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Rockley Photonics Reports First Quarter of Fiscal 2022 Financial Results

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OXFORD, England & PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$RKLY #Earnings–Rockley Photonics Holdings Limited (NYSE: RKLY), a global leader in photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

“We continue to make great progress on our biosensing platform, which we believe will provide a holistic view of a person’s health. This new, non-invasive, real-time solution has been designed to monitor multiple biomarkers, including heart rate, heart rate variation, respiratory rate, blood oxygen, core body temperature, hydration, blood pressure, alcohol, glucose, lactate, and more,” said Dr. Andrew Rickman, chairman and chief executive officer of Rockley. “I believe our product development programs remain on track, including the recently announced product milestone of shipping our VitalSpex Pro technology to an early-access, tier-1 consumer wearables customer. Our ongoing human studies are going well, achieving very compelling results for hydration as well as our other biomarkers. The progress that we’ve made supports our planned move into production in the second half of 2022 with our Baseline products, which can be leveraged in multiple use-cases including certain pre- and post-operative solutions for our medtech customers under general health and wellness guidance.”

“We are pleased to have completed the financing we separately announced earlier today. With this financing, we believe we will have the financial resources to advance our opportunities in consumer wearables and medtech,” said Mahesh Karanth, chief financial officer of Rockley. “We are focused on aligning the financial structure of the company to support the many opportunities for our biomarker sensing platform. We are committed to the efficient use of cash, correlating expenditures with initiatives tied to accelerating the commercialization of our consumer wearables and medtech products, which will allow us to reduce our cash burn in the second half of 2022. While we have made progress toward these efforts, it’s important to note that our cash burn for the quarter included a $7.5 million debt repayment and other items that we do not expect in future periods, including an anticipated reduction in expenses from our data communications business when it has been monetized.”

Business Highlights:

First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Highlights:

(in millions except per share)

Three Months Ended

 

March 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

Revenue

$

1.0

 

$

2.4

 

Gross profit

$

(2.4

)

$

2.7

 

SG&A expense

$

10.9

 

$

12.4

 

R&D expense

$

24.8

 

$

12.6

 

Net loss

$

(41.8

)

$

(14.7

)

Net loss per share

$

(0.33

)

$

(0.12

)

Cash, cash equivalents, and investments at period end

$

36.4

 

$

81.4

 

Cash used in operations

$

(38.8

)

$

(34.1

)

Non-GAAP Financial Highlights:

SG&A expense

$

9.5

 

$

10.1

 

R&D expense

$

21.2

 

$

8.1

 

Net loss

$

(36.2

)

$

(7.1

)

Net loss per share

$

(0.28

)

$

(0.06

)

Adjusted EBITDA

$

(34.0

)

$

(14.7

)

A reconciliation of GAAP financial measures to non-GAAP financial measures is included in the financial statement tables included in this press release. For more information regarding the non-GAAP financial measures discussed in this press release, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

Outlook for Fiscal Year 2022:

Revenue

$20 – $30 million

Actual results may differ materially from Rockley’s financial outlook as a result of several factors, including the factors described under “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” below.

Conference Call Information

Rockley will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the first quarter results at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time today, May 12, 2022. The live audio webcast along with accompanying presentation materials will be accessible on the Company’s Investor Relations website at investors.rockleyphotonics.com.

The U.S. dial-in for the call is 866-682-6100 or +1 862-298-0702 for international callers. Please reference access code 13729647. A replay of the conference call will be available until May 19, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, while an archived version of the webcast will be available on Rockley’s Investor Relations website for one year. The U.S. dial-in for the conference call replay is 877-660-6853 or +1 201-612-7415. The replay access code is 13729647.

Disclosure Information

In compliance with disclosure obligations under Regulation FD, Rockley announces material information to the public through a variety of means, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts, as well as the investor relations website.

About Rockley

A global leader in photonics-based health monitoring and communications solutions, Rockley is developing a comprehensive range of photonic integrated circuits and associated modules, sensors, and full-stack solutions. From next-generation sensing platforms specifically designed for mobile health monitoring and machine vision to high-speed, high-volume solutions for data communications, Rockley is laying the foundation for a new generation of applications across multiple industries. Rockley believes that photonics will eventually become as pervasive as micro-electronics, and it has developed a platform with the power and flexibility needed to address both mass markets and a wide variety of vertical applications.

Formed in 2013, Rockley is uniquely positioned to support hyper-scale manufacturing and address a multitude of high-volume markets. Rockley has partnered with numerous Tier-1 customers across a diverse range of industries to deliver the complex optical systems required to bring transformational products to market.

To learn more about Rockley, visit rockleyphotonics.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release that are not historical facts constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding Rockley’s future expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, and assumptions regarding future events or performance. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “develop,” “enable,” “estimate,” “eventual,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “opportunity,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible,” “position,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “revolutionize,” “seem,” “should,” “trend,” “will,” “would” and other terms that predict or indicate future events, trends, or expectations, and similar expressions or the negative of such expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words or terms does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the following: (a) the potential of the Company’s solutions to improve individuals’ health and well-being and enable the transition from reactive to proactive healthcare; (b) the Company’s belief that its biosensing platform will provide a holistic view of a person’s health; (c) the Company’s belief that it will move to production in the second half of 2022; (d) the sufficiency of the Company’s financial resources, efficient use of cash and ability to reduce its cash burn (e) the anticipated and potential features, scope, goals, and benefits of the Company’s platform, products, technology, and partnerships with third parties; (f) financial projections, revenue and earnings guidance; (g) Rockley’s belief that photonics will eventually become as pervasive as micro-electronics; and (h) Rockley’s potential to support hyper-scale manufacturing, address a multitude of high-volume markets, and deliver the complex optical systems required to bring transformational products to market.

Forward-looking statements are subject to several risks and uncertainties (many of which are beyond the Company’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) the Company’s ability to achieve commercial production of its products and technology, including in a timely and cost-effective manner; (ii) the Company’s ability to achieve customer design wins, convert memoranda of understanding and development contracts into production contracts, and achieve customer acceptance of its products and technology; (iii) risks related to purchase orders, including the lack of long-term purchase commitments, the cancellation, reduction, delay, or other changes in customer purchase orders, and if and to the extent customers seek to enter into licensing arrangements in lieu of purchases; (iv) the Company’s history of losses and need for additional capital and its ability to access additional financing to support its operations and execute on its business plan, as well as the risks associated with any future financings; (v) legal and regulatory risks, including those related to its products and technology and any threatened or actual litigation; (vi) risks associated with its fabless manufacturing model and dependency on third-party suppliers; (vii) the Company’s reliance on a few significant customers for a majority of its revenue and its ability to expand and diversify its customer base; (viii) the Company’s financial performance; (ix) the impacts of COVID-19 on the Company, its customers and suppliers, its target markets, and the economy; (x) the Company’s ability to successfully manage growth and its operations as a public company; (xi) fluctuations in the Company’s stock price and the Company’s ability to maintain the listing of its ordinary shares on the NYSE; (xii) the Company’s ability to anticipate and respond to industry trends and customer requirements; (xiii) changes in the Company’s current and future target markets; (xiv) intellectual property risks; (xv) the Company’s ability to compete successfully; (xvi) market opportunity and market demand for, and acceptance of, the Company’s products and technology, as well as the customer products into which the Company’s products and technology are incorporated; (xvii) risks related to international operations; (xviii) risks related to cybersecurity, privacy, and infrastructure; (xix) risks related to financial and accounting matters; (xx) general economic, financial, legal, political, and business conditions and changes in domestic and foreign markets; (xxi) the Company’s ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the business combination; (xxii) changes adversely affecting the businesses or markets in which the Company is engaged; and (xxiii) risks related to the Company’s backlog, including the risk that backlog may not translate into future revenue, as well as other factors described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 2021, and in other documents the Company files with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the future. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this press release, and on the Company’s current expectations, beliefs, and assumptions and are not predictions of actual performance. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of these assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially from those discussed in or implied by these forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those that have been anticipated. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and the Company does not intend to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

ROCKLEY PHOTONICS HOLDINGS LIMITED

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited and in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

March 31, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

 

March 31, 2021

Revenue

$

962

 

 

$

2,408

 

 

$

1,771

 

Cost of revenue

 

3,395

 

 

 

(326

)

 

 

3,734

 

Gross profit

 

(2,433

)

 

 

2,734

 

 

 

(1,963

)

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

10,938

 

 

 

12,388

 

 

 

7,305

 

Research and development expenses

 

24,802

 

 

 

12,624

 

 

 

15,980

 

Total operating expenses

 

35,740

 

 

 

25,012

 

 

 

23,285

 

Loss from operations

 

(38,173

)

 

 

(22,278

)

 

 

(25,248

)

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

 

Other expense

 

(14

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

(2,653

)

 

 

(2,868

)

 

 

(147

)

Gain (loss) on equity method investment

 

207

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

(163

)

Change in fair value of debt instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(39,653

)

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

 

211

 

 

 

10,312

 

 

 

 

(Loss) gain on foreign currency

 

(1,228

)

 

 

(31

)

 

 

534

 

Total other expense

 

(3,477

)

 

 

7,430

 

 

 

(39,429

)

Loss before income taxes

 

(41,650

)

 

 

(14,848

)

 

 

(64,677

)

Provision for income tax

 

131

 

 

 

(141

)

 

 

100

 

Net loss

$

(41,781

)

 

$

(14,707

)

 

$

(64,777

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

$

(0.33

)

 

$

(0.12

)

 

$

(0.77

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

128,443,050

 

 

 

127,355,926

 

 

 

83,883,581

 

ROCKLEY PHOTONICS HOLDINGS LIMITED

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited and in thousands, except share amounts and par value)

 

 

March 31, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

Assets

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

11,863

 

 

$

36,786

 

Short-term investments, at fair value

 

18,072

 

 

 

26,965

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $302 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 

830

 

 

 

1,359

 

Other receivables, net of allowance of $0 and $141 as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

49,249

 

 

 

47,462

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

6,749

 

 

 

6,802

 

Total current assets

 

86,763

 

 

 

119,374

 

Long-term investments, at fair value

 

6,445

 

 

 

17,659

 

Property, equipment, net

 

10,075

 

 

 

10,187

 

Equity method investment

 

5,213

 

 

 

4,879

 

Intangible assets

 

3,048

 

 

 

3,048

 

Other non-current assets

 

7,784

 

 

 

7,683

 

Total assets

$

119,328

 

 

$

162,830

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity (Deficit)

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

Trade payables

$

4,458

 

 

$

6,882

 

Accrued expenses

 

20,082

 

 

 

17,360

 

Debt, current portion

 

21,316

 

 

 

26,312

 

Other current liabilities

 

1,440

 

 

 

1,238

 

Total current liabilities

 

47,296

 

 

 

51,792

 

Warrant liabilities

 

3,266

 

 

 

3,477

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

3,366

 

 

 

3,743

 

Total liabilities

 

53,928

 

 

 

59,012

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity (deficit)

 

 

 

Ordinary shares, $0.000004 par value; 12,417,500,000 authorized as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021; 129,005,167 and 127,860,639 issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

508,368

 

 

 

504,714

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(291

)

 

 

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(442,677

)

 

 

(400,896

)

Total shareholders’ equity (deficit)

 

65,400

 

 

 

103,818

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity (deficit)

$

119,328

 

 

$

162,830

 

ROCKLEY PHOTONICS HOLDINGS LIMITED

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited and in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

 

March 31, 2021

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(41,781

)

 

$

(14,707

)

 

$

(64,777

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,504

 

 

 

1,412

 

 

 

930

 

(Reversal) bad debt expense

 

 

(141

)

 

 

443

 

 

 

377

 

Accretion of marketable securities to redemption value

 

 

(74

)

 

 

(90

)

 

 

 

Net realized loss on sale of marketable securities

 

 

(13

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

4,029

 

 

 

6,157

 

 

 

1,725

 

Change in equity-method investment

 

 

(334

)

 

 

(23

)

 

 

(113

)

Change in fair value of debt instrument

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,653

 

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

 

 

(211

)

 

 

(10,312

)

 

 

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

529

 

 

 

(145

)

 

 

2,243

 

Other receivables

 

 

(1,646

)

 

 

(22,637

)

 

 

(2,369

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

53

 

 

 

2,991

 

 

 

(5,706

)

Other non-current assets

 

 

49

 

 

 

(4,465

)

 

 

(1,497

)

Trade payables

 

 

(2,805

)

 

 

516

 

 

 

1,972

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

2,223

 

 

 

5,146

 

 

 

843

 

Other current and long-term liabilities

 

 

(175

)

 

 

1,615

 

 

 

1,820

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(38,793

)

 

 

(34,099

)

 

 

(24,899

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

 

(1,010

)

 

 

(2,142

)

 

 

(713

)

Purchase of marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

112

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale and maturities of marketable securities

 

 

19,903

 

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from maturity of marketable securities

 

 

 

 

 

156

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

18,893

 

 

 

3,126

 

 

 

(713

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from convertible loan notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76,723

 

Principal payments on long-term debt

 

 

(4,995

)

 

 

(5,000

)

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of options

 

 

579

 

 

 

563

 

 

 

137

 

Proceeds from issuance of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

263

 

Debt issuance costs incurred

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,140

)

Transaction costs

 

 

(248

)

 

 

(2,995

)

 

 

 

Withheld taxes paid on behalf of employees on net settled

stock-based awards

 

 

(359

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

 

(5,023

)

 

 

(7,432

)

 

 

75,983

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(24,923

)

 

 

(38,405

)

 

 

50,371

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

 

36,786

 

 

 

75,191

 

 

 

19,228

 

End of period

 

$

11,863

 

 

$

36,786

 

 

$

69,599

 

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, this press release includes certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, including: non-GAAP SG&A, non-GAAP R&D, non-GAAP net loss, non-GAAP net loss per share, and adjusted EBITDA, each of which is a non-GAAP financial measure. The Company defines non-GAAP SG&A as GAAP SG&A other than stock-based compensation, non-capitalized transaction costs and forgiveness of PPP loan, and non-GAAP R&D as GAAP R&D other than stock-based compensation. The Company defines non-GAAP net loss as net loss other than the non-GAAP cost of revenue adjustment, non-GAAP SG&A adjustment, and non-GAAP R&D adjustment (in each case as described above), and defines non-GAAP net loss per share as net loss other than non-GAAP adjustments noted above divided by weighted shares outstanding. The Company defined adjusted EBITDA as net loss before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of debt instruments and warrants, and non-capitalized transaction costs as the Company believes they are not indicative of its core operating performance. As noted below, none of these non-GAAP financial measures is a substitute for or superior to measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP.

The Company believes that presenting these non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplemental information to investors about the Company in understanding and evaluating its operating results, enhancing the overall understanding of its past performance and future prospects, and allowing for greater transparency with respect to key financial metrics used by its management in financial and operational-decision making. The Company uses these non-GAAP measures to help assess its operating performance and operating leverage in its business, analyze its financial results, establish operational goals, develop operating budgets, and make strategic decisions.

Contacts

Media
Debra Raine

Rainemakers

Telephone: +1 415-349-7432

Email: rockleyphotonics@rainemakers.com

Investors
Gwyn Lauber

Rockley Photonics

Telephone: +1 626-995-0001

Email: investors@rockleyphotonics.com

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