o |
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT
OF 1934
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x |
ANNUAL
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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o |
TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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Title
of each class
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Name
of each exchange on which registered
|
|
Common
Shares, No Par Value
|
The
American Stock Exchange (“AMEX”)
Toronto
Stock Exchange (“TSX” )
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None
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(Title
of Class)
|
None
|
(Title
of Class)
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FORWARD
LOOKING INFORMATION
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5
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PART
I
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6
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|
Item
1.
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Identity
of Directors, Senior Management and Advisors
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6
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Item
2.
|
Offer
Statistics and Expected Timetable
|
7
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Item
3.
|
Key
Information
|
7
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A.
|
Selected
financial data
|
7
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B.
|
Capitalization
and indebtedness
|
9
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C.
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Reasons
for the offer and use of proceeds
|
11
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D.
|
Risk
factors
|
11
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Item
4.
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Information
on ViRexx
|
25
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A.
|
History
and Development of ViRexx
|
25
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B.
|
Business
|
27
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C.
|
Organizational
structure
|
46
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D.
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Property
and equipment
|
46
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Item
5.
|
Operating
and Financial Review and Prospects
|
47
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A.
|
Operating
results
|
48
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B.
|
Liquidity
and capital resources
|
54
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C.
|
Research
and development, patents and licenses, etc.
|
56
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D.
|
Trend
information
|
57
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E.
|
Off-Balance
Sheet Arrangements
|
57
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F.
|
Tabular
Disclosure of Contractual Obligations
|
57
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G.
|
Safe
Harbour
|
57
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Item
6.
|
Directors,
Senior Management and Employees
|
57
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A.
|
Directors
and senior management
|
57
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B.
|
Compensation
|
66
|
C.
|
Board
practices
|
67
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D.
|
Employees
|
70
|
E.
|
Share
ownership
|
70
|
F.
|
Pension
and Retirement Plans and Payments made upon Termination of
Employment
|
74
|
Item
7.
|
Major
Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
|
74
|
A.
|
Major
shareholders
|
74
|
B.
|
Related
party transactions
|
74
|
C.
|
Interests
of experts and counsel
|
75
|
Item
8.
|
Financial
Information
|
75
|
A.
|
Consolidated
Statements and Other Financial Information
|
75
|
B.
|
Significant
Changes
|
75
|
Item
9.
|
The
Offer and Listing
|
75
|
A.
|
Offer
and listing details
|
75
|
B.
|
Plan
of Distribution
|
78
|
C.
|
Markets
|
78
|
D.
|
Selling
Shareholders
|
78
|
E.
|
Dilution
|
78
|
F.
|
Expenses
of the issue
|
78
|
Item
10.
|
Additional
Information
|
78
|
A.
|
Share
capital
|
78
|
B.
|
Memorandum
and articles of association
|
81
|
C.
|
Material
contracts
|
85
|
D.
|
Exchange
controls
|
91
|
E.
|
Taxation
|
91
|
F.
|
Dividends
and paying agents
|
96
|
G.
|
Statement
by experts
|
96
|
H.
|
Documents
on display
|
96
|
I.
|
Subsidiary
Information
|
96
|
Item
11.
|
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
|
96
|
Item
12.
|
Description
of Securities Other than Equity Securities
|
96
|
PART
II
|
97
|
|
Item
13.
|
Defaults,
Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
|
97
|
Item
14.
|
Material
Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of
Proceeds
|
97
|
Item
15.
|
[Reserved]
|
97
|
Item
16.
|
[Reserved]
|
97
|
Item
16A
|
—
Audit
Committee Financial Expert
|
97
|
Item
16B
|
—
Code of Ethics
|
97
|
Item
16C
|
—
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
|
97
|
Item
16D
|
—
Exemption from the Listing Standards for Audit
Committees
|
97
|
Item
16E
|
—
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated
Purchasers
|
98
|
PART
III
|
99
|
|
Item
17.
|
Financial
Statements
|
99
|
Item
18.
|
Financial
Statements
|
99
|
Item
19.
|
Exhibits
|
99
|
Item
1.
|
Identity
of Directors, Senior Management and
Advisors
|
Names
|
Business
Address
|
Function
to the Corporation
|
||
Dr.
Antoine A. Noujaim
|
8223
Roper Road
Edmonton,
Alberta T6E 6S4
Canada
|
Director
|
||
Dr.
D. Lorne Tyrrell
|
8223
Roper Road
Edmonton,
Alberta T6E 6S4
Canada
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and
Director
|
||
Jacques
R. Lapointe
|
7774
Tenth Sideroad
Milton,
Ontario L9T 4Y9
Canada
|
Director
|
||
Bruce
D. Brydon
|
66
Suffolk Road
Salt
Spring Island
British
Columbia V8K 1L8
Canada
|
Director
|
||
Thomas
E. Brown
|
324
Osland Place
Edmonton,
Alberta T6R 1Z9
Canada
|
Director
|
||
Dr.
Jean Claude Gonneau
|
A
Farnell Mews
London
England SW5 9DL
|
Director
|
||
Douglas
Gilpin, CA
|
175
Wolf Willow Crescent
Edmonton,
Alberta T5T 1T3
Canada
|
Chairman
and Director
|
||
Macaraig
(Marc) Canton
|
8223
Roper Road
Edmonton,
Alberta T6E 6S4
Canada
|
President
and Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Financial
Officer
|
||
Michael
W. Stewart
|
8223
Roper Road
Edmonton,
Alberta T6E 6S4
Canada
|
Vice
President, Operations, Oncology
|
||
Dr.
Rajan George
|
8223
Roper Road
Edmonton,
Alberta T6E 6S4
Canada
|
Vice
President, Research & Development, Infectious
Diseases
|
||
Dr.
Andrew Stevens
|
8223
Roper Road
Edmonton,
Alberta T6E 6S4
Canada
|
Vice
President, Regulatory Affairs
|
||
Dr.
Irwin Griffith
|
8223
Roper Road
Edmonton,
Alberta T6E 6S4
Canada
|
Vice
President, Drug Development, Infectious
Disease
|
Item
2.
|
Offer
Statistics and Expected
Timetable
|
Item3.
|
Key
Information
|
(In
thousands, except per share data)
|
Years
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||
|
2005(1)
|
2004(1)
|
2003(1)
|
2002(1)
|
2001(1)
|
||||||||||
Revenues
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||
Net
(loss)
|
(7,460
|
)
|
(3,658
|
)
|
(1,384
|
)
|
(1,260
|
)
|
(1,012
|
)
|
|||||
Net
(loss) per share from continuing operations (basic and fully
diluted)
|
(0.13
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|||||||
Weighted
average no. shares outstanding
|
55,827
|
25,268
|
9,129
|
8,763
|
|||||||||||
Working
capital
|
5,108
|
8,837
|
1,695
|
281
|
35
|
||||||||||
Total
assets
|
36,286
|
45,722
|
3,742
|
1,093
|
757
|
||||||||||
Long-term
liabilities
|
1,168
|
6,750
|
35
|
657
|
193
|
||||||||||
Shareholders’
Equity
|
34,448
|
37,191
|
2,095
|
(56
|
)
|
102
|
(In
thousands, except per share data)
|
Years
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||
2005(1)
|
2004(1)
|
2003(1)
|
2002(1)
|
2001(1)
|
|||||||||||
Revenues
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Net
(loss)
|
(8,461
|
)
|
(31,459
|
)
|
(2,191
|
)
|
(1,390
|
)
|
(1,088
|
)
|
|||||
Net
(loss) per share (basic and fully diluted)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
(1.245
|
)
|
(0.24
|
)
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|||||||
Weighted
average no. shares outstanding
|
55,827
|
25,268
|
9,129
|
8,763
|
|||||||||||
Working
capital
|
5,626
|
9,311
|
1,636
|
281
|
35
|
||||||||||
Total
assets
|
6,296
|
11,152
|
3,480
|
904
|
660
|
||||||||||
Long-term
liabilities
|
—
|
—
|
35
|
746
|
193
|
||||||||||
Shareholders’
Equity (Deficiency)
|
5,626
|
9,311
|
1,774
|
(245
|
)
|
6
|
|
US
Dollars Per One Canadian Dollar
Year
Ended December 31
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
January
- March 2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
2002
|
2001
|
||||||||||||
End
of period
|
0.86
|
0.86
|
0.83
|
0.77
|
0.63
|
0.63
|
||||||||||||
Average
for the period
|
0.86
|
0.82
|
0.76
|
0.71
|
0.63
|
0.64
|
|
US
Dollars per One Canadian Dollar
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
April
2006
|
March
2006
|
February
2006
|
January
2006
|
December
2005
|
November
2005
|
||||||||||||
High
for the month
|
0.8772
|
0.8850
|
0.8809
|
0.8794
|
0.8751
|
0.8590
|
||||||||||||
Low
for the month
|
0.8496
|
0.8513
|
0.8610
|
0.8479
|
0.8508
|
0.8349
|
Common
shares
|
||||||
|
#
|
|
$
|
|||
Balance
- December 31, 2004
|
53,276,477
|
41,754,983
|
||||
Issuance
of common shares for cash
|
4,035,665
|
2,970,316
|
||||
Conversion
of Debentures
|
561,100
|
591,281
|
||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
225,218
|
267,413
|
||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
2,302,875
|
2,277,370
|
||||
Share
issuance costs
|
99,010
|
(227,061
|
)
|
|||
Repurchased
|
(2,056,900
|
)
|
(1,645,113
|
)
|
||
Balance
- December 31, 2005(1)
|
58,443,445
|
45,989,189
|
(1) |
Subsequent
to December 31, 2005, the Company completed a private placement of
10,909,090 units for gross proceeds of $12,000,000. Each unit consists
of
one commons share and one common share purchase warrant. Each common
share
purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share
of the
Company at a price of $1.50 for a period of two years. As of March
31,
2006, we had 69,542,535 common shares
outstanding.
|
Stock
Options
|
Weighted
exercise price
|
||||||
#
|
$
|
||||||
Outstanding
Balance - December 31, 2004
|
6,369,168
|
0.84
|
|||||
Granted
|
940,000
|
1.08
|
|||||
Expired
|
(113,750
|
) |
5.64
|
||||
Exercised
|
(225,218
|
) |
0.85
|
||||
Balance
- December 31, 2005
|
6,970,200
|
0.845
|
Warrants
|
Weighted
exercise price
|
|||||
#
|
$
|
|||||
Balance
- December 31, 2004
|
12,543,095
|
1.06
|
||||
Granted
|
2,459,299
|
1.20
|
||||
Exercised
|
(2,302,875
|
)
|
0.86
|
|||
Cancelled/Expired
|
(9,880,220
|
)
|
1.00
|
|||
Balance
- December 31, 2005(1)
|
2,819,299
|
1.56
|
(a) |
we
may discover that our product candidates may cause, alone or in
combination with another therapy, unacceptable side effects or are
not
effective at all;
|
(b) |
we
may discover that our product candidates, alone or in combination
with
another therapy, does not exhibit the expected therapeutic results
in
humans;
|
(c) |
results
from early trials may not be predictive of results that will be obtained
from large-scale, advanced clinical trials as mentioned
above;
|
(d) |
we
or the FDA or other regulatory agencies may suspend the clinical
trials of
one or more of our product
candidates;
|
(e) |
patient
recruitment may be slower than expected;
|
(f) |
patients
may drop out of our clinical trials;
and
|
(g) |
there
may be cost overruns.
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
Laboratory
Equipment
|
$
|
5,783
|
$
|
290,422
|
$
|
87,994
|
|||
Leasehold
Improvements
|
2,125
|
36,303
|
—
|
||||||
Office
Furniture & Equipment
|
44,310
|
32,269
|
1,892
|
||||||
Computer
hardware
|
56,600
|
32,269
|
4,731
|
||||||
Computer
software
|
23,173
|
12,101
|
—
|
||||||
$
|
131,991
|
$
|
403,364
|
$
|
94,617
|
§ |
a
fully foreign monoclonal antibody (MAb) that targets CA125 in
circulation
|
§ |
induces
broad immune responses against CA125 and patients own ovarian
tumours
|
§ |
in
final stages of clinical development - ongoing Phase II and Phase
III
trials
|
§ |
benign
safety profile and good quality of life during
treatment
|
§ |
has
been granted Orphan Drug status in U.S. and Europe and Fast Track
status
in U.S.
|
Globally
|
US
|
||
People
Chronically Infected
|
370
million
|
1.25
million
|
|
New
Cases Per Year
|
Not
Available
|
78,000
|
Globally
|
US
|
||
People
Chronically Infected
|
170
million
|
2.7
million
|
|
New
Cases Per Year
|
3-4
million
|
25,000
|
Globally
|
US
|
||
Prevalence
|
30
- 40% of women 30-50 years of age
|
10.5
million
|
|
Target
Market
|
20%
of prevalence
|
2.1
million
|
Globally
|
US
|
||
Prevalence
|
1,691,228
|
176,456
|
|
New
Cases per year
|
1,137,738
|
97,836
|
Laboratory
equipment
|
20%
|
Office,
furniture and equipment
|
20%
|
Computer
equipment
|
30%
|
Computer
software
|
100%
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
|||||||||
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||
$ |
$
|
$
|
|||||||
IRAP
|
45,000
|
364,430
|
154,780
|
||||||
AHFMR
|
—
|
500,000
|
—
|
||||||
45,000
|
864,430
|
154,780
|
Projected
Expenditures
|
|||||||||||||||
Quarter
1 2006
|
Quarter
2(1)
2006
|
Quarter
3(1)
2006
|
Quarter
4(2) -
2006
|
2006
Total
|
|||||||||||
Chimigen™
|
1,076,211
|
1,017,515
|
1,178,421
|
1,591,395
|
4,863,542
|
||||||||||
T-ACT™
|
770,509
|
796,823
|
446,125
|
546,550
|
2,560,007
|
||||||||||
AIT™
|
205,100
|
234,218
|
228,353
|
1,250,983
|
1,918,654
|
||||||||||
Total
Projected Research & Development Expenditures
|
2,051,820
|
2,048,556
|
1,852,899
|
3,388,928
|
9,342,203
|
· |
Products
may fail in clinical studies;
|
· |
Hospitals,
physicians and patients may not be willing to participate in clinical
studies;
|
· |
Hospitals,
physicians and patients may not properly adhere to clinical study
procedures;
|
· |
The
drugs may not be safe and effective or may not be perceived as safe
and
effective;
|
· |
Other
approved or investigational therapies may be viewed as safer, more
effective or more convenient;
|
· |
Patients
may experience severe side effects during
treatment;
|
· |
Patients
may die during the clinical study because their disease is too advanced
or
because they experience medical problems that are not related to
the drug
being studied;
|
· |
Patients
may not enrol in the studies at the rate we
expect;
|
· |
The
FDA, HPB and foreign regulatory authorities may delay or withhold
approvals to commence clinical trials or to manufacture
drugs;
|
· |
The
FDA, HPB and foreign regulatory authorities may request that additional
studies be performed;
|
· |
Higher
than anticipated costs may be incurred due to the high cost of contractors
for drug manufacture, research and clinical
trials;
|
· |
Drug
supplies may not be sufficient to treat the patients in the studies;
and
|
· |
The
results of preclinical testing may cause delays in clinical
trials.
|
Selected
Annual Information
|
2005
|
2004
|
|||||
Statement
of Operations
|
|||||||
Total
expenses
|
$
|
10,899,646
|
$
|
3,755,739
|
|||
Other
(expense) income
|
$
|
81,506
|
$
|
97,979
|
|||
Net
loss before income taxes
|
$
|
(10,818,140
|
)
|
$
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted loss per common share
|
$
|
(0.13
|
)
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|
Weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding
|
55,827,119
|
25,268,388
|
|||||
Balance
Sheet
|
|||||||
Working
capital
|
$
|
5,107,948
|
$
|
8,836,650
|
|||
Total
assets
|
$
|
36,286,345
|
$
|
45,722,445
|
|||
Total
long-term liabilities
|
$
|
1,168,377
|
$
|
6,749,947
|
|||
Shareholders'
equity
|
$
|
34,447,802
|
$
|
37,190,587
|
|||
Common
shares outstanding
|
58,443,445
|
53,276,477
|
2005
|
Q1
|
Q2
|
Q3
|
Q4
|
Annual
|
|||||||||||
Government
assistance
|
—
|
$
|
45,000
|
—
|
—
|
$
|
45,000
|
|||||||||
Net
Earnings (Loss)
|
$
|
(1,702,833
|
)
|
$
|
(2,008,677
|
)
|
$
|
(2,005,191
|
)
|
$
|
(3,543,013
|
)
|
$
|
(7,459,714
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted earnings (loss) per share
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
(0.02
|
)
|
$
|
(0.13
|
)
|
2004
|
|
Q1
|
|
Q2
|
|
Q3
|
|
Q4
|
|
Annual
|
||||||
Government
assistance
|
$
|
261,525
|
$
|
193,936
|
$
|
88,969
|
$
|
320,000
|
$
|
864,430
|
||||||
Net
Earnings (Loss)
|
$
|
(489,405
|
)
|
$
|
(853,798
|
)
|
$
|
(962,987
|
)
|
$
|
(1,351,570
|
)
|
$
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
|
Basic
and diluted earnings (loss) per share
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
(0.03
|
)
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
(0.04
|
)
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
Outstanding
Share Data
|
2005
|
|
2004
|
||||
Common
shares issued and outstanding
|
58,443,445
|
53,276,477
|
|||||
Stock
options outstanding
|
6,970,200
|
6,369,168
|
|||||
Warrants
outstanding
|
2,819,299
|
12,543,095
|
B. |
Liquidity
and capital resources
|
C. |
Research
and development, patents and licenses,
etc.
|
Issued
|
Pending
|
||||||
Altered
Immunogenicity
|
2
|
7
|
|||||
Brevarex
|
4
|
24
|
|||||
Dendritic
Cells
|
1
|
13
|
|||||
Multi-Epitopic
|
30
|
11
|
|||||
Photoactivation
|
2
|
4
|
|||||
ProstaRex
|
2
|
6
|
|||||
Tactin
|
3
|
9
|
|||||
Occlusin
|
1
|
14
|
|||||
Chimigen
|
0
|
3
|
|||||
45
|
91
|
D. |
Trend
information
|
E. |
Off-Balance
Sheet
Arrangements
|
F. |
Tabular
Disclosure of Contractual
Obligations
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2009
|
|
2010
|
|
>
2010
|
|||||||||
Operating
lease obligations
|
554,257
|
113,126
|
115,885
|
115,885
|
115,885
|
48,285
|
|||||||||||||
Milestone
payments
|
- | - | - | - | - |
500,000(1
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Total
contractual obligations
|
554,257
|
113,126
|
115,885
|
115,885
|
115,885
|
548,285
|
(1) |
License
agreement milestone payments to third party upon commencement of
Phase III
clinical trials for each product
candidate.
|
G. |
Safe
Harbour
|
Item 6. |
Directors,
Senior Management and
Employees
|
A. |
Directors
and senior management
|
Name
|
Position
and Offices and Starting Date
|
|
Dr.
Antoine A. Noujaim
|
Former
Chairman, Former Chief Executive Officer and a Director since December
22,
2003 (on extended medical leave since October 24, 2005)
|
|
Dr.
D. Lorne Tyrrell
|
Chief
Executive Officer since November 1, 2005 and Chief Scientific Officer
and a Director since December 22, 2003
|
|
Jacques
R. Lapointe
|
Director
since December 9, 2004
|
|
Bruce
D. Brydon
|
Director
since December 9, 2004
|
|
Thomas
E. Brown
|
Director
since December 22, 2003
|
|
Dr.
Jean Claude Gonneau
|
Director
since April 14, 2004
|
|
Douglas
Gilpin, CA
|
Director
since April 14, 2004; Chairman of the Board since October 24,
2005,
|
|
Macaraig
(Marc) Canton
|
President
and Chief Operating Officer since February 1, 2005, Acting
Chief Financial Officer since November 2, 2005
|
|
Michael
W. Stewart
|
Vice
President, Operations, Oncology since December 22, 2003
|
|
Dr.
Rajan George
|
Vice
President, Research & Development, Infectious Diseases since December
22, 2003
|
|
Dr.
Andrew Stevens
|
Vice
President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs since December 22,
2003
|
|
Dr.
Irwin Griffith
|
Vice
President, Drug Development, Infectious Disease since April 5,
2004
|
Antoine
A. Noujaim, PH.D. D.Sc.
|
Dr.
Noujaim founded AltaRex in 1995, and served as Chairman of the Board
of
Directors, Chief Scientific Officer, and President and Chief Executive
Officer. In 1985, Dr. Noujaim co-founded Biomira Inc. (“Biomira”), a
biotechnology company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under
the
symbol “BRA” and from 1993 to 1995 he served as President of a subsidiary
unit, Biomira Research Inc. In addition, he acted as Senior Vice
President
of the Immunoconjugate Division of Biomira prior to 1994. Dr. Noujaim
is
Professor Emeritus of the University of Alberta and a director of
a number
of biotechnology companies. Dr. Noujaim co-founded ViRexx Research
Inc. in
September 2001, a predecessor corporation to ViRexx. Dr. Noujaim
has
served as an officer or chairman of various scientific organizations,
editorial boards and national scientific committees, has authored
more
than 200 publications, and is an inventor on more than 100 issued
patents
and patent applications. He is the recipient of a number of national
and
international awards for contributions in the field of antibody-mediated
therapeutics. Since October 24, 2005 Dr. Noujaim has been on extended
medical leave but is still acting in a consulting
capacity.
|
D.
Lorne Tyrrell, Ph.D. M.D.
|
Dr.
Tyrrell, a virologist of international repute, the former Dean of
the
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta and
the
Director of the Glaxo Heritage Research Institute. His exceptional
contributions to medical research have been recognized by his peers
through awards such as the ASTech Award for Innovation and Science
in
Alberta, the Rutherford Award as “Outstanding Teacher for Undergraduate
Students”, the Kaplin Award for Excellence in Research, and the Prix
Galien Canada Medal for Research for his groundbreaking work on antiviral
drugs for hepatitis B. In 2000, Dr. Tyrrell was awarded the gold
medal by
the Canadian Liver Foundation and the Canadian Association for the
Study
of Liver, and the Alberta Order of Excellence from the Province of
Alberta. In September 2001, Dr. Tyrrell co-founded ViRexx Research
Inc.
along with Dr. Noujaim. In 2002, he was appointed an officer of the
Order
of Canada by the Government of Canada. In addition to authoring over
200
publications, he played a pivotal role in the development of the
antiviral
agent Lamivudine presently marketed by Glaxo as Epivir® for the treatment
of HBV and HIV. Dr. Tyrrell became Chief Executive Officer of ViRexx
on
November 1, 2005.
|
|
Jacques
R. Lapointe
|
Mr.
Lapointe has been a Director of ViRexx since December 9, 2004. He
is
Chairman of the Board of ConjuChem Inc. and recent President and
Chief
Operating Officer of BioChem Pharma, Inc. (Montreal, Quebec). Mr.
Lapointe
has more than 30 years of leadership and operational experience with
global biotechnology and pharmaceutical organizations. Prior to BioChem
Pharma, Mr. Lapointe was with Glaxo Wellcome plc for 12 years and
held the
positions of President and CEO of Glaxo Canada as well as Glaxo Wellcome
U.K. His earlier experience included operations, marketing and sales,
in
positions at Johnson & Johnson Canada. Mr. Lapointe is a former
Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada
(PMCA),
now known as Canada’s Research-based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D).
In 2003, Mr. Lapointe became President and CEO of ConjuChem
Inc.
|
|
Bruce
D. Brydon
|
Mr.
Brydon has been a Director of ViRexx since December 9, 2004. Mr.
Brydon is
the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Biovail Corporation.
He has more than 27 years of pertinent operational experience in
biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, particularly in key industry areas
such
as registration and approval processes in the U.S., Canada and Europe,
product licensing, and capital raising in the U.S. and Canadian
debt/equity markets. Prior to Biovail, Mr. Brydon served as President
and
Chairman of Boerhinger Mannheim’s Canadian operations and as President of
Beirsdorf AG’s Canadian health care and industrial business
entities.
|
Thomas
E. Brown
|
Mr.
Brown has been a director of ViRexx since December 22, 2004. Mr.
Brown is
the Founder, Director and former President of Somagen Diagnostics
Inc.,
(“Somagen”) an Edmonton-based, privately held sales and marketing company
in the clinical laboratory diagnostic testing industry. Somagen’s clinical
diagnostic product lines are provided by some of the world’s leading
manufacturers in the areas of general chemistry, special chemistry,
point
of care, immunology, microbiology and cellular pathology. Somagen
is
currently the largest private clinical diagnostics company in Canada
with
sales, service and technical support in all regions of the
country.
|
|
Dr.
Jean Claude Gonneau
|
Dr.
Gonneau has been a director of ViRexx since April 14, 2004. Dr. Gonneau
is
currently the General Manager of SG Cowen, Europe SAS, an investment
banking institution. He has more than 25 years experience working
in the
financial markets in Europe and North America and maintains responsibility
for the European operations of SG Cowen. Prior to his appointment
as
General Manager, he was Managing Director of SG Cowen. Dr. Gonneau
is a
director of numerous publicly traded companies and lives in London,
England.
|
|
Douglas
Gilpin, CA
|
Mr.
Douglas Gilpin has been a director of ViRexx since April 14, 2004.
Mr.
Gilpin is a Chartered Accountant with more than 30 years of business
advisory and consultancy experience. He was a partner with KPMG LLP
from
1981 until his retirement from the firm in 1999. His practice focused
on
business advisory and assurance and involved work with numerous companies
in the biotechnology field. Since October 24, 2005, Mr. Gilpin has
been
Chairman of ViRexx.
|
|
Macaraig
(Marc) Canton, B.Sc., MBA
|
Mr.
Canton has over 23 years of pharmaceutical and research experience.
He
joined ViRexx from Biovail Corporation where for 9 years he held
key
positions in multiple areas of the business in Canada and the United
States, including marketing & sales, contract research and business
development where he was responsible for all deal-related activities,
including in-licensing and out-licensing products and technologies,
partnering, and securing clinical trial contracts. Since November
2, 2005,
Mr. Canton has been Acting Chief Financial Officer of ViRexx pending
identification of a new Chief Financial Officer.
|
Michael
W. Stewart, M.Sc.
|
Mr.
Stewart has a 20-year history in the area of platelet biology and
hematology. Mr. Stewart obtained his Master of Science degree in
Experimental Medicine from the University of Alberta in 1982. In
his
capacity as Laboratory Scientist for the Department of Laboratory
Medicine
at Edmonton’s Capital Health Authority (1982 - 1997), Mr. Stewart authored
more than 35 publications in peer reviewed medical journals. In addition,
Mr. Stewart is named as inventor of 15 issued patents and 22 patents
pending. Prior to joining ViRexx, Mr. Stewart served as Vice President
Research and Development for Novolytic Inc. from 1999 to 2002 and
prior to
that as Director of Research and Development for Thrombotics, Inc.,
a
biotechnology company (1997 to 1999).
|
|
Rajan
George, Ph.D.
|
Dr.
George has 25 years of research experience within a broad spectrum
of the
biomedical sciences including biochemistry, molecular biology, virology
and immunology. Prior to joining ViRexx, Dr. George was a research
scientist at the Glaxo Heritage Research Institute, University of
Alberta
carrying out research on various biochemical aspects of replication
of
hepatitis B viruses. This involved the cloning and expression of
the viral
proteins as well as the generation of synthetic peptides for use
as
antigens to generate antibodies for therapeutic vaccine development.
Dr.
George has more than 35 publications in peer reviewed medical journals
to
his credit.
|
|
Andrew
Stevens, Ph.D.
|
Prior
to joining ViRexx, Dr. Stevens was the Vice President of Product
Development at Cytovax Inc., a biotechnology company, Dr. Stevens’
extensive experience includes responsibilities as Director of Clinical
Research with ViRexx and serving as Director of Clinical and Regulatory
Affairs and Director of Clinical and Professional Affairs at Biomira
Inc.,
a biotechnology company. Dr. Stevens has over 30 years of clinical
research, regulatory affairs, and product development experience
gathered
in the commercial development of various pharmaceuticals and
radiopharmaceuticals in Canada and the US. He holds a Bachelor of
Science
degree in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. in Bionucleonics.
|
|
Irwin
Griffith, Ph.D.
|
Dr.
Irwin Griffith has more than 15 years of expertise in the development
and
commercialization of immunotherapies for cancer, inflammatory and
autoimmune diseases. He previously served as Senior Director for
Business
Development with Biomira Inc. prior to founding Rational BioDevelopment
Inc. in 2003.
|
Long-Term
Compensation
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual
Compensation
|
Awards | Payouts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Gross
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Other
Annual Compensation
($)
|
Securities
Under Options/
SARs(4)
Granted
(#)
|
Restricted
Shares
or
Restricted
Share Units
($)
|
LTIP(1)
Payouts(2)
($)
|
All
Other Compensation
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Dr.
Antoine A. Noujaim, (3)
[Former
Chairman,
Former President, Former Chief Executive Officer] Director
|
2005
|
240,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Dr.
D. Lorne Tyrrell, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific
Officer
|
2005
|
100,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
500,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Jacques
R. Lapointe, Director
|
2005
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
6,250
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Bruce
D. Brydon, Director
|
2005
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
9,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Long-Term
Compensation
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual
Compensation
|
Awards | Payouts | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
Gross
Salary
($)
|
Bonus
($)
|
Other
Annual Compensation
($)
|
Securities
Under Options/
SARs(4)
Granted
(#)
|
Restricted
Shares
or
Restricted
Share Units
($)
|
LTIP(1)
Payouts(2)
($)
|
All
Other Compensation
($)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Thomas
E. Brown, Director
|
2005
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
9,500
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Dr.
Jean Claude Gonneau, Director
|
2005
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
8,250
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Douglas
Gilpin, CA, Director
|
2005
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
9,750
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||||||||||||
Macaraig
(Marc) Canton,,
President,
COO and acting CFO
|
2005
|
183,333
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
300,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Michael
W. Stewart, Vice President of Operations, Oncology
|
2005
|
126,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
||||||||||||||||||
Dr.
Rajan George, Vice President, Research and Development, Infectious
Diseases
|
2005
|
126,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Dr.
Andrew Stevens, Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory
|
2005
|
125,000
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Dr.
Irwin Griffith, Vice President, Drug Development and Infectious
Diseases
|
2005
|
131,250
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
|||||||||||||||||
Rob
Salmon, [Former
Chief
Financial Officer & Secretary]
|
2005
|
406,923
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
(1) |
Long
Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) is a plan of compensation based on the
performance of ViRexx over several financial
years.
|
(2) |
ViRexx
does not have any plans, which provide compensation intended to serve
as
incentive to executive officers for performance to occur over a period
longer than one year.
|
(3) |
Dr.
Antoine Noujaim was appointed Chairman, President, Chief Executive
Officer
and Director on the date of the ViRexx Amalgamation, December 22,
2003.
Subsequent to December 31, 2004, Dr. Noujaim resigned his position
as
President of ViRexx effective February 1, 2005 and his position as
Chief
Executive Officer effective November 1,
2005.
|
(4) |
Stock
Appreciation Right (“SAR”) is a right granted by ViRexx as compensation
for services rendered or otherwise in connection with office or employment
to receive payment of cash or an issue or transfer of securities
based
wholly or in part on changes in the trading price of publicly traded
securities.
|
C. |
Board
practices
|
D. |
Employees
|
E. |
Share
ownership
|
Name
|
Title/Office
|
Share
Ownership directly or indirectly and as a % of Outstanding
Shares
|
||
Dr.
Antoine A. Noujaim
|
Director
and Former Chief Executive Office
|
5,944,019
|
||
8.55%
|
||||
Dr.
D. Lorne Tyrrell
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer and Director
|
1,656,792
|
||
2.3%
|
||||
Jacques
R. Lapointe
|
Director
|
175,000
|
||
0.25%
|
||||
Bruce
D. Brydon
|
Director
|
Nil
|
Name
|
Title/Office
|
Share
Ownership directly or indirectly and as a % of Outstanding
Shares
|
||
Thomas
E. Brown
|
Director
|
911,580
|
||
1.31%
|
||||
Dr.
Jean Claude Gonneau
|
Director
|
20,000
|
||
0.03%
|
||||
Douglas
Gilpin, CA
|
Chairman
and Director
|
Nil
|
||
Macaraig
(Marc) Canton
|
President
and Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Financial
Officer
|
100,000
|
||
0.14%
|
||||
Michael
W. Stewart
|
Vice
President, Operations, Oncology
|
266,039
|
||
0.038%
|
||||
Dr.
Rajan George
|
Vice
President, Research & Development, Infectious Diseases
|
65,325
|
||
0.09%
|
||||
Dr.
Andrew Stevens
|
Vice
President Regulatory Affairs
|
Nil
|
||
Dr.
Irwin Griffith
|
Vice
President, Drug Development, Infectious Disease
|
Nil
|
Name
|
Title/Office
|
Number
of
Shares
|
Exercise
Price
|
Expiry
Date
|
||||
Dr.
Antoine A. Noujaim,
|
Director(1)
,
Former President & Chief Executive Officer
|
350,000
1,125,000
200,000
150,000
|
$0.80
$0.48
$0.90
$1.50
|
December
23, 2008
May
15, 2013
December
16, 2014
February
15, 2008
|
||||
Dr.
D. Lorne Tyrrell
|
Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Scientific Officer & Director
|
300,000
20,000
500,000
|
$0.80
$0.90
$0.99
|
December
23, 2008
December
16, 2014
November
1, 2015
|
||||
Dr.
Jean Claude Gonneau
|
Director
|
125,000
20,000
|
$0.80
$0.90
|
April
14, 2009
December
16, 2014
|
||||
Douglas
Gilpin
|
Director
|
125,000
20,000
|
$0.80
$0.90
|
April
14, 2009
December
16, 2014
|
Name
|
Title/Office
|
Number
of
Shares
|
Exercise
Price
|
Expiry
Date
|
||||
Jacques
R Lapointe
|
Director
|
10,000
20,000
50,000
200,000
125,000
|
$6.26
$0.94
$0.76
$0.86
$0.90
|
May
24, 2011
June
19, 2012
July
18, 2012
June
9, 2013
December
16, 2014
|
||||
Bruce
D. Brydon
|
Director
|
10,000
20,000
75,000
125,000
|
$3.90
$0.94
$0.86
$0.90
|
April
10, 2011
June
19, 2012
June
9, 2013
December
16, 2014
|
||||
Thomas
E. Brown
|
Director
|
150,000
20,000
|
$0.80
$0.90
|
December
23, 2008
December
16, 2014
|
||||
Macraig
(Marc) Canton
|
President,
Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer
|
300,000
|
$1.17
|
February
1, 2015
|
||||
Michael
W. Stewart
|
Vice
President Operations, Oncology
|
100,000
50,000
15,000
|
$0.80
$0.86
$0.90
|
December
23, 2008
January
9, 2013
December
16, 2014
|
||||
Dr.
Rajan George
|
Vice
President, Research and Development
|
150,000
15,000
|
$0.80
$0.90
|
December
23, 2008
December
16, 2014
|
||||
Dr.
Andrew Stevens
|
Vice
President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs
|
100,000
15,000
|
$0.80
$0.90
|
December
23, 2008
December
16, 2014
|
||||
Dr.
Irwin Griffith
|
Vice
President, Drug Development
|
100,000
15,000
|
$0.80
$0.90
|
April
14, 2009
December
16, 2014
|
Plan
Category
|
Number
of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options,
warrants
and rights
|
Weighted-average
exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and
rights
|
Number
of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column
(a))
|
|||||||
Equity
compensation plans approved by security holders
|
6,670,200(1)(2
|
)
|
$
|
1.76
|
1,585,800(1
|
)
|
||||
Equity
compensation plans not approved by security holders
|
703,567(3)(4)(5
|
)
|
$
|
1.29
|
Nil
|
|||||
Total:
|
7,373,767
|
1,585,800
|
(1) |
Includes
6,670,200 Shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding Options during
the
Corporation’s financial year ended December 31, 2005. The Corporation can
grant no more than 8,256,000
Options
under the Option Plan. See “Stock
Options”.
|
(2) |
Includes
50,000 and 85,000 Options granted to the University of Alberta on
December
23, 2003 and April 14, 2004 respectively, pursuant to a license agreement
dated December 13, 2001.
|
(3) |
Includes
an Option granted to Mr. Canton on February 1, 2005 to purchase
300,000 Shares of the Corporation at a purchase price of $1.17 per
Share.
|
(4) |
Includes
warrants granted to Montex Exploration Limited on September 9, 2005
to
purchase up to 403,567 Shares at a price of $1.20 per Share until
September 9, 2007.
|
(5) |
During
the Corporation’s financial year ended December 31, 2005, Canaccord
Capital Corporation (“Canaccord”) exercised
warrants
to purchase 1,100,000 Shares at a purchase price of $0.80 per Share.
These
warrants were granted in consideration of services rendered in connection
with a public offering based
on the Corporation’s prospectus dated March 26, 2004.
As
well, of the warrants to purchase 500,000 Common Shares granted to
Canaccord in connection with a special warrant private placement,
Canaccord exercised warrants purchase 500,000 Shares at a price of
$0.80
per Share.
|
F. |
Pension
and Retirement Plans and Payments made upon Termination of
Employment
|
Item 7. |
Major
Shareholders and Related Party
Transactions
|
A. |
Major
shareholders
|
Name
|
|
Class
|
|
Amount
Owned(1)
|
|
%
of Class
|
||||
Dr.
Antoine A. Noujaim
|
Common
|
5,944,019
|
8.55
|
%
|
||||||
Canmarc
Trading Co.(2)
|
Common
|
7,018,510
|
10.09
|
%
|
(1)
|
Includes
the Common Shares directly controlled by Dr.
Noujaim.
|
(2)
|
Michael
Marcus of Houston, Texas, holds 100% voting and dispositive power
over
Canmarc Trading Co.
|
1
|
“Related
Party” means, in relation to a corporation, a promoter, officer, Director,
other insider or Control Person of that corporation (including an
issuer)
and any associates and affiliates of any of such persons. In relation
to
an individual, related party means any associates of the individual
or any
corporation of which the individual is a promoter, officer, Director
or
Control Person.
|
C. |
Interests
of experts and
counsel
|
Item 8. |
Financial
Information
|
A. |
Consolidated
Statements and Other Financial
Information
|
B. |
Significant
Changes
|
Item 9. |
The
Offer and Listing
|
A. |
Offer
and listing details
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
December
31, 2005
|
2.13
|
0.89
|
|||||
December
16, 2004 - December 31, 2004(1)
|
1.22
|
0.85
|
|||||
TSX
Venture Exchange
|
|||||||
December
15, 2004(1)
|
1.60
|
0.90
|
|||||
December
31, 2003(2)
|
0.14
|
0.10
|
|||||
December
31, 2002(3)
|
0.23
|
0.15
|
|||||
December
31, 2001(3)
|
0.55
|
0.30
|
(1) |
ViRexx’s
Shares were delisted from the TSXV on December 15, 2004 and commenced
trading on the TSX on December 16, 2004 as a result of the AltaRex
Arrangement effective December 10,
2004.
|
(2) |
Prior
to the ViRexx Amalgamation, Norac, one of the predecessors to ViRexx,
was
a publicly listed company on the TSXV. On June 23, 2003, trading
of
Norac’s common shares was halted upon the announcement of the ViRexx
Amalgamation. On August 18, 2003, Norac’s listing was moved to the NEX
board of the TSXV as a result of its inactive status. Pursuant to
the
ViRexx Amalgamation, the common shares of Norac were delisted from
the
TSXV on January 2, 2004 and ViRexx’s Shares were listed on the TSXV that
same date but remained halted. ViRexx’s Shares resumed trading on the TSXV
on April 16, 2004.
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
December
23, 2005 - December 31, 2005(1)
|
1.46
|
1.08
|
(1) |
ViRexx’s
Shares commenced trading on AMEX on December 23,
2005.
|
High
|
Low
(1)
|
||||||
March
31, 2006
|
1.66
|
1.22
|
|||||
December
30, 2005
|
1.61
|
0.89
|
|||||
September
30, 2005
|
1.15
|
0.94
|
|||||
June
30, 2005
|
1.59
|
0.96
|
|||||
March
31, 2005
|
2.13
|
1.09
|
|||||
December
16, 2004 - December 31, 2004
|
1.22
|
0.85
|
|||||
TSX
Venture Exchange
|
|||||||
December
15, 2004
|
1.20
|
0.94
|
|||||
September
30, 2004
|
1.18
|
0.90
|
|||||
June
30, 2004
|
1.60
|
1.02
|
|||||
March
31, 2004
|
-
|
-
|
(1) |
Prior
to the ViRexx Amalgamation, Norac, one of the predecessors to ViRexx,
was
a publicly listed company on the TSXV. On June 23, 2003, trading
of
Norac’s common shares was halted upon the announcement of the ViRexx
Amalgamation. On August 18, 2003, Norac’s listing was moved to the NEX
board of the TSXV as a result of its inactive status. Pursuant to
the
ViRexx Amalgamation, the common shares of Norac were delisted from
the
TSXV on January 2, 2004 and ViRexx’s Shares were listed on the TSXV that
same date but remained halted. ViRexx’s Shares resumed trading on the TSXV
on April 16, 2004.
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
March
31, 2006
|
1.43
|
1.08
|
|||||
December
23, 2005 - December 31, 2005
|
1.46
|
1.08
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
March
31, 2006
|
1.40
|
1.22
|
|||||
February
28, 2006
|
1.50
|
1.26
|
|||||
January
31, 2006
|
1.66
|
1.30
|
|||||
December
31, 2005
|
1.61
|
1.03
|
|||||
November
30, 2005
|
1.15
|
0.89
|
|||||
October
31, 2005
|
1.04
|
0.94
|
High
|
Low
|
||||||
March
31, 2006
|
1.23
|
1.08
|
|||||
February
28, 2006
|
1.34
|
1.10
|
|||||
January
31, 2006
|
1.43
|
1.12
|
|||||
December
23, 2005 - December 31, 2005
|
1.46
|
1.08
|
Granted
Options pursuant to licensing agreements:
|
||||
License
Agreement: Tyrrell Hepatitis monoclonal technology
|
||||
Time
of Grant: Concurrent with close of each financing round and/or financing
tranche
|
||||
Vesting:
Concurrent with grant of option
|
||||
Term:
Five years from grant of option
|
Name
|
|
Vesting
Schedule |
|
Date
ofGrant
|
|
Expiry
Date
|
|
Exercise
Price |
|
Options
Granted |
|
Outstanding
9/30/2005 |
|
Vested
9/30/2005 |
|
Expiration
Year |
|||||||||
University
of Alberta
|
Immediate
|
23-Dec-2003
|
23-Dec-2008
|
$
|
0.80
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
50,000
|
2008
|
||||||||||||||||
University
of Alberta
|
Immediate
|
14-Apr-2004
|
14-Apr-2009
|
$
|
0.80
|
85,000
|
85,000
|
85,000
|
2009
|
||||||||||||||||
135,000
|
135,000
|
135,000
|
B. |
Plan
of Distribution
|
C. |
Markets
|
D. |
Selling
Shareholders
|
E. |
Dilution
|
F. |
Expenses
of the issue
|
Item
10.
|
Additional Information
|
A. |
Share
capital
|
Date
of Issue
|
Number
of Shares
Issued |
Price
per Share
|
Gross
Proceeds
|
Manner
of Issuance
|
|||||||||
March
27, 2003
|
48,000
|
$
|
0.65
|
$
|
31,200
|
Share
Subscription
|
|||||||
April
8, 2003
|
300,000
|
$
|
0.001
|
$
|
300
|
Employee
Options
|
|||||||
August
6, 2003(1)
|
521,233
|
$
|
0.369/$0.422
|
$
|
192,333
|
Debenture
Conversion
|
|||||||
December
22, 2003(2)
|
163,415
|
$
|
0.422
|
$
|
68,944
|
Debenture
Conversion
|
(1) |
On
August 6, 2003, Dr. Antoine Noujaim converted his $175,000 principal
amount of indebtedness plus accrued interest of $17,333 (for an aggregate
of $192,333) into 521,233 ViRexx Shares on the following conversion
basis.
The principal amount of $175,000 was converted at $0.369 per ViRexx
Share
for a total of 480,160 ViRexx Shares and accrued interest of $17,333
was
converted at $0.422 per ViRexx Share for a total of 41,073 ViRexx
Shares.
|
(2) |
(See
“Consolidated Loan and Share
Capital”).
|
Date
of Issue
|
Number
of Shares Issued (1)
|
Price
per Share
|
Manner
of Issuance
|
|||||||
December
29, 2003
|
10,400,000
|
Deemed
$0.80
|
From
treasury
|
|||||||
December
31, 2003
|
200,000
|
Deemed
$0.80
|
From
treasury as corporate
finance fee
to the Agent
|
(1) |
5,000,000
ViRexx Private
Placement
Special
Warrants were issued pursuant to the ViRexx Private Placement issuable
as
ViRexx Private Placement Units of one ViRexx Share and one ViRexx
Private
Placement
Warrant.
|
Date
of Issue
|
Number
of Shares
Issued (1)
|
Price
per Share
|
Manner
of Issuance
|
|||||||
April
14, 2004
|
11,000,000
|
$
|
0.80
|
From
treasury
|
||||||
April
14, 2004
|
400,000
|
$
|
0.80
|
From
treasury as corporate finance fee to the Agent
|
Date
of Issue
|
Number
of Shares Issued (1)
|
Price
per Share
|
Manner
of Issuance
|
|||||||
February
15, 2006
|
10,909,090
|
$
|
1.10
|
From
treasury
|
||||||
February
15, 2006
|
1,090,900
|
$
|
1.10
|
From
treasury as corporate finance fee to the Agent
|
· |
is
an arrangement by way of security for money lent to or obligations
undertaken by the director for the benefit of ViRexx or an
affiliate;
|
· |
relates
primarily to his or her remuneration as a director, officer, employee
or
agent of ViRexx or an affiliate;
|
· |
is
for indemnity or insurance; or
|
· |
is
with an affiliate.
|
· |
borrow
money upon the credit of ViRexx;
|
· |
issue,
reissue, sell or pledge debt obligations of
ViRexx;
|
· |
subject
to certain disclosure requirements of the ABCA,
give
a guarantee on behalf of ViRexx to secure performance of an obligation
of
any person;
|
· |
mortgage,
hypothecate, pledge or otherwise create a security interest in all
or any
property of ViRexx owned or subsequently acquired to secure any obligation
of the ViRexx; and
|
· |
the
directors by resolution may delegate to a director, a committee of
directors or an officer any of these
powers.
|
1. |
An
investment to establish a new Canadian business;
and
|
2. |
An
investment to acquire control of a Canadian business that is not
reviewable pursuant to the Act.
|
1.
|
An
investment is reviewable if there is an acquisition of a Canadian
business
and the asset value of the Canadian business being acquired equals
or
exceeds the following thresholds:
|
(a) |
For
non-World Trade Organization (“WTO”) investors, the threshold is $5
million for a direct acquisition and $50 million for an indirect
acquisition; the $5 million threshold will apply however for an indirect
acquisition if the asset value of the Canadian business being acquired
exceeds 50% of the asset value of the global
transaction;
|
(b)
|
Except
as specified in paragraph (c) below, a threshold is calculated
annually
for reviewable direct acquisitions by or from WTO investors. The
threshold
for 2003 was $223 million. Pursuant to Canada’s international commitments,
indirect acquisitions by or from WTO investors are not
reviewable;
|
(c)
|
The
limits set out in paragraph (a) apply to all investors for acquisitions
of
a Canadian business that:
|
(i) |
engages
in the production of uranium and owns an interest in a producing
uranium
property in Canada;
|
(ii) |
provides
any financial service;
|
(iii)
|
provides
any transportation services; or
|
(iv)
|
is
a cultural business.
|
2. |
Notwithstanding
the above, any investment which is usually only notifiable, including
the
establishment of a new Canadian business, and which falls within
a
specific business activity, including the publication and distribution
of
books, magazines, newspapers, film or video recordings, audio or
video
music recordings, or music in print or machine-readable form may
be
reviewed if an Order-in-Council directing a review is made and a
notice is
sent to the Investor within 21 days following the receipt of a certified
complete notification.
|
· |
the
transfer of AltaRex’s biotechnology assets, together with all associated
contractual obligations and liabilities, to Medical, with Medical
continuing to pursue the same commercialization strategy that AltaRex
previously had for OvaRex and all other products currently in
development;
|
· |
Nova
Bancorp subscribed for $4,770,985 (CDN) principal amount of 10%
convertible demand notes of Twin Butte (formerly AltaRex), convertible
into non-voting shares of Twin Butte at a ratio of 2,583 non-voting
shares
per $1,000 (CDN) of principal;
|
· |
Twin
Butte (formerly AltaRex) subscribed for 12,746,935 common shares
in
Medical for $5.045 million (CDN) in cash less a holdback of $50,000
(CDN);
|
· |
the
outstanding stock options and warrants of Twin Butte (formerly AltaRex)
were cancelled and terminated and cease to represent any right or
claim
whatsoever, and new Medical options and warrants were issued in their
place on identical terms;
|
· |
immediately
following the completion of the Nova Bancorp Arrangement, a private
placement by Nova Bancorp of $1,379,015 (CDN) in consideration for
3,500,000 Twin Butte new common shares was completed representing
40% of
the voting shares of Twin Butte; and
|
· |
each
10 common shares of Twin Butte (formerly AltaRex ) outstanding at
the
close of business on February 2, 2004 were deemed to be exchanged
for one
“new” voting common share of Twin Butte and 10 voting common shares of
Medical with the following two
exceptions:
|
1.
|
AltaRex
shareholders who held 151 to 1,000 common shares received an aggregate
payment equal to $0.05 (CDN) per common share held and also received
one
Medical share for each common share held;
and
|
2.
|
AltaRex
shareholders who held 150 common shares or less, received an aggregate
cash payment equal to $0.55 (CDN) per share.
|
· |
Each
of the issued and outstanding common shares of AltaRex were deemed
to be,
transferred to ViRexx (free of any claims) and the holder of AltaRex
common shares received from ViRexx in exchange for each AltaRex common
share one-half of one ViRexx common
share;
|
· |
40%
of the ViRexx common shares received by each former holder of AltaRex
common shares issued pursuant to the AltaRex Arrangement were
non-transferable and subject to a hold period for a period of six
months
following the effective date of the AltaRex Arrangement;
and
|
· |
the
outstanding stock options and warrants of AltaRex were deemed to
be
transferred to ViRexx (free of any claims) and in consideration for
such
transfer, the holder of such AltaRex stock options and warrants received
an stock options and warrants to purchase the number of ViRexx common
shares determined by multiplying the number of AltaRex common shares
subject to the particular AltaRex stock options and warrants by one-half,
at an exercise price per ViRexx common share equal to the exercise
price
per share of the particular AltaRex stock option or warrant multiplied
by
two. The other terms of all stock options and warrants issued by
ViRexx in
exchange for AltaRex stock options and warrants were identical in
all
material respects to the terms of the AltaRex stock options and warrants
in respect of which they were
issued.
|
Accountant
Fees and Services
|
2004
|
2005
|
|||||
Audit
Fees
|
$
|
24,750
|
$
|
53,611
|
|||
Audit
Related Fees
|
$
|
58,797
|
$
|
69,990
|
|||
Tax
Fees
|
$
|
5,125
|
$
|
4,500
|
|||
All
Other Fees
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
Period
December
14, 2004
to
December 31,
2005
|
(a)
Total Number of
Shares
(or Units)
Purchased
|
(b)
Average Price
Paid
per Share (or
Units)
|
(c)
Total Number of
Shares
(or Units)
Purchased
as Part of
Publicly
Announced
Plans
or Programs
|
(d)
Maximum
Number
(or
Approximate
Dollar
Value)
of Shares (or
Units)
that May Yet
Be
Purchased Under
the
Plans or
Programs
|
|||||||||
Month
#1
December
23, 2004 to December 22, 2005
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,663,823
|
|||||||||
Month
#2
January
1, 2005 to January 31, 2005
|
40,800
|
$
|
1.10
|
—
|
2,623,023
|
||||||||
Month
#3
February
1, 2005 to February 28, 2005
|
200
|
$
|
1.10
|
—
|
2,622,823
|
||||||||
Month
#4
March
1, 2005 to March 31, 2005
|
90,000
|
$
|
1.48
|
—
|
2,532,823
|
||||||||
Month
#5
April
1, 2005 to April 30, 2005
|
6,000
|
$
|
1.44
|
—
|
2,526,823
|
||||||||
Month
#6
May
1, 2005 to May 31, 2005
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
2,526,823
|
|||||||||
Month
#7
June
1, 2005 to June 30, 2005
|
108,800
|
$
|
1.01
|
—
|
2,418,023
|
||||||||
Month
#8
July
1, 2005 to July
31, 2005
|
331,200
|
$
|
1.00
|
—
|
2,086,823
|
||||||||
Month
#9
August
1, 2005 to August
31, 2005
|
1,003,800
|
$
|
1.04
|
—
|
1,083,023
|
||||||||
Month
#10
September
1, 2005 to September 30, 2005
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,083,023
|
|||||||||
Month
#11
October
1, 2005 to October 31, 2005
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,083,023
|
|||||||||
Month
#12
November
1, 2005 to November 30, 2005
|
350,000
|
$
|
1.10
|
—
|
733,023
|
||||||||
Month
#13
December
1, 2005 to December 31, 2005
|
126,100
|
$
|
1.16
|
—
|
606,923
|
VIREXX
MEDICAL CORP.
|
||
|
|
|
By: | signed (D. Lorne Tyrrell) | |
Name: Dr.
D. Lorne Tyrrell
Title: Chief
Executive Officer
|
||
Date:
May 12, 2006
|
By: | signed (Macaraig Canton) | |
Name: Macaraig
Canton
Title:
Acting
Chief Financial Officer
|
||
Date: May 12, 2006 |
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
of Document
|
Page
No.
|
||
1.1
|
Notice
of Annual and Special Meeting of the Shareholders of ViRexx Medical
Corp.
and Management Information Circular and Proxy for a meeting to be
held on
June 16, 2005 and dated April 30, 2005
|
E-1
|
||
1.2
|
Articles
of Amalgamation of ViRexx Medical Corp.
|
E-39
|
||
1.3
|
Bylaw
No. 1 of ViRexx Medical Corp.
|
E-42
|
||
1.4
|
Employment
Agreement dated May 15, 2003 between ViRexx Research Inc. and Dr.Antoine
Noujaim
|
E-53
|
||
1.5
|
Confidentiality
Agreement dated May 15, 2003 between ViRexx Research Inc. and Dr.
Antoine
Noujaim
|
E-67
|
||
1.6
|
Employment
Agreement dated February 1, 2005 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Macaraig
Canton
|
E-77
|
||
1.7
|
Confidentiality
Agreement dated February 1, 2005 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Macaraig
Canton
|
E-92
|
||
1.8
|
Employment
Agreement dated November 1, 2005 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Dr.
Lorne Tyrrell
|
E-98
|
||
1.9
|
Confidentiality
Agreement dated November 1, 2005 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Dr.
Lorne Tyrrell
|
E-121
|
||
1.10
|
Employment
Agreement dated January 1, 2004 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Michael
W. Stewart
|
E-131
|
||
1.11
|
Confidentiality
Agreement dated January 1, 2004 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Michael
W. Stewart
|
E-153
|
||
1.12
|
Employment
Agreement dated January 1, 2004 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Dr.
Andrew Stevens
|
E-162
|
||
1.13
|
Confidentiality
Agreement dated January 1, 2004 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Dr.
Andrew Stevens
|
E-184
|
||
1.14
|
Employment
Agreement dated April 5, 2004 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and Dr.
Irwin
Griffith
|
E-193
|
||
1.15
|
Confidentiality
Agreement dated April 6, 2004 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and Dr.
Irwin
Griffith
|
E-214
|
||
1.16
|
Employment
Agreement dated January 1, 2004 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Dr. Rajan
George
|
E-222
|
||
1.17
|
Confidentiality
Agreement dated January 1, 2004 between ViRexx Medical Corp. and
Dr. Rajan
George
|
E-244
|
||
1.18
|
Agency
Agreement between ViRexx Medical Corp. and Canaccord Capital Corporation
dated March 26, 2005
|
E-253
|
||
C.1
|
Exclusive
License Agreement between Unither Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and AltaRex
Corp.
dated April 17, 2002
|
E-294
|
||
C.2
|
First
Amendment to the License Agreement beween Unither Pharmaceuticals,
Inc.
and AltaRex Corp. dated August 6, 2003
|
E-352
|
||
C.3
|
Subscription
and Debenture Purchase Agreement between United Therapeutics Corporation
and AltaRex Corp. dated April 17, 2002
|
E-356
|
||
C.4
|
Registration
Rights Agreement between United Therapeutics Corporation and AltaRex
Corp.
dated April 17, 2002
|
E-419
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Description
of Document
|
Page
No.
|
||
C.5
|
Security
Agreement between United Therapeutics Corporation and AltaRex Corp.
dated
April 17, 2002
|
E-447
|
||
C.6
|
Arrangement
Agreement among Nova Bancorp Investments Ltd., AltaRex Corp. and
AltaRex
Medical Corp. dated December 23, 2003
|
E-460
|
||
C.7
|
Asset
Purchase Agreement between AltaRex Corp. and AltaRex Medical Corp.
dated
December 31, 2003
|
E-533
|
||
C.8
|
Indemnity
Agreement between AltaRex Corp. and AltaRex Medical Corp. dated effective
February 3, 2004
|
E-553
|
||
C.9
|
Convertible
Note Payable with a prescribed interest rate of 6% granted in favour
of
United Therapeutics Corporation by AltaRex Medical Corp. dated February
3,
2004
|
E-569
|
||
C.10
|
Arrangement
Agreement between AltaRex Medical Corp. and ViRexx Medical Corp.
dated
October 15, 2004
|
E-606
|
||
C.11
|
Collaborative
Development Agreement between Protein Sciences Corporation and ViRexx
Medical Corp. effective April 20, 2005
|
E-670
|
||
C.12
|
License
Agreement between The Governors of the University of Alberta and
ViRexx
Research Inc. dated the 13 day of December, 2001
|
E-694
|
||
C.13
|
Contract
Research Agreement between the Board of Governors of the University
of
Alberta on behalf of the Noujaim Institute for Pharmaceutical Oncology
Research, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University
of
Alberta and Noustar Technologies Inc. and Somagen Diagnostics Inc.
effective the 15th
day of November, 1998
|
E-718
|
||
C.14
|
License
Agreement between The Governors of the University of Alberta and
Virexx
Research Inc. made the 1st
day of May, 2002
|
E-725
|
||
C.15
|
Royalty
Assignment Agreement between Thrombotics Inc., Novolytic Inc. an
AltaRex
Corp. dated the 1st
day of November, 1999
|
E-764
|
||
C.16
|
Technology
Commercialization Agreement made as of the 1st
day of January, 2004 between Alberta Heritage Foundation of Medical
Research aned ViRexx Medical Corp.
|
|||
Item
17
|
Consent
of Independent Accountants dated May 15, 2006.
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Chartered
Accountants
Suite
1501, TD Tower
10088
- 102 Avenue
Edmonton,
Alberta
Canada
T5J 3N5
Telephone
+1 (780) 441 6700
Facsimile
+1 (780) 441 6776
|
December
31,
2005
$
|
December
31,
2004
$
(Restated
-
Note
3)
|
||||||
Assets
|
|||||||
Current
assets
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
5,571,850
|
9,462,988
|
|||||
Restricted
cash (note 6)
|
—
|
659,000
|
|||||
Goods
and services tax recoverable
|
39,606
|
94,903
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses and deposits
|
166,658
|
383,143
|
|||||
Other
current assets
|
—
|
18,527
|
|||||
5,778,114
|
10,618,561
|
||||||
Property
and equipment
(note 4)
|
518,134
|
533,202
|
|||||
Acquired
intellectual property (note
5)
|
29,990,097
|
34,570,682
|
|||||
36,286,345
|
45,722,445
|
||||||
Liabilities
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
670,166
|
744,805
|
|||||
Convertible
debentures (note 6)
|
— |
1,037,106
|
|||||
670,166
|
1,781,911
|
||||||
Future
income taxes (note
7)
|
1,168,377
|
6,749,947
|
|||||
1,838,543
|
8,531,858
|
||||||
Commitments
and contingencies (notes
5 and 8)
|
|||||||
Shareholders’
Equity
|
|||||||
Common
shares -
no
par value; unlimited shares authorized; 58,443,445 shares and
53,276,477
shares issued and outstanding, respectively
(note 11)
|
45,989,189
|
41,754,983
|
|||||
Contributed
surplus (note
11)
|
4,779,409
|
3,626,905
|
|||||
Equity
component of convertible debenture (note 6)
|
—
|
59,118
|
|||||
Deficit
accumulated during development stage
|
(16,320,796
|
)
|
(8,250,419
|
)
|
|||
34,447,802
|
37,190,587
|
||||||
36,286,345
|
45,722,445
|
Lorne Tyrrell, Ph.D, M.D
Director
|
Douglas Gilpin, CA
Chairman
|
Common
shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Number
#
|
|
Amount
$
|
|
Equity
component
of
debenture
$
|
|
Contributed
surplus
$
|
|
Deficit
accumulated
during
development
stage
$
|
|
Total
shareholders’
equity
$
|
|||||||
Balance
- December 31, 1999
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Shares
issued on incorporation
|
200
|
259
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
259
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(177,397
|
)
|
(177,397
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2000
|
200
|
259
|
—
|
—
|
(177,397
|
)
|
(177,138
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of common shares
|
16,617,283
|
1,153,081
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,153,081
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
260,039
|
207,094
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
207,094
|
|||||||||||||
Share
issue costs
|
—
|
(69,067
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(69,067
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,011,957
|
)
|
(1,011,957
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2001
|
16,877,522
|
1,291,367
|
—
|
—
|
(1,189,354
|
)
|
102,013
|
||||||||||||
Shares
issued on settlement of debt
|
682,686
|
218,460
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
218,460
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of common shares
|
184,000
|
800,024
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
800,024
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
1,869
|
1,428
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,428
|
|||||||||||||
Share
issue costs
|
—
|
(7,749
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(7,749
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Issuance
of convertible debenture
|
—
|
—
|
90,000
|
—
|
—
|
90,000
|
|||||||||||||
Amalgamation
|
(1,000,000
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,260,472
|
)
|
(1,260,472
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2002
|
16,746,077
|
2,303,530
|
90,000
|
—
|
(2,449,826
|
)
|
(56,296
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Issued
under private placement
|
48,000
|
31,200
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
31,200
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
300,000
|
126,600
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
126,600
|
|||||||||||||
Conversion
of debentures
|
684,648
|
261,277
|
(30,882
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
230,395
|
||||||||||||
Amalgamation
|
(7,378,725
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(24,498
|
)
|
(24,498
|
)
|
||||||||||
Issue
of special warrants
|
5,200,000
|
2,881,060
|
—
|
205,150
|
—
|
3,086,210
|
|||||||||||||
Stock
options issued to non-employees
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
85,000
|
—
|
85,000
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(1,383,562
|
)
|
(1,383,562
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2003
|
15,600,000
|
5,603,667
|
59,118
|
290,150
|
(3,857,886
|
)
|
2,095,049
|
||||||||||||
Retroactive
adjustment for stock-based compensation
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
734,773
|
(734,773
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2003 (restated
- note 3)
|
15,600,000
|
5,603,667
|
59,118
|
1,024,923
|
(4,592,659
|
)
|
2,095,049
|
||||||||||||
Issued
through public offering
|
11,000,000
|
8,388,820
|
—
|
411,180
|
—
|
8,800,000
|
|||||||||||||
Issued
as corporate finance fee
|
400,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
5,500
|
5,500
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
5,500
|
|||||||||||||
Acquisition
of AltaRex Medical Corp.
|
26,257,759
|
28,620,957
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
28,620,957
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
13,218
|
15,727
|
—
|
(5,153
|
)
|
—
|
10,574
|
||||||||||||
Share
issue costs
|
—
|
(879,688
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(879,688
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Fair
value of stock options issued on the acquisition of
AltaRex
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,815,378
|
—
|
1,815,378
|
|||||||||||||
Stock
options issued
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
380,577
|
—
|
380,577
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss (restated - note 3)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2004 (restated
- note 3)
|
53,276,477
|
41,754,983
|
59,118
|
3,626,905
|
(8,250,419
|
)
|
37,190,587
|
||||||||||||
Repurchase
of shares
|
(2,056,900
|
)
|
(1,645,113
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(610,663
|
)
|
(2,255,776
|
)
|
|||||||||
Exercise
of stock options
|
225,218
|
267,413
|
—
|
(75,699
|
)
|
—
|
191,714
|
||||||||||||
Private
placement
|
4,035,665
|
2,970,316
|
—
|
1,065,349
|
—
|
4,035,665
|
|||||||||||||
Exercise
of warrants
|
2,302,875
|
2,277,370
|
—
|
(294,495
|
)
|
—
|
1,982,875
|
||||||||||||
Conversion
of debentures
|
561,100
|
591,281
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
591,281
|
|||||||||||||
Conversion
and redemption of debentures
|
—
|
—
|
(59,118
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(59,118
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Share
issue costs
|
99,010
|
(227,061
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(227,061
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Stock
options issued
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
457,349
|
—
|
457,349
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(7,459,714
|
)
|
(7,459,714
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
- December 31, 2005
|
58,443,445
|
45,989,189
|
—
|
4,779,409
|
(16,320,796
|
)
|
34,447,802
|
|
|
Years
ended December 31,
|
Cumulative
from
October
30, 2000
to
December
31,
2005
$
|
||||||||||
2005
$
|
2004
$
(Restated
— Note 3)
|
2003
$
|
|||||||||||
Revenue
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||
Expenses
|
|||||||||||||
Research
and development (note 10)
|
4,750,190
|
1,796,680
|
383,073
|
7,954,932
|
|||||||||
Corporate
administration
|
3,650,282
|
1,887,711
|
892,036
|
7,609,464
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
2,499,174
|
71,348
|
31,596
|
2,661,343
|
|||||||||
Debenture
interest
|
95,201
|
61,999
|
76,052
|
272,960
|
|||||||||
Loss
(gain) on foreign exchange
|
45,528
|
(14,971
|
)
|
(4,401
|
)
|
77,653
|
|||||||
Interest
income
|
(218,504
|
)
|
(127,728
|
)
|
(7,497
|
)
|
(353,729
|
)
|
|||||
Other
income
|
(3,731
|
)
|
(15,324
|
)
|
—
|
(19,055
|
)
|
||||||
(Gain)
loss on disposal of property and equipment
|
—
|
(1,955
|
)
|
12,703
|
105,720
|
||||||||
10,818,140
|
3,657,760
|
1,383,562
|
18,309,288
|
||||||||||
Loss
before income taxes
|
(10,818,140
|
)
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
(1,383,562
|
)
|
(18,309,288
|
)
|
|||||
Income
taxes recovery
|
(3,358,426
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(3,358,426
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
loss for the year
|
(7,459,714
|
)
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
(1,383,562
|
)
|
(14,950,862
|
)
|
|||||
Basic
and diluted loss per common share (note 12)
|
(0.13
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
Years
ended December 31,
|
|||||||||||||
2005
$
|
|
2004
$
(Restated
— Note 3)
|
2003
$
|
Cumulative
from
October
30,
2000
to
December
31,
2005
$
|
|||||||||
Cash
provided by (used in)
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
activities
|
|||||||||||||
Net
loss for the period
|
(7,459,714
|
)
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
(1,383,562
|
)
|
(14,950,862
|
)
|
|||||
Items
not affecting cash
|
|||||||||||||
Debenture
interest
|
95,201
|
54,526
|
76,052
|
265,487
|
|||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
2,499,174
|
71,348
|
31,596
|
2,661,343
|
|||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
457,349
|
380,577
|
211,300
|
1,049,226
|
|||||||||
Write
off of patent costs
|
—
|
242,626
|
—
|
242,626
|
|||||||||
(Gain)
loss on disposal of property and equipment
|
—
|
(1,955
|
)
|
12,703
|
105,364
|
||||||||
Unrealized
foreign exchange gain
|
(356
|
)
|
(9,471
|
)
|
—
|
(9,471
|
)
|
||||||
Future
income taxes
|
(3,358,426
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(3,358,426
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
change in non-cash working capital items (note 13)
|
215,670
|
(346,104
|
)
|
476,659
|
391,261
|
||||||||
(7,551,102
|
)
|
(3,266,213
|
)
|
(575,252
|
)
|
(13,603,452
|
)
|
||||||
Financing
activities
|
|||||||||||||
Issuance
of share capital
|
5,983,193
|
7,405,027
|
3,280,210
|
18,774,956
|
|||||||||
Amounts
due to related parties
|
—
|
(35,341
|
)
|
13,368
|
—
|
||||||||
Advances
from shareholder
|
—
|
—
|
575,000
|
769,900
|
|||||||||
Repayment
of advances from shareholder
|
—
|
—
|
(575,000
|
)
|
(769,900
|
)
|
|||||||
Convertible
debentures
|
(600,144
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
84,856
|
||||||||
Restricted
cash
|
659,000
|
(659,000
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||
Repurchase
of shares
|
(2,255,776
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(2,255,776
|
)
|
|||||||
3,786,273
|
6,710,686
|
3,293,578
|
16,604,036
|
||||||||||
Investing
activities
|
|||||||||||||
Acquisition
of property and equipment
|
(131,991
|
)
|
(403,364
|
)
|
(94,617
|
)
|
(908,422
|
)
|
|||||
Cash
acquired on acquisition
|
—
|
3,710,419
|
19,142
|
3,729,561
|
|||||||||
Proceeds
on sale of property and equipment
|
5,682
|
2,861
|
9,210
|
17,753
|
|||||||||
Expenditures
on patents and trademarks
|
—
|
—
|
(74,824
|
)
|
(267,626
|
)
|
|||||||
(126,309
|
)
|
3,309,916
|
(141,089
|
)
|
2,571,266
|
||||||||
(Decrease)
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
(3,891,138
|
)
|
6,754,389
|
2,577,237
|
5,571,850
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents - Beginning of year
|
9,462,988
|
2,708,599
|
131,362
|
—
|
|||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents - End
of year
|
5,571,850
|
9,462,988
|
2,708,599
|
5,571,850
|
|||||||||
Supplementary
information
(note 13)
|
1 |
Nature
of operations
|
2 |
Summary
of significant accounting
policies
|
a) |
Basis
of consolidation
|
b) |
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
c) |
Revenue
|
d) |
Property
and equipment
|
Laboratory
equipment
|
20
|
%
|
||
Office,
furniture and equipment
|
20
|
%
|
||
Computer
equipment
|
30
|
%
|
||
Computer
software
|
100
|
%
|
e) |
Licenses
|
f) |
Unither
development agreement
|
g) |
Government
grants and investment tax credits
|
h) |
Research
and development costs
|
i) |
Foreign
currency translation
|
j) |
Income
taxes
|
k) |
Stock-based
compensation
|
l) |
Impairment
of long-lived assets
|
m) |
Loss
per share
|
3 |
Accounting
changes
|
4 |
Property
and equipment
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Cost
$
|
Accumulated
depreciation
$
|
Net
$
|
||||||||
Laboratory
equipment
|
468,834
|
142,047
|
326,787
|
|||||||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
108,434
|
30,175
|
78,259
|
|||||||
Computer
equipment and software
|
175,085
|
92,073
|
83,012
|
|||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
36,469
|
6,393
|
30,076
|
|||||||
788,822
|
270,688
|
518,134
|
2004
|
||||||||||
Cost
$
|
Accumulated
depreciation
$
|
Net
$
|
||||||||
Laboratory
equipment
|
465,394
|
76,090
|
389,304
|
|||||||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
64,124
|
13,210
|
50,914
|
|||||||
Computer
equipment and software
|
98,297
|
38,787
|
59,510
|
|||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
34,343
|
869
|
33,474
|
|||||||
662,158
|
128,956
|
533,202
|
5 |
Acquired
intellectual property
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
||||||
Unither
development agreement - net of accumulated amortization of $2,355,358
(2004 - $nil)
|
29,975,164
|
34,553,666
|
|||||
Other
licenses - net of accumulated amortization of $10,067 (2004 -
$7,984)
|
14,933
|
17,016
|
|||||
29,990,097
|
34,570,682
|
6 |
Convertible
debentures
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
||||||
U.S.
dollar convertible debenture
|
—
|
502,215
|
|||||
Canadian
dollar convertible debentures
|
—
|
450,000
|
|||||
Equity
component of convertible debentures
|
—
|
(59,118
|
)
|
||||
Unpaid
interest
|
—
|
144,009
|
|||||
—
|
1,037,106
|
7 |
Income
taxes
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
(Restated)
|
2003
$
(Restated)
|
||||||||
Canadian
statutory rates
|
33.62
|
%
|
33.87
|
%
|
36.74
|
%
|
||||
Expected
recovery at the statutory rate
|
(3,637,058
|
)
|
(1,239,000
|
)
|
(508,000
|
)
|
||||
Unrecognized
deductible temporary differences and tax losses
|
(129,368
|
)
|
1,109,000
|
429,000
|
||||||
Stock-based
compensation and other non-deductible expenses
|
408,000
|
130,000
|
79,000
|
|||||||
Total
income taxes (recovery)
|
(3,358,426
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
(Restated)
|
||||||
Future
tax assets
|
|||||||
Non-capital
loss carry forwards
|
4,754,155
|
1,577,315
|
|||||
Research
and development deductions and investment tax credits
|
1,231,946
|
1,244,976
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
547,566
|
420,599
|
|||||
6,533,667
|
3,242,890
|
||||||
Future
tax liabilities
|
|||||||
Acquired
intellectual property
|
(7,702,044
|
)
|
(9,992,837
|
)
|
|||
Net
future tax liability
|
(1,168,377
|
)
|
(6,749,947
|
)
|
Non-capital
loss
carry
forwards
$
|
Investment
tax
credits
$
|
||||||
2006
|
31,000
|
—
|
|||||
2007
|
208,000
|
—
|
|||||
2008
|
334,000
|
—
|
|||||
2009
|
668,000
|
10,000
|
|||||
2010
|
929,000
|
1,000
|
|||||
2012
|
—
|
2,000
|
|||||
2013
|
1,641,000
|
19,000
|
|||||
2014
|
1,946,000
|
454,000
|
|||||
2015
|
8,383,000
|
—
|
|||||
14,140,000
|
486,000
|
8 |
Commitments
|
$
|
||||
2006
|
554,257
|
|||
2007
|
113,126
|
|||
2008
|
115,885
|
|||
2009
|
115,885
|
|||
2010
|
115,885
|
|||
Thereafter
|
48,285
|
|||
1,063,323
|
9 |
Government
assistance and research and development
projects
|
10 |
Research
and development projects
|
· |
OvaRex®
MAb is a murine monoclonal antibody that has a high degree of specificity
to a tumour associated antigen that is over-expressed in the majority
of
late stage ovarian cancer patients. The Company believes that the
product
acts as an immunotherapeutic agent by inducing and/or amplifying
the human
body’s immune response against ovarian cancer. All development costs
for
OvaRex®
MAb are borne by United Therapeutics pursuant to the development
agreement
described in note 5.
|
· |
The
Company’s T-ACT™ technology platform is a novel and proprietary targeted
tumour starvation technology platform which has the potential to
produce a
wide range of products that stop the flow of blood to solid tumors,
both
malignant (cancer) and non-malignant
(benign).
|
· |
The
Chimigen™ technology platform encompasses a molecular design recognizable
by the body’s immune system to break tolerance by mounting a humoral
(antibody) as well as a highly desirable cellular response to clear
the
virus that is responsible for the chronic
infection.
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
2003
$
|
||||||||
T-ACT™
|
1,236,748
|
410,018
|
426,024
|
|||||||
Chimigen™
|
3,162,108
|
2,251,092
|
563,304
|
|||||||
OvaRex®
MAb
|
396,334
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Gross
research and development expenses
|
4,795,190
|
2,661,110
|
989,328
|
|||||||
Government
grants
|
(45,000
|
)
|
(864,430
|
)
|
(154,780
|
)
|
||||
Tax
credits
|
—
|
—
|
(451,475
|
)
|
||||||
Net
research and development expenses
|
4,750,190
|
1,796,680
|
383,073
|
11 |
Share
capital
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
|||||||||||||||||
Stock
options # |
Weighted
average Exercise price $ |
Stock
options # |
Weighted
average
Exercise
price
$
|
Stock
options
#
|
Weighted
average
Exercise
price
$
|
||||||||||||||
Outstanding
- Beginning of period
|
6,369,168
|
0.84
|
2,103,218
|
0.80
|
685,000
|
0.50
|
|||||||||||||
Granted
|
640,000
|
1.04
|
4,564,168
|
0.85
|
2,403,218
|
0.70
|
|||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(225,218
|
)
|
0.85
|
(13,218
|
)
|
0.80
|
(300,000
|
)
|
0.001
|
||||||||||
Expired
|
(113,750
|
)
|
5.64
|
(285,000
|
)
|
0.80
|
(685,000
|
)
|
0.50
|
||||||||||
Outstanding
- End of period
|
6,670,200
|
0.84
|
6,369,168
|
0.84
|
2,103,218
|
0.80
|
|||||||||||||
Exercisable
- End of period
|
5,712,066
|
0.80
|
5,121,968
|
0.83
|
2,103,218
|
0.80
|
2005
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||
Exercise
price
$
|
Number
of
shares
#
|
Average
expiration
life
(years)
|
Number
of
shares
#
|
||||||||||
0.48
|
1,675,000
|
7.63
|
1,675,000
|
||||||||||
0.76
|
50,000
|
7.75
|
50,000
|
||||||||||
0.80
|
2,923,000
|
2.96
|
2,796,333
|
||||||||||
0.86
|
475,000
|
5.35
|
475,000
|
||||||||||
0.90
|
697,200
|
9.21
|
445,733
|
||||||||||
0.94
|
190,000
|
4.47
|
190,000
|
||||||||||
0.99
|
560,000
|
9.84
|
-
|
||||||||||
1.39
|
50,000
|
1.33
|
50,000
|
||||||||||
1.46
|
30,000
|
9.28
|
10,000
|
||||||||||
3.90
|
10,000
|
5.53
|
10,000
|
||||||||||
6.26
|
10,000
|
5.65
|
10,000
|
||||||||||
6,670,200
|
5,712,066
|
2004
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||
Exercise
price
$
|
Number
of
shares
#
|
Average
expiration
life
(years)
|
Number
of
shares
#
|
||||||||||
0.48
|
1,675,000
|
8.38
|
1,675,000
|
||||||||||
0.76
|
50,000
|
7.55
|
50,000
|
||||||||||
0.80
|
3,070,000
|
3.71
|
2,465,000
|
||||||||||
0.86
|
575,000
|
6.16
|
575,000
|
||||||||||
0.90
|
697,200
|
9.96
|
205,000
|
||||||||||
0.94
|
240,000
|
5.22
|
90,000
|
||||||||||
1.03
|
13,218
|
0.33
|
13,218
|
||||||||||
3.90
|
10,000
|
6.28
|
10,000
|
||||||||||
6.26
|
10,000
|
6.40
|
10,000
|
||||||||||
11.20
|
3,125
|
3.55
|
3,125
|
||||||||||
11.92
|
12,500
|
5.13
|
12,500
|
||||||||||
26.40
|
625
|
2.85
|
625
|
||||||||||
29.44
|
12,500
|
2.52
|
12,500
|
||||||||||
6,369,168
|
5,121,968
|
2003
|
|||||||||||||
Outstanding
|
Exercisable
|
||||||||||||
Exercise
price
$
|
Number
of
shares
#
|
Average
expiration
life
(years)
|
Number
of
shares
#
|
||||||||||
0.80
|
2,103,218
|
4.71
|
2,103,218
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
2003
$
|
||||||||
Expected
life
|
7
years
|
5
years
|
5
years
|
|||||||
Risk-free
rate
|
4.3
|
%
|
4.0
|
%
|
3.9
|
%
|
||||
Expected
volatility
|
87.6
|
%
|
77.2
|
%
|
51.0
|
%
|
||||
Expected
dividend yield
|
0.0
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
0.0
|
%
|
||||
$ |
$
|
|
$
|
|||||||
Weighted
average fair value of options granted
|
0.93
|
0.54
|
0.39
|
2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Expiry
date
|
Exercise
price
$
|
Opening
#
|
Granted
#
|
Exercised
#
|
Cancelled
#
|
Closing
#
|
|||||||||||||
April
14, 2005
|
0.80
|
1,100,000
|
—
|
(1,100,000
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
June
23, 2005
|
0.80
|
500,000
|
—
|
(500,000
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
October
14, 2005
|
1.00
|
5,086,595
|
—
|
(212,500
|
)
|
(4,874,095
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||
October
14, 2005
|
1.00
|
5,496,500
|
—
|
(490,375
|
)
|
(5,006,125
|
)
|
—
|
|||||||||||
November
26, 2006
|
4.00
|
360,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
360,000
|
|||||||||||||
September
9, 2007
|
1.20
|
—
|
2,459,299
|
—
|
—
|
2,459,299
|
|||||||||||||
12,543,095
|
2,459,299
|
(2,302,875
|
)
|
(9,880,220
|
)
|
2,819,299
|
2004
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Expiry
date
|
Exercise
price
$
|
Opening
#
|
Granted
#
|
Exercised
#
|
Cancelled
#
|
Closing
#
|
|||||||||||||
April
14, 2005
|
0.80
|
—
|
1,100,000
|
—
|
—
|
1,100,000
|
|||||||||||||
June
23, 2005
|
0.80
|
500,000
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
500,000
|
|||||||||||||
July
7, 2005
|
1.00
|
5,000,000
|
318,595
|
(2,000
|
)
|
(230,000
|
)
|
5,086,595
|
|||||||||||
October
14, 2005
|
1.00
|
—
|
5,500,000
|
(3,500
|
)
|
—
|
5,496,500
|
||||||||||||
November
26, 2006
|
4.00
|
—
|
360,000
|
—
|
—
|
360,000
|
|||||||||||||
5,500,000
|
7,278,595
|
(5,500
|
)
|
(230,000
|
)
|
12,543,095
|
12 |
Loss
per share
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
2003
$
|
||||||||
Loss
attributable to common shareholders
|
(7,459,714
|
)
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
(1,383,562
|
)
|
||||
# | # | # | ||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
55,827,119
|
25,268,388
|
9,128,866
|
|||||||
$ | $ | $ | ||||||||
Basic
and diluted loss per share
|
(0.13
|
)
|
(0.14
|
)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
13 |
Supplementary
cash flow information
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
2003
$
|
||||||||
Net
change in non-cash working capital items
|
||||||||||
Other
current assets
|
18,527
|
42,471
|
(13,460
|
)
|
||||||
Goods
and services tax recoverable
|
55,297
|
(17,422
|
)
|
(27,784
|
)
|
|||||
Investment
tax credits recoverable
|
—
|
447,013
|
(79,659
|
)
|
||||||
Prepaid
expenses and deposits
|
216,485
|
(337,114
|
)
|
1,756
|
||||||
Income
taxes recoverable
|
—
|
—
|
8,436
|
|||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued liabilities
|
(74,639
|
)
|
(481,052
|
)
|
587,370
|
|||||
215,670
|
(346,104
|
)
|
476,659
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
2003
$
|
||||||||
Income
taxes paid
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Interest
paid
|
200,144
|
3,667
|
—
|
|||||||
Interest
received
|
218,504
|
127,728
|
7,497
|
14 |
Financial
instruments
|
15 |
United
States accounting
principles
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
||||||
Assets
|
|||||||
Current
assets
|
5,778,114
|
10,618,561
|
|||||
Property
and equipment
|
518,134
|
533,202
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
6,296,248
|
11,151,763
|
|||||
Liabilities
|
|||||||
Trade
accounts payable and related accruals
|
307,429
|
744,805
|
|||||
Accrued
salary and wages
|
362,737
|
—
|
|||||
Convertible
debentures
|
—
|
1,096,224
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
670,166
|
1,841,029
|
|||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
|||||||
Common
stock
|
45,989,189
|
41,754,983
|
|||||
Contributed
surplus
|
4,779,409
|
3,663,415
|
|||||
Deficit
accumulated during development stage
|
(45,142,516
|
)
|
(36,107,664
|
)
|
|||
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
5,626,082
|
9,310,734
|
|||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
6,296,248
|
11,151,763
|
2005
$
|
2004
$
|
2003
$
|
||||||||
Net
loss in accordance with Canadian GAAP
|
(7,459,714
|
)
|
(3,657,760
|
)
|
(1,383,562
|
)
|
||||
Adjustments
to reconcile to U.S. GAAP
|
||||||||||
Acquired
intellectual property rights
|
—
|
(34,553,666
|
)
|
(74,824
|
)
|
|||||
Acquired
intellectual property rights amortization
|
2,357,441
|
2,084
|
2,083
|
|||||||
Future
income taxes
|
(3,358,426
|
)
|
6,749,947
|
—
|
||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
—
|
—
|
(734,773
|
)
|
||||||
Net
loss and comprehensive loss in accordance with U.S. GAAP
|
(8,460,699
|
)
|
(31,459,395
|
)
|
(2,191,076
|
)
|
||||
$ | $ | $ | ||||||||
Net
loss per common share - basic and diluted
|
(0.15
|
)
|
(1.25
|
)
|
(0.24
|
)
|
||||
# | # | # | ||||||||
Weighted-average
number of common shares outstanding - basic and diluted
|
55,827,119
|
25,268,388
|
9,128,866
|
16 |
Subsequent
event
|