Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.
We have established disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive officer (our Chief Executive Officer) and principal financial officer (our Senior Vice President, Finance), to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management has evaluated, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Our disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Senior Vice President, Finance have concluded that, as of December 31 , 2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of our independent registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of our employees are working remotely. We have not identified any material changes in our internal control over financial reporting as a result of these changes to the working environment, in part because our internal control over financial reporting was designed to operate in a remote working environment. We are continually monitoring and assessing the COVID-19 situation to determine any potential impacts on the design and operating effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None.
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PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The information required by this Item 10 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, with respect to our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders within 120 days of the end of our fiscal year pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information required by this Item 11 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders within 120 days of the end of our fiscal year pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.
The information required by this Item 12 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders within 120 days of the end of our fiscal year pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
The information required by this Item 13 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders within 120 days of the end of our fiscal year pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.
The information required by this Item 14 will be included in our Definitive Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC with respect to our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders within 120 days of the end of our fiscal year pursuant to General Instruction G(3) of Form 10-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.
(1)
For a list of the financial statements included herein, see Index to the Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, incorporated into this Item by reference.
(2)
Financial statement schedules have been omitted because they are either not required or not applicable or the information is included in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.
(3)
The exhibits filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K are set forth on the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the signature page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
The Company has elected not to include summary information.
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Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets
F-3
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
F-4
Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
F-5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
F-6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-7
F-1
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ Ernst & Young
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017.
Boston, Massachusetts
March 25, 2021
F-2
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)
December 31,
2020
December 31,
2019
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$
447,646
$
41,954
Investments
230,415
313,862
Accounts receivable
75,000
—
Contract asset
7,654
—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
9,385
4,720
Total current assets
770,100
360,536
Property and equipment, net
6,250
8,094
Operating lease assets
22,579
23,560
Restricted cash
878
878
Other assets
22
—
Total assets
$
799,829
$
393,068
Liabilities, Convertible Preferred Stock, and Stockholders’ Equity
(Deficit)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable
$
6,351
$
6,991
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
5,760
3,746
Operating lease liabilities, current
1,521
1,249
Total current liabilities
13,632
11,986
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
22,901
23,583
Restricted stock liability
3
156
Total liabilities
36,536
35,725
Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)
Convertible preferred stock (Series A, B and C), $0.001 par value;
no shares authorized as of December 31, 2020 and 337,272,859 shares
authorized as of December 31, 2019; no shares issued and
outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 212,642,857 shares issued
and outstanding (aggregate liquidation preference of $519,825) as of
December 31, 2019
—
537,781
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Undesignated preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares
authorized as of December 31, 2020 and no shares authorized as of
December 31, 2019; no shares issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019
—
—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 150,000,000 and 260,000,000 shares
authorized at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively;
89,991,324 and 4,716,634 shares issued at December 31, 2020 and
December 31, 2019, respectively; 89,906,835 and 4,037,476 shares
outstanding at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively
90
4
Additional paid-in capital
1,167,367
8,715
Accumulated other comprehensive income
64
325
Accumulated deficit
(404,228
)
(189,482
)
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)
763,293
(180,438
)
Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity
(deficit)
$
799,829
$
393,068
See accompanying notes.
F-3
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
Year Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Revenue:
License revenue
$
82,654
$
—
Total revenue
82,654
—
Operating expenses:
Research and development expenses
99,862
70,306
General and administrative expenses
38,588
13,742
Total operating expenses
138,450
84,048
Loss from operations
(55,796
)
(84,048
)
Other income (expense):
Interest income
3,400
8,801
Other expense
(16
)
(58
)
Total other income (expense), net
3,384
8,743
Net loss
$
(52,412
)
$
(75,305
)
Deemed dividend resulting from extinguishment upon modification
of Series C preferred stock
(177,789
)
—
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
$
(230,201
)
$
(75,305
)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders per share, basic and diluted
$
(5.40
)
$
(21.82
)
Weighted average shares of common stock, basic and diluted
42,619,582
3,450,500
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized holding gain (loss)
(261
)
325
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
(261
)
325
Total comprehensive loss
$
(52,673
)
$
(74,980
)
See accompanying notes.
F-4
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
Convertible Preferred
Stock
Common Stock
Additional
Accumulated
Other
Total
Stockholders’
Shares
Amount
Shares
Par
value
Paid-in
Capital
Comprehensive
Income
Accumulated
Deficit
Equity
(Deficit)
Balances at December 31, 2018
210,863,764
$
532,120
2,998,017
$
3
$
3,247
$
—
$
(114,177
)
$
(110,927
)
Issuance of Series C convertible preferred stock,
net of issuance costs of $50
1,779,093
5,661
—
—
—
—
—
—
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options
—
—
178,969
—
613
—
—
613
Vesting of restricted common stock
—
—
860,490
1
399
—
—
400
Stock-based compensation expense
—
—
—
—
4,456
—
—
4,456
Unrealized gain on investments
—
—
—
—
—
325
—
325
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
—
(75,305
)
(75,305
)
Balances at December 31, 2019
212,642,857
537,781
4,037,476
4
8,715
325
(189,482
)
(180,438
)
Extinguishment upon modification of Series C preferred stock
—
177,789
—
—
(15,455
)
—
(162,334
)
(177,789
)
Conversion of convertible preferred stock into common stock
upon initial public offering
(212,642,857
)
(715,570
)
61,992,534
62
715,508
—
—
715,570
Issuance of common stock in public offering, net of discounts
and issuance costs of $34,707
—
—
23,000,000
23
425,270
—
—
425,293
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options
—
—
297,000
—
1,216
—
—
1,216
Vesting of restricted common stock
—
—
579,825
1
153
—
—
154
Stock-based compensation expense
—
—
—
—
31,960
—
—
31,960
Unrealized loss on investments
—
—
—
—
—
(261
)
—
(261
)
Net loss
—
—
—
—
—
—
(52,412
)
(52,412
)
Balances at December 31, 2020
—
$
—
89,906,835
$
90
$
1,167,367
$
64
$
(404,228
)
$
763,293
See accompanying notes.
F-5
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss
$
(52,412
)
$
(75,305
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Stock-based compensation expense
31,960
4,456
Depreciation expense
3,549
2,845
Net amortization of premiums and discounts on investments
(416
)
(2,495
)
Loss on sale of equipment
—
56
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
(4,665
)
(2,123
)
Lease assets and liabilities, net
571
1,233
Accounts payable
(410
)
3,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
2,010
2,200
Accounts receivable
(75,000
)
—
Contract asset
(7,654
)
—
Other assets
(22
)
—
Net cash used in operating activities
(102,489
)
(66,133
)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment
(1,931
)
(8,002
)
Proceeds from sale of equipment
—
20
Purchases of investments
(266,455
)
(553,517
)
Proceeds from maturities of investments
350,058
242,475
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
81,672
(319,024
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs
—
4,993
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options
1,216
613
Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon initial public offering
427,800
—
Offering costs paid
(2,507
)
—
Net cash provided by financing activities
426,509
5,606
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
405,692
(379,551
)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period
42,832
422,383
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
$
448,524
$
42,832
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Property and equipment additions included in accounts
payable and accrued expenses
$
519
$
745
Reclassification of restricted stock liability to additional paid-in capital
$
153
$
400
Extinguishment upon modification of Series C preferred stock
$
(177,789
)
$
—
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock upon initial
public offering
$
715,508
—
Right of use asset obtained in exchange for lease obligation
$
819
$
24,936
Reconciliation of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash from Balance Sheets to Statements of Cash Flows
Year Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Cash and cash equivalents
$
447,646
$
41,954
Restricted cash
878
878
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash as shown on consolidated
statements of cash flows
$
448,524
$
42,832
See accompanying notes.
F-6
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
1. Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation
Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware on May 4, 2015 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Company is a clinical-stage, precision medicines company transforming the drug discovery process with an initial focus on enhancing small molecule therapeutic discovery in targeted oncology. The Company is built upon unparalleled insights into protein motion and how this dynamic behavior relates to protein function. The Company’s Dynamo platform integrates an array of leading edge experimental and computational approaches, which allows the Company to apply the understanding of protein structure and motion to drug discovery. The Company is advancing its pipeline of medicines to address targets in precision oncology, including its lead product candidates, RLY-4008 and RLY-1971, as well as its PI3Kα mutant selective program, known as the RLY-PI3K1047 program. The Company initiated a Phase 1 clinical trial for RLY-1971 in patients with advanced solid tumors in the first quarter of 2020 and a first-in-human clinical trial of RLY-4008 enriched for patients with advanced solid tumors having oncogenic FGFR2 alterations in the third quarter of 2020. In December 2020, the Company entered into the Collaboration and License Agreement (the “Genentech Agreement”) with Genentech, Inc. (“Genentech”), a member of the Roche Group, for the development and commercialization of RLY-1971, as further discussed in Note 5.
The Company is subject to risks common to companies in the biotechnology industry including, but not limited to, new technological innovations, protection of proprietary technology, dependence on key personnel, compliance with government regulations and the need to obtain additional financing. Product candidates currently under development will require significant additional research and development efforts, including extensive pre-clinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval, prior to commercialization. These efforts require significant amounts of additional capital, adequate personnel infrastructure and extensive compliance-reporting capabilities.
The Company’s product candidates are in development. There can be no assurance that the Company’s research and development will be successfully completed, that adequate protection for the Company’s intellectual property will be obtained, that any products developed will obtain necessary government regulatory approval or that any approved products will be commercially viable. Even if the Company’s product development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will generate significant revenue from product sales. The Company operates in an environment of rapid change in technology and substantial competition from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In addition, the Company is dependent upon the services of its employees and consultants.
The Company has devoted substantially all of its resources to developing its product candidates, including RLY-1971 and RLY-4008, and the RLY-PI3K1047 program by developing its innovative, experimental and computational approaches on protein motion, building its intellectual property portfolio, business planning, raising capital and providing general and administrative support for these operations.
The Company has incurred net operating losses since inception and had an accumulated deficit of $404,228 as of December 31, 2020. The Company expects that its existing cash, cash equivalents and investments as of December 31, 2020, together with the upfront payment of $75,000 received in January 2021 from Genentech under the Genentech Agreement discussed in Note 5, will enable it to fund its planned operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements for at least one year from the date of the issuance of these consolidated financial statements. The future viability of the Company is dependent on its ability to generate cash from operating activities or to raise additional capital to finance its operations. The Company’s failure to raise capital as and when needed could have a material adverse effect on its financial condition and ability to pursue its business strategies. The Company may not be able to obtain financing on acceptable terms, or at all, and the Company may not be able to enter into license or collaboration arrangements or obtain government grants. The terms of any financing may adversely affect the holdings or the rights of the Company’s stockholders. If the Company is unable to obtain funding, the Company could be forced to delay, reduce or eliminate its research and development programs, product portfolio expansion or commercialization efforts, which could adversely affect its business prospects. In the event
F-7
the Company requires additional funding, there can be no assurance that it will be successful in obtaining sufficient funding on terms acceptable to the Company to fund its continuing operations, if at all.
Initial Public Offering
On July 20, 2020, the Company closed its initial public offering (“IPO”) and issued 23,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $20.00 per share for net proceeds of $425,293, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $32,200 and expenses of $2,507. In connection with the IPO, all shares of Series A, Series B and Series C convertible preferred stock converted into 61,992,534 shares of common stock.
Reverse Stock Split
On July 8, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved a decrease in the number of authorized shares of common stock from 260,000,000 to 150,000,000. The Company also effected a one-for-3.55092 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock and a proportional adjustment to the existing conversion ratios for each series of the Company’s preferred stock. Accordingly, all share and per share amounts for all periods presented in the accompanying financial statements and notes thereto have been adjusted retroactively, where applicable, to reflect this reverse stock split and adjustment of the preferred stock conversion ratios.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for reporting on Form 10-K. The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Relay Therapeutics, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Relay Therapeutics Securities Corporation. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in these consolidated financial statements include, but are not limited to, the accrual of research and development and manufacturing expenses, the valuation of equity instruments, the determination of the transaction price and standalone selling price of performance obligations under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers , and the incremental borrowing rate for determining the operating lease assets and liabilities. Estimates are periodically reviewed in light of changes in circumstances, facts and experience.
The full extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will directly or indirectly impact the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition, including expenses, clinical trials and research and development costs, will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, including as a result of new information that may emerge concerning COVID-19 and the actions taken to contain or treat COVID-19, as well as the economic impact on local, regional, national and international markets. The Company has made estimates of the impact of COVID-19 within its financial statements and there may be changes to those estimates in future periods. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates.
Segment Information
The Company manages its operations as a single segment for the purposes of assessing performance and making operating decisions. The Company’s singular focus is on using innovative experimental and computational approaches on protein motion for making medicines against intractable precision medicine targets. The Company operates in the United States and all tangible assets are held in the United States.
F-8
Cash Equivalents
The Company considers all short-term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less at acquisition date to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents, which consist of money market funds, are stated at fair value.
Restricted Cash
The Company had restricted cash of $878 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 to secure a letter of credit in connection with the lease of the Company’s facilities (see Note 14). The Company classified the restricted cash as a noncurrent asset on its consolidated balance sheets.
Investments
Investments in marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale. Available-for-sale securities are measured and reported at fair value using quoted prices in active markets for similar securities. Unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities are reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (deficit). Premiums or discounts from par value are amortized to investment income over the life of the underlying investment. All of the Company’s available-for-sale securities are available to the Company for use in current operations. As a result, the Company classified all of these securities as current assets even though the stated maturity of some individual securities may be one year or more beyond the balance sheet date.
The cost of securities sold is determined on a specific identification basis, and realized gains and losses are included in other income (expense) within the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. If any adjustment is required to reflect a decline in the value of the investment that the Company considers to be “other than temporary”, the Company recognizes a charge to the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. No such adjustments were necessary during the periods presented.
Concentration of Credit Risk and Significant Suppliers
Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and investments. From time to time, the Company has maintained all of its cash, cash equivalents and investments at certain accredited financial institutions in amounts that exceed federally insured limits. The Company generally invests its excess capital in money market funds, U.S. treasury bonds, U.S. treasury bills and agency bonds are subject to minimal credit and market risk. Management has established guidelines relative to credit ratings and maturities intended to safeguard principal balances and maintain liquidity. The investment portfolio is maintained in accordance with the Company’s investment policy, which defines allowable investments, specifies credit quality standards and limits the credit exposure of any single issuer.
The Company is dependent on third-party suppliers for research and development activities of its programs, including preclinical and clinical testing. In particular, the Company relies and expects to continue to rely on a small number of these suppliers, including D. E. Shaw Research, LLC as discussed in Note 13, to meet its requirements for its programs. These programs could be adversely affected by a significant interruption in pre-clinical and clinical testing and the supply of active pharmaceutical ingredients and formulated drugs.
Fair Value Measurements
Certain assets and liabilities are carried at fair value under GAAP. Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.
F-9
Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value are to be classified and disclosed in one of the following three levels of the fair value hierarchy, of which the first two are considered observable and the last is considered unobservable:
•
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
•
Level 2—Observable inputs (other than Level 1 quoted prices), such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.
•
Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to determining the fair value of the assets or liabilities, including pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.
Revenue Recognition
The Company accounts for revenue recognition in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”). Under ASC 606, an entity recognizes revenue when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. To determine revenue recognition for arrangements that an entity determines are within the scope of ASC 606, the entity performs the following five steps: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (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 entity satisfies a performance obligation.
At contract inception, once the contract is determined to be within the scope of ASC 606, the Company assesses the goods or services promised within the contract and determines those that are performance obligations. The Company then determines the transaction price and allocates it to the performance obligations using the relative selling price model. As part of the accounting for these arrangements, the Company must use significant judgment to determine: (a) the number of performance obligations based on the determination under step (ii) above; (b) the transaction price under step (iii) above, including the determination of whether milestones or other variable consideration should be included in the transaction price; and (c) the stand-alone selling price for each performance obligation identified in the contract for the allocation of the transaction price in step (iv) above.
The Company utilizes key assumptions and judgments to determine the stand-alone selling price for each performance obligation, which may include discounted cash flow models, evaluation of comparable transactions, pricing considered in negotiating the transaction and estimated costs, to determine how the transaction price is allocated among the performance obligations . The Company uses judgment to determine whether milestones or other variable consideration should be included in the transaction price. For revenue-based royalties, including milestone payments based on the level of sales, the Company will include royalties in the transaction price at the later of (i) when the related sales occur, or (ii) when the performance obligation to which some or all of the royalty is allocated has been satisfied (or partially satisfied). As part of management’s evaluation of the transaction price, the Company considers numerous factors, including whether the achievement of the milestones is outside of our control, contingent upon the efforts of others or subject to scientific risks of success. If the Company concludes it is probable that a significant revenue reversal would not occur, the associated milestone payment is included in the transaction price. Milestone payments that are not within our control, such as regulatory approvals, are generally not considered probable until those milestones are achieved. The Company re-evaluates the transaction price, including estimated variable consideration included in the transaction price and all constrained amounts, in each reporting period and as uncertain events are resolved or other changes in circumstances occur.
Once the performance obligations are identified, the transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation based on the relative stand-alone selling price. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied, either at a point in time or over time. If the performance obligation is satisfied over time, the Company recognizes revenue based on the use of either an output or input method.
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As of December 31, 2020, the Company ha d one collaboration and license agreement with Genentech , which the Company entered into on December 11, 2020 . For a discussion of the accounting related to the Genentech Agreement , see Note 5, Collaboration and License A rrangement with Genentech .
Lease Agreements
Under ASC 842, Leases , the Company determines if an arrangement is or contains a lease at inception. For leases with a term of 12 months or less, the Company does not recognize a right-of-use asset or lease liability. The Company’s operating leases are recognized on its consolidated balance sheets as other noncurrent assets, other current liabilities and other noncurrent liabilities. The Company does not have any finance leases.
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. Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As the Company’s leases typically do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an estimate of its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. Operating lease right-of-use assets also include the effect of any lease payments made prior to commencement and excludes lease incentives. The lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are accounted for as a combined element.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation expense is recognized using the straight-line method over the useful life of the asset. Laboratory and computer equipment are depreciated over three years. Furniture and fixtures are depreciated over five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the estimated useful life of the related asset. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance of assets are charged to expense as incurred. Upon retirement or sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets disposed of are removed from the accounts and any resulting gain or loss is included in loss from operations.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The Company continually evaluates long-lived assets for potential impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability is measured by comparing the book values of the assets to the expected future net undiscounted cash flows that the assets are expected to generate. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured in an amount by which the book values of the assets exceed their fair value. The Company did not recognize any impairment losses for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.
Classification and Accretion of Convertible Preferred Stock
The Company’s convertible preferred stock was classified outside of stockholders’ equity (deficit) on the consolidated balance sheet because the holders of such shares had liquidation rights in the event of a deemed liquidation that, in certain situations, were not solely within the control of the Company and would require the redemption of the then-outstanding convertible preferred stock. The convertible preferred stock was not currently redeemable, except in the event of a deemed liquidation (see Note 8). Because the occurrence of a deemed liquidation event was not probable, the carrying value of the convertible preferred stock was not accreted to their redemption values. Subsequent adjustments to the carrying values of the convertible preferred stock would have been made only when a deemed liquidation event became probable.
Upon the closing of the Company’s IPO in July 2020, all outstanding convertible preferred stock automatically converted into 61,992,534 shares of common stock.
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Stock-Based Compensation
The Company measures stock options and other stock-based awards granted to employees, directors and non-employees based on their fair value on the date of grant and recognizes compensation expense for those awards over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the respective award. The Company recognizes the impact of forfeitures on stock-based compensation expense as forfeitures occur.
The Company issued certain options with performance-based vesting conditions whereby the service inception date preceded the accounting grant date and therefore applied variable accounting for the awards until the fair value of the awards was known on the accounting grant date. The board of directors approved the commencement of vesting for all such awards in 2020, therefore the Company no longer applies variable accounting as of December 11, 2020.
The Company estimates the fair value of each stock option grant on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which uses as inputs the fair value of the Company’s common stock and assumptions the Company makes for the volatility of its common stock, the expected term of the stock options, the risk-free interest rate for a period that approximates the expected term of the stock options and the expected dividend yield.
Prior to the Company’s IPO, the estimated fair value of its common stock was determined by the board of directors, or compensation committee thereof, as of the date of each option grant, with input from management, considering the most recently available third-party valuations of common stock and the board of directors’ assessment of additional objective and subjective factors that it believed were relevant and which may have changed from the date of the most recent valuation through the date of the grant. Historically, these independent third-party valuations of the Company’s equity instruments were performed contemporaneously with identified value inflection points.
These third-party valuations were performed in accordance with the guidance outlined in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately-Held-Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation (the “Practice Aid”). The Practice Aid identifies various available methods for allocating the enterprise value across classes of series of capital stock in determining the fair value of the Company’s common stock at each valuation date.
Following the Company’s IPO, in connection with the accounting for granted stock options and other awards the Company may grant, the fair value of the Company’s common stock is determined based on the quoted market price of its common stock.
Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development expenses include salaries, stock-based compensation and benefits of employees, third-party license fees and other operational costs related to the Company’s research and development activities, including allocated facility-related expenses and external costs of outside vendors engaged to conduct both pre-clinical studies and clinical trials. Nonrefundable advance payments for goods and services that will be used in future research and development activities are expensed when the activity has been performed or when the goods have been received rather than when the payment is made.
Research and Manufacturing Contracts
The Company has entered into various research and development contracts with research institutions and other companies whose costs are included in research and development expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. These agreements are generally cancelable and related payments are recorded as research and development expenses as the underlying services are performed. When evaluating the adequacy of the expense recognized, the Company analyzes progress of the services, including the phase or completion of events, invoices received and contracted costs. Significant judgments and estimates are made in determining the expense recognized and the related prepaid or accrued balances at the end of any reporting period. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates. The Company’s historical estimates have not been materially different from the actual costs.
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Patent Costs
All patent-related costs incurred in connection with filing and prosecuting patent applications are expensed as incurred due to the uncertainty about the recovery of the expenditure. Amounts incurred are classified as general and administrative expenses.
Income Taxes
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of the assets and liabilities using the enacted tax rates in effect in the years in which the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance against deferred tax assets is recorded if, based on the weight of the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
The Company accounts for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements by applying a two-step process to determine the amount of tax benefit to be recognized. First, the tax position must be evaluated to determine the likelihood that it will be sustained upon external examination by the taxing authorities. If the tax position is deemed more-likely-than-not to be sustained, the tax position is then assessed to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements. The amount of the benefit that may be recognized is the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The provision for income taxes includes the effects of any resulting tax reserves, or unrecognized tax benefits, that are considered appropriate as well as the related net interest and penalties.
Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss includes net loss as well as other changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit) that result from transactions and economic events other than those with stockholders. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, other comprehensive income (loss) consisted of changes in unrealized gains and losses from available-for-sale investments.
Net Loss Per Common Share
Basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the sum of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period and the effect of dilutive securities.
The Company applies the two-class method to calculate its basic and diluted net loss per share as the Company has issued shares that meet the definition of participating securities. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula that treats a participating security as having rights to earnings that otherwise would have been available to common stockholders. The Company’s participating securities contractually entitle the holders of such shares to participate in dividends; but do not contractually require the holders of such shares to participate in losses of the Company. Accordingly, in periods in which the Company reports a net loss, such losses are not allocated to such participating securities.
Additionally, in periods in which the Company reports a net loss, diluted net loss per share is the same as basic net loss per share, since dilutive common shares are not assumed to have been issued if their effect is anti-dilutive. For additional discussion of net loss per common share, please see Note 12, Net Loss Per Share.
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement on January 1, 2020. This standard modifies certain disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s disclosures.
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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments . This standard requires that credit losses be reported using an expected losses model rather than the incurred losses model that is currently used, and it establishes additional disclosure requirements related to credit risks. For available-for-sale securities with expected credit losses, this standard now requires allowances to be recorded instead of reducing the amortized cost of the investment. This guidance was originally effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and early adoption was permitted. In November 2019, the FASB subsequently issued ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates (“ASU 2019-10”), whereby the effective date of this standard for smaller reporting companies was deferred to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and early adoption is still permitted. The Company is assessing the impact of ASU 2019-10 on the consolidated financial statements and does not expect it to have a material impact.
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40) (“ASU 2020-06”). This standard amends the guidance on convertible instruments and the derivatives scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity and amends the related earnings per share (“EPS”) guidance. The ASU will be effective for smaller reporting companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is assessing the impact of ASU 2020-06 on the consolidated financial statements and does not expect it to have a material impact.
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which is intended to simplify the accounting for income taxes. ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends certain aspects of the existing guidance to improve consistent application. The new standard will be effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is assessing the potential impact ASU 2019-12 may have on its financial statements upon adoption.
From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies that the Company adopts as of the specified effective date. The Company qualifies as an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 and has elected to use the extended transition period related to complying with new or revised accounting standards, which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different effective dates for public and nonpublic companies, the Company can adopt the new or revised standard at the time nonpublic companies adopt the new or revised standard and can do so until such time that the Company either (i) irrevocably elects to “opt out” of such extended transition period or (ii) no longer qualifies as an emerging growth company.
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3. Fair Value of Financial Assets
The following tables present information about the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis and indicate the level of the fair value hierarchy utilized to determine such fair values:
Fair Value Measurements as of
December 31, 2020:
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Assets
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds
$
447,146
$
—
$
—
$
447,146
Investments:
US treasury bills
—
33,026
—
33,026
US agency securities
—
197,389
—
197,389
Total investments
—
230,415
—
230,415
Total
$
447,146
$
230,415
$
—
$
677,561
Fair Value Measurements as of
December 31, 2019:
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Assets
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds
$
41,658
$
—
$
—
$
41,658
Investments:
US treasury bills
—
232,604
—
232,604
US agency securities
—
81,258
—
81,258
Total investments
—
313,862
—
313,862
Total
$
41,658
$
313,862
$
—
$
355,520
In determining the fair value of its investments at each date presented above, the Company relied on quoted prices for similar securities in active markets or using other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data. The Company did not have any financial assets or liabilities during any of the periods presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements that required Level 3 inputs.
4. Investments
The fair value of available-for-sale investments by type of security was as follows:
December 31, 2020
Amortized
Cost
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Investments:
U.S treasury bills
$
29,997
$
21
$
—
$
30,018
U.S agency securities
20,996
5
—
21,001
Total investments with a maturity of one year or less
50,993
26
—
51,019
U.S treasury bills
3,008
—
—
3,008
U.S agency securities
176,350
38
—
176,388
Total investments with a maturity of one to two years
179,358
38
—
179,396
Total investments
$
230,351
$
64
$
—
$
230,415
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December 31, 2019
Amortized
Cost
Unrealized
Gains
Unrealized
Losses
Fair
Value
Investments:
U.S treasury bills
$
232,336
$
268
$
—
$
232,604
U.S agency securities
81,201
57
—
81,258
Total investments with a maturity of one year or less
$
313,537
$
325
$
—
$
313,862
5. Collaboration and License Arrangement with Genentech
On December 11, 2020, the Company entered into the Genentech Agreement, which granted Genentech a license to develop and commercialize RLY-1971. RLY-1971 is currently being developed in a Phase 1a clinical trial for patients with advanced solid tumors (the “Phase 1a Trial”). Unless Genentech elects to exercise its option to conduct the remainder of the ongoing Phase 1a Trial, the Company is responsible for the completion of this trial. Genentech is responsible for conducting all subsequent clinical development of RLY-1971. The Company is also responsible for the one-time transfer of the active pharmaceutical ingredient (“API”) and other materials related to RLY-1971 to Genentech.
Under the Genentech Agreement, the Company is entitled to a non-refundable upfront payment of $75,000, which is due upon completion of certain technology transfer activities and is reflected as accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2020. The Company collected this amount in full in January 2021. The Company is eligible to receive up to $25,000 in near-term milestone payments. The Company is also eligible to receive up to an aggregate of an additional $695,000 upon the achievement of specified development, commercialization and sales-based milestones for RLY-1971 worldwide as well as tiered royalties ranging from low-to-mid teens on annual worldwide net sales of RLY-1971, on a country-by-country basis, subject to reduction in certain circumstances.
The Company has the option, exercisable one time at the Company’s sole discretion, to (a) fund half of the development costs of RLY-1971 in the U.S., (b) share half of the net profits or net loss of commercializing RLY-1971 in the U.S. (the “Profit/Cost Share”) and (c) be eligible to receive up to an aggregate of an additional $410,000 upon the achievement of specified commercialization and sales-based milestones for RLY-1971 outside of the U.S and tiered royalties ranging from low-to-mid teens on annual net sales of RLY-1971 outside of the U.S., on a country-by-country basis, subject to reduction in certain circumstances. The Company may elect to opt-out of further participation in the Profit/Cost Share at any time prior to the third anniversary of the first commercial sale of RLY-1971 in the U.S, in which case the financial terms would revert to the terms applicable as if Company had not opted into the Profit/Cost Share as of the effective opt-out date.
Genentech may terminate the Genentech Agreement for convenience and the Company may terminate the Genentech Agreement under certain limited circumstances. Unless otherwise terminated, the Genentech Agreement will remain in effect until the expiration of all Genentech’s royalty payment obligations to the Company.
Accounting Analysis
Identification of the Contract
The Company concluded that Genentech is a customer in this arrangement and as such, the arrangement falls within the scope of the revenue recognition guidance in ASC 606.
Identification of Performance Obligations
At the commencement of the Genentech Agreement, the Company identified the following performance obligations in the agreement:
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•
License to develop and commercialize RLY-1971 and the related know-how;
•
Research and development services to complete the Phase 1a Trial for RLY-1971; and
•
Transfer of API and other materials related to RLY-1971
The Company determined that the performance obligations outlined above are both capable of being distinct and distinct within the context of the contract given such rights and activities are independent of each other. The license can be used by Genentech without the research and development services or API outlined above, and similarly those services and inventory provide distinct benefit to Genentech within the context of the contract, separate from the license.
Determination of Transaction Price
The Company determined the transaction price for the Genentech Agreement to be $85,867, which includes both fixed and variable consideration amounts. The total transaction price of $85,867 is comprised of (i) the $75,000 fixed, non-refundable upfront payment, (ii) a $5,000 non-refundable milestone payment due upon the transfer of the Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application to Genentech, (iii) a $5,000 non-refundable milestone payment due upon completion of the Phase 1a Trial for RLY-1971 and (iv) $867 of estimated variable consideration related to reimbursements due from Genentech for research and development services. No additional development milestone payments and no regulatory milestone payments are included in the transaction price as all such payments are fully constrained. As part of management’s evaluation of the constraint, the Company considered numerous factors, including the consideration that achievement of the milestones is outside of the Company’s control, contingent upon Genentech’s efforts and the receipt of regulatory approval and subject to scientific risks of success.
Allocation of Transaction Price to Performance Obligations
The Company allocated the transaction price of $85,867 based on the stand-alone selling prices (“SSP”) of each of the performance obligations as follows:
•
$82,654 million for the transfer of the license
•
$2,896 million for research and development services; and
•
$317 million for the transfer of API.
The SSP for the license was determined using an approach that considered discounted, probability-weighted cash flows related to the license transferred. The Company also reviewed comparable market transactions in determining the SSP of the license. The SSP for the research and development services as well as the transfer of API were based on estimates of the associated effort and cost of these services and cost to manufacture API, adjusted for a reasonable profit margin that would be expected to be realized under similar contracts. The Company performed sensitivity analyses supporting reasonable changes to the SSPs noting no material impact on revenue recognized for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Recognition of Revenue
The Company is recognizing revenue for each of the three performance obligations as follows:
•
The Company recognized revenue related to the license at a point in time upon transfer of the license to Genentech. The Company recognized the full amount allocated to the license and related know-how in the fourth quarter of 2020 because the Company had transferred the license upon execution of the Genentech Agreement. Revenue recognized during the year ended December 31, 2020 related to the license amounted to $82,654.
•
The Company will satisfy the research and development performance obligation for RLY-1971 as the research and development services are performed. The research and development services performance obligation consists of the Company completing the Phase 1a clinical trial initiated in the first quarter of 2020. The Company recognizes revenue related to the research and development services over time using a cost-based input method by calculating actual costs incurred to date at each period end relative to total
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estimated costs expected to be incurred to fulfill the performance obligation. There was no revenue recognized related to this performance obligation during the year ended December 31, 2020 as the services performed from contract inception to December 31, 2020 were immaterial.
•
The Company will recognize revenue related to the transfer of API at a point in time upon transfer to Genentech. There was no revenue recognized related to this performance obligation during the year ended December 31, 2020.
During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company recognized an aggregate of $82,654 of revenue from the Genentech Agreement related entirely to the transfer of the license. At December 31, 2020, the Company recorded accounts receivable under the Genentech Agreement in the amount of $75,000 and a contract asset in the amount of $7,654, which is classified as a current asset, on the balance sheet. The contract asset relates to the amount of revenue recognized for which the right to payment is contingent upon conditions other than the passage of time, such as the completion of future milestone activities.
6. Property and Equipment, Net
Property and equipment, net consisted of the following:
December 31,
2020
2019
Property and equipment:
Laboratory equipment
$
13,534
$
12,003
Leasehold improvements
886
860
Computer equipment
888
827
Furniture and fixtures
895
895
Construction in process
577
490
16,780
15,075
Less: accumulated depreciation
(10,530
)
(6,981
)
Total property and equipment, net
$
6,250
$
8,094
The Company recorded $3,549 and $2,845 of depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
7. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:
December 31,
2020
2019
External research and development
$
5,099
$
3,077
Professional services
464
336
Other
197
333
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities
$
5,760
$
3,746
8. Convertible Preferred Stock
The Company issued Series A, Series B and Series C convertible preferred stock (collectively, “Convertible Preferred Stock”). Upon issuance of each class of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company assessed the embedded conversion and liquidity features of the shares and determined that such features did not require the Company to separately account for these features. The Company also concluded that no beneficial conversion feature existed on the issuance date of each class of Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company’s Convertible Preferred Stock was
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classified outside of stockholders’ equity (deficit) on the consolidated balance sheet prior to the Company’s IPO because the holders of such shares had liquidation rights in the event of a deemed liquidation that, in certain situations, were not solely within the control of the Company and would require the redemption of the then-outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock. The Convertible Preferred Stock was not currently redeemable . Because the occurrence of a deemed liquidation event was not probable, the carrying values of the Convertible Preferred Stock were not accreted to their redemption values.
On July 8, 2020, the Company’s board of directors and its Series C preferred stockholders approved a reduction in the conversion price of the Series C preferred stock from $3.21 to $3.027603 and the Series C preferred stockholders relinquished their protective right with respect to the approval of an automatic conversion of preferred stock in a firm commitment underwritten public offering if the per share price is less than $22.80. As a result of the change in the conversion price, the outstanding shares of Series C preferred stock were convertible into 37,206,604 shares of common stock. The changes to the conversion feature were considered to be a significant change to the substantive contractual terms of the Series C preferred stock and, therefore, the Company accounted for the changes as an extinguishment and reissuance of the Series C preferred stock, which required the difference between the fair value of the modified Series C preferred stock and its carrying amount to be treated in a manner similar to the treatment of dividends paid on preferred stock.
Upon the closing of the Company’s IPO in July 2020, all outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock automatically converted into 61,992,534 shares of common stock. No Convertible Preferred Stock was outstanding as of December 31, 2020.
Prior to January 1, 2019, the Company issued a total of 56,824,740 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock (“Series A preferred stock”), 31,188,115 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock (“Series B preferred stock”) and 122,850,909 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock (“Series C preferred stock”) in exchange for net proceeds of $56,692, $62,876 and $393,587, respectively.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company issued an additional 1,779,093 shares of Series C preferred stock at a per share price of $3.21 for proceeds of $5,661, net of issuance costs.
Convertible Preferred Stock consisted of the following:
December 31, 2019
Preferred
Shares
Authorized
Preferred
Shares
Issued
and
Outstanding
Carrying
Value
Liquidation
Preference
Common
Stock
Issuable
Upon
Conversion
Series A preferred stock
56,824,740
56,824,740
$
75,657
$
56,825
16,002,820
Series B preferred stock
31,188,115
31,188,115
62,876
63,000
8,783,102
Series C preferred stock
249,260,004
124,630,002
399,248
400,000
35,097,955
Total convertible preferred stock
337,272,859
212,642,857
$
537,781
$
519,825
59,883,877
There were no shares of Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding at December 31, 2020.
The holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock had the following rights and preferences:
Voting
The holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock had voting rights equivalent to the number of shares of common stock into which their shares of preferred stock would convert. So long as any of the Convertible Preferred Stock was outstanding, a requisite vote of the Convertible Preferred Stockholders, which was defined as a majority of the Convertible Preferred Stockholders, was required to affirm certain corporate actions, which included, but was not
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limited to , the disposal of assets, the acquisition of assets or a business and the authorization of additional shares of the Company’s capital. In addition, such actions require d a requisite vote of the Series C preferred stockholders and a majority vote of the Series B preferred stockholders, if any of the respective preferred stock was outstanding.
Dividends
The holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock were entitled to receive noncumulative dividends when and if declared by the Company’s board of directors. If the Company declared, paid or set aside, on the same date, a dividend on shares of more than one class or series of capital stock of the Company, the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock were entitled to the same dividend based on the number of common shares the Convertible Preferred Stock would convert into. No dividends were declared or paid during the years ended December 31, 2020 or 2019.
Liquidation Rights
In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation, holders of the Series C preferred stock then outstanding were entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders before any payment was made to the holders of Series A and B preferred stock or common stock by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) the Series C preferred stock original issue price ($3.21), plus any accrued but unpaid dividends declared, and (ii) an amount per share if the Series C preferred stock had been converted prior to the liquidation event.
Next, the holders of the Series A preferred stock then outstanding together with holders of Series B preferred stock were entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders before any payment would be made to the common stockholders by reason of their ownership thereof, an amount per share equal to the greater of (i) their original issue price, which was $1.00 and $2.02 for Series A and B preferred stock, respectively, plus any accrued but unpaid dividends declared, and (ii) an amount per share if the Series A and B preferred stock, respectively, had been converted prior to the liquidation event.
Conversion
The Convertible Preferred Stock was convertible into common stock at any time at the option of the holder, and was subject to automatic conversion upon the closing of a firm commitment underwritten public offering with either a price per share of at least $22.80 and proceeds of at least $100,000 or approval by a specified vote of the Convertible Preferred Stockholders. As of December 31, 2019, the Convertible Preferred Stock was convertible into 59,382,845 shares of common stock.
On July 8, 2020, the required Convertible Preferred Stockholders authorized the automatic conversion of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock in an IPO, regardless of the price per share or total proceeds raised, as long as the IPO was completed on or before September 30, 2020.
Protective Rights
For as long as any of the Series C preferred stock was outstanding, a requisite vote of the Convertible Preferred Stockholders was required to affirm a liquidation, dissolution, a merger or consolidation or any other deemed liquidation event if the per share proceeds to the holders of the Series C preferred stock would be equal to or greater than $22.80 per share. In addition, both a requisite vote of the Convertible Preferred Stockholders and a majority of the Series C preferred stockholders was required to affirm a liquidation, dissolution, a merger or consolidation or any other deemed liquidation event if the per share proceeds to the holders of the Series C preferred stock was less than $22.80 per share.
9. Common Stock
Each share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders. Common stockholders are entitled to receive dividends, as may be declared by the Company’s board of directors, however, holders of convertible preferred stock were entitled to any dividend received by the common
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s tock holders if each preferred share had been converted into common stock. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019 , no dividends had been declared.
The Company issued restricted shares of common stock to its founders and non-employees. In addition, the Company issued restricted shares of common stock upon the early exercise of stock options under the Company’s 2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the “2016 Stock Plan”). The restrictions on the common shares generally lapse over four years. The Company included the proceeds from the sale of the restricted shares of common stock as a restricted stock liability on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Amounts are reclassified to additional paid-in capital as the restrictions lapse. The Company has the right to repurchase any unvested shares of restricted common stock at the original cost in the event of termination.
The following table summarizes the restricted stock activity for the year ended December 31, 2020:
Shares
Weighted-
Average
Purchase
Price
Unvested at December 31, 2019
679,158
$
0.21
Vested
(579,825
)
0.26
Cancelled
(14,844
)
0.03
Unvested at December 31, 2020
84,489
0.04
The fair value of shares that vested during the year ended December 31, 2020 was $9,619.
The Company has reserved the following shares of common stock:
December 31,
2020
2019
Conversion of Series A preferred stock
—
16,002,820
Conversion of Series B preferred stock
—
8,783,102
Conversion of Series C preferred stock
—
35,097,955
Shares reserved under the compensation plan
8,026,772
8,407,169
Total shares of common stock reserved for
issuance
8,026,772
68,291,046
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
On July 8, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”). The ESPP became effective on the date immediately prior to the effectiveness of Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 for its IPO. As of December 31, 2020, the ESPP provides for the issuance of up to 1,092,532 of share-based awards. As of December 31, 2020, no shares have been issued under the ESPP.
10. Share-Based Payments
In 2016, the Company adopted the 2016 Stock Plan. On July 8, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2020 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2020 Stock Plan”), which became effective on the date immediately prior to the effectiveness of the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 for its IPO. The 2020 Stock Plan provides for the issuance of up to 8,376,080 of share-based awards. Subsequent to July 20, 2020, no further awards will be made under the 2016 Stock Plan and all future equity-based awards will be granted under the 2020 Stock Plan. To the extent outstanding options granted under the 2016 Plan are cancelled, forfeited or otherwise terminated without being exercised and would otherwise have been returned to the share reserve under the 2016 Plan, the number of shares underlying such awards will be available for future grant under the 2020 Stock Plan. All of the Company’s employees, officers, directors and consultants are eligible to be granted options, restricted stock units
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and other stock-based awards under the terms of the 2020 Stock Plan. There were 8, 026 ,7 7 2 share-based awards available for grant at December 31, 2020 .
The following table summarizes the stock option activity under the 2016 Stock Plan and the 2020 Stock Plan for the year ended December 31, 2020:
Number of
Stock
Options
Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price
Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Term (years)
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
5,306,176
$
4.62
8.99
$
3,214
Granted
2,898,663
10.90
Exercised
(297,000
)
4.09
Cancelled
(210,781
)
4.91
Outstanding at December 31, 2020
7,697,058
$
6.99
8.50
$
266,050
Vested at December 31, 2020
2,148,119
$
4.49
7.90
$
79,625
Non-vested at December 31, 2020
5,548,939
$
7.96
8.74
$
186,425
In the first quarter of 2020, the Company’s board of directors approved the issuance of options with performance-based vesting conditions to purchase 1,960,547 shares of common stock. The commencement of vesting was based on the achievement of certain scientific and operational milestones during a two-year period, for which the achievement was discretionary and subject to the approval of the Company’s board of directors. Accordingly, the Company applied variable accounting for these awards until the board of directors approved the commencement of vesting for the options. The service inception date preceded the grant date for these awards as the awards were authorized prior to the grant date, the recipients were providing service prior to the grant date and there were performance conditions that, if not met by the accounting grant date, would have resulted in the forfeiture of the award. The stock-based compensation expense for the options was determined based on the fair value of the awards on the accounting grant date. The Company’s board of directors, in its discretion, determined that a portion of the performance conditions were achieved during the second quarter of 2020 and that the remaining portion of the performance conditions were achieved during the fourth quarter of 2020. The grant dates for all performance-based awards was therefore known as of December 31, 2020, and all performance conditions have been resolved. The Company recognized stock-based compensation expense associated with the awards with performance-based vesting conditions in the amount of $25,527 in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020. Expense for these awards is recognized using an accelerated attribution model, over the four-year vesting term, commencing upon grant date.
The Company estimated the fair value of its stock options using the following assumptions:
Year Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Risk-free interest rate
0.4 - 1.8%
1.5 – 2.5%
Expected term (in years)
6.3
6.3
Expected volatility
73.5 - 77.6%
72.8 – 73.47%
Expected dividend yield
0
%
0
%
The weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $30.14 per share and $3.34 per share, respectively.
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Stock-based compensation expense included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss is as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Research and development expenses
$
14,691
$
2,687
General and administrative expenses
17,269
1,769
$
31,960
$
4,456
As of December 31, 2020, total unrecognized compensation cost related to the unvested stock-based awards was $69,948, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.61 years.
11. Income Taxes
During the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded no income tax benefits due to the losses incurred due to the uncertainty of future taxable income.
A reconciliation of the expected income tax (benefit) computed using the federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective income tax rate is as follows for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
December 31,
2020
2019
Income tax computed at federal statutory rate
21
%
21.0
%
State taxes, net of federal benefit
5.7
%
7.0
%
Change in valuation allowance
(27.3
)%
(31.0
)%
R&D credit carryovers
7.6
%
4.1
%
Stock-based compensation
(6.7
)%
(0.9
)%
Permanent differences
(0.3
)%
(0.2
)%
Total
0.0
%
0.0
%
The Company’s deferred tax assets at December 31, 2020 and 2019, consist of the following:
December 31,
2020
2019
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating losses
$
48,832
$
42,647
Tax credit carryforwards
10,270
6,309
Lease liability
6,430
6,542
Intangibles
1,469
1,498
Stock-based compensation
4,496
534
Depreciation and amortization
230
188
Other
14
13
Total gross deferred tax asset
71,741
57,731
Valuation allowance
(65,813
)
(51,537
)
Net deferred tax asset
5,928
6,194
Deferred tax liability
Operating lease assets
(5,928
)
(6,194
)
Total deferred tax liability
(5,928
)
(6,194
)
$
—
$
—
The Company has incurred net operating losses (“NOL”) since inception. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had federal NOL carryforwards of $174,028 available to reduce taxable income, of which $43,127 expire beginning
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in 2035 and $ 1 3 0 , 901 do not expire. The Company has state NOL carryforwards of $ 1 92 , 346 as of December 31, 2020 available to reduce future state taxable income, which expire at various dates beginning in 2035 .
As of December 31, 2020, the Company also had available federal research and development tax credit carryforwards of $8,139 available to reduce future tax liabilities, which begin to expire beginning in 2035. The Company also has state research and development tax credit carryforwards of $2,699 available to reduce future state tax liabilities, which expire at various dates beginning in 2030.
Utilization of the NOL carryforwards and research and development tax credit carryforwards may be subject to a substantial annual limitation under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (“Section 382”) due to ownership changes that have occurred previously or that could occur in the future. These ownership changes may limit the amount of carryforwards that can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income. In general, an ownership change, as defined by Section 382, results from transactions increasing the ownership of certain stockholders or public groups in the stock of a corporation by more than 50% over a three-year period. The Company has not conducted a study to assess whether a change of control has occurred or whether there have been multiple changes of control since inception due to the significant complexity and cost associated with such a study. If the Company has experienced a change of control, as defined by Section 382, at any time since inception, utilization of the net operating loss carryforwards or research and development tax credit carryforwards would be subject to an annual limitation under Section 382, which is determined by first multiplying the value of the Company’s stock at the time of the ownership change by the applicable long-term tax-exempt rate, and then could be subject to additional adjustments, as required. Any limitation may result in expiration of a portion of the net operating loss carryforwards or research and development tax credit carryforwards before utilization. Further, until a study is completed and any limitation is known, no amounts are being presented as an uncertain tax position.
The Company recorded a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 because the Company’s management believes that it is more likely than not that these assets will not be realized. The valuation allowance increased by approximately $14,276 and $23,307 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, primarily as a result of operating losses generated with no corresponding financial statement benefit.
The Company had no unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
The Company files tax returns as prescribed by the tax laws of the jurisdictions in which it operates. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by federal and state jurisdictions, where applicable. There are currently no pending tax examinations. The Company’s tax years are still open under statute from inception to the present.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law in March 2020. The CARES Act lifts certain deduction limitations originally imposed by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“2017 Tax Act”). Corporate taxpayers may carryback NOLs originating during 2018 through 2020 for up to five years, which was not previously allowed under the 2017 Tax Act. The CARES Act also eliminates the 80% of taxable income limitations by allowing corporate entities to fully utilize NOL carryforwards to offset taxable income in 2018, 2019 or 2020. Taxpayers may generally deduct interest up to the sum of 50% of adjusted taxable income plus business interest income (30% limit under the 2017 Tax Act) for tax years beginning January 1, 2019 and 2020. The CARES Act allows taxpayers with alternative minimum tax credits to claim a refund in 2020 for the entire amount of the credits instead of recovering the credits through refunds over a period of years, as originally enacted by the 2017 Tax Act.
In addition, the CARES Act raises the corporate charitable deduction limit to 25% of taxable income and makes qualified improvement property generally eligible for 15-year cost-recovery and 100% bonus depreciation. The enactment of the CARES Act did not result in any adjustments to the Company’s income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2020, or to the Company’s net deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2020, since the Company has not recorded any U.S. federal or state income tax benefits for the net losses incurred in any year due to the uncertainty of realizing a benefit from those items.
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1 2 . Net Loss Per Share
The following table summarizes the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share of the Company:
Year Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Net loss
$
(52,412
)
$
(75,305
)
Deemed dividend resulting from extinguishment upon modification of Series C preferred stock
(177,789
)
—
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
$
(230,201
)
$
(75,305
)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders per share, basic and diluted
$
(5.40
)
$
(21.82
)
Weighted average shares of common stock, basic and diluted
42,619,582
3,450,500
As discussed in Note 8, on July 8, 2020, the Company’s board of directors and its Series C preferred stockholders approved an amendment to the conversion preferences and rights of the Series C preferred stock which, among other changes, resulted in a reduction in the conversion price of the Series C preferred stock from $3.21 to $3.027603. The changes to the conversion feature were considered to be a significant change to the substantive contractual terms of the Series C preferred stock and, therefore, the Company accounted for the changes as an extinguishment and reissuance of the Series C preferred stock. In accordance with SEC staff guidance codified in ASC 260-10-S99-2, when equity classified preferred shares are extinguished, the difference between (1) the fair value of the consideration transferred to the holders of the preferred shares and (2) the carrying amount of the preferred shares, net of issuance costs, is subtracted from (or added back to) net income to arrive at income available to common stockholders in the calculation of earnings per share. This difference between the fair value of consideration transferred and carrying amount of the preferred shares, also referred to as a “deemed dividend”, was therefore added back to net loss above to derive net loss attributable to common stockholders.
The Company’s potentially dilutive securities, which include Convertible Preferred Stock (prior to the IPO), options to purchase common stock and unvested restricted stock, have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be to reduce the net loss per share. Therefore, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share is the same. The Company excluded the following potential common shares, presented based on amounts outstanding at each period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share for the periods indicated because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:
Year Ended December 31,
2020
2019
Convertible preferred stock
—
59,883,877
Options to purchase common stock
7,697,058
5,306,176
Unvested restricted stock
84,489
679,158
7,781,547
65,869,211
13. Commitments and Contingencies
Intellectual Property License
The Company has a Collaboration and License Agreement with D. E. Shaw Research, LLC (“D. E. Shaw Research”), which held 9,999,999 shares of Series A preferred stock and 1,557,875 shares of Series C preferred stock at December 31, 2019. Upon the IPO these shares were converted into 3,281,253 shares of common stock, which are outstanding at December 31, 2020. The agreement provides that the parties will jointly conduct research efforts with the goal of identifying and developing product candidates. The original term of the agreement was three years and required the Company to pay an annual fee of $1,000. On June 15, 2020, the Company and D. E. Shaw Research agreed to amend the Collaboration and License Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Collaboration and
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License Agreement”). The Amended and Restated Collaboration and License Agreement extended the term of the agreement to August 16, 2025 and increased the annual fee from $ 1,000 to $ 7,900 . The Amended and Restated Collaboration and License Agreement automatically renews for successive one year periods unless either party provides at least one year notice of non-renewal, and the annual fee during each of the one year renewal terms is subject to the mutual agreement of the Company and D. E. Shaw Research.
The Company is obligated to pay potential development milestone payments under the terms of the agreement up to $7,300 per target, plus sales milestones and royalties, upon the achievement of certain specified contingent events. Such payments for achievement of development and regulatory milestones total up to $7,250 in the aggregate for each of the first three products the Company develops, and up to $6,250 in the aggregate for each product the Company develops after the first three. The Company assessed the milestone and royalty events through December 31, 2020 and concluded $1,500 was due to D.E. Shaw related to the execution of the Genentech Agreement in December 2020. The Company concluded no such payments were due as of December 31, 2019. The Company recorded research and development expense of $6,376 and $1,500 under this agreement for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. At December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had an accrued expense balance to D. E. Shaw Research of approximately $1,500 and $372, respectively, on its balance sheets.
Other Research Arrangements
The Company has certain other research and license arrangements with third-parties, which provide the Company with research services with the goal of identifying and developing product candidates. The Company is obligated to pay development milestone payments for up to four targets, each in the range of $4,000 to $7,000 upon the achievement of certain specified contingent events. The Company assessed the milestones at December 31, 2020 and 2019 and concluded no such milestone payments were due. The Company incurred approximately $2,704 and $3,493 of research and development expense under these agreements in the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
14. Leases
215 First Street
The Company leased office and laboratory space at 215 First Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts (“First Lease”) under an operating lease, which commenced in November 2015 and was originally set to expire in December 2020. As discussed below, the Company executed a lease at 399 Binney Street (“Binney Lease”) whereby the Company vacated the 215 First Street lease in January 2019 and the future lease commitments terminated at no cost once the Binney Lease commenced. The lease included certain tenant improvement allowances, which the Company amortized through January 2019, the termination of the lease.
399 Binney Street
In December 2017, the Company entered into a facility lease agreement for approximately 44,336 square feet of office and laboratory space at 399 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, which was increased to 44,807 square feet in January 2018. The Company gained control of the leased space in January 2019 and recorded a right of use asset and a lease liability, accordingly. The lease expires in April 2029, subject to certain renewal options, which have not been included in the Company’s right of use asset and liability, as the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise those options.
In September 2020, the Company entered into an amendment to its facility lease agreement to expand the leased area by approximately 1,824 square feet of office space at 399 Binney Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The amended lease expires in April 2029, subject to certain renewal options. The amendment to the lease agreement met the criteria to be accounted for as a separate lease. The Company gained control of the leased space in October 2020 and recorded a right of use asset and a lease liability, accordingly. The right of use asset and lease liability recorded in connection with this amendment were not material.
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As discussed in Note 2, the Company provided a letter of credit in the amount of $ 878 with a financial institution, which expires September 30, 2028 .
The following table summarizes the presentation of the Company’s operating leases on its consolidated balance sheets:
December 31,
December 31,
Balance sheet location
2020
2019
Assets:
Operating lease assets
Operating lease assets
$
22,579
$
23,560
Liabilities:
Current operating lease
liabilities
Operating lease liabilities
$
1,521
$
1,249
Non-current operating lease
liabilities
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
22,901
23,583
Total lease liabilities
$
24,422
$
24,832
The following table summarizes the effect of lease costs in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019:
Statement of operations location
Year Ended
December 31,
2020
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
Operating lease costs
Research and development
$
3,273
$
3,216
General and administrative
748
581
Total operating lease cost
$
4,021
$
3,797
The Company made cash payments of $4,878 and $2,602 under the lease agreements during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
The minimum lease payments as of December 31, 2020 for the next five years and thereafter is expected to be as follows:
Year Ending December 31,
Amount
2021
$
3,985
2022
4,134
2023
4,254
2024
4,377
2025
4,503
Thereafter
15,959
Total lease payments
37,212
Less: interest
(12,790
)
Present value of operating lease liabilities
$
24,422
The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate of the operating leases were 8.3 years and 10.4%, respectively, at December 31, 2020. The weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate of the operating leases were 9.3 years and 10.4%, respectively, at December 31, 2019.
15. Employee Benefits
In 2016, the Company established a defined-contribution plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “401(k) Plan”). The 401(k) Plan covers all employees who meet defined minimum age and service requirements and allows participants to defer a portion of their annual compensation on a pre-tax basis. The Company made
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matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan of $ 590 for the year ended December 31, 2020 . The Company was not required to make and did not ma k e any matching contributions to the 401(k) Plan for the year ended December 31, 2019 .
16. Related Party Transactions
From inception to December 31, 2020, the Company received consulting and management services from Third Rock Ventures LLP (“TRV”), an entity affiliated with certain of the Company’s investors. The Company did not incur expenses for such services during the year ended December 31, 2020 . The Company incurred approximately $200 for these services during the year ended December 31, 2019. No amounts were due to TRV at December 31, 2020. At December 31, 2019, $80 was due to TRV for these services.
17. Subsequent Events
In preparing the consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2020, the Company evaluated subsequent events for recognition and measurement purposes through the filing date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company concluded that no events or transactions have occurred that require disclosure in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-39385) filed on July 21, 2020).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Form 8-K (File No. 001-39385) filed on July 21, 2020).
4.1
Specimen stock certificate evidencing the shares of common stock (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-239412) filed on July 9, 2020).
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement among the Registrant and certain of its stockholders, effective as of December 19, 2018 as amended on June 26, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239412) filed on July 9, 2020).
4.3*
Description of Securities
10.1#
2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan, and form of award agreements thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239412) filed on June 24, 2020).
10.2#
2020 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, and form of award agreements thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-239412) filed on July 9, 2020).
10.3#
2020 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-239412) filed on July 9, 2020).
10.4#
Senior Executive Cash Bonus Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239412) filed on June 24, 2020).
10.5#
Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-239412) filed on July 9, 2020).
10.6#
Form of Indemnification Agreement between the Registrant and each of its directors and executive officers (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239412) filed on June 24, 2020).
10.7#
Form of Amended and Restated Employment Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-239412) filed on July 9, 2020).
10.8#
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, by and between the Registrant and Sanjiv K. Patel dated March 25, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239412) filed on June 24, 2020).
10.9 †
Amended and Restated Collaboration and License Agreement, by and between the Registrant and D. E. Shaw Research, LLC, dated June 15, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239412) filed on June 24, 2020).
10.10 † *
Collaboration and License Agreement, by and between the Registrant and Genentech, Inc. and F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, dated as of December 11, 2020.
10.11
Lease Agreement between the Registrant and ARE-MA REGION NO. 58, LLC, dated as of January 10, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-239412) filed on June 24, 2020).
10.12
Second Amendment to Lease, dated as of September 23, 2020, between the Registrant and ARE-MA REGION NO. 58, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Registrant’s Form 10-Q (File No. 001-39385) filed on November 12, 2020).
21.1*
List of Subsidiaries of Registrant.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
31.1*
Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2*
Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1**
Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS*
XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE*
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
*
Filed herewith.
**
The certifications furnished in Exhibit 32.1 hereto are deemed to accompany this Annual Report on Form 10-K and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.
†
Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) were omitted in accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
#
Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized .
Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
Date: March 25, 2021
By:
/s/ Sanjiv K. Patel
Sanjiv K. Patel, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Sanjiv K. Patel, M.D. and Brian Adams , and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or her name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing, ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Sanjiv K. Patel
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
March 25, 2021
Sanjiv K. Patel, M.D.
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Thomas Catinazzo
Senior Vice President, Finance
March 25, 2021
Thomas Catinazzo
( Principal Accounting Officer and
Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Alexis Borisy
Director
March 25, 2021
Alexis Borisy
/s/ Linda A. Hill
Director
March 25, 2021
Linda A. Hill, Ph.D.
/s/ Douglas S. Ingram
Director
March 25, 2021
Douglas S. Ingram
/s/ Mark Murcko
Director
March 25, 2021
Mark Murcko, Ph.D.
/s/ Dipchand (Deep) Nishar
Director
March 25, 2021
Dipchand (Deep) Nishar
/s/ Jami Rubin
Director
March 25, 2021
Jami Rubin
/s/ Laura Shawver
Director
March 25, 2021
Laura Shawver, Ph.D.