Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
On August 20, 2008, we borrowed $1 million from Rogers Telecommunications
Limited pursuant to the terms of an unsecured Promissory Note and Agreement (the
"Loan"). Outstanding principal and interest on the Loan, which accrues at the
rate of 13.5% per annum, is payable in one balloon payment upon the later of
three months or our repayment of our $5.0 million loan from BlueCrest which is
scheduled to mature in May 2010. At our election, we may make quarterly interest
payments on the Loan in shares of our common stock. In addition, in the event we
complete a private placement of our common stock and/or securities exercisable
for or convertible into our common stock which generates at least $19 million of
gross proceeds, we may prepay, without penalty, all outstanding principal and
interest due under the Loan using the same type of securities issued in the
subject private placement. The Loan will be used for our ongoing clinical and
business operations, as we continue to actively pursue additional capital. If we
continue to defer approximately $1.0 million of payables and continue to defer
our payment of $3.0 million to Cell Transplants International, we project that
our existing cash resources, including the proceeds of the Loan, will be
sufficient to finance our operations through September 2008. For a full
discussion of our liquidity and cash resources and the risks relating thereto,
please refer to the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations" and "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A, for the year ended December 31,
2007 and our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,
2008 and June 30, 2008.
On August 21, 2008, we issued a press release announcing the matter discussed
above. A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current
Report on Form 8-K.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Except for historical matters contained herein, statements made in this Form 8-K
are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, words such as "may", "will", "to", "plan",
"expect", "believe", "anticipate", "intend", "could", "would", "estimate", or
"continue" or the negative other variations thereof or comparable terminology
are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Investors and others are cautioned that a variety of factors, including certain
risks, may affect our business and cause actual results to differ materially
from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. These risk factors
include, without limitation, (i) our ability to secure additional financing;
(ii) the timely success and completion of our clinical trials; (iii) the
occurrence of any unacceptable side effects during or after preclinical and
clinical testing of our product candidates; (iv) regulatory approval of our
product candidates; (v) our dependence on the success of our lead product
candidate; (vi) our inability to predict the extent of our future losses or if
or when we will become profitable; (vii) our ability to protect our intellectual
property rights; and (viii) intense competition. We are also subject to the
risks and uncertainties described in our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A and our Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
99.1 Press Release dated August 21, 2008