UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
Form 8-K
 
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  December 31, 2008
 
Nektar Therapeutics
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Commission File Number:  0-24006
 
Delaware
  
94-3134940
(State or other jurisdiction of
  
(IRS Employer
incorporation)
  
Identification No.)
 
201 Industrial Road, San Carlos, CA 94070
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
 
(650) 631-3100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information

As previously discussed in Item 2.01 of a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 2, 2009, Nektar Therapeutics, a Delaware corporation (“Nektar”), and Aerogen, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a subsidiary of Nektar, completed the sale of certain assets and obligations related to Nektar’s pulmonary business, associated technology and intellectual property to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Novartis Pharma AG for a purchase price of $115.0 million in cash on December 31, 2008.

The pro forma financial information required to be filed under Item 9.01(b) is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.  The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 and the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2008 are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of the operating results or the financial position that would have been achieved had the disposition been consummated as of the dates indicated or of the results that may be obtained in the future.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Pro forma financial information.
 
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

   
Nektar Therapeutics
     
 
By:
/s/ Gil M. Labrucherie
Date: March 4, 2009
 
Gil M. Labrucherie
   
General Counsel and Secretary
 
 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Pro forma financial information.
 
 
 

 

Unassociated Document

Exhibit 99.01

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of Nektar Therapeutics and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) have been prepared to reflect the sale of certain assets and obligations related to the Company’s pulmonary technology, development, and manufacturing operations to Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation and Novartis Pharma AG (together referred to as “Novartis”) on December 31, 2008.  The Company has retained its  BAY41-6551 (also known as NKTR-061, Amikacin Inhale), program, which is partnered with Bayer Healthcare LLC, certain royalty rights relating to its Bayer Schering Pharma AG partnered program Cipro Inhale, its development program related to NKTR-063 (Inhaled Vancomycin) and certain intellectual property rights specific to inhaled insulin.

The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations are based on the Company’s historical Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and Consolidated Statement of Operations for the twelve months ended December 31, 2007, and give effect to the disposition transaction as if it had occurred on January 1, 2007.  The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations do not include any gain or loss on the sale or costs associated with the disposition.  The following Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2008 is based on the Company’s historical Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of that date and gives effect to the disposition transaction as if it had occurred on September 30, 2008.

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations are based on the assumptions and adjustments described in the accompanying notes and do not reflect any adjustments for non-recurring items or changes in operating strategies arising as a result of the disposition.  The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements do not include assumptions regarding the use of proceeds from the disposition transaction, which are presented as additional cash on the Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.  Accordingly, the actual effect of the disposition, due to this and other factors, could differ from the pro forma adjustments presented herein.  However, management believes that the assumptions used and the adjustments made are reasonable under the circumstances and given the information available.

The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of the operating results or the financial position that would have been achieved had the disposition been consummated as of the dates indicated or of the results that may be obtained in the future.  The Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007, and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as well as in conjunction with the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes as of and for the period ended September 30, 2008, and MD&A included in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008.

 
 

 

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
(In thousands, except per share information)

   
Unaudited
 
   
As Reported
   
Pro Forma
Adjustments
   
Pro Forma
Statement of
Operations
 
Revenue:
                 
Product sales and royalties
  $ 28,855     $     $ 28,855  
Contract research
    32,977       (19,252 )[a]     13,725  
Total revenue
    61,832       (19,252 )     42,580  
Operating costs and expenses:
                       
Cost of goods sold
    18,020             18,020  
Cost of idle Exubera manufacturing capacity
    6,821             6,821  
Research and development
    109,138       (42,569 )[b]     66,569  
General and administrative
    36,951       (438 )[b]     36,513  
Amortization of other intangible assets
    710             710  
Total operating costs and expenses
    171,640       (43,007 )     128,633  
Loss from operations
    (109,808 )     23,755       (86,053 )
Non-operating income (expense):
                       
Interest income
    10,578       2,715 [c]     13,293  
Interest expense
    (11,835 )           (11,835 )
Loss on equity investment
    (705 )     705 [d]      
Other income (expense), net
    1,188             1,188  
Total non-operating income (expense)
    (774 )     3,420       2,646  
Loss before provision for income taxes
    (110,582 )     27,175       (83,407 )
Provision for income taxes
    536             536  
Net income (loss)
  $ (111,118 )   $ 27,175     $ (83,943 )
Basic and diluted net loss per share
  $ (1.20 )           $ (0.91 )
Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share
    92,413               92,413  
 
 
 

 

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007
(In thousands, except per share information)
 
         
Unaudited
 
   
As Reported
   
Pro Forma
Adjustments
   
Pro Forma
Statement of
Operations
 
Revenue:
                 
Product sales and royalties
  $ 180,755     $     $ 180,755  
Contract research
    85,925       (25,152 )[a]     60,773  
Exubera commercialization readiness
    6,347             6,347  
Total revenue
  $ 273,027     $ (25,152 )   $ 247,875  
Operating costs and expenses:
                       
Cost of goods sold
    137,696             137,696  
Cost of idle Exubera manufacturing capacity
    6,314             6,314  
Exubera commercialization readiness costs
    3,507             3,507  
Research and development
    153,575       (50,741 )[b]     102,834  
General and administrative
    56,336       (550 )[b]     55,786  
Impairment of long lived assets
    28,396             28,396  
Litigation settlement
    1,583             1,583  
Amortization of intangible assets
    946             946  
Gain on termination of collaborative agreements, net
    (79,178 )           (79,178 )
Total operating costs and expenses
  $ 309,175     $ (51,291 )   $ 257,884  
Loss from operations
    (36,148 )     26,139       (10,009 )
Non-operating income
                       
Interest income
    22,201       4,963 [c]     27,164  
Interest expense
    (18,638 )           (18,638 )
Other income (expense), net
    1,133             1,133  
Total non-operating income (expense)
    4,696       4,963       9,659  
Loss before provision (benefit) for income taxes
  $ (31,452 )   $ 31,102     $ (350 )
Provision for income taxes
    1,309             1,309  
Net income (loss)
  $ (32,761 )   $ 31,102     $ (1,659 )
Basic and diluted net loss per share
  $ (0.36 )           $ (0.02 )
                         
Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share
    91,876               91,876  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 
 

 

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
(In thousands)

   
Unaudited
 
   
As Reported
September 30,
2008
   
Pro Forma
Adjustments
   
Pro Forma
Balance Sheet
 
ASSETS
                 
Current assets:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 63,713     $ 110,724 [e]   $ 174,437  
Short-term investments
    280,803             280,803  
Accounts receivable, net of allowance
    8,515             8,515  
Inventory
    9,861             9,861  
Assets held for sale
    42,975       (42,975 )[f]      
Other current assets
    4,420             4,420  
Total current assets
  $ 410,287     $ 67,749     $ 478,036  
Property and equipment, net
    73,641       1,262 [f]     74,903  
Goodwill
    78,431       (1,930 )[f]     76,501  
Other intangible assets, net
    1,971             1,971  
Other assets
    4,022             4,022  
Total assets
  $ 568,352     $ 67,081     $ 635,433  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                       
Current liabilities:
                       
Accounts payable
  $ 2,113     $     $ 2,113  
Accrued compensation
    14,723       (4,276 )[g]     10,447  
Accrued expenses
    15,715       4,609 [h]     20,324  
Interest payable
    85             85  
Capital lease obligations, current portion
    1,401             1,401  
Deferred revenue, current portion
    11,970       (539 )[i]     11,431  
Other current liabilities
    2,515       (452 )[f]     2,063  
Total current liabilities
  $ 48,522     $ (658 )   $ 47,864  
Convertible subordinated notes
    315,000             315,000  
Capital lease obligations
    20,689             20,689  
Deferred revenue
    57,027       (525 )[i]     56,502  
Deferred gain
    7,323       (1,204 )[f]     6,119  
Other long-term liabilities
    11,159             11,159  
Total liabilities
  $ 459,720     $ (2,387 )   $ 457,333  
Commitments and contingencies Stockholders’ equity:
                       
Preferred stock
                 
Common stock
    9             9  
Capital in excess of par value
    1,309,973             1,309,973  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    (478 )           (478 )
Accumulated deficit
    (1,200,872 )     69,468 [j]     (1,131,404 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    108,632       67,468       178,100  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 568,352     $ 67,081     $ 635,433  
 
 
 

 

NEKTAR THERAPEUTICS
NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 give effect to the pro forma adjustments necessary to reflect the disposition of certain pulmonary assets and obligations as if the disposition occurred on January 1, 2007.  The accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2008 includes the pro forma adjustments necessary to reflect the disposition as if it occurred on September 30, 2008.

Note 2 – Pro Forma Adjustments

The accompanying Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet reflect the effect of the following pro forma adjustments:

 
a)
The reduction of revenue is the result of the assignment of our collaboration agreement for Cipro Inhale with Bayer Schering Pharma AG to Novartis and the termination of our collaboration agreement for Tobramycin inhalation powder with Novartis.
 
b)
The reduction of operating expenses is the result of the assignment of the operating lease for our San Carlos pulmonary manufacturing facility to Novartis, the transfer of certain pulmonary development programs, and the termination of employees related to the pulmonary business due to the sale of certain pulmonary assets to Novartis.
 
c)
The increase in interest income is the result of interest earned on the cash proceeds received of $115.0 million, net of payments of accrued compensation and transaction costs of approximately $8.9 million.
 
d)
The reduction of loss on equity investment is the result of the sale of our equity interest in Pearl Therapeutics Inc. to Novartis.
 
e)
Cash proceeds received of $115.0 million, net of payment of accrued compensation of approximately $4.3 million for terminated employees.
 
f)
Elimination of assets and liabilities associated with the pulmonary assets sold and obligations transferred to Novartis.
 
g)
Payment of accrued compensation for terminated employees.
 
h)
Transaction costs on sale of certain pulmonary assets to Novartis.
 
i)
Write-off of deferred revenue from our collaboration agreements for Cipro Inhale, which was assigned to Novartis, and Tobramycin inhalation powder, which was terminated.
 
j)
Change in net assets resulting from Pro Forma Adjustments.