Orgenesis Achieves Revenue of $8.0 Million for the Third Quarter of 2022

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Orgenesis Inc. (NASDAQ: ORGS) announced securing up to $50 million from Metalmark Capital Partners to enhance its POCare platform. The funding, valuing the subsidiary Morgenesis LLC at $125 million, allows Orgenesis to minimize dilution. The company achieved approximately $8 million in revenue for Q3 2022 while significantly reducing operating expenses by 49%, nearing breakeven income. Orgenesis emphasizes the scalability and cost-effectiveness of its cell and gene therapy services, addressing production capacity challenges in the industry.

Positive

• Secured up to $50 million in funding from Metalmark Capital Partners.
• Achieved nearly breakeven income from operations for Q3 2022.
• Reduced operating expenses by 49%.
• Valuation of the point-of-care subsidiary at $125 million.
• Generated approximately $8 million in revenue for Q3 2022.

Negative

• Limited by capital constraints affecting revenue generation.

Secures up to $50 Million of Funding from Metalmark Capital Partners Expected to Accelerate Rollout of Point-of-Care Services

Reduces operating expenses by 49% to achieve nearly breakeven income from operation for the third quarter of 2022

Orgenesis to Host Conference Call on Friday, November 11, 2022 at 8:00 AM Eastern Time

GERMANTOWN, Md., Nov. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orgenesis Inc. (NASDAQ: ORGS) (“Orgenesis” or the “Company”), a global biotech company working to unlock the full potential of cell and gene therapies (CGT), today provided a business update for third quarter ending September 30, 2022.

Vered Caplan, CEO of Orgenesis, said, “We have made significant progress in advancing the rollout of our POCare platform. As recently announced, we secured up to $50 million in funding from Metalmark Capital Partners, a premier private equity firm, into a recently formed point of care services subsidiary, Morgenesis LLC. This transaction was highly strategic for the Company and we believe that it provides further validation of our business model. Notably, Metalmark valued this one subsidiary alone at a pre-money valuation of $125 million for its investment, which represents a significant premium to the market cap of our entire company. Moreover, this investment structure allowed us to fund the POCare services business, while minimizing dilution given the current state of the public markets.”

“We are highly encouraged by industry feedback related our POCare Platform. There is a shortage of production capacity in the cell and gene therapy space, and we believe that our process is far more scalable and cost-effective than the traditional centralized CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization) model.   Moreover, our POCare platform addresses many of the key challenges facing the industry, including capacity constraints and excessive costs. We believe our model is uniquely positioned to address these challenges through a highly innovative decentralized model, which lowers costs, streamlines logistics, and expands capacity.”

“While we are pleased to have achieved revenue of approximately $8.0 million for the third quarter, we were limited by capital constraints. With Metalmark’s support, we look forward to capitalizing on the broad demand and accelerating the deployment of our Orgenesis Mobile Processing Units and Labs (OMPULs) to potentially bring lifesaving treatments to patients across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.”

“It is important to note that separate from Morgenesis, we have a deep therapeutics pipeline in various stages of development. These programs span immuno-oncology, anti-viral, metabolic/auto-immune diseases, and tissue regeneration, and we have established co-development partnerships to help pay for their development. As these programs progress, we expect to increasingly benefit from revenue sharing and royalty agreements with our partners as we seek to advance the respective therapies through commercialization. Through these partnerships and prudent cash management, we have dramatically reduced our SG&A expenses by 49% and our net loss by 86%. As a result, we achieved nearly breakeven income from operations for the third quarter of 2022. Overall, we have built a scalable, high margin, recurring revenue business model.”

The complete financial results for the third quarter of 2022 are available on the Company’s website in the Company’s Form 10-Q, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call on Friday, November 11, 2022 at 8:00 AM ET to discuss the company’s corporate progress and other developments.

The conference call will be available via telephone by dialing toll free 888-506-0062 for U.S. callers or +1 973-528-0011 for international callers and using entry code 849908. A webcast of the call may be accessed at https://www.webcaster4.com/Webcast/Page/2585/47112 or on the Company’s Investor Events section of the website here.

A webcast replay will be available on the Company’s Investor Events section of the website (https://ir.orgenesis.com/events#/) through Saturday, November 11, 2023. A telephone replay of the call will be available approximately one hour following the call, through Friday, November 25, 2022 and can be accessed by dialing 877-481-4010 for U.S. callers or +1 919-882-2331for international callers and entering conference ID: 47112.

About Orgenesis
Orgenesis is a global biotech company working to unlock the full potential of cell and gene therapies (CGTs) in an affordable and accessible format at the point of care. The Orgenesis POCare Platform is comprised of three enabling components: a pipeline of licensed POCare Therapeutics that are processed and produced in closed, automated POCare Technology systems across a collaborative POCare Network. Orgenesis identifies promising new therapies and leverages its POCare Platform to provide a rapid, globally harmonized pathway for these therapies to reach and treat large numbers of patients at lowered costs through efficient, scalable, and decentralized production. The POCare Network brings together patients, doctors, industry partners, research institutes and hospitals worldwide to achieve harmonized, regulated clinical development and production of the therapies. www.orgenesis.com.

Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements involve substantial uncertainties and risks and are based upon our current expectations, estimates and projections and reflect our beliefs and assumptions based upon information available to us at the date of this release. We caution readers that forward-looking statements are predictions based on our current expectations about future events. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Our actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our reliance on, and our ability to grow, our point-of-care cell therapy platform and OMPUL business, our ability to achieve and maintain overall profitability, our ability to manage our research and development programs that are based on novel technologies, our ability to control key elements relating to the development and commercialization of therapeutic product candidates with third parties, the timing of completion of clinical trials and studies, the availability of additional data, outcomes of clinical trials of our product candidates, the potential uses and benefits of our product candidates, our ability to manage potential disruptions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the sufficiency of working capital to realize our business plans and our ability to raise additional capital, the development of our POCare strategy, our trans differentiation technology as therapeutic treatment for diabetes, the technology behind our in-licensed ATMPs not functioning as expected, our ability to further our CGT development projects, either directly or through our JV partner agreements, and to fulfill our obligations under such agreements, our license agreements with other institutions, our ability to retain key employees, our competitors developing better or cheaper alternatives to our products, risks relating to legal proceedings against us and the risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "RISK FACTORS" in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason.

IR contact for Orgenesis:
Crescendo Communications, LLC
Tel: 212-671-1021
Orgs@crescendo-ir.com

Communications contact for Orgenesis
IB Communications
Neil Hunter / Michelle Boxall
Tel +44 (0)20 8943 4685
neil@ibcomms.agency / michelle@ibcomms.agency

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ORGENESIS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)

	As of
	September 30, 2022				December 31, 2021
Assets
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	3,015			$	5,473
Restricted cash		1,452				501
Accounts receivable, net *		23,744				15,245
Prepaid expenses and other receivables		899				1,188
Convertible loan receivable-related party		2,651				3,064
Grants receivable		-				169
Inventory		95				118
Total current assets		31,856				25,758
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
Deposits	$	309			$	363
Investments and loans to associates		1,739				584
Loans receivable		-				821
Property, plant and equipment, net		16,526				10,271
Intangible assets, net		10,720				11,821
Operating lease right-of-use assets		1,040				1,015
Goodwill		7,764				8,403
Other assets		736				805
Total non-current assets		38,834				34,083
TOTAL ASSETS	$	70,690			$	59,841
*Including related party in the amount of $2,186 thousand and $1,972 thousand as of September 30, 2022 and as of December 31, 2021, respectively.

ORGENESIS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Cont’d)
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited)

	As of
	September 30, 2022				December 31, 2021
Liabilities and Equity
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable	$	4,538			$	5,238
Accrued expenses and other payables		3,305				485
Income tax payable		37				54
Employees and related payables		1,835				1,907
Advance payments on account of grant		1,392				1,238
Contract liabilities		70				59
Current maturities of finance leases		16				18
Current maturities of operating leases		487				481
Current maturities of convertible loans		22,488				5,885
Total current liabilities		34,168				15,365
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES:
Non-current operating leases	$	522			$	561
Convertible loans		5,162				4,854
Retirement benefits obligation		123				101
Non-current finance leases		24				41
Advance payments on account of grant		201				-
Other long-term liabilities		240				288
Total long-term liabilities		6,272				5,845
TOTAL LIABILITIES		40,440				21,210
EQUITY:
Common stock of $0.0001 par value: Authorized at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021: 145,833,334 shares; Issued at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021: 25,832,322 and 24,567,366 shares, respectively; Outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021: 25,545,799 and 24,280,799 shares, respectively		3				3
Additional paid-in capital		149,465				145,916
Receipts on account of shares and warrants to be allotted		-				-
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(826	)			207
Treasury stock 286,567 shares as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021		(1,266	)			(1,266	)
Accumulated deficit		(117,164	)			(106,372	)
Equity attributable to Orgenesis Inc.		30,212				38,488
Non-controlling interest		38				143
Total equity		30,250				38,631
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	70,690			$	59,841

ORGENESIS INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except share and loss per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2022				September 30, 2021				September 30, 2022				September 30, 2021
Revenues	$	7,841			$	7,606			$	21,117			$	25,656
Revenues from related party		147				1,070				1,284				2,954
Total revenues		7,988				8,676				22,401				28,610
Cost of revenues, development services and research and development expenses		4,666				10,007				20,932				25,861
Amortization of intangible assets		225				236				686				713
Selling, general and administrative expenses		3,104				6,092				8,758				11,961
Operating loss		7				7,659				7,975				9,925
Other (loss) income, net		2				(3	)			(6	)			(31	)
Loss from extinguishment in connection with convertible loan		-				1,865				-				1,865
Financial expenses, net		1,100				545				602				639
Share in net loss of associated companies		274				18				1,189				33
Loss before income taxes		1,383				10,084				10,860				12,976
Tax expenses (income)		25				67				37				65
Net loss		1,408				10,151				10,897				13,041
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests		(52	)			8				(105	)			(4	)
Net loss attributable to Orgenesis Inc.	$	1,356			$	10,159			$	10,792			$	13,037
Loss per share:
Basic and diluted	$	0.05			$	0.42			$	0.43			$	0.54
Weighted average number of shares used in computation of Basic and Diluted loss per share:
Basic and diluted		25,403,907				24,275,276				24,944,814				24,278,292
Comprehensive loss:
Net loss	$	1,408			$	10,151			$	10,897			$	13,041
Other comprehensive loss (income) - translation adjustments		556				229				1,033				458
Comprehensive loss		1,964				10,380				11,930				13,499
Comprehensive loss attributed to non-controlling interests		(52	)			8				(105	)			(4	)
Comprehensive loss attributed to Orgenesis Inc.	$	1,912			$	10,388			$	11,825			$	13,495

FAQ

What funding did Orgenesis secure from Metalmark Capital Partners?

Orgenesis secured up to $50 million to enhance its point-of-care services.

What was Orgenesis's revenue for the third quarter of 2022?

Orgenesis reported approximately $8 million in revenue for Q3 2022.

How much did Orgenesis reduce its operating expenses?

Orgenesis reduced its operating expenses by 49%.

What is the pre-money valuation of Morgenesis LLC?

Morgenesis LLC was valued at $125 million in the funding round.

When is Orgenesis's conference call regarding its corporate progress?

Orgenesis will host its conference call on November 11, 2022, at 8:00 AM ET.