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Accrued Wind-down Expenses
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]  
Accrued Wind-down Expenses

Note 10. Accrued Wind-down Expenses

In May 2016, we decided to terminate our Phase II Pathway Study in spinal cord injury following an in-depth review of data from the study and after obtaining the concurrence of the study’s Interim Analysis Data Monitoring Committee. While the results showed overall improvement in patients treated with our proprietary cells, the magnitude of the effect and the perceived trend of the effect over time did not justify continuing the study or exploring the variability in the initial patient observations, given the financial resources available to us. Following this, in May 2016, our Board of Directors approved a plan to wind down our current operations, having considered the decision to terminate the Pathway Study, our available strategic alternatives and our current cash position. We are evaluating opportunities to monetize our intellectual property, including data collected in its studies and trade secrets, as well as the transfer of our proprietary HuCNS-SC cells and other assets through a potential sale. We will not proceed with our earlier plans to conduct a rights offering, for which we had filed a registration statement with the SEC. As part of the wind down of our operations, we conducted a reduction of our work force impacting all of our remaining full-time employees, consisting of approximately 50 employees and exited our facilities, as of August 1, 2016.

We recorded approximately $3,803,000 in wind-down expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. The following table summarizes these expenses:

 

Employee related

   $ 3,343,684   

External services

     318,953   

Legal

     83,206   

Facilities related

     (593,731

Clinical trials close out

     430,713   

Other

     220,624   
  

 

 

 

Total wind-down expense

   $ 3,803,448   
  

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2016 our accrued wind-down expense was approximately $3,943,000. The following table summarizes our accrued wind-down expense:

 

Employee related

   $ 2,562,648   

External services

     99,170   

Legal

     5,000   

Facilities related

     1,118,186   

Clinical trials close out

     4,675   

Other

     153,631   
  

 

 

 

Total accrued wind-down expense

   $ 3,943,310