Company: LGNZZ
Filing Date: 2025-11-07
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000886163-25-000063
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Company: LIGAND PHARMACEUTICALS INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-07
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 2
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corporate purposes. The convertible note hedge transactions reduce the potential for dilution upon conversion. As a result of the warrants transactions, there will be no dilution to Ligand’s stock until the share price exceeds $294.02 per share.

Pelthos Therapeutics Transaction 

On July 1, 2025, we completed a previously announced merger between the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, LNHC, Inc., and CHRO Merger Sub Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Channel Therapeutics Corporation (“Channel”) (such transaction, the “Pelthos Transaction”). The combined company operates under the name Pelthos Therapeutics Inc. (“Pelthos”) and trades on the NYSE American exchange under the ticker symbol “PTHS”.

Concurrent with the merger, Pelthos raised $50.1 million of equity capital, including a private placement from a group of strategic investors led by Murchinson (“Investor Group” and together with Ligand, the “Investors”). The Investor Group invested $32 million and we invested $18 million in the combined company, respectively. The capital was invested into Pelthos’ Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A”) and common stock and includes cancellation of approximately $18.8 million in bridge capital that was advanced to Pelthos by several of the Investors (including Ligand) since the beginning of 2025 to support the commercial launch of Zelsuvmi. 

On July 10, 2025, Pelthos commercially launched Zelsuvmi (berdazimer) topical gel 10.3%, the first and only U.S. FDA approved at-home treatment for molluscum contagiosum. Ligand earned a $5 million milestone payment from Pelthos following the commercial launch of Zelsuvmi. Ligand is also entitled to a 13% royalty on worldwide sales of Zelsuvmi, excluding Japan, and up to an additional $5 million in commercial sales milestones.

On November 6, 2025, we invested $9 million in Pelthos’ $18 million private convertible notes financing. The notes will be secured obligations of Pelthos and will bear interest at a rate of 8.5% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. The notes will mature on November 6, 2027, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted into shares of Pelthos common stock in accordance with their terms.

In addition to the notes, we and the