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Description of Business

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Description of Business
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Description of Business  
Description of Business

1. Description of Business

XOMA Corporation (referred to as “XOMA” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a biotech royalty aggregator with a sizable portfolio of economic rights to future potential milestone and royalty payments associated with partnered pre-commercial therapeutic candidates. The Company’s portfolio was built through licensing its proprietary products and platforms from its legacy discovery and development business, combined with acquisitions of rights to future milestones and royalties that the Company has made since the royalty aggregator business model was implemented in 2017. The Company’s drug royalty aggregator business is focused on early to mid-stage clinical assets primarily in Phase 1 and 2 with blockbuster potential licensed to large-cap partners. The Company expects that most of its future revenue will be based on payments the Company may receive for milestones and royalties related to these programs.

Liquidity and Financial Condition

The Company has incurred significant operating losses and negative cash flows from operations since its inception. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had unrestricted and restricted cash of $72.2 million. The restricted cash balance may only be used to pay dividends on the 8.625% Series A cumulative, perpetual preferred stock (“Series A Preferred Stock”) issued in December 2020 and the depositary shares, each representing 1/1000th in a share of 8.375% Series B cumulative, perpetual preferred stock (“Series B Preferred Stock”) issued in April 2021 (Note 12).

In June 2021, the Company repaid its outstanding debt obligations to Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Novartis Pharma AG (“Novartis”), for a total of $17.1 million (Note 8). Based on the Company’s current cash balance and its ability to control discretionary spending, such as royalty acquisitions, the Company has evaluated and concluded its financial condition is sufficient to fund its planned operations and commitments and contractual obligations for a period of at least one year following the date that these condensed consolidated financial statements are issued.