6. Significant Agreements

Development and Commercialization Agreement with Cipla Technologies LLC (“Cipla”)

On April 15, 2019, the Company entered into a Development and Commercialization Agreement (the “Cipla Agreement”) with Cipla for the co-development and commercialization, on a worldwide exclusive basis, of PUR1900, the Company’s inhaled iSPERSE^™ drug delivery system (the “Product”) enabled formulation of the antifungal drug, itraconazole, which is only available as an oral drug, for the treatment of all pulmonary indications, including allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (“ABPA”) in patients with asthma. Pulmatrix entered into an amendment to the Cipla Agreement on November 8, 2021 (the “Cipla Amendment”), and all references to the Cipla Agreement herein refer to the Cipla Agreement, as amended.

The Company received a non-refundable upfront payment of $22.0 million (the “Upfront Payment”) under the Cipla Agreement. Upon receipt of the Upfront Payment, the Company irrevocably assigned to Cipla the following assets, solely to the extent that each covers the Product in connection with any treatment, prevention, and/or diagnosis of diseases of the pulmonary system (“Pulmonary Indications”): all existing and future technologies, current and future drug master files, dossiers, third-party contracts, regulatory filings, regulatory materials and regulatory approvals, patents, and intellectual property rights, as well as any other associated rights and assets directly related to the Product, specifically in relation to pulmonary indications (collectively, the “Assigned Assets”), excluding most specifically the Company’s iSPERSE^™ technology. A portion of the Upfront Payment was deposited by the Company into a bank account, along with an equal amount from the Company, and was dedicated to the development of the Product (the “Initial Development Funding”). The Initial Development Funding was depleted during the year ended December 31, 2021, and the Company and Cipla are now each responsible for a portion of the development costs actually incurred as described below (the “Co-Development Phase”).

The Company and Cipla will each be responsible for 60% and 40%, respectively, of the Company’s overhead costs and the time spent by the Company’s employees and consultants on development of the Product (“Direct Costs”), in addition to which, Cipla will reimburse the Company an amount equal to 10% of aggregate Direct Costs upon the achievement of the development milestones set forth in the table below, potentially bringing the sharing of Direct Costs to a 50/50 basis. The Company will continue to share all other development costs with Cipla that are not Direct Costs, such as the cost of clinical research organizations, manufacturing costs and other third-party costs, on a 50/50 basis.

Accounting Treatment

The Company concluded that because both it and Cipla are active participants in the arrangement and are exposed to the significant risks and rewards of the collaboration, the Company’s collaboration with Cipla is within the scope of ASC 808. The Company concluded that Cipla is a customer since they contracted with the Company to obtain research and development services and a license to the Assigned Assets, each of which is an output of the Company’s ordinary activities, in exchange for consideration. Therefore, the Company has applied the guidance in ASC 606 to account for the research and development services and a license within the contract. The Company determined that the research and development services and license to the Assigned Assets are considered highly interdependent and highly interrelated and therefore are considered a single combined performance obligation because Cipla cannot benefit from the license without the performance by Pulmatrix of the research and development services. Such research and development services are highly specialized and proprietary to Pulmatrix and therefore not available to Cipla from any other third party.

The Company initially determined the total transaction price to be $22.0 million – comprised of $12.0 million for research and development services for the Product and $10.0 million for the irrevocable license to the Assigned Assets. Any consideration related to the Co-Development Phase was not initially included in the transaction price as such amounts are subject to the variable consideration constraint. Additionally, upon commercialization, Cipla and the Company will share equally, both positive and negative total free cash-flows earned by Cipla in respect of the Product. However, the Company has not included such free cash-flows in the transaction price as these milestones are constrained until after the commercialization of the Product.

The Company concluded that the Amendment represented a contract modification that is treated for accounting purposes as the termination of the Cipla Agreement and a creation of a new contract (the “Amended Cipla Agreement”). Accordingly, the modification is accounted for on a prospective basis. The total transaction price for the Amended Cipla Agreement includes variable consideration from the Amendment as well as $7.4 million deferred under the Cipla Agreement as of the Amendment execution date.

Revenue is recognized for the Amended Cipla Agreement as the research and development services are provided using an input method, according to the ratio of costs incurred to the total costs expected to be incurred in the future to satisfy the Company’s obligations. In management’s judgment, this input method is the best measure of the transfer of control of the combined performance obligation. The amounts received that have not yet been recognized as revenue are recorded in deferred revenue on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, with amounts expected to be recognized in the next 12 months recorded as current.

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $6.1 million and $1.4 million in revenue related to the research and development services and irrevocable license to the Assigned Assets in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, respectively. Of the revenue recognized during the year ended December 31, 2022, $0.8 million was included in deferred revenue at the beginning of the period. As of December 31, 2022, the aggregate transaction price related to the Company’s unsatisfied obligations was $6.2 million and was recorded in deferred revenue, $1.3 million of which was current.

License, Development and Commercialization Agreement with Johnson & Johnson Enterprise Innovation, Inc. (“JJEI”)

All rights to the Company’s kinase inhibitor portfolio, including PUR1800 and PUR5700, reverted to the Company upon the termination of the License, Development and Commercialization Agreement (the “JJEI License Agreement”), dated December 26, 2019, with Johnson & Johnson Enterprise Innovation, Inc. (“JJEI”). JJEI notified the Company that they were terminating the JJEI License Agreement in April 2021, and the effective date of the termination was July 6, 2021.

Accounting Treatment

Revenue associated with the combined research and development services for the licensed product and the irrevocable license was recognized as revenue as the research and development services are provided using an input method, according to the ratio of costs incurred to the total costs expected to be incurred in the future to satisfy the performance obligation. In management’s judgment, this input method was the best measure of the transfer of control of the performance obligation. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized $3.7 million in revenue related to the research and development services and license agreement in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had no unsatisfied obligations under the JJEI License Agreement.