PROK ProKidney Corporation

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2024

 

 

PROKIDNEY CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Cayman Islands			001-40560	98-1586514
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)			(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
2000 Frontis Plaza Blvd. Suite 250
Winston-Salem, North Carolina				27103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 336 999-7019

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share		PROK		The Nasdaq Stock Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☒

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

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 10, 2024, ProKidney Corp. issued a press release to announce its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1) shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated May 10, 2024
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document)



 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			PROKIDNEY CORP.
Date:	May 10, 2024	By:	/s/ James Coulston
			James Coulston Chief Financial Officer

 

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ProKidney Reports Business Updates and First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

 

 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 10, 2024 – ProKidney Corp. (Nasdaq: PROK) (“ProKidney” or the “Company"), a leading late clinical-stage cellular therapeutics company focused on chronic kidney disease (CKD), today reported business updates and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

 

“With the full results of RMCL-002 to be presented at the European Renal Association Congress later this month and the upcoming interim readout of REGEN-007 in mid-2024, we look forward to further elucidating the effect of rilparencel in preserving kidney function in patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD,” said Bruce Culleton, Chief Executive Officer. “I believe our recent hires of Dr. Ulrich Ernst and Lucio Tozzi will prove invaluable in the execution of our planned manufacturing and Phase 3 study milestones. With our PROACT 1 protocol amendment completed and submitted to the FDA, we look forward to the resumption of the study as we focus on patients with severe CKD. Rilparencel has the potential to be meaningful in this high-risk patient population where there are limited therapeutic options for care.”

 

Clinical Updates

 

 

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Corporate Updates

 

 

 

 

 

First Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights

 

Liquidity: Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of March 31, 2024, totaled $329.0 million, compared to $363.0 million on March 31, 2023. We expect that our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities held on March 31, 2024, will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements into the fourth quarter of 2025.

 

R&D Expenses: Research and development expenses were $27.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $25.6 million for the same period in 2023. The increase of $1.6 million was driven primarily by increases in cash compensation costs of approximately $3.2 million as we continue to hire additional personnel in the areas of clinical development, quality, manufacturing, and biostatistics to support our ongoing clinical trials. Further, we have seen increases in professional fees of approximately $2.6 million primarily related to the remediation of documentation deficiencies within our quality management systems. These increases have been partially offset by decreases in spending of

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approximately $2.1 million on our Phase 3 program due to the pause in enrollment as well as decreased spending on manufacturing improvements of approximately $2.5 million.

 

G&A Expenses: General and administrative expenses were $12.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to $15.3 million for the same period in 2023. The decrease of $2.4 million has been primarily driven by decreases in equity-based compensation of approximately $4.8 million, and was partially offset by increases in cash compensation and professional fees of approximately $1.7 million and $0.9 million, respectively.

 

Net Loss Before Noncontrolling Interest: Net loss before noncontrolling interest was $35.3 million and $36.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

 

Shares outstanding: Class A and Class B ordinary shares outstanding as of March 31, 2024 totaled 229,344,883.

 

About ProKidney
ProKidney, a pioneer in the treatment of CKD through innovations in cellular therapy, was founded in 2015 after a decade of research. ProKidney’s lead product candidate, rilparencel (also known as REACT®), is a first-of-its-kind, patented, proprietary autologous cellular therapy being evaluated to potentially preserve kidney function in diabetic patients at high risk of kidney failure. Rilparencel has received Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation, as well as FDA and EMA guidance, supporting its ongoing Phase 3 clinical program that launched in January 2022. For more information, please visit www.prokidney.com.

 

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. ProKidney’s actual results may differ from its expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget,” “forecast,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “believes,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” and similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, the Company’s expectations with respect to financial results and expected cash runway, future performance, development and commercialization of products, if approved, the potential benefits and impact of the Company’s products, if approved, potential regulatory approvals, the size and potential growth of current or future markets for the Company’s products, if approved, the advancement of the Company’s development programs into and through the clinic and the expected timing for reporting data, the making of regulatory filings or achieving other milestones related to related to the Company’s product candidates, and the advancement and funding of the Company’s developmental programs generally. Most of these factors are outside of the Company’s control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: the inability to maintain the listing of the Company’s Class A ordinary shares on the Nasdaq; the inability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations or identify and realize additional opportunities, which may be affected by, among other things, competition and the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; the risk of downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive biotechnology industry; the

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inability of the Company to raise financing in the future; the inability of the Company to obtain and maintain regulatory clearance or approval for its products, and any related restrictions and limitations of any cleared or approved product; the inability of the Company to identify, in-license or acquire additional technology; the inability of Company to compete with other companies currently marketing or engaged in the biologics market and in the area of treatment of kidney diseases; the size and growth potential of the markets for the Company’s products, if approved, and its ability to serve those markets, either alone or in partnership with others; the Company’s estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; the Company’s financial performance; the Company’s intellectual property rights; uncertainties inherent in cell therapy research and development, including the actual time it takes to initiate and complete clinical studies and the timing and content of decisions made by regulatory authorities; the fact that interim results from our clinical programs may not be indicative of future results; the impact of geo-political conflict on the Company’s business; and other risks and uncertainties included under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cautions readers that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive and cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

 

Investor Contacts:

 

ProKidney

Ethan Holdaway

Ethan.Holdaway@prokidney.com

LifeSci Advisors, LLC
Daniel Ferry
Daniel@lifesciadvisors.com

 

 

 

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ProKidney Corp. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except for share data)

	March 31, 2024				December 31, 2023
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	84,389			$	60,649
Marketable securities		244,609				302,301
Interest receivable		1,903				1,375
Prepaid assets		3,106				3,399
Prepaid clinical		6,151				6,413
Other current assets		—				9
Total current assets		340,158				374,146
Fixed assets, net		41,937				42,143
Right of use assets, net		5,668				4,263
Total assets	$	387,763			$	420,552
Liabilities and Shareholders' Deficit
Accounts payable	$	3,376			$	5,098
Lease liabilities		1,092				803
Accrued expenses and other		13,263				17,665
Income taxes payable		1,570				1,472
Total current liabilities		19,301				25,038
Income tax payable, net of current portion		568				568
Lease liabilities, net of current portion		4,859				3,610
Total liabilities		24,728				29,216
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interest		1,459,097				1,494,732
Shareholders’ deficit
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares    authorized; 61,621,330 and 59,880,347 issued and outstanding as    of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively		6				6
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares    authorized; 167,723,553 and 168,297,916 issued and outstanding as    of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively		17				17
Additional paid-in capital		53,114				36,114
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) gain		(44	)			130
Accumulated deficit		(1,149,155	)			(1,139,663	)
Total shareholders' deficit		(1,096,062	)			(1,103,396	)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	$	387,763			$	420,552

 

 

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ProKidney Corp. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations – Unaudited

(in thousands, except for share and per share data)

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024				2023
Operating expenses
Research and development		$	27,233			$	25,617
General and administrative			12,843				15,259
Total operating expenses			40,076				40,876
Operating loss			(40,076	)			(40,876	)
Other income (expense):
Interest income			4,843				5,297
Interest expense			(2	)			(3	)
Net loss before income taxes			(35,235	)			(35,582	)
Income tax expense			98				1,327
Net loss before noncontrolling    interest			(35,333	)			(36,909	)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest			(25,841	)			(27,244	)
Net loss available to Class A ordinary shareholders		$	(9,492	)		$	(9,665	)
Weighted average Class A ordinary shares outstanding:
Basic and diluted			60,951,721				61,540,231
Net loss per share attributable to Class A ordinary shares:
Basic and diluted		$	(0.16	)		$	(0.16	)

 

 

 

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ProKidney Corp. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Unaudited

(in thousands)

 

 

 

		Three Months Ended March 31,
		2024				2023
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss before noncontrolling interest		$	(35,333	)		$	(36,909	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss before noncontrolling interest to net cash flows used    in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization			1,102				832
Equity-based compensation			7,679				13,020
Gain on marketable securities, net			(2,313	)			(492	)
Loss on disposal of equipment			28				3
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Interest receivable			(529	)			(5,476	)
Prepaid and other assets			564				3,483
Accounts payable and accrued expenses			(5,942	)			(601	)
Income taxes payable			98				148
Net cash flows used in operating activities			(34,646	)			(25,992	)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchases of marketable securities			(55,415	)			(198,038	)
Sales and maturities of marketable securities			114,774				6,412
Purchase of equipment and facility expansion			(960	)			(986	)
Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities			58,399				(192,612	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Payments on finance leases			(13	)			(13	)
Net cash flows used in financing activities			(13	)			(13	)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents			23,740				(218,617	)
Cash, beginning of period			60,649				490,252
Cash, end of period		$	84,389			$	271,635
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations		$	1,674			$	714
Exchange of Class B ordinary shares		$	2,289			$	–
Impact of equity transactions and compensation on redeemable noncontrolling interest		$	7,507			$	1,352
Change in redemption value of noncontrolling interest		$	–			$	509,526
Equipment and facility expansion included in accounts payable and    accrued expenses		$	305			$	744

 

 

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