Pacira BioSciences Inc

NOTE 1—DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Pacira BioSciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Pacira”) delivers innovative, non-opioid pain therapies to transform the lives of patients. The Company’s long-acting, local analgesic, EXPAREL®(bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension), was commercially launched in the United States, or U.S., in April 2012 and approved in select European countries and the United Kingdom, or U.K., in November 2021. EXPAREL utilizes the Company’s proprietary multivesicular liposome, or pMVL, drug delivery technology that encapsulates drugs without altering their molecular structure and releases them over a desired period of time. EXPAREL is currently indicated to produce postsurgical local analgesia via infiltration in patients aged 6 years and older, and postsurgical regional analgesia via an interscalene brachial plexus block in adults, a sciatic nerve block in the popliteal fossa in adults, and an adductor canal block in adults for postsurgical pain management. In November 2021, the Company acquired Flexion Therapeutics, Inc., or Flexion (the “Flexion Acquisition”), and added ZILRETTA® (triamcinolone acetonide extended-release injectable suspension) to its product portfolio. ZILRETTA is the first and only extended-release, intra-articular (meaning in the joint) injection indicated for the management of osteoarthritis, or OA, knee pain. In April 2019, the Company added iovera°®to its commercial offering with the acquisition of MyoScience, Inc., or MyoScience (the “MyoScience Acquisition”). The iovera° system is a handheld cryoanalgesia device that delivers immediate, long-acting, drug-free pain control using precise, controlled doses of cold temperature to a targeted nerve. The company is also advancing the development of PCRX-201 (enekinragene inzadenovec), a novel, locally administered gene therapy with the potential to treat large prevalent diseases like OA.

Pacira is subject to risks common to companies in similar industries and stages, including, but not limited to, competition from larger companies and potential generic entrants, reliance on revenue from three products, reliance on a limited number of wholesalers, reliance on a limited number of manufacturing sites, new technological innovations, dependence on key personnel, reliance on third-party service providers and sole source suppliers, protection of proprietary technology, compliance with government regulations and risks related to cybersecurity.

The Company is managed and operated as a single business focused on the development, manufacture, marketing, distribution and sale of non-opioid pain management and regenerative health solutions. The Company is managed by a single management team, and consistent with its organizational structure, the Chief Executive Officer—who is the Company’s chief operating decision maker—manages and allocates resources at a consolidated level. Effective January 2, 2024, the Company appointed a new Chief Executive Officer. Consistent with the Company’s predecessor chief operating decision maker, the Company views its business asone reportable operating segment to evaluate its performance, allocate resources, set operational targets and forecast its future financial results.

NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

These interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or GAAP, and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), for interim reporting. Pursuant to these rules and regulations, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in complete annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted. Therefore, these interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited annual consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Annual Report”).

The condensed consolidated financial statements at September 30, 2024, and for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, are unaudited, but include all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) which, in the opinion of management, are necessary to present fairly the financial information set forth herein in accordance with GAAP. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2023 is derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s 2023 Annual Report. The condensed consolidated financial statements as presented reflect certain reclassifications from previously issued financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. The accounts of wholly-owned subsidiaries are included in the condensed consolidated financial statements. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The results of operations for these interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for any other interim periods or for the full year.

Concentration of Major Customers

The Company sells EXPAREL through a drop-ship program under which orders are processed through wholesalers (including AmerisourceBergen Health Corporation, Cardinal Health, Inc. and McKesson Drug Company), but shipments of the product are sent directly to individual accounts, such as hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and individual physicians. The table below includes the percentage of revenues comprised by the Company’sthree largest wholesalers in each period presented:

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Adopted as of September 30, 2024

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280), Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The ASU amendment improves reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses on an interim and annual basis. The new segment disclosure requirements apply for entities with a single reportable segment. The ASU’s amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods thereafter, with early adoption permitted. The ASU amendment will require adoption on a retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2023-07 on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740), Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The ASU amendment addresses investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The ASU’s amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 and may be adopted on a prospective or retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2023-09 on its consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 3—REVENUE

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The Company’s net product sales consist of (i) EXPAREL in the U.S., the European Union, or E.U., and the U.K.; (ii) ZILRETTA in the U.S.; (iii) iovera° in the U.S., Canada and Europe and (iv) sales of its bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension for veterinary use. Royalty revenues are related to a collaborative licensing agreement from the sale of its bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension for veterinary use. The Company does not consider revenue from sources other than sales of EXPAREL and ZILRETTA to be material sources of its consolidated revenue. As such, the following disclosure is limited to revenue associated with net product sales of EXPAREL and ZILRETTA.

Net Product Sales

The Company sells EXPAREL through a drop-ship program under which orders are processed through wholesalers based on orders of the product placed by end-users, namely hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and healthcare provider offices. EXPAREL is delivered directly to the end-user without the wholesaler ever taking physical possession of the product. The Company primarily sells ZILRETTA to specialty distributors and specialty pharmacies, who then subsequently resell ZILRETTA to physicians, clinics and certain medical centers or hospitals. The Company also contracts directly with healthcare providers and intermediaries such as group purchasing organizations, or GPOs. Product revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods are transferred to the customer, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for transferring those goods. EXPAREL and ZILRETTA revenue is recorded at the time the products are transferred to the customer.

Revenues from sales of products are recorded net of returns allowances, prompt payment discounts, service fees, government rebates, volume rebates and chargebacks. These reserves are based on estimates of the amounts earned or to be claimed on the related sales. These amounts are treated as variable consideration, estimated and recognized as a reduction of the transaction price at the time of the sale, using the most likely amount method, except for returns, which is based on the expected value method. The Company includes these estimated amounts in the transaction price to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized for such transaction will not occur, or when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved.

Chargebacks for fees and discounts represent the estimated obligations resulting from contractual commitments to sell products to Department of Veteran Affairs hospitals, participating GPO members, 340B qualified entities and other contracted customers at prices lower than the list price. The 340B Drug Discount Program is a U.S. federal government program that requires participating drug manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs to eligible health care organizations and covered entities at reduced prices. Customers claim the difference between the amount invoiced and the discounted selling price through a chargeback issued by a wholesaler. Reserves are established in the same period that the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction of product revenue and trade receivables, net. Chargeback amounts are determined at the time of sale and the Company generally issues credits for such amounts within weeks of receiving notification from a wholesaler. Reserves for chargebacks consist of anticipated credits the Company expects to issue based on expected units sold and chargebacks that customers have claimed for which credits have not yet been issued.

The calculation for some of these items requires management to make estimates based on sales data, historical return data, contracts, statutory requirements and other related information that may become known in the future. The adequacy of these provisions is reviewed on a quarterly basis.

Accounts Receivable

The majority of accounts receivable arise from product sales and represent amounts due from wholesalers, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, specialty distributors, specialty pharmacies and individual physicians. Payment terms generally range from zero tofour months from the date of the transaction, and accordingly, there is no significant financing component.

Performance Obligations

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer and is the unit of account in Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 606. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied.

At contract inception, the Company assesses the goods promised in its contracts with customers and identifies a performance obligation for each promise to transfer to the customer a good that is distinct. When identifying individual performance obligations, the Company considers all goods promised in the contract regardless of whether explicitly stated in the customer contract or implied by customary business practices. The Company’s contracts with customers require it to transfer an individual distinct product, which represents a single performance obligation. The Company’s performance obligation with respect to its product sales is satisfied at a point in time, which transfers control upon delivery of EXPAREL and ZILRETTA to its customers. The Company considers control to have transferred upon delivery because the customer has legal title to the asset, physical possession of the asset has been transferred, the customer has significant risks and rewards of ownership of the asset and the Company has a present right to payment at that time.

Disaggregated Revenue

The following table represents disaggregated net product sales in the periods presented as follows (in thousands):

NOTE 4—INVENTORIES

The components of inventories, net are as follows (in thousands):

NOTE 5—FIXED ASSETS

Fixed assets, net, summarized by major category, consist of the following (in thousands):

(1) During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company disposed $19.0 million of fully depreciated machinery and equipment associated with its 45-liter EXPAREL manufacturing process at its contract manufacturing facility located in Swindon, England. The Company continues to operate its 200-liter EXPAREL manufacturing process at the same facility.

(2) During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, a 200-liter EXPAREL manufacturing suite at the Company’s Science Center Campus in San Diego, California was placed into service, for which approximately $76.1 million was reclassified from construction in progress to machinery and equipment, leasehold improvements and computer equipment and software.

For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, depreciation expense was $6.0 million and $4.1 million, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there was $0.5 million and $0.7 million of capitalized interest on the construction of manufacturing sites, respectively.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, depreciation expense was $14.6 million and $14.1 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, there was $1.9 million and $2.8 million of capitalized interest on the construction of manufacturing sites, respectively.

At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, total fixed assets, net, includes manufacturing process equipment and leasehold improvements located in Europe in the amount of $30.4 million and $36.8 million, respectively.

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had asset retirement obligations of $4.1 million and $4.3 million, respectively, included in accrued expenses and other liabilities on its condensed consolidated balance sheets, for costs associated with returning leased spaces to their original condition upon the termination of certain of its lease agreements.

During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, approved a generic competitor to EXPAREL and a U.S. District Court ruled that one of the Company’s patents was not valid (for more information, see Note 15, Commitments and Contingencies). The Company determined that these events and a subsequent decrease in the Company’s common stock price constituted impairment indicators under ASC 360 Property, Plant and Equipment. As of September 30, 2024, the Company performed a quantitative recoverability test of the carrying values of its asset group. The Company estimated the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of these asset groups and found thatno impairment charge to long-lived assets was necessary.

NOTE 6—LEASES

The Company leases all of its facilities, including its EXPAREL and iovera° handpiece manufacturing facility at its Science Center Campus in San Diego, California. The Company also hastwo embedded leases with Thermo Fisher Scientific Pharma Services for the use of their manufacturing facility in Swindon, England for the production of EXPAREL and ZILRETTA. A portion of the associated monthly base fees has been allocated to the lease components based on a relative fair value basis.

Since July 2022 and February 2023, the Company has been recognizing sublease income for laboratory space leased in Woburn, Massachusetts and a portion of office space leased in Burlington, Massachusetts, respectively, from leases that were assumed as part of the Flexion Acquisition. In February 2024, the lease and sublease term concluded for the laboratory space in Woburn, Massachusetts.

The operating lease costs for the facilities include lease and non-lease components, such as common area maintenance and other common operating expenses, along with executory costs such as insurance and real estate taxes. Total operating lease expense, net is as follows (in thousands):

Supplemental cash flow information related to operating leases is as follows (in thousands):

The Company has elected to net the amortization of the right-of-use asset and the reduction of the lease liability principal in other liabilities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.

The Company has measured its operating lease liabilities at an estimated discount rate at which it could borrow on a collateralized basis over the remaining term for each operating lease. The weighted average remaining lease terms and the weighted average discount rates are summarized as follows:

Maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

NOTE 7—GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill

The Company’s goodwill results from the acquisition of Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the Company’s California operating subsidiary) from SkyePharma Holding, Inc. (now Vectura Group Limited, a subsidiary of Philip Morris International, Inc.) in 2007, the MyoScience Acquisition in 2019 and the Flexion Acquisition in 2021. The goodwill balance at December 31, 2023 was $163.2 million.

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired in a business combination and is subject to impairment testing at least annually or upon the occurrence of a triggering event that could indicate a potential impairment. During the three months ended September 30, 2024, the FDA approved a generic competitor to EXPAREL and a U.S. District Court ruled that one of the Company’s patents was not valid (for more information, see Note 15, Commitments and Contingencies). The Company determined that these events, combined with a subsequent decrease in the Company’s common stock price, indicated that it was more likely than not that the fair value of goodwill may be less than its carrying value, which required the Company to perform a quantitative impairment test. This was performed by comparing the fair value of the Company with its carrying value. If the estimated fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount of the reporting unit, impairment is indicated, requiring recognition of a goodwill impairment charge up to the carrying value of goodwill. The fair value of the Company was calculated through an income approach, in which the Company calculated the fair value based on the present value of estimated future cash flows. Considerable management judgment is necessary to evaluate the impact of operating and macroeconomic changes and to estimate the future cash flows used to assume fair value. The Company’s estimates of future cash flows consider past performance, current and anticipated market conditions, internal projections and operating plans which incorporate estimates for sales growth and future margins. Additional assumptions include forecasted growth rates, estimated discount rates and the probability of success for the Company’s product pipeline candidate products. The assumptions also reflect current and anticipated market conditions and are consistent with those that would be used by other marketplace participants for similar valuation purposes. Such assumptions are subject to change due to changing economic and competitive conditions. The conclusion of the income approach as of September, 30, 2024 resulted in the carrying value of the Company exceeding its fair value by more than the goodwill balance. As a result, the goodwill balance of $163.2 million was fully impaired during the three months ended September 30, 2024.

As detailed further in Note 5, Fixed Assets, certain events during the three months ended September 30, 2024 constituted impairment indicators under ASC 360 Property, Plant and Equipment. As of September 30, 2024, the Company performed a quantitative recoverability test of the carrying values of its asset group. The Company estimated the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of these asset groups and found thatno impairment charge to long-lived assets was necessary. Intangible assets were included within the assessed long-lived assets.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets, net, consists of the in-process research and development, or IPR&D, and developed technology from the Flexion Acquisition and developed technology and customer relationships from the MyoScience Acquisition and are summarized as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

Amortization expense on intangible assets was $14.3 million for both the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. Amortization expense on intangible assets was $43.0 million for both the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.

Assuming no changes in the gross carrying amount of these intangible assets, the future estimated amortization expense on the finite-lived intangible assets will be $14.3 million for the remaining three months of 2024, $57.3 million each year from 2025 to 2030, $37.4 million in 2031, $7.9 million in 2032 and $2.2 million in 2033.

NOTE 8—DEBT

The carrying value of the Company’s outstanding debt is summarized as follows (in thousands):

(1) The 3.375% convertible senior notes due May 2024 matured and were repaid on May 1, 2024.

2028 Term Loan A Facility

On March 31, 2023, the Company entered into a credit agreement (as amended to date, the “TLA Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders, to refinance the indebtedness outstanding under the Company’s then-existing TLB Credit Agreement (as defined and discussed below). The term loan issued under the TLA Credit Agreement (the “TLA Term Loan”) was issued at a 0.30% discount and provides for a single-advance term loan A facility in the principal amount of $150.0 million, which is secured by substantially all of the Company’s and any subsidiary guarantor’s assets. Subject to certain conditions, the Company may, at any time, on one or more occasion, add one or more new classes of term facilities and/or increase the principal amount of the loans of any existing class by requesting one or more incremental term facilities. The net proceeds of the TLA Term Loan were approximately $149.6 million after deducting an original issue discount of $0.4 million.

On May 8, 2024, the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders entered into a first amendment (the “First TLA Amendment”) to the TLA Credit Agreement. The First TLA Amendment, among other things, permits the Company’s $150.0 million share repurchase program and the Capped Call Transactions as described below.

The total debt composition of the TLA Term Loan is as follows (in thousands):

The TLA Term Loan matures on March 31, 2028 and the TLA Credit Agreement requires quarterly repayments of principal in the amount of $2.8 million which commenced on June 30, 2023, increasing to $3.8 million commencing March 31, 2025, with a remaining balloon payment of approximately $85.3 million due at maturity. Due to voluntary principal prepayments made, the Company is not required to make further principal payments until September 2026, although the Company retains the option to do so.

The TLA Credit Agreement requires the Company to, among other things, maintain (i) a Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the TLA Credit Agreement), determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, of no greater than 3.00 to 1.00 and (ii) a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement), determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, of no less than 1.50 to 1.00. The TLA Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain an unrestricted cash and cash equivalents balance of at least $300.0 million ($500.0 million less a $200.0 million prepayment of the 2025 Notes (as defined below) in the nine months ended September 30, 2024) less any additional prepayments of the 2025 Notes at any time from 91 days prior to the maturity date through the earlier of (i) the latest maturity date of the 2025 Notes and (ii) the date on which there is no outstanding principal amount of the 2025 Notes. The TLA Credit Agreement also contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, financial covenants, representations and warranties, events of default and other provisions. As of September 30, 2024, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants under the TLA Credit Agreement.

The Company may elect to borrow either (i) alternate base rate borrowings or (ii) term benchmark borrowings or daily simple SOFR (as defined in the TLA Credit Agreement) borrowings. Each term loan borrowing that is an alternate base rate borrowing bears interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the TLA Credit Agreement), plus (ii) a spread based on the Company’s Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio ranging from 2.00% to 2.75%. Each term loan borrowing that is a term benchmark borrowing or daily simple SOFR borrowing bears interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR (as each is defined in the Credit Agreement), plus (ii) a spread based on the Company’s Senior Secured Net Leverage Ratio ranging from 3.00% to 3.75%. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company made $8.4 million voluntary principal prepayments. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company made a scheduled principal payment of $2.8 million as well as $30.6 million of voluntary principal prepayments. As of September 30, 2024, borrowings under the TLA Term Loan consisted entirely of term benchmark borrowings at a rate of 7.95%.

2026 Term Loan B Facility

In December 2021, the Company entered into a term loan credit agreement (the “TLB Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the initial lender. The term loan issued under the TLB Credit Agreement (the “TLB Term Loan”) was issued at a 3.00% discount and allowed for a single-advance term loan B facility in the principal amount of $375.0 million, which was secured by substantially all of the Company’s and each subsidiary guarantor’s assets. The net proceeds of the TLB Term Loan were approximately $363.8 million after deducting an original issue discount of $11.2 million.

On March 31, 2023, the Company used the $149.6 million of net borrowings under the TLA Credit Agreement and cash on hand to repay the $296.9 million then-outstanding principal under the TLB Credit Agreement and concurrently terminated the TLB Credit Agreement, which resulted in a $16.9 million loss on early extinguishment of debt. The Company incurred a prepayment fee of 2.00% of the outstanding principal balance of the TLB Term Loan in connection with the termination.

Convertible Senior Notes Due 2029

In May 2024, the Company completed a private placement of $287.5 million in aggregate principal amount of its 2.125% convertible senior notes due 2029, or 2029 Notes, and entered into an indenture with Computershare Corporate Trust, N.A., or 2029 Indenture, with respect to the 2029 Notes. The 2029 Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of 2.125% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on May 15 th and November 15 th of each year. The 2029 Notes mature on May 15, 2029.

The total debt composition of the 2029 Notes is as follows (in thousands):

Holders may convert the 2029 Notes prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding November 15, 2028, only if certain circumstances are met, including, but not limited to, if during the previous calendar quarter, the last reported sales price of the Company’s common stock was greater than 130% of the conversion price then applicable for at least 20 out of the last 30 consecutive trading days of the quarter. During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, the conditions for conversion were not met.

On or after November 15, 2028, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding May 15, 2029, holders may convert their 2029 Notes at any time.

Upon conversion, holders will receive the principal amount of their 2029 Notes and any excess conversion value, calculated based on the per share volume-weighted average price for each of the 50 consecutive trading days during the observation period (as more fully described in the 2029 Indenture). For the principal, the Company will settle in cash per the terms of the 2029 Notes. For any excess conversion value, holders may receive cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s option. The initial conversion rate for the

2029 Notes is 25.2752 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of $39.56 per share of the Company’s common stock. The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. The initial conversion price of the 2029 Notes represents a premium of approximately 32.5% to the closing sale price of $29.86 per share of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on May 9, 2024, the date that the Company priced the private offering of the 2029 Notes.

As of September 30, 2024, the 2029 Notes had a market price of $757 per $1,000 principal amount. In the event of conversion, holders would forgo all future interest payments, any unpaid accrued interest and the possibility of further stock price appreciation. Upon the receipt of conversion requests, the settlement of the 2029 Notes will be paid pursuant to the terms of the 2029 Indenture. In the event that all of the 2029 Notes are converted, the Company would be required to repay the $287.5 million in principal value in cash, whereas any conversion premium would be required to be repaid in any combination of cash and shares of its common stock (at the Company’s option).

Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding November 15, 2028, the 2029 Notes are convertible only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on June 30, 2024 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during a period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is equal to or greater than 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day; (2) during thefive business-day period after anyfive consecutive trading-day period (the “measurement period”) in which the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of the 2029 Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock and the conversion rate on each such trading day; (3) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events; or (4) upon a Company redemption. On or after November 15, 2028, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding May 15, 2029, holders of the 2029 Notes may convert all or a portion of their 2029 Notes, at any time. Upon conversion, the 2029 Notes will be settled by paying or delivering, as applicable, cash or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, based on the applicable conversion rate. No sinking fund is provided for the 2029 Notes.

On or after May 17, 2027 and on or before the 50 th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, the Company may redeem for cash all or part of the 2029 Notes if (i) the 2029 Notes are “freely tradable” (as defined in the 2029 Indenture) and any accrued and unpaid additional interest has been paid as of the date the Company sends the related notice of the redemption and (ii) the last reported sales price of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price then in effect for (1) each of at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related notice of the redemption; and (2) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such notice. The redemption price of each 2029 Note to be redeemed will be the principal amount of such 2029 Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. In addition, calling any 2029 Notes for redemption will constitute a make-whole fundamental change, in which case the conversion rate applicable to those 2029 Notes, if converted in connection with the redemption, will be increased in certain circumstances. Upon the occurrence of a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the 2029 Indenture), subject to a limited exception for certain cash mergers, holders may require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of their 2029 Notes for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2029 Notes to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

While the 2029 Notes are currently classified on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2024 as long-term debt, the future convertibility and resulting balance sheet classification of this liability is monitored at each quarterly reporting date and is analyzed dependent upon market prices of the Company’s common stock during the prescribed measurement periods. In the event that the holders of the 2029 Notes have the election to convert the 2029 Notes at any time during the prescribed measurement period, the 2029 Notes would then be considered a current obligation and classified as such.

On May 9, 2024, in connection with the pricing of the 2029 Notes, and on May 10, 2024, in connection with the exercise in full by the initial purchasers of the 2029 Notes (the “Initial Purchasers”) of their option to purchase additional 2029 Notes, the Company entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions (the “Capped Call Transactions”) with certain of the Initial Purchasers of the 2029 Notes and/or their respective affiliates and/or other financial institutions (the “Option Counterparties”). The Capped Call Transactions are expected to cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the 2029 Notes, the number of shares of the Company’s common stock underlying the 2029 Notes.

The Capped Call Transactions are expected to reduce the potential dilution to the Company’s common stock upon any conversion of the 2029 Notes and/or offset any potential cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted 2029 Notes, as the case may be, upon any conversion of the 2029 Notes, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap. The cap price of the Capped Call Transactions will initially be approximately $53.75 per share, representing a premium of approximately 80% over the closing price of $29.86 per share of the Company’s common stock on

May 9, 2024, and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Capped Call Transactions. The capped call was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital at its cost of $26.7 million.

The Capped Call Transactions are separate transactions entered into by the Company with the Option Counterparties, are not part of the terms of the 2029 Notes and will not affect any holder’s rights under the 2029 Notes. Holders of the 2029 Notes will not have any rights with respect to the Capped Call Transactions.

Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025

In July 2020, the Company completed a private placement of $402.5 million in aggregate principal amount of its 0.750% convertible senior notes due 2025, or 2025 Notes, and entered into an indenture with Computershare Corporate Trust, N.A. (formerly Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.), or 2025 Indenture, with respect to the 2025 Notes. The 2025 Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of 0.750% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 1 st and August 1 st of each year. The 2025 Notes mature on August 1, 2025.

In May 2024, the Company used part of the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2029 Notes to repurchase $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes in privately negotiated transactions at a discount for $191.4 million in cash (including accrued interest). The partial repurchase of the 2025 Notes resulted in a $7.5 million gain on early extinguishment of debt.

The total debt composition of the 2025 Notes is as follows (in thousands):

Holders may convert the 2025 Notes at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding February 3, 2025, only if certain circumstances are met, including, but not limited to, if during the previous calendar quarter, the last reported sales price of the Company’s common stock was greater than 130% of the conversion price then applicable for at least 20 out of the last 30 consecutive trading days of the quarter. During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, the conditions for conversion were not met.

On or after February 3, 2025, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding August 1, 2025, holders may convert their 2025 Notes at any time.

Upon conversion, holders will receive the principal amount of their 2025 Notes and any excess conversion value, calculated based on the per share volume-weighted average price for each of the 40 consecutive trading days during the observation period (as more fully described in the 2025 Indenture). For both the principal and excess conversion value, holders may receive cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s option. The initial conversion rate for the 2025 Notes is 13.9324 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of $71.78 per share of the Company’s common stock. The conversion rate will be subject to adjustment in some events but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest. The initial conversion price of the 2025 Notes represents a premium of approximately 32.5% to the closing sale price of $54.17 per share of the Company’s common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 7, 2020, the date that the Company priced the private offering of the 2025 Notes.

As of September 30, 2024, the 2025 Notes had a market price of $956 per $1,000 principal amount. In the event of conversion, holders would forgo all future interest payments, any unpaid accrued interest and the possibility of further stock price appreciation. Upon the receipt of conversion requests, the settlement of the 2025 Notes will be paid pursuant to the terms of the 2025 Indenture. In the event that all of the 2025 Notes are converted, the Company would be required to repay the remaining $202.5 million in principal value and any conversion premium in any combination of cash and shares of its common stock (at the Company’s option).

Since August 1, 2023 (but, in the case of a redemption of less than all of the outstanding 2025 Notes, no later than the 40 th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date), the Company may redeem for cash all or part of the 2025 Notes if the last reported sale price (as defined in the 2025 Indenture) of the Company’s common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect for (i) each of at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related notice of redemption and (ii) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such notice. The redemption price will equal the sum of (i)100% of the principal amount of the 2025 Notes being redeemed, plus (ii) accrued and unpaid interest, including additional interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, calling the 2025 Notes for redemption will constitute a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the 2025 Indenture) and will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate applicable to the conversion of such notes if it is converted in connection with the redemption. No sinking fund is provided for the 2025 Notes.

Convertible Senior Notes Due 2024 Assumed from the Flexion Acquisition

Prior to the Flexion Acquisition, in May 2017, Flexion issued an aggregate of $201.3 million principal amount of 3.375% convertible senior notes due May 1, 2024 (the “Flexion 2024 Notes”), pursuant to an indenture between Flexion and Computershare Corporate Trust, N.A. (formerly Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.), as trustee (the “Flexion Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture between Flexion and the Flexion Trustee. Interest was payable semi-annually on May 1 st and November 1 st of each year. Upon the Flexion Acquisition, the principal was assumed and recorded at fair value by the Company.

On January 7, 2022, following the expiration of the offer to purchase, the Company accepted the $192.6 million aggregate principal amount of Flexion 2024 Notes that were validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn). No Flexion 2024 Notes were converted in connection with the Notice. The remaining principal of $8.6 million was repaid at maturity on May 1, 2024.

Interest Expense

The following table sets forth the total interest expense recognized in the periods presented (dollar amounts in thousands):

NOTE 9—FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or be paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction. To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, the FASB established a three-level hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The three levels of fair value measurements are:

•Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs.

•Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but corroborated by market data.

•Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

The carrying value of financial instruments including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their respective fair values due to the short-term nature of these items. The fair value of the Company’s convertible senior notes and its TLA Term Loan are calculated utilizing market quotations from an over-the-counter trading market for these notes (Level 2). The fair value of the Company’s acquisition-related contingent consideration is reported at fair value on a recurring basis (Level 3). The carrying amounts of equity investments and convertible notes receivable without readily determinable fair values have not been adjusted for either an impairment or upward or downward adjustments based on observable transactions.

At September 30, 2024, the carrying values and fair values of the following financial assets and liabilities were as follows (in thousands):

(1) The closing price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $15.05 per share on September 30, 2024, compared to a conversion price of $39.56 per share. At September 30, 2024, as the conversion price was above the stock price, the requirements for conversion have not been met.

(2) The closing price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market was $15.05 per share on September 30, 2024, compared to a conversion price of $71.78 per share. At September 30, 2024, as the conversion price was above the stock price, the requirements for conversion have not been met. The maximum conversion on the principal that could have been due on the 2025 Notes is 2.8 million shares of the Company’s common stock, which assumes no increase in the conversion rate for certain corporate events.

Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

Equity and Convertible Note Investments

The Company holds strategic investments in clinical and preclinical stage privately-held biotechnology companies in the form of equity and convertible note investments. The following investments have no readily determinable fair value and are recorded at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus observable price changes of identical or similar investments (in thousands):

Acquisition-Related Contingent Consideration

The Company has recognized contingent consideration related to the Flexion Acquisition in the amount of $19.2 million and $24.7 million as of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. The Company’s contingent consideration obligations are recorded at their estimated fair values and are revalued each reporting period if and until the related contingencies are resolved. The Company has measured the fair value of its contingent consideration using a probability-weighted discounted cash flow approach that is based on unobservable inputs and a Monte Carlo simulation. These inputs include, as applicable, estimated probabilities and the timing of achieving specified commercial and regulatory milestones, estimated forecasts of revenue and costs and the discount rates used to calculate the present value of estimated future payments. Significant changes may increase or decrease the probabilities of achieving the related commercial and regulatory events, shorten or lengthen the time required to achieve such events, or increase or decrease estimated forecasts.

In November 2021, the Company completed the Flexion Acquisition, which provided for contingent consideration related to contingent value rights that were issued to Flexion shareholders and certain equity award holders which could aggregate up to a total of $372.3 million if certain regulatory and commercial milestones are met. The aggregate amount was initially $425.5 million prior to the Company’s September 2022 decision to formally discontinue further development of Flexion’s investigational product candidate, PCRX-301. The Company’s obligation to make milestone payments is limited to those milestones achieved through December 31, 2030, and are to be paid within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter of achievement. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company recognized contingent consideration gains of $3.2 million and $5.5 million, respectively, due to adjustments reflecting the probability of achieving the remaining Flexion regulatory milestone by the milestone expiration date, partially offset by revisions to the latest discount rates. During the three months ended September 30, 2023 the Company recorded charges of $2.8 million primarily due to market volatility which affects the liability’s present value. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recognized gains of $3.8 million due to adjustments to long-term forecasts which reduced the probability of meeting the sales-based contingent consideration milestones by December 31, 2030, the expiration date for achieving the milestones. The gains recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 were partially offset by a decrease in the assumed discount rate that is utilized in calculating the liability’s present value, based on a significant improvement in the Company’s incremental borrowing rate resulting from the TLA Credit Agreement entered into in March 2023. These adjustments were recorded within contingent consideration (gains) charges, restructuring charges and other in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. At September 30, 2024, the weighted average discount rate was 7.9%.

The following table includes the key assumptions used in the valuation of the Company’s contingent consideration:

The change in the Company’s contingent consideration recorded at fair value using Level 3 measurements is as follows (in thousands):

Available-for-Sale Investments

Short-term investments consist of asset-backed securities collateralized by credit card receivables, investment grade commercial paper and corporate, federal agency, government and Yankee bonds with maturities greater than three months, but less than one year. Noncurrent investments consist of asset-backed securities collateralized by credit card receivables and contain maturities greater thanone year but less than three years. Net unrealized gains and losses (excluding credit losses, if any) from the Company’s short-term investments are reported in other comprehensive (loss) income. At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, all of the Company’s short-term and noncurrent investments are classified as available-for-sale investments and are determined to be Level 2 instruments, with the exception of U.S. government bonds, which are measured at fair value using standard industry models with observable inputs. The fair value of the commercial paper is measured based on a standard industry model that uses the three-month U.S. Treasury bill rate as an observable input. The fair value of the asset-backed securities and corporate bonds is principally measured or corroborated by trade data for identical issues in which related trading activity is not sufficiently frequent to be considered a Level 1 input or that of comparable securities. The fair value of U.S. government bonds is based on level 1 trading activity. At the time of purchase, all available-for-sale investments had an “A” or better rating by Standard & Poor’s.

The following summarizes the Company’s short-term and noncurrent available-for-sale investments at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 (in thousands):

At September 30, 2024, there were no investments available for sale that were materially less than their amortized cost.

The Company elects to recognize its interest receivable separate from its available-for-sale investments. At September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the interest receivable from its available-for-sale investments recognized in prepaid expenses and other current assets was $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, short-term and long-term available-for-sale investments and accounts receivable. The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents with high-credit quality financial institutions. Such amounts may exceed federally-insured limits.

As of September 30, 2024, three wholesalers each accounted for over 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable, at 38%,18% and 16%. At December 31, 2023, three wholesalers each accounted for over 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable, at 37%,19% and 16%. For additional information regarding the Company’s wholesalers, see Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. EXPAREL and ZILRETTA revenues are primarily derived from major wholesalers and specialty distributors that generally have significant cash resources. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers as warranted and generally does not require collateral. Allowances for credit losses on the Company’s accounts receivable are maintained based on historical payment patterns, current and estimated future economic conditions, aging of accounts receivable and its write-off history. As of September 30, 2024, there were $0.3 million of allowances for credit losses on its accounts receivable associated with iovera°. As of December 31, 2023, the Company didnot deem any allowances for credit losses on its accounts receivable necessary.

NOTE 10—STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The following tables illustrate the changes in the balances of the Company’s accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the periods presented (in thousands):

(1) Net of a $0.1 million tax benefit and $0.2 million tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Share Repurchase Program

On May 7, 2024, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program, effective immediately, which authorizes the Company to repurchase up to an aggregate of $150.0 million of its outstanding common stock. Repurchases under this program may be made at management’s discretion on the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The share repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time by the Company and has an expiration date of December 31, 2026.

On May 9, 2024, concurrently with the pricing of the offering of the 2029 Notes, the Company entered into separate privately negotiated agreements with certain of the initial purchasers of the 2029 Notes or their respective affiliates and/or certain other financial institutions to repurchase 837,240 shares of the Company’s common stock for a total cost of $25.1 million, inclusive of $0.1 million of accrued excise tax. The repurchase occurred on May 10, 2024.

Repurchases of the Company’s common stock are accounted for at cost and recorded as treasury stock. The excise tax on repurchases of the Company’s common stock is recorded as a cost of acquiring treasury stock. Reissued treasury stock will be accounted for at average cost. Gains or losses on reissued treasury stock arising from the difference between the average cost and the fair value of the award will be recorded in additional paid-in capital.

NOTE 11—STOCK PLANS

Stock Incentive Plans

In April 2014, the Company’s board of directors approved and adopted the Company’s 2014 Inducement Plan (the “2014 Inducement Plan”), pursuant to which awards could be made to new employees under the 2014 Inducement Plan for up to 175,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as a material inducement to such persons entering into employment with the Company. In December 2023, the board of directors, upon recommendation of the compensation committee of the board of directors, adopted the Pacira BioSciences, Inc. Amended and Restated 2014 Inducement Plan (as amended and restated, the “Inducement Plan”) such that, among other things, an additional 642,093 shares of the Company’s common stock were reserved for issuance under the Inducement Plan. In September 2024, the board of directors again amended the Inducement Plan upon the recommendation of the compensation committee to add an additional 707,907 shares of the Company’s common stock to bring the total amount of shares reserved for issuance under the Inducement Plan to 1,525,000, of which 685,407 shares remain available for issuance, and the term of the Inducement Plan was extended such that it will now expire on September 3, 2034.

The Inducement Plan allows the granting of nonstatutory stock options, restricted stock awards and other stock-based awards.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense in the periods presented as follows (in thousands):

Equity Awards

The following tables contain information about the Company’s stock option and restricted stock unit, or RSU, activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024:

The weighted average fair value of stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was $13.13 per share. The fair values of stock options granted were estimated using the Black-Scholes option valuation model with the following weighted average assumptions:

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company’s Amended and Restated 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or ESPP, featurestwo six-month offering periods per year, running from January 1 to June 30 and July 1 to December 31. Under the ESPP, employees may elect to contribute after-tax earnings to purchase shares at 85% of the closing fair market value of the Company’s common stock on either the offering date or the purchase date, whichever is lesser. During the nine months ended September 30, 2024,56,077 shares were purchased and issued through the ESPP.

NOTE 12—NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE

Basic net (loss) income per common share is calculated by dividing the net (loss) income attributable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net (loss) income per common share is calculated by dividing the net (loss) income attributable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period.

Potential common shares include the shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options, the vesting of RSUs and the purchase of shares from the ESPP (using the treasury stock method), if applicable. Potential common shares associated with convertible senior notes are treated under the if-converted method. Adjustments are made to the diluted net (loss) income per common share calculation as if the Company had converted the convertible senior notes on the first day of each period presented. Adjustments to the numerator are made to add back the interest expense associated with the convertible senior notes on a post-tax basis. Adjustments to the denominator reflect the number of shares assumed to be convertible at the beginning of the period.

Potential common shares are excluded from the diluted net (loss) income per common share computation to the extent they would be antidilutive.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and dilutednet (loss) income per common share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands, except per common share amounts):

The following table summarizes the outstanding stock options, RSUs, ESPP purchase options and convertible senior notes that were excluded from the diluted net (loss) income per common share calculation because the effects of including these potential shares were antidilutive in the periods presented (in thousands):

NOTE 13—INCOME TAXES

(Loss) income before income taxes and income tax expense are as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):

The Company’s income tax expense represents the estimated annual effective tax rate applied to the year-to-date domestic operating results adjusted for certain discrete tax items.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2024 is primarily impacted by non-deductible goodwill impairment charges. The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 is primarily impacted by non-deductible goodwill impairment charges and costs related to non-deductible stock-based compensation, mainly related to expired stock options.

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 includes costs related to non-deductible stock-based compensation and non-deductible executive compensation, partially offset by credits and a fair value adjustment for the contingent consideration.

As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company has an income tax payable balance of $1.0 million that is included in other liabilities within the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

NOTE 14—CONTINGENT CONSIDERATION (GAINS) CHARGES, RESTRUCTURING CHARGES AND OTHER

Contingent consideration (gains) charges, restructuring charges and other for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 summarized below (in thousands):

Flexion Acquisition Contingent Consideration

The Company recognized gains of $3.2 million and $5.5 million related to contingent consideration during the three andnine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The Company recognized a charge of $2.8 million and a gain of $3.8 million related to contingent consideration during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. See Note 9, Financial Instruments, for information regarding the method and key assumptions used in the fair value measurements of contingent consideration and more information regarding the changes in fair value.

Restructuring Charges

In February 2024, the Company initiated a restructuring plan to ensure it is well positioned for long-term growth. The restructuring plan includes: (i) reshaping the Company’s executive team, (ii) reallocating efforts and resources from the Company’s ex-U.S. and certain early-stage development programs to its commercial portfolio in the U.S. market and (iii) reprioritizing investments to focus on commercial readiness for the implementation of separate Medicare reimbursement for EXPAREL at average sales price plus 6 percent in outpatient settings and iovera° up to an additional $255.85 when providers administer iovera° in ambulatory surgical centers and outpatient settings beginning in January 2025 as part of the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation (“NOPAIN”) Act and broader commercial initiatives in key areas, such as strategic national accounts, marketing and market access and reimbursement. The Company recognized$1.2 million and$7.7 million of restructuring charges for the three andnine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, related to employee termination benefits, such as the acceleration of share-based compensation, severance, and, to a lesser extent, other employment-related termination costs, as well as contract termination costs. The Company’s restructuring charges as of September 30, 2024, including the beginning and ending liability balances, are summarized below (in thousands):

In June 2023, the Company implemented a restructuring plan in an effort to improve its operational efficiencies. The restructuring charges are predominantly related to one-time employee termination benefits through a reduction of headcount, such as severance and related costs. During the three andnine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recognized restructuring charges of$0.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively.

Acquisition-Related Expenses

The Company recognized acquisition-related expenses of$0.3 million and$0.7 million during the three andnine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively. The Company recognized acquisition-related expenses of$0.4 million and$1.6 million during the three andnine months ended September 30, 2023, respectively. These costs primarily related to vacant and underutilized Flexion leases that were assumed from the Flexion Acquisition.

NOTE 15—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

From time to time, the Company has been and may again become involved in legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business, including those related to its patents and intellectual property, product liability and government investigations. Except as described below, the Company is not presently a party to any legal proceedings that it believes to be material, and is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation against the Company which it believes could have a material adverse effect on its business, operating results, financial condition or cash flows.

MyoScience Milestone Litigation

In August 2020, the Company and its subsidiary, Pacira CryoTech, Inc. (“Pacira CryoTech”), filed a lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware against Fortis Advisors LLC (“Fortis”), solely in its capacity as representative for the former securityholders of MyoScience, and certain other defendants, seeking declaratory judgment with respect to certain terms of the merger agreement for the MyoScience Acquisition (the “MyoScience Merger Agreement”), specifically related to the achievement of certain milestone payments under the MyoScience Merger Agreement. In addition, the Company and Pacira CryoTech sought general, special and compensatory damages against the other defendants related to breach of fiduciary duties in connection with the purported achievement of milestone payments under the MyoScience Merger Agreement, and breach of the MyoScience Merger Agreement and certain other agreements with the defendants. In October 2020, Fortis filed an answer and counterclaim against the Company and Pacira CryoTech seeking to recover certain milestone payments under the MyoScience Merger Agreement. The total remaining value of these milestones is $30.0 million, plus attorneys’ fees.

A trial was conducted in September 2023, and a decision is pending. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at this time.

eVenus Pharmaceutical Laboratories Litigations

In October 2021, the Company received a Notice Letter advising that eVenus Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Inc., or eVenus, of Princeton, New Jersey, submitted to the FDA an Abbreviated New Drug Application, or ANDA with a Paragraph IV certification seeking authorization for the manufacturing and marketing of a generic version of EXPAREL (266 mg/20 mL) in the U.S. prior to the expiration of U.S. Patent No. 11,033,495 (the ‘495 patent).

In November 2021, the Company filed a patent infringement suit against eVenus and its parent company in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (21-cv-19829) asserting infringement of the ‘495 patent. This triggered an automatic 30-month stay of final approval of the eVenus ANDA which expired on July 1, 2024. On January 6, 2022, eVenus filed an Answer with counterclaims to the Complaint, alleging the ‘495 patent is invalid and/or not infringed through the manufacture, sale, or offer for sale of the product described in eVenus’s ANDA submission.

In December 2021, the Company received a second Notice Letter advising that eVenus submitted to the FDA an amendment to its ANDA with a Paragraph IV Certification seeking authorization for the manufacturing and marketing of a generic version of EXPAREL (133 mg/10 mL) in the U.S. prior to the expiration of the ‘495 patent. In the second Notice Letter, eVenus also advised that it submitted a Paragraph IV Certification to the FDA seeking authorization for the manufacturing and marketing of a generic version of EXPAREL (266 mg/20 mL and 133 mg/10 mL) in the U.S. prior to the expiration of U.S. Patent No. 11,179,336 (the ‘336 patent). eVenus further alleges in the Notice Letter that both the ‘495 patent and the ‘336 patent are invalid and/or not infringed.

In February 2022, the Company filed a second patent infringement suit against eVenus and its parent company in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (22-cv-00718) asserting that the 133 mg/10 mL ANDA product will infringe the ‘495 and ‘336 patents and that the 266 mg/20 mL ANDA product will infringe the ‘336 patent. This filing triggered a second automatic 30-month stay of final approval for the 133 mg/10 mL ANDA product which expired on July 1, 2024. The first and second patent infringement suits were consolidated.

In February 2023, eVenus filed its first amended answer to the first amended complaint, alleging patent invalidity, non-infringement and inequitable conduct. The Company has denied the allegations in eVenus’s first amended answer. The Company has subsequently voluntarily dismissed its claims with respect to the ‘336 Patent. The trial on the remaining patent was conducted in February 2024, and in August 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey issued its ruling in the patent infringement suit for the ‘495 patent. The ruling found that claim 7 of the ‘495 patent is not valid on the grounds of obviousness and anticipation. A notice of appeal was filed in September 2024 and remains pending.

In April 2023, the Company filed a third patent infringement suit against eVenus, its parent company, and Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC, or Fresenius, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (23-cv-2367) asserting that the 133 mg/10 mL and 266 mg/20 mL ANDA products will infringe U.S. Patent No. 11,426,348 (the ‘348 patent). In July 2023, eVenus filed its answer with claims for declaratory judgment, alleging patent invalidity, non-infringement and inequitable conduct with respect to the ‘348 patent as well as the Company’s other patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 11,278,494; 11,304,904; 11,311,486; 11,357,727 and 11,452,691. The parties have subsequently dismissed all patents other than the ‘348 patent from this litigation. This action has been stayed pending resolution of the appeal of the U.S. District Court’s ruling on the ‘495 patent.

In May 2024, the Company filed a fourth patent infringement suit against eVenus, its parent company and Fresenius in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (24-cv-6294) asserting that the 133 mg/10 mL and 266 mg/20 mL ANDA products will infringe U.S. Patent Nos. 11,819,574 (the ‘574 patent) and 11,819,575 (the ‘575 patent). The Company subsequently filed a First Amended Complaint alleging infringement only with respect to the ‘574 patent. The Defendants filed an answer and counterclaim on September 25, 2024, with counterclaims alleging non-infringement and invalidity of the ‘574 patent, invalidity of the ‘575 patent and U.S. Patent No. 11,925,706 (the ‘706 patent) and inequitable conduct with respect to the ‘574, ‘575 and ‘706 patents. This action is in the pleadings stage.

In July 2024, the Company filed a fifth patent infringement suit against eVenus, its parent company and Fresenius in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (24-cv-7680) asserting that the 133 mg/10 mL and 266 mg/20 mL ANDA products will infringe the ‘706 patent. The Company voluntarily filed a stipulation of dismissal without prejudice on September 9, 2024.

The Company is unable to predict the outcome of these litigations at this time.

In July 2024, eVenus received FDA approval of a generic version of EXPAREL—the Company’s bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension product.

Argentum Request for Ex Parte Reexamination of ‘495 Patent

On October 3, 2024, Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC, or Argentum, filed a Request for Ex Parte Reexamination of the ‘495 patent. Specifically, Argentum alleged that claims 1, 7 and 8 of the ‘495 patent are obvious and cite to U.S. Patent No. 9,585,838 and the Physician’s Desk Reference in support of its allegation. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this proceeding at this time.

Research Development Foundation

Pursuant to an agreement with the Research Development Foundation, or RDF, the Company was required to pay RDF a low single-digit royalty on the collection of revenues from certain products, for as long as certain patents assigned to the Company under the agreement remain valid. RDF has the right to terminate the agreement for an uncured material breach by the Company, in connection with its bankruptcy or insolvency or if it directly or indirectly opposes or disputes the validity of the assigned patent rights. The Company’s ‘495 patent was issued on June 15, 2021. Thereafter, RDF asserted that the issuance of that patent extends the Company’s royalty obligations under the agreement until 2041. The Company believes that the royalty period under the agreement ended on December 24, 2021 with the expiration of its U.S. Patent No. 9,585,838. Because of the disagreement over the interpretation of the agreement, in December 2021, the Company filed a declaratory judgment lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (21-cv-02241). The lawsuit seeks a declaration from the court that the Company owes no royalties to RDF with respect to its EXPAREL product after December 24, 2021.

On August 8, 2023, the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada, granted the Company’s motion for partial summary judgment in respect to the Company’s claim for a declaration that it no longer owes royalties for EXPAREL made under the 45-liter manufacturing process as of December 24, 2021. As a result, the Company expects to receive $14.5 million from RDF, representing the royalties that the Company paid to RDF under protest after December 24, 2021 for EXPAREL made from the 45-liter manufacturing process. Once it becomes probable that the settlement amount will be received, the Company will record a settlement gain within other operating income (expense), net in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. In November 2023, the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada conducted a mediation that did not result in a settlement. During the pendency of the remaining lawsuit, the Company will continue to pay royalties associated with the 200-liter EXPAREL manufacturing process to RDF under protest. A trial was conducted in September 2024. The Company is unable to predict the outcome of this action at this time.

Other Commitments and Contingencies

Pediatric Trial Commitments

The FDA, as a condition of EXPAREL approval, has required the Company to study EXPAREL for infiltration and as a brachial plexus block in pediatric patients. The Company was granted deferrals for the required pediatric trials until after the indications were approved in adults. Similarly, in Europe, the Company agreed with the European Medicines Agency, or EMA, on a Pediatric Investigation Plan as a prerequisite for submitting a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) in the E.U. Despite the U.K.’s withdrawal from the E.U., the agreed pediatric plan is applicable in the U.K.

The Company received notification from the FDA that its pediatric studies requirement had been waived for the indications of brachial plexus interscalene and lower extremity nerve block to produce postsurgical regional analgesia in pediatric patients. The Company is still working with the FDA, EMA and Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to finalize the regulatory pathways for its remaining pediatric commitments.

Contingent Milestone Payments

Refer to Note 9, Financial Instruments, for information on potential contingent milestone payments related to the Flexion Acquisition.

PCRX-201

PCRX-201 (enekinragene inzadenovec), a novel, locally administered gene therapy product candidate that boosts cellular production of the anti-inflammatory protein interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) for treating OA pain in the knee, was added to the Company’s portfolio as part of the Flexion Acquisition in November 2021.

Prior to the Flexion Acquisition, in 2017, Flexion entered into an agreement with GQ Bio Therapeutics GmbH, or GQ Bio, to acquire the global rights to PCRX-201, a gene therapy product candidate. As part of the agreement, up to an aggregate of $56.0 million of payments could become due upon the achievement of certain development and regulatory milestones, including up to $4.5 million through initiation of a Phase 2 clinical trial and up to an additional $51.5 million in development and global regulatory approval milestone payments.

Also in 2017, in an agreement between The Baylor College of Medicine, or Baylor, and GQ Bio, the Company became the direct licensee of certain underlying Baylor patents and other proprietary rights related to PCRX-201. The license agreement grants the Company an exclusive, royalty-bearing, world-wide right and license under its patent and other proprietary rights directly related to PCRX-201. The license agreement with Baylor includes a low single-digit royalty on net product sales of PCRX-201. Milestone payments range from $0.1 million up to $0.6 million based on the completion of a Phase 1 FDA trial up to a Phase 3 clinical trial.

In February 2024, the FDA granted a Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation to PCRX-201 for the treatment of OA pain of the knee.