Ionis pharmaceuticals, inc. (IONS)
CashFlow / Yearly
Dec'19Dec'18Dec'17Dec'16Dec'15Dec'14Dec'13Dec'12Dec'11Dec'10Dec'09Dec'08
Operating activities:
Net income (loss)

303,262

214,985

-10,783

-60,400

-88,278

-38,984

-60,644

-65,478

-84,801

-61,251

150,672

-22,906

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
Depreciation

12,540

10,706

6,708

7,481

6,984

6,380

6,591

7,074

6,594

4,840

3,935

2,868

Amount of amortization expense attributable to right-of-use asset from operating lease.

1,542

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Amortization of patents

1,912

1,822

1,641

1,552

1,381

1,142

1,184

1,224

1,938

1,961

3,024

1,610

Amortization of licenses

-

-

-

-

1,873

1,882

2,007

2,457

3,252

2,376

2,344

2,339

Amortization of premium (discount) on investments, net

7,485

1,013

-6,752

-6,813

-7,812

-7,470

-5,572

-4,193

-5,410

-5,075

-2,026

225

Amortization of debt issuance costs

1,942

1,810

1,616

1,225

1,133

595

415

619

507

507

507

529

Amortization of convertible senior notes discount

37,338

33,363

30,920

23,890

22,075

-

-

-

-

-

7,107

6,477

Amortization of long-term financing liability for leased facility

0

0

3,659

6,693

6,665

6,622

6,567

6,503

2,872

-

-

-

Amortization of 2 5/8 percent convertible subordinated notes discount

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8,553

7,795

-

-

Stock-based compensation expense

146,574

131,312

85,975

72,108

59,314

31,383

11,418

8,571

9,845

12,159

13,385

15,063

Gain on investment in Regulus Therapeutics, Inc.

0

0

374

0

20,211

19,902

0

18,356

-

4,651

-

-

Difference between the purchase price of the facility and the carrying value of our financing liability at the time of the purchase.

0

0

-7,689

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Equity in net loss of Regulus Therapeutics Inc.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-1,406

-3,554

-6,879

-

-

Loss on early retirement of debt

-21,865

0

0

-3,983

0

-8,292

0

-4,770

-

-

-

-

Deferred income taxes (including benefit from valuation allowance release)

-7,096

-290,516

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill and an other than temporary decline in value that has been recognized against investments accounted for under the cost method of accounting.

2,034

1,012

3,302

2,297

1,881

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gain on investments, net

-

-

-

-

-

1,256

2,378

1,465

4,182

-713

2,084

-965

Non-cash losses related to patents, licensing and property, plant and equipment

-

-

-

-

-

1,305

6,306

-825

-1,924

-1,512

-696

-1,877

Loss attributed to noncontrolling interest in Ibis Biosciences, Inc.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-2,103

Gain from sale of Ibis Biosciences, Inc. to Abbott Molecular Inc.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

185,657

-

Gain from derivative instruments issued to Abbott Molecular Inc.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5,326

Gain from the sale of property, plant and equipment

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

72

-

-

Tax benefit from other unrealized gains on securities

-

-

-

-

-

-12,835

-5,914

-9,111

-

-

-

-

Excess tax benefits on share-based compensation

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

278

-

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Contracts receivable

47,674

-47,595

-45,088

96,687

7,453

-7,199

10,580

-6,399

5,679

-10,479

6,778

-1,238

Inventories

5,411

-1,400

2,493

590

609

-1,743

1,912

1,982

1,655

-284

17

1,323

Other current and long-term assets

44,659

29,348

58,367

-1,603

4,394

1,750

1,091

-279

-914

943

955

2,657

Long-term income tax receivable

-8,418

223

9,114

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Accounts payable

-16,343

-655

1,784

-10,677

9,211

4,824

66

1,292

875

1,325

-3,652

962

Income taxes

31,656

-710

435

1,069

0

-4,034

0

0

-

-

-

-

Accrued compensation

8,089

4,117

965

8,121

3,763

134

4,290

-1,305

2,352

394

-4,371

-3,255

The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the aggregate amount of expenses incurred but not yet paid and the change during the period in carrying value for all deferred liabilities due within one year or operating cycle.

16,499

-17,023

28,564

4,720

-2,140

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Income taxes payable

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-7,178

-10,013

-

Deferred rent

-

-

-

-

-

153

217

255

382

-

-

-

Accrued liabilities

-

-

-

-

-

8,358

6,691

-3,254

6,273

1,013

4,318

4,923

Deferred contract revenue

-119,283

494,254

30,182

-85,306

22,118

-11,415

88,344

48,523

-70,857

-46,810

-82,650

210,975

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

345,720

602,888

174,149

-112,105

21,125

6,285

63,493

1,876

-111,929

-63,593

-108,441

212,031

Investing activities:
Purchases of short-term investments

1,946,726

1,794,735

877,810

300,912

493,467

391,883

425,554

217,877

371,108

530,137

776,381

483,129

Proceeds from sale of short-term investments

1,951,734

882,824

557,369

364,572

419,584

294,727

172,762

242,659

488,918

577,533

578,886

265,951

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

30,905

13,608

34,764

7,107

7,692

7,518

1,552

1,479

10,203

13,237

13,414

13,665

Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

185

-

-

Proceeds from land sold to BioMed

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10,147

-

-

Reduction of cash due to deconsolidation of Regulus Therapeutics Inc. upon adoption of a new accounting standard

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

16,228

-

-

The cash outflow for acquisition of licenses and other assets not otherwise defined in the taxonomy.

5,377

4,044

3,093

4,421

4,056

3,586

3,810

3,691

3,667

4,319

2,880

3,402

The cash outflow associated with the purchase of investments accounted for under the cost method of accounting.

10,000

0

2,500

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from the sale of Regulus Therapeutics, Inc.

0

0

2,507

4,467

25,527

22,949

0

0

-

-

-

-

Repurchase of $140 million of the principal amount of the 2 3/4 percent convertible senior notes

-

-

-

-

-

441,394

0

-

-

-

-

-

Net cash used in investing activities

-41,274

-929,563

-358,291

56,599

-60,052

-82,848

-255,726

17,999

108,026

23,694

-212,290

-234,245

Financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of equity, net

119,657

27,900

22,931

13,417

24,888

-

62,958

9,470

3,567

4,356

13,156

12,714

Payments of tax withholdings related to vesting of employee stock awards and exercise of employee stock options

19,242

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Investment in Regulus Therapeutics Inc.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,000

-

-

-

-

Purchases of strategic investments

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

790

359

250

1,349

-

Proceeds from the sale of strategic investments

-

-

-

-

52

2,463

2,428

2,177

4,445

-

2,848

-

Proceeds from equity, net

-

-

-

-

-

23,071

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from the issuance of 0.125 percent convertible senior notes

109,500

0

0

-

-

487,035

0

-

-

-

-

5,000

0.125 percent convertible senior notes issuance costs

10,428

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from issuance of warrants

56,110

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Purchase of note hedges

108,684

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Repurchases and retirements of common stock

34,392

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from equipment financing arrangement

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,513

9,100

1,625

4,694

6,394

7,048

Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation awards

-

-

-

1,861

396

1,463

0

0

-

-

278

-

Principal payments on debt and capital lease obligations

12,500

0

3,599

7,066

9,058

10,587

11,039

10,419

5,864

4,354

2,827

7,239

Proceeds from issuance of common stock in Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. from its initial public offering, net of underwriters' discount

0

0

110,438

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from building mortgage debt, net of issuance costs

0

0

59,750

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from the issuance of common stock

-

-

-

-

0

-

173,292

0

-

-

-

49,962

Proceeds from borrowing on line of credit facility

-

-

-

4,000

8,500

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from the sale of Akcea Therapeutics, Inc. common stock to Novartis in a private placement

0

0

50,000

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Offering costs paid

0

0

2,037

818

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

The cash outflow paid to settle financing liability for leased facility.

0

0

80,133

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Proceeds from sale of Ibis Biosciences, Inc to Abbott Molecular Inc.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

175,000

40,000

Proceeds from Alnylam's capital contribution to Regulus Therapeutics Inc.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10,000

100

Net cash provided by financing activities

100,021

475,865

229,087

11,394

24,726

59,588

227,724

39,130

-672

4,696

202,001

107,585

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

404,467

149,190

44,945

-44,112

-14,201

-16,975

35,491

59,005

-4,575

-35,203

-118,730

85,371

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Interest paid

9,870

9,592

8,035

7,313

6,800

6,353

6,000

5,770

4,804

4,889

4,883

4,607

Income taxes paid

9,041

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

2

7,270

13,205

-

Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities

14,178

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Future cash outflow to pay for purchases of fixed assets and patents that have been incurred.

3,126

4,428

1,983

3,439

1,162

2,151

704

647

902

922

870

2,873

Purchases of property, plant and equipment included in long-term obligations

0

3,350

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0.125 percent convertible senior notes principal issued related to our December 2019 debt exchange/issuance

439,326

0

0

185,450

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 percent convertible senior notes principal extinguished related to our December 2019 debt exchange

375,590

0

0

61,099

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

Future cash outflow to pay for deferred offering costs attributable to an offering of securities that have been incurred.

-

-

-

291

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Capital lease obligations

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

770

-

-

Capitalized costs and financing liability associated with leased facility

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

59,730

-

-

-

Biogen Inc. is an American multinational biotechnology company.
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock

0

447,965

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Novartis International AG is a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland.
Proceeds from the issuance of common stock

0

0

71,737

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-