Vaxart Inc
For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 13, 2025.
View on SEC.govAbout this filing
A company's report for each of its first three quarters. The financial statements are not audited. It shows how the business has moved since the last annual report, and what management says changed.
Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 13, 2025
Extracted filing text, with the paragraph anchors used by the comparison.
See the whole filing, with its images and exhibitsContents
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
VAXART****, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES**
NOTE1. Organization and Nature of Business
General
Vaxart Biosciences, Inc. was originally incorporated in California in* March2004,* under the name West Coast Biologicals, Inc. The Company changed its name to Vaxart, Inc. (“Private Vaxart”) in* July2007,* and reincorporated in the state of Delaware. In* February 2018,*Private Vaxart completed a business combination with Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aviragen”), pursuant to which Aviragen merged with Private Vaxart, with Private Vaxart surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aviragen (the “Merger”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger, Aviragen changed its name to Vaxart, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company” or “Vaxart”) and Private Vaxart changed its name to Vaxart Biosciences, Inc.
In* March 2025,the Company entered into an At the Market Offering Agreement (the “March 2025ATM”) with Citizens JMP Securities, LLC (“Citizens”) and B. Riley Securities, Inc. (“B. Riley” and, together with Citizens, the “Managers”), pursuant to which the Company mayoffer and sell, from time to time through the Managers, shares of its common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50 million. The shares will be sold pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration StatementNo.* 333-270671) (the*“2023* Shelf Registration Statement”), as previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The Company filed a prospectus supplement, dated* March 21, 2025,with the SEC in connection with the offer and sale of the shares under the March 2025ATM. The Company will pay the Managers a placement fee of up to 3% of the gross sale price from each sale of shares under the March 2025ATM. As of March 31, 2025,the Company hasnot sold any shares under the March 2025*ATM.
In* June**2024,* the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Oppenheimer & Co. Inc., relating to the issuance and sale by the Company in an underwritten registered direct offering of 50,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, at a price of $0.80 per share. The gross proceeds to the Company from such offering were $40.0 million, and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, the net proceeds were $37.5 million.
In* January**2024,* the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the*“2024* Securities Purchase Agreement”) with RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P. pursuant to which 15,384,615 shares of the Company's common stock were sold to RA Capital Healthcare Fund, L.P. at an offering price of $0.65 per share pursuant to the2023 Shelf Registration Statement. The gross proceeds from the2024 Securities Purchase Agreement were $10.0 million and, after deducting offering expenses, the net proceeds were $9.9 million.
The Company’s principal operations are based in South San Francisco, California, and it operates inone reportable segment, which is the discovery and development of oral recombinant protein vaccines, based on its proprietary oral vaccine platform.
NOTE2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation, Liquidity and Going Concern – The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and pursuant to the accounting and disclosure rules and regulations of the SEC assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.
The Company is a clinical-stage biotechnology company withno product sales. The Company’s primary source of financing is from the sale and issuance of common stock as well as funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“HHS BARDA”), a division of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (“ASPR”) within the United States (“U.S.”) Department of Health and Human Services. In the past, the Company has also financed our operations through the issuance of secured debt securities and preferred stock, proceeds from the exercise of warrants, and payments under collaboration and license agreements. As of* March 31, 2025*, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $41.9 million. The Company’s cash, cash equivalents and investments arenot sufficient to fund the Company’s planned operations for a period of12 months from the date the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.
The Company will be dependent upon raising additional capital through placement of its common stock, notes or other securities, borrowings, or entering into a partnership with a strategic party in order to implement its business plan. There can beno assurance that the Company will be successful raising additional capital in order to continue as a going concern.
Based on management’s current plan, the Company expects to have enough cash runway into thefirst quarter of2026. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital in sufficient amounts or on acceptable terms, management’s plans include further reducing or delaying operating expenses. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period ofone year from the date of the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements donot include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
6
The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of* December 31, 2024*, included in this document, was derived from audited financial statements, but doesnot include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to these rules and regulations. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and footnotes related thereto for the year ended* December 31, 2024*, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K filed with the SEC on* March 20, 2025 (the “Annual Report”). Unless noted below, there have beenno* material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies described in Note2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report. In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position and the results of its operations and cash flows. The results of operations for such interim periods arenot necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any future periods.
****Basis of Consolidation – The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Vaxart, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All significant transactions and balances between Vaxart, Inc. and its subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation.
****Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results and outcomes could differ from these estimates and assumptions.
Concentration of Credit Risk – Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents, available-for-sale investments and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale investments at financial institutions that the Company believes are of high credit quality. The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of default by the financial institutions holding the cash and cash equivalents to the extent such amounts are in excess of the federally insured limits. Losses incurred or a lack of access to such funds could have a significant adverse impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
The primary focus of the Company’s investment strategy is to preserve capital and meet liquidity requirements. The Company’s investment policy addresses the level of credit exposure by limiting the concentration in anyone corporate issuer or sector and establishing a minimum allowable credit rating.
Revenue Recognition
Under firm fixed-price milestone contracts, the Company recognizes the firm fixed-price revenue as the milestones are substantially complete and the firm fixed-price for the milestone is earned (“firm fixed-price milestone”). Cash received in advance of the completion of a firm fixed-price milestone will be recorded as deferred revenue until the milestone has been substantially completed and earned.
Under cost reimbursable contracts, the Company recognizes revenue as allowable costs are incurred and the fixed fee is earned (“cost-plus-fixed-fee”). Reimbursable costs under the contract primarily include direct labor, subcontract costs, materials, equipment, travel, and approved overhead and indirect costs. Fixed fees under cost reimbursable contracts are earned in proportion to the allowable costs incurred in performance of the work relative to total estimated contract costs, with such costs incurred representing a reasonable measurement of the proportional performance of the work completed, as detailed in Note5.
Payments to the Company under cost reimbursable contracts are provisional payments subject to adjustment upon annual audit by the government. The Company believes that revenue for periodsnot yet audited has been recorded in amounts that are expected to be realized upon final audit and settlement. When the final determination of the allowable costs for any year has been made, revenue and billings* may*be adjusted accordingly in the period that the adjustment is known.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In* December 2023,the FASB issued ASU2023*-09, Income Taxes (Topic740*): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures*, which enhances the annual income tax disclosures for the effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU2023-09 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after* December 15, 2024,with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact ASU2023*-09 will have on the consolidated financial statement disclosures.
In* November 2024,the FASB issued ASU2024*-03, Income Statement–Reporting Comprehensive Income–Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic220*-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses*, which requires new disclosures to disaggregate prescribed natural expenses underlying any income statement caption. ASU2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after* December 15, 2026,and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027,with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact ASU2024*-03 will have on the consolidated financial statement disclosures.
NOTE3**.Fair Value of Financial Instruments **
Fair value accounting is applied for all financial assets and liabilities and nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the condensed consolidated financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). Financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, marketable securities, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities that approximate fair value due to their relatively short maturities.
Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with inputs used to measure their fair values. The accounting guidance for fair value provides a framework for measuring fair value and requires certain disclosures about how fair value is determined. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the reporting date. The accounting guidance also establishes athree-level valuation hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value based upon whether such inputs are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect market assumptions made by the reporting entity.
Thethree-level hierarchy for the inputs to valuation techniques is briefly summarized as follows:
Level1 – Inputs are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date;
Level2 – Inputs are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, unadjusted quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that arenot active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities; and
Level3 – Unobservable inputs that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities that are supported by little orno market data.
The following table sets forth the fair value of the Company’s financial assets that are measured on a recurring basis as of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024* (in thousands):
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial assets: | ||||
| Money market funds | $24,786 | $— | $— | $24,786 |
| U.S. Treasury securities | — | 10,872 | — | 10,872 |
| Commercial paper | — | 2,368 | — | 2,368 |
| Total assets | $24,786 | $13,240 | $— | $38,026 |
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial assets: | ||||
| Money market funds | $16,489 | $— | $— | $16,489 |
| U.S. Treasury securities | — | 23,805 | — | 23,805 |
| Commercial paper | — | 2,689 | — | 2,689 |
| Total assets | $16,489 | $26,494 | $— | $42,983 |
The Company heldno financial liabilities measured on a recurring basis as of* March 31, 2025* or* December 31, 2024*.
NOTE4**.**Balance Sheet Components
| (a) | Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments |
Cash, cash equivalents and investments consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Amortized · Gross Unrealized · Estimated · Cash and Cash · Short-Term | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Gains | Losses | Fair Value | Equivalents | Investments | |
| Cash at banks | $3,912 | $— | $— | $3,912 | $3,912 | $— |
| Money market funds | 24,786 | — | — | 24,786 | 24,786 | — |
| U.S. Treasury securities | 10,879 | — | (7) | 10,872 | — | 10,872 |
| Commercial paper | 2,368 | — | — | 2,368 | — | 2,368 |
| Total | $41,945 | $— | $(7) | $41,938 | $28,698 | $13,240 |
8
| Amortized · Gross Unrealized · Estimated · Cash and Cash · Short-Term | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Gains | Losses | Fair Value | Equivalents | Investments | |
| Cash at banks | $8,740 | $— | $— | $8,740 | $8,740 | $— |
| Money market funds | 16,489 | — | — | 16,489 | 16,489 | — |
| U.S. Treasury securities | 23,802 | 7 | (4) | 23,805 | — | 23,805 |
| Commercial paper | 2,688 | 1 | — | 2,689 | — | 2,689 |
| Total | $51,719 | $8 | $(4) | $51,723 | $25,229 | $26,494 |
As of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*, all investments were available-for-sale debt securities with remaining maturities of12 months or less. As of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*, the Company held 7 and 5 securities, respectively, in an unrealized loss position for12 months or less. Interest receivable as of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*, was $0.2 million and $0.2 million, respectively, and is recorded as a component of prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheets.
| (b) | Accounts Receivable |
Accounts receivable consists of $1.5 million royalty receivable as of* March 31, 2025*, and $2.7 million of government contract receivables from HHS BARDA and $3.0 million royalty receivable totaling $5.7 million as of* December 31, 2024*. For further information on HHS BARDA receivables, see Note5.
The Company has providedno allowance for credit losses as of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024* based on historical collection experience, customer credit worthiness, the age of accounts receivable balances, regulatory changes and current economic conditions and trends that* may*affect a customer’s ability to pay.
| (c) | Unbilled Receivable from Government Contracts |
Unbilled receivable, which was earned andnot yet billed, consists of government contracts from HHS BARDA of $14.6 million and $6.2 million as of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*, respectively, as detailed in Note5.
| (d) | Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Prepaid clinical and manufacturing expenses | $1,691 | $1,998 |
| Prepaid insurance | 781 | 282 |
| Prepaid rent | 514 | 521 |
| Other prepaid | 1,224 | 1,449 |
| Other current assets | 375 | 318 |
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $4,585 | $4,568 |
As of* March 31, 2025* there was a significant concentration bytwo contract research organizations (“CRO”), which represented35% of the Company’s total prepaid expenses balance. As of* December 31, 2024*, there was a significant concentration byone CRO, which represented 28% of the Company’s total prepaid expenses balance.
| (e) | Property and Equipment, Net |
Property and equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Laboratory equipment | $13,910 | $13,806 |
| Office and computer equipment | 1,142 | 1,140 |
| Leasehold improvements | 4,107 | 4,107 |
| Construction in progress | 86 | 160 |
| Total property and equipment | 19,245 | 19,213 |
| Less: accumulated depreciation | (11,424) | (10,508) |
| Property and equipment, net | $7,821 | $8,705 |
Depreciation expense was $0.9 million for thethree months ended* March 31, 2025* and2024. There wereno impairments of the Company’s property and equipment recorded in thethree months ended* March 31, 2025and2024*.
9
| (f) | Prepaid Clinical Services, Long-Term |
Prepaid clinical services, long-term were $60.1 million as of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*. The long-term prepaid clinical services represent amounts the Company has paid to a single CRO that will be utilized in overone year.
| (g) | Right-of-Use Assets, Net |
Right-of-use assets, net comprises facilities of $19.3 million and $20.4 million as of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*, respectively.
| (h) | Intangible Assets, Net |
Intangible assets are comprised of developed technology and intellectual property. Intangible assets are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. As of* March 31, 2025*, developed technology and intellectual property had remaining lives of 4.6 years and 2.8 years, respectively. As of* March 31, 2025*, there have beenno indicators of impairment.
Intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Developed technology | $5,000 | $5,000 |
| Intellectual property | 80 | 80 |
| Total cost | 5,080 | 5,080 |
| Less: accumulated amortization | (1,705) | (1,523) |
| Intangible assets, net | $3,375 | $3,557 |
Intangible asset amortization expense was $0.2 million for thethree months ended* March 31, 2025* and2024.
As of* March 31, 2025*, the estimated future amortization expense by year is as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ending December 31, | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2025 (nine months remaining) | $550 |
| 2026 | 731 |
| 2027 | 731 |
| 2028 | 727 |
| 2029 | 636 |
| Total | $3,375 |
| (i) | Goodwill |
Goodwill, which represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of assets acquired, was $4.5 million as of both* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*. As of* March 31, 2025*, there have beenno indicators of impairment.
| (j) | Accounts Payable |
Accounts payable were $16.6 million and $7.0 million as of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*, respectively. As of* March 31, 2025*, there was a significant concentration bytwo CROs, which represented 90% of the Company’s total accounts payable balance. As of* December 31, 2024*, there was a significant concentration byone CRO, which represented 67% of the Company’s total accounts payable balance.
| (k) | Deferred Government Revenue |
Deferred government revenue represents amounts received from HHS BARDA contracts where the earnings process isnot yet complete. The Company will recognize deferred government revenue once the earnings process is complete, in accordance with its revenue recognition policies.
The following table represents the Company’s deferred government revenue during thethree months ended* March 31, 2025* (in thousands):
| Balance at beginning of period | $65,400 |
|---|---|
| Revenue recognized | (47) |
| Amounts collected or invoiced | — |
| Balance at end of period | $65,353 |
Amounts collected or invoiced during the year ended* December 31, 2024* primarily relate to amounts received on the2024 ATI-RRPV Contract (as defined in Note5) but for which revenue cannot yet be recognized due to contractual milestonesnot being achieved and the2024 ASPR-BARDA Contract (as defined in Note5) budgeted costs that cannot be recognized until project close out.
10
| (l) | Other Accrued Current Liabilities |
Other accrued current liabilities consist of the following (in thousands):
| March 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Accrued compensation | $2,715 | $5,087 |
| Accrued clinical and manufacturing expenses | 5,792 | 5,134 |
| Accrued professional and consulting services | 767 | 623 |
| Other liabilities, current portion | 681 | 534 |
| Total | $9,955 | $11,378 |
As of* March 31, 2025* and* December 31, 2024*, there was a significant concentration byone CRO, which represented 46% and 42% of the Company’s total other accrued liabilities balances, respectively.
The text of this filing, as the company filed it with the SEC, without its images or exhibits. This is not investment advice.