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Oric Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 5, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 5, 2025

ORIC$8.82+3.9%Stored close · as of Nov 6, 2026

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Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements

  1. Description of the Business

ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ORIC or the Company) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to improving patients’ lives by Overcoming Resistance In Cancer. The Company was incorporated in Delaware in August 2014 and has offices in South San Francisco and San Diego, California. The Company’s principal operations are in the United States and the Company operates inone segment.

Since inception, the Company has devoted its primary efforts to raising capital, internal research and development activities and business development efforts, and has incurred significant operating losses and negative cash flows from operations. In August 2020, the Company licensed from Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (Mirati) development and commercialization rights to an allosteric inhibitor program directed towards the polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) and in October 2020, the Company licensed from Voronoi Inc. (Voronoi) development and commercialization rights to a brain penetrant, orally bioavailable, irreversible inhibitor designed to selectively target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) with high potency against exon 20 insertion mutations.

As of March 31, 2025, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $592.8 million. Through March 31, 2025, all of the Company’s financial support has been provided by proceeds from the issuance of common stock and convertible preferred stock.

As the Company continues its expansion, it may seek additional financing and/or strategic investments, however, there can be no assurance that any additional financing or strategic investments will be available to the Company on acceptable terms, if at all. If events or circumstances occur such that the Company does not obtain additional funding, it will most likely be required to reduce its plans and/or certain discretionary spending, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to achieve its intended business objectives. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if it were unable to continue as a going concern. Management believes that it has sufficient working capital on hand to fund operations through at least the next twelve months from the date of the issuance of these financial statements.

At-The-Market Sales Agreement and Offering

The Company previously entered into an “at the market” (ATM) sales agreement with Jefferies LLC as the Company’s sales agent, to sell shares of the Company’s common stock. On March 11, 2024, pursuant to the terms of the ATM sales agreement, the Company filed a Form S-3ASR and prospectus supplement, to allow the Company to sell from time to time up to $200.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock in negotiated transactions or transactions deemed to be an ATM offering.

Private Placements

On January 20, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with a select group of institutional and accredited healthcare specialist investors for the private placement of 12,500,000 shares of common stock at a price of $10.00 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $125.0 million. The purchase price per share represents a premium to ORIC's 5-day trailing average stock price at the time of sale. After deducting expenses related to the private placement of $0.2 million, the net proceeds to the Company from the private placement were $124.8 million. The private placement closed on January 23, 2024. On January 26, 2024, the Company filed a Form S-3 registering the shares sold in the private placement. The Form S-3 was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 2, 2024.

  1. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions of the SEC on Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, have been omitted. The accompanying unaudited financial statements include all known adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results as required by GAAP. These adjustments consist primarily of normal recurring accruals and estimates that impact the carrying value of assets and liabilities. Operating results for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of future results.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the related notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2024, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. Furthermore, the Company’s significant accounting policies are disclosed in the audited financial statements for the periods ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. Since the date of those financial statements, there have been no changes to its significant accounting policies.

Segment Reporting

The Company’s chief operating decision maker (CODM) is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The CODM is assisted in their responsibilities of making decisions regarding resource allocation and performance assessment by the leadership team, consisting of executives, an executive vice president, a senior vice president and a vice president.

The Company views its operations and manages its business as one operating segment, focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapies designed to counter the resistance mechanisms in cancer. Segment profit or loss is measured as the Company’s net loss as reported on the Company’s Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss. The Company monitors its cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and long-term investments as reported on the Company’s Balance Sheets to determine funding for its research and development.

The CODM assesses Company performance through the achievement of pre-clinical and clinical research goals. In addition to the Company’s Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, the CODM is regularly provided with budgeted and forecasted expense information which is used to determine the Company’s liquidity needs and cash allocation.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220 -40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which is intended to enhance expense disclosures by requiring additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to the financial statements. The standard is effective, as clarified by ASU 2025-01, for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The standard may be adopted prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the standard on its financial statements and related disclosures.

  1. License Agreements and Clinical Development Collaborations

Johnson & Johnson collaborations

On August 29, 2024, the Company entered into a clinical supply agreement with Janssen Research & Development, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company (Johnson & Johnson), to evaluate ORIC-114 in combination with subcutaneous (SC) amivantamab, Johnson & Johnson’s fully-human EGFR-MET bispecific antibody. The Company will continue to conduct and sponsor the ongoing Phase 1b clinical trial, and Johnson & Johnson will provide SC amivantamab for the trial. The Company maintains full economic ownership and control of ORIC-114.

On July 10, 2024, the Company entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Johnson & Johnson, to evaluate ORIC-944 in combination with Erleada® (apalutamide), Johnson & Johnson’s androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor. The Company will continue to conduct and sponsor the ongoing Phase 1b trial, and Johnson & Johnson will provide apalutamide for the trial. The Company maintains full economic ownership and control of ORIC-944.

Bayer collaboration

On May 14, 2024, the Company entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with Bayer Consumer Care AG (Bayer), as amended effective October 23, 2024, to evaluate ORIC-944 in combination with Nubeqa® (darolutamide), Bayer’s AR inhibitor. The Company will continue to conduct and sponsor the ongoing Phase 1b trial, and Bayer will provide darolutamide for the trial. The Company maintains full economic ownership and control of ORIC-944.

Voronoi License Agreement

On October 19, 2020, the Company entered into a license and collaboration agreement (Voronoi License Agreement) with Voronoi. The Voronoi License Agreement gives the Company access to Voronoi’s preclinical stage EGFR and HER2 exon 20 insertion mutation program, including a lead product candidate now designated as ORIC-114. Under the Voronoi License Agreement, Voronoi granted the Company an exclusive, sublicensable license under Voronoi’s rights to certain patent applications directed to certain small molecule compounds that bind to EGFR and HER2 with one or more exon 20 insertion mutations and certain related know-how, in each case, to develop and commercialize certain licensed compounds and licensed products incorporating any such compound in the ORIC Territory, defined as worldwide other than in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Pursuant to an amendment to the Voronoi License Agreement that the Company entered into with Voronoi on March 20, 2024, the Company also obtained the right to conduct and control certain clinical trials for the licensed products at specified clinical sites within Voronoi’s territory to support the development and commercialization of licensed products in the ORIC Territory. Under the Voronoi License Agreement, Voronoi had the right to perform certain mutually agreed upon development activities. Except for Voronoi's right to participate in such development activities, the Company is wholly responsible for development and commercialization of licensed products in the ORIC Territory. In addition, the Company is obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize at leastone licensed product in certain major markets in the ORIC Territory.

The Company’s financial obligations under the Voronoi License Agreement included an upfront payment of $5.0 million in cash and the issuance to Voronoi of 283,259 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at approximately $6.8 million, issued pursuant to a stock issuance agreement entered into between the parties on October 19, 2020. The number of shares issued pursuant to the stock issuance agreement was based on a price of $28.24 per share, representing a premium of 25% to the 30-day trailing volume weighted average trading price of the Company’s common stock. The shares were issued in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), for transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering.

Under the Voronoi License Agreement, Voronoi was responsible for certain research and development costs up to a predetermined threshold. Upon achievement of the predetermined threshold in the second quarter of 2022, Voronoi chose to opt out of participation in and funding of future development activities. The Company is also obligated to make milestone payments to Voronoi upon the achievement of certain events. Upon the achievement of certain development and regulatory milestones with respect to the first licensed product, the Company is obligated to pay Voronoi up to a maximum of $111.0 million. Upon the achievement of certain commercial milestones with respect to the first licensed product, the Company is obligated to pay Voronoi up to a maximum of $225.0 million. If the Company pursues a second licensed product, the Company could pay Voronoi up to an additional $272.0 million in success-based milestones. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay royalties on net sales of licensed products in the ORIC Territory. In the third quarter of 2022, the Company made a development milestone payment to Voronoi in the amount of $5.0 million, which was recorded in acquired in-process research and development expense.

Unless earlier terminated, the Voronoi License Agreement will continue in effect until the expiration of all royalty payment obligations. Following the expiration of the Voronoi License Agreement, the Company will retain its licenses under the intellectual property Voronoi licensed to it on a royalty-free basis. The Company and Voronoi may each terminate the Voronoi License Agreement if the other party materially breaches the terms of such agreement, subject to specified notice and cure provisions, or enters into bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. Voronoi may also terminate the agreement if the Company discontinues development of licensed products for a specified period of time. The Company also has the right to terminate the Voronoi License Agreement without cause by providing prior notice to Voronoi.

If Voronoi terminates the Voronoi License Agreement for cause, or if the Company terminates the Voronoi License Agreement without cause, then the Company is obligated to grant a nonexclusive license to Voronoi under certain of the Company’s patents and know-how and to assign to Voronoi certain of its regulatory filings for licensed compounds and licensed products.

Mirati License Agreement

On August 3, 2020, the Company entered into a license agreement (Mirati License Agreement) with Mirati. Under the Mirati License Agreement, Mirati granted the Company a worldwide, exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free license under Mirati’s rights to certain patents and patent applications directed to certain small molecule compounds that bind to and inhibit PRC2 and certain related know-how, in each case, to develop and commercialize certain licensed compounds and licensed products incorporating any such compounds. Under the Mirati License Agreement, the Company is wholly responsible for development and commercialization of licensed products. In addition, the Company is obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and commercialize at leastone licensed product in certain major markets.

The Company’s financial obligation under the Mirati License Agreement was an upfront payment of 588,235 shares of ORIC common stock, valued at approximately $13.0 million based upon the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the acquisition date. The number of shares issued was based on a price of $34.00 per share, representing a premium of 10% to the 60-day trailing volume-weighted average trading price of the Company’s common stock. The shares were issued in a private placement in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act for transactions by an issuer not involving any public offering. During theeighteen-month period following the date of the agreement, Mirati was subject to certain transfer restrictions, and the parties agreed to negotiate and enter into a registration rights agreement, with respect to the shares. The Company is not obligated to pay Mirati milestones or royalties.

Unless earlier terminated, the Mirati License Agreement will continue in effect on a country-by-country and licensed product-by-licensed product basis until the later of (a) the expiration of the last valid claim of a licensed patent covering such licensed product in such country or (b)ten years after the first commercial sale of such licensed product in such country. Following the expiration of the Mirati License Agreement, the Company will retain its licenses under the intellectual property Mirati licensed to it on a royalty-free basis. ORIC and Mirati may each terminate the Mirati License Agreement if the other party materially breaches the terms of such agreement, subject to specified notice and cure provisions, or enters into bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings. Mirati may terminate the agreement if the Company challenges any of the patent rights licensed to the Company by Mirati or it discontinues development of licensed products for a specified period of time. The Company also has the right to terminate the Mirati License Agreement without cause by providing prior notice to Mirati.

On October 8, 2023, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) and Mirati announced that they entered into a definitive merger agreement under which BMS through a subsidiary will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Mirati common stock. The Mirati License Agreement continued in effect upon consummation of the transaction, which closed on January 23, 2024.

  1. Property and Equipment, net

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Lab equipment$7,757$7,386
Leasehold improvements2,0562,043
Computer hardware and software287274
Furniture and fixtures697697
Total property and equipment, gross10,79710,400
Less accumulated depreciation(7,776)(7,476)
Total property and equipment, net$3,021$2,924
  1. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

March 31, 2025December 31, 2024
Accrued clinical and manufacturing costs$4,061$11,808
Accrued compensation4,0077,648
Operating lease liabilities - short-term3,2133,183
Other accruals1,176659
Total accrued liabilities$12,457$23,298
  1. Investments

The Company's available-for-sale investments consisted of the following (in thousands):

March 31, 2025AmortizedCostUnrealizedGainsUnrealizedLossesEstimatedFair Value
Short-term
U.S. treasury securities$154,203$187$(1)$154,389
Short-term investments$154,203$187$(1)$154,389
Long-term
U.S. treasury securities$20,016$23$—$20,039
Long-term investments$20,016$23$—$20,039
Short-term
U.S. treasury securities$196,175$379$—$196,554
Short-term investments$196,175$379$—$196,554

The Company has determined that there were no material declines in fair value of its investments due to credit-related factors as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024. Credit loss is limited due to the nature of the investments.

  1. Fair Value Measurements

The accounting guidance defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure for each major asset and liability category measured at fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis. Fair value is defined as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the accounting guidance establishes a three-tier fair-value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;

Level 2: Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and

Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

The carrying amounts of the Company’s interest receivable, included in prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities are generally considered to be representative of their fair value because of their short-term nature. The Company’s investments, which may include money market funds and available-for-sale investments consisting of U.S. treasury securities, certificates of deposit and high-quality, marketable debt instruments of corporations and government sponsored enterprises, are measured at fair value in accordance with the fair value hierarchy.

Following are the major categories of assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):

Fair Value Measurements
Fair Value · Level 1 · Level 2 · Level 3 · Total
Money market funds (1)$49,334$49,334$—$—$49,334
U.S. treasury securities174,428174,428——174,428
Total$223,762$223,762$—$—$223,762
Money market funds (1)$59,406$59,406$—$—$59,406
U.S. treasury securities196,554196,554——196,554
Total$255,960$255,960$-$—$255,960

(1)Included in cash and cash equivalents in accompanying balance sheets.

No transfers between levels occurred during either of the reporting periods presented.

  1. Stockholders’ Equity and Stock-Based Compensation

As of March 31, 2025, there were 1,768,802 shares available for future issuance under the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan and 1,236,941 shares available for future issuance under the 2022 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan. The 2020 Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grants of stock options and other equity-based awards to employees, non-employee directors and consultants of the Company. The 2022 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan provides for the grants of equity-based awards to individuals not previously employees or non-employee directors of the Company.

The table below summarizes the total stock-based compensation expense included in the Company’s statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the periods presented (in thousands):

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20252024
Research and development$2,892$2,145
General and administrative3,6622,813
Total stock-based compensation expense$6,554$4,958

Stock Options

The following table summarizes the stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

OptionsWeighted-AverageExercisePriceWeighted-AverageRemainingContractualTerm(in years)AggregateIntrinsicValue(in thousands)
Outstanding at December 31, 202411,249,452$5.87
Granted2,946,718$8.30
Exercised(53,009)$4.78
Forfeited and cancelled(5,955)$6.85
Outstanding at March 31, 202514,137,206$6.387.8$11,738
Exercisable at March 31, 20256,965,891$5.026.6$10,227

The fair value of stock option awards to employees, executives, directors, and other service providers was estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model with the following assumptions:

Three Months EndedMarch 31,
20252024
Risk-free interest rate4.02% - 4.43%3.82% - 4.19%
Expected volatility83.11% - 83.92%85.97% - 86.31%
Expected term (in years)6.086.08
Expected dividend yield0%0%

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to the vesting of stock options of $5.5 million and $4.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Total unrecognized compensation expense related to outstanding unvested stock-option awards as of March 31, 2025, was $44.0 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average remaining service period of 2.7 years.

Restricted Stock Units

The following table summarizes the restricted stock unit activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025:

Number of SharesWeighted-AverageGrant-Date Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2024462,507$8.46
Granted462,004$8.30
Vested(3,647)$7.82
Forfeited(804)$8.59
Outstanding at March 31, 2025920,060$8.39

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to the vesting of restricted stock units of $0.9 million and $0.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Total unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock units as of March 31, 2025, was $6.6 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average remaining service period of 2.2 years.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense related to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) of $0.2 million and $0.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Net Loss per Share

The following outstanding shares of potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented because including them would have been anti-dilutive:

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
Options to purchase common stock14,137,20610,815,954
Non-vested restricted stock units920,060695,246
Total15,057,26611,511,200
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