. Except for net income of $11,000 for fiscal 1994, we have not been profitable since our inception. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, we had a net loss of $3,086,000 and an accumulated deficit at June 30, 2013, of $114,191,000. We will continue to incur significant costs as we develop and market our current products and related applications. Although we are executing our business plan to develop, market and launch new products, continuing losses may impair our ability to fully meet our objectives for new product sales.
ThermoGenesis Intends to Raise Additional Capital to Fund its Operations and in Furtherance of its Business Plan. We intend to raise additional capital to expand our offerings in regenerative medicine, in anticipation of our proposed merger with TotipotentRX and for working capital. The proposed financing may include shares of common stock and warrants to purchase shares of common stock or a combination of both. Any additional equity financing will be dilutive from an ownership perspective to our existing stockholders.
The Continuing Economic Downturn in the U.S. and World Financial and Securities Markets could have a Material Adverse Effect on our Customers’ Business and Affect our Operations and Revenues. Our business is affected by general economic conditions and related uncertainties affecting markets in which we operate. The current economic conditions including the lingering effects of the global recession could adversely impact our business in fiscal year 2014 and beyond, resulting in:
· reduced demand for some of our products,
· increased rate of order cancellations or delays,
· increased risk of excess and obsolete inventories, and
· increased pressure on the prices for our products and services.
Demand for most of our products depends on capital spending policies of our customers and on government funding policies. Our customers include stem cell banks (both private and non-profit), laboratories, universities, healthcare providers, government agencies and public and private research institutions. Many factors, including public policy spending priorities, available resources and product and economic cycles, have a significant effect on the capital spending policies of these entities. These policies in turn can have a significant effect on the demand for our products. Further, the current economic crisis heightens the risk that our customers may lack the funding or credit facilities that they may have previously used for acquiring our products. Such credit or funding restrictions could delay or lower our future revenues.
The Preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements in Accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) Requires Us to Make Estimates, Judgments, and Assumptions that may Ultimately Prove to be Incorrect. The accounting estimates and judgments that management must make in the ordinary course of business affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the periods presented. If the underlying estimates are ultimately proven to be incorrect, subsequent adjustments could have a material adverse effect on our operating results for the period or periods in which the change is identified. Additionally, subsequent adjustments could require us to restate our consolidated financial statements. Restating consolidated financial statements could result in a material decline in the price of our stock.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
Trading Prices for our Common Stock have been, and may Continue to be, Volatile. The trading price of our common stock has been subject to wide fluctuations and may continue to be volatile in the future. Trading price fluctuations can be caused by a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control, including, among other things:
· Variations in operating results,
· Regulatory actions, such as product recalls,
· Governmental regulatory acts,
· Biological or medical discoveries,
· Clinical trial results,
· Changes in earnings estimates by securities analysts, and
· Market conditions in our industry and the economy as a whole.
If our revenues or operating results fall below the expectations of securities analysts and investors, the price of our common stock would likely decline. In the last few years, the stock market experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations due to the unprecedented turmoil and upheaval of the credit markets and the financial services industry, which have particularly affected the market prices for emerging biotechnology and medical device companies, and has adversely affected the market price of our common stock.
If the Price of our Common Stock does not Meet the Requirements of the NASDAQ Capital Market Stock Exchange (“NASDAQ”), Our Shares may be Delisted. Our Ability to Publicly or Privately Sell Equity Securities and the Liquidity of Our Common Stock Could be Adversely Affected if We Are Delisted. The listing standards of NASDAQ provide, among other things, that a company may be delisted if the bid price of its stock drops below $1.00 for a period of 30 consecutive business days. Delisting from NASDAQ could adversely affect our ability to raise additional financing through the public or private sale of equity securities, would significantly affect the ability of investors to trade our securities and would negatively affect the value and liquidity of our common stock. Delisting could also have other negative results, including the potential loss of confidence by employees, the loss of institutional investor interest and fewer business development opportunities.
We do not Pay Cash Dividends. We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock and may not pay cash dividends in the future. Instead, we intend to apply earnings to the expansion and development of our business. Thus, the liquidity of your investment is dependent upon your ability to sell stock at an acceptable price. The price can go down as well as up and may limit your ability to realize any value from your investment, including the initial purchase price.
ITEM 1B.
ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
ITEM 2.
ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
The Company leases a facility with approximately 28,000 square feet of space located in Rancho Cordova, California. Approximately 50% of the facility is devoted to warehouse space and manufacturing of products. The other 50% is comprised of office space, a biologics lab, and a research and development lab. Under the current amendment, the lease expires in October 2016.
At fiscal year end, the Company did not own or lease any other facilities.
ITEM 3.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
In the normal course of operations, we may have disagreements or disputes with distributors, vendors or employees. Such potential disputes are seen by management as a normal part of business.
On October 24, 2012, Harvest Technologies Corp. filed suit against us in the case Harvest Technologies Corp. v. ThermoGenesis Corp., 12-cv-01354, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington) claiming our Res-Q 60 System infringes certain Harvest patents. The Company has been served, and on April 11, 2013, we filed an answer and counter-claims in response. The counter-claims are based on anti-trust and other alleged improper conduct by Harvest and further seek declarations that the Res-Q 60 System does not infringe the patents and that the patents are invalid. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself against the Harvest claims, while aggressively pursuing its separate claims against Harvest.
ITEM 4.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 5.
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
The Company’s common stock, $0.001 par value, is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol KOOL. The following table sets forth the range of high and low bid prices for the Company’s common stock for the past two fiscal years as reported by NASDAQ.
The Company has not paid cash dividends on its common stock and does not intend to pay a cash dividend in the foreseeable future. There were approximately 274 stockholders of record on June 30, 2013 (not including street name holders).
ITEM 6.
ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” appearing elsewhere in this report.
THERMOGENESIS CORP.
FIVE-YEAR REVIEW OF SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
2Adjusted EBITDA represents loss from operations excluding amounts for depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense impairment of intangible asset and gain on sale of product lines. Adjusted EBITDA is a common measure of operating performance and helps us evaluate our performance by removing from our operating results non-cash items and items which do not relate to our core operating performance.
Non-GAAP Measures
In addition to the results reported in accordance with US GAAP, we also use a non-GAAP measure, adjusted EBITDA, to evaluate operating performance and to facilitate the comparison of our historical results and trends. This financial measure is not a measure of financial performance under US GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for loss as a measure of performance. The calculation of this non-GAAP measure may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measure are provided below.
ITEM 7.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
CERTAIN STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION AND OTHER PARTS OF THIS REPORT ON FORM 10-K WHICH ARE NOT HISTORICAL FACTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES. THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE PROJECTED RESULTS DISCUSSED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. FACTORS THAT MIGHT AFFECT ACTUAL RESULTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE DISCUSSED IN ITEM 1A “RISK FACTORS” AND OTHER FACTORS IDENTIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME IN THE COMPANY’S REPORTS FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements contained in this report.
(a) Overview
ThermoGenesis designs, develops, and commercializes devices and disposable tools for the processing, storage and administration of cell therapies. The Company was founded in 1986 and is located in Rancho Cordova, California. Our products automate the volume reduction and cryopreservation process of adult stem cells and growth factors from cord blood, peripheral blood and bone marrow for use in laboratory and point-of-care settings. Our growth strategy is to expand our offerings in regenerative medicine and partner with other pioneers in the stem cell arena to accelerate our worldwide penetration in this potentially explosive market.
Critical Accounting Policies
The Company’s discussion and analysis of its financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to stock-based compensation, bad debts, inventories, warranties, contingencies and litigation. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed 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 from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The Company believes the following critical accounting policies affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues from the sale of the Company’s products are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred (or services have been rendered), the price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. The Company generally ships products freight on board (“F.O.B.”) shipping point. There is no conditional evaluation on any product sold and recognized as revenue. All foreign sales are denominated in U.S. dollars. Amounts billed in excess of revenue recognized are recorded as deferred revenue on the balance sheet.
The Company’s sales are generally through distributors. There is no right of return provided for distributors. For sales of products made to distributors, the Company considers a number of factors in determining whether revenue is recognized upon transfer of title to the distributor, or when payment is received. These factors include, but are not limited to, whether the payment terms offered to the distributor are considered to be non-standard, the distributor history of adhering to the terms of its contractual arrangements with the Company, the level of inventories maintained by the distributor, whether the Company has a pattern of granting concessions for the benefit of the distributor, and whether there are other conditions that may indicate that the sale to the distributor is not substantive. The Company currently recognizes revenue primarily on the sell-in method with its distributors.
Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables are divided into units of accounting if certain criteria are met, including whether the deliverable item(s) has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. Revenue for each unit of accounting is recognized as the unit of accounting is delivered. Arrangement consideration is allocated to each unit of accounting based upon the relative estimated selling prices of the separate units of accounting contained within an arrangement containing multiple deliverables. Estimated selling prices are determined using vendor specific objective evidence of value (“VSOE”), when available, or an estimate of selling price when VSOE is not available for a given unit of accounting. Significant inputs for the estimates of the selling price of separate units of accounting include market and pricing trends and a customer’s geographic location. The Company accounts for training and installation, and service agreements as separate units of accounting.
Service revenue generated from contracts for providing maintenance of equipment is amortized over the life of the agreement. All other service revenue is recognized at the time the service is completed.
For licensing agreements pursuant to which the Company receives up-front licensing fees for products or technologies that will be provided by the Company over the term of the arrangements, the Company defers the up-front fees and recognizes the fees as revenue on a straight-line method over the term of the respective license. For license agreements that require no continuing performance on the Company’s part, license fee revenue is recognized immediately upon grant of the license.
Shipping and handling fees billed to customers are included in net revenues, while the related costs are included in cost of revenues.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company calculates stock-based compensation on the date of the grant using the Black Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula. The compensation expense is then amortized over the vesting period. The Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula in determining the fair value of the Company’s options at the grant date and applies judgment in estimating the key assumptions that are critical to the model such as the expected term, volatility and forfeiture rate of an option. The Company’s estimate of these key assumptions is based on historical information and judgment regarding market factors and trends. If any of the key assumptions change significantly, stock-based compensation expense for new awards may differ materially in the future from that recorded in the current period.
Warranty
The Company provides for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time revenue is recognized. While the Company engages in extensive product quality programs and processes, including actively monitoring and evaluating the quality of its component suppliers, the Company’s warranty obligation is affected by product failure rates, material usage and service delivery costs incurred in correcting a product failure. Should actual product failure rates, material usage or service delivery costs differ from the Company’s estimates, revisions to the estimated warranty liability could have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, cash flows or results of operations.
Inventory Reserve
The Company states inventories at lower of cost or market value determined on a first-in, first-out basis. The Company provides inventory allowances when conditions indicate that the selling price could be less than cost due to physical deterioration, obsolescence, changes in price levels, or other causes, which it includes as a component of cost of revenues. Additionally, the Company provides reserves for excess and slow-moving inventory on hand that are not expected to be sold to reduce the carrying amount of slow-moving inventory to its estimated net realizable value. The reserves are based upon estimates about future demand from our customers and distributors and market conditions. Because some of the Company’s products are highly dependent on government and third-party funding, current customer use and validation, and completion of regulatory and field trials, there is a risk that we will forecast incorrectly and purchase or produce excess inventories. As a result, actual demand may differ from forecasts and the Company may be required to record additional inventory reserves that could adversely impact our gross margins. Conversely, favorable changes in demand could result in higher gross margins when products previously reserved are sold.
(b) Results of Operations
The following is Management’s discussion and analysis of certain significant factors which have affected the Company’s financial condition and results of operations during the periods included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Results of Operations for the Year Ended June 30, 2013 as Compared to the Year Ended June 30, 2012
Net Revenues
Net revenues for the year ended June 30, 2013 were $17,963,000 compared to $19,023,000 for the year ended June 30, 2012, a decrease of $1,060,000, or 6%. The decrease in revenues is primarily due to the sale of the ThermoLine and CryoSeal product lines in the current fiscal year. These two product lines represented $2,240,000 in revenues for the year ended June 30, 2012 compared to $944,000 for the year ended June 30, 2013. This decrease in revenues was offset by an increase in revenues from Res-Q disposables of $403,000 primarily due to an increase in the number of bone marrow procedures performed and an increase in new customers. We anticipate the termination of the GE distribution agreement will impact our AXP revenues in the quarter ended September 30, 2013 by approximately $800,000 as GEHC sells-off their product inventory.
Sales analysis for the year ended June 30:
The following represents the Company’s cumulative BioArchive System placements in the following geographies:
Gross Profit
The Company’s gross profit was $6,365,000 or 35% of revenues for the year ended June 30, 2013, as compared to $6,333,000 or 33% of revenues for the year ended June 30, 2012. The increase in gross profit for the year ended June 30, 2013, is primarily due to lower inventory reserves and the mix of products sold in the prior fiscal year. We sold 25 CryoSeal devices to Asahi at cost during the quarter ended March 31, 2012. Inventory reserves recorded in the prior year were higher primarily due to the deceleration in sales of the ThermoLine freezers.
Sales and Marketing Expenses
Sales and marketing expenses were $2,955,000 for the year ended June 30, 2013, compared to $2,761,000 for the year ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $194,000 or 7%. The increase is primarily due to establishing direct representation in Asia.
Research and Development Expenses
Included in this line item are costs associated with our engineering, regulatory, scientific and clinical affairs functions. Research and development expenses for the year ended June 30, 2013, were $2,991,000, compared to $3,729,000 for fiscal 2012, a decrease of $738,000 or 20%. The decrease is primarily due to lower personnel costs primarily as a result of the January 2012 restructuring and lower costs for clinical studies, offset by an increase in consulting expenses for quality assurance and regulatory projects.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $5,645,000 for the year ended June 30, 2013, compared to $5,222,000 for the year ended June 30, 2012, an increase of $423,000 or 8%. The increase is primarily due to legal and professional fees of $835,000 associated with the proposed merger with TotipotentRX and $670,000 due to the legal diligence associated with the Res-Q patent litigation and the development of our counterclaim. These increases were offset by a decrease in severance costs of $360,000 as a result of the January 2012 restructuring.
Gain on Sale of Product Lines
During the year ended June 30, 2013, the Company recognized a gain of $2,000,000 on the sale of certain intangible assets related to the CryoSeal product line, including all associated patents and engineering files and $161,000 on the sale of the ThermoLine product line.
Adjusted EBITDA
The Adjusted EBITDA loss was $3,961,000 for the year ended June 30, 2013 compared to $3,984,000 for the year ended June 30, 2012. The adjusted EBITDA loss was consistent with the prior year as we offset a decrease in revenues from a change in the mix of products sold in our global markets with a decrease in expenses resulting from our cost reduction initiatives.
Results of Operations for the Year Ended June 30, 2012 as Compared to the Year Ended June 30, 2011
Net Revenues
Net revenues for the year ended June 30, 2012, were $19,023,000 compared to $23,400,000 for the year ended June 30, 2011, a decrease of $4,377,000 or 19%. BioArchive device revenues decreased $2,600,000 as there were fewer devices sold in fiscal 2012 than in the prior year. The global economy has tightened capital budgets and lowered collection volumes which have impacted our BioArchive device sales. We also experienced a $740,000 decrease in our ThermoLine device revenues as we have stopped manufacturing devices due to our decision to divest the product line and a minimum of sales resources are devoted to the remaining devices in inventory. These decreases were offset by an increase in CryoSeal device and spare part revenues of $790,000 as we shipped a final device order of 25 units to Asahi during fiscal 2012.
Sales analysis for the year ended June 30:
The following represents the Company’s cumulative BioArchive System placements in the following geographies:
Gross Profit
The Company’s gross profit was $6,333,000 or 33% of net revenues for the year ended June 30, 2012, as compared to $8,837,000 or 38% for the year ended June 30, 2011. The lower gross profit is primarily due to the mix of products sold and an increase in inventory and warranty reserves. We delivered a final order to Asahi of 25 CryoSeal devices, at cost. Inventory reserves increased primarily due to the deceleration in sales of the ThermoLine freezers and warranty reserves increased primarily due to the AXP disposable.
Sales and Marketing Expenses
Sales and marketing expenses were $2,761,000 for the year ended June 30, 2012, compared to $3,195,000 for the year ended June 30, 2011, a decrease of $434,000 or 14%. The decrease is primarily due to a decrease in commissions and a decrease in stock compensation due to the prior year amortization of the initial grant of restricted stock to Nanshan upon signing the distribution agreement.
Research and Development Expenses
Included in this line item are costs associated with our engineering, regulatory, scientific and clinical affairs functions. Research and development expenses for the year ended June 30, 2012, were $3,729,000 compared to $3,003,000 for fiscal 2011, an increase of $726,000 or 24%. The increase is primarily due to funding of clinical studies and higher salaries and benefits due to an increase in personnel.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $5,222,000 for the year ended June 30, 2012, compared to $5,474,000 for the year ended June 30, 2011, a decrease of $252,000 or 5%. The decrease is primarily due to a decrease in professional fees of $366,000 for strategic consultants and advisor expenses incurred in the prior year. Also, stock compensation expense decreased $129,000 mainly due to options granted in the prior year to the independent members of our Board of Directors. These decreases were offset by an increase in severance pay accruals as a result of the restructuring.
Interest and Other Income, Net
At June 30, 2012, we recognized other income of $327,000 due to the early termination of the Asahi Amendment. The $327,000 represented excess funds allocated to offset research and development costs we had expected to incur.
(c) Liquidity and Capital Resources
At June 30, 2013, the Company had a cash and cash equivalents balance of $6,884,000 and working capital of $11,125,000. This compared to a cash and cash equivalents balance of $7,879,000 and working capital of $14,034,000 at June 30, 2012. In addition to revenues, the Company has primarily financed operations through the private and public placement of equity securities and has raised approximately $112 million, net of expenses, through common and preferred stock financings and option and warrant exercises.
Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended June 30, 2013 was $3,082,000, primarily due to the net loss of $3,086,000, offset by depreciation and stock-based compensation expense of $538,000 and $563,000, respectively. Inventories provided $795,000 of cash due to lower levels of our BioArchive and manual disposables.
Based on our cash balance, historical trends, planned cost reductions and future revenue projections, we believe our current funds are sufficient to provide for our projected needs to maintain operations and working capital requirements for at least the next 12 months. However, we intend to raise capital for other purposes and may need to raise additional funds should we not be able to maintain compliance with, or obtain forbearance of, our financial covenants. See Part I Item 1 - Business, CBR. In addition, should we change distributors and take on the responsibility for maintaining significant product inventory levels for certain end user customers, we may need to raise additional funding. In order to maximize the value of our clinical trials and accelerate the planned commercialization of our products in connection with the proposed merger with TotipotentRX, we intend to raise approximately $15 to $20 million for investing in the planned clinical development strategy over 36 months. Our ability to fund our longer-term cash needs is subject to various risks, many of which are beyond our control. Should we require additional funding, such as additional capital investments, we may need to raise the required additional funds through bank borrowings or public or private sales of debt or equity securities. We cannot assure that such funding will be available in needed quantities or on terms favorable to us, if at all see Part I Item 1A - Risk Factors.
The Company generally does not require extensive capital equipment to produce or sell its current products. In fiscal 2011, the Company spent $266,000 for products at customer sites and tooling. In fiscal 2012 and 2013, the Company spent $545,000 and $391,000, respectively. These expenditures were primarily for tooling at contract manufacturers.
At June 30, 2013, we had four distributors that accounted for 28%, 18%, 10% and 10% of accounts receivable. At June 30, 2012, we had one distributor that accounted for 22% of accounts receivable and four distributors that individually accounted for 13%, 13%, 12% and 10% of accounts receivable.
Revenues from one significant distributor, GEHC, totaled $3,755,000 or 21%, $6,746,000 or 35% and $7,824,000 or 33% of net revenues during the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Revenues from another distributor, Celling, totaled $2,299,000 or 13% and $1,870,000 or 10% of net revenues for the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Revenues from two other distributors/customers, Golden Meditech and Golden Profit Technology, totaled $2,058,000 and $1,992,000, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2013.
The Company manages the concentration of credit risk with these customers through a variety of methods including, letters of credit with financial institutions, pre-shipment deposits, credit reference checks and credit limits. Although management believes that these customers are sound and creditworthy, a severe adverse impact on their business operations could have a corresponding material effect on their ability to pay timely and therefore on our net revenues, cash flows and financial condition.
(d) Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
The Company has no off-balance sheet arrangements.
ITEM 7A.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are a smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the SEC Act of 1934 and are not required to provide information under this item.
ITEM 8.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive and Financial Officers, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on criteria established in the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s management concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was effective as of June 30, 2013.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of ThermoGenesis Corp.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of ThermoGenesis Corp. as of June 30, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of ThermoGenesis Corp. at June 30, 2013 and 2012, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2013, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Sacramento, California
September 3, 2013
THERMOGENESIS CORP.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
See accompanying notes.
THERMOGENESIS CORP.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
See accompanying notes.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
See accompanying notes.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization and Basis of Presentation
The Company was incorporated in Delaware in July 1986. The Company designs, manufactures and markets automated and semi-automated devices and single-use processing disposables that enable hospitals and blood banks to manufacture a therapeutic dose of stem cells.
Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the parent company, ThermoGenesis Corp., and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vantus (the “Company”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. During the quarter ended December 31, 2010, we dissolved our wholly-owned subsidiary, Vantus. The costs of dissolution were not material to the Company.
Use of Estimates
Preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, the allowance for doubtful accounts, allocation of arrangement consideration, slow-moving inventory reserves, depreciation, warranty costs, certain accruals and contingencies. Actual results could materially differ from the estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Events subsequent to the balance sheet date have been evaluated for inclusion in the accompanying consolidated financial statements through the date of issuance.
Revenue Recognition
Revenues from the sale of the Company’s products are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred (or services have been rendered), the price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. We generally ship products F.O.B. shipping point. There is no conditional evaluation on any product sold and recognized as revenue. Foreign sales are denominated in U.S. dollars. Amounts billed in excess of revenue recognized are recorded as deferred revenue on the balance sheet.
The Company’s sales are generally through distributors. There is no right of return provided for distributors. For sales of products made to distributors, we consider a number of factors in determining whether revenue is recognized upon transfer of title to the distributor, or when payment is received. These factors include, but are not limited to, whether the payment terms offered to the distributor are considered to be non-standard, the distributor history of adhering to the terms of its contractual arrangements with the Company, the level of inventories maintained by the distributor, whether we have a pattern of granting concessions for the benefit of the distributor, and whether there are other conditions that may indicate that the sale to the distributor is not substantive. We currently recognize revenue primarily on the sell-in method with our distributors.
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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Revenue Recognition (Continued)
Revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables are divided into units of accounting if certain criteria are met, including whether the deliverable item(s) has/have value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. Revenue for each unit of accounting is recognized as the unit of accounting is delivered. Arrangement consideration is allocated to each unit of accounting based upon the relative estimated selling prices of the separate units of accounting contained within an arrangement containing multiple deliverables. Estimated selling prices are determined using VSOE, when available, or an estimate of selling price when VSOE is not available for a given unit of accounting. Significant inputs for the estimates of the selling price of separate units of accounting include market and pricing trends and a customer’s geographic location. We account for training and installation, and service agreements as separate units of accounting.
Service revenue generated from contracts for providing maintenance of equipment is amortized over the life of the agreement. All other service revenue is recognized at the time the service is completed.
For licensing agreements pursuant to which we receive up-front licensing fees for products or technologies that will be provided by the Company over the term of the arrangements, we defer the up-front fees and recognize the fees as revenue on a straight-line method over the term of the respective license. For license agreements that require no continuing performance on our part, license fee revenue is recognized immediately upon grant of the license.
Shipping and handling fees billed to customers are included in net revenues, while the related costs are included in cost of revenues.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
We consider all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, approximate fair value due to their short duration. As of June 30, 2013, we had no Level 1 financial instruments. As of June 30, 2012, we had $1,059,000 in money market funds classified as Level 1 assets. As of June 30, 2013 and 2012, we did not have any Level 2 or 3 financial instruments.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company’s receivables are recorded when billed and represent claims against third parties that will be settled in cash. The carrying value of the Company’s receivables, net of the allowance for doubtful accounts, represents their estimated net realizable value. We estimate our allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical collection trends, age of outstanding receivables and existing economic conditions. If events or changes in circumstances indicate that a specific receivable balance may be impaired, further consideration is given to the collectability of those balances and the allowance is adjusted accordingly. A customer’s receivable balance is considered past-due based on its contractual terms. Past-due receivable balances are written-off when the Company’s internal collection efforts have been unsuccessful in collecting the amount due.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and include the cost of material, labor and manufacturing overhead. Cost is determined on the first-in, first-out basis.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Inventory Reserve
The Company provides inventory allowances when conditions indicate that the selling price could be less than cost due to physical deterioration, obsolescence, changes in price levels, or other causes, which it includes as a component of cost of revenues. Additionally, the Company provides reserves for excess and slow-moving inventory on hand that are not expected to be sold to reduce the carrying amount of slow-moving inventory to its estimated net realizable value.
Equipment
Equipment is recorded at cost. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Depreciation for office, computer, machinery and equipment is computed under the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives. Leasehold improvements are depreciated under the straight line method over their estimated useful lives or the remaining lease period, whichever is shorter.
Warranty
We provide for the estimated cost of product warranties at the time revenue is recognized. The Company’s warranty obligation is calculated based on estimated product failure rates, material usage and estimated service delivery costs incurred in correcting a product failure.
Stock-Based Compensation
We have four stock-based compensation plans, which are described more fully in Note 7.
Valuation and Amortization Method - We estimate the fair value of stock options granted using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula. This fair value is then amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the awards, which is generally the vesting period.
Expected Term - For options which we have limited available data, the expected term of the option is based on the simplified method. This simplified method averages an award’s vesting term and its contractual term. For all other options, the Company's expected term represents the period that the Company's stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding and was determined based on historical experience of similar awards, giving consideration to the contractual terms of the stock-based awards, vesting schedules and expectations of future employee behavior.
Expected Volatility - We use the trading history of our common stock in determining an estimated volatility factor when using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula to determine the fair value of options granted.
Expected Dividend - We have not declared dividends and we do not anticipate declaring any dividends in the foreseeable future. Therefore, we use a zero value for the expected dividend value factor when using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula to determine the fair value of options granted.
Risk-Free Interest Rate - The Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation method on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with the same or substantially equivalent remaining term.
Estimated Forfeitures - When estimating forfeitures, we consider voluntary and involuntary termination behavior as well as analysis of actual option forfeitures.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Stock-Based Compensation (Continued)
The fair value of the Company’s stock options granted to employees for the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was estimated using the following weighted-average assumptions:
The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $0.52, $1.17 and $1.77, respectively.
Research and Development
Research and development costs, consisting of salaries and benefits, costs of disposables, facility costs, contracted services and stock-based compensation from the engineering, regulatory, scientific and clinical affairs departments, that are useful in developing new products, services, processes or techniques, as well as expenses for activities that may significantly improve existing products or processes are expensed as incurred. Costs to acquire technologies that are utilized in research and development and that have no future benefit are expensed when incurred.
Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist of cash and cash equivalents. Our cash is maintained in checking accounts, money market funds and certificates of deposits with reputable financial institutions, which are within the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insurable limits. We have not experienced any realized losses on our deposits of cash and cash equivalents.
We manufacture and sell thermodynamic devices principally to the blood component processing industry and perform ongoing evaluations of the credit worthiness of our customers. We believe that adequate provisions for uncollectible accounts have been made in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. To date, we have not experienced significant credit related losses.
Segment Reporting
The Company operates in a single segment providing medical devices and disposables to hospitals and blood banks throughout the world which utilize the equipment to process blood components.
Income Taxes
The tax years 1993-2012 remain open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject; however, there is no current investigation. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to the underpayment of income taxes as a component of income tax expense. To date, there have been no interest or penalties charged to the Company in relation to the underpayment of income taxes. There were no unrecognized tax benefits during all the periods presented.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Income Taxes (Continued)
We account for income taxes using the liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets are based on differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that are expected to be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. These deferred tax assets include net operating loss carryforwards, research credits and deferred revenue. The net deferred tax asset has been fully offset by a valuation allowance because of our history of losses. Utilization of operating losses and credits may be subject to annual limitation due to ownership change provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and similar state provisions. The annual limitation may result in the expiration of net operating losses and credits before utilization.
Medical Device Excise Tax
We are required to pay a medical device excise tax relating to U.S. sales of Class I, II and III medical devices. This new excise tax went into effect January 1, 2013, established as part of the March 2010 U.S. healthcare reform legislation and has been included in sales and marketing expense.
Net Loss per Share
Net loss per share is computed by dividing the net loss to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. The calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per share is the same for all periods presented, as the effect of the potential common stock equivalents is anti-dilutive due to the Company’s net loss position for all periods presented. Anti-dilutive securities, which consist of stock options, common stock restricted awards and warrants, that were not included in diluted net loss per common share, were 2,578,753, 2,644,209 and 2,619,807 of June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss is comprised of net loss and other comprehensive income (loss). As of June 30, 2013, the Company has no items of other comprehensive income (loss) and, therefore, has not included a schedule of comprehensive income (loss) in the financial statements.
Reclassifications
Certain amounts in the prior year’s financial statements have been reclassified to conform with the 2013 presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported total assets, net loss or stockholders’ equity.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-02, which is an update to Topic 350, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other”. This update provides additional guidance in performing impairment tests for indefinite-lived intangible assets by simplifying how an entity tests those assets for impairment. The update allows an entity to make a qualitative assessment about the likelihood that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired to determine whether it should perform a qualitative impairment test. We adopted ASU 2012-02 effective June 30, 2013. The adoption of ASU 2012-02 did not have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05, “Presentation of Comprehensive Income.” The guidance improves the comparability of financial reporting and facilitates the convergence of U.S. GAAP and IFRS by amending the guidance in ASC 220, “Comprehensive Income”. Under the amended guidance, an entity has the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, the entity is required to present on the face of the financial statements reclassification adjustments for items that are reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income in the statement(s) where the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income are presented. We adopted this guidance retrospectively for our interim period ending September 30, 2012. The adoption of the guidance did not have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.
In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) to the Fair Value Measurement Topic of the FASB ASC. This update was issued in order to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The update clarifies that (i) the highest and best use concept applies only to the fair value measurement of nonfinancial assets, (ii) specific requirements pertain to measuring the fair value of instruments classified in a reporting entity’s shareholders’ equity and, (iii) a reporting entity should disclose quantitative information about unobservable inputs used in a fair value measurement that is categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The update changes requirements with regard to the fair value of financial instruments that are managed within a portfolio and with regard to the application of premiums or discounts in a fair value measurement. In addition, the update increased disclosure requirements regarding Level 3 fair value measurements to include the valuation processes used by the reporting entity and the sensitivity of the fair value measurement to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between the unobservable inputs, if any. We adopted ASU 2011-04 effective January 1, 2012. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on our consolidated results of operations or financial condition.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In February 2013, the FASB issued ASC 2013-02, which is an update to improve the reporting of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”). Companies are also required to present reclassifications by component when reporting changes in AOCI balances. The updated accounting guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2012 on a prospective basis. This guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
2. Inventories
Inventories consisted of the following at June 30:
3. Intangible Asset
During the quarter ended March 31, 2012, we modified a distribution agreement to reacquire certain distribution rights related to the Res-Q product line. As part of this modification, we exchanged consideration of $390,000, comprised of forgiving a $60,000 receivable and recording liabilities of $330,000 to provide inventory upgrades and service agreements at no cost. We have recorded those costs as an intangible asset, which will be amortized to cost of revenues over the remaining life of the distribution agreement or 31 months. Total intangible amortization expense charges for the year ending June 30, 2013 and 2012 were $151,000 and $75,000, respectively.
As of June 30, 2013, while performing our annual test for impairment, we determined this asset was impaired as a result of the Res-Q patent litigation and the associated decrease and delay in projected revenues during the remaining life of the intangible asset. Therefore, the intangible asset was considered fully impaired and the carrying value of $164,000 was written off to cost of revenues.
4. Equipment
Equipment consisted of the following at June 30:
During the years ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, there were disposals of fully depreciated assets with a gross book value of $390,000 and $322,000, respectively.
Depreciation expense for the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was $355,000, $471,000 and $466,000, respectively.
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5. Liabilities
Other current liabilities consisted of the following at June 30:
6. Commitments and Contingencies
Operating Leases
We lease our facility pursuant to an operating lease, which contains scheduled rent increases. The lease expires in 2016, has a cancellation option beginning November 1, 2014 and has a renewal option of five years. We recognize rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the facility lease. The annual future minimum lease payments for the non-cancelable operating lease are as follows:
Rent expense was $431,000, $470,000 and $691,000 for the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Financial Covenants
In June 2010, we entered into a License and Escrow Agreement which granted a customer a non­exclusive royalty-free license to certain intellectual property necessary for the potential manufacture and supply of AXP devices and certain AXP disposables. The license is for the sole and limited purpose of manufacturing and.supplying the AXP and related disposables for use by the customer. The licensed intellectual property will be maintained in escrow and will be released to and used by the customer if and only if the Company defaults under the Agreement. Originally, default occurred if the Company (1) fails to meet certain positive cash flow metrics for each rolling quarterly measurement period except where the following two measures are met, (2) failure to meet cash balance and short-term investments of at least $6,000,000 at the end of any given month, or (3) failure to meet a quick ratio of 2 to 1 at the end of any given month.
On February 6, 2013, we entered into an amendment to amend and reduce the financial covenants that we must meet in order to avoid an event of default. The modified covenants include a minimum cash and short-term investments balance of not less than $4,000,000 at any month end through June 30, 2013, which reverts back in $6,000,000 at any month end, and a quick ratio of 1.75 to 1 at the end of any month.
On July 26, 2013, we entered into an extension addendum to amend and reduce the minimum cash and short-term investments balance to $3,500,000 at any month end through October 31, 2013. Thereafter, it reverts back to $6,000,000 at any month end.
The Company is in compliance with the covenants at June 30, 2013.
Contingencies
During the three months ended September 30, 2012, we were notified by a third party who believes that the Res-Q system infringes upon certain of its US and European patents. The Company is in the process of gathering information; however, it has not yet collected enough information to assess the validity of the alleged infringement or estimate any potential financial impact; therefore, it has not made an accrual as of June 30, 2013.
On April 11, 2013, we filed an answer and counter-claims in response to the complaint Harvest Technologies Corp. (Harvest) filed on October 24, 2012, against the Company in the case captioned as Harvest Technologies Corp. v. ThermoGenesis Corp., 12-cv-01354, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington), with the complaint being amended on February 15, 2013, to name the Company’s customer Celling as a co-defendant. In the complaint, Harvest contends that our Res-Q 60 System infringes certain Harvest patents. The counter-claims are based on anti-trust and other alleged improper conduct by Harvest and further seek declarations that the Res-Q 60 System does not infringe the patents and that the patents are invalid. Harvest filed an answer on May 20, 2013 in which they denied the assertions made by the Company in the counterclaim. The Company intends to vigorously defend itself against the Harvest claims, while aggressively pursuing its separate claims against Harvest. The Company is unable to ascertain the likelihood of any liability and has not made an accrual as of June 30, 2013.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
6. Commitments and Contingencies (Continued)
Contingencies (Continued)
In the normal course of operations, we may have disagreements or disputes with customers, employees or vendors. Such potential disputes are seen by management as a normal part of business. As of June 30, 2013, management believes any liability that may ultimately result from the resolution of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position, operating results or cash flows.
Warranty
We offer a warranty on all of our non-disposable products of one to two years. We warrant disposable products through their expiration date. We periodically assess the adequacy of our recorded warranty liabilities and adjust the amounts as necessary.
Changes in the Company’s product liability which is included in other current liabilities during the period are as follows:
7. Stockholders’ Equity
Common Stock
As of June 30, 2013, we had 3,982,876 shares of common stock reserved for future issuance.
On March 9, 2011, we completed a public offering of 2,250,000 shares of common stock, together with warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,125,000 shares of common stock with a per unit purchase price of $2.00. The warrants may be exercised by the holders at an exercise price of $2.64 per share starting September 9, 2011, continuing through March 9, 2016. Net proceeds after expenses from the offering were approximately $3.9 million.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
7. Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)
Warrants
A summary of warrant activity for the three years ended June 30, 2013 follows:
Stock Options
The 2012 Independent Director Plan (“2012 Plan”) permits the grant of stock or options to independent directors. A total of 500,000 shares were approved by the stockholders for issuance under the 2012 Plan. Options are granted at prices that are equal to 100% of the fair market value on the date of grant, and expire over a term not to exceed ten years. Options generally vest immediately, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors.
The 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (“2006 Plan”) permits the grant of options, restricted stock, stock bonuses and stock appreciation rights to employees, directors and consultants. Under the 2006 Plan, the number of shares of common stock equal to 6% of the number of outstanding shares of the Company are authorized to be issued. The number of shares available to grant for awards adjusts at the beginning of each fiscal year if additional options to purchase shares of common stock were issued in the preceding fiscal year. As of June 30, 2013, there have been 2,676,605 shares approved under the 2006 Plan for issuance.
The 2002 Independent Directors Equity Incentive Plan (“2002 Plan”) permits the grant of stock or options to independent directors. A total of 87,500 shares were approved by the stockholders for issuance under the 2002 Plan. Options are granted at prices which are equal to 100% of the fair market value on the date of grant, and expire over a term not to exceed ten years. Options generally vest immediately, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. The 2002 Plan, but not the options granted, expired in January 2012.
The Amended 1998 Stock Option Plan (“1998 Plan”) permits the grant of stock or options to employees, directors and consultants. A total of 949,500 shares were approved by the stockholders for issuance under the 1998 Plan. Options are granted at prices that are equal to 100% of the fair market value on the date of grant, and expire over a term not to exceed ten years. Options generally vest ratably over three to five years, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. The 1998 Plan, but not the options granted, expired in February 2008.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
7. Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)
Stock Compensation Expense
At June 30, 2013, the total compensation cost related to stock-based awards granted to employees under the Company's stock option plans but not yet recognized was $159,000. This cost will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted-average period of approximately two years and will be adjusted for subsequent changes in estimated forfeitures. The total fair value of options vested during the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012, and 2011 was $356,000, $440,000, and $568,000.
We issue new shares of common stock upon exercise of stock options. The following is a summary of option activity for the Company’s stock option plans:
The aggregate intrinsic value is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying awards and the quoted price of the Company's common stock. There were no options that were exercised during the years ended June 30, 2012 and 2013. During the year ended June 30, 2011, the aggregate intrinsic value of options exercised under the Company's stock option plans was $1,000 determined as of the date of option exercise.
The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding at June 30, 2013:
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
7. Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)
Stock Compensation Expense (Continued)
Non-vested stock option activity for the year ended June 30, 2013, is as follows:
Common Stock Restricted Awards
On November 3, 2010, we entered into a four-year distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) with Nanshan for distribution of our Res-Q and MXP products in China and Hong Kong. As part of the Agreement, we initially granted Nanshan restricted stock equal to one-half percent of the total outstanding common shares of the Company, or 70,117 shares. The shares were restricted for a minimum period of six months and were released from restriction at the conclusion of the initial six-month period based on Nanshan’s performance in accordance with the Agreement. As the restricted stock had a performance commitment, it was amortized over the shortest period over which the shares may vest, six months. Accordingly, we recorded $143,000 of stock compensation expense as a component of sales and marketing expenses, which represents the fair value of the award that was earned during the year ended June 30, 2011. Effective December 25, 2012, the Agreement was terminated. Under the Agreement, Nanshan could earn grants of restricted common stock of the Company in an amount up to 806,000 shares upon the achievement of certain milestones. As the distribution agreement has terminated, Nanshan is no longer eligible to earn additional shares of common stock.
In June 2011, the Company’s Compensation Committee granted 30,000 shares of restricted common stock to an officer, vesting in three equal installments on the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date.
For the period ended June 30, 2012, the Company’s Compensation Committee granted 720,000 shares of restricted common stock to director level and executive members of management, vesting in three equal installments on the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date.
In March 2013, an officer was granted 50,000 shares of restricted common stock upon hire, vesting in three equal installments on the first, second and third anniversary of the grant date.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
7. Stockholders’ Equity (Continued)
Common Stock Restricted Awards (Continued)
The following is a summary of restricted stock activity granted to employees during the years ended June 30, 2013, and 2012:
In connection with the vesting of the restricted stock awards, the election was made by some of the employees to satisfy the applicable federal income tax withholding obligation by a net share settlement, pursuant to which the Company withheld 59,054 shares and used the deemed proceeds from those shares to pay the income tax withholding. The net share settlement is deemed to be a repurchase by the Company of its common stock.
As of June 30, 2013, we had $409,000 in total unrecognized compensation expense related to our restricted stock awards, which will be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately one year.
8. Gain on Sale of Product Lines
ThermoLine
On December 31, 2012, the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement for the sale of certain of the assets, rights and properties of the ThermoLine product line for $500,000 and the manufacture of certain spare parts for $35,000. The Company recognized the $161,000 gain on sale, net of transaction costs, upon delivery of the assets which occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2013. The gain on sale was calculated as follows:
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8. Gain on Sale of Product Lines (Continued)
CryoSeal
In June 2010, the Company and Asahi entered into an amendment (the "Amendment") of their Distribution and License Agreement, originally effective March 28, 2005. Under the terms of the Amendment, Asahi obtained exclusive rights to distribute the CryoSeal System in South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan, the People’s Republic of China, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, India and Malaysia. These rights included the exclusive right to market, distribute and sell the processing disposables and Thrombin Reagent for production of thrombin in a stand-alone product.
In connection with the above-described Amendment, the Company and Asahi also entered into an Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) and on June 30, 2012, Asahi exercised the option to purchase certain intangible assets related to this product line, including all associated patents and engineering files for $2,000,000. In connection with the notice of exercise, the Amendment automatically terminated. Payment of the $2,000,000 was based upon completion of certain provisions of the Option Agreement. As such, the Company recognized the gain on sale upon completion of those provisions, which occurred in July 2012. The $2,000,000 payment was received in August 2012.
9. Concentrations
At June 30, 2013, we had four distributors that individually accounted for 28%, 18%, 10% and 10% of accounts receivable. At June 30, 2012, we had five distributors that individually accounted for 22%, 13%, 13%, 12% and 10% of accounts receivable.
Revenues from one distributor totaled $3,755,000 or 21%, $6,746,000 or 35% and $7,824,000 or 33% of net revenues during the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. For the year ended June 30, 2013, a substantial portion of the distributor’s revenue came from one customer. Revenues from another distributor totaled $2,299,000 or 13%, $1,870,000 or 10% and $2,229,000 or 10% of net revenues for the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Revenues from two other distributors totaled 11% each for the year ended June 30, 2013.
The following is a summary of product revenues as a percentage of total net revenues for the Company’s principal product lines:
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9. Concentrations (Continued)
We had sales to customers as follows for the years ended June 30:
The Company has a contract manufacturer in Costa Rica that produces certain disposables. The Company provides AXP equipment to its distributor in China for use by end-user customers. The Company’s net equipment is summarized below by geographic area:
10. Income Taxes
The reconciliation of federal income tax attributable to operations computed at the federal statutory tax rate of 34% to income tax expense (benefit) is as follows for the years ended June 30:
At June 30, 2013, we had net operating loss carryforwards for federal and state income tax purposes of approximately $83,471,000 and $67,445,000 respectively, that are available to offset future income. The federal and state loss carryforwards expire in various years between 2014 and 2033.
At June 30, 2013, we have research and experimentation credit carryforwards of approximately $1,285,000 for federal tax purposes that expire in various years between 2014 and 2033, and $1,293,000 for state income tax purposes that do not have an expiration date.
THERMOGENESIS CORP.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
10. Income Taxes (Continued)
Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities for federal and state income taxes are as follows:
The valuation allowance decreased by approximately $2,630,000 in 2013 and increased by $43,000 and $455,000 in 2012 and 2011, respectively. As of June 30, 2013, we have a benefit of approximately $1,852,000 related to stock option deductions, which will be credited to paid-in capital when realized, of which $1,624,000 is included in the valuation allowance.
In preparing the 2013 financial statement disclosures, the Company determined that it had understated deferred tax assets: other and total deferred taxes by $245,000 as of June 30, 2012. The offset was to the valuation allowance by ($245,000). Accordingly, the 2012 amounts have been changed for the purposes of the presentation within the table above. These changes in the disclosed deferred tax assets; other total deferred taxes and the valuation allowance amounts had no effect on the reported net deferred taxes in the consolidated balance sheet and net loss in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended June 30, 2012.
Because of the “change of ownership” provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a portion of the Company’s changed federal net operating loss and credit carryovers may be subject to an annual limitation regarding their utilization against taxable income in future periods.
11. Employee Retirement Plan
We sponsor an Employee Retirement Plan, generally available to all employees, in accordance with Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Employees may elect to contribute up to the Internal Revenue Service annual contribution limit. Under this Plan, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, we may match a portion of the employees’ contributions. We made no discretionary or matching contributions to the Plan for the years ended June 30, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
12. Subsequent Event
On July 15, 2013, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (the “Merger Agreement”), with TotipotentRX providing for the merger of TotipotentRX into the Company, with the Company surviving. TotipotentRX is a privately held biomedical technology company specializing in human clinical trials in the field of regenerative medicine and is the exclusive provider of cell-based therapies to the Fortis Healthcare System.
Assuming the merger is consummated, a TotipotentRX stockholder will receive, in exchange for each share of TotipotentRX common stock held by such stockholder immediately before the closing of the Merger, approximately 31.105 shares of Company common stock. After the merger, the former shareholders of TotipotentRX will own approximately 12,490,800 shares of the Company’s common stock, in the aggregate representing approximately 43% of the Company’s shares of common stock outstanding, excluding shares of common stock subject to options and warrants.
The Merger Agreement was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. The contemplated merger is subject to the approval of the Company’s and TotipotentRX’s respective stockholders at stockholders meetings and satisfaction of other closing conditions, including the filing of a registration statement with the SEC. Further, the combined company will be named Cesca Therapeutics to better reflect the combined products and services of the two companies. It is anticipated that the merger will close during the fourth quarter of calendar 2013.
The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for both the Company, on the one hand, and TotipotentRX, on the other, and further provides that, upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, including, but not limited to, termination due to a failure by one party to recommend approval of the Merger, a party soliciting an acquisition proposal in breach of the Merger Agreement, or a party entering into an agreement with a third party related to an acquisition proposal, that breaching party may be required to pay to the other party a termination fee of $500,000.
ITEM 9.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
None.
ITEM 9A.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer along with our Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of our fiscal quarter pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-15. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
The report of management required under 9A is considered in Item 8 Part II of this Annual Report on Form 10-K under the heading “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.”
Attestation Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
None.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2013, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect its internal controls over financial reporting. We believe that a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, cannot provide absolute assurance that the objectives of the control system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within any company have been detected.
ITEM 9B.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION.
None.
PART III
ITEM 10.
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
The information required by this Item will be included in and is hereby incorporated by reference from our Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. We have adopted a Code of Ethics applicable to all employees including our CEO and CFO. A copy of the Code of Ethics is available at www.thermogenesis.com.
ITEM 11.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.
The information required by this Item will be included in and is hereby incorporated by reference from our Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
ITEM 12.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
The information required by this Item will be included in and is hereby incorporated by reference from our Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
ITEM 13.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
The information required by this Item will be included in and is hereby incorporated by reference from our Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
ITEM 14.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES.
The information required by this Item will be included in and is hereby incorporated by reference from our Proxy Statement for the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
PART IV
ITEM 15.
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
The following documents are filed as a part of this report on Form 10-K.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Footnotes to Exhibit Index
‡ XBRL information is furnished and not filed for purpose of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not subject to liability under those sections, is not part of any registration statement or prospectus to which it relates and is not incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement, prospectus or other document.
+ The SEC has granted confidential treatment with respect to certain portions of this exhibit. Omitted portions have been filed separately with the SEC.
GLOSSARY OF CERTAIN TECHNICAL TERMS
510(k): Formal notification to FDA to obtain clearance to market the medical device. The device must be substantially equivalent to devices manufactured prior to 1976, or which have been found substantially equivalent after that date.
ADIPOSE: Tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells swollen by droplets of fat.
ADULT STEM CELLS: All non-embryonic stem cells.
ALLOGRAFT: A tissue graft from a donor of the same species as the recipient but not genetically identical.
AUTOGRAFT: A graft of tissue from one point to another of the same individual's body.
AUTOLOGOUS: Autogenous; related to self; originating within an organism itself, as obtaining blood from the patient for use in the same patient.
BONE MARROW ASPIRATE: When a small amount of bone marrow is removed and tested.
BONE MARROW CONCENTRATE (“BMC”): the product of subjecting bone marrow aspirate to the process of centrifugation. The process of centrifugation separates the aspirated cells into concentrated fractions that may then be separately preserved for research or therapeutic purposes.
CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA (“CLI”): A severe obstruction of the arteries that seriously decreases blood flow to the extremities (arms, hands, legs, feet) and has progressed to the point of severe pain and even skin ulcers of sores.
CRYOPRESERVATION: Maintaining the life of excised tissue or organs by freezing and storing at very low temperatures.
CRYSTALLOID: A substance that can be crystallized.
HEMATOPOIETIC: The formation of blood.
HOMOLOGOUS: Coming from and going back into the same organ system.
IN VITRO: Occurring in an artificial environment outside a living organism.
IN VIVO: Occurring or made to occur within a living organism or natural setting.
ISCHEMIA: Deficient supply of blood to a body part.
MONONUCLEAR CELLS (“MNCs”): A term used to refer to blood cells that under a microscope can be seen to have a large round shaped nucleus. These cells include monocytes and lymphocytes which are involved in fighting infections in the body and also stem cells which have the potential to replicate and to generate new tissues as part of the body’s healing process.
PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE (“PAD”): A common circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the limbs. Peripheral artery disease that is caused by a buildup of plaques in blood vessels (atherosclerosis) also brings risk of developing CLI.
GLOSSARY OF CERTAIN TECHNICAL TERMS (CONTINUED)
PERIPHERAL BLOOD: A term used to describe the blood that is contained in the body’s circulatory system. It can be collected by a health care professional by inserting a needle into a vein.
PLATELET RICH PLASMA (“PRP”): A volume of autologous plasma that has a platelet concentration above baseline.
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE: The process of creating living, functional tissues to repair or replace tissue or organ function lost due to age, disease, damage, or congenital defects.
STEM CELLS: Undifferentiated, primitive cells in the bone marrow or cord blood with the ability both to multiply and to differentiate into specific blood cells.
THROMBIN: Generated in blood clotting that acts on fibrinogen to produce fibrin.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
ThermoGenesis Corp.
Dated: September 3, 2013
By:/s/
CRAIG W. MOORE
Craig W. Moore, Chairman of the Board
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By:/s/
CRAIG W. MOORE
Dated: September 3, 2013
Craig W. Moore, Chairman of the Board
By:/s/
MATTHEW T. PLAVAN
Dated: September 3, 2013
Matthew T. Plavan, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
By:/s/
DAN T. BESSEY
Dated: September 3, 2013
Dan T. Bessey, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
By: /s/
PATRICK J. MCENANY
Dated: September 3, 2013
Patrick J. McEnany, Director
By: /s/
ROBIN C. STRACEY
Dated: September 3, 2013
Robin C. Stracey, Director