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Senseonics Holdings Inc

For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Aug 8, 2024.

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Jun 30, 2024 · Filed Aug 8, 2024

SENS$9.80+14.1%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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ITEM 1A. : Risk Factors

Our business is subject to risks and events that, if they occur, could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and the trading price of our securities. Except as set forth below, there have been no material changes from our risk factors described in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The medical device industry is characterized by patent litigation, and we could become subject to litigation that could be costly, result in the diversion of management's time and efforts, stop our development and commercialization measures, harm our reputation or require us to pay damages.

Our success will depend in part on not infringing the patents or violating the other proprietary rights of third parties. Significant litigation regarding patent rights exists in our industry. Our competitors in both the United States and abroad, many of which have substantially greater resources and have made substantial investments in competing technologies, may have applied for or obtained or may in the future apply for and obtain, patents that will prevent, limit or otherwise interfere with our ability to make and sell our products. The large number of patents, the rapid rate of new patent issuances, and the complexities of the technology involved increase the risk of patent litigation.

The medical device industry in general, and the glucose testing sector of this industry in particular, are characterized by the existence of a large number of patents and frequent litigation based on assertions of patent infringement. We are aware of numerous patents issued to third parties that may relate to the technology used in our

business, including the design and manufacture of CGM sensors and CGM systems, as well as methods for continuous glucose monitoring. Each of these patents contains multiple claims, any one of which may be independently asserted against us. The owners of these patents may assert that the manufacture, use, sale or offer for sale of our CGM sensors or CGM systems infringes one or more claims of their patents. For example, as noted above, in May 2024, we were served with a complaint by Cellspin Soft, Inc., a non-practicing entity, filed against us in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that we infringe certain patents owned by it and seeking unspecified damages. We note that the validity of all three patents-in-suit is currently being challenged in Inter Partes Review proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. We are further reviewing the allegations, and intend to vigorously defend the lawsuit, however, the outcome of any litigation, such as this, is inherently unpredictable.

Furthermore, there may be additional patents issued to third parties of which we are presently unaware that may relate to aspects of our technology that such third parties could assert against us and materially and adversely affect our business. In addition, because patent applications can take many years to issue, there may be patent applications that are currently pending and unknown to us, which may later result in issued patents that third parties could assert against us and harm our business.

In preparation for commercializing our Eversense products, we perform ongoing analyses, the purpose of which is to review and assess publicly available information to determine whether third parties hold any valid patent rights that a well-informed court would more likely than not find that we would infringe by commercializing our products, understanding that there are risks and uncertainties associated with any litigation and no predictions or assurances can be made regarding the outcome of any such litigation. Although our review and analysis are not complete and subject to the express limitations in the preceding sentence, we are not aware of any such valid patent rights. Moreover, we have not previously performed an exhaustive review of this type, and we cannot be certain that it will not result in our locating patent rights relating to our products of which we were not previously aware.

In the future, we could receive communications from other parties alleging our infringement of their intellectual property rights. Any intellectual property litigation, including the pending litigation described above, could force us to do one or more of the following:

●stop selling our products or using technology that contains the allegedly infringing intellectual property;
●incur significant legal expenses;
●pay substantial damages to the party whose intellectual property rights we are allegedly infringing;
●redesign those products that contain the allegedly infringing intellectual property; or
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●attempt to obtain a license to the relevant intellectual property from third parties, which may not be available on reasonable terms or at all, and if available, may be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors access to the same technology.

Patent litigation can involve complex factual and legal questions, and its outcome is uncertain. Any litigation or claim against us, even those without merit, may cause us to incur substantial costs, and could place a significant strain on our financial resources, divert the attention of management from our core business, stop our development and commercialization measures and harm our reputation. Further, as the number of participants in the diabetes market increases, the possibility of intellectual property infringement claims against us increases.

There is uncertainty regarding our ability to maintain liquidity sufficient to operate our business effectively, which raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2024 have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern for the next twelve months. Our management concluded that our recurring losses from operations, existing unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities, anticipated debt repayments, and minimum cash and satisfaction of performance milestones to comply with debt covenants under its Loan and Security Agreement raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for the next twelve months after issuance of our financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. As of June 30, 2024,

we had unrestricted cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $84.6 million consisting of cash and investments in highly liquid U.S. money market funds. We do not expect our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our operations through the next twelve months and we will need to seek additional capital to fund our operations, working capital needs, capital expenditures and other strategic initiatives beyond that time. Although management has been successful in raising capital in the past, there can be no assurance that we will be successful or that any needed financing will be available in the future at terms acceptable to us. As such, we cannot conclude that such plans will be effectively implemented within one year after the date that the financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and there is uncertainty regarding our ability to maintain liquidity sufficient to operate our business effectively, which raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

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