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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

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Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (Baker Tilly US, LLP, Tewksbury, MA, PCAOB ID 23 )

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Florham Park, NJ, PCAOB ID 238 )

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Consolidated Statements of Operations

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Mezzanine Equity and Shareholders’ Equity

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

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Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of VYNE Therapeutics Inc.

and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of comprehensive loss, of changes in shareholders' equity and of cash flows for the years then ended, including 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 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of VYNE Therapeutics Inc.

and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2022, 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 as of December 31, 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Going Concern Uncertainty

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that VYNE Therapeutics Inc.

will continue as a going concern.

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has an accumulated deficit and has incurred net losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception.

These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1.

The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit.

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 audit 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 consolidated 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 audit 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 audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements.

Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Baker Tilly US, LLP

Tewksbury, Massachusetts

March 14, 2023

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2022.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of VYNE Therapeutics Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the consolidated balance sheet of VYNE Therapeutics Inc.

and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations, of changes in mezzanine equity and shareholders' equity and of cash flows for the year then ended, including 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 as of December 31, 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Substantial Doubt About the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

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These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audit.

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 of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.

Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements.

We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We believe that our audit provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Florham Park, New Jersey

March 17, 2022

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2020.

March 17, 2022, except for the effects of the reverse stock split discussed in Note 1 and the effects of discontinued operations discussed in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is March 14, 2023

We served as the Company’s auditor from 2020 to 2022.

VYNE THERAPEUTICS INC.

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Restricted cash 67 605

Investment in marketable securities (Note 6) — 1,027

Trade receivable, net of allowances 173 7,583

Inventory (Note 7) 7,291 7,404

Amount due from sale of MST Franchise 5,000 —

Prepaid and other expenses 2,127 4,565

Operating lease right of use assets (Note 7) — 338

Discontinued operations - current assets (Note 4) — 7,845

Total Current Assets 38,275 63,186

Non-current Assets:

Property and equipment, net (Note 5) — 354

Operating lease right of use assets (Note 10) — 1,583

Prepaid and other expenses 3,506 4,345

Total Non-current Assets 3,860 6,483

Non-current prepaid expenses and other assets 2,483 3,506

Total Assets $ 40,758 $ 67,046

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

Liabilities, Mezzanine Equity and Shareholders’ Equity

Current Liabilities:

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Operating lease liabilities (Note 7) — 349

Total Current Liabilities 18,410 21,765

Long-term Liabilities :

Operating lease liabilities (Note 10) — 853

Long-term debt (Note 13) — 33,174

Other liabilities — 457

Total Long-term Liabilities — 34,484

Total Liabilities 9,345 18,410

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 9)

Shareholders' Equity:

Preferred stock:

Mezzanine Equity:

Convertible Preferred Stock:

$ 0.0001 par value;

20,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively;

no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

20,000,000 and 0 shares authorized at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively;

Series A Preferred Stock:

3,000 and 0 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively (Note 11)

Shareholders' Equity:

Common stock:

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Accumulated deficit ( 662,735 ) ( 639,525 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income — —

Total Shareholders' Equity 31,202 48,636

Total Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity $ 67,046 $ 93,742

Total Liabilities, Mezzanine Equity and Shareholders’ Equity $ 40,758 $ 67,046

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Year ended December 31,

Revenues (Note 4)

Product sales, net $ 13,824 $ 10,202

License revenues — 10,000

Royalty revenues $ 477 $ 931

Total Revenues 477 931

Cost of goods sold 3,348 1,392

Operating Expenses:

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Selling, general and administrative 16,387 20,299

Goodwill and in-process research & development impairments — 54,345

Contingent Stock Remeasurement — 84,726

Total Operating Expenses 34,772 39,842

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Interest expense — ( 5,610 )

Other expense (income), net 135 ( 1,110 )

Loss Before Income Tax 73,777 255,826

Income Tax (Benefit) Expense (Note 16)

( 448 ) ( 258 )

Other income (expense), net 363 ( 135 )

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes ( 33,932 ) ( 44,656 )

Income tax expense (benefit) 13 ( 448 )

Loss from continuing operations ( 33,945 ) ( 44,208 )

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes 10,735 ( 29,121 )

Net Loss $ ( 23,210 ) $ ( 73,329 )

Loss per share from continuing operations, basic and diluted $ ( 10.65 ) $ ( 15.46 )

Income (loss) per share from discontinued operations, basic and diluted $ 3.37 $ ( 10.18 )

Loss per share basic and diluted $ ( 7.28 ) $ ( 25.64 )

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VYNE THERAPEUTICS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

dollars in thousands)

Year ended December 31

Net Loss $ 73,329 $ 255,568

Other Comprehensive Loss:

Net unrealized gains from marketable securities — ( 1 )

Losses on marketable securities reclassified into net loss — 6

Total Other Comprehensive Loss — 5

Total Comprehensive Loss $ 73,329 $ 255,573

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements

VYNE THERAPEUTICS INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEZZANINE EQUITY AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

dollars in thousands, except share data)

Common stock Additional paid-in

capital Accumulated deficit Accumulated

other comprehensive

income (loss) Total

Number of shares Amounts Amounts

Mezzanine Equity

(Convertible Preferred Stock) Common stock Additional paid-in

capital Accumulated deficit Total Shareholders' Equity

Number of shares Amounts Number of shares Amounts Amounts

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2020 — $ — 2,400,290 $ 4 $ 603,685 $ ( 566,196 ) $ 37,493

CHANGES DURING 2021:

Comprehensive loss — — — ( 255,568 ) ( 5 ) ( 255,573 )

Net loss — — — — — ( 73,329 ) ( 73,329 )

Exercise of options, vesting of restricted stock units and shares issued under employee stock purchase plan — — 20,274 — 410 — 410

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Deemed dividend to warrants holders due to warrant modification — — — — —

Classification of stock awards to derivative liability — — ( 975 ) — — ( 975 )

Issuance of common stock, net of $ 4,151 issuance costs

Issuance of common stock under at-the-market offering, net of $ 1,038 issuance costs

— — 262,962 — 29,158 — 29,158

Issuance of stock related to merger 24,765,999 2 196,168 — — 196,170

Issuance of common stock through a registered direct offering, net of $ 3,177 issuance costs

— — 293,015 1 46,823 — 46,824

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2021 — $ — 2,976,541 $ 5 $ 688,156 $ ( 639,525 ) $ 48,636

CHANGES DURING 2022:

Comprehensive loss — — — ( 73,329 ) — ( 73,329 )

Exercise of options, vesting of restricted stock units and shares issued under employee share purchase plan 364,937 — 410 — — 410

Net loss — — — — — ( 23,210 ) ( 23,210 )

Reclassification due to reverse stock split — — — ( 5 ) 5 — —

Vesting of restricted stock units and shares issued under employee share purchase plan — — 16,749 — 9 — 9

Stock-based compensation — — — — 4,297 — 4,297

Issuance of common stock, net of $ 4,215 issuance costs

Issuance of commitment shares in March 2022 — — 92,644 — — — —

Issuance of common stock, under at-the-market offering, net of $ 135 in issuance costs

— — 143,770 — 1,470 — 1,470

Issuance of convertible preferred stock, net of $ 89 in issuance costs

3,000 211 — — — — —

BALANCE AT DECEMBER 31, 2022 3,000 $ 211 3,229,704 $ — $ 693,937 $ ( 662,735 ) $ 31,202

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Depreciation and amortization 72 109

Goodwill and in-process research & development impairments — 54,345

Contingent stock right remeasurement — 84,726

Stock-based compensation 4,297 8,080

Non-cash finance expense, net — 2,472

Loss from sale and disposal of fixed assets 282 93

Changes in marketable securities and bank deposits, net — ( 142 )

Debt prepayment premium — 1,432

Share-based compensation 8,080 18,100

Non-cash other expense (income), net 2,472 ( 654 )

Changes in operating asset and liabilities, net of effects of businesses acquired:

Decrease (increase) in trade receivables, prepaid and other assets 7,709 ( 17,138 )

Decrease (increase) in other non-current assets 841 ( 4,171 )

(Decrease) in accounts payable and accruals ( 2,675 ) ( 12,975 )

(Decrease) increase in inventory 113 ( 6,048 )

Decrease (increase) in other liabilities ( 1,212 ) 1

Gain on the sale of the MST Franchise ( 12,918 ) —

Changes in operating asset and liabilities:

Decrease in trade receivables, prepaid and other assets 11,210 7,709

Decrease in inventory 97 113

Decrease in other non-current assets — 841

Decrease in trade payables, accrued expenses and employee related obligations and severance benefits ( 8,681 ) ( 2,675 )

Decrease in operating lease liabilities ( 349 ) ( 1,212 )

Net cash used in operating activities ( 29,200 ) ( 56,367 )

Cash Flows From Investing Activities:

Purchase of fixed assets — ( 113 )

Cash acquired through merger — 38,641

Proceeds from the sale of the MST Franchise 15,667 —

Proceeds from sale and maturity of marketable securities and bank deposits — 1,027

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Cash Flows From Financing Activities:

Debt repayment (Note 13) ( 36,432 ) —

Proceeds from exercise of options and issuance of shares under the employee shares purchase plan 522 310

Proceeds related to the issuance of common shares through offerings, net of issuance costs 1,470 75,981

Debt repayment — ( 36,432 )

(Withholdings) proceeds from exercise of options and issuance of shares for stock-based compensation arrangements, net ( 28 ) 522

Withholding tax from net exercise of restricted share units — ( 294 )

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs 75,981 61,639

Proceeds related to issuance of convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs 211 —

Net cash provided by financing activities 1,653 39,777

(Decrease) Increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash ( 15,563 ) 13,833

Effect of exchange rate on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash — 1

Decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash ( 11,880 ) ( 15,563 )

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the year 42,855 58,418

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Issuance of shares under employee share purchase plan $ 37 $ 169

Additions to operating lease right of use assets — 1,350

Additions to operating lease liabilities $ — $ 1,350

Amount due from sale of MST Franchise $ 5,000 $ —

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

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Interest paid $ — $ 2,385

Fair value of assets acquired $ — $ 117,270

Less liabilities assumed — 5,827

Net acquired (See “Note 3- Business combination”) — 111,443

Less cash acquired — 38,641

Merger net of cash acquired $ — $ 72,802

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTE 1 - NATURE OF OPERATIONS

VYNE Therapeutics Inc., ("VYNE" or the "Company") is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing proprietary, innovative and differentiated therapies for the treatment of immuno-inflammatory conditions.

The Company's most advanced product candidate, FMX114, which is in Phase 2a, is being evaluated for the potential treatment of mild-to-moderate AD.

The Company is also in the pre-clinical stages of developing products containing BET inhibitor compounds.

Its initial BET inhibitor candidate in development is VYN201, a locally administered pan-BET inhibitor, which the Company is exploring in various immuno-inflammatory diseases, including skin diseases .

In addition, the Company continues to explore opportunistic transactions that may enhance its pipeline portfolio, as well as support its current operations and fund its future growth.

Company Overview

VYNE Therapeutics Inc.

(the "Company") is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing proprietary, innovative and differentiated therapies for the treatment of immuno-inflammatory conditions.

In August 2021, the Company entered into a transaction with Tay Therapeutics Ltd.

(formerly known as In4Derm Limited, "Tay") providing the Company with exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop and commercialize products containing bromodomain and extra-terminal (“BET”) inhibitors for the treatment of any disease, disorder or condition in humans.

Through our access to this library of new chemical BET inhibitor compounds, the Company plans to develop product candidates for a diverse set of indications.

Based on preclinical data generated to date, the Company has chosen to focus its initial efforts for this platform on select therapeutic areas in immuno-inflammatory disease.

The Company's lead program is VYN201, a locally administered pan-BET inhibitor designed as a “soft” drug to address diseases involving multiple, diverse inflammatory cell signaling pathways while providing low systemic exposure.

To date, VYN201 has produced consistent reductions in pro-inflammatory and disease-related biomarkers, improvements in disease severity and a demonstrated local activity through several preclinical models.

The Company believes that these data suggest potential broad utility for VYN201 across multiple routes of administration.

In November 2022, the Company initiated a Phase 1a/b clinical trial evaluating a topical formulation of VYN201 for the treatment of nonsegmental vitiligo.

In February 2023, the Company announced positive preliminary safety data from the Phase 1a portion of the trial.

The first nonsegmental vitiligo patient was dosed in the Phase 1b portion of the trial in January 2023 and the Company expects topline results from this trial in mid-2023.

The Company's second program is VYN202, a BD2-selective oral small molecule BET inhibitor.

VYN202 is in preclinical development for the treatment of immuno-inflammatory indications, and is being designed to achieve class-leading selectivity (BD2 vs.

BD1), maximum potency versus BD2 and optimal oral bioavailability.

By maximizing BD2 selectivity, the Company believes VYN202 has the potential to be a more conveniently-administered non-biologic treatment option for both acute control and chronic management of immuno-inflammatory indications, where the damaging effects of unrestricted inflammatory signaling activity is common.

The Company intends to actively evaluate and enter into strategic partnerships to advance its product candidates through the clinic toward commercialization, and may also partner with leading pharmaceutical companies to advance the Company's molecules in therapeutic areas outside of its core focus in immunology.

The Company believes selectively entering into collaborations has the potential to expand and accelerate the development of its programs and maximize the value of its pipeline.

In August 2021, the Company determined to dispose of its legacy commercial business and focus its strategy on the development of BET inhibitor product candidates through its licensing arrangements with Tay.

For additional information regarding the sale of the commercial business to Journey Medical Corporation in January 2022 and the Company's licensing arrangements with Tay, see "—Note 3 - Strategic Agreements."

The Company is a Delaware corporation, has its principal executive offices in Bridgewater, New Jersey and operates as one business segment.

Strategic Business Review and Sale of the MST Franchise

Beginning in the second quarter of 2021, the Company conducted a review of its commercial and research and development portfolio to determine how to optimally deploy capital and drive shareholder value.

During the course of this review, the Company carefully considered the revenues received from the commercialization of AMZEEQ and ZILXI and the associated costs to drive those revenues, the protracted negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic during the commercial launches of both AMZEEQ and ZILXI, the payor landscape, as well as the costs to develop each of its pipeline products.

During this process, the Company evaluated several strategic options including the acquisition of marketed assets, out-licensing its approved products outside of the United States, and possible partnering or co-development relationships with interested parties.

Following its review, the Company determined to initiate a process to explore a possible sale or license of its topical minocycline franchise, including AMZEEQ, ZILXI, FCD105 (the Company’s former Phase 3 proprietary novel topical combination foam formulation of minocycline and adapalene for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acne vulgaris) and the underlying Molecule Stabilizing Technology platform.

On January 12, 2022, VYNE entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Journey Medical Corporation (”Journey”) pursuant to which the Company sold its Molecule Stabilizing Technology franchise, including AMZEEQ, ZILXI, and FCD105 (the “MST Franchise”), to Journey.

The assets include certain contracts, including the license agreement with Cutia Therapeutics (HK) Limited (“Cutia”), inventory and intellectual property related to the MST Franchise (together, the “Assets”).

Pursuant to the Agreement, the Buyer assumed certain liabilities of the MST Franchise including, among others, those arising from VYNE’s patent infringement suit initiated against Padagis Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

There were no current or long-term liabilities recorded by the Company which were transferred to the Buyer.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, VYNE received an upfront payment of $ 20.0 million and will receive an additional $ 5.0 million on the one-year anniversary of the closing of the transaction.

VYNE is also eligible to receive sales milestone payments of up to $ 450.0 million in the aggregate upon the achievement of specified levels of net sales on a product-by-product basis, beginning with annual net sales exceeding $ 100.0 million (with products covered in three categories (1) AMZEEQ (and certain modifications), (2) ZILXI (and certain modifications), and (3) FCD105 and other products covered by the patents being transferred, including certain modifications).

In addition, VYNE is entitled to receive certain payments from any licensing or sublicensing of the assets by Journey outside of the United States.

See Note 17 - Subsequent Events for additional discussion of the disposition.

By leveraging its drug development and clinical development capabilities and strong network of discovery and preclinical science partners, the Company has transitioned its strategic focus to develop therapies for the treatment of immuno-inflammatory conditions.

The Company expects to continue to invest in FMX114 for the treatment of mild to moderate atopic dermatitis and enrolled the first patient in its Phase 1b/2a proof-of-concept study in October 2021.

On January 19, 2022, the Company announced findings from the Phase 1b safety portion of the Phase 1b/2a trial evaluating FMX 114.

The findings support trial continuation.

In addition, on August 12, 2021, the Company announced a transaction with In4Derm Limited, a company incorporated and registered in Scotland (“In4Derm”).

In4Derm is a spin-out of the University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences which has discovered and is developing proprietary Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal Domain ("BET") inhibitors for the treatment of immunology and oncology conditions.

On April 30, 2021, the parties entered into an Evaluation and Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) pursuant to which In4Derm granted the Company an exclusive option to obtain exclusive worldwide

rights to research, develop and commercialize products containing In4Derm’s BET inhibitor compounds, which are new chemical entities for treatments in all fields for any disease, disorder or condition in humans.

On August 6, 2021, the parties entered into a License Agreement granting the Company a worldwide, exclusive license that is sublicensable through multiple tiers to exploit certain of In4Derm’s pan-BD BET inhibitor compounds in all fields.

The Company paid a $ 1.0 million cash payment to In4Derm upon the execution of the Option Agreement and $ 0.5 million in connection with entering into the License Agreement.

Pursuant to the License Agreement, the Company has agreed to make cash payments to In4Derm upon the achievement of specified clinical development and regulatory approval milestones with respect to each licensed topical product in the U.S.

of up to $ 15.75 million for all indications.

In addition, the Company currently expects to exercise the Oral BETi Option following the selection of a lead candidate for the program.

Upon exercise of the exclusive Oral BETi Option, the parties will sign a license agreement (the “Oral License Agreement”), and the Company will be required to pay In4Derm a $ 4.0 million cash payment.

The Oral License Agreement will include cash payments of up to $ 43.75 million payable to In4Derm upon the achievement of specified clinical development and regulatory approval milestones with respect to each licensed oral product in the U.S.

for all indications.

The license agreements also provide for tiered royalty payments of up to 10 % of net annual sales across licensed BET inhibitor products by the Company.

In4Derm is entitled to additional milestones upon the achievement of regulatory approvals in certain jurisdictions outside the U.S.

The initial BET inhibitor candidates in development are VYN201 and VYN202.

VYN201 is a pan-bromodomain or pan-BD BET inhibitor.

It is a first-in-class “soft” pan-BD BET inhibitor that is being developed to address diseases involving multiple, diverse inflammatory cell signaling pathways.

With the VYN201 program, the Company is attempting to develop a therapy that is locally acting and is rapidly cleared through the body's metabolic process so as to avoid systemic absorption.

The Company is continuing to evaluate VYN201 in a variety of preclinical models and will announce an initial indication for VYN201 following such evaluation.

With respect to the VYN202 program, the Company is exploring multiple BET inhibitor compounds that are highly selective for bromodomain 2 ("BD2").

By selectively inhibiting BD2, the Company believes VYN202 could have a more targeted anti-inflammatory effect with an improved benefit/risk profile.

The Company is diligently working with In4Derm to develop a lead molecule for the VYN202 program.

Once a lead candidate has been selected, the Company intends to exercise its option with respect to these BET inhibitor compounds and commence an IND-enabling preclinical safety program.

As the Company transitioned from a commercial organization to one focused on research and development, the Company streamlined operations by eliminating the vast majority of planned expenditures supporting its commercial operations.

Furthermore, following its decision to divest the MST franchise, the Company reduced its workforce by terminating approximately 70 employees.

The Company incurred a one-time charge of $ 1.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2021 in connection with this restructuring plan, consisting of $ 1.4 million of employee termination costs, including severance and other benefits, and retention payments of $ 0.2 million.

Additional charges of $ 0.2 million related to retention payments are anticipated through June 30, 2022.

Reverse stock split and recasting of per-share amounts

On February 10, 2021, our Board of Directors approved a one-for-four reverse stock split of our outstanding shares of common stock.

On February 10, 2021, the Company's board of directors approved a one-for-four reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock.

The reverse stock split was effected on February 12, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.

Eastern time.

At the effective time, every four issued and outstanding shares of our common stock were converted into one share of common stock.

At the effective time, every four issued and outstanding shares of the Company's common stock were converted into one share of common stock.

No fractional shares were issued in connection with the reverse stock split, and in lieu thereof, each stockholder holding fractional shares was entitled to receive a cash payment (without interest or deduction) from the Company’s transfer agent in an amount equal to such stockholder’s respective pro rata shares of the total net proceeds from the Company’s transfer agent sale of all fractional shares at the then-prevailing prices on the open market.

In connection with the reverse stock split, the number of authorized shares of our common stock was also reduced on a one-for-four basis, from 300 million shares to 75 million shares.

In connection with the reverse stock split, the number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock was also reduced on a one-for-four basis, from 300 million shares to 75 million shares.

The par value of each share of common stock remained unchanged.

A proportionate adjustment was also

made to the maximum number of shares issuable under the Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan and 2019 Employee Share Purchase Plan.

None of the authorized shares were impacted by the reverse stock split.

On July 19, 2021, the Company held its meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").

Following the approval by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock at the Annual Meeting, the Company filed a Certificate of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 75,000,000 to 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share.

On February 8, 2023, the Company's board of directors approved a 1-for-18 reverse stock split of its outstanding shares of common stock.

The reverse stock split was effected on February 10, 2023 at 5:01 p.m.

Eastern time.

At the effective time, every 18 issued and outstanding shares of the Company's common stock were converted into one share of common stock.

A proportionate adjustment was also made to the maximum number of shares issuable under the Company’s 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan and 2019 Employee Share Purchase Plan.

The number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock and the par value of each share of common stock remained unchanged.

Unless noted, all common shares and per share amounts contained in the consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a 1-for-18 reverse stock split.

Reverse Merger

On November 10, 2019, Menlo Therapeutics Inc.

("Menlo"), Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

(“Foamix”) and Giants Merger Subsidiary Ltd.

(“Merger Sub”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Menlo, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended by Amendment No.

1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 4, 2019, the “Merger Agreement”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Foamix, with Foamix surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Menlo (the “Merger”) on March 9, 2020 (the “Effective Date”).

The combined Company changed its name to VYNE in September 2020.

For accounting purposes, the Merger is treated as a “reverse acquisition” under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S.

GAAP”) and Foamix is considered the accounting acquirer.

Accordingly, upon consummation of the Merger, the historical financial statements of Foamix became the Company’s historical financial statements, and the historical financial statements of Foamix are included in the comparative prior periods.

See “Note 3 – Business Combination” for more information on the Merger.

The Company was developing serlopitant, a small molecule inhibitor of the neurokinin 1 receptor, or NK1-R, given as a once-daily, oral tablet, for the treatment of pruritus, or itch, associated with various conditions including prurigo nodularis, or PN.

On April 6, 2020, the Company announced top line results from two Phase III clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of once-daily oral serlopitant for the treatment of pruritus (itch) associated with PN, studies MTI-105 and MTI-106.

Neither study met their respective primary endpoint of demonstrating statistically significant reduction in pruritus in patients treated with serlopitant compared to placebo based on a 4-point improvement responder analysis.

The Company does not currently intend to further pursue the development of serlopitant.

As a result, in the second quarter of 2020, the Company recorded a full impairment charge related to the IPR&D and Goodwill assets in its unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss.

See "Note 3 - Business Combination" for more information.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

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The Company commenced generating product revenues related to sales of AMZEEQ and ZILXI in January 2020 and October 2020, respectively.

AMZEEQ and ZILXI were sold as part of the sale of the MST Franchise on January 12, 2022 and, as such, the Company will no longer be generating revenue from the sale of these products.

AMZEEQ and ZILXI were sold as part of the sale of the MST Franchise on January 12, 2022 and, as such, the Company no longer generates revenue from the sale of these products.

The Company has incurred losses and experienced negative operating cash flows since its inception and anticipates that it will continue to incur losses until such a time when its product candidates, if approved, are commercially successful, if at all.

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For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred a net loss of $ 23.2 million and used $ 29.2 million of cash in operations.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $ 42.9 million.

The Company's cash and cash equivalents are held in money market accounts.

The Company also received proceeds of $ 20.0 million from the sale of the MST Franchise in January 2022 and will receive an additional payment of $ 5.0 million on the one-year anniversary of the sale.

Following the sale of the MST Franchise, the Company is refocusing its limited resources on its immuno-inflammatory pipeline and intends to support the FMX114 and the BET inhibitor development programs.

Research and development activities for these programs, including preclinical and clinical testing of the Company's drug candidates, will require significant additional financing.

The future viability of the Company and its ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on its ability to raise sufficient working capital through either debt or equity financings to fund our operations and successfully develop commercially viable drug candidates.

The net loss was comprised of $ 10.7 million of income from discontinued operations and $ 33.9 million loss from continuing operations.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash of $ 31.0 million and an accumulated deficit of $ 662.7 million.

The Company received the $ 5.0 million deferred payment from Journey on January 12, 2023, the one-year anniversary of the sale of the MST Franchise.

The Company had no outstanding debt as of December 31, 2022.

The Company has taken a number of actions to support its operations and meet its liquidity needs.

Following its review, the Company initiated a process to explore a possible sale or license of its MST Franchise, including AMZEEQ, ZILXI, FCD105 and the underlying MST platform and refocus its resources on its immuno-inflammatory development programs.

As a result of this decision, the Company restructured its operations and reduced its workforce, which lowered operating costs.

In January 2022, the Company sold its MST Franchise.

In March 2022, the Company entered into an equity purchase agreement (the “Equity Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln Park”) which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, the Company may sell to Lincoln Park up to $ 30.0 million of shares of its common stock over the 36 -month term of the Equity Purchase Agreement.

The Company has not made any sales pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement to date.

As described above, the Company refocused its limited resources on its immuno-inflammatory pipeline.

Continued research and development activities for these programs, including preclinical and clinical testing of the Company's product candidates, will require significant additional financing.

successfully develop commercially viable product candidates.

There is no assurance the Company will be able to achieve these objectives under acceptable terms or at all.

In accordance with Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company has evaluated whether there are conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that its audited consolidated financial statements are issued.

The accompanying audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and contemplate the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is expected

to be impacted by the outcome of the plans outlined above, including the Company's ability to raise additional capital to fund its operations, positive results from clinical trials for FMX114, and the successful development and positive results from clinical trials for the BET inhibitor programs.

Based on its current plans and assumptions, the Company believes that absent sufficient proceeds received from equity transactions, financing transactions or business development transactions, the Company will not have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to fund its operations beyond one year from the issuance of these financial statements.

Accordingly, the Company will, over the course of the next twelve months, require significant additional financing to continue its operations.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and contemplate the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business.

The Company's ability to continue as a going concern is expected to be impacted by the outcome of the plans outlined above, including the Company's ability to raise additional capital to fund its operations and the development and results from clinical trials for the BET inhibitor programs.

Based on its current plans and assumptions, the Company believes that absent sufficient proceeds received from financing transactions or business development transactions, the Company will not have sufficient cash and cash equivalents to fund its operations beyond one year from the issuance of these consolidated financial statements.

This assumption does not include proceeds that can be drawn from Lincoln Park.

Accordingly, the Company will, over the course of the next twelve months, require significant additional financing to continue its operations and meaningfully advance the development of its product candidates, including potentially selling a significant amount of shares pursuant to the Equity Purchase Agreement.

The Company may also employ strategies to further extend its ability to fund its operations including:

(1) identification of third-party partners to further develop, obtain marketing approval for and/or commercialize its product candidates, which may generate revenue and/or milestone payments and/or (2) refocusing its resources on research and development programs it chooses to prioritize and reducing spending on other programs by delaying or discontinuing development.

In addition, the amount of proceeds the Company may be able to raise pursuant to its existing shelf registration statement on Form S-3 may be limited.

As of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company will be subject to the general instructions of Form S-3 known as the "baby shelf rules." Under these instructions, the amount of funds the Company can raise through primary public offerings of securities in any 12-month period using its registration statement on Form S-3 is limited to one-third of the aggregate market value of the shares of its common stock held by non-affiliates of the Company.

As of the filing of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company is subject to the general instructions of Form S-3 known as the "baby shelf rules." Under these instructions, the amount of funds the Company can raise through primary public offerings of securities in any 12-month period using its registration statement on Form S-3 is limited to one-third of the aggregate market value of the shares of its common stock held by non-affiliates of the Company.

Therefore, the Company will be limited in the amount of proceeds it is able to raise by selling shares of its common stock using its Form S-3 until such time as its public float exceeds $ 75.0 million.

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Failure to successfully receive additional financing will require the Company to delay, scale back or otherwise modify its business and its research and development activities and other operations.

The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities or any other adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities or any other adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:

Basis of presentation

The Company’s financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S.

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S.

Principles of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries.

Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.

Use of estimates

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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 financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period.

Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include accounting for business combinations, impairments of goodwill and intangible assets and revenue recognition.

Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include revenue recognition and product returns accrual.

Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates.

The COVID-19 pandemic and government measures taken in response to the pandemic have had a negative impact on the Company's operations.

Access to healthcare providers has been limited, which has negatively impacted sales and the Company's ability to execute its commercial strategy with respect to AMZEEQ and ZILXI.

The length of time and extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will directly or indirectly impact the Company's business, results of operations and financial condition and liquidity will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain, subject to change and will continue to evolve with geographical re-openings, surges in cases, the emergence of new strains and the vaccination effort.

The COVID-19 pandemic and government measures taken in response to the pandemic have had a negative impact on the Company's operations in 2021.

Access to healthcare providers was limited, which has negatively impacted sales and the

Company's ability to execute its commercial strategy with respect to AMZEEQ and ZILXI prior to the sale of the assets to Journey in January 2022.

In addition, the Company further assessed certain accounting matters that generally require consideration of forecasted financial information in context with the information reasonably available to the Company and the unknown future impacts of COVID-19 as of December 31, 2022 and through the date of this report.

The accounting matters assessed included, but were not limited to, the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts and credit losses, inventory and related reserves, impairments of long-lived assets and revenue recognition.

In 2020, the Company recorded impairments of goodwill and certain indefinite-lived intangible assets;

however, these were unrelated to the impact of COVID-19 (See "Note 3 - Business Combination" for more information).

The Company’s future assessment of the magnitude and duration of COVID-19, as well as other factors, could result in material impacts to the Company’s consolidated financial statements in future reporting periods.

Business Acquisition

The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the operations of an acquired business after the completion of the acquisition.

The Company accounts for acquired businesses using the acquisition method of accounting, which requires, among

other things, that most assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their estimated fair values as of the acquisition date and that the fair value of In-Process Research and Development and Goodwill be recorded on the balance sheet.

Transaction costs are expensed as incurred.

Amounts recorded in connection with an acquisition can result from a complex series of judgments about future events and uncertainties and can rely heavily on estimates and assumptions.

The Company is required to measure certain assets and liabilities at fair value, either upon initial recognition or for subsequent accounting or reporting.

For example, the Company uses fair value in the initial recognition of net assets acquired in a business combination and when measuring impairment losses.

The Company estimates fair value using an exit price approach, which requires, among other things, that Company determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly market.

The determination of an exit price is considered from the perspective of market participants, considering the highest and best use of non-financial assets and, for liabilities, assuming that the risk of non-performance will be the same before and after the transfer.

When estimating fair value, depending on the nature and complexity of the asset or liability, the Company may use one or all of the following techniques:

• Income approach, which is based on the present value of a future stream of net cash flows.

• Market approach, which is based on market prices and other information from market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities.

• Cost approach, which is based on the cost to acquire or construct comparable assets, less an allowance for functional and/or economic obsolescence.

Our fair value methodologies depend on the following types of inputs:

• Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets (Level 1 inputs).

• Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or inputs other than quoted prices that are directly or indirectly observable, or inputs that are derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data by correlation or other means (Level 2 inputs).

• Unobservable inputs that reflect estimates and assumptions (Level 3 inputs).

A single estimate of fair value can result from a complex series of judgments about future events and uncertainties and can rely heavily on estimates and assumptions.

Foreign Currency Translation

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Currency transaction gains and losses are presented in financial income or expenses, as appropriate.

Principles of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries.

Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.

Cash and cash equivalents

The Company considers as cash equivalents all short-term, highly liquid investments, which include short-term bank deposits with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase that are not restricted as to withdrawal or use and are readily convertible to known amounts of cash.

The Company considers as cash equivalents all short-term, highly liquid investments, which include short-term bank deposits and money market funds with original maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase that are not restricted as to withdrawal or use and are readily convertible to known amounts of cash.

As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had approximately $ 28.0 million and $ 29.5 million, respectively, of cash equivalents classified as Level 1 financial instruments.

Restricted Cash

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had restricted cash of $ 0.1 million.

This amount represents bank guarantees for the Company's Israeli branch.

Marketable securities

Marketable equity securities:

The Company's marketable equity securities are recorded at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses included in other income, net in the consolidated statement of operations.

Prior to the date the Company obtains regulatory approval for its product candidates, inventory costs related to commercial production are expensed as research and development expense.

Once regulatory approval is obtained, the Company capitalizes such costs as inventory.

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

The Company determines the cost of inventory using the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method.

The Company periodically reviews its inventory levels and writes down inventory that is expected to expire prior to being sold, inventory in excess of expected sales requirements and inventory that fails to meet commercial sale specifications, with a corresponding charge to cost of goods sold.

As of December 31, 2021 and January 12, 2022, the date the inventory was sold as part of the sale of the MST Franchise, inventories were stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value with cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis by product.

The Company capitalized inventory costs associated with products following regulatory approval when future commercialization was considered probable and the future economic benefit was expected to be realized.

The Company periodically reviewed its inventory levels and, if necessary, wrote down inventory that was expected to expire prior to being sold, inventory in excess of expected sales requirements and inventory that failed to meet commercial sale specifications, with a corresponding charge to cost of goods sold.

There were no material write-downs for the year ended December 31, 2021 and for the period from December 31, 2021 to January 12, 2022.

As a result of the sale of the MST Franchise there were no inventory balances at December 31, 2022.

Property and equipment

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The assets would be written down to their estimated fair values, calculated based on the present value of expected future cash flows (discounted cash flows), or some other fair value measure.

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company did no t recognize an impairment loss for its long-lived assets.

Goodwill and other indefinite lived intangible assets

The Company reviews goodwill and other intangibles that have indefinite lives for impairment annually as of the end of the fiscal year or when events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of these assets might exceed their current fair values.

Impairment testing is based upon the best information available including estimates of fair value which incorporate assumptions market participants would use in making their estimates of fair value.

In 2020, the Company recorded full

impairment charges related to its $ 4.5 million of goodwill and $ 49.8 million of IPR&D (See "Note 3 - Business Combination" for more information).

No impairment was recorded in the years ended December 31, 2021.

Allowance for doubtful accounts

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Debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability are presented on the consolidated balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability and are amortized to interest expense over the term of the related debt, using the effective interest method.

The Company's lease portfolio mainly consists of office space.

Leases are classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.

Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet.

Operating lease assets represent the Company’s right to use an underlying asset for the lease term whereas lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease.

Operating lease assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.

Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the consolidated balance sheet.

Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term.

Contingencies

Certain conditions may exist as of the date of the financial statements, which may result in a loss to the Company, but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur.

Certain conditions may exist as of the date of the consolidated financial statements, which may result in a loss to the Company, but which will only be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur.

The Company’s management assesses such contingent liabilities and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment.

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If the assessment of a contingency indicates that it is probable that a material loss has been incurred and the amount of the liability can be estimated, then the estimated liability is recorded as accrued expenses in the Company’s financial statements.

If the assessment indicates that a potential material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material are disclosed.

If the assessment indicates that a potential material loss contingency is not probable but is reasonably possible, or is probable but cannot be estimated, then

the nature of the contingent liability, together with an estimate of the range of possible loss if determinable and material are disclosed.

Loss contingencies considered to be remote by management are generally not disclosed unless they involve guarantees, in which case the guarantees are disclosed.

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Share-based payments related to the employee share purchase plan (“ESPP”) are recognized based on the fair value of each award estimated on the first day of the offering period and recognized as an expense over the offering period using the straight-line method.

The Company elected to recognize compensation costs for awards conditioned only on continued service that have a graded vesting schedule using the straight-line method based on the multiple-option award approach.

The Company elected to recognize compensation costs for awards conditioned only on continued service that have a graded vesting schedule using the straight-line method.

Revenue recognition

The Company accounts for its revenue transactions under FASB ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

The Company accounts for its revenue transactions under Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

In accordance with ASC Topic 606, the Company recognizes revenues when its customers obtain control of its product for an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive from its customers in exchange for that product.

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The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when such performance obligation is satisfied.

The Company’s customers include a limited number of national and select regional wholesalers (the “distributors”) and certain independent and specialty pharmacies, together (the "customers").

These distributors subsequently resell the product, primarily to retail pharmacies that dispense the product to patients.

Net product revenue is typically recognized when customers obtain control of the Company’s products, which occurs at a point in time, typically upon delivery of product to the customers.

The Company evaluates the creditworthiness of its customers to determine whether it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized will not occur.

The Company does not assess whether a contract has a significant financing component if the expectation is such that the period between the transfer of the promised goods to the customer and the receipt of payment will be less than one year.

Standard credit terms do not exceed 75 days.

The Company expenses incremental costs of obtaining a contract as and when incurred if the expected amortization period of the asset that would have been recognized is one year or less or the amount is immaterial.

Shipping and handling costs related to the Company’s product sales are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

The Company’s net product revenues through December 31, 2021 were generated through sales of AMZEEQ, which was approved by the FDA in October 2019 and was commercially launched in the United States in January 2020 and ZILXI, which was approved by the FDA in May 2020 and was commercially launched in the United States in October 2020.

As a result of the disposition of the MST Franchise in January 2022, the Company no longer has any revenue generating products;

however, it still receives certain royalty revenues (see Note 4 Discontinued Operations).

Royalty Revenues and Collaboration Agreements

The Company is entitled to royalty payments with respect to sales of a product developed by a customer in collaboration with the Company.

Royalties are recognized as the products are sold by the customer.

Revenues in the amount of $ 0.5 million and $ 0.9 million were recorded during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

For collaboration agreements under ASC 606, the Company identifies the contract, identifies the performance obligations, determines the transaction price, allocates the contract transaction price to the performance obligations, and recognizes the revenue when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied.

The Company identifies the performance obligations included within the agreement and evaluate which performance obligations are distinct.

Upfront payments for licenses are evaluated to determine if the license is capable of being distinct from the obligations to participate on certain development and/or commercialization committees with the collaboration partners and supply manufactured drug product for clinical trials.

For performance obligations that are satisfied over time, the Company utilizes the input method and revenue is recognized by consistently applying a method of measuring progress toward complete satisfaction of that performance obligation.

The Company periodically review our estimated periods of performance based on

the progress under each arrangement and account for the impact of any changes in estimated periods of performance on a prospective basis.

Milestone payments are a form of variable consideration as the payments are contingent upon achievement of a substantive

Milestone payments are estimated and included in the transaction price when the Company determines that it is probable that there will not be a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized in future periods.

Product Revenues, net

The Company’s net product revenues were generated through sales of AMZEEQ, which was approved by the FDA in October 2019 and was commercially launched in the United States in January 2020, and ZILXI, which was approved by the FDA in May 2020 and was commercially launched in the United States in October 2020.

The Company sold the MST Franchise on January 12, 2022 and, as such, the Company no longer generates revenue from the sale of these products.

The following is a description of the Company's accounting policies related to the sales of AMZEEQ and ZILXI.

Product sales

The Company’s customers were a limited number of national and select regional wholesalers (the “distributors”) and certain independent and specialty pharmacies (together, the “customers”).

These distributors would subsequently resell the product, primarily to retail pharmacies that dispense the product to patients.

Net product revenue was typically recognized when customers obtained control of the Company’s products, which occurred at a point in time, typically upon delivery of product to the customers.

The Company evaluated the creditworthiness of its customers to determine whether it is probable that a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized will not occur.

The Company did not assess whether a contract had a significant financing component if the expectation was such that the period between the transfer of the promised goods to the customer and the receipt of payment would be less than one year.

Standard credit terms did not exceed 75 days.

The Company expensed incremental costs of obtaining a contract as and when incurred if the expected amortization period of the asset that would have been recognized is one year or less or the amount is immaterial.

Shipping and handling costs related to the Company’s product sales were included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Product revenue is recorded net of distribution fees, trade discounts, allowances, rebates, copay program coupons, chargebacks, estimated returns and other incentives.

These reserves are classified as either reductions of accounts receivable or as current liabilities.

The estimates of reserves established for variable consideration reflect current contractual and statutory requirements, known market events and trends, industry data and forecasted customer mix.

The estimates of reserves established for variable consideration reflect contractual and statutory requirements, known market events and trends, industry data and forecasted customer mix.

The transaction price, which includes variable consideration reflecting the impact of discounts and allowances, may be subject to constraint and is included in the net product revenues only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of the amount of the cumulative revenues recognized will not occur in a future period.

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If actual results vary, estimates may be adjusted in the period such change in estimate becomes known, which could have an impact on earnings in the period of adjustment.

See “Note 4 – Revenue Recognition” for more information.

On April 23, 2020, the Company announced that it entered into a license agreement with Cutia for our minocycline products and product candidate, if approved, on an exclusive basis in Greater China.

Under the terms of the agreement, Cutia will have an exclusive license to obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize AMZEEQ, ZILXI and, if approved in the U.S., FCD105 in the Greater China territory.

The Company will supply the finished licensed products to Cutia for clinical and commercial use.

The Company received an upfront cash payment of $ 10.0 million.

The license was determined to be a distinct performance obligation of the arrangement, therefore the Company recognized the revenues from the upfront license fee when the license is transferred to the licensee and the licensee is able to use and benefit from the license.

The disposition of the MST Franchise included the license agreement with Cutia including the rights to future revenues under that agreement.

See "Note 4 - Revenue Recognition" for more information.

Product Sales Provisions

Provisions for distribution fees, trade discounts and chargebacks are reflected as a reduction to trade receivables, net on the consolidated balance sheet.

All other provisions, including rebates, other discounts and return provisions are reflected as a liability within accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheet.

Provisions for revenue reserves reduced product revenues by $ 62.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

The revenue reserve accrual was $ 2.7 million and $ 5.5 million as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively and was reflected in accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet.

Actual amounts may ultimately differ from these estimates.

If actual results vary, estimates may be adjusted in the period such change in estimate becomes known, which could have an impact on earnings in the period of adjustment.

Distribution Fees and Trade Discounts and Allowances

The Company paid fees for distribution services and for certain data that distributors provide to the Company and generally provided discounts on sales to its distributors for prompt payment.

These fees and discounts are contractual in nature and the Company expects its distributors to earn these fees and discounts, and accordingly deducts the full amount of these fees and discounts from its gross product revenues at the time such revenues are recognized.

Rebates, Chargebacks and Other Discounts

Product sales made under managed-care and governmental pricing programs in the U.S.

are subject to rebates.

Managed Care rebates relate to contractual agreements to sell products to managed care organizations and pharmacy benefit managers at contractual rebate percentages in exchange for volume and/or market share.

Chargebacks relate to contractual agreements to sell products to government agencies and other indirect customers at contractual prices that are lower than the list prices the Company charges wholesalers.

When these government agencies or other indirect customers purchase products through wholesalers at these reduced prices, the wholesaler charges the Company for the difference between the prices they paid the Company and the prices at which they sold the products to the indirect customers.

The Company estimates the rebates and chargebacks it expects to be obligated to provide and deducts these estimated amounts from its gross product revenue at the time the revenue is recognized.

The Company estimates the rebates and chargebacks that it expects to be obligated to provide based upon (i) the Company's current contracts and negotiations, (ii) estimates regarding the payer mix based on third-party data and utilization, (iii) inventory held by distributors and (iv) estimates of inventory held at the retail channel.

Other discounts include the Company’s co-pay assistance coupon programs for commercially-insured patients meeting certain eligibility requirements.

The calculation of the accrual for co-pay assistance is based on an estimate of claims and the cost per claim that the Company expects to pay associated with product that has been recognized as revenue.

Product Returns

Consistent with industry practice, customers are generally allowed to return products within a specified period of time before and after its expiration date.

The Company estimates the amount of product that will be returned and deducts these estimated amounts from its gross revenue at the time the revenue is recognized.

T he information utilized to estimate the returns provision includes:

(i) actual return history (ii) historical return industry information regarding rates for comparable pharmaceutical products and product portfolios , (iii) external data with respect to inventory levels in the wholesale distribution channel, (iv) external data with respect to prescription demand for products and (v) remaining shelf lives of products at the date of sale.

Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities

The Company did not have any contract assets (unbilled receivables) related to product sales or as of December 31, 2022, as

customer invoicing generally occurs before or at the time of revenue recognition.

The Company did not have any contract

assets (unbilled receivables) related to its license revenues as of December 31, 2022 or 2021.

The Company did not have any contract liabilities as of December 31, 2022 or 2021, as the Company did not receive payments

in advance of fulfilling its performance obligations to its customers.

Sales Commissions

Sales commissions are generally attributed to periods shorter than one year and therefore are expensed when incurred.

Sales commissions are included in discontinued operations.

Collaboration arrangements

The Company analyzes its collaboration arrangements to assess whether they are within the scope of ASC Topic 808, Collaborative Arrangements (ASC 808), to determine whether such arrangements involve joint operating activities performed by parties that are both active participants in the activities and exposed to significant risks and rewards that are dependent on the commercial success of such activities.

To the extent the arrangement is within the scope of ASC 808, the Company will assess whether aspects of the arrangement between it and their collaboration partner are within the scope of other accounting literature.

Research and development costs

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Loss per share

The calculation of the weighted-average number of common stock outstanding during the period in which the reverse merger occurs was based on:

The number of common stock outstanding from the beginning of that period to the merger date was computed on the basis of the weighted-average number of common stock of the legal acquiree (accounting acquirer) outstanding during the period multiplied by the exchange ratio established in the merger agreement

The number of common stock outstanding from the merger date to the end of that period was the actual number of common stock of the legal acquirer (the accounting acquiree) outstanding during that period.

Net loss per share, basic and diluted, is computed on the basis of the net loss for the period divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

Net loss per share, basic and diluted, is computed on the basis of the net loss from continuing operations for the period divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.

Diluted net loss per share is based upon the weighted average number of common stock and of common stock equivalents outstanding when dilutive.

Common stock equivalents include outstanding stock options and warrants which are included under the treasury share method when dilutive.

The following stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), warrants and incremental shares to be issued under the employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented (share data):

The following stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and warrants were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effect would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented (share data):

Year ended December 31,

Outstanding share options, RSUs and shares under ESPP 5,306,352 4,994,333

Outstanding share options and RSUs 313,403 294,797

Warrants 27,509 27,509

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Fair value is based on the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or that would be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

In order to increase consistency and comparability in

fair value measurements, the guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels, which are described as follows:

In order to increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurements, the guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three broad levels, which are described as follows:

Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities.

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Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but corroborated by market data or active market data of similar or identical assets or liabilities.

Level 3 Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available.

Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available.

The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs.

In determining fair value, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible and considers counterparty credit risk in its assessment of fair value.

Discontinued Operations

The Company accounted for the sale of the MST Franchise in accordance with ASC 205, Discontinued Operations, and ASU No.

2014-08, Reporting of Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity .

The Company followed the held-for-sale criteria as defined in ASC 360 Property, Plant and Equipment and ASC 205.

ASC 205 requires that a component of an entity that has been disposed of or is classified as held for sale and has operations and cash flows that can be clearly distinguished from the rest of the entity be reported as assets held for sale and discontinued operations.

In the period a component of an entity has been disposed of or classified as held for sale, the results of operations for the periods presented are reclassified into separate line items in the consolidated statements of operations.

Assets and liabilities are also reclassified into separate line items on the related consolidated balance sheets for the periods presented.

Non-cash items presented in the statement of cash flows and related to discontinued operations are presented in Note 4 - Discontinued Operations.

ASU 2014-08 requires that only a disposal of a component of an entity, or a group of components of an entity, that represents a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on the reporting entity’s operations and financial results be reported in the consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations.

ASU 2014-08 also provides guidance on the financial statement presentations and disclosures of discontinued operations.

Due to the sale of the MST Franchise during the first quarter of 2022, in accordance with ASC 205, the Company has classified the results of the MST Franchise as discontinued operations in its consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for all periods presented, see Note 4, Discontinued Operations.

All disposed assets and liabilities associated with the MST Franchise were therefore classified as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations in the Company's consolidated balance sheets for the periods presented.

All amounts included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements relate to continuing operations unless otherwise noted.

Concentration of credit risks

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The Company has not experienced any material credit losses in these accounts and does not believe it is exposed to significant credit risk on these instruments.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company's three largest customers collectively represented 41 % of product revenue and 58 % of accounts receivable.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company's largest three customers collectively represented 96 % of product revenue and 90 % of accounts receivable.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company had other receivables of $ 5.2 million primarily relating to the deferred payment from the sale of the MST Franchise and royalty receivables.

The Company received the $ 5.0 million deferred payment in January 2023.

Existing royalty receivables relate to one customer, but do not present a credit risk due to immaterial nature.

Restricted cash as of December 31, 2022 was $ 0.1 million which does not present a credit risk due to immaterial nature.

All marketable securities were sold as of December 31, 2021.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company's three largest customers represented 17 %, 15 % and 9 %, of product revenue and collectively 58 % of accounts receivable.

Comprehensive loss

Comprehensive loss includes, in addition to net loss, unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities and derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedge (net of related taxes where applicable).

Reclassification adjustments for gain or loss of available-for-sale securities are included in other income, net in the consolidated statement of operations.

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, comprehensive loss was equal to the net loss as presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Newly issued and recently adopted accounting pronouncements :

Recent Accounting Guidance Issued:

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No.

2020-4, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848):

Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting" (ASU 2020-4), which provides guidance to alleviate the burden in accounting for reference rate reform by allowing certain expedients and exceptions in applying generally accepted accounting principles to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions impacted by reference rate reform.

The provisions of ASU 2020-4 apply only to those transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform.

Adoption of the provisions of ASU 2020-4 are optional and are effective from March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022.

The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2020-4 on its consolidated financial statements.

Currently, the Company does not expect the adoption of the new standard to have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No.

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Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments ” (ASU 2016-13), which requires companies to measure credit losses of financial instruments, including customer accounts receivable, utilizing a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.

Subsequent to the issuance of ASU 2016-13, the FASB issued several additional Accounting Standard Updates to clarify implementation

guidance, provide narrow-scope improvements and provide additional disclosure guidance.

As a smaller reporting company, the Company will adopt ASU 2016-13 effective January 1, 2023 or at such time where it is no longer a smaller reporting company.

Subsequent to the issuance of ASU 2016-13, the FASB issued several additional Accounting Standard Updates to clarify implementation guidance, provide narrow-scope improvements and provide additional disclosure guidance.

As a smaller reporting company, the

Company will adopt ASU 2016-13 effective January 1, 2023.

Currently, the Company does not expect the adoption of the new standard to have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

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The adoption of the new standard did not have a material impact to the Company's consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 3 - BUSINESS COMBINATION:

On November 10, 2019, Menlo entered into the Merger Agreement with Foamix, and Merger Sub, a direct and wholly-owned Israeli subsidiary of Menlo.

On March 9, 2020, the Merger was completed and Foamix is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.

The combined Company changed its name to VYNE in September 2020.

On the Effective Date, each ordinary share of Foamix was exchanged for 0.5924 shares of common stock of Menlo.

In addition, on the Effective Date, Foamix shareholders received one contingent stock right (a “CSR”) for each Foamix ordinary share held by them.

The CSRs were issued pursuant to the Contingent Stock Rights Agreement (the “CSR Agreement”), dated as of March 9, 2020, by and between Menlo and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, and represented the non-transferable contractual right to receive shares of common stock of Menlo depending on the results of Menlo’s phase III clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of once daily oral serlopitant for the treatment of prurigo nodularis (the “Phase III PN Trials”).

On April 6, 2020, the Company announced that each of Menlo’s Phase III PN Trials (study MTI-105 and study MTI-106) did not meet their respective primary endpoint of demonstrating statistically significant reduction in pruritus in patients treated with serlopitant compared to placebo based upon a 4-point improvement responder analysis.

Accordingly, on April 6, 2020, pursuant to the terms of the CSR Agreement, each CSR was converted into 1.2082 additional shares of Menlo common stock, resulting in an effective Exchange Ratio in the Merger of 1.8006 shares of Menlo common stock for each Foamix ordinary share.

The CSR conversion resulted in the issuance and delivery of 74,544,413 additional shares of Menlo common stock underlying the CSRs, adjusted retrospectively to 18,636,103 shares of common stock upon the reverse stock split effective February 12, 2021.

Following the conversion of the CSRs, pre-Merger Foamix shareholders and pre-Merger Menlo stockholders owned approximately 82 % and 18 % of post-Merger Menlo, respectively, each calculated on a fully diluted basis.

For accounting purposes, the Merger is treated as a “reverse acquisition” under U.S.

GAAP and Foamix is considered the accounting acquirer.

Under reverse acquisition accounting, the U.S.

dollar amount for common stock in the financial statements is based on the value and number of shares issued by Menlo (reflecting the legal structure of Menlo as the legal acquirer) on the Merger date plus subsequent shares issued by the Company.

The amounts in additional paid-in capital represent that of Foamix and include the fair value of shares deemed for accounting purposes to have been issued by Foamix on the merger date and the fair value of the Menlo equity awards included in the purchase price calculation.

The Foamix additional paid-in capital was also adjusted for the difference between the number of common stock and the historical number of shares of Foamix’s ordinary shares.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company incurred transaction costs of approximately $ 11.7 million, which are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

This amount includes $ 8.1 million of severance benefits for employees terminated after the Effective Date.

Purchase Price

The following is the Merger Consideration (as defined in the Merger Agreement) was transferred to effect the Merger:

(in thousands) Total

Deemed (for accounting purposes only) issuance of Foamix shares to Menlo stockholders

Deemed (for accounting purposes only) conversion of Menlo equity awards

Total consideration*

* This amount reflects total consideration prior to reduction in respect of the CSRs (which had a fair value of $ 19.6 million as of the Merger Date) that were issued to Foamix shareholders and that reduced the Menlo stockholders’ relative ownership in the combined company.

If the effect of the CSRs is included, the total consideration deemed paid by Foamix, as the accounting acquirer, to Menlo stockholders and equity award holders in the Merger would be reduced to approximately $ 111.4 million, as shown in the purchase price allocation table below.

Based on Foamix’s closing share price of $ 2.99 as of March 9, 2020, the Merger Consideration under reverse acquisition accounting was approximately $ 131.1 million, consisting of $ 123.8 million for the deemed (for accounting purposes only) issuance of 41.4 million Foamix shares assuming that no upwards adjustment was made to the Exchange Ratio relating to the CSR, and $ 7.3 million for the fair value of Menlo equity awards deemed (for accounting purposes only) to be converted into Foamix equity awards.

The converted stock options represent the fair value of such options attributable to service prior to the Merger date using the Foamix closing share price of $ 2.99 as of March 9, 2020 as an input to the Black Scholes valuation model to determine the fair value of the options.

Purchase Price Allocation

The Company completed its analysis of the allocation of the purchase price to the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed as follows:

(in thousands) March 9, 2020

Cash and cash equivalents

Investment in marketable securities

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

In-process research and development

Current liabilities

Total liabilities

Estimated purchase price*

* Reflects reduction in the purchase price deemed paid to Menlo stockholders in the Merger on the assumption that the CSRs, in an aggregate value of $ 19.6 million, convert into additional shares of the combined company for the Foamix shareholders, thereby resulting in a lower percentage of the combined company’s outstanding shares being owned by Menlo stockholders following the Merger.

Goodwill is recorded with the acquisition of a business and is calculated as the difference between the acquisition date fair value of the consideration transferred and the values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment at least annually.

None of the Goodwill recognized is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes .

The purchase price of the transaction and the excess purchase price over the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired, are calculated as follows:

(in thousands) March 9, 2020

Purchase price $ 111,443

fair value of net assets acquired, including other identifiable intangibles ( 106,898 )

Goodwill $ 4,545

The Company does not intend to further pursue the development of serlopitant.

As such, the Company recorded a full impairment charge of $ 4.5 million related to goodwill in its consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2020.

There were no impairment charges in the year ended December 31, 2021.

In-Process Research and Development (“IPR&D")

The IPR&D recognized relates to Menlo’s once - daily oral serlopitant for the treatment of pruritus (itch) associated with PN that has not reached technological feasibility as follows:

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No.

2020-04, " Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848):

Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting " (ASU 2020-04), which provides guidance to alleviate the burden in accounting for reference rate reform by allowing certain expedients and exceptions in applying generally accepted accounting principles to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions impacted by reference rate reform.

The provisions of ASU 2020-04 apply only to those transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform.

Adoption of the provisions of ASU 2020-04 are optional and are effective from March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022.

In December 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update No.

2022-06, " Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848):

Deferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848" (ASU 2022-06), which provides extension of the sunset date of Topic 848 from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2024.

The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2020-04 and ASU 2022-06 on its consolidated financial statements.

Currently, the Company does not expect the adoption of the new standard to have a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

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):

Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity ” (“ASU 2020-06”), which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments by eliminating the requirement to separately account for embedded conversion features as an equity component in certain circumstances.

A convertible debt instrument will be reported as a single liability instrument with no separate accounting for an embedded conversion feature unless separate accounting is required for an embedded conversion feature as a derivative or under the substantial premium model.

The ASU simplifies the diluted earnings per share calculation by requiring that an entity use the if-converted method and that the effect of potential share settlement be included in diluted earnings per share calculations.

Further, the ASU requires enhanced disclosures about convertible instruments.

The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 as of January 1, 2022 and there was no material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

NOTE 3 - STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS

Sale of the MST Franchise

On January 12, 2022, VYNE entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Journey Medical Corporation ("Journey”) pursuant to which the Company sold its Molecule Stabilizing Technology franchise, including AMZEEQ, ZILXI, and FCD105 (the “MST Franchise”), to Journey.

Pursuant to the Agreement, Journey assumed certain liabilities of the MST Franchise including, among others, those arising from VYNE’s patent infringement suit initiated against Padagis Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

There were no current or long-term liabilities recorded by the Company which were transferred to Journey.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company received an upfront payment of $ 20.0 million at the closing of the sale of the MST franchise and received an additional $ 5.0 million deferred payment in January 2023.

The Company is also eligible to receive sales milestone payments of up to $ 450.0 million in the aggregate upon the achievement of specified levels of net sales on a product-by-product basis, beginning with annual net sales exceeding $ 100.0 million (with products covered in three categories (1) AMZEEQ (and certain modifications), (2) ZILXI (and certain modifications), and (3) FCD105 and other products covered by the patents being transferred, including certain modifications).

In addition, the Company is entitled to receive certain payments from any licensing or sublicensing of the assets by Journey outside of the United States.

Furthermore, following its decision to divest the MST Franchise, the Company reduced its workforce by terminating approximately 70 employees.

The Company did not incur any material expenses in 2022 as a result of the restructuring plan.

BET Inhibitor License Agreements

On August 12, 2021, the Company announced a transaction with Tay Therapeutics Limited (formerly known as In4Derm Limited), a company incorporated and registered in Scotland (“Tay”).

Tay is a spin-out of the University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences which has discovered and is developing proprietary Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal Domain ("BET") inhibitors for the treatment of immunology and oncology conditions.

On April 30, 2021, the parties entered into an Evaluation and Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) pursuant to which Tay granted the Company an exclusive option to obtain exclusive worldwide rights to research, develop and commercialize products containing Tay’s BET inhibitor compounds, which are new chemical entities for treatments in all fields for any disease, disorder or condition in humans.

Under the terms of the Option Agreement, the Company's option with respect to selective BET inhibitor compounds ("Oral Option") was to expire upon the earlier of (i) 14 days following the delivery of an agreed data package and selection of a lead new chemical entity candidate by Tay or (ii) June 30, 2022 (the "Option Term").

On June 15, 2022, the parties entered into a Letter Agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) to extend the Option Term to February 28, 2023.

Pursuant to the terms of the Letter Agreement, the Company paid $ 386,366 (£ 300,000 ) on June 28, 2022 to Tay to extend the Option Term.

In addition, a second payment of $ 997,407 (£ 850,000 ) was paid to Tay pursuant to the terms of the Letter Agreement on August 29, 2022 following the discovery of potential preclinical candidates.

Both payments were recorded as research and development expense.

On February 27, 2023, the parties entered into a Letter Agreement (the "Second Letter Agreement") pursuant to which the Option Term has been extended to April 30, 2023.

As consideration for the extension of the Option Term, the Company paid Tay $ 250,000 upon the execution of the Second Letter Agreement.

Per the terms of the Second Letter Agreement, this fee will be deducted from the upfront fee payable by the Company to Tay in the event that the Company exercises the Oral Option.

On August 6, 2021, the Company exercised its option with respect to certain of Tay's pan-BD Inhibitor Compounds ("Topical Option").

On August 9, 2021, the parties entered into a License Agreement (the "VYN201 License Agreement") granting the Company a worldwide, exclusive license that is sublicensable through multiple tiers to exploit certain of Tay’s pan-BD BET inhibitor compounds in all fields.

The Company paid a $ 1.0 million cash payment to Tay upon the execution of the Option Agreement and $ 0.5 million in connection with entering into the VYN201 License Agreement.

These payments were recorded as a research and development expense in the period paid.

Pursuant to the VYN201 License Agreement, the Company has agreed to make cash payments to Tay upon the achievement of specified clinical development and regulatory approval milestones with respect to each licensed topical product in the United States of up to $ 15.75 million for all indications.

Tay is entitled to additional milestones upon the achievement of regulatory approvals in certain jurisdictions outside the U.S.

The VYN201 License Agreement provides for tiered royalty payments of up to 10 % of annual net sales on the licensed product.

In the event that the Company exercises the Oral Option, the parties will enter into a license agreement (the "VYN202 License Agreement") granting the Company a worldwide, exclusive license that is sublicensable through multiple tiers to exploit certain of Tay’s selective BET inhibitor compounds in all fields.

The Company will owe a $ 4.0 million cash payment, less the extension fee paid in connection with Second Letter Agreement, to Tay in connection with entering into the VYN202 License Agreement.

If the parties enter into the VYN202 License Agreement, the Company will make cash payments to Tay of up to $ 43.75 million upon the achievement of specified clinical development and regulatory approval milestones with respect to each licensed oral product in the United States for all indications.

Tay will also be entitled to additional milestones upon the achievement of regulatory approvals in certain jurisdictions outside the U.S.

The VYN202 License Agreement will provide for tiered royalty payments of up to 10 % of annual net sales on the licensed product.

NOTE 4 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On January 12, 2022, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with Journey pursuant to which the Company sold its MST Franchise to Journey.

The Company has determined that the sale of the MST Franchise represents a strategic shift that had a major effect on the business and therefore the MST Franchise met the criteria for classification as discontinued operations at March 31, 2022.

Accordingly the MST Franchise is reported as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 205-20, Discontinued Operations .

Amounts applicable to prior years have been recast to conform to the discontinued operations presentation.

The Company recognized a gain on the sale of the MST Franchise upon closing.

The negative product sales for the year ended December 31, 2022 was primarily attributable to a change in the product returns provision following the sale of the MST Franchise.

The following table presents the combined results of discontinued operations of the MST Franchise:

Year ended December 31,

(in thousands) 2022 2021

Intangible asset

Estimated Fair Value

Acquired indefinite life intangible assets*

Fair value of identified intangible assets

* Represents acquired IPR&D assets which are initially recognized at fair value and are classified as indefinite-lived assets until the successful completion or abandonment of the associated research and development efforts.

Accordingly, during the research and development period, these assets will not be amortized into earnings;

instead these assets will be subject to periodic impairment testing.

The fair value of IPR&D has been estimated utilizing a multi-period excess earnings method under the income approach, which reflects the present value of the projected cash flows that are expected to be generated, less charges representing the contribution of other assets to those cash flows that use projected cash flows with and without the intangible asset in place.

The Company does not intend to further pursue the development of serlopitant.

As such, the Company recorded a full impairment charge of $ 49.8 million related to the IPR&D asset in its consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the year ended December 31, 2020.

There were no impairment charges in the year ended December 31, 2021.

The CSR was issued pursuant to the CSR Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2020, by and between Menlo and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, and represented the non-transferable contractual right to receive shares of common stock of Menlo depending on the results of Menlo’s Phase III PN Trials.

The Company recognized a liability of $ 19.6 million in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 9, 2020.

The liability was measured at fair value and categorized as level 3 as of the acquisition date in accordance with ASC 805-31-25-5 and subsequently at each reporting date thereafter.

The fair value of the CSR was estimated as the incremental value that Foamix would be able to achieve on a probability weighted basis assuming three different potential probabilities of the following scenarios:

(a) serlopitant significance was achieved in both Phase III PN Trials (b) serlopitant significance was achieved in only one Phase III PN Trial and (c) serlopitant significance was not achieved or was not determined on or before May 31, 2020.

The CSR conversion resulted in the issuance and delivery of 74.5 million additional shares of Menlo common stock underlying the CSRs, adjusted retrospectively to 18.6 million shares of common stock upon the reverse stock split effective February 12, 2021.

Following the conversion of the CSRs, pre-Merger Foamix shareholders and pre-Merger Menlo stockholders own approximately 82 % and 18 % of post-Merger Menlo, respectively, each calculated on a fully diluted basis.

The conversion of

the CSR also affected the Exchange Ratio of the pre-Merger Foamix equity awards and warrants outstanding as of March 9, 2020 and increased the awards available for grant under the Company's equity plan.

The contingent consideration associated with the CSR was recognized and measured at fair value as of the acquisition date in accordance with ASC 805-30-25-5.

An acquirer's obligation to pay contingent consideration should be classified as a liability or equity in accordance with ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, ASC 815 Derivatives and Hedging, and other applicable U.S.

The contingent consideration associated with the CSR was initially measured at fair value and subsequently measured at fair value at each reporting date.

The CSR was classified as a liability, as it was settled by issuing a variable number of the Company's common stock.

On April 6, 2020, the Company recorded $ 84.7 million of expense in its consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss to remeasure the CSR liability in its consolidated balance sheet to its fair value of $ 104.4 million (calculated based on 74,544,413 shares issued, adjusted retrospectively to 18,636,103 shares of common stock upon the reverse stock split effective February 12, 2021, and a share price of $ 1.40 on April 6, 2020) and then settled in connection with the issuance of shares.

The actual Menlo net loss included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income for the year ended December 31, 2020 (for the period from March 9, 2020, the Effective Date, through December 31, 2020, which are not indicative of the results to be expected for a full year) and the supplemental unaudited pro forma revenue and net loss of the combined entity had the acquisition been completed on January 1, 2019.

Actual Menlo results of operations for the period from March 9, 2020, the Effective Date, through December 31, 2020 included in the consolidated statement of operation for the year ended December 31, 2020:

(in thousands) Year ended December 31, 2020

Loss attributable to Menlo $ 24,517

Pro forma Menlo results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020.

(in thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited)

SUPPLEMENTAL PRO FORMA COMBINED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS:

Loss per share - basic and diluted

Adjustments to the supplemental pro forma combined results of operations, included in the above, are as follows:

Transaction costs

Acceleration of stock based compensation

Total Adjustments

These unaudited pro forma consolidated financial results have been prepared for illustrative purposes only and do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have resulted had the acquisition occurred on the first day of the earliest period presented, or of future results of the consolidated entities.

The unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information does not reflect any operating efficiencies and cost savings that may be realized from the integration of the Merger.

NOTE 4 - REVENUE RECOGNITION

Product Sales

Product revenues for the year ended December 31, 2021 were primarily generated from sales of AMZEEQ which was commercially launched in the United States in January 2020 and ZILXI which became available in pharmacies nationwide on October 1, 2020.

The Company’s customers include a limited number of national and select regional distributors and certain independent and specialty pharmacies, together (the "customers").

The distributors subsequently resell the product, primarily to retail pharmacies that dispense the product to patients.

Net product revenue is typically recognized when customers obtain control of the Company’s products, which occurs at a point in time, typically upon delivery of product to the customers.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, three customers accounted for 17 %, 15 % and 9 % of product revenue, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2020, three customers accounted for 42 %, 39 %, and 15 % of product revenue, respectively.

Product Sales Provisions

Product revenue is recorded net of distribution fees, trade discounts, allowances, rebates, chargebacks, estimated returns and other incentives, described below.

The Company calculates its net product revenue based on the wholesale acquisition cost that the Company charges its customers less provisions for (i) trade discounts and allowances, such as distributor fees and discounts for prompt payment, (ii) estimated rebates to third-party payers, patient co-pay assistance programs, chargebacks and other discount programs and (iii) reserves for expected product returns.

Provisions for distribution fees, trade discounts and chargebacks are reflected as a reduction to trade receivables, net on the consolidated balance sheet.

All other provisions, including rebates, other discounts and return provisions are reflected as a liability within accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheet.

Provisions for revenue reserves described below reduced product revenues by $ 62.9 million and $ 39.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

The revenue reserve accrual was $ 5.5 million and $ 5.8 million at December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively and was reflected in accrued expenses in the consolidated balance sheet.

Distribution Fees and Trade Discounts and Allowances :

The Company pays fees for distribution services and for certain data that distributors provide to the Company and generally provides discounts on sales to its distributors for prompt payment.

Rebates, Chargebacks and Other Discounts :

Product sales made under managed-care and governmental pricing programs in the U.S.

are subject to rebates.

The Company estimates the rebates and chargebacks it expects to be obligated to provide and deducts these estimated amounts from its gross product revenue at the time the revenue is recognized.

Other discounts include the Company’s co-pay assistance coupon programs for commercially-insured patients meeting certain eligibility requirements.

Product Returns :

Consistent with industry practice, customers are generally allowed to return products within a specified period of time before and after its expiration date.

The Company estimates the amount of product that will be returned and deducts these estimated amounts from its gross revenue at the time the revenue is recognized.

T he information utilized to estimate the returns provision includes:

(i) historical industry information regarding rates for comparable pharmaceutical products and product portfolios , (ii) external data with respect to inventory levels in the wholesale distribution channel, (iii) external data with respect to prescription demand for products and (iv) remaining shelf lives of products at the date of sale.

The Company estimates that between 1 % and 2 % of product sold to wholesalers will be returned.

The Company does not estimate returns for

sales made to the pharmacies as they are not contractually permitted to return product and the Company did not accept any returns from pharmacies in the year ended December 31, 2021 .

License Revenues

On April 23, 2020, the Company announced that it entered into a license agreement with Cutia for AMZEEQ as well as certain of the Company's other topical minocycline product candidates, once approved, on an exclusive basis in Greater China.

The Company will supply the finished licensed products to Cutia for clinical and commercial use.

Outside of the license transferred, the Company does not have any additional performance obligations under the arrangement.

In exchange for the license, the Company received an upfront cash payment of $ 10.0 million.

The license was considered functional IP as the licensee was able to use and benefit from the license without the continued involvement of the Company.

The disposition of the MST Franchise included the license agreement with Cutia including the rights to future revenues and obligations under that agreement.

The Company recorded $ 10.0 million of license revenue in the year ended December 31, 2020.

No license revenue was earned in the year ended December 31, 2021.

Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities

The Company did not have any contract assets (unbilled receivables) related to product sales or as of December 31, 2021, as customer invoicing generally occurs before or at the time of revenue recognition.

The Company did not have any contract assets (unbilled receivables) related to its license revenues as of December 31, 2021 or 2020.

The Company did not have any contract liabilities as of December 31, 2021 or 2020, as the Company did not receive payments in advance of fulfilling its performance obligations to its customers.

Sales Commissions

Sales commissions are generally attributed to periods shorter than one year and therefore are expensed when incurred.

Sales commissions are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Financing Component

The Company has elected not to adjust consideration for the effects of a significant financing component when the period between the transfer of a promised good or service to the customer and when the customer pays for that good or service will be one year or less.

Standard credit terms do not exceed 75 days.

Royalty Revenues

The Company is entitled to royalty payments with respect to sales of a product developed by a customer in collaboration with the Company.

Revenues in the amount of $ 0.9 million and $ 0.8 million were recorded during the year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

NOTE 5 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, are classified in the tables below in one of the three categories described in "Note 2 - Fair value measurement" above:

December 31, 2021

Level 1 Level 2 Total

Marketable securities — — —

December 31, 2020

Level 1 Level 2 Total

Marketable securities $ 1,027 $ — $ 1,027

The Company sold its marketable securities during the year ended December 31, 2021.

FOAMIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

NOTE 6 - MARKETABLE SECURITIES

Marketable securities as of December 31, 2020 consisted of mutual funds securities.

Realized gains and losses on sales of the securities, are included in the consolidated statement of operations as other income, net.

The Company did not hold any marketable securities as of December 31, 2021.

Equity securities with readily determinable fair value are measured at fair value.

The changes in the fair value of equity investments are recognized through other income, net in the consolidated statements of operations.

The following table sets forth the Company’s marketable securities:

Israeli mutual funds $ — $ 1,027

Total $ — $ 1,027

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 there were no available-for-sale debt securities.

The Company has considered factors regarding other than temporary impaired securities and determined that there were no securities with impairment that is other than temporary as of December 31, 2020.

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company received aggregate proceeds of $ 1.0 million and $ 38.5 million, respectively, upon the sale and maturity of marketable securities.

NOTE 7 – INVENTORY

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value with cost determined on a first-in, first-out basis by product.

The Company capitalizes inventory costs associated with products following regulatory approval when future commercialization is considered probable and the future economic benefit is expected to be realized.

The Company commenced capitalizing inventory for AMZEEQ and ZILXI upon FDA approval in October 2019 and May 2020, respectively.

The Company periodically reviews its inventory levels and, if necessary, writes down inventory that is expected to expire prior to being sold, inventory in excess of expected sales requirements and inventory that fails to meet commercial sale specifications, with a corresponding charge to cost of goods sold.

There were no material inventory write-downs during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

All inventory was sold or written-off in connection with the sale of the MST Franchise.

The following table sets forth the Company’s inventory:

Product sales, net $ ( 1,844 ) $ 13,824

Cost of goods sold 80 3,348

Operating expenses:

Research and development — 5,415

Selling, general and administrative 259 34,182

Total operating expenses 259 39,597

Loss from discontinued operations ( 2,183 ) ( 29,121 )

Gain on the sale of the MST Franchise 12,918 —

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, before income taxes 10,735 ( 29,121 )

Income tax expense — —

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations $ 10,735 $ ( 29,121 )

The following table presents the carrying amounts of the classes of assets related to the discontinued operations of the MST Franchise as of December 31, 2021:

(in thousands) December 31, 2021

Current assets:

Inventory $ 7,291

Prepaid expenses and other assets 554

Total current assets of discontinued operations $ 7,845

Inventory was primarily comprised of $ 3.3 million of raw materials and $ 4.0 million of finished goods.

The following table presents non-cash items related to discontinued operations, which are included in the Company's consolidated statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

Year ended December 31,

(in thousands) 2022 2021

Raw materials $ 3,298 $ 4,042

Work-in-process 33 662

Finished goods 3,960 2,700

Total $ 7,291 $ 7,404

Cash Flows From Operating Activities:

Stock-based compensation (income) expense* $ ( 352 ) $ 1,123

Gain on the sale of the MST Franchise ( 12,918 ) —

Total non-cash items of discontinued operations $ ( 13,270 ) $ 1,123

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

Amount due from sale of MST Franchise $ 5,000 $ —

*Income from stock-based compensation is related to forfeitures.

The following table presents the gain on the sale of the MST Franchise:

(in thousands) Year ended December 31, 2022

Cash proceeds 20,000

Proceeds paid in January 2023 5,000

Less transaction costs ( 4,334 )

Less carrying value of assets sold ( 7,748 )

Gain on sale, before income taxes 12,918

Income tax expense —

Gain on sale net of tax $ 12,918

In accordance with ASC 205-20, only expenses specifically identifiable and related to a business to be disposed may be presented in discontinued operations.

As such, the research and development, marketing, selling and general and administrative expenses in discontinued operations include corporate costs incurred directly to solely support the MST Franchise.

The milestone payment for sales of ZILXI, AMZEEQ and FCD105 represent contingent consideration.

Contingent consideration has been accounted for as a gain contingency in accordance with ASC 450, Contingencies , and will be recognized in earnings in the period when realizable.

NOTE 5 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

FOAMIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

NOTE 8 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (continued)

Leasehold improvements $ — $ 59

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Depreciation and amortization expense totaled $ 0.1 million and $ 0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company disposed of fixed assets in the net amount of $ 0.1 million and $ 2.1 million.

Loss on disposal of fixed assets during the year ended December 31, 2020 relates to the write-off of laboratory and leasehold improvements in Israel due to a reduction in office space.

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company disposed of fixed assets in the net amount of $ 0.3 million and $ 0.1 million, respectively.

Loss on disposal of fixed assets during the year ended December 31, 2022 relates to the write-off of laboratory and leasehold improvements due to a reduction in office space in Israel and the US and is reflected in operating expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

NOTE 6 - ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses consisted of the following:

Product sales provisions (see Note 4) $ 5,489 $ 5,772

Product sales provisions $ 2,695 $ 5,489

Professional services 519 1,213

Research and development 987 969

Marketing — 1,322

Commercialized product accruals — 596

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NOTE 7 – OPERATING LEASE

The Company has operating leases for corporate offices and vehicles.

The properties primarily relate to the Company’s principal executive office in Bridgewater, New Jersey and office space in Israel.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had operating leases for its principal executive office in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company previously had operating leases for its vehicles.

In connection with the strategic business review and sale of the MST Franchise certain vehicle leases were transferred to members of the commercial workforce resulting in the elimination of the operating lease amounts related to fleet vehicles.

On March 13, 2019, the Company signed an amendment to the original lease agreement for its principal executive office in Bridgewater, New Jersey (the “Lease Amendment”).

The Lease Amendment includes an extension of the lease period of the 10,000 square feet previously leased under the original agreement (the "Original Space") and an addition of 4,639 square feet (the "Additional Space”).

The Lease Amendment included an extension of the lease period of the 10,000 square feet previously leased under the original agreement (the “Original Space”) and an addition of 4,639 square feet (the “Additional Space”).

The Company entered the Additional Space following a period of preparation by the lessor completed during September 2019 (the “Commencement Date”).

The lease is due to expire on August 31, 2022.

The term included in the Lease Amendment expired on September 30, 2022.

Pursuant to the Lease Amendment, the Company recognized an additional right of use asset and liability in the amount of $ 0.7 million.

The Additional Space was considered a new lease agreement and was recognized as a right of use asset and liability, in the amount of $ 0.3 million, on the Commencement Date.

The lease agreement for the office space in Israel expires in December 2022.

Additionally, the Company entered into operating lease agreements in connection with the leasing of vehicles.

The lease periods are generally for three years .

To secure the terms of certain of the vehicle lease agreements, the Company has made prepayments to the leasing company, representing approximately three months of lease payments.

These amounts have been recorded as part of the operating lease right to use assets.

In connection with the strategic business review and sale of the MST Franchise certain vehicle leases were transferred to members of the commercial workforce resulting in the elimination of $ 0.5 million of right of use assets and $ 0.5 million of right of use liabilities.

The lease liability matured on September 30, 2022.

In November 2022, the Company transitioned to a smaller corporate headquarters and signed a Sublease Agreement (the “Sublease”) to sublease approximately 5,755 square feet of office space (the “Leased Premises”) in Bridgewater, New Jersey through September 30, 2023.

In addition, the Company signed a Lease Agreement (the “Master Lease”) to lease the Leased Premises following the termination of the Sublease through September 30, 2025.

The Company will record a right of use asset and liability at the commencement date of the Master Lease.

The Master Lease is expected to result in total lease payments of approximately $ 0.3 million.

The lease agreement for the office space in Israel was a one year lease that expired in December 2022.

Given the short-term nature of the lease term, the Company did no t recognize a right-of-use asset and liability.

Operating lease costs for the year ended December 31, 2022 are as follows:

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Office lease expenses $ 297 $ 357

Vehicles lease expenses $ 434 $ 390

The operating lease costs include an immaterial amount of variable lease payments for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.

Operating cash flows, for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities are as follows:

Year Ended December 31

2021 Year Ended December 31

Office leases $ 373 $ 971

Vehicles leases $ 434 $ 390

Supplemental information related to leases are as follows:

2021 December 31

Operating lease right-of-use assets $ 338 $ 1,583

Operating lease liabilities $ 349 $ 1,610

Weighted average remaining lease term 0.77 1.96

Weighted average discount rate 13.10 % 13.10 %

Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:

Total lease payments 366

Less imputed interest ( 17 )

Total lease liability $ 349

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had a lien in the amount of $ 0.6 million on the Company’s cash in respect of bank guarantees granted in order to secure the lease agreements.

VYNE THERAPEUTICS INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)

dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Lease expense is included within selling, general and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

As of December 31, 2021, the lease liabilities reflect a weighted average discount rate of 13.10 % and a remaining weighted average lease term of 0.75 as of December 31, 2021.

There were no lease liabilities as of December 31, 2022.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had a lien in the amount of $ 0.6 million related to a letter of credit on the Company’s cash in respect of bank guarantees granted in order to secure the lease agreements.

In April 2022, the lien was released and the Company reclassed the $ 0.6 million from restricted cash to cash and cash equivalents due to the lien release.

This amount was presented as restricted cash in the Company's consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2021.

NOTE 8 - EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN

Beginning September 2017, the Company has retirement savings plans available to all employees of the Subsidiary, which are intended to qualify as deferred compensation plans under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “401(k) Plans”).

Beginning September 2017, the Company has made retirement savings plans available to all employees of the Subsidiary, which are intended to qualify as deferred compensation plans under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “401(k) Plans”).

The Company made contributions to these 401(k) Plans during the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021 of approximately $ 0.1 million and $ 0.4 million, respectively.

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As of December 31, 2022, there are no claims or actions pending against the Company that, in the opinion of management, are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

On June 30, 2021, the Company received a paragraph IV certification notice (the “Notice”) from Padagis Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

(f/k/a Perrigo Israel Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

(“Padagis”)) advising that Padagis has submitted to the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) an Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) seeking approval to manufacture and sell a generic version of the Company’s product AMZEEQ® (minocycline) topical foam, 4% in the United States prior to the expiration of the Company’s U.S.

8,865,139, 8,945,516, 8,992,896, 9,675,700, 10,086,080, 10,137,200, 10,213,512, 10,265,404, 10,398,641, 10,517,882, 10,821,187, and 10,849,847 (the “Listed Patents”), which are listed in the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, otherwise known as the “Orange Book.” The Notice alleges that the Listed Patents are invalid, unenforceable, and/or will not be infringed by the commercial manufacture, use or sale of the generic product described in Padagis’s ANDA.

On August 9, 2021, the Company initiated a patent infringement suit against Padagis in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware arising from Padagis’s ANDA filing with the FDA.

The patent infringement suit asserts each of the Listed Patents.

As a result, under applicable law, the FDA cannot grant final approval to Padagis’s ANDA before December 30, 2023, or a court decision in Padagis’s favor.

VYNE is seeking, among other relief, an order that the effective date of any FDA approval of Padagis’s ANDA be no earlier than the expiration of the Listed Patents, the latest of which expires on September 8, 2037, and such further and other relief as the court may deem appropriate.

Padagis filed its response and counterclaim on October 1, 2021.

The Company filed its response to such counterclaim on October 22, 2021.

The liabilities associated with this matter have been transferred to Journey in connection with the Sale.

NOTE 10 - LONG-TERM DEBT

On July 29, 2019, Foamix entered into a Credit Agreement (the "Credit Agreement") to secure up to $ 50.0 million from two lenders, one of which is a significant stockholder of the Company and is considered a related party, and a Securities Purchase Agreement with one of the lenders for gross proceeds of approximately $ 14.0 million, before deducting offering expenses (see "Note 12 - Share Capital" for more information).

On March 9, 2020, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Guaranty (as further amended on August 5, 2020, the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"), whereby the Company has guaranteed the indebtedness obligations of the borrower and granted a first priority security interest in substantially all of our assets for the benefit of the lenders.

As of December 31, 2020, $ 35.0 million was drawn under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

The Company did not incur the remaining $ 15.0 million under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

The term loans available under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement were comprised as follows:

(a) $ 15 million that was funded on July 29, 2019 (the “Tranche 1 Loan”), (b) $ 20 million that was funded on December 17, 2019 (the “Tranche 2 Loan”) and (c) up to $ 15 million that was available prior to September 30, 2020 (the “Tranche 3 Loan”).

On March 9, 2020, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Guaranty (as further amended on August 5, 2020, the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement"),

whereby the Company guaranteed the indebtedness obligations of the borrower and granted a first priority security interest in substantially all of the Company's assets for the benefit of the lenders.

The term loans drawn under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement were comprised as follows:

(a) $ 15.0 million that was funded on July 29, 2019 (the “Tranche 1 Loan”) and (b) $ 20.0 million that was funded on December 17, 2019 (the “Tranche 2 Loan”).

The Tranche 2 Loan was borrowed following the FDA’s approval of the Company’s NDA for AMZEEQ and listing of AMZEEQ in the FDA’s “Orange Book,” in addition to maintaining its arrangements with a third party for the commercial supply and manufacture of AMZEEQ.

The Company did not incur the Tranche 3 Loan.

terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) plus (B) the greater of (x) the one-month LIBOR as of the second business day immediately preceding the first day of the calendar month or the date of borrowing (if such loan is not outstanding as of the first day of the calendar month), as applicable, and (y) 2.75 %.

Subject to any acceleration as provided in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, including upon an event of default (as defined in the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), the loans will mature on July 29, 2024 and bear interest equal to the sum of (A) 8.25 % (subject to increase in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement) plus (B) the greater of (x) the one-month LIBOR as of the second business day immediately preceding the first day of the calendar month or the date of borrowing (if such loan is not outstanding as of the first day of the calendar month), as applicable, and (y) 2.75 %.

A fee in an amount equal to 1.0 % of the aggregate principal amount of all loans made on any given borrowing date shall be payable to the lenders.

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In addition, on July 29, 2019, the lenders under the Credit Agreement were issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 61,111 of Foamix ordinary shares, at an exercise price of $ 37.62 per share (the “Warrants”), which represented the five-day volume weighted average price of the Foamix ordinary shares as of the trading day immediately prior to the issuance of the Warrants.

In connection with the completion of the Merger, the exchange ratio was applied to the Warrants such that they became exercisable for 651,640 shares of the Company's common stock, and the exercise price was adjusted to $ 3.53 .

Following the Phase 3 PN Trial results, the Warrants were further adjusted for the CSR and reverse stock split and they are currently exercisable for 495,165 shares of our common stock with an exercise price of $ 4.64 per share.

In connection with the completion of the Merger on March 9, 2020, the applicable exchange ratio (the "Exchange Ratio") was applied to the Warrants such that they became exercisable for 36,202 shares of the Company's common stock, and the exercise price was adjusted to $ 63.54 .

On April 6, 2020, following the Phase 3 PN Trial results, the Warrants were further adjusted for the conversion of the contingent stock rights and reverse stock split.

As of December 31, 2022, the Warrants were exercisable for 27,509 shares of the Company's common stock with an exercise price of $ 76.78 per share.

Payment of the exercise price will be made, at the option of the holder, either in cash or as a reduction of common stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, with an aggregate fair value equal to the aggregate exercise price ("cashless exercise"), or any combination of the foregoing.

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Proceeds received under the Tranche 1 Loan were allocated to the Warrants and the Tranche 1 Loan on a relative fair value basis.

During the year ended December 31, 2020 the Company incurred offering expenses of $ 1.1 million in connection with transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement and the Securities Purchase Agreement, which were allocated to the Warrants, shares and debt consistently with the allocation of proceeds.

The Company incurred additional expenses in the amount of $ 0.3 million from the borrowing of Tranche 2 Loan, allocated only to the debt.

During the year ended December 31, 2021 the company recorded interest expense of $ 5.6 million comprised of interest on debt of $ 3.8 million and discount costs of $ 1.8 million.

The interest expense includes a debt prepayment fee of $ 1.4 million and the write-off of discount costs of $ 1.6 million associated with the Company's prepayment of outstanding indebtedness resulting in a total extinguishment loss of $ 3.0 million During the year ended December 31, 2020 the company recorded interest expense of $ 3.9 million and $ 0.5 million relating to the interest and discount cost, respectively.

NOTE 14 - STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

The exercise price of the Warrants will be adjusted in the event of issuances of common stock at a price lower than the exercise price of the warrants then in effect (the “Down Round Feature”).

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Down Round Feature was triggered due to the price per share received from the issuance of common stock.

Refer to Note 11 - Mezzanine and Shareholders' Equity for further information on the impact of the Down Round Feature.

The Warrants expire on July 29, 2026.

During the year ended December 31, 2021 the Company recorded interest expense of $ 5.6 million comprised of interest on debt of $ 3.8 million and discount cost of $ 1.8 million.

NOTE 11 - MEZZANINE AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Preferred stock

As of December 31, 2021, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, authorizes the Company to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share.

There were no shares of preferred stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, authorized the Company to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share.

There were 3,000 and 0 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Shares of preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series.

The voting powers (if any), preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of any series of

preferred stock will be set forth in a Certificate of Designation filed pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, as determined by the Company's Board of Directors.

The voting powers (if any), preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of any series of preferred stock will be set forth in a Certificate of Designation filed pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, as determined by the Company's board of directors.

On November 11, 2022, the Company, entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Mutual Fund Series Trust, on behalf of AlphaCentric LifeSci Healthcare Fund (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company issued on November 14, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), in a private placement transaction (the “Transaction”), an aggregate of 3,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share (the “Series A Preferred”), for an aggregate subscription amount equal to $ 300,000 .

This transaction resulted in $ 89,000 of issuance costs and a net subscription of $ 211,000 as of December 31, 2022.

The Company determined that the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock should be classified as Mezzanine Equity (temporary equity outside of permanent equity), that the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock more closely aligned with debt as the intent is for redemption by either the holder or issuer, most likely the issuer (the Company) due to the more favorable redemption terms.

The Purchase Agreement required that the Company convene, no later than January 31, 2023 (excluding adjournments and assuming no review of the Company’s proxy statement by the Securities and Exchange Commission), an annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of presenting to the Company’s stockholders a proposal (the “Proposal”) to approve a reverse stock split of its outstanding Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”), with the recommendation of the board of directors that the Proposal be approved, and that the Company use reasonable best efforts to obtain approval of the Proposal.

Additionally, the Purchase Agreement contained customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Purchaser, and customary indemnification rights and obligations of the parties.

Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company filed a Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designation”) with the Secretary of State of Delaware designating the rights, preferences and limitations of the Series A Preferred.

The Certificate of Designation provided, among other things, that except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Designation or as otherwise required by law, the Series A Preferred would have no voting rights (other than the right to vote as a class on certain matters as provided in the Certificate of Designation).

However, pursuant to the Certificate of Designation, each share of Series A Preferred entitled the holder thereof (i) to vote on the Proposal and any proposal to adjourn any meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of voting on the Proposal, and (ii) to 1,000,000 votes per share of Series A Preferred on the Proposal and any such adjournment proposal.

The Series A Preferred should, except as required by law, vote together with the Common Stock (and other issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock entitled to vote), as a single class;

provided, however, that such shares of Series A Preferred should, to the extent cast on the Proposal or any such adjournment proposal, be automatically and without further action of the holders thereof voted in the same proportion as the shares of Common Stock (excluding abstentions and any shares of Common Stock that are not voted) and any other issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock of the Company entitled to vote (other than the Series A Preferred or shares of such other preferred stock, if any, not voted) are voted on the Proposal.

On November 14, 2022, the Company filed the Certificate of Designation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware designating 3,000 shares out of the authorized but unissued shares of its preferred stock as Series A Preferred with a stated par value of $ 0.0001 per share.

The Series A Preferred were entitled to customary dividends and distributions when and if paid on shares of the Common Stock and were entitled to the voting rights discussed above.

The Series A Preferred had preference over the Common Stock with respect to distribution of assets or available proceeds, as applicable, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or any other deemed liquidation event.

The shares of Series A Preferred were convertible at the option of the holder, at a conversion price of $ 4.68 per share (as adjusted for the reverse stock split), into shares of the Company’s common stock, at any time and from time to time from and

after 15 business days following the earlier of (i) the date of the approval of the Proposal or (ii) the date the Company otherwise satisfies the Nasdaq listing requirements.

The Company had the right to redeem the Series A Preferred at any time during the 15 business days following the approval of the Proposal (the "Company Redemption Period") at 120 % of the stated value.

Each holder of Series A Preferred had the right to require the Company to redeem all or a portion of the Series A Preferred held by such holder following the expiration of the Company Redemption Period at 130 % of the stated value.

In addition, the Company would automatically redeem all of the Series A Preferred within five business days following a delisting event as specified in the Certificate of Designation at 130 % of the stated value.

On January 17, 2023, the Company redeemed all outstanding shares of its Series A Preferred, for an aggregate of $ 360,000 paid to the sole holder of the Series A Preferred Stock.

The redemption payment represents 120 % of the stated value of the Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to the Certificate of Designation.

On January 17, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Elimination (the “Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock.

The Certificate (i) eliminated the previous designation of 3,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, none of which were outstanding at the time of filing, and (ii) caused such shares of Series A Preferred Stock to resume their status as authorized but unissued and non-designated shares of preferred stock.

The number of shares of common stock authorized under the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was proportionately reduced in connection with the Company's 1-for-4 reverse stock split in February 2021.

On July 19, 2021, the Company held its meeting of Stockholders (the "Annual Meeting").

Following the approval by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock at the Annual Meeting, the Company filed a Certificate of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized share of common stock from 75,000,000 to 150,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $ 0.0001 per share.

Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote.

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The Company has never declared any dividends on common stock.

In addition to entering into the Credit Agreement on July 29, 2019, Foamix issued to the lenders Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,100,000 of its ordinary shares, later exchanged to Warrants to purchase up to 1,980,660 shares of Menlo's common stock, adjusted retrospectively to 495,165 shares of common stock upon the reverse stock split effective February 12, 2021.

Upon close of the Merger, each Warrant received one CSR as described in Note 3 - Business Combinations.

The warrants were exercisable immediately following the closing of the Credit Agreement, subject to the terms of the warrant, and are due to expire on July 29, 2026.

Any Warrants left outstanding will be cashless exercised on the Warrants' expiration date, if in the money.

The exchange of Warrants from Foamix warrants to Menlo warrants and the additional CSR was accounted for as a modification, by analogy, from the modification's guidance under ASC 260-10-S99-2.

The Company assessed the significance of the modification of the Warrants by comparing the fair value of the Warrants immediately before and after the amendments.

In its assessment, it also considered additional qualitative factors.

The Company concluded that the change of terms was not significant.

Therefore, the incremental fair value, in the amount of $ 41 thousand, of the modified Warrants over the original ones (as of modification date) was recognized in retained earnings as a deemed dividend to the Warrant holders in the year ended December 31, 2020.

No amounts were recognized in the year ended December 31, 2021.

On February 8, 2023, the Company's Board of Directors approved a 1-for-18 reverse stock split of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock.

The reverse stock split was effected on February 10, 2023 at 5:01 p.m.

Eastern time.

At the effective time, every 18 issued and outstanding shares of the Company's common stock were converted into one share of common stock.

The number of authorized shares of the Company's common stock and the par value of each share of common stock remained unchanged.

Unless noted, all common shares and per share amounts contained in the consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect a 1-for-18 reverse stock split.

The Company had reserved shares of common stock for future issuance as follows:

Year ended December 31,

Common stock options outstanding (Note 12) 229,787

Shares available for grant under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Note 12) 116,463

Outstanding restricted stock units (Note 12) 83,616

Shares available for future grant under 2018 and 2019 Plans (Note 12) 72,148

Shares reserved for conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock* 64,102

Shares underlying outstanding warrants 27,509

*The Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was fully redeemed on January 17, 2023.

As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had equity-classified warrants to purchase an aggregate of 27,509 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding, with an exercise price of $ 76.78 as of December 31, 2022 and an expiration date of July 29, 2026.

The exercise price will be adjusted in the event the Down Round Feature is triggered.

During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Down Round Feature was triggered due to the price per share received from the issuance of common stock.

The Company calculated the value of the effect of Down Round Feature measured as the difference between the warrants’ fair value, using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model, before and after the Down Round Feature was triggered using the original exercise price and the new exercise price.

The difference in fair value of the effect of the Down Round Feature was immaterial and had no impact on net loss per share in the periods presented.

The exercise price will continue to be adjusted in the event the Company issues additional shares of common stock below the current exercise price, in accordance with the terms of the warrants.

Issuance of stock

On February 1, 2019, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the "2019 Sales Agreement") with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., or Cantor Fitzgerald, to sell shares of the Company's common stock, from time to time, with aggregate gross sales proceeds of up to $ 50.0 million through an at-the-market equity offering program under which Cantor Fitzgerald acted as our sales agent.

The issuance and sale of shares of common stock by us pursuant to the 2019 Sales Agreement were deemed an "at-the-market" offering under the Securities Act.

On February 1, 2019, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the "2019 Sales Agreement") with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.

("Cantor Fitzgerald") to sell shares of the Company's common stock, from time to time, with aggregate gross sales proceeds of up to $ 50.0 million through an at-the-market equity offering program under which Cantor Fitzgerald acted as the Company's sales agent.

Cantor Fitzgerald was entitled to compensation for its services equal to up to 3.0 % of the gross proceeds of any shares of common stock sold under the 2019 Sales Agreement.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company issued and sold 1,175,000 shares of common stock at a weighted average price per share of $ 7.00 pursuant to the 2019 Sales Agreement for $ 8.0 million in net proceeds, all of which was sold during the three months ended December 31, 2020.

In addition, from January 1, 2021 through January 25, 2021, the Company issued and sold an additional 2,778,012 shares of common stock at a weighted average price per share of $ 9.76 for $ 26.3 million in net proceeds.

From January 1, 2021 through January 25, 2021 the Company issued and sold 154,334 shares of common stock at a weighted average price per share of $ 175.68 pursuant to the 2019 Sales Agreement for $ 26.3 million in net proceeds.

Effective as of January 25, 2021, the Company terminated the 2019 Sales Agreement.

On January 26, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional and accredited investors for the sale of an aggregate of 293,015 shares of common stock of the Company, at a purchase price of $ 170.64 per share in a registered direct offering.

The offering was completed on January 28, 2021 and the Company received approximately $ 46.8 million in net proceeds, after deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.

On August 12, 2021, the Company entered into a new sales agreement (the "Sales Agreement") with Cantor Fitzgerald to sell shares of the Company's common stock, from time to time, with aggregate gross sales proceeds of up to $ 50.0 million through an at-the-market equity offering program under which Cantor Fitzgerald will act as the Company's sales agent.

The issuance and sale of shares of common stock by us pursuant to the Sales Agreement are deemed an "at-the-market" offering under the Securities Act.

Cantor Fitzgerald is entitled to compensation for its services equal to up to 3.0 % of the gross proceeds of any shares of common stock sold under the Sales Agreement.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company issued and sold 108,629 shares of common stock at a weighted average per share price of $ 28.26 pursuant to the Sales Agreement for $ 2.9 million in net proceeds.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued and sold 143,770 shares of common stock at a weighted average per share price of $ 11.16 pursuant to the 2021 Sales Agreement for $ 1.5 million in net proceeds.

This agreement was in effect as of December 31, 2022.

On January 28, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain institutional and accredited investors for the sale of an aggregate of 5,274,261 shares of common stock of the Company, at a purchase price of $ 9.48 per share in a registered direct offering.

The offering was completed on January 28, 2021 and the Company received approximately $ 46.8 million in net proceeds, after deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses.

On June 9, 2020, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 7,776,875 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $ 7.40 per share.

The net proceeds of the offering were approximately $ 53.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.

In connection with the Merger, the Company issued 36,500,335 shares to legacy Foamix shareholders.

On April 6, 2020, pursuant to the terms of the CSR Agreement, the Company issued 74,544,413 shares to legacy Foamix shareholders, adjusted retrospectively to 18,636,103 shares of common stock upon the reverse stock split effective February 12, 2021

On March 15, 2022, the Company entered into the Equity Purchase Agreement, with Lincoln Park which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, the Company may sell to Lincoln Park, at the

Company's discretion, up to $ 30.0 million of shares of its common stock over the 36 -month term of the Equity Purchase Agreement.

Upon execution of the Equity Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 92,644 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park as commitment shares in accordance with the closing conditions contained within the Equity Purchase Agreement.

The issuance of these shares were specific incremental costs directly attributable to the proposed offering.

The commitment shares were valued at $ 0.9 million and recorded as an addition to equity for the issuance of common stock and treated as a reduction to equity as a cost of capital to be raised under the Equity Purchase Agreement.

Lincoln Park has covenanted not to cause or engage in any manner whatsoever, any direct or indirect short selling or hedging of the Company’s common stock.

The Equity Purchase Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time, at its sole discretion, without any additional cost or penalty.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company had no t sold any shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park under the Equity Purchase Agreement.

NOTE 12 - SHARE BASED COMPENSATION

Equity incentive plans:

Upon closing of the Merger, the Company adopted Foamix’s 2019 Equity incentive plan (the “2019 Plan”).

As of December 31, 2021, 979,795 shares remain issuable under the 2019 Plan.

In addition, the Company adopted the 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2018 Plan") in January 2018.

As of December 31, 2021, 147,550 shares remain issuable under the 2018 Plan.

The Company maintains the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”) and 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "2018 Plan").

As of December 31, 2022, 57,338 shares remain issuable under the 2019 Plan and 14,810 shares remain issuable under the 2018 Plan.

In January 2022, the number of shares reserved under the 2018 Plan automatically increased by 41,666 shares of common stock pursuant to the terms of the 2018 Plan.

Employee Share Purchase Plan:

Upon closing of the Merger, the Company adopted Foamix's Employee Share Purchase Plan ("ESPP") pursuant to which qualified employees (as defined in the ESPP) may elect to purchase designated shares of the Company’s common stock at a price equal to 85 % of the lesser of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or end of each semi-annual share purchase period (“Purchase Period”).

The Company adopted Foamix's Employee Share Purchase Plan ("ESPP") pursuant to which qualified employees (as defined in the ESPP) may elect to purchase designated shares of the Company’s common stock at a price equal to 85 % of the lesser of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning or end of each semi-annual share purchase period (“Purchase Period”).

Employees are permitted to purchase the number of shares purchasable with up to 15 % of the earnings paid (as such term is defined in the ESPP) to each of the participating employees during the Purchase Period, subject to certain limitations under Section 423 of the U.S.

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As of December 31, 2022, 116,463 shares remain available for grant under the ESPP.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, 71,890 shares were issued to employees pursuant to the ESPP.

During the year ended December 31, 2020, 61,031 Foamix ordinary shares were purchased by Foamix employee pursuant to the ESPP prior to the Merger, which were later exchanged for 36,155 shares of the Company's common stock and one CSR in the Merger, adjusted retrospectively to 9,038 shares of common stock and one CSR upon the reverse stock split effective February 12, 2021, and 38,716 shares were issued to employees after the Merger.

Options and RSUs granted to employees and directors:

In the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company granted options as follows:

During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, 7,549 and 3,994 shares were issued to employees pursuant to the ESPP, respectively.

Options and Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") granted to employees and directors:

In the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company granted options and RSUs as follows:

Year ended December 31, 2022

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1 year - 4 years

RSU 970,813 — 2 years - 4 years

RSU 40,339 — 4 years

Year ended December 31, 2021

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1 year - 4 years

RSU 654,427 — 1 year - 4 years

RSU 53,934 — 2 years - 4 years

The fair value of options and RSUs granted to employees and directors during 2022 and 2021 was $ 0.8 million and $ 9.4 million, respectively.

One share of Common Stock will be issued for each RSU that vests.

The fair value of RSUs granted to employees and directors is based on the share price on grant date.

The fair value of each option granted is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing method.

The volatility is based on a combination of the Company’s historical volatility, historical volatilities of companies in comparable stages as well as companies in the industry, by statistical analysis of daily share pricing model.

The volatility is based on a combination of historical volatilities of companies in comparable stages as well as companies in the industry, by statistical analysis of daily share pricing model.

The risk-free interest rate assumption is based on observed interest rates appropriate for the expected term of the options granted in dollar terms.

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Modification of share-based compensation:

Pursuant to the Merger, all outstanding options and RSUs granted by Foamix were exchanged for stock options and RSUs of Menlo’s common stock according to the Exchange Ratio.

In addition, for each option and RSU the holder received a CSR as described in Note 3- Business Combination.

On November 10, 2019, Menlo Therapeutics Inc.

("Menlo") entered into a merger agreement (the "Merger Agreement") with Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

("Foamix") and Giants Merger Subsidiary Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Menlo ("Merger Sub").

On March 9, 2020, Merger Sub merged with and into Foamix, with Foamix surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Menlo (the "Merger").

The combined company changed its name to VYNE in September 2020.

Pursuant to the Merger, all outstanding options and RSUs granted by Foamix were exchanged for stock options and RSUs of Menlo’s common stock according to the exchange ratio set forth in the Merger Agreement.

In addition, for each option and RSU the holder received a contingent stock right ("CSR").

This transaction was considered by the Company to be a modification under ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation.

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As a result of the modification, for outstanding options and RSUs granted to Foamix employees and consultants, the Company recorded immaterial incremental compensation expense.

As described in Note 3 - Business Combination, on April 6, 2020, pursuant to the terms of the CSR Agreement, each CSR was converted into 1.2082 shares of Menlo common stock, resulting in an effective Exchange Ratio in the Merger of 1.8006 shares of Menlo common stock for each Foamix ordinary share.

On April 6, 2020, pursuant to the terms of the agreement governing the CSRs, each CSR was converted into 1.2082 shares of Menlo common stock, resulting in an effective exchange ratio in the Merger of 1.8006 shares of Menlo common stock for each Foamix ordinary share.

The conversion was considered by the company to be a modification under ASC 718.

As a result of the modification, for outstanding options and RSUs granted to Foamix employees and consultants, the Company recorded incremental compensation of $ 0.2 million and $ 1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

As of December 31, 2021 there is $ 0.9 million of unrecognized incremental compensation expense related to the modification which will primarily be amortized using a graded vesting method over the next 1 year.

Awards granted to holders who are no longer employed or providing services to the Company are accounted for in accordance with ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging.

Under this guidance, the awards are classified as a derivative liability because the award no longer exchanges a fixed amount of cash for a fixed number of shares.

Accordingly, as of March 9, 2020 the Company reclassified $ 1.6 million from additional paid-in capital to derivative liability on the consolidated balance sheet.

Prior to the reclassification of these awards as a liability instrument, the Company recorded an incremental compensation expense of $ 0.6 million due to the above mentioned modification in accordance with ASC 718.

Subsequent to the reclassification of these awards as a liability instrument, the Company recorded incremental compensation expense of $ 1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.

There was no incremental compensation for the year ended December 31, 2021.

As described in Note 3 -

Business Combination, on April 6, 2020, the Company announced that study MTI-105 and study MTI-106 did not meet their respective primary endpoint of demonstrating statistically significant reduction in pruritus in patients treated with serlopitant compared to placebo based upon a 4-point improvement responder analysis.

Accordingly, on April 6, 2020, pursuant to the terms of the CSR Agreement, each CSR was converted into 1.2082 shares of Menlo common stock, resulting in an effective Exchange Ratio in the Merger of 1.8006 shares of Menlo common stock for each Foamix ordinary share.

On April 6, 2020, the awards are exchangeable for a fixed amount of cash for a fixed number of shares and were remeasured to fair value and reclassified from derivative liability to additional paid-in capital.

Prior to the Merger, Menlo recognized all expenses relating to awards outstanding as of the Effective Date.

These awards were subject to acceleration upon the change of control per the previous Menlo stock option plan.

As of December 31, 2022 there is $ 0.1 million of unrecognized incremental compensation expense related to the modification which will be amortized using a graded vesting method over the next 1 year.

Summary of outstanding and exercisable options and RSUs:

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Granted 48,861 10.35

Exercised ( 70,827 ) 7.18

Forfeited ( 26,234 ) 102.28

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Selling, general and administrative 3,419 5,243

$ 8,080 $ 18,100

Discontinued Operations* ( 352 ) 1,123

*Income from stock-based compensation is related to forfeitures.

NOTE 13 - INCOME TAX:

Loss before income taxes and the related tax expense (benefit) is as follows:

The income (loss) before income taxes and the related tax expense (benefit) is as follows:

Year ended December 31,

(in thousands) 2022 2021

Loss before income taxes:

Income (loss) before income taxes:

Domestic $ ( 23,472 ) $ ( 69,196 )

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State income tax provision, net of federal benefit ( 0.04 ) % ( 0.01 ) %

IPR&D Impairment & CSR Remeasurement — % ( 11.42 ) %

Transaction Costs — % ( 1.07 ) %

IP Gain — % ( 14.65 ) %

Permanent differences ( 1.52 ) % — %

Change in valuation allowances ( 19.49 ) % ( 20.27 ) %

Foreign tax rate differential — % 0.35 %

Other — % ( 0.11 ) %

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The Company applies the elements of FASB ASC 740-10 regarding accounting for uncertainty in income taxes.

This clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in financial statements and required impact of a tax position to be recognized in the financial statements if that position is more likely than not of being sustained by the taxing

Included in Other Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, are the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $ 2.8 million and $ 3.1 million as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, net of the federal benefit, if recognized, would favorably affect the Company’s future effective tax rate.

Included in Other Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, are the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits of approximately $ 2.9 million and $ 2.8 million as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, net of the federal benefit, which is offset by a valuation allowance.

The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to tax matters within the income tax provision.

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Tax credit carryforwards 7,794 7,905

Section 174 expenses 3,529 —

Share based compensation 2,061 3,281

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As the achievement of required future taxable income is not likely, the Company recorded a full valuation allowance.

At December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets of approximately $ 85.6 million and $ 69.7 million, respectively.

The change in the valuation allowance during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was an increase of approximately $ 15.8 million and a decrease of approximately $ 1.3 million, respectively.

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded a valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets of approximately $ 86.9 million and $ 85.6 million, respectively.

The change in the valuation allowance during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was an increase of approximately $ 1.3 million and $ 15.8 million, respectively.

A valuation allowance has been recorded since, in the judgment of management, these assets are not more likely than not to be realized.

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This study may result in an adjustment to the Company’s research and development credit carryforwards;

however, until a study is completed and any adjustment is known, a partial reserve has been presented as an uncertain tax position which

is offset against the gross research and development deferred tax asset.

however, until a study is completed and any adjustment is known, a partial reserve has been presented as an uncertain tax position which is offset against the gross research and development deferred tax asset.

A full valuation allowance has been provided against the Company’s research and development credits and, if an adjustment is required, this would be offset by an adjustment to the deferred tax asset established for the research and development credit carryforwards and the valuation allowance.

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Balance at December 31, 2022 $ 2,854

(1) Balance related to research and development tax credit positions acquired through the Merger.

In December 2020, the Company began liquidation proceedings of its Israeli subsidiary, VYNE Pharmaceuticals Ltd., to align with its business strategy.

As a result thereof, the Company's intellectual property was assigned to the U.S.

parent company and we recognized a $ 163.0 million taxable gain in 2020 for Israeli income tax purposes.

However, the taxable gain was fully offset by net operating loss carryforwards, resulting in no income tax expense to the Company.

In addition, there was also no Israeli withholding tax due by the U.S.

parent company.

The Corporate Restructuring is subject to complex tax and transfer pricing regulations administered by taxing authorities in the U.S.

The relevant taxing authorities may disagree with the Company’s determinations as to the income and expenses attributable to specific jurisdictions.

If such a disagreement were to occur, and the Company’s position were not sustained, the Company could be required to pay additional taxes, interest and penalties, which could result in one-time tax charges, higher effective tax rates and reduced cash flows than otherwise would be expected.

The Company has tax assessments that are considered to be final through tax year 2015.

NOTE 17 - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent Events

Sale of Minocycline Franchise

As discussed in Note 1, On January 12, 2022, VYNE entered into a Purchase Agreement with Journey to sell its MST Franchise for $ 25.0 million of cash consideration which comprises an upfront payment of $ 20.0 million and an additional $ 5.0 million on the one-year anniversary of the closing of the transaction.

In addition, VYNE is entitled to receive certain payments from any licensing or sublicensing of the assets by Journey outside of the United States.

The Company anticipates recording an estimated gain from the sale of the MST Franchise in the first quarter of 2022 ranging from $ 13.5 million to $ 14.5 million.

The Company does not anticipate paying any federal or state income taxes based upon the utilization of net operating losses.

The estimated gain is based on net proceeds ranging from $ 21.3 million to $ 22.3 million including estimated transaction costs ranging from $ 2.7 million to $ 3.7 million.

Under the Purchase Agreement, the Company is obligated to indemnify Journey against certain potential liabilities and for breaches of representations, warranties and covenants under the agreement.

There were no current or long-term liabilities recorded by the Company which were transferred to the Buyer.

The Agreement includes customary representations and warranties, as well as indemnification rights for breaches of representations, warranties, and covenants, as well as certain other matters, subject to customary deductibles, caps, and other limitations.

The criteria for reporting the MST Franchise as held for sale was met after the balance sheet date, and therefore, the assets of the MST Franchise were classified as held and used as of December 31, 2021.

The total carrying amounts of the MST assets a were disposed were approximately $ 7.8 million, as of December 31, 2021.

These assets consist primarily of inventory of $ 7.3 million.

No liabilities were transferred.

Financing Activities

Since December 31, 2021, the Company has sold an aggregate of 2,465,500 shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement for gross proceeds of $ 1.5 million.

In addition, on March 15, 2022, the Company entered into a purchase agreement (the "Equity Purchase Agreement"), with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC ("Lincoln Park") which provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth therein, the Company may sell to Lincoln Park, at the Company's discretion, up to $ 30.0 million of shares of its common stock over the 36 -month term of the Equity Purchase Agreement.

Upon execution of the Equity Purchase Agreement, the Company issued 1,667,593 shares of its common stock to Lincoln Park as commitment shares in accordance with the closing conditions contained within the Equity Purchase Agreement.

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