UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018

 

OR

 

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from _________ to ________

 

Commission file number 1-12830

 

BioTime, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

California	94-3127919
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1010 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 102

Alameda, California 94501

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(510) 521-3390

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒ Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). ☒ Yes ☐ No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☒
Non-accelerated filer ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company ☐
	Emerging growth company ☐

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes ☒ No

 

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 126,877,327 common shares, no par value, as of July 23, 2018.

 

 

 

PART 1—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Statements made in this Report that are not historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to those discussed in this Report under Item 1 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements, and under Risk Factors in this Report. Words such as “expects,” “may,” “will,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.

 

References to “we” means BioTime, Inc. and its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise indicates.

 

The description or discussion, in this Form 10-Q, of any contract or agreement is a summary only and is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of the applicable contract or agreement.

 

Deconsolidation of OncoCyte Corporation Effective February 17, 2017

 

Effective February 17, 2017 BioTime deconsolidated OncoCyte Corporation (“OncoCyte”) financial statements and results of operations from those of BioTime under applicable generally accepted accounting principles due to the decrease in BioTime’s percentage ownership in OncoCyte below 50% as a result of OncoCyte issuing 625,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to warrant exercises by certain OncoCyte shareholders. Prior to that date, OncoCyte was a majority-owned and consolidated subsidiary of BioTime. Since February 17, 2017, BioTime has accounted for OncoCyte using the equity method of accounting, electing the fair value option, with all subsequent changes in fair value included in BioTime’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations in other income and expenses, net. As of, and for each reporting period after February 17, 2017, the fair value of BioTime’s interest in OncoCyte is determined by the number of shares of OncoCyte held by BioTime and the closing price of the OncoCyte common stock as quoted on NYSE American: OCX.

 

OncoCyte’s assets and liabilities are not included in BioTime’s condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 due to the deconsolidation. The fair value of OncoCyte shares owned by BioTime is shown on BioTime’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

 

OncoCyte’s results are not included in BioTime’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018. BioTime’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 include OncoCyte’s results for the period from January 1, 2017 through February 16, 2017, the day immediately preceding the deconsolidation.

 

For further discussion, see Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included elsewhere in this Report.

 

The deconsolidation of OncoCyte is sometimes referred to as the “OncoCyte Deconsolidation” in this Report.

 

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

BIOTIME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(IN THOUSANDS)

 

		June 30, 2018 (Unaudited)				December 31, 2017 (Note 2)
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents		$	27,207			$	36,838
Marketable equity securities			1,948				1,337
Trade accounts and grants receivable, net			1,693				780
Receivables from affiliates, net (Note 9)			2,076				2,266
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			1,571				1,402
Total current assets			34,495				42,623
Property, plant and equipment, net			5,014				5,533
Deposits and other long-term assets			229				1,018
Equity method investment in OncoCyte, at fair value (Note 4)			37,419				68,235
Equity method investment in Asterias, at fair value (Note 5)			29,359				48,932
Intangible assets, net			5,735				6,900
TOTAL ASSETS		$	112,251			$	173,241
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$	5,028			$	5,718
Capital lease and lease liabilities, current portion			225				212
Promissory notes, current portion			120				152
Deferred license and subscription revenues			367				488
Deferred grant revenues			103				309
Total current liabilities			5,843				6,879
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Deferred rent liabilities, net of current portion			189				105
Lease liability, net of current portion			915				1,019
Capital lease, net of current portion			116				132
Promissory notes, net of current portion			-				18
Liability classified warrants and other long-term liabilities			437				825
TOTAL LIABILITIES			7,500				8,978
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 13 and 14)
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Preferred shares, no par value, authorized 2,000 shares; none issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017			-				-
Common shares, no par value, 250,000 shares authorized; 126,873 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2018 and 126,866 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2017			383,529				378,487
Accumulated other comprehensive income			1,082				451
Accumulated deficit			(283,630	)			(216,297	)
BioTime, Inc. shareholders’ equity			100,981				162,641
Noncontrolling interest			3,770				1,622
Total shareholders’ equity			104,751				164,263
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY		$	112,251			$	173,241

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

 

BIOTIME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)

(UNAUDITED)

 

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2018				2017				2018				2017
REVENUES:
Grant revenue		$	1,941			$	-			$	2,266			$	11
Royalties from product sales and license fees			91				81				227				191
Subscription and advertisement revenues			333				300				572				564
Sale of research products and services			182				-				182				5
Total revenues			2,547				381				3,247				771
Cost of sales			(106	)			(5	)			(215	)			(62	)
Gross profit			2,441				376				3,032				709
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Research and development			(6,358	)			(6,271	)			(12,293	)			(12,765	)
Acquired in-process research and development (Note 9)			-				-				(800	)			-
General and administrative			(5,227	)			(4,423	)			(11,163	)			(9,524	)
Total operating expenses			(11,585	)			(10,694	)			(24,256	)			(22,289	)
Gain on sale of assets			-				1,754				-				1,754
Loss from operations			(9,144	)			(8,564	)			(21,224	)			(19,826	)
OTHER INCOME/(EXPENSES):
Interest income (expense), net			52				(413	)			105				(719	)
Gain on sale of equity method investment in Ascendance			-				-				3,215				-
Gain on deconsolidation of OncoCyte			-				-				-				71,697
Gain (loss) on equity method investment in OncoCyte at fair value			6,603				(11,006	)			(30,816	)			5,136
Gain (loss) on equity method investment in Asterias at fair value			(2,175	)			3,262				(19,573	)			(22,835	)
Unrealized gain on marketable equity securities			397				-				612				-
Other income (expense), net			(379	)			617				(663	)			1,344
Total other income (expense), net			4,498				(7,540	)			(47,120	)			54,623
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES			(4,646	)			(16,104	)			(68,344	)			34,797
Deferred income tax benefit			-				3,877				-				-
NET INCOME (LOSS)			(4,646	)			(12,227	)			(68,344	)			34,797
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			431				576				581				2,840
NET INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO BIOTIME, INC.		$	(4,215	)		$	(11,651	)		$	(67,763	)		$	37,637
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE:
BASIC		$	(0.03	)		$	(0.11	)		$	(0.53	)		$	0.35
DILUTED		$	(0.03	)		$	(0.11	)		$	(0.53	)		$	0.34
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OUTSTANDING:
BASIC			126,873				110,874				126,871				108,804
DILUTED			126,873				110,874				126,871				109,296

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

 

BIOTIME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

 

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2018				2017				2018				2017
NET INCOME (LOSS)		$	(4,646	)		$	(12,227	)		$	(68,344	)		$	34,797
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax			884				(440	)			959				405
Available-for-sale investments:
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale securities, net of taxes			-				304				-				603
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)			(3,762	)			(12,363	)			(67,385	)			35,805
Less: Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			431				576				581				2,840
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO BIOTIME, INC. COMMON SHAREHOLDERS		$	(3,331	)		$	(11,787	)		$	(66,804	)		$	38,645

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

 

BIOTIME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS)

(UNAUDITED)

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2018				2017
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income (loss) attributable to BioTime, Inc.		$	(67,763	)		$	37,637
Net loss allocable to noncontrolling interest			(581	)			(2,840	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) attributable to BioTime, Inc. to net cash used in operating activities:
Gain on deconsolidation of OncoCyte			-				(71,697	)
Gain on sale of equity method investment in Ascendance			(3,215	)			-
Acquired in-process research and development			800				-
Unrealized (gain) loss on equity method investment in OncoCyte at fair value			30,816				(5,136	)
Unrealized loss on equity method investment in Asterias at fair value			19,573				22,835
Unrealized gain on marketable equity securities			(612	)			-
Depreciation expense, including amortization of leasehold improvements			560				421
Amortization of intangible assets			1,164				1,184
Stock-based compensation			2,087				1,930
Change in fair value of warrant liability			(351	)			-
Amortization of discount on related party convertible debt			-				640
Foreign currency remeasurement and other (gain) loss			1,137				(1,814	)
Gain on sale of assets			-				(1,754	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts and grants receivable, net			(868	)			299
Receivables from affiliates, net of payables			180				332
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			(259	)			105
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			(336	)			841
Other liabilities			(70	)			(144	)
Net cash used in operating activities			(17,738	)			(17,161	)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Deconsolidation of cash and cash equivalents of OncoCyte			-				(8,898	)
Proceeds from the sale of equity method investment in Ascendance			3,215				-
Purchase of in-process research and development			(800	)			-
Purchase of equipment and other assets			(237	)			(474	)
Security deposit and other			(8	)			(12	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			2,170				(9,384	)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from issuance of common shares			-				20,125
Fees paid on sale of common shares			-				(1,669	)
Proceeds deposited in escrow account			-				5,100
Proceeds from exercises of stock options			-				29
Common shares received and retired for employee taxes paid			(13	)			(31	)
Proceeds from sale of common shares of subsidiary			5,000				-
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary warrants			737				-
Repayment of lease liability and capital lease obligation			(151	)			(31	)
Reimbursement from landlord on construction in progress			-				198
Proceeds from issuance of related party convertible debt			-				299
Payment to repurchase subsidiary shares			(38	)			-
Net cash provided by financing activities			5,535				24,020
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash			(21	)			87
NET DECREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH			(10,054	)			(2,438	)
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH:
At beginning of the period			37,685				22,935
At end of the period		$	27,631			$	20,497

 

See accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

 

 

BIOTIME, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

 

1. Organization and Business Overview

 

General – BioTime, Inc. (“BioTime” or the “Company”) is a clinical-stage, biotechnology company targeting degenerative diseases. BioTime’s programs are based on two proprietary core technology platforms: cell replacement and cell/drug delivery. With the cell replacement platform, BioTime is producing new cells and tissues with its pluripotent and progenitor cell technologies. These cells and tissues are developed to replace those that are either rendered dysfunctional or lost due to degenerative diseases or injuries. BioTime’s cell/drug delivery programs are based upon its proprietary HyStem® cell and drug delivery matrix technology. HyStem® was designed to provide for the transfer, retention, and/or engraftment of cell replacement therapies and to act as a device for localized drug delivery.

 

BioTime’s lead cell replacement clinical product is OpRegen®, a retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cell replacement therapy, which is in a Phase I/IIa multicenter trial for the treatment of late-stage, dry age-related macular degeneration (dry-AMD). There are currently no FDA-approved therapies for dry-AMD, which accounts for approximately 90% of all age-related macular degeneration cases, and is the leading cause of blindness in people over the age of 60.

 

BioTime’s lead cell delivery clinical product, based on its proprietary HyStem® technology, is Renevia®, a potential treatment for facial lipoatrophy. “Lipoatrophy” means the loss of fat tissue, which can be caused by several factors, including trauma, aging, or drug side effects, such as those that cause HIV-associated lipoatrophy. BioTime is also developing HyStem® for the sustained delivery of therapeutic drugs and targeted cells to specific areas of the body.

 

In 2017, BioTime formed AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (“AgeX”) to continue development of initial discovery and preclinical programs with a focus on utilizing brown adipose tissue (“brown fat”) in targeting diabetes, obesity, and heart disease; and induced tissue regeneration (“iTR”) in utilizing the human body’s own abilities to scarlessly regenerate tissues damaged from age or trauma. AgeX may also pursue other early-stage preclinical programs.

 

On August 17, 2017, AgeX completed an asset acquisition and stock sale pursuant to which it received certain assets from BioTime for use in its research and development programs and raised $10.0 million in cash from investors to finance its operations. This capitalization of AgeX has allowed BioTime to focus its resources on its clinical programs in its core therapeutic sectors. As of June 30, 2018, BioTime owned approximately 80.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of AgeX common stock (see Notes 10 and 14).

 

BioTime is also enabling early-stage programs in other new technologies through its own research programs as well as through other subsidiaries or affiliates.

 

BioTime also has significant equity holdings in two publicly traded companies, Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Asterias”) and OncoCyte Corporation (“OncoCyte”), which BioTime founded and, until recently, were majority-owned and consolidated subsidiaries. Asterias (NYSE American: AST) is presently focused on advancing three clinical-stage programs that have the potential to address areas of very high unmet medical needs in the fields of neurology (spinal cord injury) and oncology (Acute Myeloid Leukemia and lung cancer). OncoCyte (NYSE American: OCX) is developing confirmatory diagnostic tests for lung cancer, breast cancer, and bladder cancer utilizing novel liquid biopsy technology.

 

Beginning on February 17, 2017, BioTime deconsolidated OncoCyte’s financial statements and results of operations from BioTime (the “OncoCyte Deconsolidation”) (see Notes 3 and 4).

 

Beginning on May 13, 2016, BioTime deconsolidated Asterias’ financial statements and results of operations from BioTime (the “Asterias Deconsolidation”) (see Note 5).

 

2. Basis of Presentation, Liquidity and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements presented herein, and discussed below, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In accordance with those rules and regulations certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in comprehensive consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date, but does not include all the information and footnotes required by GAAP. These condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in BioTime’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017, the audited annual consolidated financial statements of AgeX for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the AgeX unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of, and for the three months ended March 31, 2018 included in Amendment No. 1 to AgeX’s Registration Statement on Form 10 filed on July 19, 2018 with the SEC (see Note 14).

 

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of BioTime’s financial condition and results of operations. The condensed consolidated results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year.

 

Principles of consolidation – BioTime’s condensed consolidated interim financial statements present the operating results of all of its wholly-owned and majority-owned subsidiaries that it consolidates as required under GAAP. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. BioTime consolidated Cell Cure Neurosciences, Ltd (“Cell Cure”), OrthoCyte Corporation (“OrthoCyte”), ES Cell International, Pte Ltd (“ESI”), BioTime Asia, Limited (“BioTime Asia”), AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (“AgeX”), ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. (“ReCyte”), LifeMap Sciences, Inc. (“LifeMap Sciences”) and LifeMap Sciences, Ltd., as BioTime has the ability to control their operating and financial decisions and policies through its stock ownership or representation on the board of directors, and the noncontrolling interest is reflected as a separate element of shareholders’ equity on BioTime’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

See Note 14 regarding the filing of Amendment No. 1 to AgeX’s registration on Form 10 with the SEC in connection with BioTime’s planned distribution of shares of AgeX common stock owned by BioTime to holders of BioTime common shares, on a pro rata basis.

 

Beginning on February 17, 2017 and May 13, 2016, respectively, OncoCyte and Asterias financial statements and results are no longer a part of BioTime’s condensed consolidated interim financial statements and results. The market value of OncoCyte and Asterias common stock, as of those respective dates, held by BioTime is now reflected on BioTime’s condensed consolidated balance sheet and the subsequent changes in the market value of those shares is reflected in BioTime’s condensed consolidated balance sheet and condensed consolidated statements of operations, allowing BioTime shareholders to evaluate the value of the respective OncoCyte and Asterias’ portion of BioTime’s business.

 

OncoCyte’s results are not included in BioTime’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, and the three months ended June 30, 2017. BioTime’s condensed consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 include OncoCyte’s results for the period from January 1, 2017 through February 16, 2017, the day immediately preceding the OncoCyte Deconsolidation.

 

Liquidity – Since inception, BioTime has incurred significant operating losses and has funded its operations primarily through the issuance of equity securities, payments from research grants, royalties from product sales and sales of research products and services. At June 30, 2018, BioTime had an accumulated deficit of $283.6 million, working capital of $28.7 million and shareholders’ equity of $104.8 million. BioTime has evaluated its projected cash flows and believes that its cash, cash equivalents and marketable equity securities of $29.2 million at June 30, 2018 provide sufficient cash, cash equivalents and liquidity to carry out BioTime’s current operations through at least twelve months from the issuance date of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this Report. BioTime also holds shares of Asterias and OncoCyte common stock with a combined market value of $66.8 million at June 30, 2018. Although BioTime has no present plans to liquidate its holdings of Asterias or OncoCyte shares, if BioTime needs near term working capital or liquidity to supplement its cash and cash equivalents for its operations, BioTime may sell some, or all, of its Asterias or OncoCyte shares, as necessary.

 

BioTime’s projected cash flows are subject to various risks and uncertainties, and the unavailability or inadequacy of financing to meet future capital needs could force it to modify, curtail, delay, or suspend some or all aspects of its planned operations. BioTime’s determination as to when it will seek new financing and the amount of financing that it will need will be based on its evaluation of the progress it makes in its research and development programs, any changes to the scope and focus of those programs, and projection of future costs, revenues, and rates of expenditure. For example, clinical trials being conducted for its OpRegen® program will be funded in part with funds from grants and not from cash on hand. If BioTime were to lose grant funding or is unable to continue to provide working capital to the OpRegen® program, it may be required to delay, postpone, or cancel the clinical trials or limit the number of clinical trial sites, unless BioTime is able to obtain adequate financing from another source that could be used for the clinical trials. BioTime cannot assure that adequate future financing will be available on favorable terms, if at all, when needed. Sales of additional equity securities by BioTime or its subsidiaries could result in the dilution of the interests of present shareholders.

 

As discussed in Note 14, on July 19, 2018, AgeX filed Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form 10 with the SEC in connection with BioTime’s planned distribution of shares of AgeX common stock owned by BioTime to holders of BioTime common shares, on a pro rata basis (the “AgeX Distribution”). If the AgeX Distribution is completed, AgeX will become a public company and will incur costs associated with audits and interim reviews of its consolidated financial statements, filing annual, quarterly, and other periodic reports with the SEC, holding annual shareholder meetings, and public relations and investor relations. These costs incurred by AgeX will be in addition to those incurred by BioTime for similar purposes.

 

Furthermore, as discussed in Note 14, the planned AgeX Distribution will be a taxable event to BioTime. The amount of income tax obligation, if any, that BioTime may incur in connection with the AgeX Distribution is not estimable at this time since the tax obligation depends on numerous factors and contingencies including, but not limited to, the completion of the distribution, the amount and availability of U.S. net operating losses generated by BioTime to offset any taxable gain as a result of the AgeX Distribution, and the value of AgeX common stock on the distribution date.

 

 

Equity method accounting for Asterias and OncoCyte, at fair value – BioTime uses the equity method of accounting when it has the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, as determined in accordance with GAAP, over the operating and financial policies of a company. For equity method assets which BioTime has elected to measure at fair value, unrealized gains and losses are reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations in other income and expenses, net.

 

As further discussed in Notes 4 and 5, BioTime has elected to account for its OncoCyte and Asterias shares at fair value using the equity method of accounting because beginning on February 17, 2017 and May 13, 2016, the respective dates on which BioTime deconsolidated OncoCyte and Asterias, BioTime has not had control of OncoCyte and Asterias, as defined by GAAP, but continues to exercise significant influence over OncoCyte and Asterias. Under the fair value method, BioTime’s value in shares of common stock it holds in OncoCyte and Asterias is marked to market at each balance sheet date using the closing prices of OncoCyte and Asterias common stock on the NYSE American multiplied by the number of shares of OncoCyte and Asterias held by BioTime, with changes in the fair value of the OncoCyte and Asterias shares included in other income and expenses, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The OncoCyte and Asterias shares are considered level 1 assets as defined by ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

 

Marketable equity securities in foreign investments – BioTime accounts for the shares it holds in foreign equity securities as marketable equity in accordance with ASC 320-10-25, Investments – Debt and Equity Securities, as amended by Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-01, Financial Instruments–Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, further discussed below, as the shares have a readily determinable fair value quoted on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (“TASE”) (under trading symbol “HDST”) where share prices are denominated in New Israeli Shekels (NIS). These securities are held principally to meet future working capital needs. The securities are measured at fair value and reported as current assets on the condensed consolidated balance sheets based on the closing trading price of the security as of the date being presented. Beginning on January 1, 2018, with the adoption of ASU 2016-01 discussed below, these securities are now called “marketable equity securities” and unrealized holding gains and losses on these securities, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates, are reported in the condensed consolidated statements of operations in other income and expenses, net. Prior to January 1, 2018 and the adoption of ASU 2016-01, these securities were called “available-for-sale securities” and unrealized holding gains and losses, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates, were reported in other comprehensive income or loss, net of tax, and were a component of the accumulated other comprehensive income or loss on the consolidated balance sheet. Realized gains and losses, and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary related to marketable equity securities, are included in other income and expenses, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

On January 1, 2018, in accordance with the adoption of ASU 2016-01, BioTime recorded a cumulative-effect adjustment for these available-for-sale-securities to reclassify the unrealized gain of $328,000 included in consolidated accumulated other comprehensive income to the consolidated accumulated deficit balance. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, BioTime recorded an unrealized gain of $397,000 and $612,000, respectively, included in other income and expenses, net, due to the increase in fair market value of the marketable equity securities from December 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

 

Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common shareholders – Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income or loss attributable to BioTime common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, net of unvested restricted stock or restricted stock units, subject to repurchase by BioTime, if any, during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net income or loss attributable to BioTime common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding, adjusted for the effects of potentially dilutive common shares issuable under outstanding stock options and warrants, using the treasury-stock method, convertible preferred stock, if any, using the if-converted method, and treasury stock held by subsidiaries, if any.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, there were no potentially dilutive common share equivalents due to the net loss reported for the periods presented. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, there were no potentially dilutive common share equivalents due to the net loss reported for this period presented. The primary components of weighted average shares of potentially dilutive common shares used to compute diluted net income per common share for the six months ended June 30, 2017 were 164,000 shares of treasury stock and 328,000 restricted stock units and outstanding stock options (see Note 11).

 

 

The following common share equivalents were excluded from the computation of diluted net income (loss) per common share for the periods presented because including them would have been antidilutive (in thousands):

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
		2018				2017				2018				2017
Stock options			8,990				5,035				8,990				4,459
Warrants			8,795				9,395				8,795				9,395
Restricted stock units			535				-				535				-

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

Adoption of ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230). On January 1, 2018, BioTime adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASU 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash, which requires that the statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, and that restricted cash be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The adoption of ASU 2016-18 did not have a material effect on BioTime’s consolidated financial statements. However, prior period restricted cash balances included in prepaid expenses and other current assets, and in deposits and other long-term assets, on the consolidated balance sheets was added to the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total consolidated cash and cash equivalents in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows to conform to the current presentation shown below.

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheet dates that comprise the total of the same such amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for all periods presented herein and effected by the adoption of ASU 2016-18 (in thousands):

 

		June 30, 2018 (unaudited)				December 31, 2017				June 30, 2017 (unaudited)				December 31, 2016
Cash and cash equivalents		$	27,207			$	36,838			$	14,550			$	22,088
Restricted cash equivalents in escrow			-				-				5,100				-
Restricted cash included in prepaid expenses and other current assets (see Note 13)			346				-				-				-
Restricted cash included in deposits and other long-term assets (see Note 13)			78				847				847				847
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash as shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows		$	27,631			$	37,685			$	20,497			$	22,935

 

Adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenues from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 (“Topic 606”) Revenue from Contracts with Customers which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605 Revenue Recognition (“Topic 605”). Topic 606 describes principles an entity must apply to measure and recognize revenue and the related cash flows, using the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligation(s) in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. Topic 606 core principle is that it requires entities to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.

 

BioTime adopted Topic 606 as of January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective transition method applied to those contracts which were not completed as of the adoption date. Results for reporting periods beginning on January 1, 2018 and thereafter are presented under Topic 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with BioTime’s historical revenue recognition accounting under Topic 605.

 

On January 1, 2018, the adoption and application of Topic 606 resulted in an immaterial cumulative effect adjustment to BioTime’s beginning consolidated accumulated deficit balance. In the applicable paragraphs below, BioTime has summarized its revenue recognition policies for its various revenue sources in accordance with Topic 606.

 

Revenue Recognition by Source and Geography. Revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers, or in the case of governmental entities funding a grant, when allowable expenses are incurred, in an amount that reflects the consideration BioTime or a subsidiary, depending on which company has the customer or the grant, expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. See further discussion under Grant Revenues below.

 

 

The following table presents BioTime’s unaudited consolidated revenues disaggregated by source (in thousands).

 

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2018				2017 (1)				2018				2017 (1)
REVENUES:
Grant revenue		$	1,941			$	-			$	2,266			$	11
Royalties from product sales and license fees			91				81				227				191
Subscription and advertisement revenues			333				300				572				564
Sale of research products and services			182				-				182				5
Total revenues		$	2,547			$	381			$	3,247			$	771

 

(1)

Amounts recognized prior to adoption of Topic 606 have not been adjusted under the Topic 606 modified retrospective transition method.

 

The following table presents unaudited consolidated revenues, disaggregated by geography, based on the billing addresses of customers, or in the case of grant revenues based on where the governmental entities that fund the grant are located. Amounts shown are in thousands. See further discussion under Grant Revenues below.

 

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2018				2017 (1)				2018				2017 (1)
REVENUES:
United States		$	631			$	187			$	1,137			$	359
Foreign			1,916				194				2,110				412
Total revenues		$	2,547			$	381			$	3,247			$	771

 

(1)

Amounts recognized prior to adoption of Topic 606 have not been adjusted under the Topic 606 modified retrospective transition method.

 

Research and development contracts with customers. In its agreements with customers, BioTime’s performance obligations of research and development are completed as services are performed and control passes to the customer, and accordingly revenues are recognized over time. BioTime generally receives a fee at the inception of an agreement, with variable fees, if any, tied to certain milestones, if achieved. BioTime estimates this variable consideration using a single most likely amount. Based on historical experience, there has been no variable consideration related to milestones included in the transaction price due to the significant uncertainty of achieving contract milestones and milestones not being met. If a milestone is met, subsequent changes in the single most likely amount may produce a different variable consideration, and BioTime will allocate any subsequent changes in the transaction price on the same basis as at contract inception. Amounts allocated to a satisfied performance obligation will be recognized as revenue in the period in which the transaction price changes with respect to variable consideration, which could result in a reduction of revenue. Contracts of this kind are typically for a term greater than one year. For each of the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, BioTime recognized $77,000 for such services included in the consolidated royalties from product sales and license fees. The aggregate amount of the transaction price, excluding payments related to any milestones, allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied, or partially unsatisfied, as of June 30, 2018 was $154,000, included in deferred revenues in the consolidated balance sheets. BioTime expects to recognize revenue of $77,000 per quarter through the year ending December 31, 2018. As of June 30, 2018, BioTime had not met any milestones that would require adjustment of the transaction price.

 

Royalties from product sales and license fees. BioTime’s performance obligations in agreements with certain customers is to provide a license to allow customers to make, import and sell company licensed products or methods for pre-clinical studies and commercial use. Customers pay a combination of a license issue fee paid up front and a sales-based royalty, if any, in some cases with yearly minimums. The transaction price is deemed to be the license issue fee stated in the contract. The license offered by BioTime is a functional license with significant standalone functionality and provides customers with the right to use BioTime’s intellectual property. This allows BioTime to recognize revenue on the license issue fee at a point in time at the beginning of the contract, which is when the customer begins to have use of the license. Variable consideration related to sales-based royalties is recognized only when (or as) the later of the following events occurs: (a) a sale or usage occurs, or (b) the performance obligation to which some, or all, of the sales-based or usage-based royalty has been allocated has been satisfied or partially satisfied. Due to the contract termination clauses, BioTime does not expect to receive all of the minimum royalty payments throughout the term of the agreements. Therefore, BioTime fully constrains recognition of the minimum royalty payments as revenues until its customers are obligated to pay, which is generally within 60 days prior to beginning of each year the minimum royalty payments are due. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, royalty revenues were immaterial.

 

 

Sale of research products and services. Revenues from the sale of research products and services shown in the table above are primarily derived from the sale of hydrogels and stem cell products for research use and are recognized when earned.

 

Subscription and advertisement revenues. LifeMap Sciences, a direct majority-owned subsidiary of AgeX, sells subscription-based products, including research databases and software tools, for biomedical, gene, disease, and stem cell research. LifeMap Sciences sells these subscriptions primarily through the internet to biotech and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. LifeMap Sciences’ principal subscription product is the GeneCards® Suite, which includes the GeneCards® human gene database, and the MalaCards™ human disease database.

 

LifeMap Sciences’ performance obligations for subscriptions include a license of intellectual property related to its genetic information packages and premium genetic information tools. These licenses are deemed functional licenses that provide customers with a “right to access” to LifeMap Sciences’ intellectual property during the subscription period and, accordingly, revenue is recognized over a period of time, which is generally the subscription period. Payments are typically received at the beginning of a subscription period and revenue is recognized according to the type of subscription sold.

 

For subscription contracts in which the subscription term commences before a payment is due, LifeMap Sciences records an accounts receivable as the subscription is earned over time and bills the customer according to the contract terms. LifeMap Sciences continuously monitors collections and payments from customers and maintains a provision for estimated credit losses and uncollectible accounts based upon its historical experience and any specific customer collection issues that have been identified. Amounts determined to be uncollectible are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts. LifeMap Sciences has not historically provided significant discounts, credits, concessions, or other incentives from the stated price in the contract as the prices are offered on a fixed fee basis for the type of subscription package being purchased. LifeMap Sciences may issue refunds only if the packages cease to be available for reasons beyond its control. In such an event, the customer will get a refund on a pro-rata basis. Using the most likely amount method for estimating refunds under Topic 606, including historical experience, LifeMap Sciences determined that the single most likely amount of variable consideration for refunds is immaterial as LifeMap Sciences does not expect to pay any refunds. Both the customer and LifeMap Sciences expect the subscription packages to be available during the entire subscription period, and LifeMap Sciences has not experienced any significant issues with the availability of the product and has not issued any material refunds.

 

LifeMap Sciences performance obligations for advertising are overall advertising services and represent a series of distinct services. Contracts are typically less than a year in duration and the fees charged may include a combination of fixed and variable fees with the variable fees tied to click throughs to the customer’s products on their website. LifeMap Sciences allocates the variable consideration to each month the click through services occur and allocates the annual fee to the performance obligation period of the initial term of the contract because those amounts correspond to the value provided to the customer each month. For click-through advertising services, at the time the variable compensation is known and determinable, the service has been rendered. Revenue is recognized at that time. The annual fee is recognized over the initial subscription period because this is a service and the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefit of LifeMap Sciences’ performance.

 

LifeMap Sciences deferred subscription revenues primarily represent subscriptions for which cash payment has been received for the subscription term, but the subscription term has not been completed as of the balance sheet date reported. For the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, LifeMap Sciences recognized $333,000 and $300,000 in subscription and advertisement revenues. For the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, LifeMap Sciences recognized $572,000 and $564,000 in subscription and advertisement revenues. As of June 30, 2018, there was $214,000 included in deferred revenues in the condensed consolidated balance sheets which is expected to be recognized as subscription revenue over the next twelve months.

 

LifeMap Sciences has licensed from a third party the databases it commercializes and has a contractual obligation to pay royalties to the licensor on subscriptions sold. These costs are included in cost of sales on the condensed consolidated statements of operations when the cash is received and the royalty obligation is incurred as the royalty payments do not qualify for capitalization of costs to fulfill a contract under ASC 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs – Contracts with Customers.

 

Grant Revenues. In applying the provisions of Topic 606, BioTime has determined that government grants are out of the scope of Topic 606 because the government entities do not meet the definition of a “customer”, as defined by Topic 606, as there is not considered to be a transfer of control of good or services to the government entities funding the grant. BioTime has, and will continue to, account for grants received to perform research and development services in accordance with ASC 730-20, Research and Development Arrangements, which requires an assessment, at the inception of the grant, of whether the grant is a liability or a contract to perform research and development services for others. If BioTime or a subsidiary receiving the grant is obligated to repay the grant funds to the grantor regardless of the outcome of the research and development activities, then BioTime is required to estimate and recognize that liability. Alternatively, if BioTime or a subsidiary receiving the grant is not required to repay, or if it is required to repay the grant funds only if the research and development activities are successful, then the grant agreement is accounted for as a contract to perform research and development services for others, in which case, grant revenue is recognized when the related research and development expenses are incurred (see Note 13).

 

 

Deferred grant revenues represent grant funds received from the governmental funding agencies for which the allowable expenses have not yet been incurred as of the balance sheet date reported. As of June 30, 2018 deferred grant revenue was $103,000 and is expected to be recognized as revenue over the next twelve months.

 

Arrangements with Multiple Performance Obligations. BioTime’s contracts with customers may include multiple performance obligations. For such arrangements, BioTime allocates revenue to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. BioTime generally determines or estimates standalone selling prices based on the prices charged, or that would be charged, to customers for that product or service. As of, and for the six months ended, June 30, 2018, BioTime did not have significant arrangements with multiple performance obligations.

 

Adoption of ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments–Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. Changes to the current GAAP model under ASU 2016-01 primarily affects the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option, and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. In addition, ASU 2016-01 clarified guidance related to the valuation allowance assessment when recognizing deferred tax assets resulting from unrealized losses on available-for-sale debt securities. The accounting for other financial instruments, such as loans, investments in debt securities, and financial liabilities is largely unchanged. The more significant amendments are to equity investments in unconsolidated entities. In accordance with ASU No. 2016-01, all equity investments in unconsolidated entities (other than those accounted for using the equity method of accounting) will generally be measured at fair value through earnings. There will no longer be an available-for-sale classification (changes in fair value reported in other comprehensive income) for equity securities with readily determinable fair values. As further discussed above under the marketable equity securities in foreign investments policy, BioTime adopted ASU 2016-01 on January 1, 2018.

 

Reclassification – Gain on sale of assets of $1.8 million generated during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and reported in other income and expenses, net, on the consolidated statements of operations has been reclassified to be included in loss from operations in the consolidated statements of operations for the same periods shown to properly reflect the nature of the gain. This reclassification had no impact on the net income or loss, no impact on consolidated cash flows and consolidated balance sheets for any period presented.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted – The recently issued accounting pronouncements applicable to BioTime that are not yet effective should be read in conjunction with the recently issued accounting pronouncements, as applicable and disclosed in BioTime’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)”, which requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms greater than twelve months in the statement of financial position. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement. ASU 2016-02 also requires improved disclosures to help users of financial statements better understand the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. BioTime is evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements. BioTime expects that most of its operating lease commitments will be subject to the new standard and recognized as right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities upon the adoption of ASU 2016-02, which will increase the total consolidated assets and total consolidated liabilities that it reports.

 

3. Deconsolidation of OncoCyte

 

On February 17, 2017, OncoCyte issued 625,000 shares of OncoCyte common stock to certain investors who exercised OncoCyte stock purchase warrants. As a result of this exercise and the issuance of the shares of OncoCyte common stock, beginning on February 17, 2017, BioTime owned less than 50% of the OncoCyte outstanding common stock and experienced a loss of control of the OncoCyte subsidiary. Under GAAP, loss of control of a subsidiary is deemed to have occurred when, among other things, a parent company owns less than a majority of the outstanding common stock of the subsidiary, lacks a controlling financial interest in the subsidiary, and is unable to unilaterally control the subsidiary through other means such as having the ability or being able to obtain the ability to elect a majority of the subsidiary’s Board of Directors. BioTime determined that all of these loss of control factors were present with respect to OncoCyte on February 17, 2017. Accordingly, BioTime has deconsolidated OncoCyte’s financial statements and results of operations from BioTime, effective February 17, 2017, in accordance with ASC, 810-10-40-4(c), Consolidation, referred to as the “OncoCyte Deconsolidation.”

 

 

Beginning on February 17, 2017, BioTime is accounting for its retained noncontrolling investment in OncoCyte under the equity method of accounting and has elected the fair value option under ASC 825-10, Financial Instruments (see Note 4). In connection with the OncoCyte Deconsolidation and in accordance with ASC 810-10-40-5, BioTime recorded a gain on deconsolidation of $71.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2017, included in other income and expenses, net, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

4. Equity Method Accounting for Common Stock of OncoCyte, at Fair Value

 

BioTime elected to account for its 14.7 million shares of OncoCyte common stock at fair value using the equity method of accounting beginning on February 17, 2017, the date of the OncoCyte Deconsolidation. The OncoCyte shares had a fair value of $37.4 million as of June 30, 2018 and a fair value of $68.2 million as of December 31, 2017, based on the closing price of OncoCyte common stock on the NYSE American of $2.55 per share and $4.65 per share on those respective dates.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, BioTime recorded an unrealized gain of $6.6 million due to the increase in OncoCyte’s stock price from March 31, 2018 to June 30, 2018, from $2.10 per share to $2.55 per share. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, BioTime recorded an unrealized loss of $30.8 million on the OncoCyte shares due to the decrease in OncoCyte’s stock price from December 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018 noted above. All share prices were determined based on the closing price of OncoCyte common stock on the NYSE American on the applicable dates.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2017, BioTime recorded an unrealized loss of $11.0 million due to the decrease in OncoCyte’s stock price from March 31, 2017 to June 30, 2017 from $5.95 per share to $5.20 per share. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, BioTime recorded an unrealized gain of $5.1 million on the OncoCyte shares due to the increase in OncoCyte’s stock price from February 17, 2017 to June 30, 2017 from $4.85 per share to $5.20 per share. All share prices were determined based the closing price of Asterias common stock on the NYSE American on the applicable dates.

 

OncoCyte’s unaudited condensed results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 are summarized below (in thousands):

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								January 1, 2017 to February 16, 2017
		2018				2017				2018				2017				(unaudited)
Condensed Statements of Operations (1):
Research and development expense		$	1,697			$	1,997			$	3,158			$	3,831			$	798
General and administrative expense			1,335				1,115				3,122				3,158				377
Sales and marketing expense			569				477				1,227				1,132				213
Loss from operations			(3,601	)			(3,589	)			(7,507	)			(8,121	)			(1,388	)
Net loss		$	(3,880	)		$	(3,804	)		$	(7,658	)		$	(8,509	)		$	(1,392	)

 

(1)

The condensed unaudited statements of operations information included in the table above for the period January 1, 2017 through February 16, 2017 reflects OncoCyte results of operations included in BioTime’s consolidated statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017, after intercompany eliminations. The information for OncoCyte shown for three and six months ended June 30, 2018 is not included in BioTime’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for those periods.

 

5. Equity Method Accounting for Common Stock of Asterias, at Fair Value

 

BioTime elected to account for its 21.7 million shares of Asterias common stock at fair value using the equity method of accounting beginning on May 13, 2016, the date of the Asterias Deconsolidation. The Asterias shares had a fair value of $29.4 million as of June 30, 2018 and a fair value of $48.9 million as of December 31, 2017, based on the closing prices of Asterias common stock on the NYSE American of $1.35 per share and $2.25 per share on those respective dates.

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2018, BioTime recorded an unrealized loss of $2.2 million on the Asterias shares due to the decrease in Asterias’ stock price from March 31, 2018 to June 30, 2018 from $1.45 per share to $1.35 per share. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, BioTime recorded an unrealized loss of $19.6 million on the Asterias shares due to the decrease in Asterias’ stock price from December 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018 noted above. All share prices were determined based on the closing price of Asterias common stock on the NYSE American on the applicable dates.

 

 

For the three months ended June 30, 2017, BioTime recorded an unrealized gain of $3.3 million on the Asterias shares due to the increase in Asterias’ stock price from March 31, 2017 to June 30, 2017 from $3.40 per share to $3.55 per share. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, BioTime recorded an unrealized loss of $22.8 million on the Asterias shares due to the decrease in Asterias’ stock price from December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017 from $4.60 per share to $3.55 per share. All share prices were determined based on the closing price of Asterias common stock on the NYSE American on the applicable dates.

 

Asterias’ unaudited condensed results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 are summarized below (in thousands):

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
		2018				2017				2018				2017
Condensed Statements of Operations (1):
Total revenue		$	109			$	316			$	587			$	2,326
Gross profit			52				298				467				2,256
Loss from operations			(5,552	)			(8,533	)			(10,675	)			(17,640	)
Net loss		$	(6,982	)		$	(8,728	)		$	(9,294	)		$	(15,015	)

 

(1)

The condensed unaudited statements of operations information included in the table above reflect Asterias’ results of operations and were not included in BioTime’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

6. Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

 

At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, property, plant and equipment was comprised of the following (in thousands):

 

		June 30, 2018 (unaudited)				December 31, 2017
Equipment, furniture and fixtures		$	3,949			$	4,255
Leasehold improvements			3,982				4,434
Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(2,917	)			(3,156	)
Property, plant and equipment, net		$	5,014			$	5,533

 

Depreciation expense, including amortization of leasehold improvements, amounted to $279,000 and $205,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, and $560,000 and $421,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2018, BioTime wrote off $0.7 million in fully depreciated property and equipment with a corresponding adjustment to accumulated depreciation and amortization.

 

7. Intangible Assets, Net

 

At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, intangible assets, primarily consisting of acquired patents, and accumulated amortization were as follows (in thousands):

 

		June 30, 2018 (unaudited)				December 31, 2017
Intangible assets		$	23,294			$	23,294
Accumulated amortization			(17,559	)			(16,394	)
Intangible assets, net		$	5,735			$	6,900

 

BioTime recognized in research and development expenses $0.6 million of amortization expense in each of the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, and $1.2 million of amortization expense during the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

 

8. Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities

 

At June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

		June 30, 2018 (unaudited)				December 31, 2017
Accounts payable		$	1,181			$	938
Accrued liabilities			1,918				2,368
Accrued compensation			1,827				2,275
Other current liabilities			102				137
Total		$	5,028			$	5,718

 

9. Related Party Transactions

 

Shared Facilities and Service Agreements with Affiliates

 

The receivables from affiliates shown on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, primarily represent amounts owed to BioTime from OncoCyte and other affiliates under certain Shared Facilities and Service Agreements (each a “Shared Facilities Agreement”). Under the terms of a Shared Facilities Agreement, BioTime allows OncoCyte to use BioTime’s premises and equipment located at Alameda, California for the sole purpose of conducting business. BioTime also provides accounting, billing, bookkeeping, payroll, treasury, payment of accounts payable, and other similar administrative services to OncoCyte. BioTime may also provide the services of attorneys, accountants, and other professionals who may provide professional services to BioTime and its other subsidiaries. BioTime also has provided OncoCyte with the services of laboratory and research personnel, including BioTime employees and contractors, for the performance of research and development work for OncoCyte at the premises.

 

BioTime charges OncoCyte a “Use Fee” for services provided and usage of BioTime facilities, equipment, and supplies. For each billing period, BioTime prorates and allocates to OncoCyte costs incurred, including costs for services of BioTime employees and use of equipment, insurance, leased space, professional services, software licenses, supplies and utilities. The allocation of costs depends on key cost drivers, including actual documented use, square footage of facilities used, time spent, costs incurred by BioTime for OncoCyte, or upon proportionate usage by BioTime and OncoCyte, as reasonably estimated by BioTime. BioTime, at its discretion, has the right to charge OncoCyte a 5% markup on such allocated costs. The allocated cost of BioTime employees and contractors who provide services is based upon records of the number of hours of such personnel devoted to the performance of services.

 

The Use Fee is determined and invoiced to OncoCyte on a calendar quarterly basis. If the Shared Facilities Agreement terminates prior to the last day of a billing period, the Use Fee will be determined for the number of days in the billing period elapsed prior to the termination of the Shared Facilities Agreement. Each invoice will be payable in full by OncoCyte within 30 days after receipt. Any invoice, or portion thereof, not paid in full when due will bear interest at the rate of 15% per annum until paid, unless the failure to make a payment is due to any inaction or delay in making a payment by BioTime employees from OncoCyte funds available for such purpose, rather than from the unavailability of sufficient funds legally available for payment or from an act, omission, or delay by any employee or agent of OncoCyte. Through June 30, 2018, BioTime has not charged OncoCyte any interest.

 

In addition to the Use Fees, OncoCyte will reimburse BioTime for any out of pocket costs incurred by BioTime for the purchase of office supplies, laboratory supplies, and other goods and materials and services for the account or use of OncoCyte, provided that invoices documenting such costs are delivered to OncoCyte with each invoice for the Use Fee. BioTime will have no obligation to purchase or acquire any office supplies or other goods and materials or any services for OncoCyte, and if any such supplies, goods, materials or services are obtained for OncoCyte, BioTime may arrange for the suppliers to invoice OncoCyte directly.

 

The Shared Facilities Agreement will remain in effect, unless either party gives the other party written notice stating that the Shared Facilities Agreement will terminate on December 31 of that year, or unless the agreement is otherwise terminated under another provision of the agreement.

 

 

In the aggregate, BioTime charged such Use Fees to OncoCyte as follows (in thousands):

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
		2018				2017				2018				2017
Research and development		$	217			$	312			$	437			$	629
General and administrative			175				78				346				157
Total use fees		$	392			$	390			$	783			$	786

 

 

The Use Fees charged to OncoCyte shown above are not reflected in revenues, but instead BioTime’s general and administrative expenses and research and development expenses are shown net of those charges in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, BioTime has a $2.1 million receivable from OncoCyte included in receivable from affiliates, net, on account of Use Fees incurred by OncoCyte under the Shared Facilities Agreement. Since these amounts are due and payable within 30 days of being invoiced, the receivable is classified as a current asset.

 

BioTime has a similar Shared Facilities Agreement with Asterias under which BioTime and Asterias each may provide use of their respective facilities, utilities, and personnel to the other party on terms similar to the terms of the Shared Facilities Agreement between BioTime and OncoCyte. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, there was a net payable to Asterias of $23,000 and $33,000, respectively.

 

BioTime accounts for receivables from affiliates, net of payables to affiliates, if any, for similar shared services and other transactions BioTime’s consolidated subsidiaries may enter into with nonconsolidated affiliates. BioTime and the affiliates record those receivables and payables on a net basis since BioTime and the affiliates intend to exercise a right of offset of the receivable and the payable and to settle the balances net by having the party that owes the other party pay the net balance owed.

 

Transactions with Ascendance Biotechnology, Inc.

 

On March 21, 2018, AgeX and Ascendance Biotechnology, Inc. (“Ascendance”), an equity method investee of AgeX and former equity method investee of BioTime, entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Asset Agreement”) in which AgeX purchased for $800,000 in cash certain assets consisting in value primarily of in-process research and development assets related to stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) to be developed by AgeX. The transaction was considered an asset acquisition rather than a business combination in accordance with ASC 805-50, Business Combinations. Accordingly, the $800,000 purchase price was expensed on the acquisition date as acquired in-process research and development as those assets have no alternative future use. Also, on March 21, 2018, BioTime received $0.2 million from Ascendance as settlement of its accounts receivable from Ascendance.

 

Disposition of Ownership Interest in Ascendance

 

On March 23, 2018, Ascendance was acquired by a third party in a merger through which AgeX received approximately $3.2 million in cash for its shares of Ascendance common stock. AgeX recognized a $3.2 million gain as a sale of its equity method investment in Ascendance, which is included in other income and expenses, net, for the six months ended June 30, 2018. At the close of the merger, $955,000 of cash that otherwise would have been payable to the Ascendance stockholders was deposited into an escrow account where it may be held for a term of up to fifteen months. Funds held in the escrow account may be paid to the acquirer to cover indemnity payments and other obligations that may arise after the merger. After the expiration of the term of the escrow, any funds remaining in the escrow account will be disbursed, on a pro-rata basis, to the former Ascendance stockholders. As of June 30, 2018, no amounts have been recorded in the BioTime condensed consolidated interim financial statements for any funds held in the escrow account.

 

Other related party transaction

 

In February 2018, Alfred D. Kingsley, the Chairman of BioTime’s Board of Directors, purchased AgeX stock purchase warrants entitling him to purchase 248,600 shares of AgeX common stock at an exercise price of $2.50 per share. AgeX received $124,300, or $0.50 per warrant, from Mr. Kingsley. See Note 10.

 

BioTime currently pays $5,050 per month for the use of approximately 900 square feet of office space in New York City, which is made available to BioTime on a month-by-month basis by one of its directors at an amount that approximates his cost.

 

 

10. Shareholders’ Equity

 

Preferred Shares

 

BioTime is authorized to issue 2,000,000 preferred shares. The preferred shares may be issued in one or more series as the board of directors may determine by resolution. The board of directors is authorized to fix the number of shares of any series of preferred shares and to determine or alter the rights, preferences, privileges, and restrictions granted to or imposed on the preferred shares as a class, or upon any wholly unissued series of any preferred shares. The board of directors may, by resolution, increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series of preferred shares subsequent to the issue of shares of that series. There are no preferred shares issued and outstanding.

 

Common Shares

 

At June 30, 2018, BioTime was authorized to issue 250,000,000 common shares, no par value. As of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, BioTime had 126,873,228 and 126,865,634 issued and outstanding common shares, respectively.

 

On April 6, 2017, BioTime, entered into a Controlled Equity Offering^SM Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as sales agent (“Cantor Fitzgerald”), pursuant to which BioTime may offer and sell, from time to time, through Cantor Fitzgerald, shares of BioTime common stock, no par value per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $25,000,000. BioTime is not obligated to sell any shares under the Sales Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, Cantor Fitzgerald will use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices, applicable state and federal law, rules and regulations, and the rules of the NYSE American, to sell the shares from time to time based upon BioTime’s instructions, including any price, time or size limits specified by BioTime. Under the Sales Agreement, Cantor Fitzgerald may sell the shares by any method deemed to be an “at-the-market” offering as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or by any other method permitted by law, including in privately negotiated transactions. Cantor Fitzgerald’s obligations to sell the shares under the Sales Agreement are subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including the continued effectiveness of BioTime’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 which became effective on May 5, 2017. As of June 30, 2018, $24.2 million remained available for sale through the Sales Agreement under the Registration Statement.

 

BioTime will pay Cantor Fitzgerald a commission of 3.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds from each sale of shares, reimburse legal fees and disbursements and provide Cantor Fitzgerald with customary indemnification and contribution rights. The Sales Agreement may be terminated by Cantor Fitzgerald or BioTime at any time upon notice to the other party, or by Cantor Fitzgerald at any time in certain circumstances, including the occurrence of a material and adverse change in BioTime’s business or financial condition that makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the shares.

 

Transactions with Noncontrolling Interests of AgeX Therapeutics, Inc.

 

AgeX was formed by BioTime to continue the development of BioTime’s technology relating to cell immortality and regenerative biology by developing products for the treatment of aging and age-related diseases. On August 17, 2017, AgeX received its initial assets and cash from BioTime and certain outside investors. BioTime contributed certain assets and cash to AgeX in exchange for 28,800,000 shares of AgeX common stock pursuant to an Asset Contribution and Separation Agreement (the “Asset Contribution Agreement”). BioTime and AgeX also entered into a License Agreement pursuant to which BioTime licensed or sublicensed to AgeX, and AgeX granted to BioTime an option to license back, certain patent rights. Concurrently with the acquisition of assets from BioTime under the Asset Contribution Agreement, AgeX sold 4,950,000 shares of its common stock for $10.0 million in cash primarily to outside investors, which included the Chairman of BioTime’s Board of Directors. At the close of the financing on August 17, 2017, BioTime owned 85.4% of the issued and outstanding shares of AgeX common stock.

 

On June 7, 2018, AgeX sold 2.0 million shares of common stock to an outside investor for $2.50 per share for aggregate cash proceeds to AgeX of $5.0 million. As of the completion of this financing on June 7, 2018, BioTime owns 80.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of AgeX common stock and retains a controlling interest in AgeX (see Note 14).

 

BioTime accounts for a change in ownership interests in any subsidiary that does not result in a change of control of the subsidiary by BioTime under the provisions of ASC 810-10-45-23, which prescribes the accounting for changes in ownership interest that do not result in a change in control of the subsidiary, as defined by GAAP as a result of a transaction. Under this guidance, changes in a controlling shareholder’s ownership interest that do not result in a change of control, as defined by GAAP, in the subsidiary are accounted for as equity transactions. Thus, if the controlling interest of a shareholder increases or decreases due to a sale or acquisition of the subsidiary’s equity securities, no gain or loss is recognized in the statement of operations of the controlling shareholder if it retains control of the subsidiary. Similarly, the controlling shareholder will not record any additional acquisition adjustments to reflect its subsequent purchases of additional shares in the subsidiary by the controlling shareholder if there is no change of control. Only a proportional and immediate transfer of carrying value between the controlling and the noncontrolling shareholders occurs based on the respective ownership percentages. Accordingly, because the June 7, 2018 additional cash investment made by the outside investor did not result in a change of control of AgeX, this transaction resulted in a $3.6 million proportional equity transfer, at carrying value, from noncontrolling interests in AgeX to BioTime recorded in consolidated shareholders’ equity as of June 30, 2018.

 

 

Sale of Warrants by AgeX

 

On February 28, 2018, AgeX sold warrants to purchase 1,473,600 shares of AgeX common stock (the “AgeX Warrants”) for $0.50 per warrant for aggregate cash proceeds to AgeX of $736,800. The AgeX Warrants are exercisable at $2.50 per share and expire the earliest to occur of (i) February 28, 2021, (ii) on or after January 31, 2019, after notice from AgeX, if the AgeX shares are publicly traded and the price of AgeX common stock exceeds $3.75 per share for 20 trading days (on a volume weighted average price basis, as defined), and (iii) a change of control, as defined in warrant agreement. If the AgeX shares are not publicly traded, the AgeX Warrants may be exercised only during the period commencing ten business days prior to the expiration date, as defined in the warrant agreement. The AgeX Warrants are classified as equity since, among other factors, they are not redeemable, cannot be settled in cash or other assets and require settlement by issuing a fixed number of shares of common stock of AgeX. The AgeX Warrants were sold at fair value determined on the Binomial Lattice option pricing model on the issuance date, with certain management assumptions, which included the timing of an initial public offering of AgeX common stock, peer-group volatility, term to maturity, price cap and AgeX current and future stock prices. See Note 14.

 

Cell Cure Warrants – Liability Classified

 

On July 10, 2017, BioTime purchased all of the outstanding Cell Cure convertible promissory notes and Cell Cure ordinary shares held by Hadasit Bio-Holdings, Ltd. (“HBL”), a former Cell Cure shareholder that owned 21.2% of the issued and outstanding Cell Cure ordinary shares and substantially all of the Cell Cure convertible promissory notes issued by Cell Cure to shareholders other than BioTime. As an inducement to HBL to sell its Cell Cure ordinary shares to BioTime, Cell Cure issued 24,566 warrants to HBL (the “HBL Warrants”) to purchase Cell Cure ordinary shares at an exercise price of $40.5359 per warrant share, payable in U.S. dollars. The exercise price of the HBL Warrants is the same price per ordinary share paid by BioTime to HBL for the purchase of the Cell Cure ordinary shares held by HBL. The HBL Warrants are immediately exercisable and expire on the earliest of the lapse of 5 years from the issuance date or immediately prior to the closing of a Corporate Transaction or an initial public offering, as defined in the HBL Warrant Agreement.

 

Cell Cure has also issued and outstanding 13,738 warrants to purchase Cell Cure ordinary shares at exercise prices ranging from $32.02 to $40.00 per warrant share, payable in U.S. dollars, to consultants (the “Consultant Warrants”), expiring in October 2020 and January 2024. The HBL Warrants and the Consultant Warrants are collectively referred to as the “Cell Cure Warrants”.

 

Because the exercise price of the Cell Cure Warrants is U.S. dollar-denominated and settlement is not expected to occur in the next twelve months, Cell Cure classified the Cell Cure Warrants as a long-term liability in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. ASC 815 requires freestanding financial instruments, such as warrants, with exercise prices denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the issuer to be accounted for as liabilities at fair value, with all subsequent changes in fair value after the issuance date to be recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The fair value of the Cell Cure Warrants at the time of issuance was determined by using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the respective contractual term of the warrants. In applying this model, the fair value is determined by applying Level 3 inputs, as defined by ASC 820; these inputs are based on certain key assumptions including the fair value of the Cell Cure ordinary shares, adjusted for lack of marketability, as appropriate, and the expected stock price volatility over the term of the Cell Cure Warrants. The fair value of the Cell Cure ordinary shares is determined by Cell Cure’s Board of Directors, which may engage a valuation specialist to estimate the fair value, or may use recent transactions in Cell Cure shares, if any, as a reasonable approximation of fair value, or may apply other reasonable methods to determining the fair value, including a discount for lack of marketability. BioTime determines the stock price volatility using historical prices of comparable public company common stock for a period equal to the remaining term of the Cell Cure Warrants. The Cell Cure Warrants are revalued each reporting period using the same methodology described above, with changes in fair value included in other income and expenses, net, in the consolidated statements of operations. Changes in any of the key assumptions used to value the Cell Cure Warrants could materially impact the fair value of the Cell Cure Warrants and BioTime’s consolidated financial statements.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, BioTime recorded a noncash gain of $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively, for the decrease in the fair value of the Cell Cure Warrants included in other income and expenses, net. The decrease in the fair value of the Cell Cure Warrants was mainly attributable to the reduced remaining life of the warrants from the prior period, and management’s assumption on the lack of marketability discount adjustment on the fair value of Cell Cure ordinary shares. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Cell Cure Warrants, valued at $0.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively, were included in long-term liabilities on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

 

11. Stock Option Plans

 

BioTime adopted the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”), under which a maximum of 16,000,000 BioTime common shares are available for the grant of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock appreciation rights.

 

A summary of BioTime’s 2012 Plan activity and related information follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

		Shares Available for Grant				Number of Options Outstanding				Number of RSUs Outstanding				Weighted Average Exercise Price of Options
December 31, 2017 (1)			2,485				8,043				62			$	3.38
Board mandated restriction restored			5,000				-				-				-
Options granted			(1,239	)			1,239				-				2.58
Options exercised			-				-				-				-
Options forfeited/cancelled			272				(292	)			-				4.00
Restricted stock units granted			(970	)			-				485				-
Restricted stock units vested			-				-				(12	)			-
June 30, 2018			5,548				8,990				535			$	3.25
Options exercisable at June 30, 2018							5,155							$	3.47

 

⁽¹⁾ On October 13, 2017, BioTime’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) determined to temporarily set a 5.0 million total share limit on shares available for the grant of share-based awards pursuant to the 2012 Plan. As of December 31, 2017, the total 2.5 million shares available for grant was net of this 5.0 million share restriction. On May 4, 2018, the Board removed this restriction, thereby increasing shares available for the grant of share-based awards pursuant to the 2012 Plan.

 

On May 24, 2018, BioTime granted 485,000 restricted stock units (“RSU”) to employees. The RSU will vest in increments upon the attainment of specified performance conditions, as determined by the Board of Directors. Unvested RSUs will expire on December 31, 2018. The conditions include the completion of the planned distribution of AgeX common stock to BioTime shareholders (see Note 14), and certain clinical milestones in the development of OpRegen® and Renevia®. As of June 30, 2018, none of the RSU vesting conditions were met and, accordingly, no stock-based compensation expense was recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Expense

 

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model applying the weighted-average assumptions noted in the following table:

 

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2018				2017
Expected life (in years)			5.87				6.08
Risk-free interest rates			2.63	%			1.92	%
Volatility			56.09	%			59.80	%
Dividend yield			-	%			-	%

 

Operating expenses include stock-based compensation expense as follows (in thousands):

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
		2018				2017				2018				2017
Research and development		$	188			$	166			$	381			$	496
General and administrative			915				739				1,706				1,434
Total stock-based compensation expense		$	1,103			$	905			$	2,087			$	1,930

 

 

12. Income Taxes

 

The provision for income taxes for interim periods is determined using an estimated annual effective tax rate as prescribed by ASC 740-270, Income Taxes, Interim Reporting. The effective tax rate may be subject to fluctuations during the year as new information is obtained, which may affect the assumptions used to estimate the annual effective tax rate, including factors such as valuation allowances and changes in valuation allowances against deferred tax assets, the recognition or de-recognition of tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions, if any, and changes in or the interpretation of tax laws in jurisdictions where BioTime conducts business. ASC 740-270 also states that if an entity is unable to reliably estimate a part of its ordinary income or loss, the income tax provision or benefit applicable to the item that cannot be estimated shall be reported in the interim period in which the item is reported.

 

For items that BioTime cannot reliably estimate on an annual basis (principally unrealized gains or losses generated by changes in the market prices of the Asterias and OncoCyte shares BioTime holds), BioTime uses the actual year to date effective tax rate rather than an estimated annual effective tax rate to determine the tax effect of each item, including the use of all available net operating losses and other credits or deferred tax assets.

 

Although the deconsolidation of Asterias and OncoCyte were not taxable transactions to BioTime and did not create a current income tax payment obligation to BioTime, the market value of the shares of Asterias and OncoCyte common stock BioTime holds creates a deferred tax liability to BioTime based on the closing prices of the shares, less BioTime’s tax basis in the shares. The deferred tax liability generated by the Asterias and OncoCyte shares that BioTime holds as of June 30, 2018, is a source of future taxable income to BioTime, as prescribed by ASC 740-10-30-17, that will more likely than not result in the realization of its deferred tax assets to the extent of the deferred tax liability. This deferred tax liability is determined based on the closing prices of the Asterias and OncoCyte shares as of June 30, 2018. Due to the inherent unpredictability of future prices of those shares, BioTime cannot reliably estimate or project those deferred tax liabilities on an annual basis. Therefore, the deferred tax liability pertaining to Asterias and OncoCyte shares, determined based on the actual closing prices on the last stock market trading day of the applicable accounting period, and the related impacts to the valuation allowance and deferred tax asset changes, are recorded in the accounting period in which they occur.

 

On March 23, 2018, Ascendance was acquired by a third party in a merger through which AgeX received approximately $3.2 million in cash for its shares of Ascendance common stock. For financial reporting purposes, AgeX recognized a $3.2 million gain as a sale of its equity method investment in Ascendance (see Note 9). The sale was a taxable transaction to AgeX generating a taxable gain of approximately $2.2 million. BioTime has sufficient current year losses from operations to offset the entire gain resulting in no income taxes due.

 

A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. For federal and state income tax purposes, as a result of the deconsolidation of Asterias and OncoCyte and the deferred tax liabilities generated from the market values of Asterias and OncoCyte shares from the respective deconsolidation dates, including the changes to those deferred tax liabilities due to changes in the Asterias and OncoCyte stock prices, BioTime’s deferred tax assets exceeded its deferred tax liabilities as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. As a result, BioTime established a full valuation allowance as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 due to the uncertainty of realizing future tax benefits from its net operating loss carryforwards and other deferred tax assets. Accordingly, BioTime did not record any provision or benefit for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

 

As of June 30, 2017, for federal income tax purposes, BioTime established a full valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets as it is not more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will be realized. Consequently, the $3.9 million tax provision recognized in the first quarter of 2017 was reversed in the second quarter of 2017, resulting in no tax provision or benefit for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

For state income tax purposes, BioTime has a full valuation allowance on its state deferred tax assets for all periods presented and, accordingly, no state tax provision or benefit was recorded for any period presented.

 

See Note 14 regarding the planned AgeX Distribution.

 

13. Commitments and Contingencies

 

Alameda Lease

 

On December 10, 2015, BioTime entered into a lease for 30,795 square feet of office and laboratory space in two buildings located in an office park in Alameda, California (the “Alameda Lease”). The term of the Alameda Lease is seven years and BioTime has an option to renew the term for an additional five years. BioTime moved into the facility and the term of the Alameda Lease commenced effective February 1, 2016.

 

Base rent under the Alameda Lease on February 1, 2018 was $68,673 per month, and will increase by approximately 3% annually on every February 1 thereafter during the lease term. The lease payments allocated to the lease liability for leasehold improvements reimbursed by the landlord are amortized as debt service on that liability over the lease term.

 

 

In addition to base rent, BioTime will pay a pro rata portion of increases in certain expenses, including real property taxes, utilities (to the extent not separately metered to the leased space) and the landlord’s operating expenses, over the amounts of those expenses incurred by the landlord. As security for the performance of its obligations under the Alameda Lease, BioTime provided the landlord with an initial security deposit of approximately $847,000, which was reduced by $423,000 on February 1, 2018 pursuant to the lease agreement, and will be further reduced by an additional $346,000 after the first thirty-six months of the lease term, by applying those amounts to future rent payment obligations under the lease, if BioTime is not in default under the Lease. The security deposit amount under the Alameda Lease is considered restricted cash (see Note 2).

 

New York Leased Office Space

 

BioTime currently pays $5,050 per month for the use of approximately 900 square feet of office space in New York City, which is made available to BioTime for use in conducting meetings and other business affairs, on a month-by-month basis, by one of its directors at an amount that approximates his cost.

 

Cell Cure Lease

 

Cell Cure has leased 1,128 square meters (approximately 12,142 square feet) of office and laboratory space in Jerusalem, Israel under a lease that expires between May 30, 2019 and December 31, 2020, with two additional options to extend the lease for 5 years each. Base monthly rent is NIS 63,402 (approximately U.S. $18,247 per month). In addition to base rent, Cell Cure pays a pro rata share of real property taxes and certain costs related to the operation and maintenance of the building in which the leased premises are located.

 

On January 28, 2018, Cell Cure entered into another lease agreement with its current landlord for an additional 934 square meters (approximately 10,054 square feet) of office space in the same facility in Jerusalem, Israel under a lease that expires on December 31, 2025, with two additional options to extend the lease for 5 years each (the “January 2018 Lease”). The January 2018 Lease commenced on April 1, 2018, and includes a leasehold improvement construction allowance of up to NIS 4,000,000 (approximately up to $1.2 million) from the landlord. The leasehold improvements are expected to be completed by September 30, 2018. Combined base rent and construction allowance payments, assuming the full allowance is utilized, for the January 2018 Lease will be NIS 93,470 per month (approximately $27,000 per month) beginning on October 1, 2018. As of June 30, 2018, no amounts under the January 2018 Lease construction allowance had been utilized.

 

Litigation – General

 

BioTime will be subject to various claims and contingencies in the ordinary course of its business, including those related to litigation, business transactions, employee-related matters, and others. When BioTime is aware of a claim or potential claim, it assesses the likelihood of any loss or exposure. If it is probable that a loss will result and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated, BioTime will record a liability for the loss. If the loss is not probable or the amount of the loss cannot be reasonably estimated, BioTime will disclose the claim if the likelihood of a potential loss is reasonably possible and the amount involved could be material. BioTime is not aware of any claims likely to have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

 

Employment Contracts

 

BioTime has entered into employment agreements with certain executive officers. Under the provisions of the agreements, BioTime may be required to incur severance obligations for matters relating to changes in control, as defined in the agreements, and involuntary terminations.

 

Indemnification

 

In the normal course of business, BioTime may provide indemnifications of varying scope under BioTime’s agreements with other companies or consultants, typically BioTime’s clinical research organizations, investigators, clinical sites, suppliers and others. Pursuant to these agreements, BioTime will generally agree to indemnify, hold harmless, and reimburse the indemnified parties for losses and expenses suffered or incurred by the indemnified parties arising from claims of third parties in connection with the use or testing of BioTime’s products and services. Indemnification provisions could also cover third party infringement claims with respect to patent rights, copyrights, or other intellectual property pertaining to BioTime products and services. Other indemnification obligations may arise from agreements disposing of assets. The term of these indemnification agreements will generally continue in effect after the termination or expiration of the particular research, development, services, or license agreement to which they relate. The potential future payments BioTime could be required to make under these indemnification agreements will generally not be subject to any specified maximum amount. Historically, BioTime has not been subject to any claims or demands for indemnification. BioTime also maintains various liability insurance policies that limit BioTime’s financial exposure. As a result, BioTime believes the fair value of these indemnification agreements is minimal. Accordingly, BioTime has not recorded any liabilities for these agreements as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

 

 

Royalty obligations and license fees

 

BioTime and its subsidiaries or affiliates are parties to certain licensing agreements with research institutions, universities and other parties for the rights to use those licenses and other intellectual property in conducting research and development activities. These licensing agreements provide for the payment of royalties by BioTime or the applicable party to the agreement on future product sales, if any. In addition, in order to maintain these licenses and other rights during the product development, BioTime or the applicable party to the contract must comply with various conditions including the payment of patent related costs and annual minimum maintenance fees. Annual minimum maintenance fees are approximately $135,000 to $150,000 per year. The research and development risk for these products is significant. License fees and related expenses under these agreements were immaterial for the periods presented in the condensed consolidated interim financial statements provided herein.

 

Grants

 

Under the terms of a grant agreement between Cell Cure and Israel Innovation Authority (“IIA”) (formerly the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel) of the Ministry of Economy and Industry, for the development of OpRegen®, Cell Cure will be required to pay royalties on future product sales, if any, up to the amounts received from the IIA, plus interest indexed to LIBOR. Cell Cure’s research and product development activities under the grant are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties and performed on a best efforts basis. As a result, Cell Cure is not required to make any payments under the grant agreement unless it successfully commercializes OpRegen®. Accordingly, pursuant to ASC 730-20, the Cell Cure grant is considered a contract to perform research and development services for others and grant revenue will be recognized as the related research and development expenses are incurred (see Note 2).

 

Israeli law pertaining to such government grants contain various conditions, including substantial penalties and restrictions on the transfer of intellectual property, or the manufacture, or both, of products developed under the grant outside of Israel, as defined by the IIA.

 

14. Subsequent Events

 

On July 10, 2018, AgeX sold additional AgeX Warrants to purchase 526,400 shares of common stock for $0.50 per warrant for aggregate net cash proceeds to AgeX of $263,200. See Note 10.

 

On July 19, 2018, AgeX filed Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form 10 with the SEC in connection with the planned AgeX Distribution. BioTime’s Board of Directors set July 31, 2018 as the record date for determining BioTime shareholders entitled to receive AgeX common stock in the AgeX Distribution. However, if a BioTime shareholder sells their BioTime common shares after the record date and before the date of the AgeX Distribution, they will also be selling their right to receive shares of AgeX common stock in the AgeX Distribution with respect to the BioTime common shares sold.

 

On July 30, 2018, BioTime’s Board of Directors determined that on the date on which the AgeX Distribution takes place (the “Distribution Date”), BioTime shareholders will receive one share of AgeX common stock for every 10 BioTime common shares held on the record date (the “Distribution Ratio”). The AgeX Distribution, if completed, will be a taxable event to BioTime. The amount of income tax obligation, if any, that BioTime may incur in connection with the AgeX Distribution is not estimable at this time since the tax obligation depends on numerous factors and contingencies including but not limited to, the completion of the AgeX Distribution, the amount and availability of U.S. net operating losses generated by BioTime to offset any taxable gain as a result of the AgeX Distribution, and the value of AgeX common stock on the distribution date.

 

BioTime’s Board of Directors has not yet determined the Distribution Date. Completion of the AgeX Distribution is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including AgeX’s Registration Statement on Form 10 being declared effective by the SEC. BioTime reserves the right to amend or modify the Distribution Ratio and other terms of the AgeX Distribution, or to abandon or terminate the AgeX Distribution, at any time prior to the Distribution Date.

 

 

On August 1, 2018, BioTime entered into a binding letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with Juvenescence Limited (“Juvenescence,” and together with BioTime, the “Parties”) pursuant to which the Parties agreed to negotiate final terms for the sale of 14,400,000 shares of common stock of AgeX (the “AgeX Shares”) currently owned by BioTime to Juvenescence for $3.00 per share (the “Transaction”). Juvenescence currently owns 5.6% of AgeX’s issued and outstanding common stock. The closing of the Transaction is subject to the Parties’ entry into a definitive stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), a shareholders agreement (the “Shareholders Agreement”), and other associated documents, and shall be subject to customary closing conditions for a transaction of this type.

 

The Letter Agreement provides for a total purchase price of the AgeX Shares of $43.2 million (the “Purchase Price”), of which $10.8 million will be paid upon the closing of the Transaction and $10.8 million will be paid on November 5, 2018, with the remaining $21.6 million to be paid under the terms of an unsecured Convertible Note. Juvenescence’s obligation to make the two $10.8 million payments will be secured by a pledge of 25% of the AgeX Shares. The Convertible Note, bearing interest at 7% per annum, with principal and accrued interest is payable at maturity two years after the closing of the Transaction. On the maturity date, if a “Qualified Financing” has not occurred, BioTime shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert the principal balance of the Convertible Note and accrued interest then due into a number of Series A Preferred Shares of Juvenescence at a conversion price of $15.60 per share. Upon the occurrence of a “Qualified Financing” on or before the maturity date, the principal balance of the Convertible Note and accrued interest on the Convertible Note will automatically convert into a number of shares of the class of equity securities of Juvenescence sold in the Qualified Financing, at the price per share at which the Juvenescence securities are sold in the Qualified Financing; and, if AgeX common stock is listed on a national securities exchange in the U.S., the number of shares of the class of equity securities issuable upon conversion may be increased depending on the market price of AgeX common stock. A Qualified Financing means an underwritten initial public offering of Juvenescence equity securities in which gross proceeds are not less than $50.0 million. The Convertible Note will not be transferable, except in connection with a change of control of BioTime.

 

Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Parties have agreed to negotiate and enter into a Purchase Agreement setting forth the final terms, conditions and closing mechanics related to the Transaction. The Purchase Agreement will contain customary representations, warranties and indemnities from BioTime relating to the business of AgeX, subject to an indemnity cap of $4.3 million subject to certain exceptions.

 

In addition to the Purchase Agreement, the parties will enter into a Shareholder Agreement setting forth the governance, approval and voting rights of the Parties with respect to their holdings of AgeX common stock, including rights of representation on the AgeX Board of Directors, approval rights, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal and co-sale and drag-along and tag-along rights for so long as a Party maintains certain specified ownership levels of AgeX common stock.

 

Following the Transaction, until such time as the AgeX Distribution is completed, BioTime will continue to own 14,416,000 shares, or 40.3%, of AgeX’s issued and outstanding common stock. There can be no assurance that BioTime and Juvenescence will reach final agreement on the terms of the Transaction documents, or the timing of the entry into the Transaction. The Transaction is expected to close on or about August 30, 2018, subject to the closing conditions of the Purchase Agreement.

 

 

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The matters addressed in this Item 2 that are not historical information constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about any of the following: any projections of earnings, revenue, gross profit, cash, effective tax rate, use of net operating losses, or any other financial items; the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations or prospects for achieving such plans; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “expects,” “seeks,” “estimates,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. While BioTime may elect to update forward-looking statements in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so, even if BioTime’s estimates change, and readers should not rely on those forward-looking statements as representing BioTime’s views as of any date subsequent to the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements are inherently subject to risks and BioTime can give no assurances that its expectations will prove to be correct. Actual results could differ materially from those described in this Quarterly Report because of numerous factors, many of which are beyond the control of BioTime. A number of important factors could cause the results of the company to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements, including those detailed under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of BioTime’s Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017.

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with BioTime condensed consolidated interim financial statements and the related notes provided under “Item 1- Financial Statements” above.

 

Company and Business Overview

 

We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company targeting degenerative diseases. Our programs are based on two proprietary core technology platforms: cell replacement and cell/drug delivery. With the cell replacement platform, we are producing new cells and tissues with our pluripotent and progenitor cell technologies. These cells and tissues are developed to replace those that are either rendered dysfunctional or lost due to degenerative diseases or injuries. Our cell/drug delivery programs are based upon our proprietary HyStem® cell and drug delivery matrix technology. HyStem® was designed to provide for the transfer, retention, and/or engraftment of cell replacement therapies and to act as a device for localized drug delivery.

 

Our lead cell replacement clinical product is OpRegen®, a retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cell replacement therapy, which is in a Phase I/IIa multicenter trial for the treatment of late-stage, dry age-related macular degeneration (dry-AMD). There are currently no FDA-approved therapies for dry-AMD, which accounts for approximately 90% of all age-related macular degeneration cases, and is the leading cause of blindness in people over the age of 60.

 

Our lead cell delivery clinical product, based on its proprietary HyStem® technology, is Renevia®, a potential treatment for facial lipoatrophy. “Lipoatrophy” means the loss of fat tissue, which can be caused by several factors, including trauma, aging, or drug side effects, such as those that cause HIV-associated lipoatrophy. We are also developing HyStem® for the sustained delivery of therapeutic drugs and targeted cells to specific areas of the body.

 

In 2017, we formed AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (“AgeX”) to continue development of initial discovery and preclinical programs focusing on the development of regenerative medicine technologies targeting the diseases of aging and metabolic disorders. AgeX’s initial programs focus on utilizing brown adipose tissue (“brown fat”) in targeting diabetes, obesity, and heart disease; and induced tissue regeneration (“iTR”) in utilizing the human body’s own abilities to scarlessly regenerate tissues damaged from age or trauma. AgeX may also pursue other early-stage programs. We own approximately 80.6% of the issued and outstanding shares of AgeX common stock.

 

Our principal consolidated subsidiaries are AgeX, Cell Cure Neurosciences, Ltd (“Cell Cure”), ES Cell International, Pte Ltd (“ESI”), LifeMap Sciences, Inc. (“LifeMap Sciences”), OrthoCyte Corporation (“OrthoCyte”), and ReCyte Therapeutics, Inc. (“ReCyte”).

 

We also have significant equity holdings in two publicly traded companies, Asterias Biotherapeutics, Inc. (“Asterias”), and OncoCyte Corporation (“OncoCyte”), which we founded and which, until recently, were our majority-owned consolidated subsidiaries. Asterias (NYSE American: AST) is presently focused on advancing three clinical-stage programs that have the potential to address areas of very high unmet medical needs in the fields of neurology (spinal cord injury) and oncology (Acute Myeloid Leukemia and lung cancer). OncoCyte (NYSE American: OCX) is developing confirmatory diagnostic tests for lung cancer, breast cancer, and bladder cancer utilizing novel liquid biopsy technology. Beginning on May 13, 2016 and February 17, 2017, we deconsolidated the financial statements and results of operations of Asterias and OncoCyte, respectively, from BioTime. As of June 30, 2018, we owned 14,674,244 shares of OncoCyte common stock with a value of approximately $37.4 million and 21,747,569 shares of Asterias common stock with a value of approximately $29.4 million.

 

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations discusses and analyzes data in our unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements, which we have prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Senior management has discussed the development, selection and disclosure of these estimates with the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. Actual conditions may differ from our assumptions and actual results may differ from our estimates.

 

An accounting policy is deemed critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, if different estimates reasonably could have been used, or if changes in the estimate that are reasonably likely to occur could materially impact the financial statements. Management believes that there have been no significant changes during the six months ended June 30, 2018 to the items that we disclosed as our critical accounting policies and estimates in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017, except as follows:

 

Adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenues from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). During May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 (“Topic 606”) Revenue from Contracts with Customers which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Topic 605 Revenue Recognition (“Topic 605”). Topic 606 describes principles an entity must apply to measure and recognize revenue and the related cash flows, using the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligation(s) in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. Topic 606 core principle is that it requires entities to recognize revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.

 

BioTime adopted Topic 606 as of January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective transition method applied to those contracts which were not completed as of the adoption date. Results for reporting periods beginning on January 1, 2018 and thereafter are presented under Topic 606, while prior period amounts are not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with BioTime’s historic revenue recognition accounting under Topic 605.

 

On January 1, 2018, the adoption and application of Topic 606 resulted in an immaterial cumulative effect adjustment of BioTime’s beginning consolidated accumulated deficit balance. In the applicable paragraphs below, BioTime has summarized its revenue recognition policies for its various revenue sources in accordance with Topic 606.

 

Research and development contracts with customers. In its agreements with customers, BioTime’s performance obligations of research and development are completed as services are performed and control passes to the customer, and accordingly revenues are recognized over time. BioTime generally receives a fee at the inception of an agreement, with variable fees, if any, tied to certain milestones, if achieved. BioTime estimates this variable consideration using a single most likely amount. Based on historical experience, there has been no variable consideration related to milestones included in the transaction price due to the significant uncertainty of achieving contract milestones and milestones not being met. If a milestone is met, subsequent changes in the single most likely amount may produce a different variable consideration, and BioTime will allocate any subsequent changes in the transaction price on the same basis as at contract inception. Amounts allocated to a satisfied performance obligation will be recognized as revenue in the period in which the transaction price changes with respect to variable consideration, which could result in a reduction of revenue. Contracts of this kind are typically for a term greater than one year. For each of the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, BioTime recognized $77,000 for such services included in consolidated royalties from product sales and license fees. The aggregate amount of the transaction price, excluding payments related to any milestones, allocated to performance obligations that are unsatisfied, or partially unsatisfied, as of June 30, 2018 was approximately $154,000, included in deferred revenues in the consolidated balance sheets. BioTime expects to recognize revenue of $77,000 per quarter through the year ending December 31, 2018. As of June 30, 2018, BioTime had not met any milestones that would require adjustment of the transaction price.

 

Royalties from product sales and license fees. BioTime’s performance obligations in agreements with certain customers is to provide a license to allow customers to make, import and sell company licensed products or methods for pre-clinical studies and commercial use. Customers pay a combination of a license issue fee paid up front and a sales-based royalty, if any, in some cases with yearly minimums. The transaction price is deemed to be the license issue fee stated in the contract. The license offered by BioTime is a functional license with significant standalone functionality and provides customers with the right to use BioTime’s intellectual property. This allows BioTime to recognize revenue on the license issue fee at a point in time at the beginning of the contract, which is when the customer begins to have use of the license. Variable consideration related to sales-based royalties is recognized only when (or as) the later of one or more of the following events occur: (a) a sale or usage occurs, or (b) the performance obligation to which some, or all, of the sales-based or usage-based royalty that has been allocated and has been satisfied or partially satisfied. Due to the contract termination clauses, BioTime does not expect to receive all of the minimum royalty payments throughout the term of the agreements. Therefore, BioTime fully constrains recognition of the minimum royalty payments as revenues until its customers are obligated to pay, which is generally within 60 days prior to the beginning of each year the minimum royalty payments are due. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, royalty revenues were immaterial.

 

 

Sale of research products and services. Revenues from the sale of research products and services are primarily derived from the sale of hydrogels and stem cell products for research use and are recognized when earned.

 

Subscription and advertisement revenues. LifeMap Sciences, a direct majority-owned subsidiary of AgeX, sells subscription-based products, including research databases and software tools, for biomedical, gene, disease, and stem cell research. LifeMap Sciences sells these subscriptions primarily through the internet to biotech and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. LifeMap Sciences’ principal subscription product is the GeneCards® Suite, which includes the GeneCards® human gene database, and the MalaCards™ human disease database.

 

LifeMap Sciences’ performance obligations for subscriptions include a license of intellectual property related to its genetic information packages and premium genetic information tools. These licenses for genetic information packages are deemed functional licenses that provide customers with a “right to access” to LifeMap Sciences’ intellectual property during the subscription period and, accordingly, revenue is recognized over a period of time, which is generally the subscription period. Payments are typically received at the beginning of a subscription period and revenue is recognized according to the type of subscription sold.

 

For subscription contracts in which the subscription term commences before a payment is due, LifeMap Sciences records an accounts receivable as the subscription is earned over time and bills the customer according to the contract terms. LifeMap Sciences continuously monitors collections and payments from customers and maintains a provision for estimated credit losses and uncollectible accounts based upon its historical experience and any specific customer collection issues that have been identified. Amounts determined to be uncollectible are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts. LifeMap Sciences has not historically provided significant discounts, credits, concessions, or other incentives from the stated price in the contract as the prices are offered on a fixed fee basis for the type of subscription package being purchased. LifeMap Sciences may issue refunds only if the packages cease to be available for reasons beyond its control. In such an event, the customer will get a refund on a pro-rata basis. Using the most likely amount method for estimating refunds under Topic 606, including historical experience, LifeMap Sciences determined that the single most likely amount of variable consideration for refunds is immaterial as LifeMap Sciences does not expect to pay any refunds. Both the customer and LifeMap Sciences expect the subscription packages to be available during the entire subscription period, and LifeMap Sciences has not experienced any significant issues with the availability of the product and has not issued any material refunds.

 

LifeMap Sciences performance obligations for advertising are overall advertising services and represent a series of distinct services. Contracts are typically less than a year in duration and the fees charged may include a combination of fixed and variable fees with the variable fees tied to click throughs to the customer’s products on their website. LifeMap Sciences allocates the variable consideration to each month the click through services occur and allocates the annual fee to the performance obligation period of the initial term of the contract because those amounts correspond to the value provided to the customer each month. For click-through advertising services, at the time the variable compensation is known and determinable, the service has been rendered. Revenue is recognized at that time. The annual fee is recognized over the initial subscription period because this is a service and the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefit of LifeMap Sciences’ performance.

 

LifeMap Sciences deferred subscription revenues primarily represent subscriptions for which cash payment has been received for the subscription term but the subscription term has not been completed as of the balance sheet date reported. As of June 30, 2018, there was $214,000 included in deferred revenues in the condensed consolidated balance sheets which is expected to be recognized as subscription revenue over the next twelve months.

 

LifeMap Sciences has licensed from a third party the databases it commercializes and has a contractual obligation to pay royalties to the licensor on subscriptions sold. These costs are included in cost of sales on the condensed consolidated statements of operations when the cash is received and the royalty obligation is incurred as the royalty payments do not qualify for capitalization of costs to fulfill a contract under ASC 340-40, Other Assets and Deferred Costs – Contracts with Customers.

 

Grant Revenues. In applying the provisions of Topic 606, BioTime has determined that government grants are out of the scope of Topic 606 because the government entities do not meet the definition of a “customer”, as defined by Topic 606, as there is not considered to be a transfer of control of good or services to the government entities funding the grant. BioTime has, and will continue to, account for grants received to perform research and development services in accordance with ASC 730-20, Research and Development Arrangements, which requires an assessment, at the inception of the grant, of whether the grant is a liability or a contract to perform research and development services for others. If BioTime or a subsidiary receiving the grant is obligated to repay the grant funds to the grantor regardless of the outcome of the research and development activities, then BioTime is required to estimate and recognize that liability. Alternatively, if BioTime or a subsidiary receiving the grant is not required to repay, or if it is required to repay the grant funds only if the research and development activities are successful, then the grant agreement is accounted for as a contract to perform research and development services for others, in which case, grant revenue is recognized when the related research and development expenses are incurred.

 

 

Deferred grant revenues represent grant funds received from the governmental funding agencies for which the allowable expenses have not yet been incurred as of the balance sheet date reported.

 

Arrangements with Multiple Performance Obligations. BioTime’s contracts with customers may include multiple performance obligations. For such arrangements, BioTime allocates revenue to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. BioTime generally determines or estimates standalone selling prices based on the prices charged, or that would be charged, to customers for that product or service. As of, and for the six months ended, June 30, 2018, BioTime did not have significant arrangements with multiple performance obligations.

 

Results of Operations

 

Comparison of Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2018 and 2017

 

Revenues and Cost of Sales

 

The amounts in the table below show BioTime’s consolidated revenues, by source, and cost of sales for the periods presented (in thousands).

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								$ Increase/				% Increase/
		2018				2017				(Decrease)				(Decrease)
Grant revenue		$	1,941			$	-			$	1,941				*	%
Royalties from product sales and license fees			91				81				10				12.3	%
Subscription and advertisement revenues			333				300				33				11.0	%
Sale of research products and services			182				-				182				*	%
Total revenues		$	2,547			$	381			$	2,166				568.5	%
Cost of sales		$	(106	)		$	(5	)		$	101				*	%

 

		Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								$ Increase/				% Increase/
		2018				2017				(Decrease)				(Decrease)
Grant revenue		$	2,266			$	11			$	2,255				*	%
Royalties from product sales and license fees			227				191				36				18.8	%
Subscription and advertisement revenues			572				564				8				1.4	%
Sale of research products and services			182				5				177				*	%
Total revenues		$	3,247			$	771			$	2,476				321.1	%
Cost of sales		$	(215	)		$	(62	)		$	153				246.8	%

 

*      Not meaningful.

 

BioTime total revenues increased by $2.2 million and $2.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the same periods in the prior year, primarily reflecting $1.9 million and $2.3 million increases in grant revenues. The increase in our grant revenues was primarily due to $1.6 million and $1.7 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 respectively, generated by Cell Cure from the IIA for the development of OpRegen® and, $0.3 million and $0.6 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 respectively, generated by BioTime from a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health for our vision restoration program.

 

Our subscription and advertising revenues amounted to $0.3 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, relatively unchanged as compared to the same periods in the prior year. Those revenues were generated entirely from subscription and advertising through LifeMap Sciences’ online database business primarily related to its GeneCards® database.

 

 

Revenues from the sale of research products and services are primarily derived from service revenues and the sale of hydrogels and stem cell products.

 

Cost of sales increased for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 mainly attributable to an increase in the royalty rate effective January 1, 2018 for LifeMap Sciences, timing of cash received and the related royalty obligation incurred, and cost of sales incurred from the sale of hydrogels and stem cell products.

 

Operating expenses

 

The amounts in the tables below are BioTime’s consolidated operating expenses for the periods presented (in thousands).

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								$ Increase/				% Increase/
		2018				2017				(Decrease)				(Decrease)
Research and development expenses		$	6,358			$	6,271			$	87				1.4	%
General and administrative expenses			5,227				4,423				804				18.2	%

 

		Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								$ Increase/				% Increase/
		2018				2017				(Decrease)				(Decrease)
Research and development expenses		$	12,293			$	12,765			$	(472	)			(3.7	%)
Acquired in-process research and development			800				-				800				*	%
General and administrative expenses			11,163				9,524				1,639				17.2	%

 

*      Not meaningful.

 

Research and development expenses

 

The following tables show the amount of our total research and development expenses allocated to our primary research and development projects, by respective entity conducting the research and development, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands).

 

				Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
				Amount (1)								Percent of Total
Company		Program		2018				2017				2018				2017
BioTime and subsidiaries other than AgeX (2)		OpRegen® and Renevia® and other HyStem® products and PureStem® progenitor cell lines for orthopedic applications		$	4,974			$	4,969				78.2	%			79.2	%
AgeX including ReCyte (3)		PureStem® progenitor cell lines, brown adipose fat, iTR technology, and pre-clinical cardiovascular therapy research and development			967				896				15.2	%			14.3	%
LifeMap Sciences (5)		Biomedical, gene, disease, and stem cell databases and tools			417				342				6.6	%			5.5	%
LifeMap Solutions, Inc. (6)		Mobile health software application			-				64				-	%			1.0	%
Total research and development expenses				$	6,358			$	6,271				100.0	%			100.0	%

 

 

				Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
				Amount (1)								Percent of Total
Company		Program		2018				2017				2018				2017
BioTime and subsidiaries other than AgeX (2)		OpRegen® and Renevia® and other HyStem® products and PureStem® progenitor cell lines for orthopedic applications		$	9,318			$	8,968				71.2	%			70.3	%
AgeX including ReCyte (3)		PureStem® progenitor cell lines, brown adipose fat, iTR technology, and pre-clinical cardiovascular therapy research and development			2,179				1,829				16.6	%			14.3	%
AgeX (4)		Acquired in-process research and development			800				-				6.1	%			-	%
LifeMap Sciences (5)		Biomedical, gene, disease, and stem cell databases and tools			796				684				6.1	%			5.4	%
LifeMap Solutions, Inc. (6)		Mobile health software application			-				486				-	%			3.8	%
OncoCyte (7)		Cancer diagnostics			-				798				-	%			6.2	%
Total research and development expenses				$	13,093			$	12,765				100.0	%			100.0	%

 

	(1)	Amount includes research and development expenses incurred directly by BioTime or the named subsidiary and certain general research and development expenses, such as lab supplies, lab expenses, rent and insurance allocated to research and development expenses, incurred directly by BioTime on behalf of the subsidiary and allocated to the subsidiary.
	(2)	BioTime includes Cell Cure, ESI, and OrthoCyte.
	(3)	Although AgeX was capitalized during August 2017 by the contribution of assets from BioTime and cash from outside investors, for comparative purposes in the table, AgeX related research and development expenses that were previously included in BioTime have been reclassified to AgeX for the 2017 periods presented.
	(4)	On March 23, 2018, AgeX purchased certain in-process research and development assets, primarily related to stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) to be developed by AgeX, for a total cash consideration of $800,000. The transaction was considered an asset acquisition rather than a business combination. Accordingly, the $800,000 was expensed on the acquisition date as acquired in-process research and development as those assets have no alternative future use. See Note 9 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.
	(5)	LifeMap Sciences is a subsidiary of AgeX.
	(6)	During July 2017, LifeMap Solutions ceased conducting its mobile health software development application business and was dissolved on February 9, 2018.
	(7)	Six months ended June 30, 2017 includes the period from January 1, 2017 through February 16, 2017, the date prior to the OncoCyte Deconsolidation.

 

The increase of $0.3 million in total research and development expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the same period in the prior year is mainly attributable to the following: an increase of $1.2 million related to AgeX programs, consisting primarily of a $0.8 million nonrecurring in-process research and development expense related to assets acquired by AgeX in March 2018, an increase of $0.4 million in BioTime related program expenses, and an increase of $0.1 million related to LifeMap Sciences. Those increases were offset by a decrease of $0.8 million from the nonrecognition of OncoCyte research and development expenses incurred after February 17, 2017, as a result of the OncoCyte Deconsolidation, and a decrease of $0.5 million in LifeMap Solutions expenses resulting from the cessation of its mobile health software development application business in July 2017.

 

 

General and administrative expenses

 

The following tables show the amount of general and administrative expenses of BioTime and named subsidiaries during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
		Amount (1)								Percent
Company		2018				2017				2018				2017
BioTime and subsidiaries other than AgeX (2)		$	4,157			$	3,011				79.5	%			68.1	%
AgeX including ReCyte (3)			897				709				17.2	%			16.0	%
LifeMap Sciences (4)			173				199				3.3	%			4.5	%
LifeMap Solutions, Inc. (5)			-				504				-				11.4	%
Total general and administrative expenses		$	5,227			$	4,423				100.0	%			100.0	%

 

		Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
		Amount (1)								Percent
Company		2018				2017				2018				2017
BioTime and subsidiaries other than AgeX (2)		$	8,803			$	6,152				78.9	%			64.6	%
AgeX including ReCyte (3)			1,979				1,575				17.7	%			16.5	%
LifeMap Sciences (4)			381				370				3.4	%			3.9	%
LifeMap Solutions, Inc. (5)			-				837				-	%			8.8	%
OncoCyte (6)			-				590				-	%			6.2	%
Total general and administrative expenses		$	11,163			$	9,524				100.0	%			100.0	%

 

	(1)	Amount includes general and administrative expenses incurred directly by the named subsidiary and allocations from BioTime for certain general overhead expenses to the subsidiary.
	(2)	BioTime includes Cell Cure, ESI, and OrthoCyte.
	(3)	Although AgeX was capitalized during August 2017 by the contribution of assets from BioTime and cash from outside investors, for comparative purposes in the tables above, AgeX related general and administrative expenses that were previously included in BioTime have been reclassified to AgeX for the 2017 periods presented.
	(4)	LifeMap Sciences is a subsidiary of AgeX.
	(5)	During July 2017, LifeMap Solutions ceased conducting its mobile health software application business and was dissolved on February 9, 2018.
	(6)	Six months ended June 30, 2017 includes the period from January 1, 2017 through February 16, 2017, the date prior to the OncoCyte Deconsolidation.

 

The total increase of $0.8 million in general and administrative expense for the three months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the three months ended June 30, 2017 was primarily attributable to the following: a $0.3 million increase in license and patent related fees for patent prosecution and patent fees, a $0.2 million increase in noncash stock-based compensation expense primarily due to new stock option grants by AgeX, a $0.3 million increase in legal and compliance fees for the planned distribution of AgeX stock to BioTime shareholders, a $0.4 million increase in consulting, personnel and related costs, and a $0.1 million increase in facilities and maintenance. These increases were offset primarily by a decrease of $0.5 million related to LifeMap Solutions which resulted from the cessation of its mobile health software development application business in July 2017.

 

The total increase of $1.6 million in general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the six months ended June 30, 2017 was primarily attributable to the following: a $0.9 million increase in legal, audit and compliance costs for the planned distribution of AgeX stock to BioTime shareholders, a $0.5 million increase in noncash stock-based compensation expense primarily due to stock option grants by AgeX, a $0.8 million increase in consulting, personnel and related costs, a $0.6 million increase in license and related fees for patent prosecution and patent fees, and $0.2 million increase in facilities and maintenance. These increases were offset by a decrease of $1.4 million in combined general and administrative expenses related to OncoCyte and LifeMap Solutions, shown in the table above.

 

 

General and administrative expenses include employee and director compensation allocated to general and administrative expenses, consulting fees other than those paid for science or research related consulting, facilities and equipment rent and maintenance related expenses, insurance costs allocated to general and administrative expenses, stock exchange-related costs, depreciation expense, marketing costs, legal and accounting costs, and other miscellaneous expenses which are allocated to general and administrative expense.

 

Other income and expenses, net

 

The following table shows the amount of other income and expenses, net, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):

 

		Three Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)								Six Months Ended June 30, (unaudited)
		2018				2017				2018				2017
Other income and expenses, net
Interest income (expense), net		$	52			$	(413	)		$	105			$	(719	)
Gain on sale of equity method investment in Ascendance			-				-				3,215				-
Gain on deconsolidation of OncoCyte			-				-				-				71,697
Gain (loss) on equity method investment in OncoCyte at fair value			6,603				(11,006	)			(30,816	)			5,136
Gain (loss) on equity method investment in Asterias at fair value			(2,175	)			3,262				(19,573	)			(22,835	)
Unrealized gain on marketable equity securities			397				-				612				-
Other income (expense), net			(379	)			617				(663	)			1,344
Total other income (expenses), net		$	4,498			$	(7,540	)		$	(47,120	)		$	54,623

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on OncoCyte shares – We own 14.7 million shares of common stock of OncoCyte. We elected to account for our shares in OncoCyte at fair value using the equity method of accounting beginning on February 17, 2017, the date of the OncoCyte Deconsolidation. Our OncoCyte shares had a fair value of $37.4 million and $68.2 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, based on the closing price of OncoCyte common stock on the NYSE American of $2.55 per share and $4.65 per share on those respective dates. For the three months ended June 30, 2018, we recorded an unrealized gain of $6.6 million on our OncoCyte shares due to the increase in OncoCyte stock price from March 31, 2018 to June 30, 2018 from $2.10 per share to $2.55 per share as of those respective dates. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, we recorded an unrealized loss of $30.8 million on the OncoCyte shares due to the decrease in OncoCyte’s stock price from December 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018 from $4.65 per share to $2.55 per share as of those respective dates. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, we recorded an unrealized loss of $11 million on our OncoCyte shares due to the decrease in OncoCyte’s stock price from March 31, 2017 to June 30, 2017 from $5.95 per share to $5.20 per share as of those respective dates. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, we recorded an unrealized gain of $5.1 million on the OncoCyte shares due to the increase in OncoCyte’s stock price from February 17, 2017 to June 30, 2017 from $4.85 per share to $5.20 per share as of those respective dates. All share prices were determined based on the closing price of OncoCyte common stock on the NYSE American on the applicable dates.

 

Unrealized loss on Asterias shares – We own 21.7 million shares of common stock of Asterias. We elected to account for our shares in Asterias at fair value using the equity method of accounting beginning on May 13, 2016, the date of the Asterias Deconsolidation. Our Asterias shares had a fair value of approximately $29.4 million and $48.9 million as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, based on the closing price of Asterias common stock on the NYSE American of $1.35 per share and $2.25 per share on those respective dates. For the three months ended June 30, 2018, we recorded an unrealized loss of $2.2 million on the Asterias shares due to the decrease in Asterias’ stock price from March 31, 2018 to June 30, 2018 from $1.45 per share to $1.35 per share as of those respective dates. For the six months ended June 30, 2018, we recorded an unrealized loss of $19.6 million on our Asterias shares due to the decrease in Asterias’ stock price from December 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018 from $2.25 per share to $1.35 per share as of those respective dates. For the three months ended June 30, 2017, we recorded an unrealized gain of $3.3 million on our Asterias shares due to the increase in Asterias’ stock price from March 31, 2017 to June 30, 2017 from $3.40 per share to $3.55 per share as of those respective dates. For the six months ended June 30, 2017, we recorded an unrealized loss of $22.8 million on the Asterias shares due to the decrease in Asterias’ stock price from December 31, 2016 to June 30, 2017 from $4.60 per share to $3.55 per share as of those respective dates. All share prices were determined based on the closing price of Asterias common stock on the NYSE American on the applicable dates.

 

We expect our other income and expenses, net, to continue to fluctuate each reporting period based on the changes in the market prices of our Asterias and OncoCyte shares, which could significantly impact our net income or loss reported in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for each period.

 

 

Marketable equity securities in foreign investments – We account for the shares we hold in foreign equity securities as marketable equity securities, carried at fair market value on our consolidated balance sheets. Prior to January 1, 2018 and the adoption of ASU 2016-01 discussed in Note 2 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements elsewhere in this Report, these securities were called “available-for-sale securities” and unrealized holding gains and losses, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates, were reported in other comprehensive income or loss, net of tax, and were a component of the accumulated other comprehensive income or loss on the consolidated balance sheets. Beginning on January 1, 2018, in accordance with our adoption of ASU 2016-01, all gains and losses we generate each period due to changes in fair market value, including changes in foreign currency exchange rates, from these securities are included in other income and expenses, net, in our consolidated statements of operations.

 

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, we recorded an unrealized gain of $397,000 and $612,000, respectively, due to the increase in fair market value of the marketable equity securities from December 31, 2017 to June 30, 2018.

 

Gain on sale of equity method investment in Ascendance – On March 23, 2018, Ascendance, AgeX’s equity method investee and BioTime’s former equity method investee, was acquired by a third party in a merger. AgeX received $3.2 million in cash for its Ascendance common stock from which we recognized a gain on sale for the same amount during the six months ended June 30, 2018.

 

Other income (expense), net, interest income (expense), net – Other income and expenses, net, in 2018 and 2017 consist primarily of net foreign currency transaction gains and losses recognized by Cell Cure and ESI, changes in the fair value of the Cell Cure Warrants, and interest expense and interest income, net. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses for the periods presented are principally related to the remeasurement of the US dollar denominated notes payable by Cell Cure to BioTime and other Cell Cure shareholders.

 

In July 2017, we purchased all of the outstanding Cell Cure convertible promissory notes held by other Cell Cure shareholders. Accordingly, net interest expense decreased substantially for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, as a significant portion of our consolidated interest expense was incurred from Cell Cure convertible promissory notes held by other Cell Cure shareholders prior to our purchase. Interest income is primarily attributed to interest earned on money market funds during the periods presented. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, we recorded a noncash gain of $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively, for the decrease in the fair value of the Cell Cure Warrants.

 

Gain on deconsolidation of OncoCyte – During the six months ended June 30, 2017, we recorded an unrealized gain of $71.7 million in connection with the OncoCyte Deconsolidation on February 17, 2017.

 

Income Taxes

 

The deconsolidation of Asterias and OncoCyte financial statements from BioTime were not taxable transactions and did not create a current income tax payment obligation. The market values of the Asterias and OncoCyte shares we hold create a deferred tax liability to us based on the closing market prices of the shares, less our tax basis in the shares. The deferred tax liability generated by the Asterias and OncoCyte shares that we hold is a source of taxable income to us that will more likely than not result in the realization of our deferred tax assets to the extent of those deferred tax liabilities. Because the deferred tax liabilities are determined based on the closing prices of those shares and, due to the inherent unpredictability of future prices of those shares, we cannot reliably estimate or project those deferred tax liabilities on an annual basis. Therefore, the deferred tax liabilities pertaining to Asterias and OncoCyte shares, measured as of the period end being reported, and the related impacts to the valuation allowance changes and deferred tax assets, are recorded in the interim period in which they occur.

 

On March 23, 2018, Ascendance was acquired by a third party in a merger though which AgeX received approximately $3.2 million in cash for its shares of Ascendance common stock. For financial reporting purposes, AgeX recognized a $3.2 million gain as a sale of its equity method investment in Ascendance. The sale was a taxable transaction to AgeX generating a taxable gain of approximately $2.2 million. We have sufficient current year losses from operations to offset the entire gain resulting in no income taxes due.

 

A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that some portion of our deferred tax assets will not be realized. For federal and state income tax purposes, as a result of the deconsolidation of Asterias and OncoCyte and the deferred tax liabilities generated from the market values of Asterias and OncoCyte shares from the respective deconsolidation dates, including the changes to those deferred tax liabilities due to changes in the Asterias and OncoCyte stock prices, our deferred tax assets exceeded deferred tax liabilities as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017. We established a full valuation allowance as of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 due to the uncertainty of realizing future tax benefits from our net operating loss carryforwards and other deferred tax assets. Accordingly, we did not record any provision or benefit for income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.

 

 

As of June 30, 2017, our federal deferred tax assets exceeded our deferred tax liabilities reflecting the Asterias and OncoCyte deferred tax liabilities generated on and after the respective dates of the Asterias Deconsolidation and the OncoCyte Deconsolidation, and changes to those deferred tax liabilities due to changes in the Asterias and OncoCyte stock prices through June 30, 2017. Accordingly, as of June 30, 2017, we established a full valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets and reversed the $3.9 income tax provision we had recorded in the first quarter of 2017, resulting in no income tax provision or benefit for the six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

For state income tax purposes, we established a full valuation allowance on our state deferred tax assets for all periods presented and, accordingly, no state tax provision or benefit was recorded for any period presented.

 

We expect that deferred income tax expense or benefit we record each reporting period, if any, will vary depending on the change in the closing stock prices of Asterias and OncoCyte shares from period to period and the related changes in those deferred tax liabilities and our deferred tax assets and other credits, including changes in the valuation allowance, for each period.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

At June 30, 2018, we had $29.2 million of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable equity securities on hand, of which $11.4 million of cash was held by AgeX and its subsidiaries. We also hold Asterias shares valued at approximately $29.4 million and OncoCyte shares valued at $37.4 million as of June 30, 2018, that we may use for liquidity, as necessary and as market conditions allow. BioTime has no present plan to liquidate its holdings of Asterias or OncoCyte shares. The market values shown may not represent the amounts that could be realized in a sale of Asterias or OncoCyte shares due to various market and regulatory factors, including trading volume or market depth factors and volume and manner of sale restrictions under Federal securities laws, prevailing market conditions and prices at the time of any sale, and subsequent sales of securities by the subsidiaries.

 

As further discussed in Note 14 to our consolidated condensed interim financial statements, BioTime has entered into a binding letter agreement with Juvenescence Limited (“Juvenescence,”) for the sale of 14,400,000 shares of common stock of AgeX currently owned by BioTime to Juvenescence for $3.00 per share (the “Transaction”). If the Transaction is completed, BioTime would receive $43.2 million, $10.8 million of which would be paid upon the closing of the Transaction, expected to occur on August 30, 2018, and $10.8 million of which would be paid on November 5, 2018. The balance of $20.6 million would be paid under the terms of an unsecured Convertible Note bearing interest at a rate of 7% per annum, with principal and accrued interest payable at maturity two years from the date of the closing of the Transaction. On the maturity date, if a “Qualified Financing” has not occurred, BioTime shall have the right, but not the obligation, to convert the principal balance of the Convertible Note and accrued interest then due into a number of Series A Preferred Shares of Juvenescence at a conversion price of $15.60 per share. Upon the occurrence of a “Qualified Financing” the principal balance of the Convertible Note and accrued interest will automatically convert into shares of the class of equity securities of Juvenescence sold in the Qualified Financing, at the price per share at which Juvenescence shares are sold in the Qualified Financing; and if AgeX common stock is listed on a national securities exchange in the U.S., the number of shares of the class of equity securities issuable upon conversion may be increased depending on the market price of AgeX common stock. A Qualified Financing means an underwritten initial public offering of Juvenescence equity securities in which gross proceeds are not less than $50.0 million. The Convertible Note will not be transferable, except in connection with a change of control of BioTime. The closing of the Transaction shall be subject to BioTime and Juvenescence entering into a definitive stock purchase agreement, a shareholders agreement, and other associated documents, and shall be subject to customary closing conditions for a transaction of this type.

 

Since inception, we have incurred significant operating losses and have funded our operations primarily through the issuance of equity securities, payments from research grants, royalties from product sales and sales of research products and services. At June 30, 2018, we had a consolidated accumulated deficit of $283.6 million, working capital of $28.7 million and consolidated shareholders’ equity of $104.8 million. We have evaluated the projected cash flows for BioTime and our subsidiaries and we believe that our $29.2 million in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable equity securities and the combined value of $66.8 million in Asterias and OncoCyte shares, as of June 30, 2018, provide sufficient cash, cash equivalents, and liquidity to carry out our current operations through at least twelve months from the issuance date of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this Report.

 

 

Our projected cash flows are subject to various risks and uncertainties, and the unavailability or inadequacy of financing to meet future capital needs could force us to modify, curtail, delay, or suspend some or all aspects of our planned operations. Our determination as to when we will seek new financing and the amount of financing that we will need will be based on our evaluation of the progress we make in our research and development programs, any changes to the scope and focus of those programs, and projections of future costs, revenues, and rates of expenditure. For example, clinical trials being conducted for our OpRegen® program will be funded in part with funds from grants and not from cash on hand. If we were to lose our grant funding or we are unable to continue to provide working capital to the OpRegen® program, we may be required to delay, postpone, or cancel our clinical trials or limit the number of clinical trial sites, unless we are able to obtain adequate financing from another source that could be used for our clinical trials. We cannot assure that adequate future financing will be available on favorable terms, if at all, when needed. Sales of additional equity securities by us or our subsidiaries and affiliates could result in the dilution of the interests of present shareholders.

 

As discussed in Note 14 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements included elsewhere in this Report, on July 19, 2018, AgeX filed Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form 10 with the SEC in connection with the planned distribution of shares of AgeX common stock owned by us to holders of our common shares, on a pro rata basis (the “AgeX Distribution”). If the AgeX Distribution is completed, AgeX will become a public company and will incur costs associated with audits and interim reviews of its consolidated financial statements, filing annual, quarterly, and other periodic reports with the SEC, holding annual shareholder meetings, and public relations and investor relations. These costs incurred by AgeX will be in addition to those incurred by BioTime for similar purposes. Furthermore, as discussed in Note 14 to our condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the AgeX Distribution will be a taxable event to us. The amount of income tax obligation, if any, that we may incur in connection with the AgeX Distribution is not estimable at this time since the tax obligation depends on numerous factors and contingencies, including, but not limited to, the completion of the AgeX Distribution, the amount and availability of U.S. net operating losses generated by us to offset any taxable gain as a result of the AgeX Distribution, and the value of AgeX common stock on the distribution date.

 

Cash flows used in operating activities

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2018, our total research and development expenses, including $0.8 million in nonrecurring acquired in-process research and development expenses, were $13.1 million and our general and administrative expenses were $11.2 million. Net loss attributable to BioTime for the six months ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $67.8 million. Net cash used in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2018 amounted to $17.7 million. The difference between the net loss attributable to us and net cash used in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2018 was primarily attributable to the following noncash items: $30.8 million unrealized loss on our equity method investment in OncoCyte at fair value, $19.6 million unrealized loss on our equity method investment in Asterias at fair value, stock-based compensation expense of $2.1 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $1.7 million, $0.8 million for acquired in-process research and development, a $3.2 million gain on the disposition of AgeX’s Ascendance common stock, and $1.0 million in unrealized gains combined from the decrease in fair value of the Cell Cure Warrants and increase in the fair market value of our marketable equity securities. Changes in working capital impacted our cash used in operations by $1.4 million as a net use of cash.

 

 

Cash flows provided by investing activities

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2018, we generated $3.2 million in cash proceeds from the disposition of AgeX’s Ascendance common stock, which was partially offset by a $0.8 million payment to Ascendance for the acquisition of in-process research and development assets, and $0.2 million used to purchase equipment and other fixed assets, resulting in $2.2 million of net cash from investing activities during the quarter.

 

Cash flows provided by financing activities

 

During the six months ended June 30, 2018, we generated $5.7 million in cash from financing activities. The primary components were $5.0 million in proceeds from the sale of common shares of AgeX, and $0.7 million in proceeds from the sale of AgeX warrants. These amounts were partially offset by $0.2 million in lease liability and capital lease obligation repayments, resulting in $5.5 million of net cash from financing activities during the quarter.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of SEC Regulation S-K.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

There have been no material changes in our qualitative and quantitative market risk since the disclosures in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017, except as follows:

 

Equity Method Accounting for Asterias and OncoCyte shares at fair value

 

We account for our Asterias and OncoCyte shares using the equity method of accounting fair value option. The value of those shares is subject to changes in the stock prices. Asterias and OncoCyte common stock trade on the NYSE American under the ticker symbols “AST” and “OCX”, respectively. As of June 30, 2018, the 52-week high/low closing stock price per share range for Asterias was $1.25 to $3.70, and for OncoCyte was $1.25 to $7.55.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

It is management’s responsibility to establish and maintain adequate internal control over all financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). Our management, including our principal executive officers and our principal financial officer, have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Following this review and evaluation , management collectively determined that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms; and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

 

From time to time, we and our subsidiaries may be involved in routine litigation incidental to the conduct of our business. We are not presently a party to any pending litigation.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking information based on our current expectations. Because our actual results may differ materially from any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of us, this section includes a discussion of important factors that could affect our actual future results, including our proposed operations, business prospects and financial condition. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business operations. In addition to the risks described below and the risk factors found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2017, you should carefully consider all of the other information included in this Report and in that Annual Report, as well as our other publicly available filings with the SEC, including AgeX’s Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended.

 

We have incurred operating losses since inception and we do not know if we will attain profitability.

 

Our operating losses for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, were $21.2 million, $38.9 million and $59.0 million, respectively, and we had an accumulated deficit of $283.6 million as of June 30, 2018. We primarily finance our operations through the sale of equity securities, licensing fees, royalties on product sales by our licensees, research grants, and subscription fees and advertising revenue from database products. Ultimately, our ability to generate sufficient operating revenue to earn a profit depends upon our and our subsidiaries’ success in developing and marketing or licensing products and technology.

 

We will spend a substantial amount of our capital on research and development, but we might not succeed in developing products and technologies that are useful in medicine.

 

We are attempting to develop new medical products and technology. None of our experimental products and technologies has received regulatory approval for commercialization. These new products and technologies might not prove to be safe and efficacious in the human medical applications for which they are being developed. The experimentation we are doing is costly, time consuming, and uncertain as to its results. We incurred research and development expenses amounting to $13.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2018, and $24.0 million and $36.1 million during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. If we are successful in developing a new technology or products, refinement of the new technology or product and definition of the practical applications and limitations of the technology or product may take years and require the expenditure of large sums of money. Clinical trials of new therapeutic products, particularly those products that are regulated as biologics, drugs, or devices, will be very expensive and will take years to complete. We may not have the financial resources to fund clinical trials on our own and we may have to enter into licensing or collaborative arrangements with other companies. Any such arrangements may be dilutive to our ownership or economic interest in the products we develop, and we might have to accept royalty payments on the sale of products rather than receiving the gross revenues from product sales. In addition, we may discontinue one or more of the research or product development programs. Other programs slated for development including those we consolidate in a new subsidiary, AgeX, may be delayed or discontinued should adequate funding on acceptable terms not be available.

 

The amount and pace of research and development work that we and our subsidiaries can do or sponsor, and our ability to commence and complete clinical trials required to obtain regulatory approval to market our therapeutic and medical device products, depends upon the amount of money we have.

 

At June 30, 2018, we had $29.2 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable equity securities on hand, which includes $11.4 million of cash held by AgeX and its subsidiaries. Although BioTime and subsidiaries combined have raised a total of approximately $6.0 million of net proceeds through the sale of their equity securities and warrants, and $3.2 million in cash from the cash-out merger of Ascendance, there can be no assurance that we or our subsidiaries will be able to raise additional funds on favorable terms or at all, or that any funds raised will be sufficient to permit us or our subsidiaries to develop and market our products and technology. Unless we and our subsidiaries are able to generate sufficient revenue or raise additional funds when needed, it is likely that we will be unable to continue our planned activities, even if we make progress in our research and development projects. We may have to postpone or limit the pace of our research and development work and planned clinical trials of our product candidates unless our cash resources increase through a growth in revenues or additional equity investment or borrowing.

 

 

If we or our subsidiaries issue additional common shares or preferred shares, investors in our common shares may experience dilution of their ownership interests.

 

We and our subsidiaries may issue additional common shares or other securities that are convertible into or exercisable for common shares in order to raise additional capital, or in connection with hiring or retaining employees or consultants, or in connection with future acquisitions of licenses to technology or rights to acquire products, or in connection with future business acquisitions or mergers, or for other business purposes. The future issuance of any such additional common shares or other securities may be dilutive to our current shareholders and may create downward pressure on the trading price of our common shares.

 

We are currently authorized to issue an aggregate of 252,000,000 shares of capital stock consisting of 250,000,000 common shares and 2,000,000 “blank check” preferred shares. As of June 30, 2018, there were 126,873,228 issued and outstanding common shares, 8,990,242 common shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options under our employee stock option plans; 535,000 common shares reserved for issuance upon the lapse of restricted stock units (RSUs) under our Equity Incentive Plan; and 8,795,358 shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of common share purchase warrants.

 

The operation of some of our subsidiaries has been financed in part through the sale of capital stock and warrants in those subsidiaries to private investors. Sales of additional subsidiary shares could reduce our ownership interest in the subsidiaries, and correspondingly dilute our shareholder’s ownership interests in our consolidated enterprise. Our subsidiaries also have their own stock option plans and the exercise of subsidiary stock options or the sale of restricted stock under those plans would also reduce our ownership interest in the subsidiaries, with a resulting dilutive effect on the ownership interest of our shareholders in our consolidated enterprise.

 

We may also issue preferred shares having rights, preferences, and privileges senior to the rights of our common shares with respect to dividends, rights to share in distributions of our assets if we liquidate our company, or voting rights. Any preferred shares may also be convertible into common shares on terms that would be dilutive to holders of common shares. Our subsidiaries may also issue their own preferred shares with a similar dilutive impact on our ownership of the subsidiaries.

 

We could incur income tax payment obligations if we complete the AgeX Distribution as planned.

 

The AgeX Distribution, if completed, will be a taxable event to BioTime. The amount of income tax obligation, if any, that we may incur in connection with the AgeX Distribution is not estimable at this time since the tax obligation depends on numerous factors and contingencies, including, but not limited to, the completion of the AgeX Distribution, the amount and availability of U.S. net operating losses generated by us to offset any taxable gain as a result of the AgeX Distribution, and the value of AgeX common stock on the distribution date. If the amount of net operating losses available to us is not sufficient to fully offset any taxable gain from the AgeX Distribution, we will be obligated to pay income tax on the gain in excess of available net operating losses. Any tax payments will reduce the amount of cash we have available for use to finance our operations.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Default Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not Applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit Numbers		Description
3.1		Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended (1)
3.2		By-Laws, as amended (2)
31		Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification*
32		Section 1350 Certification*
101		Interactive Data Files
101.INS		XBRL Instance Document*
101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema*
101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase*
101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document*
101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase*
101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase*

 

(1)	Incorporated by reference to BioTime’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2018.
(2)	Incorporated by reference to BioTime’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 7, 2017.
* Filed herewith

 

 

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.

 

	BIOTIME, INC.
Date: August 2, 2018	/s/ Michael D. West
	Michael D. West, Ph.D.
	Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: August 2, 2018	/s/ Aditya Mohanty
	Aditya Mohanty
	Co-Chief Executive Officer
Date: August 2, 2018	/s/ Russell L. Skibsted
	Russell L. Skibsted
	Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Michael D. West, certify that:

 

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BioTime, Inc.
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

	(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this periodic report is being prepared;
	(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
	(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
	(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

	(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
	(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 2, 2018

 

/s/ Michael D. West
Michael D. West, Ph.D.
Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Aditya Mohanty, certify that:

 

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BioTime, Inc.
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

	(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this periodic report is being prepared;
	(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
	(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
	(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

	(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
	(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 2, 2018

 

/s/ Aditya Mohanty
Aditya Mohanty
Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 31

CERTIFICATIONS

 

I, Russell L. Skibsted, certify that:

 

1.	I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BioTime, Inc.
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

	(a)	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this periodic report is being prepared;
	(b)	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
	(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
	(d)	Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

	(a)	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
	(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 2, 2018

 

/s/ Russell L. Skibsted
Russell L. Skibsted
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Exhibit 32

 

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of BioTime, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, Michael D. West, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Aditya Mohanty, Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Russell Skibsted, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

	1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
	2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: August 2, 2018

 

	/s/ Michael D. West
	Michael D. West, Ph.D.
	Co-Chief Executive Officer
	/s/ Aditya Mohanty
	Aditya Mohanty
	Co-Chief Executive Officer
	/s/ Russell L. Skibsted
	Russell L. Skibsted
	Chief Financial Officer