Hybridon, Inc. on Form 10-K/A
 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K/A

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2001

Commission File Number: 0-27352

HYBRIDON, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its certificate of incorporation)

     
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
  04-3072298
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
345 Vassar Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
(Address of principal executive offices)
  02139
(Zip Code)

(617) 679-5500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $.001 par value
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
(Title of Class)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to the filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

     The approximate aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $54.5 million as of March 27, 2002.

     As of March 27, 2002, the registrant had 45,697,637 shares of Common Stock outstanding.



 

     This Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K/A amends and restates Items 12 and 13 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2002 by Hybridon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) which was previously amended and restated by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A filed with Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2002.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

      On March 31, 2002 Hybridon had 45,701,884 shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding. The following table sets forth certain information about the beneficial ownership of Common Stock, as of that date, by (i) each person known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii) each director of the Company, (iii) each executive officer of the Company named in the Summary Compensation Table set forth under the caption “Executive Compensation” below and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group.

                   
Percentage of
Number of Shares Common Stock
Name of Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership Outstanding(1)



5% Stockholders
               
Founders Financial Group, L.P.(2)
    6,265,304       12.32 %
  53 Forest Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
               
Michael A. Boyd(3)
    6,265,304       12.32 %
  c/o Founders Financial Group, L.P.
53 Forest Avenue
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
               
General Motors Employees(4)
    4,380,312       8.75 %
  Domestic Group Trust
c/o General Motors Investment Management
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153
               
Guardian Life Insurance Company of America(5)
    3,712,000       7.53 %
  201 Park Avenue South, 7A
New York, NY 10003
               
Pecks Management Partners Ltd(6)
    3,579,271       7.26 %
  One Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
               

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Percentage of
Number of Shares Common Stock
Name of Beneficial Owner Beneficial Ownership Outstanding(1)



Directors and Executive Officers
               
C. Keith Hartley(7)
    6,413,874       12.61 %
Sudhir Agrawal, D. Phil(8)
    4,100,659       8.25 %
Youssef El-Zein(9)
    1,851,835       4.05 %
Stephen R. Seiler(10)
    1,182,000       2.55 %
Paul C. Zamecnik, M.D.(11)
    958,789       2.09 %
Robert G. Andersen(12)
    757,840       1.63 %
Arthur W. Berry(13)
    587,250       1.28 %
James B. Wyngaarden, M.D.(14)
    544,923       1.18 %
R. Russell Martin, M.D.(15)
    425,705       *  
Nasser Menhall(16)
    304,491       *  
Jin-yan Tang, Ph.D(17)
    164,826       *  
Camille A. Chebeir(18)
    45,000       *  
All directors and executive officers as a group (12 persons)(19)
    17,337,192       30.17 %


  * Less than 1%

  (1)  The number of shares beneficially owned by each person is determined under rules of the SEC, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under such rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the stockholder has the sole or shared voting power or investment power and also any shares which the stockholder has the right to acquire within 60 days of March 31, 2002 through the conversion of any convertible security or the exercise of any stock option, warrant or other right. Unless otherwise indicated, each stockholder has sole investment and voting power (or shares such power with his spouse) with respect to the shares set forth in the table. The inclusion of any shares deemed beneficially owned does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership of such shares.
 
  (2)  Includes 2,605,427 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants, 2,059,388 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 87,524 shares of the Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”), and 499,248 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of $299,549 in convertible debt.
 
  (3)  Consists of the securities owned by Founders Financial Group, L.P. (“Founders”) as set forth in the table above. Mr. Boyd is the sole director and shareholder of Michael A. Boyd, Inc., which is the general partner of Founders. Mr. Boyd may be considered a beneficial owner of the securities beneficially owned by Founders.
 
  (4)  Consists of 1,114,971 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and 3,265,341 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 138,777 shares of Series A Preferred Stock.
 
  (5)  Includes 353,316 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and 3,112,188 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 132,268 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. Also includes 18,596 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants held by the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Master Pension Trust and 92,471 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 3,930 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Master Pension Trust.
 
  (6)  Consists of 208,895 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants and 3,370,376 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 143,241 shares of Series A Preferred Stock held by investment advisory clients of Pecks which clients would receive dividends and the proceeds from the sale of these shares.
 
  (7)  Includes 10,000 shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding stock options held by Mr. Hartley. Also includes the securities owned by Founders as set forth in the table above. Included in Founders’ holdings are 87,524 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which represent 13.24% of the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock. Mr. Hartley is an affiliate of Founders and may be considered the beneficial owner of the securities owned by Founders.

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 (8)  Includes 3,978,499 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
 (9)  Includes 28,000 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(10)  Includes 672,000 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(11)  Includes 201,000 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(12)  Includes 701,269 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(13)  Includes 20,000 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(14)  Includes 431,000 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(15)  Includes 334,955 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(16)  Includes 28,000 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(17)  Consists of 164,826 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(18)  Includes 20,000 shares subject to outstanding stock options.
 
(19)  Includes 6,589,549 shares subject to outstanding stock options held by the directors and executive officers. Also includes the securities owned by Founders as set forth in the table above.

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

      Since January 1, 2001, Hybridon has entered into or has been engaged in the following transactions with the following Hybridon directors, officers, stockholders who beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock (“5% Stockholders”) of Hybridon at the time of these transactions and affiliates or immediate family members of those directors, officers and 5% Stockholders. Hybridon believes that the terms of the transactions described below were no less favorable than Hybridon could have obtained from unaffiliated third parties.

$6.0 Million Loan Arrangement

      During 1998, the Company entered into a $6.0 million loan arrangement with several lenders, including several 5% Stockholders. The terms of the loan were as follows: (i) the maturity date was November 30, 2003; (ii) the interest rate was 8%; (iii) interest was payable monthly in arrears, with the principal due in full at maturity of the loan; (iv) the loan was convertible, at the holders’ option, in whole or in part, into shares of common stock at a conversion price equal to $2.40 per share; and (v) the loan required minimum liquidity, as defined, of $2.0 million.

      On March 28, 2001, the Company entered into an agreement with the lenders pursuant to which it agreed to pay $3.0 million to the lenders in partial payment of the principal amount outstanding under the loan. In addition, the Company deposited $821,250 in a restricted account for the purpose of securing the payment of the balance remaining on the loan. The Company entered into this arrangement in order to encourage the lenders to release their security interest in the shares of MethylGene Inc. held by Hybridon so that Hybridon could sell such shares to third parties. In addition, the Company agreed to reduce the conversion price of the loan from $2.40 per share to $1.50 per share upon completion of the sale of 60% of the Company’s holdings in MethlyGene. The Company also agreed to further reduce the conversion price from $1.50 per share to $0.50 per share if the balance of the loan was not paid in full by the Company before September 30, 2001. On September 27, 2001, the Company paid off the remaining $3.0 million to the lenders in full satisfaction of the loan. The $821,250 deposited in the restricted account to secure the loan was released to the Company.

      The following table sets forth the principal amounts originally loaned to the Company by 5% Stockholders and the amounts repaid by the Company to those 5% Stockholders in 2001, including interest paid:

                                         
Amount of Repayment
Principal
Amount April 27, May 14, September 27, Interest Paid
Lender Loaned 2001 2001 2001 in 2001






Founders Financial Group, L.P.
  $ 3,000,000     $ 900,000     $ 600,000     $ 1,500,000     $ 150,877  
General Motors Employees Domestic Group Trust
    1,357,500       407,250       271,500       678,750       68,272  
Delaware State Employees Retirement Fund
    852,600       255,780       170,520       426,300       42,879  
Declaration of Trust for the Defined Benefit Plan of ICI American Holdings, Inc.
    391,320       117,396       78,264       195,660       19,680  

8% Convertible Notes

      In March 2000, the Company completed an offering of 8% convertible notes (“8% Notes”) in the aggregate original principal amount of $7.6 million. On March 30, 2001, holders of 8% Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $7,354,046 exchanged their 8% Notes (including principal and accrued interest thereon) for 76,046 shares of the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value (the “Series B

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Preferred Stock”), including the following directors, executive officers and 5% Stockholders of the Company, and affiliates thereof:
                         
Shares of
Noteholder Principal Accrued Interest Series B Preferred Stock




Abdul Raof M. Abu Anza(1)
  $ 658,288     $ 22,674       6,809  
Mohammed A. Bajrai(1)
    266,298       9,172       2,754  
Bajrai International Group Ltd.(1)
    266,298       9,172       2,754  
Arthur W. Berry
    213,038       7,338       2,203  
Darier Hentsch & Cie(1)
    426,076       14,676       4,407  
Youssef El-Zein
    30,698       1,057       317  
Estate of E. Andrews Grinstead III(1)
    140,394       56,503       1,968  
R. Russell Martin
    34,086       1,174       352  
Nasser Menhall
    17,168       591       177  
Nicris Ltd.(1)
    1,100,000             11,000  
Oussama Salam(1)
    179,675       6,189       1,858  
Paul Zamecnik
    27,695       954       286  

(1)  In each case, the entity or individual beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time of the transaction.

      As of April 15, 2002, Founders held 8% Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $299,549. This principal amount included $33,251 in interest paid by the Company to Founders through the issuance of additional 8% Notes between January 1, 2001 and April 15, 2002.

Early Exercise Program

      In 2001, the Company conducted an early exercise program (the “Early Exercise Program”) under which it exchanged its Common Stock for Series B Preferred Stock, several classes of its warrants and a portion of its remaining 8% Notes in order to simplify the Company’s capital structure and to reduce the number of outstanding securities which are exercisable for or convertible into shares of its Common Stock. The Company offered the holders of its Series B Preferred Stock the right to convert such shares into Common Stock at a lower conversion price than that set forth in the Certificate of Designation governing the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock. The Company offered the holders of various warrants the opportunity to immediately exercise their warrants for the purchase of shares covered by such warrants at a reduced exercise price, either by paying the lower exercise price for such shares in cash or by engaging in a “cashless” transaction, whereby they could receive a reduced number of shares of Common Stock in exchange for warrants of equivalent value. The value of the warrants was determined by the Company based on advice from the Company’s investment bankers. The Company offered the holders of its remaining 8% Notes the opportunity to exchange the 8% Notes for shares of the Company’s Common Stock at a reduced conversion price. As of December 31, 2001, the results of the program were as follows:

      All holders of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock exchanged their shares of Series B Preferred Stock for 19,564,500 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, including the following directors, executive officers and 5% Stockholders of the Company, and affiliates thereof:

                 
Shares of Shares of
Holder Series B Preferred Stock Common Stock



Abdul Raof M. Abu Anza(1)
    6,299       1,574,750  
Mohammed A. Bajrai(1)
    2,552       638,000  
Bajrai International Group Ltd.(1)
    2,552       638,000  
Arthur W. Berry
    2,269       567,250  
Darier Hentsch & Cie(1)
    4,085       1,021,250  

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Shares of Shares of
Holder Series B Preferred Stock Common Stock



Youssef El-Zein
    3,851       962,750  
Estate of E. Andrews Grinstead III(1)
    2,106       526,500  
R. Russell Martin
    363       90,750  
Nasser Menhall
    164       41,000  
Nicris Ltd.(1)
    10,137       2,534,250  
Oussama Salam(1)
    2,102       525,500  
Paul Zamecnik
    1,066       266,500  

(1)  In each case, the entity or individual beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time of the transaction.

      Holders of warrants with exercise prices ranging between $0.60 per share and $2.40 per share exchanged their warrants for 4,669,808 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The following directors, executive officers and 5% Stockholders of the Company, and affiliates thereof, participated in the exchange and exercised their warrants either through a cashless exercise involving a cancellation of a portion of their warrants or through the payment of the exercise prices therefor as set forth below:

                         
Shares of
Holder Warrants Cash Paid Common Stock




Abdul Raof M. Abu Anza(1)
    356,702     $       220,019  
Darier Hentsch & Cie(1)
    140,636             75,170  
Declaration of Trust for the Defined Benefit Plan of ICI American Holdings, Inc.(1)
    253,620             154,839  
Delaware State Employees Retirement Fund(1)
    661,046             396,039  
Youssef El-Zein
    748,248             474,304  
Founders Financial Group L.P.(1)
    635,012             343,542  
Global Investment Enterprises Ltd.(2)
    55,872             39,066  
Guardian Life Insurance Company Of America(1)
    252,101             135,429  
C. Keith Hartley
    138,570       51,271       138,570  
Intercity Holdings Ltd.(1)
    375,000             202,875  
Nasser Menhall
    136,029             81,711  
Nicris Ltd.(1)
    234,764             127,007  
Oussama Salam(1)
    577,762             357,493  
James B. Wyngaarden
    27,737       10,817       27,737  
Paul Zamecnik
    230,793       91,018       230,793  

(1)  In each case, the entity or individual beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time of the transaction.
 
(2)  Global Investment Enterprises Ltd. is an affiliate of Camille Chebeir.

No directors, officers or 5% stockholders exchanged 8% Notes for Common Stock as part of the Early Exercise Program.

Pillar Consulting Fees

      In 2001, Pillar S.A. provided consulting services to the Company relating to the sale by the Company of shares of Methylgene Inc., the Company’s transaction with Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the 8% Note conversion and the Early Exercise Program. In consideration for such services, the Company paid $250,000 in cash to Pillar and issued 178,571 shares of Common Stock to Pillar.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on this 24th day of May 2002.

  Hybridon, Inc.

  By: /s/ Stephen R. Seiler


Stephen R. Seiler
Chief Executive Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

         
Signature   Title   Date

 
 
*

Sudhir Agrawal, D. Phil
  President, Chief Scientific Officer
and Director
  May 24, 2002
 
/s/ Stephen R. Seiler

Stephen R. Seiler
  Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
  May 24, 2002
 
*

James B. Wyngaarden, M.D.
  Chairman of the Board of Directors   May 24, 2002
 
/s/ Robert G. Andersen

Robert G. Andersen
  Chief Financial Officer and Vice
President of Operations, Treasurer
and Secretary (Principal Financial
Officer)
  May 24, 2002
 
*

Nasser Menhall
  Director   May 24, 2002
 
*

Paul C. Zamecnik, M.D.
  Director   May 24, 2002
 
*

Youssef El-Zein
  Director   May 24, 2002
 
*

Arthur W. Berry
  Director   May 24, 2002
 
*

C. Keith Hartley
  Director   May 24, 2002
 
*

Camille Chebeir
  Director   May 24, 2002
 
* By: /s/ Stephen R. Seiler

           Stephen R. Seiler, Attorney-in-Fact
       

Date: May 24, 2002

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