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Personalis, Inc. (PSNL)

8-K 2020-08-06 For: 2020-08-06
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 6, 2020

Personalis, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware 001-38943 27-5411038
(State or Other Jurisdiction<br><br><br>of Incorporation) (Commission<br><br><br>File Number) (IRS Employer<br><br><br>Identification No.)
1330 O’Brien Drive<br><br><br>Menlo Park, California 94025 94025
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(650) 752-1300

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Not Applicable

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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

Title of each class Trading<br><br><br>Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share PSNL The Nasdaq Global Market

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

Emerging growth company ☒

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

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 6, 2020, Personalis, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. The full text of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit<br><br><br>Number Description
99.1 Press release of Personalis, Inc., dated August 6, 2020

SIGNATURES

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

Date: August 6, 2020 Personalis, Inc.
By: /s/ Aaron Tachibana
Aaron Tachibana
Chief Financial Officer

psnl-ex991_6.htm

Exhibit 99.1

Personalis Reports Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

MENLO PARK, Calif. – August 6, 2020 – Personalis, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSNL), a leader in advanced genomics for cancer, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2020.

Second Quarter Highlights

Reported record revenues of $19.5 million in the second quarter of 2020 versus $15.8 million in the second quarter of 2019, an increase of 23%
A total of 32 customers have placed orders for NeXT as of June 30, 2020, with 6 of those customers placing their first orders in the second quarter of 2020
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Announced a collaboration with Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRPT), a leader in precision genetic medicine for rare disease
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Announced expansion plans into China along with a partnership with Berry Genomics, who will provide services and support to Personalis
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Achieved milestone of completing the 75,000^th^ whole human genome sequenced under the contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program (VA MVP)
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“I’m proud to say that we were able to report record revenues once again this quarter, with our team delivering strong execution across both our population sequencing and biopharma businesses, despite the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, and we continued to see strong ordering levels from both our existing and new customers,” said John West, Chief Executive Officer. “In addition, our recently announced liquid biopsy product will be available to order immediately.”

Second Quarter 2020 Financial Results

Revenues were $19.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2020, up 23.2% from $15.8 million in the same period of the prior year.  In the second quarter, the VA MVP accounted for $14.8 million of our total revenues, and the remaining $4.7 million was from biopharmaceutical and all other customers.

Gross margin was 24.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared with 37.3% in the same period of the prior year.

Operating expenses were $14.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared with $10.0 million in the same period of the prior year.

Net loss was $9.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and net loss per share was $0.29 based on a weighted-average basic and diluted share count of 31.7 million, compared with a net loss of $5.9 million and a net loss per share of $0.89 based on a weighted-average basic and diluted share count of 6.6 million in the same period of the prior year.

Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments were $105.2 million as of June 30, 2020.

Outlook and COVID-19

Due to continued uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, Personalis will not provide an outlook for fiscal 2020 at this time and will plan to give an update during its third quarter earnings announcement and press release, to the extent practicable, based on available information at that time.

Webcast and Conference Call Information

Personalis will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter financial results after market close on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference call can be accessed live over the phone (866) 220-8061 for U.S. callers or (470) 495-9168 for international callers, using conference ID: 4682918. The live webinar can be accessed at https://investors.personalis.com.

About Personalis, Inc.

Personalis, Inc. is a growing cancer genomics company transforming the development of next-generation therapies by providing more comprehensive molecular data about each patient’s cancer and immune response. The Personalis® ImmunoID NeXT Platform® is designed to adapt to the complex and evolving understanding of cancer, providing its biopharmaceutical customers with information on all of the approximately 20,000 human genes, together with the immune system, from a single tissue or blood sample. Personalis also provides genomic information to the VA Million Veterans Program as part of their goal to sequence over a million veteran genomes. The Personalis Clinical Laboratory is GxP aligned as well as CLIA’88-certified and CAP-accredited. For more information, please visit www.personalis.com and follow Personalis on Twitter (@PersonalisInc).

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance.  Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “hope,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “objective,” “ongoing,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will,” or “would” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.  Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.  These risks, uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others: the timing and pace of new orders from customers; the launch of our new liquid biopsy product and customer adoption of such new products; the timing of tissue and blood sample receipts from customers, which can materially impact revenue quarter over quarter and year over year; whether orders for the NeXT platform® and revenues from biopharmaceutical customers will increase; the success of our collaborations and partnerships, including with Sarepta Therapeutics and Berry Genomics; the success of our international expansion plans; the evolution of cancer therapies and market adoption of our services; our expectations regarding future performance; and the COVID-19 pandemic, which may significantly impact our business and operations and the business and operations of our customers.  In addition, other potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted

include, among others, those risks and uncertainties included under the captions “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020, that will be filed following this earnings release.  All information provided in this release is as of the date of this press release, and any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on assumptions that we believe to be reasonable as of this date.  Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this press release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof.  We undertake no duty to update this information unless required by law.

Contacts:

Investor Relations Contact:

Caroline Corner

[email protected]

415-202-5678

Media Contact:

Jennifer Havlek

[email protected]

www.personalis.com

650-752-1300

PERSONALIS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2020 2019 2020 2019
Revenues $ 19,495 $ 15,825 $ 38,656 $ 29,900
Costs and expenses
Costs of revenues 14,823 9,923 29,945 20,014
Research and development 6,465 4,497 12,855 9,742
Selling, general and administrative 7,705 5,466 14,979 9,636
Total costs and expenses 28,993 19,886 57,779 39,392
Loss from operations (9,498 ) (4,061 ) (19,123 ) (9,492 )
Interest income 246 200 756 284
Interest expense (745 ) (2 ) (929 )
Other income (expense), net 1 (1,261 ) 9 (1,413 )
Loss before income taxes (9,251 ) (5,867 ) (18,360 ) (11,550 )
Provision for income taxes (4 ) (2 ) (34 ) (4 )
Net loss $ (9,255 ) $ (5,869 ) $ (18,394 ) $ (11,554 )
Net loss per share, basic and diluted $ (0.29 ) $ (0.89 ) $ (0.58 ) $ (2.38 )
Weighted-average shares outstanding, basic and diluted 31,731,628 6,597,007 31,538,329 4,853,325

PERSONALIS, INC.

SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE INFORMATION (unaudited)

(in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30,
2020 2019 2020 2019
VA MVP $ 14,750 $ 8,536 $ 29,506 $ 16,879
All other customers 4,745 7,289 9,150 13,021
Total $ 19,495 $ 15,825 $ 38,656 $ 29,900

PERSONALIS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited)

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

December 31,
2019
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 25,042 $ 55,046
Short-term investments 80,191 73,243
Accounts receivable, net 5,375 3,300
Inventory and other deferred costs 6,524 4,606
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 2,989 3,383
Total current assets 120,121 139,578
Property and equipment, net 12,650 14,106
Operating lease right-of-use assets 10,991 1,845
Other long-term assets 1,760 1,762
Total assets 145,522 $ 157,291
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable 7,491 $ 7,337
Accrued and other current liabilities 6,594 6,648
Contract liabilities 28,952 35,977
Total current liabilities 43,037 49,962
Long-term operating lease liabilities 9,233 639
Other long-term liabilities 129
Total liabilities 52,399 50,601
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, 0.0001 par value — 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
Common stock, 0.0001 par value — 200,000,000 shares authorized; 31,872,122 and 31,243,029 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively 3 3
Additional paid-in capital 251,997 247,282
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) 106 (6 )
Accumulated deficit (158,983 ) (140,589 )
Total stockholders’ equity 93,123 106,690
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity 145,522 $ 157,291

All values are in US Dollars.