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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 9, 2022
 
CUE HEALTH INC.

(Exact name of Registrant, as specified in its charter)
Delaware
001-40590
27-1562193
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)(Commission File Number)(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

Mailing address:
4980 Carroll Canyon Rd.
Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92121
(Address of principal executive
offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (858) 412-8151

Former name or address, if changed since last report: Not Applicable.

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share
 HLTH 
Nasdaq Global Stock Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). 
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.




Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On November 9, 2022, Cue Health Inc. ("Cue Health" or the "Company"), issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

The information contained this Current Report on Form 8-K and in the accompanying exhibit are “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d) Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.Description
Press Release issued by Cue Health dated November 9, 2022.
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL Document).
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:    November 9, 2022
Cue Health Inc.
 
   
 By:/s/ John Gallagher
 Name:John Gallagher
 Title:Chief Financial Officer

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Cue Health Reports Third Quarter 2022 Results
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SAN DIEGO, CA – November 9, 2022 – Cue Health Inc. ("Cue") (Nasdaq: HLTH), a healthcare technology company, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2022.

Recent Highlights
Revenue of $69.6 million in the third quarter of 2022, exceeding guidance
Flu A/B molecular test de novo submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for full clearance for at-home and point-of-care use
Flu A/B + COVID multiplex molecular test submission to the FDA for emergency use authorization (EUA) for at-home and point-of-care use
RSV molecular test clinical studies began in the third quarter of 2022 as planned
Strep Throat molecular test development completed and expect to begin clinical studies during the current respiratory season
Chlamydia + Gonorrhea multiplex molecular test clinical studies on track to begin in the fourth quarter of 2022
Monkeypox molecular test developed with analytical and clinical studies planned to support an EUA submission in the first quarter of 2023
Cue CareTM launched, offering nationwide test-to-treat solution for patients who test positive on any COVID-19 test
Cash and cash equivalents of $304.7 million while the $100 million secured revolving credit facility remains undrawn at quarter end and company continues to operate with no debt obligations

“We continue to make significant progress advancing our pipeline of future tests, having completed U.S. regulatory submissions for both our Flu A/B + COVID and Flu A/B molecular tests, started our RSV clinical study, and completed development in other respiratory and sexual health programs,” said Ayub Khattak, Chairman and CEO of Cue Health. “I am pleased with the rapid pace of development, which we believe will enable early detection and early treatment for a variety of common health concerns, leading to better outcomes for patients and furthering our mission of empowering people to live their healthiest lives.”
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Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Revenue in the third quarter of 2022 was $69.6 million, driven by stronger than anticipated COVID-19 testing orders from existing customers.

Private sector revenue was $65.9 million, or 94.7% of total revenue. Public sector revenue was 5.3% of total revenue or $3.7 million. Disposable test cartridge revenue was $61.4 million in the third quarter of 2022.

GAAP product gross profit margin was 24.1% in the third quarter of 2022. Adjusted product gross profit margin was 28.0% after excluding one-time inventory charges of $2.6 million.

Operating expenses in the third quarter of 2022 were $86.4 million, excluding cost of revenues, reflecting product development, software technology, and menu expansion investments.

GAAP net income in the third quarter of 2022 was a loss of $66.3 million and earnings per diluted share was a loss of $0.45. Cue's Adjusted net income was a loss of $63.6 million and Adjusted earnings per diluted share was a loss of $0.43. Adjusted EBITDA was a loss of $37.2 million.

Cash and cash equivalents were $304.7 million as of September 30, 2022.

Guidance

Cue Health expects fourth quarter 2022 revenues in the range of $45 to $50 million, excluding any adjustment to the deferred revenue balance of $92.4 million related to our agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense.

About Cue Health
Cue is a healthcare technology company that makes it easy for individuals to access health information and places diagnostic information at the center of care. Cue enables people to manage their health through real-time, actionable, and connected health information, offering individuals and their healthcare providers easy access to lab-quality diagnostics anywhere, anytime, in a device that fits in the palm of the hand. Cue’s first-of-its-kind COVID-19 test was the first FDA-authorized molecular diagnostic test for at-home and over-the-counter use without a prescription and physician supervision. Outside the United States, Cue has received the CE mark in the European Union, Interim Order authorization from Health Canada, regulatory approval from India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, and PSAR authorization from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority. Cue was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Diego. For more information, please visit www.cuehealth.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release about future expectations, plans and prospects, including statements related to the submission of any FDA applications and expectations around receiving clearance, growth in our customer base, expectations regarding production capacity, potential technology enhancements and future performance and our guidance, including fourth quarter 2022 guidance, as well as any other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, may constitute “forward-looking statements”.
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The words, without limitation, “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “would,” “develop,” “pave,” “seek,” “offer,” “grow”, “expand” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these or similar identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those related to the expected capabilities of the flu A/B standalone, flu A/B + Covid multiplex, RSV test, Strep Throat test, Monkeypox test and Chlamydia + Gonorrhea multiplex test, the rollout of Cue Care, our ability to maintain customer growth rates, our ability to increase private sector revenue, our ability maintain or replace the revenue historically generated from our government contracts, our ability to effectively scale our manufacturing capacity to meet contractual obligations with our customers and market demand, and the factors discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Cue’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 to be filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on the current expectations of Cue’s management team and speak only as of the date hereof, and Cue specifically disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

*This product has not been FDA cleared or approved; but has been authorized by FDA under an Emergency Use Authorization, or EUA. This product has been authorized only for the detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, not for any other viruses or pathogens. The emergency use of this product is only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostics for detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19 under Section 564(b)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the declaration is terminated or authorization is revoked sooner.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement our financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, we consider certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, including Adjusted Product Gross Profit Margin, Adjusted Net (loss) Income, Adjusted Diluted EPS and Adjusted EBITDA (loss). We use these financial measures in conjunction with GAAP measures as part of our overall assessment of our performance, including the preparation of our annual operating budget and quarterly forecasts, to evaluate the effectiveness of our business strategies and to communicate with our board of directors concerning our business and financial performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors about our business and financial performance, enhance their overall understanding of our past performance and future prospects, and allow for greater transparency with respect to metrics used by our management in their financial and operational decision making. We are presenting these non-GAAP financial measures to assist investors in seeing our business and financial performance through the eyes of management, and because we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide an additional tool for investors to use in comparing results of operations of our business over multiple periods with other companies in our industry.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income before interest expense, income tax expense (benefit), depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, restructuring expense, inventory charges – inventory reserves/warranty reserves, banking and finance-related items including fair value adjustments - convertible notes.

Adjusted product gross profit is defined as product gross profit, before inventory charges – inventory reserves / warranty reserves.

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Adjusted net (loss) income is defined as Net (loss) income, before Inventory charges – inventory reserves / warranty reserves, restructuring expense and tax effects.

Adjusted diluted EPS is defined as Diluted EPS before Inventory charges – inventory reserves / warranty reserves, restructuring expense and tax effects.

Our definitions may differ from the definitions used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. In addition, other companies may not publish these or similar metrics. Further, these metrics have certain limitations in that they do not include the impact of certain expenses that are reflected in our consolidated statements of operations. Thus, these non-GAAP metrics should be considered in addition to, not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. For reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures see the financial tables below.


Contact Us
Lorna Williams
ir@cuehealth.com

Cue Health
press@cuehealth.com

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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share data)


Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2022202120222021
Revenue
Product revenue$66,660 $222,594 $328,465 $424,516 
Grant and other revenue2,929 1,085 8,234 1,085 
Total revenue69,589 223,679 336,699 425,601 
Operating costs and expenses:
Cost of product revenue50,595 88,569 239,190 173,746 
Sales and marketing18,129 5,572 69,268 7,531 
Research and development42,516 9,079 115,303 21,150 
General and administrative25,625 33,084 77,946 56,336 
Restructuring expense137 — 2,020 — 
Total operating costs and expenses137,002 136,304 503,727 258,763 
Income (loss) from operations(67,413)87,375 (167,028)166,838 
Interest expense(346)(1,786)(413)(9,752)
Change in fair value of redeemable convertible preferred stock warrants— 243 — 53 
Change in fair value of convertible notes— (36,306)— (59,560)
Loss on extinguishment of debt— — — (1,998)
Other income, net409 (80)458 (19)
Net income (loss) before income taxes(67,350)49,446 (166,983)95,562 
Income tax expense (benefit)(1,047)30,098 (4,433)43,374 
Net income (loss)$(66,303)$19,348$(162,550)$52,188
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders – basic$(0.45)$0.14$(1.10)$0.37
Weighted-average number of shares used in computation of net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders – basic148,285,721 31,554,720 147,443,196 22,997,311 
Net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders – diluted$(0.45)$0.13$(1.10)$0.35
Weighted-average number of shares used in computation of net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders – diluted148,285,721 39,304,978 147,443,196 30,747,569 
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CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except share amounts and share data)
September 30,
2022
December 31,
2021
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$304,654$409,873
Restricted cash1,33413,837
Accounts receivable, net24,779104,589
Inventories133,30988,388
Prepaid expenses44,35545,889
Other current assets13,4417,446
Total current assets521,872670,022
Property and equipment, net194,259177,456
Operating lease right-of-use assets85,28479,474
Intangible assets, net16,0447,673
Other non-current assets7,5775,435
Total assets$825,036$940,060
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable$32,521$37,208
Accrued liabilities and other current liabilities47,10529,498
Income taxes payable8,297
Deferred revenue, current84,89982,165
Operating lease liabilities, current8,3567,147
Finance lease liabilities, current2,5812,621
Total current liabilities175,462166,936
Deferred revenue, net of current portion10,28310,283
Operating leases liabilities, net of current portion44,23546,464
Finance lease liabilities, net of current portion1,2683,271
Other non-current liabilities3,8286,356
Total liabilities235,076233,310
Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
Common stock, $0.00001 par value; 500,000,000 and 500,000,000 shares authorized, 149,177,691 and 146,402,991 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively11
Additional paid-in-capital776,527730,767
Accumulated deficit(186,568)(24,018)
Total stockholders’ equity589,960706,750
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$825,036$940,060
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Non-GAAP Reconciliation
(In thousands)


The following table presents the reconciliation of Net (loss) income to Adjusted EBITDA, for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Net (loss) income$(66,303)$19,348 $(162,550)$52,188 
Interest expense346 1,786 413 9,752 
Income tax expense (benefit)(1,047)30,098 (4,433)43,374 
Depreciation and amortization11,404 11,579 32,989 26,079 
Stock-based compensation15,690 19,967 48,515 25,558 
Restructuring expense137 — 2,020 — 
Inventory charges - inventory reserves / warranty reserves2,610 — 45,454 — 
Fair value adjustment - convertible notes— 36,306 — 59,560 
Forgiveness of promissory notes— 12,880 — 12,880 
Banking and finance-related items— — — 7,998 
Adjusted EBITDA$(37,163)$131,964 $(37,592)$237,389 


The following table presents the reconciliation of Product gross profit margin to Adjusted product gross profit margin, for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
2022202120222021
Product revenue$66,660 $222,594 $328,465 $424,516 
Cost of product revenue50,595 88,569 239,190 173,746 
Product gross profit16,065 134,025 89,275 250,770 
Product gross profit margin24 %60 %27 %59 %
Inventory charges - inventory reserves / warranty reserves2,610 — 45,454 — 
Adjusted product gross profit$18,675 $134,025 $134,729 $250,770 
Adjusted product gross profit margin28 %60 %41 %59 %


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The following table presents the reconciliation of Net (loss) income / diluted EPS to Adjusted net (loss) income / diluted EPS, for the periods presented:

Three Months Ended September 30,Nine Months Ended September 30,
20222022
Dollar AmountPer Diluted ShareDollar AmountPer Diluted Share
Net (loss) income / diluted EPS$(66,303)(0.45)$(162,550)(1.10)
Inventory charges - inventory reserves / warranty reserves2,610 0.02 45,454 0.31 
Restructuring expense137 2,020 0.01
Tax effects(55)— (954)(0.01)
Adjusted net (loss) income / diluted EPS$(63,611)(0.43)$(116,030)(0.79)
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