PDL BioPharma — Company to seek to monetize assets

PDL BioPharma (US: PDLI)

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PDL BioPharma — Company to seek to monetize assets

PDL BioPharma (PDL) has announced that following the completion of a strategic review process it has decided to cease additional strategic investments and monetize the company’s assets, returning net proceeds to shareholders. As the assets are not focused on any one area within healthcare, we believe they will likely need to be sold off piecemeal, which will lead to a relatively lengthy process (the company has estimated two to three years or longer). PDL’s stock has typically traded at a discount to its book value ($5.58 per share as of the end of Q319), so this should be a way to unlock the value of the company.

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PDL BioPharma

Company to seek to monetize assets

Development update

Pharma & biotech

19 December 2019

Price

US$3.32

Market cap

US$413m

Net cash ($m) at 30 September 2019

144.3

Shares in issue

124.4m

Free float

91.9%

Code

PDLI

Primary exchange

Nasdaq

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

10.3

52.3

17.7

Rel (local)

7.9

43.5

(6.1)

52-week high/low

US$3.85

US$2.13

Business description

As of December 2019, PDL has ceased to make additional strategic transactions and investments and is pursuing a formal process to unlock the value of its portfolio by monetizing its assets and ultimately distributing net proceeds to shareholders.

Next events

FDA approval of Amphora

May 2020

Analysts

Maxim Jacobs

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Wiktoria O’Hare

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PDL BioPharma is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

PDL BioPharma (PDL) has announced that following the completion of a strategic review process it has decided to cease additional strategic investments and monetize the company’s assets, returning net proceeds to shareholders. As the assets are not focused on any one area within healthcare, we believe they will likely need to be sold off piecemeal, which will lead to a relatively lengthy process (the company has estimated two to three years or longer). PDL’s stock has typically traded at a discount to its book value ($5.58 per share as of the end of Q319), so this should be a way to unlock the value of the company.

Year
end

Revenue
($m)

PBT*
($m)

EPS*
($)

DPS
($)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/17

320.1

200.3

0.81

0.00

4.1

N/A

12/18

198.1

78.8

0.45

0.00

7.4

N/A

12/19e

102.6

(15.9)

(0.16)

0.00

N/A

N/A

12/20e

124.8

17.2

0.12

0.00

27.7

N/A

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortization of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

$275m share and convertible note repurchase

As part of its plan to maximize shareholder value, the company has initiated a $275m (upsized from $200m) share and convertible note repurchase program. As a reminder, PDL ended Q319 with $294.3m in cash and $150m in principal owed in the form of convertible debt. Utilizing this program, the company exchanged $119.3m in debt for $98m in cash and 13.4m shares of common stock and now has $30.7m in debt outstanding.

Positive Phase IIb data for Evofem

Evofem (29% owned by PDL) recently released positive and statistically significant data from its Phase IIb 860-patient AMPREVENCE trial of Amphora for the prevention of infection from Chlamydia trachomatis (chlamydia) and Neisseria gonorrhea (gonorrhea) in women. Use of Amphora led to a 50% relative risk reduction in chlamydia infection (p=0.024) and a 78% reduction in gonorrhea infection (p=0.03). Evofem expects to meet with the FDA and plans to initiate a Phase III in 2020, with anticipated approval in 2022. Additionally, Evofem recently resubmitted its application for the approval of Amphora for the prevention of pregnancy and a PDUFA date has been set for 25 May 2020.

Valuation: $767m or $6.17 per share

We have adjusted our valuation for PDL to $767m or $6.17 per basic share, from $730m or $6.39 per share, as we now include additional Amphora sales due to a label for the prevention of chlamydia and gonorrhea in our model. We assign a 50% probability of success and an additional $87m in peak sales for Amphora if chlamydia and gonorrhea prevention are added to the product labelling. The total value also benefitted from the recent note exchange though the per-share value fell due to additional shares issued as part of that transaction.

Strategic review completed

PDL initiated a strategic and financial review with an external advisor in September to provide an independent perspective on its business with regards to capital allocation and whether it should return additional capital to shareholders (the company recently completed its third stock buyback program, repurchasing around 32% of its shares since March 2017), focus capital on existing investments, or concentrate on making additional investments.

Following the completion of a strategic review process it has decided to cease additional strategic investments and monetize the company’s assets, returning net proceeds to shareholders likely in the form of additional stock repurchase programs and/or dividends. Given that the assets are not focused on any one area within healthcare, we believe they will likely need to be sold off piecemeal, which will lead to a relatively lengthy process (the company has estimated two to three years or longer). Also, we assume that the buyers of these assets will include both financial and industry players.

Amphora data in chlamydia and gonorrhea prevention

Evofem released positive and statistically significant data from its Phase IIb 860-patient AMPREVENCE trial of Amphora for the prevention of infection from chlamydia and gonorrhea in women. Over a four-month period, use of Amphora led to a 50% relative risk reduction in chlamydia infection as only 4.9% of women in the Amphora arm were infected compared to 9.8% of those in the placebo arm (p=0.024). For gonorrhea, 0.7% of those in the Amphora arm were infected versus 3.2% in the placebo arm, a 78% reduction (p=0.03). Importantly, the safety profile of Amphora remained attractive with slightly fewer adverse events in the Amphora arm (7.2%) than in the placebo arm (7.5%). The next steps for the company will be to discuss this data with the FDA at an end-of-Phase II meeting. Evofem currently expects to initiate the Phase III program in 2020 with approval in 2022.

Exhibit 1: AMPREVENCE Phase IIb efficacy data

Infection type

Number infected – Amphora arm (%)

Number infected – placebo arm (%)

p-value

Chlamydia

14 out of 288 patients (4.9%)

28 out of 287 patients (9.8%)

p=0.024

Gonorrhea

2 out of 280 patients (0.7%)

9 out of 277 patients (3.2%)

p=0.03

Source: Evofem

The addressable market is large with 1.8m new cases of chlamydia in 2018 (up 19% over 2014) according to the CDC. Gonorrhea had over 583,000 new cases in 2018, up 63% over 2014. Both infections may lead to serious complications if untreated as they can spread to the uterus and fallopian tubes and cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID can lead to chronic pelvic pain and permanent damage to the reproductive system.

While there is a large market and a medical need, we are not sure if women will specifically use Amphora for prevention of these sexually transmitted infections but believe they are more likely to use it to prevent both infection and pregnancy. Hence, our forecasts are based on the idea that infection prevention will make Amphora incrementally more attractive as a contraceptive (as neither hormonal contraceptives, spermicides nor intrauterine devices (IUD) have been shown to decrease infection rates), which is a much larger market. According to the CDC, 61.7% of the 60.9 million women aged 15–44 use contraception and 27.6% (around 16.8 million) use either short- or long-acting hormonal oral contraceptive pills or devices such as a ring or a patch.

Exhibit 2: Contraception method share in women aged 15–44

Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, Data Brief number 173, December 2014

According to Evaluate Pharma, $6.5bn worth of hormonal contraceptives were sold in 2018 and importantly many still have meaningful sales despite being on the market for two to three decades and being off patent (see Exhibit 3). While generics exist, brand is important in this market.

Exhibit 3: Select marketed hormonal contraceptive products

Product

Generic name

Company

Launch year

Patent expiry

2018 sales ($m)

Mirena

Levonorgestrel

Bayer

1990

Dec 2015

1,350

Nexplanon

Etonogestrel

Merck & Co

1998

Sep 2009

703

Lo Loestrin FE

Ethinyl estradiol; ferrous fumarate; norethindrone acetate

Allergan

2011

Feb 2029

528

Yasmin

Drospirenone; ethinyl estradiol

Bayer

2000

May 2008

755

NuvaRing (vaginal ring)

Ethinyl estradiol; etonogestrel

Merck & Co

2002

Apr 2018

902

Source: Evaluate Pharma

Evofem recently resubmitted its application for the approval of Amphora for the prevention of pregnancy. The FDA acknowledged the receipt of the application and assigned a PDUFA date of 25 May 2020, by which time it is expected to make a decision on the application.

Valuation

We have adjusted our valuation for PDL to $767m or $6.17 per basic share, from $730m or $6.39 per share, as we now include additional Amphora sales due to a label for the prevention of chlamydia and gonorrhea in our model. We assign a 50% probability of success and an additional $87m in peak sales for Amphora if chlamydia and gonorrhea prevention are added to the product labelling. The total value also benefitted from the recent note exchange though the per-share value fell due to additional shares issued as part of that transaction.

We have not made any changes based on the announced change in company strategy but will do so as asset sales occur.

Exhibit 4: PDL valuation table

Royalty/note

Type

Expiration year

PDL balance sheet carrying value ($m)

NPV
($m)

Assertio (formerly Depomed)

Royalty on Glumetza and other products

2024

$265.0

$271.1

VB

Royalty on Spine Implant

Undisclosed

$14.5

$14.7

University of Michigan

Royalty on Cerdelga

2022

$21.2

$12.8

Wellstat

Note (Impaired)

Unknown

$50.2

$50.2

Hyperion

Note (Impaired)

Unknown

$1.2

$1.2

LENSAR

Equity

N/A

$65.2

AcelRx

Royalty on Zalviso

2027

$12.7

$10.8

CareView

Note (impaired)

2022

$11.5

$11.5

Noden

Equity

N/A

$34.8

$14.4

Kybella

Royalty

Unknown

$0.6

$0.7

Evofem

Equity

N/A

$67.2

$153.2

Total

 

 

 

$606

Net cash (Q319 + debt transaction and stock buyback) ($m)

$161.3

Total firm value ($m)

$767

Total basic shares (m)

124.4

Value per basic share ($)

$6.17

Total options (m)

0.0

Total number of shares (m)

124.4

Diluted value per share ($)

$6.17

Source: Edison Investment Research

Financials

PDL ended Q319 with $294.3m in cash and $150m in principal owed in the form of convertible debt. In September, the company exchanged $86.1m of its debt due in December 2021 for $86.1m in debt due in December 2024, leaving $63.9m in debt due in December 2021. In December, the company initiated a $275m (upsized later in the same month from $200m) share and convertible note repurchase program to return value to shareholders. Utilizing this program, the company repurchased $119.3m in debt in exchange for $98m in cash and 13.4m shares of common stock and now has $30.7m in debt outstanding ($19.2m in debt due in December 2021 and $11.5m in debt due December 2024). We expect this reduced debt to lead to lower interest expense in 2020 and have lowered our estimate from $12.0m to $2.5m. Also, due to these transactions, the company terminated portions of its capped call transactions related to the debt that provided cash proceeds to the company of $6.7m. Following the termination of these capped call transactions, the company entered into an agreement with Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) to repurchase 3.2m shares that RBC had been holding to hedge the capped calls. This stock was acquired at the closing price on 12 December 2019 so we estimate that this cost the company approximately $11.0m in cash.

We believe PDL has enough capital to execute on the remainder of the repurchase program and will be able to initiate additional repurchase programs (or dividends) once assets are monetized successfully.

Also, as a reminder, last quarter PDL took a $27.4m non-cash charge following a decline in the stock price of Evofem. Evofem’s stock has since recovered and if this is maintained through the end of the quarter, we would expect that non-cash charge to reverse in Q419.

Exhibit 5: Financial summary

$000s

2017

2018

2019e

2020e

Year end 31 December

US GAAP

US GAAP

US GAAP

US GAAP

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

320,060

198,110

102,641

124,800

Cost of Sales

(30,537)

(48,460)

(52,540)

(53,106)

Gross Profit

289,523

149,650

50,102

71,694

General & Administrative

(63,324)

(62,559)

(53,494)

(55,634)

EBITDA

 

 

218,818

84,136

(10,343)

12,534

Operating Profit (before amort. and except.)

 

 

218,818

84,136

(10,343)

12,534

Intangible Amortisation

(24,689)

(15,831)

(6,320)

(6,320)

Other

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals

(349)

(118,899)

0

0

Operating Profit

193,780

(50,594)

(16,663)

6,214

Net Interest

(18,562)

(5,328)

(5,517)

4,636

Other

9,309

0

17,685

0

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

200,256

78,808

(15,860)

17,170

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

184,527

(55,922)

(4,495)

10,850

Tax

(73,826)

(12,937)

(3,117)

(2,279)

Deferred tax

(0)

(0)

(0)

(0)

Profit After Tax (norm)

126,430

65,871

(18,977)

14,892

Profit After Tax (FRS 3)

110,701

(68,859)

(7,612)

8,572

Minority interest

(47)

0

0

0

Profit After Tax less Minority Interest (FRS 3)

110,654

(68,859)

(7,612)

8,572

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

155.4

145.7

118.8

124.4

EPS - normalised ($)

 

 

0.81

0.45

(0.16)

0.12

EPS - FRS 3 ($)

 

 

0.71

(0.47)

(0.06)

0.07

Dividend per share (c)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Gross Margin (%)

90.5

75.5

48.8

57.4

EBITDA Margin (%)

68.4

42.5

(10.1)

10.0

Operating Margin (before GW and except.) (%)

68.4

42.5

(10.1)

10.0

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

602,680

446,519

427,203

384,008

Intangible Assets

215,823

51,319

47,349

47,349

Tangible Assets

7,222

7,387

6,917

8,165

Royalty rights

349,223

376,510

282,549

238,106

Other

30,412

11,303

90,388

90,388

Current Assets

 

 

640,443

517,217

320,695

397,902

Stocks

0

0

0

0

Debtors

31,183

21,648

12,581

12,581

Cash

527,266

394,590

208,076

285,283

Other

81,994

100,979

100,038

100,038

Current Liabilities

 

 

(193,109)

(52,470)

(44,139)

(44,122)

Creditors

(19,785)

(13,142)

(13,255)

(13,255)

Short term borrowings

(126,066)

0

0

0

Other

(47,258)

(39,328)

(30,884)

(30,867)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(204,124)

(181,487)

(85,001)

(85,001)

Long term borrowings

(117,415)

(124,644)

(30,700)

(30,700)

Other long term liabilities

(86,709)

(56,843)

(54,301)

(54,301)

Net Assets

 

 

845,890

729,779

618,758

652,787

Minority Interests

0

0

0

0

Shareholder equity

 

 

845,890

729,779

618,758

652,787

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

40,624

(13,425)

(22,696)

(10,430)

Net Interest

0

0

0

0

Tax

0

0

0

0

Capex

(1,297)

(4,523)

(2,545)

(1,248)

Acquisitions/disposals

128,415

57,969

84,110

88,885

Financing

0

0

0

0

Dividends

(222)

(48)

0

0

Other

212,592

(46,202)

(139,932)

0

Net Cash Flow

380,112

(6,229)

(81,063)

77,207

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

85,289

(283,785)

(269,946)

(177,376)

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

Exchange rate movements

0

0

0

0

Other

(11,038)

(7,610)

(11,507)

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(283,785)

(269,946)

(177,376)

(254,583)

Source: PDL BioPharma accounts, Edison Investment Research

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