Societal CDMO Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

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Societal CDMO (NASDAQ: SCTL) reported Q3 2022 revenue of $21.6 million, a 19% increase year-over-year. The company entered into a real estate sales agreement expected to generate over $9 million to improve its financial standing, alongside signing the highest number of new business agreements in its history. A favorable amendment with Lannett improved profit share by 10%. Despite these gains, the company reported a net loss of $3.3 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, while EBITDA, as adjusted, fell to $4.8 million.

Positive

• Q3 revenue increased by 19% to $21.6 million.
• Entered a real estate agreement expected to generate over $9 million.
• Signed the highest number of new business agreements in company history.
• Executed a favorable amendment with Lannett, increasing profit share by 10%.

Negative

• Net loss of $3.3 million or $0.06 per diluted share.
• EBITDA, as adjusted, decreased to $4.8 million.
• Decline in sales from Lannett's commercial sales of Verapamil PM.

Recorded Q3 Revenue of $21.6 Million, a 19% Increase Compared to Prior Year Period

Entered into Real Estate Sales and Purchase Agreement Expected to Generate Proceeds of More than $9 Million

Signed Highest Number of New Business Agreements for any Quarter in Company’s CDMO History

Executed Favorable Amendment to Agreement with Lannett; Provides Improved Overall Economics to Societal

Company to Host Webcast Today at 4:30 p.m. ET

SAN DIEGO and GAINESVILLE, Ga., Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Societal CDMO, Inc. (“Societal CDMO”; NASDAQ: SCTL), a contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) dedicated to solving complex formulation and manufacturing challenges primarily in small molecule therapeutic development, today reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

“The third quarter was a particularly productive time for Societal as we continued to successfully execute against our stated goals for the year, with a particular focus on improving the company’s financial position. A number of achievements contributed to this objective during the period,” said David Enloe, chief executive officer of Societal CDMO. “As discussed previously, in recent months a considerable effort has been directed toward the monetization of our land and facilities. During the third quarter, it was gratifying to see these transactions begin to materialize. In August, the company executed an agreement to sell 121 acres of unused land adjacent to our Georgia campus. Proceeds from this transaction will be used to reduce our debt, improve our cash flow, and ultimately improve our overall financial standing.

“During the quarter, the company entered into an amended license and supply agreement with Lannett Company for the marketing of Verapamil PM and Verelan products. The terms of this amendment provide Societal with improved overall economics. In addition, the amendment awards Societal several potential new GMP manufacturing agreements for certain Lannett development projects. It is our belief that these new terms substantially enhance the value of this partnership today, and in the future.

“Perhaps the most significant factor in Societal’s improving financial status is the exceptional performance of our entire organization, from business development to project management to supply chain to operations, in achieving growth for the business. During the quarter, we signed more new business agreements than at any time in the company’s history as an independent CDMO. We are exceedingly pleased with the success of our business development team and its segment-specific approach to customer engagement, and we look forward to reporting on its continued success.”

Third Quarter 2022 and Other Recent Developments

Business Development:

• New and expanded customer projects. During the quarter, the company signed $8.2 million in new and expanded project agreements. This represents the highest number of new contracts signed in any quarter by the company since becoming an independent and dedicated CDMO. The new projects span clinical trial services, analytical method, tech transfer, formulation development, cGMP manufacturing, and packaging services.
   
• Favorably amended license and supply agreement with Lannett Company for the marketing of Verapamil PM and Verelan SR products. Societal CDMO owns the new drug application (NDA) and the drug master file for Verapamil, an approved calcium channel blocker for the treatment of hypertension. Lannett has served as the company’s marketing partner for certain formulations of this drug since 2014. As the market for Verapamil is mature, revenues for the entire franchise were expected to remain flat for the duration of the year. However, Lannett’s sales of Verapamil PM have declined in recent quarters, prompting Societal management to engage in restructuring discussions with Lannett. In July, Societal and Lannett agreed to an amendment to the supply agreement. Under terms of the amendment, Societal will now receive improved overall economics, including a 10% increase in the profit share component of revenue from Verapamil PM product sales, as well as immediate and scheduled increases in manufacturing prices. Additionally, the amendment awards Societal potential new GMP manufacturing agreements targeting injectable products for multiple additional Lannett development projects.

Corporate Achievements:

• Real Estate Sale and Purchase Agreement: In August 2022, the company signed a sales and purchase agreement to sell approximately 121 acres of lakefront land to David Weekley Homes, an established and nationally recognized homebuilder, for approximately $9.1 million. The land is located adjacent to Societal’s manufacturing facility in Gainesville, Georgia. The closing of the sale is subject to completion of standard due diligence and other customary conditions. Subject to completion of diligence, Societal CDMO expects the sale to close in the second half of 2023 and intends to use the proceeds from the sale to strengthen its balance sheet by paying down a portion of its outstanding debt.

Financial Results for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2022

Revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 were $21.6 million. This represents a 19% increase compared to revenues of $18.2 million recorded during the prior year period. The increase of $3.4 million was primarily driven by an increase in European Ritalin LA demand from the company’s new customer InfectoPharm, revenue resulting from the acquisition of IriSys, as well as higher revenues from the company’s clinical trial materials business. These increases were partially offset by declining revenues from Lannett’s commercial sales of Verapamil PM products compared to the prior year.

Cost of sales for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 was $16.1 million compared to $13.2 million for the comparable period of 2021. The increase of $2.9 million was primarily due to costs associated with operating the San Diego facility acquired from IriSys and increased costs tied to the increased manufacturing revenue during the quarter. In addition, in 2021, the company received certain employment incentive tax credits that were not repeated in 2022 resulting in increased expense in 2022. These increases were partially offset by the reallocation of expenses reflecting the post-acquisition organizational structure.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the third quarter were $5.1 million, compared to $4.6 million recorded in the 2021 period. The increase of $0.5 million was primarily related to increased personnel costs tied to the reallocation of expenses and integration costs associated with the IriSys integration. Specifically, effective October 1, 2021, certain employees who previously supported the company’s plant operations, now support the company’s multi-site organization structure and operations. Accordingly, expenses associated with these employees have been reclassified from cost of sales to selling, general and administrative expenses.

Interest expense was $3.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease compared to $3.8 million for the comparable period of 2021. The decrease of $0.3 million was primarily due to increased capitalized interest and the extension of the maturity date of the company’s term loans, which deferred some of the non-cash amortization of financing expenses to future periods. These decreases were partially offset by an increase in the variable LIBOR component of interest on the company’s term loans.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2022, the company recorded a net loss of $3.3 million or $0.06 per diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $3.5 million or $0.07 per diluted share, for the comparable period of 2021. EBITDA, as adjusted* for the period was $4.8 million compared to $5.3 million in the prior year period. During the period, lower sales of Verapamil PM by Lannett, negatively impacted EBITDA, as adjusted* by $0.8 million as compared to the 2021 period.

Financial Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022

Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $65.9 million, compared to $53.1 million for 2021. The increase of $12.8 million in revenue was primarily driven by revenue resulting from the acquisition of IriSys as well as higher revenues from the company’s clinical trial materials business. In addition, there was an increase in European Ritalin LA demand from the company’s new customer InfectoPharm, as well as an increase in revenue from the company’s largest commercial customer Teva, correlated with pull through in demand resulting from market share gains against the sole competitor for the Verapamil SR products. The increase in revenue was partially offset by a decline in revenue from Lannett’s commercial sales of the Verapamil PM products.

Cost of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $49.6 million, compared to $39.8 million in 2021. The cost of sales increase of $9.8 million was primarily due to the acquisition of the San Diego facility and certain 2021 employment incentive tax credits that were not repeated in 2022 resulting in increased expense in 2022. These increases were partially offset by the reallocation of expenses reflecting the post-acquisition organizational structure.

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 were $15.9 million, compared to $13.1 million in 2021. The increase of $2.8 million was primarily related to increased personnel costs tied to the reallocation of expenses and integration costs associated with the IriSys integration. These increases were offset by lower IriSys acquisition expenses and lower stock-based compensation expense.

Interest expense was $10.4 million and $11.7 million for the first nine months of 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease of $1.3 million was primarily due to the extension of the maturity date of the company’s term loans, which deferred some of the non-cash amortization of financing expenses to future periods, and increased capitalized interest. These decreases were partially offset by a full period of interest on the debt portion of the IriSys acquisition purchase price and an increase in the variable LIBOR component of interest on the company’s term loans.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, Societal reported a net loss of $10.7 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $9.0 million, or $0.22 per diluted share, for 2021. EBITDA, as adjusted* for the first nine months was $10.9 million compared to $13.4 million in the prior year period. During the nine-month period, lower sales of Verapamil PM by Lannett, negatively impacted EBITDA, as adjusted* by approximately $2.8 million as compared to the 2021 period.

At September 30, 2022, Societal had cash and cash equivalents of $11.6 million compared to $25.2 million as of the end of the prior fiscal year.

* EBITDA, as adjusted, is a non-GAAP financial measure (see reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures at the end of this release).

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement Societal’s financial results determined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the company has certain non-GAAP information for the business, including EBITDA, as adjusted. The company believes this non-GAAP financial measure is helpful in understanding the business as it is useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency of supplemental information used by management. This measure is used by investors, as well as management in assessing the company’s performance. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, reported GAAP results. Further, Non-GAAP financial measures, even if similarly titled, may not be calculated in the same manner by all companies, and therefore should not be compared. Please see the section of this press release titled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA to its most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Webcast

Societal CDMO management will be hosting a webcast today, November 9, 2022, beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET. The webcast may be accessed via "Investor Events" in the Investor section of the company's website, https://ir.societalcdmo.com/events. An archived webcast will be available on the company's website approximately two hours after the event and will be available for 30 days.

About Societal CDMO

Societal CDMO (NASDAQ: SCTL) is a bi-coastal contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with capabilities spanning pre-Investigational New Drug (IND) development to commercial manufacturing and packaging for a wide range of therapeutic dosage forms with a primary focus in the area of small molecules. With an expertise in solving complex manufacturing problems, Societal CDMO is a leading CDMO providing therapeutic development, end-to-end regulatory support, clinical and commercial manufacturing, aseptic fill/finish, lyophilization, packaging and logistics services to the global pharmaceutical market.

In addition to our experience in handling DEA controlled substances and developing and manufacturing modified-release dosage forms, Societal CDMO has the expertise to deliver on our clients’ pharmaceutical development and manufacturing projects, regardless of complexity level. We do all of this in our best-in-class facilities, which total 145,000 square feet, in Gainesville, Georgia and San Diego, California.

Societal CDMO: Bringing Science to Society. For more information about Societal CDMO’s customer solutions, visit www.societalcdmo.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements, among other things, relate to the company’s financial guidance; ability to manage costs and to achieve its financial goals; to operate under increased leverage and associated lending covenants; to pay its debt under its credit agreement; ability to improve its capital structure through real estate transactions; to maintain relationships with CDMO commercial partners and develop additional commercial partnerships; and the company's expectations regarding the benefits of the acquisition of IriSys. The words "anticipate", "believe", "correlate", "could", "estimate", “upcoming”, "expect", "intend", "may", "plan", "predict", "project", "will" and similar terms and phrases may be used to identify forward-looking statements in this press release. Our operations involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside our control, and any one of which, or a combination of which, could materially affect our results of operations and whether the forward-looking statements ultimately prove to be correct. Factors that could cause the company’s actual outcomes to differ materially from those expressed in or underlying these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the ongoing economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any adverse impact on the customer ordering patterns or inventory rebalancing or disruption in raw materials or supply chain; demand for the company’s services, which depends in part on customers’ research and development and the clinical plans and market success of their products; customers' changing inventory requirements and manufacturing plans; customers and prospective customers decisions to move forward with the company’s manufacturing services; the average profitability, or mix, of the products the company manufactures; the company’s ability to enhance existing or introduce new services in a timely manner; fluctuations in the costs, availability, and suitability of the components of the products the company manufactures, including active pharmaceutical ingredients, excipients, purchased components and raw materials, or the company’s customers facing increasing or new competition; the Company’s ability to collect on customers’ receivable balances; and risks that the results of the combination of IriSys's business with the company's business may not be as anticipated. These forward-looking statements should be considered together with the risks and uncertainties that may affect our business and future results presented herein along with those risks and uncertainties discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov. These forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to us, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required by applicable law.

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Summary of Operating Results
(Unaudited)

	Three months ended September 30,
(in millions, except per share amounts)	2022				2021				Change				%
Revenue	$	21.6			$	18.2			$	3.4				19	%
Cost of sales		16.1				13.2				2.9				22	%
Gross margin		25	%			27	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses		5.1				4.6				0.5				11	%
Amortization		0.2				0.1				0.1				100	%
Total operating expenses		21.4				17.9				3.5				20	%
Operating income		0.2				0.3				(0.1	)			-33	%
Interest expense		(3.5	)			(3.8	)			0.3				-8	%
Net loss	$	(3.3	)		$	(3.5	)		$	0.2				-6	%
Loss per share, diluted		(0.06	)			(0.07	)			0.01				-14	%
EBITDA, as adjusted*	$	4.8			$	5.3			$	(0.5	)			-9	%

	Nine months ended September 30,
(in millions, except per share amounts)	2022				2021				Change				%
Revenue	$	65.9			$	53.1			$	12.8				24	%
Cost of sales		49.6				39.8				9.8				25	%
Gross margin		25	%			25	%
Selling, general and administrative expenses		15.9				13.1				2.8				21	%
Amortization		0.7				0.9				(0.2	)			-22	%
Total operating expenses		66.2				53.8				12.4				23	%
Operating loss		(0.3	)			(0.7	)			0.4				-57	%
Interest expense		(10.4	)			(11.7	)			1.3				-11	%
Gain on extinguishment of debt		—				3.4				(3.4	)			-100	%
Net loss	$	(10.7	)		$	(9.0	)		$	(1.7	)			19	%
Loss per share, diluted		(0.19	)			(0.22	)			0.03				-14	%
EBITDA, as adjusted*	$	10.9			$	13.4			$	(2.5	)			-19	%

* EBITDA, as adjusted, is a non-GAAP financial measure (see reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures at the end of this release).

SOCIETAL CDMO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measures
(Unaudited)

To supplement the company’s financial results determined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), the company has disclosed in the tables below the following non-GAAP information about EBITDA, as adjusted.

EBITDA, as adjusted, is net income or loss as determined under GAAP excluding interest, depreciation, amortization, non-cash stock-based compensation, charges related to reductions in force and costs related to the acquisition and integration of IriSys, as well as the impact of Accounting Standards Update 2014-09 in order to remove the impact of the timing of revenue recognized from profit-sharing arrangements upon transfer of control of the product, which more closely aligns revenue with expected cash receipt.

The company believes that non-GAAP financial measures are helpful in understanding its business as it is useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency of supplemental information used by management. EBITDA, as adjusted, is used by investors, as well as management in assessing the company’s performance. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, reported GAAP results. Further, Non-GAAP financial measures, even if similarly titled, may not be calculated in the same manner by all companies, and therefore should not be compared.

Third quarter results

	Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
(amounts in millions)	2022				2021				2022				2021
Net loss (GAAP)	$	(3.3	)		$	(3.5	)		$	(10.7	)		$	(9.0	)
Interest expense		3.5				3.8				10.4				11.7
Depreciation		1.9				1.8				5.5				4.8
Amortization of intangible assets		0.3				0.1				0.7				0.8
Stock-based compensation		1.2				1.3				4.1				6.4
Revenue recognition (a)		1.0				0.5				0.3				0.8
Deal and integration costs (b)		0.2				1.3				0.6				1.3
Gain on extinguishment of debt (c)		—				—				—				(3.4	)
EBITDA, as adjusted	$	4.8			$	5.3			$	10.9			$	13.4

Full year results and 2022 guidance

	Year ending / ended December 31,
(amounts in millions)	2022				2021
	(estimate)
Net loss (GAAP)	$ (11.6) - (9.6)				$	(11.4	)
Interest expense		15.0				15.2
Depreciation		7.5				6.5
Amortization of intangible assets		0.9				1.0
Stock-based compensation		5.4				6.5
Revenue recognition (a)		(1.7	)			(0.1	)
Deal and integration costs (b)		0.6				2.3
Gain on extinguishment of debt (c)		—				(3.4	)
EBITDA, as adjusted	$ 16.0 - 18.0				$	16.6

a)	To exclude the impact of Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, "Revenue Recognition," related to non-cash changes in its contract asset.
b)	Costs related to the acquisition and integration of IriSys.
c)	In October 2020, the Company submitted a forgiveness application for its note under the Paycheck Protection Program of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of 2020. In June 2021, the note and all accrued interest thereon was forgiven. Upon receiving the decision, the Company recorded a gain on extinguishment of debt for the forgiveness of principal and accrued interest.

FAQ

What were Societal CDMO's Q3 earnings results for SCTL?

Societal CDMO reported Q3 2022 revenue of $21.6 million, a 19% increase compared to the prior year, with a net loss of $3.3 million.

What impact did the agreement with Lannett have on SCTL?

The agreement with Lannett improved overall profit share by 10% for Verapamil PM product sales.

What is Societal CDMO's future outlook after Q3 2022?

Societal CDMO expects to strengthen its financial standing through a real estate sale generating over $9 million.

How did Societal CDMO's expenses change in Q3 2022?

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $5.1 million, primarily due to higher personnel costs.

What were the reasons for the net loss in Q3 2022 for SCTL?

The net loss was attributed to lower sales from Lannett's commercial sales and increased operating costs.