Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): September 8, 2009

 

 

Luna Innovations Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-52008   54-1560050

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1 Riverside Circle, Suite 400

Roanoke, Virginia 24016

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

540-769-8400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(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 Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On September 9, 2009, Luna Innovations Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009 and information regarding a conference call to be held by the Company to discuss those financial results. A copy of the press release (the “Press Release”) is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

The Press Release also announces the Company received notice on September 8, 2009, that the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Hearings Panel (the “Panel”) has determined to transfer the Company’s shares of common stock from the Nasdaq Global Market to the Nasdaq Capital Market and continue listing of its shares. The Company’s continued listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market is conditioned on (i) the filing of its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, on or before September, 9, 2009, (ii) the provision to the Panel of monthly updates and prompt notice of any events that would affect its ability to obtain compliance with the Nasdaq Capital Market’s applicable listing standards, and (iii) the Company’s emergence from reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on or before December 31, 2009, and successful application for initial listing to the Nasdaq Capital Market. The Nasdaq Stock Market Listing Qualifications Staff had previously issued a delisting determination letter to the Company on July 17, 2009, and the Company had appealed the proposed delisting to the Panel. The Company’s hearing on the appeal was held before the Panel on August 27, 2009.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated September 9, 2009 by Luna Innovations Incorporated.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

Luna Innovations Incorporated
By:  

/s/ Talfourd H. Kemper, Jr.

  Talfourd H. Kemper, Jr.
  Vice President and General Counsel

Date: September 9, 2009


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

  

Description

99.1    Press Release dated September 9, 2009 by Luna Innovations Incorporated.
Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO   

Release

Luna Innovations Incorporated

1 Riverside Circle, Suite 400

Roanoke, VA 24016

Luna Innovations Reports Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results;

Luna Continues Listing on NASDAQ

Revenues decline by $1.2 million compared to second quarter 2008

Net loss increases by $0.6 million;

(ROANOKE, VA, Sept. 9, 2009) – Luna Innovations Incorporated (NASDAQ: LUNA), a company focusing on sensing & instrumentation and pharmaceutical nanomedicines, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.

As compared to the same quarter last year, second quarter 2009 revenues decreased from $9.9 million to $8.7 million, gross profit decreased from $4.1 million to $3.3 million, and loss per share increased from $0.16 to $0.21. The increase in loss per share resulted from lower product sales in addition to higher costs associated with continuing litigation activities, partially offset by improvements in other areas of operating expenses.

Kent Murphy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, provided this comment related to the second quarter results and the company’s decision to file for reorganization under Chapter 11 in July: “The slowdown in product sales that began in the fourth quarter of last year with the country’s overall economic decline continued to affect our product sales in the second quarter. While the costs of our ongoing litigation with Hansen Medical also continue to adversely impact our bottom-line results, we have made significant improvements in the efficiency of our operations and continue to conduct business in the ordinary course. Our costs associated with legal matters increased approximately $1 million, to $1.6 million, in the second quarter of 2009 compared with approximately $0.8 million in the second quarter of 2008. Excluding that increase in our legal costs, our operating expenses for the most recent quarter would have decreased by approximately $1 million compared to the same period last year. When we filed for reorganization in mid-July, our


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objective was to protect the interests of all of our stakeholders while trying to resolve our legal matters as quickly as possible. If we are able to emerge from Chapter 11 quickly and in accordance with the plan that we have filed with the court, we will be positioned for continued success into the future.”

The company also announced today that it received notice on September 8, 2009, that the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel decided to transfer its common stock from the NASDAQ Global Market to the NASDAQ Capital Market and continue listing of its common stock. The company had previously received a delisting letter on July 17, 2009, and the company had appealed the proposed delisting to the Panel. The hearing on the appeal was held on August 27, 2009. The company’s continued listing is subject to several conditions, including its emergence from Chapter 11 reorganization by December 31, 2009.

Second Quarter Financial Highlights

 

   

Total revenues for the second quarter of 2009 decreased by $1.2 million to $8.7 million compared to $9.9 million during the second quarter of 2008.

 

   

Product and license revenues decreased $0.7 million to approximately $2.2 million in the second quarter of 2009 compared to $2.9 million in the second quarter of 2008.

 

   

Technology Development Division revenues decreased by $0.5 million as compared to the second quarter of 2008.

 

   

Gross profit for the second quarter of 2009 decreased to $3.3 million from $4.1 million for the corresponding period of 2008.


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Operating expenses decreased to $5.6 million in the second quarter of 2009 from $5.8 million during the second quarter of 2008, notwithstanding an increase in legal fees of approximately $1 million.

 

   

Net loss per share for the second quarter of 2009 was $0.21 per share, an increase from a loss per share of $0.16 for the second quarter of 2008.

 

   

Cash and cash equivalents decreased to $12.1 million at June 30, 2009, as compared to $13.2 million at March 31, 2009 and $15.5 million at December 31, 2008.

Second Quarter Business Highlights

Technology Development Division

 

   

Awarded $1.5 million corrosion test methods contract

 

   

Selected for negotiations in NREL’s Photovoltaic Technology Pre-Incubator Program

 

   

Demonstrated advanced material technologies in hydrophobic watershedding coatings for windshields and impact damage indicating paints during the Warrior 2009 demonstration sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), which highlights promising new technologies in the field during actual military exercise scenarios

 

   

With the Mayo Clinic, published a paper in the international journal Annals of Biomedical Engineering discussing a next-generation fiber optic pressure microsensor that improves size and performance over previous generation sensors

Pharmaceuticals / Nanomedicine

 

   

Published a paper titled “Fullerene nanomaterials potentiate hair growth“ in the international, peer-reviewed journal Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine (NBM)

Instrumentation, Test & Measurement


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Launched our distributed sensing system with potential application in areas such as structural health monitoring of carbon fiber reinforced materials of new aircraft, aviation electronic systems and sink hole monitoring systems for railways

Outlook for Remainder of 2009

Given the uncertainties associated with Luna’s Chapter 11 reorganization and the Hansen litigation, the company is unable to provide a reasonable projection for its expected results of operations for the remainder of 2009 at this time.

Conference Call Information

As previously announced, Luna Innovations will conduct an investor conference call at 5:00 p.m. (EDT) today to discuss its financial results for the second quarter of 2009. The call can be accessed by dialing 1.866.314.4865 domestically or 1.617.213.8050 internationally prior to the start of the call. The access code is 77289631. The conference call will also be webcast live over the Internet. The webcast can be accessed by logging on to the “Investor Relations” section of the Luna Innovations website, http://www.lunainnovations.com, prior to the event. The webcast will be archived under the “Webcasts and Presentations” section of the Luna Innovations website for at least 30 days following the conference call.

About Luna Innovations:

Luna Innovations Incorporated (www.lunainnovations.com) develops and manufactures new-generation products for the healthcare, telecommunications, energy and defense markets. Our products are used to measure, monitor, protect and improve critical processes in the markets we serve. Through its disciplined commercialization business model, Luna has become a recognized leader in transitioning science to solutions. Luna is headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia.

Forward Looking Statements:

This release includes information that constitutes “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding, but not limited to (i) Luna’s intention to


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continue to serve its customers’ needs; (ii) improvements in operating efficiencies; (iii) the company’s position if it can emerge from Chapter 11 quickly under its filed plan of reorganization; (iv) demonstration of material technologies; and (v) the potential expansion of applications for the company’s distributing sensing technology. The company attempts, whenever possible, to identify forward-looking statements by words such as “intends,” “will,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “may,” “estimates,” “believes,” “should,” “projects,” or “continue,” or the negative of those words and other comparable words. Similarly, statements that describe the company’s business strategy, goals, prospects, opportunities, outlook, objectives, plans or intentions are also forward-looking statements. Actual events or results may differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company’s control. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to risks inherent in current or future litigation proceedings, particularly with respect to Hansen Medical, Inc.; the company’s inability to continue to operate its business in the normal course; whether the company can emerge from Chapter 11 reorganization in the near future; and difficulties with the application of the company’s technologies. Additional factors that may affect the future results of the company are set forth in the company’s quarterly and annual reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K, respectively, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which are available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov , and at the company’s website at http://www.lunainnovations.com. These risk factors are updated from time to time through the filing of periodic reports with the SEC. The statements made in this press release are based on information available to the company as of the date of this release and Luna Innovations undertakes no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements herein after the date of this press release.

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Luna Innovations Incorporated Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2009     2008     2009     2008  
     (unaudited)     (unaudited)     (unaudited)     (unaudited)  

Revenues:

        

Contract research revenues

   $ 6,446,971      $ 6,947,276      $ 13,329,343      $ 13,549,023   

Product and license revenues

     2,214,808        2,931,027        3,825,991        5,249,203   
                                

Total revenues

     8,661,779        9,878,303        17,155,334        18,798,226   

Cost of revenues:

        

Contract research costs

     4,271,252        4,382,001        9,169,008        8,575,648   

Product and license costs

     1,048,249        1,427,553        1,926,850        2,769,232   
                                

Total cost of revenues

     5,319,501        5,809,554        11,095,858        11,344,880   
                                

Gross profit

     3,342,278        4,068,749        6,059,476        7,453,346   

Operating expense:

        

Selling, general, and administrative

     4,907,564        4,899,559        9,142,073        9,455,192   

Research, development, and engineering

     684,755        934,111        1,681,475        1,638,910   

Litigation reserve

     —          —          36,303,643        —     
     —          —          1,310,598        —     
                                

Operating expense

     5,592,319        5,833,670        48,437,789        11,094,102   
                                

Operating loss

     (2,250,041     (1,764,921     (42,378,313     (3,640,756
                                

Other expense

        

Other

     (17,244     —          (18,167     —     

Interest expense, net

     (139,875     (33,576     (298,864     (9,689
                                

Total other income

     (157,119     (33,576     (317,031     (9,689
                                

Loss before income taxes

     (2,407,160     (1,798,497     (42,695,344     (3,650,445

Income tax expense

     —          —          600,000        —     
                                

Net loss

   $ (2,407,160   $ (1,798,497   $ (43,295,344   $ (3,650,445
                                

Net loss per share:

        

Basic

   $ (0.21   $ (0.16   $ (3.87   $ (0.34
                                

Diluted

   $ (0.21   $ (0.16   $ (3.87   $ (0.34
                                

Weighted average shares:

        

Basic

     11,207,021        10,935,370        11,184,348        10,858,367   
                                

Diluted

     11,207,021        10,935,370        11,184,348        10,858,367   
                                


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Luna Innovations Incorporated Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

     June 30,
2009
    December 31,
2008
 
     (unaudited)        

Assets

    

Current assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 12,110,258      $ 15,518,960   

Accounts receivable, net

     6,879,920        7,332,034   

Refundable income taxes

     98,092        98,092   

Inventory

     2,851,581        2,828,991   

Other current assets

     418,980        342,598   
                

Total current assets

     22,358,831        26,120,675   

Property and equipment, net

     4,710,871        5,363,957   

Intangible assets, net

     175,862        1,813,643   

Deferred tax asset

     —          600,000   

Other assets

     101,981        118,292   
                

Total assets

   $ 27,347,545      $ 34,016,567   
                

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

    

Current liabilities

    

Current portion of capital lease obligation

   $ 11,782      $ 17,396   

Current portion of long-term debt obligation

     4,285,715        1,428,572   

Accounts payable

     1,778,275        2,667,192   

Accrued liabilities

     5,491,100        5,161,308   

Litigation reserve

     36,303,643        —     

Deferred credits

     1,866,249        1,854,282   
                

Total current liabilities

     49,736,764        11,128,750   

Long-term debt obligation

     5,000,000        8,571,428   
                

Total liabilities

     54,736,764        19,700,178   
                

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock, par value $0.001, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding

     —          —     

Common stock, par value $0.001, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 11,209,836 and 11,137,882 shares issued and outstanding

     11,209        11,138   

Additional paid-in capital

     39,550,593        37,960,928   

Accumulated deficit

     (66,951,021     (23,655,677
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     (27,389,219     14,316,389   
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 27,347,545      $ 34,016,567   
                


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Luna Innovations Incorporated Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

     Six months ended
June 30,
 
     2009     2008  
     (unaudited)     (unaudited)  

Cash flows used in operating activities

    

Net loss

   $ (43,295,344   $ (3,650,445

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

    

Depreciation and amortization

     1,142,846        958,953   

Impairment of intangible assets

     1,310,598        —     

Share-based compensation

     1,569,043        1,422,902   

Deferred tax expense

     600,000        —     

Change in assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     452,114        1,220,259   

Refundable income taxes

     —          5,401   

Inventory

     (22,590     (605,471

Other assets

     (60,071     (160,362

Litigation reserve

     36,303,643        —     

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     (559,125     138,964   

Deferred credits

     11,967        (297,695
                

Net cash used in operating activities

     (2,546,919     (967,494
                

Cash flows used in investing activities

    

Acquisition of property and equipment

     (41,445     (552,355

Intangible property costs

     (121,132     (291,452
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (162,577     (843,807
                

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Proceeds from/ (Payments on) debt obligations

     (714,285     4,928,150   

Payments on capital lease obligations

     (5,614     (16,517

Proceeds from the exercise of options and warrants

     20,693        105,362   
                

Net cash used in financing activities

     (699,206     5,016,995   
                

Net change in cash

     (3,408,702     3,205,694   

Cash—beginning of period

     15,518,960        12,046,945   
                

Cash—end of period

   $ 12,110,258      $ 15,252,639   
                


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Luna Innovations Incorporated Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to Net Loss

Luna Innovations Incorporated

Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to Net Loss

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2009     2008     2009     2008  
     (unaudited)     (unaudited)     (unaudited)     (unaudited)  

Net Loss

   $ (2,407,160   $ (1,798,497   $ (43,295,344   $ (3,650,445

Interest

     139,875        33,576        298,864        9,689   

Taxes

     —          —          600,000        —     

Depreciation and amortization

     523,058        477,121        1,142,846        958,953   
                                

EBITDA

     (1,744,227     (1,287,800     (41,253,634     (2,681,803

Share based compensation

     779,532        663,260        1,569,043        1,422,902   

Litigation reserve

     —          —          36,303,643        —     

Impairment of intangible assets

     —          —          1,310,598        —     
                                

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ (964,695   $ (624,540   $ (2,070,350   $ (1,258,901
                                

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Investor Contact:

Dale Messick, CFO

Luna Innovations Incorporated

Phone:1.540.769.8400

Email: IR@lunainnovations.com

Media Contact:

Karin Clark

Luna Innovations Incorporated

Phone:1.540.769.8400

Email: kclark@lunainnovations.com