Pressure Biosciences Inc (PBIO)

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$PBIO Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Reports Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

Source: InvestorsHub NewsWire


Pressure BioSciences, Inc. Reports Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results and Provides Business Update

Company Reports Increases in Total/Products/Grant Revenue & Product Gross Margins

2015 Highlights Include Co-Marketing Agreement with Global Life Science Leader SCIEX, $1 Million NIH Grant Award, Elimination of All Variable-Rate Debt, Release of New Instruments/Consumables, & Multiple Third Party Publications Strongly Supporting Companys Patented and Enabling PCT Platform

Investor Conference Call Scheduled for Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 4:30 PM EDT

South Easton, MA -- April 6, 2016 -- InvestorsHub NewsWire -- Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (OTCQB: PBIO) (PBI or the Company) today announced financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, provided a business update, and offered limited guidance for FY2016.

Financial Results: FY2015 vs. FY2014Total revenue for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 was $1,797,691 compared to $1,374,744 for the same period in 2014, an increase of approximately 31%. Products and services revenue was $1,409,991 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to $1,350,150 for the same period in 2014, an increase of 4.4%. Sales of instrumentation increased in 2015 by $36,139 or 5%, from $799,472 in FY 2014 to $835,611 in FY 2015. Consumable sales were $146,408 in FY 2015 compared to $167,380 in FY 2014, a decrease of 13%. Grant revenue for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $387,700 as compared to $24,594 in 2014, an increase of $363,106 or approximately 1500%. This significant increase in grant revenue was due to the receipt of a $1,020,969 SBIR Phase II grant (2R44HG007136) from the NIH, as announced on February 19, 2015.

Operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2015 was $3,565,182 compared to a loss of $3,338,350 for the same period in 2014, an increase of approximately 7%. This increase in operating loss was due primarily to increases in R&D and G&A expenses, and by the award of director and employee stock options, off-set partially by increases in total revenue and product gross margins.

Loss per common share basic and diluted was $0.36 for the year ended December 31, 2015 compared to a loss per common share basic and diluted of $0.44 for the same period in 2014.

Financial Highlights: 2015

a) Received $4.9M in a private placement of fixed-rate convertible debentures between July Dec 2015

b) Eliminated 100% of the Companys variable-rate convertible debt

c) Increased Total/Products & Services/Grant Revenue and Product Gross Margins, 2015 vs 2014

d) Awarded $1,020,969 NIH SBIR Phase II grant to develop a high-throughput, high pressure-based DNA shearing system for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)

Operational Highlights: 2015

e) SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR), announced an exclusive co-marketing agreement with PBI to improve protein quantitation in complex samples.

f) Professor Ruedi Aebersold, an international authority in proteomics based at ETH Zurich, and his colleagues published an article in the well-respected scientific journal Nature Medicine on a breakthrough method to permit quantification of thousands of proteins in needle biopsy samples. The method was enabled by PBIs pressure cycling technology (PCT) platform. The Company estimates there are millions of needle biopsy samples analyzed worldwide every year.

g) Collaborators and customers published and presented multiple papers throughout 2015 to highlight the key advantages of the Companys PCT platform in a number of important applications, including: (i) drug discovery and design, (ii) cancer detection, (iii) analysis of microbial populations in soil, (iv) proteomic profiling and classification of prostate cancer tissue biopsy samples, (v) potential acceleration of the discovery of new biomarkers for the early diagnosis and prediction of complications in diabetes, (vi) potential improvement in the extraction of DNA from rape kits and other forensic samples, and (vii) potential discovery of new biomarkers and underlying pathways in the emergence and progression of COPD-associated lung cancer.

h) The commercial release of PCT-HD, the Next Generation Protein Preparation System, in two separate presentations at a major international scientific meeting.



Mr. Richard T. Schumacher, President and CEO of PBI, commented: We accomplished a number of key goals in 2015: the receipt of approximately $5M in new capital; the elimination of all toxic debt; the release of new pressure-based instruments and consumables; the initial development of the new Barocycler NEP2320 Extreme designed to allow SCIEX and other mass spectrometry customers to unleash the full potential of PCT in their proteomic workflows; and the initiation of a co-marketing agreement with SCIEX, a key provider of analytical instrumentation to the scientific research markets worldwide.

Mr. Schumacher continued: These accomplishments, combined with the planned expansion of our marketing and sales capabilities this year, position us well for success in 2016 and beyond. We have well-defined near-term goals that we believe are clear, focused, and attainable. If achieved, we believe these goals should continue to build value realization in PBI, positioning us as a stronger, more valuable company going forward.

Near-Term Goals: FY2016

a) Continue to implement a sound path toward financial self-sufficiency and future growth and profitability.

b) Increase total/products & services/grant revenue & gross margins, quarter/quarter and year/year.

c) Complete the manufacture of the Barocycler NEP2320 Extreme and begin the commercialization plan for this robust, computer-driven, highly capable new pressure-generating instrument.

d) Support and expand our co-marketing program with SCIEX.

e) Secure a strategic marketing and distribution partner for the Barozyme HT48 high throughput system and for the NMR and EPR PCT-based sample preparation systems.

f) Implement an expanded marketing campaign for the patent-pending micro-Pestle consumable.

g) Expand sales and marketing capabilities to reach into new countries, investigators, and fields-of-use.

h) Continue to prepare for a targeted up-list to NASDAQ or the NYSE.



About Pressure BioSciences, Inc.

Pressure BioSciences, Inc. (PBI) (OTCQB: PBIO) develops, markets, and sells proprietary laboratory instrumentation and associated consumables to the estimated $6 billion life sciences sample preparation market. Our products are based on the unique properties of both constant (i.e., static) and alternating (i.e., pressure cycling technology, or PCT) hydrostatic pressure. PCT is a patented enabling technology platform that uses alternating cycles of hydrostatic pressure between ambient and ultra-high levels to safely and reproducibly control bio-molecular interactions. To date, we have installed over 250 PCT systems in approximately 160 sites worldwide. There are over 100 publications citing the advantages of the PCT platform over competitive methods, many from key opinion leaders. Our primary development and sales efforts are in the biomarker discovery, drug discovery and design, and forensics areas. Customers also use our products in other areas, such as bio-therapeutics characterization, soil & plant biology, vaccine development, and counter-bioterror applications.

Earnings Call

The Company will hold an Earnings Conference Call at 4:30 PM EDT on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. To attend this teleconference via telephone, Dial-in: [phone] (North America), [phone] (International). Verbal Passcode: PBI FY 2015 Financial Conference Call, ID 13634697. Replay Number [phone] (North America); [phone] (International). Teleconference Replay Available for 30 days.



Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed, implied or inferred by these forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "could," "would," "expects," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," "believes," estimates," "predicts," "projects," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions based on our current expectations and projections about future events. You should not place undue reliance on these statements. In evaluating these statements, you should specifically consider various factors. Actual events or results may differ materially. The Company's financial results for the year ended December 31, 2015 may not necessarily be indicative of future results. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, and other reports filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any of the information included in this release, except as otherwise required by law.

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PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(AUDITED)







December 31, 2015





December 31, 2014



ASSETS

















CURRENT ASSETS

















Cash and cash equivalents



$

116,783





$

473,948



Accounts receivable





113,256







272,022



Inventories, net of $50,000 reserve at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014





1,038,371







850,552



Prepaid income taxes





7,381







7,381



Prepaid expenses and other current assets





213,926







104,204



Total current assets





1,489,717







1,708,107



Investment in available-for-sale equity securities





294,522







-



Property and equipment, net





20,149







36,025



TOTAL ASSETS



$

1,804,388





$

1,744,132





















LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT

















CURRENT LIABILITIES

















Accounts payable



$

941,389





$

1,035,781



Accrued employee compensation





176,009







157,347



Accrued professional fees and other





821,088







719,432



Deferred revenue





140,878







27,117



Convertible debt, net of unamortized discounts of $0 and $328,681, respectively





100,000







1,004,513



Other debt, net of unamortized discounts of $3,041 and $0, respectively





151,628







80,480



Warrant derivative liabilities





3,295,976







159,875



Conversion option derivative liabilities





3,940,791







590,341



Total current liabilities





9,567,759







3,774,886



LONG TERM LIABILITIES

















Convertible debt, net of unamortized discounts of $5,223,658 and $0, respectively





177,342







-



Deferred revenue





36,935







28,977



TOTAL LIABILITIES





9,782,036







3,803,863



STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT

















Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 850 shares authorized; 300 shares issued and outstanding on December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively (Liquidation value of $300,000)





3







3



Series G Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 240,000 shares authorized; 86,570 shares issued and outstanding on December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively





866







866



Series H Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 10,000 shares authorized; 10,000 shares issued and outstanding on December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively





100







100



Series H2 Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 21 shares authorized; 21 shares issued and outstanding on December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively





-







-



Series J Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 6,250 shares authorized; 3,546 shares issued and outstanding on December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively





36







36



Series K Convertible Preferred Stock, $.01 par value; 15,000 shares authorized; 11,416 shares issued and outstanding on December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively





114







114



Common stock, $.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 23,004,898 and 18,673,390 shares issued and outstanding on December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively





230,050







186,734



Warrants to acquire common stock





5,416,681







5,253,566



Additional paid-in capital





26,036,733







24,617,564



Accumulated other comprehensive income





(105,025

)





-



Accumulated deficit





(39,557,206

)





(32,118,714

)

Total stockholders deficit





(7,977,648

)





(2,059,731

)

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS DEFICIT



$

1,804,388





$

1,744,132





PRESSURE BIOSCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(AUDITED)







For the Year Ended







December 31,







2015





2014



Revenue:

















Products, services, other



$

1,409,991





$

1,350,150



Grant revenue





387,700







24,594



Total revenue





1,797,691







1,374,744





















Costs and expenses:

















Cost of products and services





609,054







652,438



Research and development





1,105,295







952,555



Selling and marketing





745,574







721,229



General and administrative





2,902,950







2,386,872



Total operating costs and expenses





5,362,873







4,713,094





















Operating loss





(3,565,182

)





(3,338,350

)



















Other (expense) income:

















Interest expense





(4,146,416

)





(1,303,129

)

Other expense





(36,879

)





(169,554

)

Gain on extinguishment of embedded derivative liabilities





2,555,180







-



Change in fair value of derivative liabilities





(2,222,001

)





198,493



Total other (expense) income





(3,850,116

)





(1,274,190

)



















Net loss





(7,415,298

)





(4,612,540

)

Accrued dividends on convertible preferred stock





(23,194

)





(143,771

)

Deemed dividends on convertible preferred stock





-







(1,495,415

)



















Net loss applicable to common shareholders



$

(7,438,492

)



$

(6,251,726

)



















Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders - basic and diluted



$

(0.36

)



$

(0.44

)



















Weighted average common stock shares outstanding used in the basic and diluted net loss per share calculation





20,726,205







14,264,753