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10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023


☐	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: 001-38942

ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware		32-0595345
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
10628 Science Center Drive, Suite 250 San Diego, California		92121
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(858) 900-2660

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading
Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

ARCT

The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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 every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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.

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 pursuant 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 ☒

As of May 2, 2023, the registrant had 26,562,951 shares of voting common stock outstanding.

ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1
Item 1.	Financial Statements (unaudited)	1
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022	4
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	16
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	26
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	26
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	27
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	27
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	27
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	28
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	28
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	28
Item 5.	Other Information	28
Item 6.	Exhibits	29
Signatures		32

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, or this quarterly report, including the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and the documents incorporated by reference herein may contain express or implied “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth below under Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in this quarterly report. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These statements, which represent our current expectations or beliefs concerning various future events, may contain words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “estimate” or other words indicating future results, though not all forward-looking statements necessarily contain these identifying words. Forward-looking statements in this quarterly report include, but are not limited to, statements about:

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our compliance, and ability to remain in compliance, with the stringent requirements of our current and potential government contracts, including our arrangements with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense;

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our compliance, and ability to remain in compliance, with the requirements of our collaboration agreements, including our collaboration with Seqirus Inc. (“CSL Seqirus”);

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the anticipated benefits and success of our collaboration agreement with CSL Seqirus related to the licensure of our STARR™ mRNA technology and LUNAR® lipid-mediated delivery, including our timely receipt of upfront and potential royalty and other payments thereunder;

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the status, success and benefits of our arrangements with private and governmental entities, some of which are subject to termination for convenience by our counterparties;

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the initiation, design, cost, timing, progress and results of, and our expected ability to undertake certain activities and accomplish certain goals with respect to, our research and development activities, preclinical studies and clinical trials, including those related to ARCT-154, ARCT-810 and ARCT-032;

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the completion and acceptance of a protocol amendment for our cystic fibrosis candidate;

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the potential safety, immunogenicity, efficacy or regulatory approval of any of our COVID-19 vaccine candidates as a booster or primary vaccination series;

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the potential effects and benefits of our technologies and product candidates on their own and in comparison to technologies, drugs or courses of treatment currently available or that may be developed by competitors;

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the likelihood that preclinical or clinical data will be predictive of future clinical results or efficacy or safety of a product candidate;

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the anticipated timing of enrollment, duration, milestones and announcements of results of clinical trials, and the submission of applications to conduct clinical trials;

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the likelihood that clinical data will be sufficient for regulatory approval or completed in time to submit an application for regulatory approval within a particular timeframe;

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the likelihood or timing of any regulatory approval, including of the NDA filed in Japan for ARCT-154;

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the potential administration regimen or dosage, or ability to administer multiple doses of, any of our product candidates;

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our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of our product candidates, and any related restrictions, limitations, and/or warnings in the label of an approved product candidate;

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our plans to research, develop and commercialize our product candidates;

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our ability to successfully commercialize, and our expectations regarding future therapeutic and commercial potential with respect to, our product candidates;

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the rate and degree of market acceptance of our product candidates;

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the success of competing therapies that are or may become available;

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the size and growth potential of the markets for our product candidates, and our ability to serve those markets and address unmet medical needs;

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our ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our product candidates; interactions with regulatory authorities in the United States and foreign countries;

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our ability to attract and retain experienced and seasoned scientific and management professionals;

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the performance of our third-party suppliers and manufacturers, including our ability to scale-up manufacturing levels as necessary;

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our strategic alliance partners’ election to pursue development and commercialization of any programs or product candidates that are subject to our collaboration and license agreements with such partners;

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our ability to attract collaborators with relevant development, regulatory and commercialization expertise;

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future activities to be undertaken by our strategic alliance partners, collaborators and other third parties;

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our ability to develop sales and marketing capabilities, whether alone or with potential future collaborators;

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our ability to avoid, settle or be victorious at costly litigation with shareholders, former executives or others, should these situations arise;

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our ability to obtain and deploy funding for our operations and to efficiently use our financial and other resources;

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our ability to continue as a going concern; and

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the accuracy of our estimates regarding future expenses, future revenues, cash flows, capital requirements need for additional financing, and possible sources of revenue.

These and other forward-looking statements are only current predictions and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. In addition, historic results of scientific research, preclinical and clinical trials do not guarantee that future research or trials will suggest the same conclusions, nor that historic results referred to herein will be interpreted in the same manner due to additional research, preclinical and clinical trial results or otherwise. The forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in our other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof unless specifically stated otherwise. Although we currently believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements.

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


	March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
(in thousands, except par value information)	(unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	327,935		$	391,883
Accounts receivable		92,483			2,764
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		4,137			8,686
Total current assets		424,555			403,333
Property and equipment, net		12,635			12,415
Operating lease right-of-use asset, net		31,557			32,545
Non-current restricted cash		2,116			2,094
Total assets	$	470,863		$	450,387
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	19,344		$	7,449
Accrued liabilities		32,293			30,232
Current portion of long-term debt		—			60,655
Deferred revenue		38,493			28,648
Total current liabilities		90,130			126,984
Deferred revenue, net of current portion		20,569			20,071
Operating lease liability, net of current portion		29,187			30,216
Other non-current liabilities		1,729			2,804
Total liabilities		141,615			180,075
Stockholders’ equity
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 60,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding shares were 26,555 at March 31, 2023 and 26,555 at December 31, 2022		27			27
Additional paid-in capital		616,608			608,426
Accumulated deficit		(287,387	)		(338,141	)
Total stockholders’ equity		329,248			270,312
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	470,863		$	450,387

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(unaudited)


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
(in thousands, except per share data)	2023			2022
Revenue:
Collaboration revenue	$	79,729		$	5,244
Grant revenue		556			—
Total revenue		80,285			5,244
Operating expenses:
Research and development, net		51,768			44,893
General and administrative		13,762			10,730
Total operating expenses		65,530			55,623
Income (loss) from operations		14,755			(50,379	)
Loss from equity-method investment		—			(384	)
(Loss) gain from foreign currency		(328	)		158
Gain on debt extinguishment		33,953			—
Finance income (expense), net		2,477			(564	)
Net income (loss) before income taxes		50,857			(51,169	)
Provision for income taxes		103			-
Net income (loss)	$	50,754		$	(51,169	)
Earnings (loss) per share:
Basic	$	1.91		$	(1.94	)
Diluted	$	1.87		$	(1.94	)
Weighted-average shares used in calculation of earnings (loss) per share:
Basic		26,555			26,376
Diluted		27,149			26,376
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)	$	50,754		$	(51,169	)
Comprehensive income (loss)	$	50,754		$	(51,169	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(unaudited)


					Additional					Total
	Common Stock				Paid-In		Accumulated			Stockholders’
(in thousands)	Shares		Amount		Capital		Deficit			Equity
Balance at December 31, 2022		26,555	$	27	$	608,426	$	(338,141	)	$	270,312
Net income		—		—		—		50,754			50,754
Share-based compensation expense		—		—		8,182		—			8,182
Balance at March 31, 2023		26,555	$	27	$	616,608	$	(287,387	)	$	329,248


					Additional					Total
	Common Stock				Paid-In		Accumulated			Stockholders’
(in thousands)	Shares		Amount		Capital		Deficit			Equity
Balance at December 31, 2021		26,372	$	26	$	575,675	$	(347,490	)	$	228,211
Net loss		—		—		—		(51,169	)		(51,169	)
Share-based compensation expense		—		—		7,371		—			7,371
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options		35		—		336		—			336
Balance at March 31, 2022		26,407	$	26	$	583,382	$	(398,659	)	$	184,749

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2023			2022
Operating activities
Net income (loss)	$	50,754		$	(51,169	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		578			224
Share-based compensation expense		8,182			7,371
Loss from equity-method investment		—			384
Foreign currency translation loss (gain)		160			(158	)
Gain on debt extinguishment		(33,953	)		—
Other non-cash expenses		502			546
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(89,719	)		(324	)
Prepaid expense and other assets		4,549			1,466
Right-of-use assets		988			373
Accounts payable		11,788			(44	)
Accrued liabilities		986			(3,553	)
Deferred revenue		10,343			(3,710	)
Lease liabilities		(1,029	)		(445	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(35,871	)		(49,039	)
Investing activities
Acquisition of property and equipment		(691	)		(2,111	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(691	)		(2,111	)
Financing activities
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		—			336
Payments on debt obligations		(27,364	)		—
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities		(27,364	)		336
Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(63,926	)		(50,814	)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the period		393,977			372,569
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period	$	330,051		$	321,755


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
Cash paid for interest	$	2,102	$	169
Non-cash investing activities
Purchase of property and equipment in accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	107	$	—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

ARCTURUS THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS INC. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Description of Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (the “Company” or "Arcturus") is a global late-stage clinical messenger RNA medicines company focused on the development of infectious disease vaccines and opportunities within liver and respiratory rare diseases. The Company became a clinical stage company during 2020 when it announced that its Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application for ornithine transcarbamylase (“OTC”) deficiency and its Clinical Trial Application (“CTA”) for candidate LUNAR-COV19 were approved by applicable health authorities.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Arcturus and its subsidiaries and are unaudited. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In management’s opinion, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented.

Interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of results anticipated for the full year. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

These condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions regarding the valuation of debt instruments, the equity-method investment, share-based compensation expense, accruals for liabilities, income taxes, revenue and deferred revenue, leases, and other matters that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Although these estimates are based on management’s knowledge of current events and actions the Company may undertake in the future, actual results may ultimately differ from these estimates and assumptions.

Joint Ventures, Equity Method Investments and Variable Interest Entities

Investments for which the Company exercises significant influence, but does not have control are accounted for under the equity method. Equity method investment activity is related to a 49% joint venture with Axcelead, Inc. (see the following paragraph for further details) and an ownership in GRI Bio, Inc. (formerly Vallon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) (see “Note 10, Related Party Transactions” for further details). The Company’s share of the investees’ results is presented as either income or loss from equity method investees in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Liquidity

The Company has incurred significant operating losses since its inception. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $287.4 million and $338.1 million, respectively.

The Company’s activities since inception have consisted principally of research and development activities, general and administrative activities, and raising capital. The Company’s activities are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including failing to secure additional funding before the Company achieves sustainable revenues and profit from operations. From the Company’s inception through March 31, 2023, the Company has funded its operations principally with the proceeds from the sale of capital stock, revenues earned through collaboration agreements and proceeds from long-term debt.

At March 31, 2023, the Company’s balance of cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, was $330.1 million.

Management believes that it has sufficient working capital on hand to fund operations through at least the next twelve months from the date these condensed consolidated financial statements were available to be issued. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in securing additional funding, that the Company’s projections of its future working capital needs will prove accurate, or that any additional funding would be sufficient to continue operations in future years.

Segment Information

In making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance, the chief operating decision-maker identifies operating segments as components of an enterprise for which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation. The Company and its chief operating decision-maker view the Company’s operations and manage its business in one operating segment, which is the research and development of medical applications for the Company’s nucleic acid-focused technology.

Revenue Recognition

At contract inception, the Company analyzes the collaboration arrangements to assess whether such arrangements involve joint operating activities performed by parties that are both active participants in the activities and exposed to significant risks and rewards dependent on the commercial success of such activities and therefore within the scope of ASC Topic 808, Collaborative Arrangements (ASC 808). For collaboration arrangements within the scope of ASC 808 that contain multiple elements, the Company first determines which elements of the collaboration reflect a vendor-customer relationship and are therefore within the scope of ASC 606.

The Company determines revenue recognition for arrangements within the scope of Topic 606 by performing the following five steps: (i) identify the contract; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenue when, or as, the company satisfies a performance obligation.

The terms of the Company’s revenue agreements include license fees, upfront payments, milestone payments, reimbursement for research and development activities, option exercise fees, consulting and related technology transfer fees and royalties on sales of commercialized products. Arrangements that include upfront payments are recorded as deferred revenue upon receipt or when due and may require deferral of revenue recognition to a future period until the Company performs obligations under these arrangements. The event-based milestone payments represent variable consideration, and the Company uses the most likely amount method to estimate this variable consideration because the Company will either receive the milestone payment or will not, which makes the potential milestone payment a binary event. The most likely amount method requires the Company to determine the likelihood of earning the milestone payment. Given the high degree of uncertainty around achievement of these milestones, the Company determines the milestone amounts to be fully constrained and does not recognize revenue until the uncertainty associated with these payments is resolved. The Company will recognize revenue from sales-based royalty payments when or as the sales occur. The Company will re-evaluate the transaction price in each reporting period as uncertain events are resolved and other changes in circumstances occur.

A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the collaborative partner and is the unit of account in Topic 606. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation based on relative standalone selling price and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied.

For performance obligations that are recognized over time, the Company measures the progress using an input method. The input methods used are based on the effort expended or costs incurred toward the satisfaction of the performance obligation. The Company estimates the amount of effort expended, including the time estimated it will take to complete the activities, or costs incurred in a given period, relative to the estimated total effort or costs to satisfy the performance obligation. This approach requires the Company to make numerous estimates and use significant judgement. If estimates or judgements change over the course of the collaboration, a cumulative catch up of revenue is recognized in the period such changes are identified.

See “Note 3, Revenue” for specific details surrounding the Company’s arrangements.

Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Lease right-of-use assets represent the Company's right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company's obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. For operating leases with an initial term greater than 12 months, the Company recognizes operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term at the commencement date. Operating lease right-of-use assets are comprised of the lease liability plus any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. Lease terms include options to renew or terminate the lease when the Company is reasonably certain that the renewal option will be exercised or when it is reasonably certain that the termination option will not be exercised. For the Company's operating leases, if the interest rate used to determine the present value of future lease payments is not readily determinable, the Company estimates its incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate for the lease. The Company's incremental borrowing rate is estimated to approximate the interest rate on a collateralized basis with similar terms and payments, and in similar economic environments. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company has elected the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components.

See “Note 9, Commitments and Contingencies” for specific details surrounding the Company’s leases.

Research and Development Costs, Net

All research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs consist primarily of salaries, employee benefits, costs associated with preclinical studies and clinical trials (including amounts paid to clinical research organizations and other professional services), in process research and development expenses and license agreement expenses, net of any grants and prelaunch inventory. Payments made prior to the receipt of goods or services to be used in research and development are capitalized until the goods or services are received.

The Company records accruals for estimated research and development costs, comprising payments for work performed by third party contractors, laboratories, participating clinical trial sites, and others. Some of these contractors bill monthly based on actual services performed, while others bill periodically based upon achieving certain contractual milestones. For the latter, the Company accrues the expenses as goods or services are used or rendered.

Clinical trial activities performed by third parties are accrued and expensed based upon estimates of the proportion of work completed over the life of the individual clinical trial and patient enrollment rates in accordance with agreements established with Clinical Research Organizations ("CROs") and clinical trial sites. Estimates are determined by reviewing contracts, vendor agreements and purchase orders, and through discussions with internal clinical personnel and external service providers as to the progress or stage of completion of trials or services and the agreed-upon fee to be paid for such services.

Pre-Launch Inventory

Prior to obtaining initial regulatory approval for an investigational product candidate, the Company expenses costs relating to production of inventory as research and development expense in its condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss), in the period incurred. When the Company believes regulatory approval and subsequent commercialization of an investigational product candidate is probable, and the Company also expects future economic benefit from the sales of the investigational product candidate to be realized, it will then capitalize the costs of production as inventory.

Statement of Cash Flows

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheet to the total of the same such amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows:


(in thousands)	March 31, 2023		March 31, 2022
Cash and cash equivalents	$	327,935	$	319,678
Non-current restricted cash		2,116		2,077
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the statement of cash flows	$	330,051	$	321,755

Net Income (Loss) per Share

Basic net income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period, without consideration for common stock equivalents. Diluted net income (loss) per share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding for the period determined using the treasury-stock method. Dilutive shares of common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are comprised of stock options.

No dividends were declared or paid during the reported periods.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies and adopted by the Company as of the specified effective date. Unless otherwise discussed, the Company believes that the impact of recently issued standards that are not yet effective will not have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.

Note 2. Revenue

The Company has entered into license agreements and collaborative research and development arrangements with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, as well as consulting, related technology transfer and product revenue agreements. Under these arrangements, the Company is entitled to receive license fees, consulting fees, product fees, technological transfer fees, upfront payments, milestone payments if and when certain research and development milestones or technology transfer milestones are achieved, royalties on approved product sales and reimbursement for research and development activities. The Company’s costs of performing these services are included within research and development expenses. The Company’s milestone payments are typically defined by achievement of certain preclinical, clinical, and commercial success criteria. Preclinical milestones may include in vivo proof of concept in disease animal models, lead candidate identification, and completion of IND-enabling toxicology studies. Clinical milestones may, for example, include successful enrollment of the first patient in or completion of Phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials, and commercial milestones are often tiered based on net or aggregate sale amounts. The Company cannot guarantee the achievement of these milestones due to risks associated with preclinical and clinical activities required for development of nucleic acid medicine-based therapeutics and vaccines.

The following table presents changes during the three months ended March 31, 2023 in the balances of receivables and contract liabilities related to strategic collaboration agreements as compared to what was disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report.


(in thousands)	December 31, 2022		Additions		Deductions			March 31, 2023
Contract Assets:
Accounts receivable	$	2,764	$	90,763	$	(1,044	)	$	92,483
Contract Liabilities:
Deferred revenue	$	48,719	$	90,628	$	(80,285	)	$	59,062

The following table summarizes the Company’s revenues for the periods indicated.


	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2023		2022
Collaboration Revenue:
CSL Seqirus	$	78,218	$	—
Vinbiocare		—		2,858
Janssen		491		1,131
Other		1,020		1,255
Total collaboration revenue	$	79,729	$	5,244
Grant revenue:
BARDA	$	556	$	—
Total grant revenue	$	556	$	—

The following paragraphs provide information regarding the nature and purpose of the Company’s most significant collaboration arrangements.

CSL Seqirus

On November 1, 2022, the Company entered into a Collaboration and License Agreement (the “CSL Collaboration Agreement”) with Seqirus, Inc., a part of CSL Limited (“CSL Seqirus”), for the global exclusive rights to research, develop, manufacture, and commercialize vaccines. Under the terms of the CSL Collaboration Agreement, the Company will provide CSL Seqirus with an exclusive global license to its STARR™ self-amplifying mRNA technology, LUNAR® lipid-mediated delivery, along with mRNA drug substance and drug product manufacturing process. CSL Seqirus will lead development and commercialization of vaccines under the collaboration. The collaboration plans to advance vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), influenza, pandemic preparedness as well as three other respiratory infectious diseases.

The Company received a $200.0 million upfront payment and is eligible to receive over $1.3 billion in development milestones if all products are registered in the licensed fields and entitled to potentially receive up to $3.0 billion in commercial milestones based on “net sale” of vaccines in the various fields. In addition, the Company is eligible to receive a 40% net profit share for COVID-19 vaccine products and up to low double-digit royalties for vaccines against flu, pandemic preparedness and three other respiratory pathogens.

In March 2023, Arcturus achieved development milestones, including milestones associated with nominating next generation vaccine candidates, resulting in $90.0 million due from CSL Seqirus. Subsequently, in April 2023 the Company received an advance payment of $23.6 million for the manufacturing and supply of ARCT-154. The advance payment is for specified manufacturing runs of ARCT-154 which includes the drug substance utilized, as well as the reservation fees and related manufacturing requirements.

In evaluating the CSL Collaboration Agreement in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606, the Company concluded that CSL Seqirus is a customer. The Company identified all promised goods/services within the CSL Collaboration Agreement, and when combining certain promised goods/services, the Company concluded that there are five distinct performance obligations. The nature of the performance obligations consists of delivery of the vaccine license, research and development services for COVID and non-COVID vaccines and regulatory activities for COVID vaccines. For each performance obligation, the Company estimated the standalone selling price based on 1) in the case of the license, the fair value using costs to recreate plus margin method and 2) in the case of research and development services and regulatory activities, cost plus margin for estimated full-time equivalent (“FTE”) costs, direct costs including laboratory supplies, contractors, and other out-of-pocket expenses for research and development services and regulatory activities.

As of March 31, 2023, the transaction price consisted of upfront consideration received and milestones achieved in March 2023. Additional variable consideration was not included in the transaction price at March 31, 2023 because the Company could not conclude that it is probable that including the variable consideration will not result in a significant revenue reversal.

The Company allocated the transaction price to the performance obligations in proportion to their standalone selling price. The vaccine license was recognized at the point in time when it was transferred and any additional consideration allocated to the license is recognized at the point that the consideration becomes probable of non-reversal as the performance obligation has been delivered. The research and development and regulatory activities performance obligations are recognized over a period of time based on the percentage of services rendered using the input method, meaning actual costs incurred divided by total costs budgeted to satisfy the performance obligation. Any consideration related to sales-based royalties will be recognized when the amounts are probable of non-reversal, provided that the reported sales are reliably measurable and the Company has no remaining promised goods/services, as they are constrained and therefore have also been excluded from the transaction price. The revenue recognized during the quarter ended March 31, 2023 relates to the license delivered, milestones achieved and services performed.

Total deferred revenue as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 was $57.4 million and $45.6 million, respectively.

Vinbiocare

During 2021 the Company entered into certain agreements (collectively, the “Vinbiocare License & Supply Agreements”) with Vinbiocare Biotechnology Joint Stock Company (“Vinbiocare”), a member of Vingroup Joint Stock Company, whereby the Company would provide technical expertise and support services to Vinbiocare to assist in the build out of a mRNA drug product manufacturing facility in Vietnam. The Company received an upfront payment in aggregate of $40.0 million as part of the Vinbiocare License & Supply Agreements. In October 2022, the Company and Vinbiocare executed a letter agreement terminating the License & Supply Agreements. The Company incurred no financial penalties in connection with the termination of the License & Supply Agreements and has no further financial obligations to Vinbiocare under these terminated agreements.

In October 2022, in association with the termination of the License & Supply Agreements, the Company signed the Study Support Agreement with Vinbiocare which provides that Vinbiocare shall continue to serve as the regulatory and financial sponsor of clinical studies conducted in Vietnam of ARCT-154 pursuant to the Company’s arrangements with Vinbiocare (the “Study Support Agreement”). To support the continuing activities of these studies, the Study Support Agreement further provides for the Company to conduct certain services and to compensate Vinbiocare to help achieve the objectives of these studies. In February of 2023, the Company agreed to provide additional financial support in the amount of approximately $2.1 million to allow Vinbiocare to provide additional study support duties related to the ARCT-154 clinical study. As a result, the Company reserved $11.8 million of the original upfront payment to be paid to Vinbiocare over the future periods pursuant to the Study Support Agreement by reclassifying a portion of the upfront payment received from Vinbiocare pursuant to the License & Supply Agreements, from deferred revenue to short-term and long-term liabilities, based on the anticipated timing of the payments to Vinbiocare, and removed that portion of the upfront payment from the transaction price of the modified arrangement. The transaction price was not adjusted for payments that are contingent upon the occurrence of future regulatory or sales related events based on the information currently available to the Company.

The Company has concluded that it has no remaining performance obligations under its prior arrangements with Vinbiocare as summarized above as of March 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2023, the Company has accrued liabilities related to this arrangement of $8.1 million in current liabilities and $1.9 million in non-current liabilities that will be paid upon the occurrence of specified events through the first quarter of 2025. Vinbiocare is also eligible to receive a single digit percentage of amounts from net sales, if any, of ARCT-154 (or next-generation COVID vaccine) up to a capped amount of low single digit millions. The Company has no remaining deferred revenue as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Janssen

In October 2017, the Company entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with Janssen (the “2017 Agreement”) to collaborate on developing candidates for treating HBV with RNA therapeutics. The 2017 Agreement allocated discovery, development, funding obligations, and ownership of related intellectual property among the Company and Janssen. The Company received an upfront payment of $7.7 million and was reimbursed for research costs as incurred.

On October 31, 2022, Arcturus received notice of termination from Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of the 2017 Agreement, and the termination was effective as of December 30, 2022. The Company did not incur any penalties as a result of this termination. As of March 31, 2023, the licenses granted to Janssen have terminated and the Company recognized upfront consideration received and a portion of a development milestone achieved in October of 2021. The remaining transaction price of approximately $0.1 million is expected to be recognized using an input method during the second quarter of 2023.

Total deferred revenue as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 for Janssen was $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

BARDA Grant

In August 2022, the Company entered into a cost reimbursement contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ("BARDA"), a division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for an award of up to $63.2 million for the development of a pandemic influenza vaccine using the Company's STARR™ self-amplifying mRNA vaccine platform technology. The Company earns grant revenue for performing tasks under the agreement.

The Company determined that the agreement with BARDA is not in the scope of ASC 808 or ASC 606. Applying International Accounting Standards No. 20 ("IAS 20"), Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance, by analogy, the Company recognizes grant revenue from the reimbursement of direct out-of-pocket expenses, overhead allocations and fringe benefits for research costs associated with the grant. The costs associated with these reimbursements are reflected as a component of research and development expense in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

The Company recognized $0.6 million of revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2023. As of March 31, 2023, the remaining available funding net of revenue earned was $62.4 million.

Other Agreements

Remaining collaboration revenue recognized for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 related to amortization of upfront payments received from Curevac N.V. ("Curevac") and Ultragenyx. Total deferred revenue as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 for Curevac was $0.3 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Total deferred revenue as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 for Ultragenyx was $0.9 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

Note 3. Fair Value Measurements

The Company establishes the fair value of its assets and liabilities using the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Company established a fair value hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists and are therefore determined using estimates and assumptions developed by the Company, which reflect those that a market participant would use.

The carrying value of cash, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and the Singapore Loan (as defined below) approximate their respective fair values due to their relative short maturities. The carrying amounts of long-term debt for the amount drawn on the Company’s debt facility approximates fair value as the interest rate is variable and reflects current market rates.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, all assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of cash equivalents and money market funds, which were classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of these financial instruments was measured based on quoted prices.

Note 4. Balance Sheet Details

Property and equipment, net balances consisted of the following:


(in thousands)	March 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
Research equipment	$	11,063		$	10,251
Computers and software		1,232			1,154
Office equipment and furniture		958			958
Leasehold improvements		2,524			2,491
Construction in progress		3,219			3,344
Total		18,996			18,198
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(6,361	)		(5,783	)
Property and equipment, net	$	12,635		$	12,415

Depreciation and amortization expense was $0.6 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Construction in progress primarily includes research equipment that is expected to be placed into service during 2023.

Accrued liabilities consisted of the following:


(in thousands)	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Accrued compensation	$	6,686	$	4,038
Income tax payable		1,398		1,295
Current portion of operating lease liability		3,987		3,884
Clinical accruals		4,787		4,531
Vinbiocare contractual liabilities		8,076		7,468
Other accrued research and development expenses		7,359		9,016
Total	$	32,293	$	30,232

Note 5. Debt

Manufacturing Supply Agreement

On November 7, 2020, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Arcturus Therapeutics, Inc., entered into a Manufacturing Support Agreement (the “Support Agreement”) with the Economic Development Board of the Republic of Singapore (the “EDB”). Pursuant to the Support Agreement, the EDB agreed to make a term loan (the “Singapore Loan”) of S$62.1 million to the Company, subject to the satisfaction of customary deliveries, to support the manufacture of the LUNAR-COV19 vaccine candidate (ARCT-021). The Singapore Loan accrued interest at a rate of 4.5% per annum calculated on a daily basis. The Company elected to borrow the full amount available under the Support Agreement of S$62.1 million ($46.6 million) on January 29, 2021. On March 23, 2023, the EDB agreed to an extension of the reconciliation period to March 22, 2023, with unused funds not utilized for the manufacture of ARCT-021 as of such date returned to the EDB. As of December 31, 2022, the outstanding balance of the Singapore Loan, which includes accrued interest, was $50.4 million of which the Company paid S$22.8 million ($17.1 million) in March 2023. As of March 31, 2023, the remaining principal portion the Singapore Loan plus accrued interest, totaling $34.0 million, was forgiven. This has been recorded as a gain on debt extinguishment in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

The Company recorded a net foreign currency translation loss of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and a net foreign currency translation gain of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The Company also recorded interest expense of $0.5 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Termination of Agreement with Western Alliance Bank

On March 14, 2023, the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2018 (as amended and supplemented, the “Western Alliance Agreement”) with Western Alliance Bank, an Arizona corporation (“Western Alliance”), was terminated (the “Termination”) upon the receipt by Western Alliance of a payoff amount of approximately $7.4 million from the Company. The Western Alliance Agreement provided for a collateralized term loan in the aggregate principal amount of up to $15.0 million, with interest at a floating rate ranging from 1.25% to 2.75% above the prime rate and a maturity date of October 30, 2023. The payoff amount was made by the Company to Western Alliance from available cash on hand, pursuant to a payoff letter, and included payment of (i) approximately $7.0 million in principal and interest, (ii) $0.3 million fee payable upon prepayment as a result of prior FDA approval of an IND and (iii) de minimis amounts in prepayment charges and various operational fees. The Company was released from all liens under the Western Alliance Agreement.

The Company recognized interest expense related to its debt with Western Alliance Bank of $0.3 million and $0.2