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S & P Company Insight for WAFERGEN BIO-SYSTEMS |
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Profile
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| Business Summary: WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of systems for gene expression, genotyping, and stem cell research for the life sciences, pharmaceutical drug discovery, and biomarker discovery and diagnostic products industries. | | | Address Bayside Technology Center
46531 Fremont Blvd.
Fremont
, CA 94538
Phone: 510-651-4450
Website: http://www.wafergen.com
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George Stewart
Reno | | Transfer Agent |
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Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co.
| Employees: 23 ShareHolders: 102 | Founded: 2005 Domicile: Nevada | | | |
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Background
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| WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of systems for gene expression, genotyping, and stem cell research for the life sciences, pharmaceutical drug discovery, and biomarker discovery and diagnostic products industries. It offers SmartSlide Micro-Incubation system that provides a controlled environment and physiological conditions for imaging studies, allowing researchers to characterize, differentiate, and proliferate various cells, as well as provides growth conditions for stem and primary cells. The company also develops the SmartChip Real Time PCR System, which allows identification of the expressed genes. WaferGen offers its products for professionals performing genetic analysis and cell biology at pharmaceutical and biotech companies, academic and private research centers, and diagnostics companies involved in biomarker research. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Fremont, California. | | History: INCORPORATED in Nevada Aug. 4, 2005, as Scuttlebutt Yachts, Inc.; name changed to La Burbuja Cafe, Inc. June 20, 2006, and to WaferGen Bio-systems, Inc. Jan. 31, 2007. On May 31, 2007, the company acquired WaferGen, Inc., a Delaware corporation (WaferGen), through merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of the company into WaferGen. In the merger, 8,214,523 Common shares were issued to holders of WaferGen's Common stock. In addition, the company transferred all of its pre-merger operating assets and liabilities to a wholly owned subsidiary, La Burbuja Leaseco, Inc.; and it transferred all of the outstanding capital stock of that subsidiary to a major stockholder in exchange for cancellation of 4,277,778 Common shares of the company held by such stockholder. | | | | Subsidiaries: |
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WaferGen, Inc.
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Management
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Management
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| Officers | Position |
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| Alnoor Shivji | Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer | | Amjad Huda | Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer & Investor Relations Contact | | Mona Chadha | Chief Operating Officer | | Victor Joseph | Secretary & Chief Technology Officer | | David H. Gelfand | Chief Scientific Officer | | Sharat Singh | SR VP |
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| Raymond Dean Hautamaki | | Amjad Huda | | Victor Joseph | | Makoto Kaneshiro | | Joel S. Kanter | | Alnoor Shivji | | | |
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Annual Report
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| Annual Report |
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| 2007 | 2007 | 2006 |
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| Revenues | $228,973 | $294,268 | $50,495 | | Cost of sales | 79,116 | 100,866 | 14,750 | | Gross margin | 149,857 | 193,402 | 35,745 | | Operating expenses: |
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| | Sales and marketing | 848,818 | 1,001,223 | 152,405 | | Research and development | 2,429,273 | 6,068,128 | 1,624,237 | | General and administrative | 2,802,938 | 4,786,974 | 945,554 | | Total operating expenses | 6,081,029 | 11,856,325 | 2,722,196 | | Operating loss | (5,931,172) | (11,662,923) | (2,686,451) | | Other income and (expenses): |
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| | Interest income | 163,047 | 163,047 | ---------- | | Interest expense | (189,539) | (297,033) | ---------- | | Total other income and (expenses) | (26,492) | (133,986) | ---------- | | Net loss before provision for income taxes | (5,957,664) | (11,796,909) | (2,686,451) | | Provision for income taxes | ---------- | -------------- | ---------- | | Net loss | (5,957,664) | (11,796,909) | (2,686,451) | | Accretion on Series B Preferred Stock | (51,998) | (155,998) | (104,000) | | Net loss applicable to common stockholders | $(6,009,662) | $(11,952,907) | $(2,790,451) | | Net loss per share - basic and diluted | $(0.40) |
| $(0.81) | | Shares used to compute net loss per share - basic and diluted | $15,119,255 |
| $3,448,260 | | Operating Income As Calculated |
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| Assets |
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| | Cash and cash equivalents | $5,189,858 | | Accounts receivables | 139,827 | | Inventories | 62,521 | | Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 87,487 | | Total current assets | 5,479,693 | | Property and equipment, net | 321,159 | | Other assets | 54,016 | | Total assets | $5,854,868 | | Liabilities, Series B Preferred Stock, and Stockholders ' Equity (Deficit) |
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| | Accounts payable | $560,641 | | Accrued rent | 19,340 | | Accrued payroll | 414,519 | | Accrued vacation | 156,234 | | Current portion of capital lease obligations | 32,443 | | Total current liabilities | 1,183,177 | | Capital lease obligations, net of current portion | 73,451 | | Commitment and contingencies | ----------- | | Stockholders' equity (deficit): |
| | Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding | ----------- | | Common Stock: $0.001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized; 23,217,846 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, |
| | 2007 | 23,218 | | Additional paid-in capital | 16,527,929 | | Accumulated deficit | (11,952,907) | | Total stockholders' equity (deficit) | 4,598,240 | | Total liabilities, Series B Preferred Stock, and stockholders' equity (deficit) | $5,854,868 | | Net Working Capital |
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Interim Report
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Pro Forma Report
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Quarterly Report
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| Quarterly Report Information
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| | | Quarterly Revenue, US$ |
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| Year | Quarter | Revenue | | 2008 |
1 | 180,000 | | 2008 |
2 | 180,000 | | 2008 |
3 | 200,000 | | 2008 |
4 | 70,000 | | 2008 |
Full Year
| 620,000 | | 2007 |
1 | 60,000 | | 2007 |
3 | 10,000 | | 2007 |
4 | 160,000 | | 2007 |
Full Year
| 230,000 | | 2006 |
1 | 10,000 | | 2006 |
3 | 30,000 | | 2006 |
4 | 10,000 | | 2006 |
Full Year
| 50,000 |
| | | | | | Quarterly Net Income, US$ |
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| Year | Quarter | Revenue | | 2008 |
1 | (1,890,000) | | 2008 |
2 | (2,140,000) | | 2008 |
3 | (2,070,000) | | 2008 |
4 | (1,940,000) | | 2008 |
Full Year
| (8,040,000) | | 2007 |
3 | (1,690,000) | | 2007 |
4 | (2,270,000) | | 2007 |
Full Year
| (5,960,000) | | 2006 |
Full Year
| (2,690,000) | | 2005 |
Full Year
| (1,490,000) |
| | | | | | Quarterly EPS, US$ |
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| Year | Quarter | Revenue | | 2008 |
1 | (.08) | | 2008 |
2 | (.09) | | 2008 |
3 | (.08) | | 2008 |
4 | (.08) | | 2008 |
Full Year
| (.33) | | 2007 |
1 | (.04) | | 2007 |
2 | (.10) | | 2007 |
3 | (.07) | | 2007 |
4 | (.10) | | 2007 |
Full Year
| (.40) | | 2006 |
2 | (.04) | | 2006 |
3 | (.03) | | 2006 |
4 | (.11) | | 2006 |
Full Year
| (.47) | | 2005 |
Full Year
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Stock Data
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| | | Capitalization as of 09/30/2008: | | | | | Authorized Shares | Outstanding Shares |
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| Preferred $0.001 par | 10,000,000 | None | | Common $0.001 par | 300,000,000 | 24,830,932 |
| | | | LONG TERM DEBT: $38,612. | | | | Common $0.001 par | | | |
Stockholders:
03/25/2008,
102.
| | PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS: March 31, 2008, Alnoor Shivji and a related trust owned or controlled 16.5% of the Common, YA Global Investments, LP 7.3%, CSK-VC Life Science Investment Fund LP 7.3% and The Shivji Family Trust dtd June 12, 2000 7.2%. | | | |
Transfer Agent: Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Co.
New York
, NY | | | | OTC Bulletin Board( Primary): WGBS | | | | Exchange | Year | High | Low |
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| OTC Bulletin Board | 2008 | 2.9000 | 0.5600 | | OTC Bulletin Board | 2007 | 2.6000 | 1.0600 |
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| | | | DIVIDENDS: Common $0.001 par: No cash.
Common split 3.8888889-for-1, Mar. 6, 2007. | | | | | |
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