Codexis Reports Second Quarter 2011 Results

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Codexis, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDXS) today announced introduction of the CodeXol™ detergent alcohol product line, and announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.

CodeXol™ Detergent Alcohols:

Detergent alcohols - a $6 billion worldwide market – are used to make surfactants which act as cleaning and emulsifying agents in household products. They are widely used in laundry detergents, shampoos and other consumer products.  Detergent alcohols today are made from non-sustainable palm kernel and petroleum sources.  CodeXol™ detergent alcohols will be produced from sustainable sources.

“We look forward to introducing the CodeXol™ line of detergent alcohols to the household and consumer products markets,” said Alan Shaw, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer.   “Major consumer products companies are actively seeking more sustainable raw materials for their products in order to reduce environmental impact and minimize volatility in their supply chains.  Detergent alcohols can be made from sugar and, ultimately, sustainable cellulosic biomass.  Our proprietary cellulase enzymes, along with the detergent alcohols collaboration with Chemtex that we also announced today, represent important steps toward addressing this growing market need.”  

The CodeXol™ product line, a family of detergent alcohols that is under development, is enabled by Codexis’ proprietary CodeEvolver™ directed evolution technology.

Second Quarter Financial Highlights:

Revenue: For the second quarter of 2011, the company reported revenues of $26.1 million, an increase of 6% from $24.5 million in the second quarter of 2010.  Product revenue of $8.4 million decreased 1% over the same time period primarily due to the timing of product orders.  Collaborative R&D revenue of $2.5 million increased 198% from $0.9 million in the second quarter of 2010, driven mainly by funded research for our carbon capture program.

Operating Expenses:  Research and development expenses in the second quarter of 2011 were $15.0 million, compared to $13.0 million for the second quarter of 2010.  The increase was primarily due to an increase in amortization related to intellectual property purchased from Maxygen, Inc. and stock compensation expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses in the second quarter of 2011 increased to $9.3 million compared to $8.7 million over the same period of 2010, driven by higher stock compensation expense and higher compensation expense due to headcount increases.

Net Loss:  Net loss was ($5.0) million, or ($0.14) per share, based on 35.7 million weighted average common shares outstanding in the second quarter of 2011.   This compares to a net loss of ($3.9) million or ($0.15) per share during the second quarter of 2010.  

Adjusted EBITDA:  On a non-GAAP basis, Adjusted EBITDA decreased from $0.5 million in the second quarter of 2010 to $67,000 in 2011. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adjusting net loss for net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, stock-based compensation and preferred stock warrant fair market valuation.  A reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA is presented below.

Cash:  Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at June 30, 2011, decreased to $72.4 million compared to $82.0 million at March 31, 2011.  The company used ($0.3) million in cash from operations in the second quarter.

Outlook

Codexis’ statements with regard to its outlook are based on current expectations. The following statements are forward looking, and actual results could differ materially depending on market conditions and the factors set forth under “Forward-Looking Statements” below.

For the full year 2011, Codexis reaffirms its prior guidance and forecasts revenues of $120 million or greater, which would represent growth of 12% or greater compared to 2010. Codexis expects 2011 Adjusted EBITDA will be $5 million or greater.

Recent Developments

• Codexis announced today a broad collaboration with Chemtex, a wholly-owned company of Italy’s Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi (“M&G Group”), to develop and produce sustainable detergent alcohols for use in the household products market.  The collaboration includes development of second generation detergent alcohols from cellulosic (non-food) biomass.  The collaboration combines Chemtex’s efficient pretreatment technology with Codexis’ high performance enzymes and fermentation process to convert a wide variety of feedstocks into detergent alcohols.  The parties expect that the production process will initially be piloted at Chemtex’s R&D facility in Rivalta, Italy.  Larger scale demonstrations are anticipated at Chemtex’s 40,000 metric ton per year cellulosic ethanol plant in Crescentino, Italy that is expected to be operational in 2012.  Chemtex will provide engineering services for the design and construction of Codexis commercial facilities for the production of detergent alcohols.  Codexis will market products resulting from the collaboration.
• Codexis announced today that Pedro I. Mizutani, Executive Vice President in charge of upstream business at Raizen Energia Participacoes S.A., had been elected to the Codexis Board of  Directors effective July 15, 2011.   Mr. Mizutani serves as the Board representative of  Raizen, a biofuels joint venture between Shell and Cosan and Codexis’ largest stockholder.  Raizen is Brazil’s largest sugar and ethanol producer.  Prior to joining Raizen, Mr. Mizutani served as CEO of Cosan Sugar and Ethanol.  On June 2, Codexis announced that Equilon Enterprises LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, had completed the transfer of approximately 5.6 million shares of Codexis common stock to Raizen.  This transfer occurred as part of the closing of the joint venture.
• Codexis announced on July 12, 2011 that it had successfully completed a 20,000 liter scale up of the company's proprietary cellulase enzymes. This scale up is an important  milestone for Codexis as it continues to move toward commercializing these enzymes.  Codexis’ cellulase enzymes may be used to convert non-food biomass to fermentable sugars, and ultimately to sustainable products including biofuels and bio-based performance ingredients in household goods such as laundry detergents and shampoos.  
• Codexis and Shell have a research and development collaboration agreement that is focused on the development of advanced biofuels.  Consistent with its increasing focus on cellulosic ethanol, Shell has decided to shift resources out of the diesel fuel program and into the cellulosic ethanol program.  As part of this resource re-allocation, Shell will reduce the number of funded Codexis full-time equivalents, or FTEs, from 128 to 116 effective mid-August 2011, at which point 8 additional FTEs will move to the cellulosic ethanol program funded by Shell.  

Conference Call

Codexis will hold a conference call for investors on July 28, 2011 at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET). The conference call dial-in numbers are US: 866-788-0541 or International: 857-350-1679, access code 54501345. A live webcast of the call will also be available from the Investor Relations section of www.codexis.com. A recording of the call will be available by calling US: 888-286-8010 or International: 617-801-6888, access code 93136720 beginning approximately two hours after the call, and will be available for up to thirty days. A webcast replay from today’s call will also be available from the Investor Relations section of www.codexis.com approximately two hours after the call and will be available for up to thirty days.

About Codexis, Inc.

Codexis is a clean technology company. Codexis develops optimized biocatalysts that make industrial processes faster, cleaner and more efficient. Codexis’ technology is commercialized with leading global pharmaceutical companies and is in development for advanced biofuels with Shell, carbon capture and biobased chemicals.  Wastewater treatment is a potential future market.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to the company’s ability to develop and commercialize its CodeXol™ line of detergent alcohols, the company’s forecast for 2011 revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, the ability of Codexis and Chemtex to develop and commercialize detergent alcohols from a wide variety of feedstocks,  the company’s ability to develop and produce cellulase enzymes at commercial scale,  and funding and staffing on our Shell biofuels research collaboration.  You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond our control and that could materially affect actual results.  Factors that could materially affect actual results can be found in Codexis’ Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 2011, including under the caption “Risk Factors.”  Codexis expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Information

In this press release, in addition to GAAP financial results, we present Adjusted EBITDA because we believe it assists investors and analysts in comparing our performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. In addition, we use Adjusted EBITDA to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies.  

A reconciliation of GAAP net loss to Adjusted EBITDA is included in the table below.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool. Some of these limitations are:

• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements, for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
• Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and
• Non-cash compensation is and will remain a key element of our overall long-term incentive compensation package, although we exclude it as an expense when evaluating our ongoing operating performance for a particular period.

Because of these limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA only supplementally.

Contacts: 

Investors:   Henk Adriaenssens, [email protected], 650-421-8331
Media: Lyn Christenson, [email protected], 650-421-8144 or Saskia Sidenfaden, [email protected], 212-827-3771.

SOURCE Codexis, Inc.

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