ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements based upon current beliefs, plans and expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, such as statements regarding our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions and projections. Our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including those set forth in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. See the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Company Overview
We are a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on treating metabolic and inflammatory diseases to minimize their long-term complications and improve the lives of patients. We have an innovative pipeline of first-in-class small molecule clinical and preclinical drug candidates. Our lead program is cadisegliatin(TTP399), an orally administered, small molecule, liver-selective glucokinase activator (“GKA”) as an adjunctive therapy to insulin for the treatment of type 1 diabetes ("T1D").
Recent Developments
In March 2025, the Company announced that the clinical hold placed by the FDA in July 2024 on the cadisegliatin clinical program was lifted following the Company’s submission of a complete response letter.
Holding Company Structure
vTv Therapeutics Inc. is a holding company and its principal asset is a controlling equity interest in vTv Therapeutics LLC (“vTv LLC”), the principal operating subsidiary. We have determined that vTv LLC is a variable-interest entity (“VIE”) for accounting purposes and that vTv Therapeutics Inc. is the primary beneficiary of vTv LLC because (through its managing member interest in vTv LLC and the fact that the senior management of vTv Therapeutics Inc. is also the senior management of vTv LLC) it has the power to direct all of the activities of vTv LLC, which include those that most significantly impact vTv LLC’s economic performance. vTv Therapeutics Inc. has therefore consolidated vTv LLC’s results under the VIE accounting model in its consolidated financial statements.
Financial Overview
Revenue
To date, we have not generated any revenue from drug sales. Our revenue has been primarily derived from milestone payments, up-front proceeds and research fees under collaboration and license agreements.
In the future, we may generate revenue from a combination of product sales, license fees, milestone payments and royalties from the sales of products developed under licenses of our intellectual property. We expect that any revenue we generate will fluctuate from quarter to quarter as a result of the timing and amount of license fees, milestone and other payments, and the amount and timing of payments that we receive upon the sale of our products, to the extent any are successfully commercialized. If we fail to complete the development of our drug candidates in a timely manner or obtain regulatory approval for them, our ability to generate future revenue and our results of operations and financial position will be materially adversely affected.
Research and Development Expenses
Since our inception, we have focused our resources on our research and development activities, including conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, manufacturing development efforts and activities related to regulatory filings for our drug candidates. We recognize research and development expenses as they are incurred. Our direct research and development expenses consist primarily of external costs such as fees paid to investigators, consultants, central laboratories and clinical research organizations in connection with our clinical trials, and costs related to acquiring and manufacturing clinical trial materials. Our indirect research and development costs consist primarily of cash and share-based compensation costs, the cost of employee benefits and related overhead expenses for personnel in research and development functions. Since we typically use our employee and infrastructure resources across multiple research and development programs such costs are not allocated to the individual projects.
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Our research and development expenses by project for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 were as follows (in thousands):
Years Ended December 31,
Direct research and development expense:
*Includes HPP737 and azeliragon
We plan to continue to incur significant research and development expenses for the foreseeable future as we continue the development of cadisegliatin and further advance the development of our other drug candidates, subject to the availability of additional funding.
The successful development of our clinical and preclinical drug candidates is highly uncertain. At this time, we cannot reasonably estimate the nature, timing or costs of the efforts that will be necessary to complete the remainder of the development of any of our clinical or preclinical drug candidates or the period, if any, in which material net cash inflows from these drug candidates may commence. This is due to the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development of our drug candidates, including:
•the scope, rate of progress and expense of our clinical trials once resumed as well as any additional, clinical trials and other research and development activities;
•the potential benefits of our candidates over other therapies;
•our ability to market, commercialize and achieve market acceptance for any of our drug candidates that we are developing or may develop in the future;
•future clinical trial results;
•our ability to enroll patients in our clinical trials;
•the timing and receipt of any regulatory approvals;
•our ability to secure sufficient capital and cash resources, including access to available debt and equity financing and revenues from operations, to satisfy all of our short-term and longer-term cash requirements and other cash needs, at the times and in the amounts needed;
•legislation and regulatory actions and changes in laws or regulations; and
•the filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing of patent claims and other intellectual property rights, and the expense of doing so.
A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of a drug candidate could mean a significant change in the costs and timing associated with the development of that drug candidate. For example, if the FDA or another regulatory authority were to require us to conduct clinical trials beyond those that we currently anticipate will be required for the completion of clinical development of a drug candidate, or if we experience significant delays in enrollment in any of our clinical trials, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time with respect to the development of that drug candidate.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of salaries, benefits and related costs for employees in executive, finance, corporate development, human resources and administrative support functions. Other significant general
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and administrative expenses include accounting and legal services, expenses associated with obtaining and maintaining patents, cost of various consultants, occupancy costs and information systems.
Interest Income
Interest income represents noncash interest income related to the imputed interest from the G42 Promissory Note receivable using the effective interest method and cash interest income from dividends and interest from our money market account, all of which are recognized in our Consolidated Statement of Operations.
Other Income (Expense), Net
Other Income (Expense), Net primarily consists of unrealized gains or losses attributable to the changes in fair value of the equity investments, the recognition of changes in fair value of the warrants to purchase shares of our Class A common stock, the loss from the G42 promissory note early redemption on February 28, 2023, the impairment charge from Anteris Bio, Inc. (“Anteris”) liquidation and dissolution and the Common Stock Repurchase Agreement (the "Repurchase Agreement") with Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc ("Reneo"), which was later acquired by OnKure in 2024.
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Results of Operations
In this section, we discuss the results of our operations for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. For a discussion of the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the year ended December 31, 2022, please refer to Part II, Item 7, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Comparison of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
The following table sets forth certain information concerning our results of operations for the periods shown:
(dollars in thousands) Year Ended
Statement of operations data: 2024 2023 Change
Operating expenses:
Interest expense — (13) 13
Loss before income taxes and noncontrolling interest (22,605) (25,966) 3,361
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest (4,243) (5,716) 1,473
Net loss attributable to vTv Therapeutics Inc. $ (18,462) $ (20,250) $ 1,788
Revenue
Revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 includes a $1.0 million increase to the transaction price for the license performance obligation under the Newsoara License Agreement due to the satisfaction of a development milestone and recognition of deferred Huadong revenue. There was no revenue for the year ended December 31, 2023.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses were $11.5 million and $13.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The decrease in research and development expenses during this period of approximately $2.0 million, or 15.1%, was primarily driven by (i) lower spending on cadisegliatin of $4.2 million, due to decreases in toxicity studies and other clinical trial costs, drug manufacturing costs and (ii) other projects of $0.2 million, partially offset by (iii) an increase in indirect costs of $2.2 million due to increases in payroll and bonus costs.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $13.7 million and $11.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The increase in general and administrative expenses during this period of approximately $1.7 million, or 14.6%, was primarily driven by (i) an increase in payroll costs of $1.0 million, (ii) an increase in share-based expense of $0.8 million, (iii) an increase in other operating costs of $0.1 million, partially offset by (iv) a decrease of $0.2 million in legal expenses.
Interest Income
Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2024 of $1.6 million is related to interest and dividend income from our money market account. Interest income for the year ended December 31, 2023 of $0.5 million is related to the imputed interest on the G42 Promissory Note and dividend income from our money market account.
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Other Income (Expense), Net
Other income was immaterial for the year ended December 31, 2024. Other expense was $0.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, and was driven by the recording of an impairment charge on a cost-method investment of $4.2 million offset by a realized gain of $3.1 million related to the Company’s Repurchase Agreement with Reneo as well as the gains related to the change in the fair value of the outstanding warrants to purchase shares of our Class A common stock issued to related parties.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity and Going Concern
As of December 31, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $299.7 million. Since our inception, we have experienced a history of negative cash flows from operating activities. We anticipate that we will continue to incur losses and negative cash flow from operations for the foreseeable future as we continue our clinical trials. Further, we expect that we will need additional capital to continue to fund our operations. As of December 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $36.7 million.
On February 27, 2024, the Company closed a private placement financing of up to $51.0 million and additionally granted investors the right to purchase up to an additional $30.0 million of common stock up to 18 months following the closing of the private placement financing. The financing raised will allow the Company to further advance its lead program for cadisegliatin.
To meet our future funding requirements into the first quarter of 2026, including funding the ongoing and future clinical trials of cadisegliatin (TTP399), we are evaluating several financing strategies, including direct equity investments and the potential licensing and monetization of other Company programs. The timing and availability of such additional financing are not yet known and we can provide no assurance that these plans will be successful. If we are unable to raise additional capital as and when needed, or upon acceptable terms, such failure would have a significant negative impact on our financial condition. As such, these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
In addition to available cash and cash equivalents and available funds discussed above, we are seeking possible additional partnering opportunities for our GKA, GLP-1r and other drug candidates which we believe may provide additional cash for use in our operations and the continuation of the clinical trials for our drug candidates. We are evaluating several financing strategies to fund our planned and ongoing clinical trials, including direct equity investments and future public offerings of our common stock. The timing and availability of such additional financing are not yet known. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
ATM Offering
TD Cowen Sales Agreement
On February 28, 2024, we entered into a sales agreement (the "TD Cowen Sales Agreement") with Cowen and Company, LLC (“TD Cowen”) pursuant to which we may offer and sell, from time to time, through or to TD Cowen, as sales agent or principal, shares of our Class A common stock having an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million, although we may only offer and sell under the TD Cowen ATM Offering up to one-third of the aggregate market value of our voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates during any 12 calendar month period pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3. We are not obligated to sell any shares under the TD Cowen Sales Agreement. Under the terms of the TD Cowen Sales Agreement, we will pay TD Cowen a commission of 3% of the aggregate proceeds from the sale of shares and reimburse certain legal fees or other disbursements. As of December 31, 2024, we have sold 179,400 shares of Class A common stock under the TD Cowen ATM Offering for net proceeds of $2.5 million, leaving $47.5 million available to be sold. The shares are offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3. In no event will we sell Class A common stock under this registration statement with a value exceeding more than one-third of the “public float” (the market value of our Class A common stock and any other equity securities that we may issue in the future that are held by non-affiliates) in any 12-calendar month period so long as our public float remains below $75 million.
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Cash Flows
Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands)
Net cash used in operating activities $ (25,307) $ (19,081)
Net cash provided by investing activities — 4,404
Net cash provided by financing activities 52,607 11,997
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents $ 27,300 $ (2,680)
Operating Activities
For the year ended December 31, 2024, our net cash used in operating activities increased by $6.2 million from the prior year. The significant contributor to the change in cash used during the year was working capital changes.
Investing Activities
There were no cash flows from investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2024. For the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash provided by investing activities was driven by the sale of our investments in Reneo.
Financing Activities
For the year ended December 31, 2024, net cash provided by financing activities was driven by sales of our Class A common stock and proceeds from pre-funded warrants of $51.0 million from the Private Placement financing and proceeds from the TD Cowen ATM Offering of $2.5 million. For the year ended December 31, 2023, net cash provided by financing activities was driven by the receipt of proceeds of $12.0 million from the G42 Promissory Note early redemption.
Future Funding Requirements
To date, we have not generated any revenue from drug product sales. We do not know when, or if, we will generate any revenue from drug product sales. We do not expect to generate revenue from drug sales unless and until we obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize any of our drug candidates. At the same time, we expect our expenses to continue or to increase in connection with our ongoing development activities, particularly as we continue the research, development and clinical trials of, and seek regulatory approval for, our drug candidates. In addition, subject to obtaining regulatory approval of any of our drug candidates, we expect to incur significant commercialization expenses for product sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution. We anticipate that we will need substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations.
We plan to finance our operations through the use of our cash and cash equivalents, including cash received from future funding activities. We continue to evaluate financing strategies to fund future clinical trials of cadisegliatin, including direct equity investments and the potential licensing and monetization of other Company programs. The timing of any such transactions is not certain, and we may not be able to complete such transactions on acceptable terms, or at all. Even if we are able to complete such transactions, they may contain restrictions on our operations or cause substantial dilution to our stockholders. We have based our estimates on assumptions that may prove to be wrong, and we may use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of our drug candidates, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenditures necessary to complete the development of our drug candidates. Additionally, although we may sell shares of our Class A common stock pursuant to the TD Cowen ATM Offering, our ability to use this source of capital is dependent on a number of factors, including the prevailing market price of and the volume of trading in the Company’s Class A common stock.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:
•the progress, costs, results and timing of restarting our trials to evaluate cadisegliatin as a potential adjunctive therapy for the treatment of type 1 diabetes;
•the willingness of the FDA to rely upon our completed and planned clinical and preclinical studies and other work, as the basis for review and approval of our drug candidates;
•our ability to maintain control over our costs in line with our budget for our lead product candidate, cadisegliatin;
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•the outcome, costs and timing of seeking and obtaining FDA and any other regulatory approvals;
•the number and characteristics of drug candidates that we pursue, including our drug candidates in preclinical development;
•the ability of our drug candidates to progress through clinical development successfully;
•our need to expand our research and development activities;
•the costs associated with securing, establishing and maintaining commercialization capabilities;
•the costs of acquiring, licensing or investing in businesses, products, drug candidates and technologies;
•our ability to maintain, expand and defend the scope of our intellectual property portfolio, including the amount and timing of any payments we may be required to make, or that we may receive, in connection with the licensing, filing, prosecution, defense and enforcement of any patents or other intellectual property rights;
•our need and ability to hire additional management, scientific, and medical personnel;
•the effect of competing technological and market developments;
•our need to implement additional internal systems and infrastructure, including financial and reporting systems;
•the economic and other terms, timing and success of our existing licensing arrangements and any collaboration, licensing or other arrangements into which we may enter in the future; and
•the amount of any payments we are required to make to M&F TTP Holdings Two LLC in the future under the Tax Receivable Agreement.
Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial revenue from drug sales, we expect to finance our cash needs through a combination of equity offerings, debt financings, marketing and distribution arrangements and other collaborations, strategic alliances and licensing arrangements.
To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, the ownership interests of our common stockholders will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our common stockholders. Debt financing and preferred equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants that will further limit or restrict our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends. If we raise additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may be required to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams or drug candidates or grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2024, we do not currently have outstanding any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined under SEC rules.
Discussion of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our management’s discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements, which we have prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reported periods. We evaluate these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” to our audited consolidated financial statements, we believe that the following accounting policies related to revenue recognition, research and development, income taxes, and share-based compensation are the most critical for fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
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Revenue Recognition
The majority of our revenue results from our license and collaboration agreements associated with the development of investigational drug products. We account for a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are identified, the contract has commercial substance and collectability of consideration is probable. For each contract meeting these criteria, we identify the performance obligations included within the contract. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. We then recognize revenue under each contract as the related performance obligations are satisfied.
The transaction price under the contract is determined based on the value of the consideration expected to be received in exchange for the transferred assets or services. Development, regulatory and sales milestones included in our collaboration agreements are considered to be variable consideration. The amount of variable consideration expected to be received is included in the transaction price when it becomes probable that the milestone will be met. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the contract’s transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation using our best estimate of the standalone selling price of each distinct good or service in the contract. The primary method used to estimate standalone selling price is the expected cost plus margin approach. Revenue is recognized over the related period over which we expect the services to be provided using a proportional performance model or a straight-line method of recognition if there is no discernible pattern over which the services will be provided.
See Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 15 of Part IV of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.
Research and Development
Major components of research and development costs include cash compensation to employees, costs of preclinical studies, clinical trials and related clinical manufacturing, costs of drug development, costs of materials and supplies, facilities cost, overhead costs, regulatory and compliance costs, and fees paid to consultants and other entities that conduct certain research and development activities on our behalf. Costs incurred in research and development are expensed as incurred.
We record accruals based on estimates of the services received, efforts expended and amounts owed pursuant to contracts with numerous contract research organizations. In the normal course of business, we contract with third parties to perform various clinical study activities in the ongoing development of potential products. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation and variation from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows. Payments under the contracts depend on factors such as the achievement of certain events and the completion of portions of the clinical study or similar conditions. The objective of our accrual policy is to match the recording of expenses in our consolidated financial statements to the actual services received and efforts expended. As such, expense accruals related to clinical studies are recognized based on our estimate of the degree of completion of the event or events specified in the specific clinical study.
We record nonrefundable advance payments we make for future research and development activities as prepaid expenses. Prepaid expenses are recognized as expense in the statements of operations as we receive the related goods or services.
Income Taxes
In connection with the Initial Public Offering, vTv Therapeutics Inc. was formed. From August 1, 2015, vTv Therapeutics Inc. has been subject to corporate level income taxes. Prior to July 30, 2015, our predecessor entities were taxed as partnerships and all their income and deductions flowed through and were subject to tax at the partner level.
vTv Therapeutics Inc. holds vTv Units and is required to recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the difference between the financial reporting and tax basis of its investment in vTv LLC.
Our income tax expense, deferred tax assets and liabilities and reserves for unrecognized tax benefits reflect management’s best assessment of estimated future taxes to be paid. We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and various state jurisdictions. Significant judgments and estimates are required in determining the consolidated income tax expense.
We account for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events included in the consolidated financial statements. Under this method, we determine deferred tax assets and liabilities on the basis of differences between the consolidated financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities by using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period in which the enactment date occurs.
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We recognize deferred tax assets to the extent we believe these assets are more-likely-than-not to be realized. In making such a determination, we consider all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent results of operations.
We record uncertain tax positions on the basis of a two-step process in which (1) we determine whether it is more-likely-than-not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, we recognize the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50% likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority.
Interest and penalties related to income taxes are included in the benefit (provision) for income taxes in our Consolidated Statement of Operations. We have not incurred any significant interest or penalties related to income taxes in any of the periods presented.
Share-Based Compensation
Compensation expense for share-based compensation awards issued is based on the fair value of the award at the date of grant, and compensation expense is recognized for those awards earned over the service period. The grant date fair value of stock option awards is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing formula. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s Class A common stock over the most recent period commensurate with the estimated expected term of the Company’s stock options offering period which is derived from historical experience. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. Due to a lack of historical exercise data, we estimate the expected life of our outstanding stock options using the simplified method specified under Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 14.D.2. The fair value of restricted stock units (“RSU”) grants is based on the market value of our Class A common stock on the date of grant. We also estimate the amount of share-based awards that are expected to be forfeited based on historical employee turnover rates.
Effect of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See discussion of recent accounting pronouncements in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 15 of Part IV of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Interest Rate Risk
We do not currently have any material interest rate exposure.
Market Risk
Our exposure to market risk is limited to our cash and cash equivalents, all of which have maturities of one year or less. The goals of our investment strategy are preservation of capital, fulfillment of liquidity needs and fiduciary control of cash and investments. We also seek to maximize income from our investments without assuming significant risk. To achieve our goals, we maintain cash and cash equivalents with multiple financial institutions that management believes to be of high credit quality.
Foreign Currency Risk
We do not have any material foreign currency exposure.
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The information required by this Item is included in our Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data listed in Item 15 of Part IV of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
None.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (our principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (our principal financial officer), management has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of December 31, 2024. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of December 31, 2024, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in causing material information relating to us (including our consolidated subsidiaries) to be recorded, processed, summarized and reported by management on a timely basis and to ensure the quality and timeliness of our public disclosures with SEC disclosure obligations.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, with the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error and mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of controls.
The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, a control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or because the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and may not be detected.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those written policies and procedures that:
•pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets;
•provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
•provide reasonable assurance that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with management and director authorization; and
•provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024. Management based this assessment on criteria described in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on this assessment, management determined that as of December 31, 2024, we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting.
Changes to Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
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Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans
None of the Company's directors or Section 16 reporting officers adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as such terms are defined in Item 408 or Regulation S-K) during the quarter ended December 31, 2024.
ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS
Not applicable
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
(a)(1) Financial Statements
The following documents are included on pages F-1 through F-32 attached hereto and are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-2
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 F-4
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-8
(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules
Not applicable
(a)(3) List of Exhibits
ExhibitNumber Description
4.1* Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated July 30, 2018.
4.2* Amendment to Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated October 26, 2018.
4.6* Description of Capital Stock.
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19.1* Securities Trading Policy of vTv Therapeutics Inc.
21.1* Subsidiaries of vTv Therapeutics Inc.
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† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
†† Confidential treatment received with respect to portions of this exhibit.
* Filed herewith
ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 20, 2025
VTV THERAPEUTICS INC.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Paul J. Sekhri
Paul J. Sekhri
President, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairperson
By: /s/ Steven Tuch
Steven Tuch
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Paul J. Sekhri (Principal Executive Officer)
Steven Tuch (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Anne M. Phillips Director March 20, 2025
Anne M. Phillips
/s/ Daniel K. Spiegelman Director March 20, 2025
Daniel K. Spiegelman
Richard Nelson
/s/ Fahed Al Marzooqi Director March 20, 2025
Fahed Al Marzooqi
/s/ Raymond Cheong Director March 20, 2025
Raymond Cheong
/s/ Srinivas Akkaraju Director March 20, 2025
Srinivas Akkaraju
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm PCAOB ID No. (42) F-2
Financial Statements:
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 F-4
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements F-8
The financial statements and other disclosures contained in this report include those of vTv Therapeutics Inc. (“we”, the “Company” or the “Registrant”), which is the registrant, and those of vTv Therapeutics LLC (“vTv LLC”), which is the principal operating subsidiary of the Registrant. Unless the context suggests otherwise, references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the “Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to vTv Therapeutics Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of vTv Therapeutics Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of vTv Therapeutics Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2024, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations, has a working capital deficiency, and has stated that substantial doubt exists about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management's evaluation of the events and conditions and management’s plans regarding these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the account or disclosure to which it relates.
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Accrued Development Costs
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2000.
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 20, 2025
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vTv Therapeutics Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(dollars in thousands, except per share and share data)
Assets
Current assets:
Accounts receivable, net 62 102
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,220 1,044
Current deposits 85 65
Property and equipment, net 28 117
Operating lease right-of-use assets 125 244
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $ 5,027 $ 10,242
Current portion of operating lease liabilities 169 169
Current portion of contract liabilities — 17
Current portion of notes payable — 191
Contract liabilities, net of current portion 18,669 18,669
Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion — 169
Warrant liability, related party 57 110
Warrant liability 43 —
Commitments and contingencies
Redeemable noncontrolling interest — 6,131
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Noncontrolling interest 2,102 —
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) 14,301 (24,680)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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vTv Therapeutics Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share and share data)
Years Ending December 31,
Operating expenses:
Other (expense) income – related party (150) 574 946
Interest expense — (13) (15)
Loss before income taxes and noncontrolling interest (22,605) (25,966) (24,873)
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest (4,243) (5,716) (5,909)
Net loss attributable to vTv Therapeutics Inc. $ (18,462) $ (20,250) $ (19,164)
(*) Adjusted retroactively for reverse stock split
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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vTv Therapeutics Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
(in thousands, except share data)
Class A Common Stock Class B Common Stock
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest — — — — — — — — (3,158) (3,158)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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vTv Therapeutics Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Twelve Months Ended December 31,
Cash flows from operating activities:
Loss from G42 Promissory Note early redemption — 313 —
Non-cash interest income — (100) (352)
Interest expense — — 15
Change in fair value of investments — — 3,585
Realized gain on sale of investment in Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — (3,061) —
Impairment of investments in Anteris Bio, Inc. — 4,245 —
Change in fair value of warrants, related party 150 (574) (946)
Change in fair value of warrants (160) — —
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (196) 1,443 (403)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses (5,215) 2,929 (856)
Contract liabilities (17) — 6,760
Other liabilities (169) (154) —
Cash flows from investing activities:
Proceed from sale of investments in Reneo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — 4,404 —
Purchases of property and equipment — — (21)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities — 4,404 (21)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of Class A common stock, net of offering costs 2,463 — —
Proceeds from debt issuance — 566 776
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents 27,300 (2,680) (1,289)
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest $ 2 $ 14 $ 15
Cash paid for income taxes $ 100 $ — $ 200
Non-cash activities:
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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vTv Therapeutics Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(dollar amounts are in thousands, unless otherwise noted)
Note 1: Description of Business, Basis of Presentation and Going Concern
Description of Business
vTv Therapeutics Inc. (the “Company,” the “Registrant,” “we” or “us”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware in April 2015. The Company is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on treating metabolic diseases to minimize their long-term complications through end-organ protection.
Principles of Consolidation
vTv Therapeutics Inc. is a holding company, and its principal asset is a controlling equity interest in vTv Therapeutics LLC (“vTv LLC”), the Company’s principal operating subsidiary, which is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of orally administered small molecule drug candidates to fill significant unmet medical needs.
The Company has determined that vTv LLC is a variable-interest entity (“VIE”) for accounting purposes and that vTv Therapeutics Inc. is the primary beneficiary of vTv LLC because (through its managing member interest in vTv LLC and the fact that the senior management of vTv Therapeutics Inc. is also the senior management of vTv LLC) it has the power and benefits to direct all of the activities of vTv LLC, which include those that most significantly impact vTv LLC’s economic performance. vTv Therapeutics Inc. has therefore consolidated vTv LLC’s results pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 810, “Consolidation” in its Consolidated Financial Statements. The assets and liabilities of vTv LLC represent substantially all of the Company's consolidated assets and liabilities with the exception of the Warrants and $29.2 million of cash and cash equivalents.
Various holders own non-voting interests in vTv LLC, representing a 18.1% economic interest in vTv LLC, effectively restricting vTv Therapeutics Inc.’s interest to 81.9% of vTv LLC’s economic results, subject to increase in the future, should vTv Therapeutics Inc. purchase additional non-voting common units (“vTv Units”) of vTv LLC, or should the holders of vTv Units decide to exchange such units (together with shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B common stock”)) for shares of Class A common stock (or cash) pursuant to the Exchange Agreement (as defined in Note 13). vTv Therapeutics Inc. has provided financial and other support to vTv LLC in the form of its purchase of vTv Units with the net proceeds of the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) in 2015, its registered direct offering in March 2019, and its agreeing to be a co-borrower under the Venture Loan and Security Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) with Horizon Technology Finance Corporation and Silicon Valley Bank (together, the “Lenders”) which was entered into in 2016. vTv Therapeutics Inc. entered into the letter agreements with MacAndrews and Forbes Group LLC (“M&F Group”), a related party and an affiliate of MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated (together with its affiliates “MacAndrews”) in December 2017, July 2018, December 2018, March 2019, September 2019, and December 2019 (each a “Letter Agreement” and collectively, the “Letter Agreements”). vTv Therapeutics Inc. entered into a common stock purchase agreement with G42 Investments AI Holding RSC Ltd (“G42 Investments”) (the “G42 Purchase Agreement”), the common stock and warrant purchase agreement with CinPax, LLC and CinRx, LLC, respectively (the “CinRx Purchase Agreement”). In addition vTv Therapeutics Inc also entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with Private Placement Investors and the sales agreement with Cowen and Company, LLC (“TD Cowen”) (“TD Cowen Sales Agreement”). vTv Therapeutics Inc. will not be required to provide financial or other support for vTv LLC. However, vTv Therapeutics Inc. will control its business and other activities through its managing member interest in vTv LLC, and its management is the management of vTv LLC. Nevertheless, because vTv Therapeutics Inc. will have no material assets other than its interests in vTv LLC, any financial difficulties at vTv LLC could result in vTv Therapeutics Inc. recognizing a loss.
Reverse Stock Split
On November 14, 2023, the Board of Directors of the Company approved a reverse stock split at a ratio of 1-for-40, such that every 40 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A common stock”), would be combined into one issued and outstanding share of Class A common stock, and every 40 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class B common stock”), would be combined into one issued and outstanding share of Class B Common Stock (together, the “Reverse Stock Split”).
On November 20, 2023, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, which effected a reverse stock split of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock at a ratio of 1-for-40. No fractional shares were issued in
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connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Any fractional shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock to which a stockholder was entitled resulting from the Reverse Stock Split were rounded up to the nearest whole share. The Class A common stock began trading on a reverse split-adjusted basis on the Nasdaq on November 21, 2023. The Company’s Class A common stock will continue trading under the symbol “VTVT,” and the new CUSIP number for the Class A common stock following the Reverse Stock Split is 91835204.
The Reverse Stock Split did not reduce the number of authorized shares of Class A and Class B common stock, which remains at 200,000,000 and 100,000,000, respectively and did not change the par value of the common stock, whichremains at $0.01 per share.
The Company retroactively adjusted its consolidated financial statements to reflect the Reverse Stock Split. All issued and outstanding common stock and per share amounts contained in the consolidated financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented. In addition, a proportionate adjustment was made to the per share exercise price and the number of shares issuable upon the exercise and/or vesting of all warrants to purchase shares of common stock.
A proportionate adjustment was also made to the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive compensation plans to reflect the Reverse Stock Split.The common stock and additional paid-in-capital line items contained in the consolidated financial statements were adjusted to account for the Reverse Stock Split for all periods presented.
The reverse stock split did not have any effect on the number of authorized shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value of $0.01 per share, remains at 50,000,000 shares. Currently no shares of preferred stock are outstanding.
Going Concern and Liquidity
To date, the Company has not generated any product revenue and has not achieved profitable operations. The continuing development of our drug candidates will require additional financing. From its inception through December 31, 2024, the Company has funded its operations primarily through a combination of private placements of common and preferred equity, research collaboration agreements, upfront and milestone payments for license agreements, debt and equity financings and the completion of its IPO in August 2015. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $299.7 million and has generated net losses in each year of its existence. As of December 31, 2024, the Company's liquidity sources included cash and cash equivalents of $36.7 million.
To meet our future funding requirements into the first quarter of 2026, including funding the ongoing and future clinical trials of cadisegliatin (TTP399), we are evaluating several financing strategies, including direct equity investments and the potential licensing and monetization of other Company programs.
On February 27, 2024, we entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) with certain institutional accredited investors (the “Private Placement Investors”), pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell to the Private Placement Investors in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) (i) an aggregate of 464,377 shares (the “Private Placement Shares”) of our Class A common stock, at a purchase price of $11.81 per share, and (ii) pre-funded warrants (the “Private Placement Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,853,997 shares of our Class A common stock (the “Private Placement Warrant Shares”) at a purchase price of $11.80 per Private Placement Pre-Funded Warrant (representing the $11.81 per Private Placement Share purchase price less the exercise price of $0.01 per Private Placement Warrant Share). We received aggregate gross proceeds from the Private Placement of approximately $51.0 million, before deducting offering expenses payable by us. The Private Placement Pre-Funded Warrants are exercisable at any time after their original issuance and will not expire.
On March 5, 2024, the Company entered into a letter agreement with the Private Placement Investors pursuant to which the Private Placement Investors agreed to exchange an aggregate of 116,493 Private Placement Shares for an aggregate of 116,590 Private Placement Pre-Funded Warrants.
On February 28, 2024, we entered into the TD Cowen Sales Agreement, pursuant to which we may offer and sell, from time to time, through or to TD Cowen, as sales agent or principal, shares of our Class A common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million (the “TD Cowen ATM Offering”). Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities registered on the registration statement relating to the TD Cowen ATM Offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million. Under the terms of the TD Cowen Sales Agreement, we will pay TD Cowen a commission of 3.0% of the aggregate proceeds from the sale of shares and reimburse certain legal fees or other disbursements. On September 17, 2024, the
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Company sold 179,400 shares of Class A common stock under the TD Cowen ATM Offering for net proceeds of $2.5 million.
If we are unable to raise additional capital as and when needed, or upon acceptable terms, such failure would have a significant negative impact on our financial condition. As such, these conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
The Company’s financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates, among other things, the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Consolidated Financial Statements do not include adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of recorded assets or the amounts of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.
Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to the grant date fair value of equity awards, the fair value of warrants to purchase shares of its Class A common stock, the useful lives of property and equipment and the fair value of the Company’s debt, among others. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities.
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash on deposit with multiple financial institutions. The balance of the cash account frequently exceeds insured limits. The associated risk of concentration for cash and cash equivalents is mitigated by transferring a majority of our cash to a AAA rated money market account with a creditworthy institution.
Two collaboration partners represented 100% of the revenue earned during the year ended December 31, 2024 and was attributable from the satisfaction of a development milestone from the Newsoara License Agreement and the satisfaction of a performance obligation from the First Huadong Amendment (as defined herein). One collaboration partner represented 100% of the revenue during the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company did not have any revenue during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company considers any highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash and cash equivalents.
Collaboration Revenue and Accounts Receivable
The majority of the Company’s collaboration revenue and accounts receivable relates to its agreements to license certain of its potential drug products for development. See Note 3 for further discussion of the Company’s collaboration agreements.
Accounts receivable are stated at net realizable value. On a periodic basis, the Company evaluates its accounts receivable and establishes an allowance based on its history of collections and write-offs and the current status of all receivables.
Property and Equipment and other Long-lived Assets
The Company records property and equipment at cost less accumulated depreciation. Costs of renewals and improvements that extend the useful lives of the assets are capitalized. Maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is determined on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which generally range from three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the useful life of the asset or the term of the
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related lease. Upon retirement or disposition of assets, the costs and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts with the resulting gains or losses, if any, reflected in results of operations.
The estimated useful lives of property and equipment are as follows:
Asset Category Useful Life (in years)
Computers and hardware 3-5
Furniture and office equipment 3-7
Software 3
Leasehold improvements Shorter of useful life or remaining term of lease
The Company periodically assesses its property and equipment and other long-lived assets for impairment in accordance with the relevant accounting guidance. No such charges were recognized during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 or 2022. There were no assets held for sale at December 31, 2024 or 2023.
Investments
Investments in entities in which the Company has no control or significant influence, is not the primary beneficiary, and have a readily determinable fair value are classified as equity investments with readily determinable fair value. The investments are measured at fair value based on a quoted market price per unit in active markets multiplied by the number of units held without consideration of transaction costs (Level 1). Gains and losses are recorded in other income (expense), net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Equity investments without readily determinable fair value include ownership rights that do not provide the Company with control or significant influence and these investments do not have readily determinable fair values. The Company has elected to measure its equity investments without readily determinable fair values at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or similar investment.
As of December 31, 2024, the Company has no investments.
Revenue Recognition
The Company uses the revenue recognition guidance established by ASC 606, “Revenue From Contracts With Customers” (“ASC 606”). When an agreement falls under the scope of other standards, such as ASC 808, Collaborative Arrangements (“ASC 808”), the Company will apply the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure guidance in ASC 606 to the performance obligations in the agreements if those performance obligations are with a customer. Revenue recognized by analogizing to ASC 606, is recorded as collaboration revenue on the statements of operations.
The majority of the Company’s revenue results from its license and collaboration agreements associated with the development of investigational drug products. The Company accounts for a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are identified, the contract has commercial substance and collectability of consideration is probable. For each contract meeting these criteria, the Company identifies the performance obligations included within the contract. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. The Company then recognizes revenue under each contract as the related performance obligations are satisfied. The Company will recognize collaboration revenue under ASC 808 as a stand-ready obligation under ASC 606 over time based on the estimated period of performance.
The transaction price under the contract is determined based on the value of the consideration expected to be received in exchange for the transferred assets or services. Development, regulatory and sales milestones included in the Company’s collaboration agreements are considered to be variable consideration. The amount of variable consideration expected to be received is included in the transaction price when it becomes probable that the milestone will be met. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the contract’s transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation using the Company’s best estimate of the standalone selling price of each distinct good or service in the contract. The primary method used to estimate standalone selling price is the expected cost plus margin approach. Revenue is recognized over the related period over which the Company expects the services to be provided using a proportional performance model or a straight-line method of recognition if there is no discernible pattern over which the services will be provided.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The Company uses a three-tier fair value hierarchy to classify and disclose all assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as well as assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis, in periods
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subsequent to their initial measurement. The hierarchy requires the Company to use observable inputs when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs, when determining fair value. The three tiers are defined as follows:
•Level 1—Observable inputs that reflect quoted market prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;
•Level 2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable either directly or indirectly in the marketplace for identical or similar assets and liabilities; and
•Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market data, which require the Company to develop its own assumptions.
Research and Development
Major components of research and development costs include cash compensation to employees, depreciation expense on research and development property and equipment, costs of preclinical studies, clinical trials and related clinical manufacturing, costs of drug development, costs of materials and supplies, facilities cost, overhead costs, regulatory and compliance costs, and fees paid to consultants and other entities that conduct certain research and development activities on the Company’s behalf. Research and development costs are expensed as incurred.
The Company records accruals based on estimates of the services received, efforts expended and amounts owed pursuant to contracts with numerous contract research and manufacturing organizations. In the normal course of business, the Company contracts with third parties to perform various clinical study activities in the ongoing development of potential products. The financial terms of these agreements are subject to negotiation and variation from contract to contract and may result in uneven payment flows. Payments under the contracts depend on factors such as the achievement of certain events and the completion of portions of the clinical study or similar conditions. The objective of the Company’s accrual policy is to match the recording of expenses in its consolidated financial statements to the actual services received and efforts expended. As such, expense accruals related to clinical studies are recognized based on the Company’s estimate of the degree of completion of the event or events specified in the specific clinical study.
The Company records nonrefundable advance payments it makes for future research and development activities as prepaid expenses. Prepaid expenses are recognized as expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as the Company receives the related goods or services.
Research and development costs that are reimbursed under a cost-sharing arrangement are reflected as a reduction of research and development expense.
Patent Costs
Patent costs, including related legal costs, are expensed as incurred and recorded within general and administrative operating expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Income Taxes
From its formation on August 1, 2015, vTv Therapeutics Inc. has been subject to corporate level income taxes. Prior to July 30, 2015, the Company’s predecessor entities were taxed as partnerships and all their income and deductions flowed through and were subject to tax at the partner level.
vTv Therapeutics Inc. is required to recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the difference between the financial reporting and tax basis of its investment in vTv LLC.
The Company’s income tax expense, deferred tax assets and liabilities and reserves for unrecognized tax benefits reflect management’s best assessment of estimated future taxes to be paid. The Company is subject to income taxes in both the United States and various state jurisdictions. Significant judgments and estimates are required in determining the consolidated income tax expense.
The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events included in the consolidated financial statements. Under this method, the Company determines deferred tax assets and liabilities on the basis of differences between the consolidated financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities by using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period in which the enactment date occurs.
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent it believes these assets are more-likely-than-not to be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including
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future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies and recent results of operations.
The Company records uncertain tax positions on the basis of a two-step process in which (1) it determines whether it is more-likely-than-not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, it recognizes the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50% likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority.
Interest and penalties related to income taxes are included in the benefit (provision) for income taxes in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company has not incurred any significant interest or penalties related to income taxes in any of the periods presented.
Noncontrolling Interest
Non-controlling interests have been recorded to reflect the various holders of non-voting interests in vTv LLC, representing an 18.1% economic interest. This non-controlling interest is presented as a separate component of equity in the consolidated balance sheets and as a loss in the consolidated statements of operations.
Prior to February 27, 2024, the Company recorded the noncontrolling interest represented by the vTv Units and the Class B common stock at the higher of (1) its initial fair value plus accumulated earnings/losses associated with the noncontrolling interest or (2) the redemption value as of the balance sheet date. See discussion and additional detail of the noncontrolling interest at Note 12.
Segment and Geographic Information
Operating segments are defined as an enterprise’s components (business activities from which it earns revenue and incurs expenses) for which discrete financial information is (1) available; and (2) is regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s CODM is its President and Chief Executive Officer. All of the Company's principal operations, assets, and decision-making functions are based in the U.S., and as a result, all of our financial information is derived from domestic sources. The Company’s business operates in one reportable segment comprised of one operating segment.
Leases
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Balances recognized related to operating leases are included in operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease if it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. The operating lease right-of-use asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred. The Company has elected a practical expedient to not separate its lease and non-lease components and instead account for them as a single lease component.
Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Lease payments for short-term leases are recorded to operating expense on a straight-line basis and variable lease payments are recorded in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred.
Share-Based Compensation
Compensation expense for share-based compensation awards issued is based on the fair value of the award at the date of grant, and compensation expense is recognized for those awards earned over the service period. The grant date fair value of stock option awards is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing formula. Expected volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock over the most recent period commensurate with the estimated expected term of the Company’s stock options offering period which is derived from historical experience. The risk-free rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant. Due to a lack of historical exercise data, the Company estimates the expected life of its outstanding stock options using the simplified method specified under Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 14.D.2.
In the event the participant’s employment by or engagement with (as a director or otherwise) the Company terminates before exercise of the options granted, the stock options granted to the participant shall immediately expire and all rights to purchase shares there under shall immediately cease and expire and be of no further force or effect, other than applicable
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exercise rights for vested shares that may extend past the termination date as provided for in the participant’s applicable option award agreement.
The fair value of restricted stock units (“RSU”) grants is based on the market value of the Class A common stock on the date of grant. The Company also estimates the amount of share-based awards that are expected to be forfeited based on historical employee turnover rates.
Comprehensive Income
The Company does not have any components of other comprehensive income recorded within its Consolidated Financial Statements, and, therefore, does not separately present a statement of comprehensive income in its Consolidated Financial Statements.
Accounting Pronouncements Adopted During the Current Year
Segment Reporting: In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): “Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures” (ASU 2023-07). The ASU expands public entities' segment disclosures by requiring disclosures of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the CODM and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss, an amount and description of its composition for other segment items, and interim disclosures of a reportable segment's profit or loss and assets. For public entities, the provisions within ASU 2023-07 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods of fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 effective December 31, 2024, on a retrospective basis. The adoption of 2023-07 did not change the way that the Company identifies its reportable segments and, as a result, did not have a material impact on the Company’s segment-related disclosures. Refer to Note 14 for further information on the Company's reportable segment.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
Income Taxes: In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09: “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”). The ASU is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in the ASU address investor requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. ASU 2023-09 will be effective for us in the annual period beginning January 1, 2025, though early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the presentational effect that ASU 2023-09 will have on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures, but we expect considerable changes to our income tax disclosures.
Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses: In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, “Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures: Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses”. This guidance requires disclosures about significant expense categories, including but not limited to, inventory purchases, employee compensation, depreciation, amortization, and selling expenses. This amendment is effective for our annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. We are currently assessing the impact of this guidance on our disclosures.
Note 3: Collaboration Agreements
G42 Purchase Agreement and Cogna Collaborative and License Agreement
The Company and G42 Investments AI Holding RSC Ltd, a private limited company (“G42 Investments”), entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement (the “G42 Purchase Agreement”), on May 31, 2022, pursuant to which the Company sold to G42 Investments 259,657 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $25.0 million, which was paid (i) $12.5 million in cash at the closing and (ii) $12.5 million in the form of a promissory note of G42 Investments to be paid at May 31, 2023 (the "G42 Promissory Note"). On February 28, 2023, the Company and G42 Investments amended the G42 Purchase Agreement and modified the G42 Promissory Note to accelerate the payment due under the note. Pursuant to the amendment, on February 28, 2023, the Company received $12.0 million, which reflected the original amount due under the G42 Promissory Note less a 3.75% discount, in full satisfaction of the note, resulting in a loss of $0.3 million and was recognized as a component of other (expense)/income in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
G42 Investments has agreed to certain transfer restrictions (including restrictions on short sales or similar transactions) and restrictions on further acquisitions of shares, in each case subject to specified exceptions. Following the expiration of a lock up period, from the period May 31, 2022 until December 31, 2024 (or if earlier, the date of receipt of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval in the U.S. for cadisegliatin (TTP399), the Company has granted to G42 Investments
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certain shelf and piggyback registration rights with respect to those shares of Class A common stock issued to G42 Investments pursuant to the G42 Purchase Agreement, including the ability to conduct an underwritten offering to resell such shares under certain circumstances. The registration rights include customary cooperation, cut-back, expense reimbursement, and indemnification provisions.
Contemporaneously with the G42 Purchase Agreement, effective on May 31, 2022, the Company entered into a collaboration and license agreement (the “Cogna Agreement”) with Cogna Technology Solutions LLC, an affiliate of G42 Investments (“Cogna”), which requires Cogna to work with the Company in performing clinical trials for cadisegliatin (TP399) as well as jointly creating a global development plan to develop, market, and commercialize cadisegliatin in certain countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia (the “Partner Territory”). Under the terms of the Cogna Agreement, Cogna will obtain a license under certain intellectual property controlled by the Company to enable it to fulfill its obligations and exercise its rights under the Cogna agreement, including to develop and commercialize cadisegliatin in the Partner Territory, but will not have access to the various intellectual property (“IP”) related to the license and cadisegliatin. Specifically, the Company will share various protocols with Cogna related to conducting the clinical trials and will provide the patient dosages and placebo of cadisegliatin needed to conduct the trials.
Under the Cogna Agreement, Cogna has the right to develop and commercialize cadisegliatin in the Partner Territory at its own cost once restrictions on the use of the IP have been lifted by the Company. The Cogna Agreement determined which specific countries in the Partner Territory that Cogna may pursue development and commercialization and provides the Company with the ability to determine when Cogna can benefit from this IP through the powers granted to the Company to approve the global development plan. Further, the Company may supply at cost, or Cogna may manufacture, cadisegliatin for commercial sale under terms to be agreed upon by the parties at a later date.
Separately, the Company will conduct its clinical trials for cadisegliatin outside of the Partner Territory at its own cost. The results of each party’s clinical trials may be combined by the Company to seek FDA approval in the United States for cadisegliatin. On December 21, 2022, G42 Healthcare Technology Solutions LLC (formerly known as Cogna Technology Solutions LLC) novated its rights and obligation under the Cogna Agreement to G42 Healthcare Research Technology Projects LLC ("G42 Healthcare"), an affiliate of G42 Investments. As a result of the novation, all reference to Cogna herein shall be deemed to refer to G42 Healthcare.
The G42 Purchase Agreement also provides for, following the receipt of the cadisegliatin FDA Approval, at the option of G42 Investments, either (a) the issuance of the Company’s Class A common stock (the “Milestone Shares”) having an aggregate value equal to $30.0 million or (b) the payment by the Company of $30.0 million in cash (the “Milestone Cash Payment”). The issuance of the Milestone Shares or the payment of the Milestone Cash Payment, as applicable, is conditioned upon receipt of the cadisegliatin FDA Approval and subject to certain limitations and conditions set forth in the G42 Purchase Agreement. There can be no assurance that the cadisegliatin FDA Approval will be granted or as to the timing thereof.
Once commercialization takes place in the Partner Territory, the Company will receive royalties in the single digits from Cogna on the net sales of cadisegliatin for a period of at least ten years after the first commercial sale of cadisegliatin in the Partner Territory.
A premium was paid on the Class A common stock by G42 Investments of $18.7 million, net of a note receivable discount of $0.6 million. This premium is determined to be the transaction price for all remaining obligations under the agreements, which will be accounted for under ASC 808 or ASC 606 based on determination of the unit of account.
The Company determined that certain commitments under the agreements are in the scope of ASC 808 as both the Company and Cogna are active participants in the clinical trials of cadisegliatin, and both are exposed to significant risks and rewards based on the success of the clinical trials and subsequent FDA approval. Cogna is determined to be a vendor of the Company during the clinical trial phase, working on the Company’s behalf to complete research and development activities, and not in a customer capacity. The Company accounted for the commitments related to the clinical trials, which includes transfer of trial protocols, supply of clinical trial dosages, and collaboration on the joint development committee (“JDC”) as an ASC 808 unit of account, applying the recognition and measurement principles of ASC 606 by analogy. The Company will recognize collaboration revenue for its development activities under ASC 808 over time based on the estimated period of performance.
By applying the principals in ASC 606 by analogy, the Company identified the performance obligation and considered the timing of satisfaction of the obligation to account for the pattern of revenue recognition. In order to recognize collaboration revenue, generally, the Company would begin satisfying its performance obligation and Cogna would need to be able to use and benefit from delivery of the assets or services. The performance obligation under the agreements that fall within the ASC 808 unit of account are concentrated in the clinical trials. As of December 31, 2024, the clinical trials had not
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commenced. Accordingly, no collaboration revenue was recognized for the ASC 808 unit of account during the year ended December 31, 2024.
The Company identified certain commitments that are in the scope of ASC 606 as Cogna’s relationship is that of a customer for these commitments. The significant performance obligations that are in the scope of ASC 606 are (1) the development, commercialization and manufacturing license of the IP once restrictions on the use of the IP have been lifted by the Company and (2) a potential material right to a commercial supply agreement. The Company will recognize revenue from the development, commercial and manufacturing license at a point in time when the Company releases the restrictions on the use of the IP, which is expected to be after cadisegliatin is approved by the FDA. The Company will recognize revenue from the material right related to Cogna’s ability to purchase the commercial supply at cost as Cogna purchases the commercial supply from the Company, which will occur after the completion of the initial clinical trials (if Cogna decides to purchase the clinical supply from the Company). As a result, the Company has not recognized any revenue under the ASC 606 unit of account during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023.
On February 28, 2023, the Company and G42 Investments amended the G42 Purchase Agreement and modified the G42 Promissory Note to accelerate the payment due under the note. Pursuant to the amendment, on February 28, 2023, the Company received $12.0 million, which reflected the original amount due under the G42 Promissory Note less a 3.75% discount, in full satisfaction of the note, resulting in a loss of $0.3 million and was recognized as a component of other (expense) income in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. The G42 Promissory Note receivable was classified and accounted for under ASC 310 Receivables (“ASC 310”) and was initially measured at its fair value of $11.9 million. The Company also recorded the $18.7 million as deferred revenue in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, as none of the underlying performance obligations had been satisfied as of and for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. On February 27, 2024, the Company and G42 Investments further amended the G42 Purchase Agreement in connection with the Private Placement.
Huadong License Agreement
The Company was a party to a license agreement with Hangzhou Zhongmei Huadong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (“Huadong”) (the “Huadong License Agreement”), under which Huadong obtained an exclusive and sublicensable license to develop and commercialize the Company’s glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (“GLP-1r”) program, including the compound TTP273, for therapeutic uses in humans or animals, in China and certain other Pacific Rim countries, including Australia and South Korea (collectively, the “Huadong License Territory”). Additionally, under the Huadong License Agreement, the Company obtained a non-exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free license to develop and commercialize certain Huadong patent rights and know-how related to the Company’s GLP-1r program for therapeutic uses in humans or animals outside of the Huadong License Territory. Under the terms of the Huadong License Agreement, as amended, Huadong paid the Company an initial license fee of $8.0 million and was obligated to pay potential development and regulatory milestone payments totaling up to $22.0 million, with an additional potential regulatory milestone of $20.0 million if Huadong had received regulatory approval for a central nervous system indication. In addition, the Company was eligible for an additional $50.0 million in potential sales-based milestones, as well as royalty payments ranging from low-single to low-double digit rates, based on tiered sales of licensed products.
On January 14, 2021, the Company entered into the first amendment to the Huadong License Agreement ("First Huadong Amendment") which eliminated the Company’s obligation to sponsor a multi-region clinical trial (the “Phase 2 MRCT”), and corresponding obligation to contribute up to $3.0 million in support of such trial. The amendment also reduced the total potential development and regulatory milestone payments by $3.0 million.
Prior to the First Amendment, the Company had allocated a portion of the transaction price to the obligation to sponsor and conduct a portion of the Phase 2 MRCT. Upon the removal of this performance obligation, the Company evaluated the impact of the modification under the provisions of ASC 606 and performed a reallocation of the transaction price among the remaining performance obligations. This resulted in the recognition of approximately $1.0 million of revenue on a cumulative catch up basis during the year ended December 31, 2021. The majority of the transaction price originally allocated to the Phase 2 MRCT performance obligation was reallocated to the license and technology transfer services combined performance obligation discussed below, which had already been completed. The reallocation of the purchase price in connection with the First Huadong Amendment was made based on the relative estimated selling prices of the remaining performance obligations.
The significant performance obligations under the Huadong License Agreement, as amended, were determined to be (i) the exclusive license to develop and commercialize the Company’s GLP-1r program, (ii) technology transfer services related to the chemistry and manufacturing know-how for a defined period after the effective date, (iii) the Company’s obligation to participate on the JDC, and (iv) other obligations considered to be immaterial in nature.
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The Company determined that the license and technology transfer services related to the chemistry and manufacturing know-how represent a combined performance obligation because they were not capable of being distinct on their own. The Company also determined that there was no discernible pattern in which the technology transfer services would be provided during the transfer service period. As such, the Company recognized the revenue related to this combined performance obligation using the straight-line method over the transfer service period. In the first quarter of 2022, the transaction price for this performance obligation was increased by $2.0 million due to the satisfaction of a development milestone under the license agreement. This amount was fully recognized as revenue during the year ended December 31, 2022 as the related performance obligation was fully satisfied. No revenue related to this combined performance obligation was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2024.
A portion of the transaction price was allocated to the obligation to participate in the JDC to oversee the development of products and the Phase 2 MRCT in accordance with the development plan. The revenue was recognized using the proportional performance model over the period of the Company’s participation on the JDC. An immaterial amount of revenue for this performance obligation was recognized during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2022. No revenue was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2023.The full transaction price has been recognized as of December 31, 2024.
On December 18, 2023, vTv LLC received notice from Huadong of their intent to terminate the Huadong License Agreement between vTv LLC and Huadong, dated as of December 21, 2017, as amended on January 14, 2021 (both together constituting the "Agreement"). The termination of the Agreement was effective September 1, 2024.
Newsoara License Agreement
On May 31, 2018, the Company entered into a license agreement with Newsoara Biopharma Co., Ltd., (“Newsoara”) (the “Newsoara License Agreement”), under which Newsoara obtained an exclusive and sublicensable license to develop and commercialize the Company’s phosphodiesterase type 4 inhibitors (“PDE4”) program, including the compound HPP737, in China and other Pacific Rim territories (collectively, the “Newsoara License Territory”). Additionally, under the Newsoara License Agreement, the Company obtained a non-exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-free license to develop and commercialize certain Newsoara patent rights and know-how related to the Company’s PDE4 program for therapeutic uses in humans outside of the Newsoara License Territory.
The Newsoara License Agreement was amended in 2020 to change certain future milestone payments and patent rights (the “First Newsoara Amendment”). Under the terms of the Newsoara License Agreement, Newsoara paid the Company an upfront cash payment of $2.0 million. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company received an additional payment of $1.0 million related to the satisfaction of a development milestone during the year. On June 26, 2024, the Company entered into the second amendment to the Newsoara License Agreement (the “Second Newsoara Amendment”) which expanded the global license contingent upon Newsoara paying an upfront global rights fee (the “Upfront Fees”) of $20.0 million. Newsoara has up to one year from the date of the Second Newsoara Amendment to pay the Upfront Fees; if it fails to do so, then the Second Newsoara Amendment will be null and void. As amended, the Company is eligible to receive additional potential development, regulatory and sales-based milestone payments totaling up to $76.5 million. In addition, Newsoara is obligated to pay the Company royalty payments at mid to upper single digit rates, based on tiers of annual net sales of licensed products. Such royalties will be payable on a licensed product-by-licensed product and country-by-country basis until the latest of expiration of the licensed patents covering a licensed product in a country, expiration of data exclusivity rights for a licensed product in a country or a specified number of years after the first commercial sale of a licensed product in a country. There are no new performance obligations to be considered within the Second Newsoara Amendment. The Second Amendment has a potential impact to increase the transaction price by $20.0 million. If the Company receives the Upfront Fees, $20.0 million of revenue will be recognized at a point in time.
Pursuant to the terms of the Newsoara License Agreement, the Company is required to provide technology transfer services for a defined period after the effective date. In accordance with ASC 606, the Company identified all of the performance obligations at the inception of the Newsoara License Agreement. The significant obligations were determined to be the license and the technology transfer services. The Company determined that the license and technology transfer services represent a single performance obligation because they were not capable of being distinct on their own. The transaction price has been fully allocated to this combined performance obligation and the related revenue was recognized during the year ended December 31, 2018.
In the first quarter of 2024, the transaction price for this performance obligation was increased by $1.0 million due to the satisfaction of a development milestone under the Newsoara License Agreement. This amount was fully recognized as revenue during the year ended December 31, 2024, as the related performance obligation was fully satisfied. No revenue related to this performance obligation was recognized and there were no changes to the transaction price during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.
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The remaining milestone payments that the Company is eligible to receive have not been included in the transaction price as of December 31, 2024, as it is not considered probable that such payments will be received.
Contract Liabilities
Current portion of contract liabilities $ — $ 17
Contract liabilities, net of current portion 18,669 18,669
Changes in short-term and long-term contract liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2024, were as follows:
Contract Liabilities
The change in the Company’s contract liabilities for the year ended December 31, 2024, was primarily due to the deferred revenue related to the Huadong Agreement.
Note 4: Share-Based Compensation
The Company has issued non-qualified stock option awards to management, other key employees, consultants, and nonemployee directors and these options vest ratably over a four-year period. In addition, we issued options in connection with the private placement on February 27, 2024, that vest ratably over a three-year period. The option awards expire after a term of ten years from the date of grant. For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, the Company recognized $2.8 million, $1.6 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to share-based awards. Given that the Company has established a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets, the Company has recognized no tax benefit related to these awards. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense of approximately $4.7 million, which is expected to be recognized on a straight-line basis over a weighted average period of 2.3 years. The weighted average grant date fair value for all option grants during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $14.76, $24.78 and $27.75 per option, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic value of the in-the-money awards outstanding as well as those exercisable as of December 31, 2024, was an insignificant amount. The total fair value of stock options vested during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 was $2.9 million, $2.2 million and $1.5 million, respectively.
On February 23, 2024, in connection with the Private Placement, several directors resigned as members of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective on the closing of the Private Placement. As a result of their resignations, 14,340 stock options to purchase shares of common stock were modified to increase the time period to exercise the options and 7,590 stock options to purchase shares of common stock were modified to accelerate vesting at the termination date. All the unvested options were modified to be fully vested as of the posting of the Private Placement which resulted in a reduction in their fair value. The Company incurred $0.1 million reduction in stock compensation expense for the modifications for the year ended December 31, 2024.
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the fair value of stock options granted. The fair value of stock options granted was estimated using the following assumptions during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022:
For the Year Ended December 31,
Expected life of option, in years 5.5 - 6.1 5.5 - 6.1 5.2 - 6.1
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The following table summarizes the activity related to the stock option awards for the year ended December 31, 2024 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Number of Shares WeightedAverage Exercise Price
Weighted average remaining contractual term 7.0 Years
Weighted average remaining contractual term 8.1 Years
Compensation expense related to the grants of stock options is included in research and development and general and administrative expense as follows (in thousands):
Total share-based compensation expense $ 2,757 $ 1,578 $ 1,272
Note 5: Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
Note 6: Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consists of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
Leasehold improvements $ 406 $ 406
Computers and hardware 69 69
Furniture and office equipment 49 49
Total property and equipment 536 604
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization (508) (487)
Property and equipment, net $ 28 $ 117
Depreciation expense was $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022. The Company had fully depreciated disposals of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.
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Note 7: Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses
Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):
December 31,
Accrued compensation and related costs 1,509 1,466
Note 8: Leases
In August 2019, the Company leased office space for its headquarters location under an operating lease. This lease commenced in November 2019 after the completion of certain tenant improvements made by the lessor. The lease included an option to renew for a five-year term as well as an option to terminate after three years, neither of which was recognized as part of its related right of use assets or lease liabilities as their election was not considered reasonably certain. In November 2022, the Company entered into a second amendment to the lease, (i) to reduce the square footage and (ii) to extend the lease term, which constituted a modification event under ASC 842 and, the lease classification for the asset remains as an operating lease. Further, the second amendment to the lease does not include any material residual value guarantee or restrictive covenants.
At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the weighted average incremental borrowing rate for operating leases held by the Company was 9.5%. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, the weighted average remaining lease terms for the operating leases held by the Company were 0.9 years and 1.9 years, respectively.
Maturities of lease liabilities for the Company’s operating leases as of December 31, 2024, were as follows (in thousands):
Thereafter —
Total lease payments 177
Less: imputed interest (8)
Present value of lease liabilities $ 169
Operating lease cost was $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, cash paid for operating leases was $0.2 million.
Note 9: Notes Payable
Notes payable consist of the following (in thousands):
Short-term financing — 191
Total notes payable — 191
Less: Current portion — (191)
Total notes payable, net of current portion $ — $ —
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Note 10: Commitments and Contingencies
Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company is involved in various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. If a specific contingent liability is determined to be probable and can be reasonably estimated, the Company accrues and discloses the amount. The Company is not currently a party to any material legal proceedings.
Novo Nordisk
In February 2007, the Company entered into an Agreement (the “Novo License Agreement”) Concerning Glucokinase Activator Project with Novo Nordisk A/S (the “Novo Nordisk”) whereby the Company obtained an exclusive, worldwide, sublicensable license under certain Novo Nordisk intellectual property rights to discover, develop, manufacture, have manufactured, use and commercialize products for the prevention, treatment, control, mitigation or palliation of human or animal diseases or conditions. As part of this license grant, the Company obtained certain worldwide rights to Novo Nordisk’s GKA program, including rights to preclinical and clinical compounds such as cadisegliatin. This agreement was amended in May 2019 to create milestone payments applicable to certain specific and non-specific areas of therapeutic use. Under the terms of the Novo License Agreement, the Company has additional potential developmental and regulatory milestone payments totaling up to $7.0 million for approval of a product for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, $50.5 million for approval of a product for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, or $115.0 million for approval of a product in any other indication. The Company may also be obligated to pay an additional $75.0 million in potential sales-based milestones, as well as royalty payments, at mid-single digit royalty rates, based on tiered sales of commercialized licensed products.
Note 11: Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
On July 29, 2015, the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation to authorize 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, 100,000,000 shares of Class B common stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.
On May 4, 2021, the Company filed an amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of Class A common stock that the Company is authorized to issue from 100,000,000 shares of Class A common stock to 200,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, representing an increase of 100,000,000 shares of authorized Class A common stock, with a corresponding increase in the total authorized common stock, which includes Class A common stock and Class B common stock, from 200,000,000 to 300,000,000, and a corresponding increase in the total authorized capital stock, which includes common stock and preferred stock, from 250,000,000 shares to 350,000,000 shares.
On November 20, 2023, the Company filed an amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended, to effect a reverse stock split at a ratio of 1-for-40 (the "Reverse Stock Split"). Pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split, every 40 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock was combined into one issued and outstanding share of Class A Common Stock and every 40 shares of the Company’s Class B common stock was combined into one issued and outstanding share of Class B Common Stock. The Reverse Stock Split did not reduce the number of authorized shares of Class A and Class B common stock, which remained at 200,000,000 and 100,000,000 respectively and did not change the par value of the common stock, which remained at $0.01 per share. The Reverse Stock Split did not have any effect on the number of authorized shares of the Company’s preferred stock, par value of $0.01 per share, which would remain at 50,000,000 shares. Currently no shares of preferred stock are outstanding.
Holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to stockholders for their vote or approval. The holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote together as a single class on all matters submitted to stockholders for their vote or approval, except with respect to the amendment of certain provisions of the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would alter or change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Class B common stock so as to affect them adversely, which amendments must be approved by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the shares affected by the amendment, voting as a separate class, or as otherwise required by applicable law. The voting power of the outstanding Class B common stock (expressed as a percentage of the total voting power of all common stock) will be equal to the percentage of vTv Units not held by the Company. Holders of Class B common stock are not entitled to receive dividends and will not be entitled to receive any distributions upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company.
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Common Stock and Pre-funded Warrants
In February 2024, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with certain Private Placement Investors, pursuant to which we agreed to issue and sell to the Private Placement Investors in a private placement (i) an aggregate of 464,377 shares of our Class A common stock, at a purchase price of $11.81 per share and (ii) issued pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,853,997 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock at a price of $11.80 per pre-funded warrant. The pre-funded warrants were immediately exercisable, have an exercise price of $0.01 and may be exercised at any time after the date of issuance. A holder of pre-funded warrants may not exercise the warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own more than 9.99% of the number of shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. A holder of the pre-funded warrants may increase or decrease this percentage not in excess of 19.99% by providing at least 61 days’ prior notice to the Company. As of December 31, 2024, there were pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,970,587 shares of the Company’s common stock that remained available for exercise.
The pre-funded warrants were classified as a component of permanent equity in the Company's Consolidated Balance Sheet as they are freestanding financial instruments that are immediately exercisable, do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its own shares and permit the holders to receive a fixed number of shares of common stock upon exercise. All of the shares underlying the pre-funded warrants have been included in the weighted-average number of shares of common stock used to calculate net loss per share attributable to common stockholders because the shares may be issued for little or no consideration, are fully vested and are exercisable after the original issuance date of the pre-funded warrants.
On March 5, 2024, the Company entered into a letter agreement with the Private Placement Investors pursuant to which the Private Placement Investors agreed to exchange an aggregate of 116,493 Private Placement Shares for an aggregate of 116,590 Private Placement Pre-Funded Warrants.
G42 Investments Transaction
On May 31, 2022, the Company and G42 Investments entered in to the G42 Purchase Agreement (see Note 3), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to G42 Investments 259,657 shares of the Company's Class A common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $25.0 million, consisting of (i) $12.5 million in cash at the closing of the transaction and (ii) $12.5 million in the form of a promissory note of G42 Investments to be paid at the one-year anniversary of the execution of the G42 Purchase Agreement (the "G42 Promissory Note"). On February 28, 2023, the Company and G42 Investments amended the G42 Purchase Agreement and modified the G42 Promissory Note to accelerate the payment due under the note. Pursuant to the amendment, on February 28, 2023, the Company received $12.0 million, which reflected the original amount due under the G42 Promissory Note less a 3.75% discount, in full satisfaction of the note, resulting in a loss of $0.3 million and was recognized as a component of other income (expense) net, in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
CinPax and CinRx Transaction
On July 22, 2022 (the “Transaction Date”), the Company entered into the CinRx Purchase Agreement with CinPax, LLC ("CinPax") and CinRx-Pharma, LLC ("CinRx"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to CinPax 103,864 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $10.0 million, which was paid (i) $6.0 million in cash at the closing of the transaction and (ii) $4.0 million in the form of a non-interest-bearing promissory note with CinPax and was paid to the Company on November 22, 2022.
The CinRx Purchase Agreement also provides CinRx warrants to purchase up to 30,000 shares of common stock at an initial exercise of price of approximately $28.80 per share (the “CinRx Warrants”). The CinRx Warrants were initially measured at fair value of $0.4 million using the Black-Scholes option model at the time of issuance and will be recorded in Warrant liability related party in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and will be subsequently remeasured at fair value through earnings on a recurring basis. (see Note 18)
The CinRx Warrants will become exercisable by CinRx only if (i) the Company receives approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market and distribute the pharmaceutical product containing the Company’s proprietary candidate, cadisegliatin (the “Product”), or (ii) the Company is acquired by a third party, sells all or substantially all of its assets related to the Product to a third party or grants a third party an exclusive license to develop, commercialize and manufacture the Product in the United States. If neither of these events happen within five years of the date of the issuance of the CinRx Warrants, the CinRx Warrants will expire and not be exercisable by CinRx. The exercise price of the CinRx Warrants and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the CinRx Warrants are subject to adjustments in accordance with the terms of the CinRx Warrants.
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Additionally, in conjunction with the CinRx Purchase Agreement the Company and CinRx entered into a Master Service Agreement (“CinRx MSA”) whereby CinRx provides the Company with consulting, preclinical and clinical trial services, as enumerated in project proposals negotiated between the Company and CinRx from time to time.
The Company did not identify any other promises in the CinRx Purchase Agreement (aside from the issuance of common shares and the CinRx Warrants) and determined since there is no value ascribed to the CinRx MSA, the right to appoint a member and observer to the board of directors, that the remaining unallocated amount meets the definition of contributed equity and represents the amount in excess of par. The Company, CinPax and CinRx subsequently amended the CinRx Purchase Agreement on February 27, 2024, in connection with the Private Placement. The CinRx Purchase Agreement provides CinPax the right for two years following the Closing to designate a board observer, which has been subsequently approved by the Company’s board.
ATM Offering
On February 28, 2024, we entered into a sales agreement (the “TD Cowen Sales Agreement”) with Cowen and Company, LLC (“TD Cowen”), pursuant to which we may offer and sell, from time to time, through or to TD Cowen, as sales agent or principal, shares of our Class A common stock, having an aggregate offering price of up to $50.0 million (the “TD Cowen ATM Offering”). Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities registered on the registration statement relating to the TD Cowen ATM Offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our public float in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75.0 million. Under the terms of the TD Cowen Sales Agreement, we will pay TD Cowen a commission of 3.0% of the aggregate proceeds from the sale of shares and reimburse certain legal fees or other disbursements.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company sold 179,400 shares of Class A common stock under the TD Cowen ATM Offering for net proceeds of $2.5 million.
Letter Agreement Warrants
The Company previously entered into the Letter Agreements with MacAndrews. Under the terms of the Letter Agreements, the Company had the right to sell to MacAndrews shares of its Class A common stock at a specified price per share, and MacAndrews had the right (exercisable up to three times) to require the Company to sell to it shares of Class A common stock at the same price. In addition, in connection with and as a commitment fee for the entrance into certain of these Letter Agreements, the Company also issued MacAndrews warrants (the “Letter Agreement Warrants”) to purchase additional shares of the Company’s Class A common stock. Certain terms of each of these Letter Agreements are set forth in Note 13.
The Letter Agreement Warrants were recorded as warrant liability, related party within the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets based on their fair value. The issuance of the Letter Agreement Warrants was considered to be a cost of equity recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. During the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 the Company recognized $(0.2) million, $0.6 million and $0.9 million respectively in the Consolidated Statement of Operations, related to the change in fair value in related party warrants of which $(0.2) million, $0.3 million, and $0.9 million, respectively, were related to the Letter Agreement Warrants. These amounts were recognized as a component of other (expense) income - related party in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Fair value of the Letter Agreement Warrants was calculated as of their issuance date using the methods described in Note 18 using the following assumptions:
Expected life of option, in years 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
The warrants issued on December 5, 2017 expired on December 5, 2024.
Note 12: Noncontrolling Interest
The Company is subject to the Exchange Agreement with respect to the vTv Units representing the outstanding 18.1% noncontrolling interest in vTv LLC (see Note 1). The Exchange Agreement requires the surrender of an equal number of vTv Units and Class B common stock for (i) shares of Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis or (ii) cash (based on the fair
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market value of the Class A common stock as determined pursuant to the Exchange Agreement), at the Company’s option (as the managing member of vTv LLC), subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications. The exchange value is determined based on a 20 day volume weighted average price of the Class A common stock as defined in the Exchange Agreement, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications.
On February 27, 2024, in connection with the Private Placement financing, the Investor Rights Agreement altered M&F TTP Holdings Two LLC (“M&F”) governance rights such that directors designated by M&F no longer comprise a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors (see Note 13). The redeemable noncontrolling interest redemption feature to exchange vTv Units for cash rather than shares of Class A common stock is a contingent event that is now within control of the Company through the Company’s independent Board of Directors. As a result, $5.3 million representing the fair value of redeemable noncontrolling interest on February 27, 2024, was reclassified from temporary equity in the mezzanine section of the Consolidated Balance Sheets to noncontrolling interest as a component of permanent equity.
Prior to February 27, 2024, the Company recorded redeemable noncontrolling interest at the higher of (1) its initial fair value plus accumulated earnings/losses associated with the noncontrolling interest or (2) the redemption value as of the balance sheet date. At December 31, 2023, the redeemable noncontrolling interest was recorded based on the redemption value as of the balance sheet date of $6.1 million.
Changes in the Company’s ownership interest in vTv LLC while the Company retains its controlling interest in vTv LLC are accounted for as equity transactions, and the Company is required to adjust noncontrolling interest and equity for such changes. The following is a summary of net income attributable to vTv Therapeutics Inc. and transfers to noncontrolling interest:
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Note 13: Related-Party Transactions
MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated
As of December 31, 2024, MacAndrews directly or indirectly controlled 577,108 shares of Class B common stock and directly or indirectly held 912,982 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock. As a result, as of December 31, 2024 MacAndrews’ holdings represented approximately 46.7% of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding common stock.
The Company has entered into several agreements with MacAndrews or its affiliates as further detailed below:
Letter Agreements
The Company previously entered into the Letter Agreements with MacAndrews. Under the terms of the Letter Agreements, during the one year commitment period beginning on the date of each Letter Agreement, the Company had the right to sell to MacAndrews shares of its Class A common stock at a specified price per share, and MacAndrews had the right (exercisable up to three times) to require the Company to sell to it shares of Class A common stock at the same price. The commitment period of each of the Letter Agreements has now expired.In addition, in connection with and as a commitment fee for the entrance into certain of these Letter Agreements, the Company also issued the Letter Agreement Warrants to purchase additional shares of the Company’s Class A common stock.
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Certain terms of these Letter Agreements are set forth in the tables below:
Remaining shares to be issued as of December 31, 2024 — — — — — —
Each of the December 5, 2017 and July 30, 2018 Letter Agreements resulted in a deemed capital contribution to the Company as the fair value of the financial instrument received by the Company exceeded the fair value of those financial instruments issued to MacAndrews. The December 11, 2018, March 18, 2019, September 26, 2019, and December 23, 2019 Letter Agreements resulted in a deemed distribution to MacAndrews as the fair value of the financial instruments issued to MacAndrews exceeded the fair value of the financial instrument received by the Company.
Exchange Agreement
Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement, but subject to the Amended and Restated LLC Agreement of vTv Therapeutics LLC, the vTv Units (along with a corresponding number of shares of the Class B common stock) are exchangeable for (i) shares of the Company's Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis or (ii) cash (based on the fair market value of the Company’s Class A common stock as determined pursuant to the Exchange Agreement), at the Company’s option (as the managing member of vTv Therapeutics LLC), subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications. Any decision to require an exchange for cash rather than shares of Class A common stock will ultimately be determined by the entire Board of Directors. As of December 31, 2024, MacAndrews had not exchanged any shares under the provisions of the Exchange Agreement.