(4)Other primarily includes upfront fees and milestone payments to third parties under license agreements related to development-stage products and adjustments to the fair value of our contingent consideration obligations.
Research and development, excluding share-based compensation. Research and development expense for the three months ended September 30, 2024 increased as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to increased expenditures related to manufactured organ and organ alternative projects.
Selling, general, and administrative. The table below summarizes selling, general, and administrative expense by major category (dollars in millions):
Three Months Ended September 30,
Dollar Change
Percentage Change
2024
2023
Category:
General and administrative(1)
$
100.4
$
90.4
$
10.0
11
%
Litigation accrual
65.1
—
65.1
NM(2)
Sales and marketing
20.7
20.7
—
—
%
Share-based compensation expense(3)
33.0
16.5
16.5
100
%
Total selling, general, and administrative expense
$
219.2
$
127.6
$
91.6
72
%
(1) Excluding litigation accrual. See Litigation accrual section below.
(2) Calculation is not meaningful.
(3) See Share-based compensation below.
General and administrative, excluding litigation accrual and share-based compensation. General and administrative expense for the three months ended September 30, 2024 increased as compared to the same period in 2023, primarily due to an increase in personnel expense due to growth in headcount.
Litigation accrual. In the third quarter of 2024, we accrued a liability of $65.1 million related to ongoing litigation with Sandoz Inc., reflecting the amount of damages we calculated based on factual findings made by the court and included in our submission to the court regarding damages. We currently do not expect that the amount of any loss in excess of the accrual would be material to our financial statements; however, the amount ultimately payable, if any, could be higher or lower than this amount depending on the final judgment entered by the court, the amount of post judgment interest, and the outcome of any appeals. The litigation accrual is included within selling, general, and administrative in our consolidated statements of operations.
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Share-based compensation. The table below summarizes share-based compensation expense by major category (dollars in millions):
Three Months Ended September 30,
Dollar Change
Percentage Change
2024
2023
Category:
Stock options
$
8.0
$
6.0
$
2.0
33
%
Restricted stock units
27.2
12.5
14.7
118
%
Share tracking awards plan
5.9
2.1
3.8
181
%
Employee stock purchase plan
0.6
0.5
0.1
20
%
Total share-based compensation expense
$
41.7
$
21.1
$
20.6
98
%
The increase in share-based compensation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, was primarily due to an increase in restricted stock unit expense due to a greater number of awards remaining outstanding for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023.
Other income (expense), net. The change in other income (expense), net for the three months ended September 30, 2024, as compared to the same period in 2023, was primarily due to net unrealized gains on equity securities.
Income tax expense. Income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $79.5 million and $84.2 million, respectively. Our effective income tax rate (ETR) for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was 20 percent and 24 percent, respectively. Our ETR for the three months ended September 30, 2024 decreased compared to our ETR for the three months ended September 30, 2023, primarily due to increased excess tax benefits from share-based compensation.
Share repurchase. In March 2024, we entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the ASR agreement) with Citibank, N.A. (Citi). Under the ASR agreement, we made an aggregate upfront payment of $1.0 billion to Citi and received an aggregate initial delivery of 3,275,199 shares of our common stock on March 27, 2024, representing approximately 80 percent of the total shares that would be repurchased under the ASR agreement measured based on the closing price of our common stock on March 25, 2024.
The share repurchase under the ASR agreement was divided into two tranches, resulting in upfront payments of $300 million and $700 million, respectively. The final settlement of the $300 million tranche occurred in June 2024, and we received an additional 181,772 shares of our common stock upon settlement. The final settlement of the $700 million tranche occurred in September 2024, and we received an additional 90,403 shares of our common stock upon settlement. In total, we repurchased 3,547,374 shares of our common stock under the ASR agreement that we currently hold as treasury stock on our consolidated balance sheet.
Webcast
We will host a webcast to discuss our third quarter 2024 financial results on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The webcast can be accessed live via our website at https://ir.unither.com/events-and-presentations. A replay of the webcast will also be available at the same location on our website.
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United Therapeutics: Enabling Inspiration
At United Therapeutics, our vision and mission are one. We use our enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence to innovate for the unmet medical needs of our patients and to benefit our other stakeholders. We are bold and unconventional. We have fun; we do good. We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation (PBC). Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through (a) the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and (b) technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.
You can learn more about what it means to be a PBC here: unither.com/pbc.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements related to our anticipated clinical data reads and regulatory events, and their potential to propel our growth, including expectations concerning the timing and success of the TETON, ADVANCE OUTCOMES, and miroliverELAP studies, and the potential launch of our UKidney human clinical program and the timing of our anticipated investigational new drug application filing for UKidney; the increasing demand for our products serving pulmonary hypertension and high-risk neuroblastoma patients; the expectation that Tyvaso DPI will be a near-term growth driver; and our goals of innovating for the unmet medical needs of our patients and to benefit our other stakeholders, furthering our public benefit purpose of developing novel pharmaceutical therapies and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, such as those described in our periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. Consequently, such forward-looking statements are qualified by the cautionary statements, cautionary language and risk factors set forth in our periodic reports and documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and Current Reports on Form 8-K. We claim the protection of the safe harbor contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 for forward-looking statements. We are providing this information as of October 30, 2024, and assume no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release whether as a result of new information, future events, or any other reason.
ORENITRAM, REMODULIN, REMUNITY, TYVASO, TYVASO DPI, and UNITUXIN are registered trademarks of United Therapeutics Corporation and/or its subsidiaries.
MIROLIVERELAP and UKIDNEY are trademarks of United Therapeutics Corporation and/or its subsidiaries.
ADCIRCA is a registered trademark of Eli Lilly and Company.
For Further Information Contact:
Dewey Steadman at (202) 919-4097 (media/investors) Harry Silvers at (301) 578-1401 (investors) https://ir.unither.com/contact-ir
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UNITED THERAPEUTICS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In millions, except per share data)
Three Months Ended September 30,
2024
2023
(Unaudited)
Total revenues
$
748.9
$
609.4
Operating expenses:
Cost of sales
83.1
70.1
Research and development
103.5
84.7
Selling, general, and administrative
219.2
127.6
Total operating expenses
405.8
282.4
Operating income
343.1
327.0
Interest income
49.8
45.3
Interest expense
(10.1)
(15.6)
Other income (expense), net
5.8
(4.9)
Total other income, net
45.5
24.8
Income before income taxes
388.6
351.8
Income tax expense
(79.5)
(84.2)
Net income
$
309.1
$
267.6
Net income per common share:
Basic
$
6.93
$
5.71
Diluted
$
6.39
$
5.38
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic
44.6
46.9
Diluted
48.4
49.7
SELECTED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA
(Unaudited, in millions)
September 30, 2024
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable investments