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Related Party Transactions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions

The Company and Intrexon are parties to two distinct exclusive channel collaboration agreements including the Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement entered into in October 2012 and amended in June 2013 and January 2014 (as amended, the 2012 ECC) and the Exclusive Channel Collaboration Agreement entered into in December 2015 (the 2015 ECC). Pursuant to these agreements, the Company engages Intrexon for support services for the research and development of product candidates covered under the respective agreements and reimburses Intrexon for its cost for time and materials for such work. Additionally, the Company’s future commitments pursuant to the 2012 ECC agreement includes potential cash royalties and the Company’s future commitments pursuant to the 2015 ECC agreement includes potential cash royalties and various developmental milestone payments. The Company paid approximately $3.8 million in milestone payments in July 2019 to Intrexon under the 2012 ECC related to their portion of the CCP milestone payment made in April of 2019, and was expensed during the six months ended June 30, 2019.

For the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred total expenses of approximately $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, for goods and services received from Intrexon for work performed under the 2012 ECC. During the same periods, no expenses were incurred for work performed under the 2015 ECC. Of the $0.1 million incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2019, approximately $0.01 million related to direct expenses for work performed by Intrexon and approximately $0.09 million related to pass-through costs. Of the approximately $0.3 million incurred in the six months ended June 30, 2018, approximately $0.1 million related to direct expenses for work performed by Intrexon and approximately $0.2 million related to pass-through costs. The Company’s FCX-007 and FCX-013 development programs are covered under the 2012 ECC and the Company’s arthritis and related conditions program is covered under the 2015 ECC. In addition to the amounts related to direct expenses for work performed, approximately $3.8 million in payments owed to Intrexon related to their portion of the initial CCP milestone payment made in April of 2019, was expensed during the six months ended June 30, 2019. These costs are presented in the Company’s “Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations” as cost of license, cost of collaboration revenue and research and development expenses - related party.
   
As of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had outstanding payables to Intrexon of approximately $3.8 million and $0.1 million for each period respectively. These amounts are presented in the Company’s “Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets” as related party payable.

    In the second quarter of 2017, Intrexon notified the Company that it had received invoices for approximately $1.1 million in charges from a vendor who provided services to Intrexon and which are passed-through to the Company under the 2012 ECC. Additional charges were presented after the second quarter of 2017, and the total of disputed charges at March 31, 2018, was approximately $1.4 million. The Company, Intrexon and Intrexon’s vendor resolved the dispute with the parties agreeing to settle all obligations for approximately $0.2 million. This was a reduction of approximately $0.5 million from the approximately $0.7 million recorded at December 31, 2017 for this liability and was recorded in the three months ended March 31, 2018. The approximately $0.2 million settlement amount was paid in the Company’s third fiscal quarter of 2018.

Randal J. Kirk is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Intrexon and, together with his affiliates, owns more than 50% of Intrexon’s common stock. Affiliates of Randal J. Kirk (including Intrexon) own approximately 17% of the Company’s common stock. Additionally, two of the Company’s directors, Julian Kirk (who is the son of Randal J. Kirk) and Marcus Smith, are employees of Third Security, LLC, which is an affiliate of Randal J. Kirk.

Affiliates of Randal J. Kirk (including Intrexon) participated in the Company’s private placement of convertible debt securities in September 2016, more fully described in Note 6, and were issued an aggregate of $6,762,500 in principal of Notes and accompanying Warrants to purchase an aggregate of 450,835 shares of the Company’s common stock. Affiliates of Randal J. Kirk (including Intrexon) participated in the Company's 2017 Series A Preferred Stock Offering (as defined below), more fully described in Note 11, and were issued an aggregate of 3,016 shares of Series A Preferred Stock (as defined below) and accompanying Series A Warrants to purchase 259,176 shares of the Company’s common stock. Additionally, affiliates of Randal J. Kirk (including Intrexon) participated in the December 2017 Offering, and were issued an aggregate of 545,456 shares of the Company’s common stock and accompanying warrants to purchase 545,456 shares of the Company’s common stock.