ITEM 2 — PROPERTIES
−Removed: We own a 35,000 square foot (approximately) building
−Removed: at 56 Evergreen Drive in Portland, Maine.
−Removed: We currently use this space for substantially all of our office and laboratory needs and some
−Removed: of our liquid processing and vaccine manufacturing needs for our USDA-regulated product line.
−Removed: All of our powder filling, gel formulation
−Removed: and assembly services have been relocated out of this building, and this space continues to be used for all of our vaccine production,
−Removed: liquid processing and freeze-drying operations.
−Removed: When we originally purchased this building in 1993, its size was 15,000 square feet, including
−Removed: 5,000 square feet of unfinished space on the second floor.
−Removed: In 2001, we completed a construction project that added approximately 5,200
−Removed: square feet of new manufacturing space on the first floor and approximately 4,100 square feet of storage space on the second floor.
−Removed: 2007, we built out the 5,000 square feet of unfinished space on the second floor into usable office space.
−Removed: After moving first floor offices
−Removed: into this new space on the second floor, we modified and expanded the laboratory space on the first floor and added approximately 2,500
−Removed: additional square feet of storage space on the second floor.
−Removed: During 2009, we added 350 square feet of cold storage space connected to
−Removed: our first floor production area and added an additional 600 square feet to the second floor storage area.
−Removed: During the first quarter of
−Removed: 2015, we completed construction of a two-story addition connected to our facility to provide us with approximately 7,100 additional square
−Removed: feet for cold storage, production and warehouse space for our operations.
−Removed: During the fourth quarter of 2015, we exercised
−Removed: an option to acquire land at 33 Caddie Lane in Portland, Maine which is near our facility at 56 Evergreen Drive, on which we initiated
−Removed: construction of our Drug Substance production facility for Re-Tain ®
+Added: During 1993, we purchased a 15,000 square foot
+Added: facility (that included 5,000 square feet of unfinished office space on the second floor) at 56 Evergreen Drive in Portland, Maine.
+Added: currently use this space for substantially all of our:
+Added: i) office and laboratory needs, ii) vaccine manufacturing operations, iii) liquid
+Added: processing operations and iv) freeze-drying operations for our USDA-regulated product line.
+Added: All of our powder milling and filling operations,
+Added: gel formulation operations and assembly services have been relocated out of this building.
+Added: During 2001, we completed a construction project
+Added: that added approximately 5,200 square feet of new manufacturing space on the first floor and approximately 4,100 square feet of storage
+Added: space on the second floor.
+Added: During 2007, we built out the 5,000 square feet of unfinished space on the second floor into usable office
+Added: After moving offices from the first floor into this new space on the second floor, we modified and expanded the laboratory space
+Added: on the first floor and added approximately 2,500 additional square feet of storage space on the second floor.
+Added: During 2009, we added 350
+Added: square feet of cold storage space connected to our first floor production area and added an additional 600 square feet to the second floor
+Added: storage area.
+Added: During 2015, we completed construction of a two-story addition connected to our facility to provide us with approximately
+Added: 7,100 additional square feet for cold storage, production and warehouse space for our operations.
+Added: These additions increased the size of
+Added: the facility to approximately 34,850 square feet.
+Added: During 2015, we exercised an option to acquire
+Added: land at 33 Caddie Lane in Portland, Maine which is near our facility at 56 Evergreen Drive, on which we initiated construction of our
+Added: Drug Substance production facility for Re-Tain ®
during the third quarter of 2016.
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operations are conducted in this building.
−Removed: During the first quarter of 2017, we purchased a
−Removed: 4,080 square foot facility adjacent to the Drug Substance production facility for Re-Tain ® .
+Added: During 2017, we purchased a 4,080 square foot
+Added: facility adjacent to the Drug Substance production facility for Re-Tain ®
+Added: at 14 Wedge Way in Portland, Maine.
We are using this warehouse space primarily for storage of inventory, materials and equipment.
−Removed: We intend to modify this facility to conduct
−Removed: cold storage, assembly and pack & ship services for Re-Tain ® .
−Removed: During the first quarter of 2017, we entered into
−Removed: a renewable, two-year lease for approximately 1,350 square feet of office, warehouse and garage space in New York to support our farm
+Added: are presently modifying this facility for packing, shipping and cold storage for Re-Tain ®
+Added: and other warehousing needs.
+Added: We expect these modifications to be complete during the middle of 2023.
+Added: Building 175:
+Added: During 2019, we entered into a lease covering
+Added: approximately 14,300 square feet of office and warehouse space to expand our USDA-regulated manufacturing operations.
+Added: We have renovated
+Added: this space (a Certificate of Occupancy was issued during the second quarter of 2020) to help us expand our production capacity and improve
+Added: quality for the First Defense ® product line.
+Added: This space is being used for all of our powder milling and filling,
+Added: gel formulation and assembly services.
+Added: The original lease term was ten years with a right to renew for a second ten-year term and a right
+Added: of first offer to purchase.
+Added: During the third quarter of 2022, we entered into a new 20-year lease covering a facility that is now being
+Added: constructed by our landlord ( Building 165 , described below), which is adjacent to (and could be connected to) Building 175 .
+Added: In connection with this new lease, the lease to Building 175 was extended by approximately 13 years to match the expiration of
+Added: the other lease to Building 165 .
+Added: Building 165:
+Added: During the third quarter of 2022, we committed
+Added: to lease an additional 15,400 square feet of space at 165 Industrial Way in Portland, Maine, which could be connected to Building 175 ,
+Added: over a 20-year term.
+Added: The lease commencement date is when the landlord is issued a Certificate of Occupancy for the building shell, which
+Added: is anticipated to be around the beginning of the second quarter of 2023.
+Added: Lease payments begin four months after this date.
+Added: use this space for the following three purposes:
+Added: 1) improve product quality by moving powder milling out of Building 56 , 2) provide
+Added: much needed additional warehouse space and 3) provide space for additional freeze-drying equipment to increase our production capacity
+Added: to approximately $40 million per year.
+Added: Due to the loss in gross margin on product sales during the first quarter of 2023 caused by the
+Added: slowdown in production output necessary to remediate a product contamination event, we have decided to defer, for the time being, completion
+Added: of the investment to build out Building 165 .
+Added: The objective to separate our powder milling operations out of Building 56
+Added: has been achieved by moving milling to Building 175 for the time being.
+Added: During the first quarter of 2017, we entered
+Added: into a renewable, two-year lease for approximately 1,350 square feet of office, warehouse and garage space in Warsaw, New York to support
+Added: our farm operations.
This lease was extended through and terminated at the end of March of 2021.
−Removed: During March of 2021, we entered into a renewable,
−Removed: two-year lease for approximately 1,300 square feet of office, storage and parking space in New York.
−Removed: We are renting approximately 960 square feet
−Removed: in Minnesota for a sales office through at least June 2022.
−Removed: This lease automatically renews for one-year terms unless we or the landlord
−Removed: give 60-days’ notice of a change.
−Removed: On September 12, 2019, we entered into a lease
−Removed: covering approximately 14,300 square feet of office and warehouse space with a lease possession date of November 15, 2019 and a lease
−Removed: commencement date of February 13, 2020 for some of our USDA-regulated manufacturing operations.
−Removed: We have renovated this space (a Certificate
−Removed: of Occupancy was issued during the second quarter of 2020) to help us expand our production capacity for the First Defense ®
−Removed: product line.
−Removed: This space is being used for all of our powder filling, gel formulation and assembly services.
−Removed: The lease term is ten years
−Removed: with a right to renew for a second ten-year term and a right of first offer to purchase.
−Removed: We maintain property insurance in amounts that
−Removed: approximate replacement cost and a modest amount of business interruption insurance.
−Removed: We also maintain access to certain animals, primarily
−Removed: cows as a source of colostrum used in the production of the First Defense ®
−Removed: product line, through contractual relationships with commercial dairy farms.
+Added: During March of 2021, we entered into
+Added: a different renewable, two-year lease for approximately 1,300 square feet of office, storage and parking space in New York.
+Added: Subsequently,
+Added: we entered into a new two-year lease to the same property through March of 2025 that includes an option to renew for an additional two-year
+Added: We are renting approximately 960 square feet in Winona, Minnesota for a sales office.
+Added: This lease automatically renews with 4% increases
+Added: for one-year terms unless we or the landlord give 60-days’ notice of a change.
+Added: The current term expires in June 2023.
+Added: expect to provide notice of cancellation at this time.
+Added: We also maintain access to cows (as a source of colostrum used in the production
+Added: of the First Defense ® product line) through contractual
+Added: relationships with commercial dairy farms.
+Added: We maintain property insurance in amounts that approximate replacement cost and a modest amount
+Added: of business interruption insurance.
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