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ALX ONCOLOGY HOLDINGS INC

For the period ended Mar 31, 2024. Filed May 9, 2024.

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Mar 31, 2024 · Filed May 9, 2024

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(1) ORGANIZATION

Organization

ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., or the Company, was formed as a Delaware corporation on April 1, 2020, or Inception. The Company was formed for the purpose of completing the Company’s initial public offering of its common stock and related transactions in order to carry on the business of ALX Oncology Limited. The Company is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company focused on helping patients fight cancer by developing therapies that block the CD47 checkpoint pathway and bridge the innate and adaptive immune system.

ALX Oncology Holdings Inc. is incorporated in Delaware. ALX Oncology Limited, incorporated in Ireland, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALX Oncology Holdings Inc. ALX Oncology Inc., incorporated in Delaware, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALX Oncology Limited. Alexo International Holdings Limited, incorporated in Malta, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ALX Oncology Inc. All the companies, except for ALX Oncology Holdings Inc., are collectively known as the Subsidiaries.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company has devoted substantially all of its efforts to the formation and financing of the Company, as well as product development, and has not realized product revenues from its planned principal operations. The Company does not have manufacturing facilities and all manufacturing related activities are contracted out to third-party service providers.

Management expects to incur additional losses in the future to conduct product candidate research and development and to conduct pre-commercialization activities and recognizes that the Company will likely raise additional capital to fully implement its business plan. The Company intends to raise such capital through the sale of additional equity, debt financings and/or strategic alliances with third parties. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in acquiring additional funding at levels sufficient to fund its operations or on terms acceptable to the Company. If the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to raise additional financing, the Company could be required to significantly reduce operating expenses and delay, reduce the scope of or eliminate some of its development programs or its future commercialization efforts, out-license intellectual property rights to its product candidates and sell unsecured assets, or a combination of the above, any of which may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations, financial condition and/or its ability to fund its scheduled obligations on a timely basis or at all. The Company believes that the existing capital resources will be sufficient to fund the projected operating requirements for at least the next twelve months.

(2) SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Preparation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP, and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. As such, the information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2024 included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all disclosures including notes required by U.S. GAAP.

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that are necessary to present fairly the results for the interim periods presented. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year ending December 31, 2024.

Principles of Consolidation

All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including, but not limited to, those related to the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets, clinical trial accruals, fair value of assets and liabilities, fair value of investments and stock-based compensation. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other market-specific and relevant assumptions that management believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no new or material changes to the significant accounting policies discussed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

None.

(3) FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities are determined in accordance with the fair value hierarchy established in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

The following table presents the Company’s investments, which consist of cash equivalents and investments classified as available-for-sale investments, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis by level within the fair value hierarchy as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

Fair ValueHierarchyLevelAmortized CostUnrealized GainsUnrealized LossesFair Value
Cash equivalents
Money market fundsLevel 1$11,640$—$—$11,640
Short-term investments
U.S. Treasury securitiesLevel 174,58324(15)74,592
U.S. government agency securitiesLevel 214,18411(21)14,174
Corporate debt securitiesLevel 227,93815(20)27,933
Commercial paperLevel 226,5939(6)26,596
Asset-backed securitiesLevel 2101——101
Long-term investments
U.S. Treasury securitiesLevel 19,815—(12)9,803
Corporate debt securitiesLevel 217,20349(6)17,246
Total$182,057$108$(80)$182,085
Fair ValueHierarchyLevel · Amortized Cost · Unrealized Gains · Unrealized Losses · Fair Value
Cash equivalents
Money market fundsLevel 1$15,591$—$—$15,591
Corporate debt securitiesLevel 24,4891—4,490
Short-term investments
U.S. Treasury securitiesLevel 174,79080(20)74,850
U.S. government agency securitiesLevel 228,215—(38)28,177
Corporate debt securitiesLevel 221,88124(3)21,902
Commercial paperLevel 234,96722(9)34,980
Asset-backed securitiesLevel 2423—(2)421
Long-term investments—
U.S. Treasury securitiesLevel 114,73775—14,812
U.S. government agency securitiesLevel 23,00931—3,040
Asset-backed securitiesLevel 217,46495—17,559
Total$215,566$328$(72)$215,822

The fair value of cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments by classification included in the condensed consolidated balance sheets was as follows as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

March 31,December 31,
20242023
Cash equivalents$11,640$20,081
Short-term investments143,396160,330
Long-term investments27,04935,411
Total$182,085$215,822

Cash and cash equivalents in the above table excludes bank account cash of$2.4 million and$2.3 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively.

The fair value of cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments by contractual maturity was as follows as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

March 31,December 31,
20242023
Maturing in one year or less$155,036$180,411
Maturing after one year through five years27,04935,411
Total$182,085$215,822

The primary objective of the Company’s investment portfolio is to maintain safety of principal, prudent levels of liquidity and acceptable levels of risk. The Company’s investment policy limits investments to certain types of instruments issued by institutions with investment-grade credit ratings, and it places restrictions on maturities and concentration by asset class and issuer.

There wereno transfers of financial instruments between the fair value measurement levels during thethree months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 and there wereno financial instruments classified as Level 3 as of March 31, 2024 and 2023.

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, accrued interest receivable related to the Company’s investments of$1.1 million and$1.0 million, respectively, was included inprepaid expenses and other current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

As of March 31, 2024, the unrealized losses for available-for-sale investments were non-credit related and the Company does not intend to sell the investments that were in an unrealized loss position, nor does it foresee or project that it will be required to sell those investments before recovery of their amortized costs basis, which may be maturity. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, no allowance for credit losses for the Company’s investments was recorded. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, securities with a fair value of$0.1 million and$5.9 million, respectively, were in a continuous net unrealized loss position for more than 12 months. As of March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company hasnot recognized any impairment losses on available-for-sale investments.

(4) BALANCE SHEET COMPONENTS

Property and Equipment, Net

The following table presents the components of property and equipment, net as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

March 31,December 31,
20242023
Leasehold improvements$2,513$2,513
Laboratory equipment1,7571,733
Computer hardware and software452414
Furniture and fixtures166166
Property and equipment, gross4,8884,826
Less: accumulated depreciation(1,447)(1,237)
Property and equipment, net$3,441$3,589

Depreciation was$0.2 million and$0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Other Assets

The following table presents the components of other assets as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

March 31,December 31,
20242023
Long-term prepaid clinical expenses$6,879$7,442
Operating lease right-of-use assets4,6474,847
Finance lease right-of-use assets2,1572,405
Long-term prepaid contract manufacturing costs413—
Other200200
Total other assets$14,296$14,894

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

The following table presents the components of accrued expenses and other current liabilities as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

March 31,December 31,
20242023
Accrued clinical and nonclinical study costs$11,428$8,873
Accrued contract manufacturing9,3129,543
Accrued compensation and related expenses2,4886,067
Accrued property and equipment182179
Other2,2162,205
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities$25,626$26,867

(5) LEASES

The Company has non-cancelable operating leases for its offices located in the U.S. As of March 31, 2024, these leases expire on various dates between 2026 and 2030. Certain lease agreements include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease up totwo years after expiration. The Company has the right to exercise or forego the lease renewal options. The lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The following table presents the maturities and balance sheet information of the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2024 (in thousands, except lease term and discount rate):

Operating Leases · Finance Leases
2024$954$792
20251,3051,056
20261,187440
2027912—
2028939—
Thereafter1,130—
Total lease payments6,4272,288
Less: imputed interest(1,371)(205)
Total lease liabilities$5,056$2,083
Lease liabilities: current (i)$872$914
Lease liabilities: non-current (ii)4,1841,169
Total lease liabilities$5,056$2,083
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)5.22.2
Weighted average discount rate8.7%8.5%

(i)

Current lease liabilities are presented within accrued expenses and other current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

(ii)

Non-current lease liabilities are presented within other non-current liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table presents the components of lease costs for thethree months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended
March 31,
20242023
Operating lease cost$311$318
Variable lease cost and other, net (i)167116
Short-term lease cost83
Finance lease cost:
Amortization of right-of-use assets249112
Interest471
Total lease costs$782$550

(i)

The variable lease cost and other, net is comprised primarily of common area maintenance charges for the operating lease, which are dependent on usage. These costs are classified as operating lease expense due to the election to not separate lease and non-lease components. These costs were not included within the measurement of the Company’s operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities.

The following table presents the supplemental cash flow disclosures for cash paid for leases for thethree months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended
March 31,
20242023
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows from operating leases$313$310
Operating cash flows from finance leases$41$1
Financing cash flows from finance leases$175$107

(6) TERM LOAN

Oxford Finance and Silicon Valley Bank Loan

In October 2022, the Company entered into a loan and security agreement, as amended, the Loan Agreement, with Oxford Finance LLC, Oxford Finance Credit Fund II LP, and Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB, collectively the Lenders, for a secured term loan facility of up to $100.0 million. Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Company drew an initial loan of $10.0 million and has access to draw an additional $40.0 million through the end of June 2024. The Loan Agreement provides for an additional $50.0 million over three tranches, with $12.5 million available in each of two tranches based upon the achievement of milestones related to the development of evorpacept and one preclinical product candidate, and $25.0 million at the Lenders’ sole discretion. The proceeds of the loans may be used by the Company for working capital and to fund its general business requirements.

Additional information regarding our indebtedness is included in our notes to our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, interest expense incurred in connection with the Loan Agreement was$0.3 million and$0.3 million, respectively.

As of March 31, 2024, we were in compliance with all financial reporting covenants under the Loan Agreement.

As of March 31, 2024, the future maturities under the Loan Agreement are as follows (in thousands):

2024$—
2025435
20265,217
20274,948
Total future maturities10,600
Less: current portion of term loan—
Total term loan, net of current portion10,600
Less: unamortized debt issuance costs(727)
Less: unaccreted final payment costs(170)
Term loan, non-current, net$9,703

(7) STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

On July 21, 2020, the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation became effective, authorizing 1,000,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, and 100,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had 50,277,193 and 49,951,989 shares of common stock outstanding, respectively.

Common stock reserved for future issuance as of March 31, 2024 consists of the following:

Stock options issued and outstanding9,870,347
Stock options authorized for future issuance1,625,753
Employee Stock Purchase Plan shares authorized for future issuance1,065,389
RSUs issued and outstanding1,263,321
PSUs issued and outstanding365,000
Total14,189,810

At-the-Market Equity Offering

In December 2021, the Company entered into a sales agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Sales Agreement), under which it may offer and sell shares of the Company's common stock, having aggregate gross proceeds of up to $150.0 million, from time to time through them as the Company's sales agents in its at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program. In August 2023, the Company entered into an amendment to the Sales Agreement to include UBS Securities LLC as an additional sales agent and to remove Credit Suisse as a sales agent. As of March 31, 2024, the Company had issued approximately 211,819 shares of common stock pursuant to the Sales Agreement for net proceeds of $3.0 million. The Company may terminate this ATM program at any time, pursuant to its terms.

Pre-Funded Warrants

In October 2023, we completed an underwritten follow-on public offering (the October 2023 Offering) pursuant to our shelf registration statement, which provides for aggregate offerings of up to $450.0 million of the Company’s securities. As part of the October 2023 underwritten public offering, the Company issued pre-funded warrants to certain investors to purchase 1,250,000 shares of common stock in an underwritten public offering at a public offering price of $6.379 per pre-funded warrant. Each pre-funded warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.001 per share.

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, no shares underlying the pre-funded warrants had been exercised. All of the outstanding pre-funded warrants are included in the weighted-average number of shares of common stock used to calculate basic net loss per share attributable to common stockholders (see Note 10 “Net Loss Per Share”).

(8) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan

The Company’s Amended and Restated 2020 Equity Incentive Plan, or the 2020 Plan, serves as the successor to the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan and provides for the granting of incentive stock options, non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance units and performance shares.

On January 1, 2024, the number of shares available under the 2020 Plan was increased by 1,998,080 shares.

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units

In February 2024, the Company granted 365,000 performance-based restricted stock units, or PSUs, to certain employees under the 2020 Plan. The PSUs are subject to both performance-based and service-based vesting conditions with a fair value based on the closing price of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Each PSU is split into two tranches with each tranche having performance goals based on the achievement of pre-determined clinical milestones that result in the shares attributable to such tranche being eligible for vesting, subject to the service-based vesting condition. The service-based vesting condition is satisfied on the one-year anniversary of the performance achievement date for each tranche and is subject to the employee’s continuous service through such vesting date. Upon vesting, each PSU will automatically convert intoone share of the Company’s common stock. If the performance condition for a tranche is not met by March 31, 2025, the shares attributable to such tranche will be forfeited.

Compensation expense for awards with performance-based vesting requirements are recognized on a tranche-by-tranche basis based on the grant date fair value over the requisite service period using the accelerated attribution method if and when the performance condition is deemed to be probable of being achieved. At each reporting period, the Company will assess the probability of the performance condition being met for each tranche and, as applicable, recognize the cumulative effect of the change in estimate in the period of the change.

As of March 31, 2024, the Company determined that the achievement of the performance conditions for each tranche of PSUs was not probable. As a result, no compensation expense has been recognized for these awards as of and for thethree months ended March 31, 2024.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Under the Company’s 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or the ESPP, eligible employees are entitled to purchase shares of common stock with accumulated payroll deductions.

Stock-based Compensation Expenses

Total stock-based compensation expense recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations was as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended
March 31,
20242023
Research and development$4,998$3,214
General and administrative2,0333,137
Total$7,031$6,351

(9) RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company has several related-party agreements with Tallac Therapeutics, Inc., or Tallac, and with ScalmiBio, Inc., or ScalmiBio. The details of these agreements are described in our notes to our consolidated financial statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on March 7, 2024. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, there were no material changes to these agreements.

Tallac Service Agreement

In each of the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded a nominal amount and$0.1 million, respectively, as research and development, or R&D, costs in relation to the research and development services agreement with Tallac, or the Tallac Services Agreement.

Tallac Collaboration Agreement

During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded$0.4 million and$0.7 million, respectively, as R&D costs in relation to the collaboration agreement with Tallac, or the Tallac Collaboration Agreement.

As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company hadaccrued expenses of$0.4 million and$0.5 million, respectively, related to the Tallac Collaboration Agreement, which was presented within the payable and accrued liabilities due to related party on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

ScalmiBio Milestone Payments

The Company has agreed to pay up to $35.0 million, in aggregate, in certain milestones based on the clinical development of the acquired ScalmiBio technology and has also agreed to pay a low single digit royalty on net sales of any products developed from the ScalmiBio acquired technology for a defined term. The Company has the option to buy-out the royalty payment, prior to the first marketing approval of the developed product.

During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company made a $1.0 million milestone payment, as a result of selecting a development candidate, to the stockholders of ScalmiBio, including 31.7%, or $0.3 million, to the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer and current Chief Scientific Officer and President, and 63.5%, or $0.6 million, to another employee of the Company. This milestone payment was recorded as R&D costs within the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

(10) NET LOSS PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of the basic and diluted net loss per share for thethree months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands, except share and per share data):

Three Months Ended
March 31,
20242023
Numerator:
Net loss$(35,581)$(30,184)
Denominator:
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, basic and diluted50,120,75840,862,513
Net loss per share, basic and diluted$(0.71)$(0.74)

Since the Company was in a loss position for all periods presented, basic net loss per share is the same as diluted net loss per share for all periods presented as the inclusion of all potential common stock outstanding would have been anti-dilutive.

The following outstanding potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share for thethree months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 because including them would have been anti-dilutive:

Three Months Ended
March 31,
20242023
Stock options issued and outstanding9,870,3476,511,136
RSUs issued and outstanding1,263,321793,088
PSUs issued and outstanding365,000—
Employee Stock Purchase Plan estimated shares issuable1,14614,962
Total11,499,8147,319,186

(11) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Guarantees and Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties and provide for general indemnifications. The Company’s exposure under these agreements is unknown because it involves claims that may be made against the Company in the future but have not yet been made. To date, the Company has not paid any claims or been required to defend any action related to its indemnification obligations. However, the Company may record charges in the future as a result of these indemnification obligations. The Company also has indemnification obligations to its officers and directors for specified events or occurrences, subject to some limits, while they are serving at the Company’s request in such capacities. There have been no claims to date and the Company has director and officer insurance that may enable the Company to recover a portion of any amounts paid for future potential claims. The Company believes the fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Accordingly, the Company hasnot recorded any liabilities for these agreements as of March 31, 2024.

Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may be a party to various claims in the normal course of business. Legal fees and other costs associated with such actions will be expensed as incurred. The Company will assess, in conjunction with its legal counsel, the need to record a liability for litigation and contingencies. Reserve estimates will be recorded when and if it is determined that a loss related matter is both probable and reasonably estimable. As of March 31, 2024, the Company hadno pending or threatened litigation.

Other Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments

We have other contractual obligations and other commitments from manufacturing and service contracts, which are presented as follows as of March 31, 2024 (in thousands):

Total2024(remaining nine months)2025-20262027-2028Thereafter
Manufacturing and service contracts$11,379$10,563$799$17$—
Total$11,379$10,563$799$17$—

In November 2015, the Company entered into a Master Service Agreement, or the MSA, with KBI Biopharma, Inc. relating to formulation development, process development and current good manufacturing practices, or cGMP, manufacturing of evorpacept for use in clinical trials on a project basis. The MSA had an initial term ofthree years with successiveone-year renewal periods, which was extended an additional eight years until November 2026, is cancellable upon notice and is non-exclusive. Statements of work under the MSA commit the Company to certain future purchase obligations of approxim ately$2.0 million. In addition, the Company has commitments with one other pharmaceutical contract manufacturer, including certain future purchase obligations of approximately$9.3 million. These amounts are based on non-cancellable commitments and forecasts that include estimates of future market demand, quantity discounts and manufacturing efficiencies that may impact timing of purchases.

The Company enters into contracts in the normal course of business with various third parties for clinical trials, preclinical research studies and testing, manufacturing and other services and products for operating purposes. These contracts generally provide for termination upon notice. Payments due upon cancellation consist only of payments for services provided or expenses incurred, including non-cancellable obligations of the Company’s service providers, up to the date of cancellation.

(12) SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent to March 31, 2024, the Company has issued an additional 1,794,091 shares of common stock as part of its ATM offering program and received net proceeds of approximately$26.2 million, after deducting commissions. The Company may terminate this ATM program at any time, pursuant to its terms.

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