EDGE 10-K OUT!! PENDING R/M CLOSE BEFORE CLOSE!! 1-5 WEEKS LEFT TO CLOSE REVERSE MERGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Annual Report”) contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Annual Report, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, strategy and plans, and our expectations for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” contained in Item 1A of this Annual Report. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements in this Annual Report and you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:
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the expected benefits of and potential value created by the proposed merger among Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or Edge, Echos Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Edge, or Merger Sub, and PDS Biotechnology Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or PDS, for the stockholders of Edge;
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the likelihood of the satisfaction of certain conditions to the completion of the merger and whether and when the merger will be consummated;
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Edge’s ability to control and correctly estimate its operating expenses and its expenses associated with the merger;
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the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations, including the execution of integration plans and the anticipated timing of filings;
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the plans to develop and commercialize additional products;
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the attraction and retention of highly qualified personnel;
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the ability to protect and enhance the combined company’s products and intellectual property;
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developments and projections relating to the combined company’s competitors or industry;
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the combined company’s financial performance;
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expectations concerning Edge’s or PDS’s relationships and actions with third parties;
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future regulatory, judicial and legislative changes in Edge’s or PDS’s industry; and
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other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Any forward-looking statements in this Annual Report reflect our current views with respect to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future.
In this Annual Report, unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise indicates, references to “Edge,” “Edge Therapeutics,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar references refer to Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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PART I
ITEM 1. Business
Pending Merger Agreement with PDS
On November 23, 2018, Edge, Merger Sub and PDS, a privately-held clinical-stage cancer immunotherapy company, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, or the Merger Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into PDS, with PDS surviving the merger as the wholly-owned subsidiary of the combined company.
If the merger is completed, the business of Edge will become the business of PDS. If the merger is not completed, Edge will reconsider its strategic alternatives and may pursue one of the following courses of action, which Edge currently believes are the most likely alternatives if the merger with PDS is not completed:
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Pursue another strategic transaction similar to the merger. Edge may resume its process of evaluating other companies interested in pursuing a strategic transaction with Edge and, if a candidate is identified, focus its attention on negotiating and completing such a transaction with such candidate.
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Dissolve and liquidate its assets. If Edge is unable, or does not believe that it is able, to find a suitable candidate for another strategic transaction, Edge may dissolve and liquidate its assets. In the event of dissolution, Edge would be required to pay all of its debts and contractual obligations and to set aside certain reserves for potential future claims. If Edge dissolves and liquidates its assets, there can be no assurance as to the amount or timing of available cash that will remain for distribution to Edge’s stockholders after paying Edge’ debts and other obligations and setting aside funds for its reserves.
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