Berkeley Lights Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Company outlines near-term strategic plan to generate positive operating cashflow by early 2025

EMERYVILLE, Calif., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkeley Lights, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLI), a leader in digital cell biology, today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.

• Delivered total revenue of $19.2 million for the second quarter of 2022, representing a decrease of 1% compared to the second quarter of 2021
• Achieved recurring revenue of $5.9 million, an increase of 50% year over year
• Delivered gross margin of 67% for the second quarter of 2022 compared to 66% for the second quarter of 2021
• Reduced operating costs through a global workforce reduction of approximately 12% in July 2022 and optimized business structure and processes to decrease cash burn to approximately $30 million in 2023

During the quarter, Berkeley Lights management completed a comprehensive assessment of the business and initiated a near-term strategic plan aligned to five pillars where the Company will:

• Generate positive operating cash flow by early 2025;
• Prioritize R&D return on investment through increased focus and rigor on development initiatives;
• Deliver consistent commercial execution through a new sales structure and enhanced product portfolio and pricing strategy;
• Build a world-class leadership team with a proven track record in profitably scaling life sciences tools and services companies; and
• Evaluate M&A opportunities that will accelerate profitable growth and leverage our current cost structure.

"In the second quarter, we made meaningful progress to transform Berkeley Lights from a technology platform company into a growing, profitable and sustainable life sciences tools and services company," said Dr. Siddhartha Kadia, chief executive officer of Berkeley Lights. "We are confident and excited about the opportunities ahead for Berkeley Lights and our ability to advance our strategy to create value for our shareholders."

Berkeley Lights now expects full-year 2022 revenue to be approximately in line with full-year 2021 revenue as the Company works to realign the business around its new strategic objectives.

Berkeley Lights will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2022 financial results after market close on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time/4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. A webcast of the conference call can be accessed at http://investors.berkeleylights.com. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.

Berkeley Lights is a leading digital cell biology company focused on enabling and accelerating the rapid development and commercialization of biotherapeutics and other cell-based products for our customers. The Berkeley Lights Platform captures deep phenotypic, functional, and genotypic information for thousands of single cells in parallel and can also deliver the live biology customers desire in the form of the best cells. Our platform is a fully integrated, end-to-end solution, comprising proprietary consumables, including our OptoSelect^® chips and reagent kits, advanced automation systems, and application software. We developed the Berkeley Lights Platform to provide the most advanced environment for rapid functional characterization of single cells at scale, the goal of which is to establish an industry standard for our customers throughout their cell-based product value chain.            

Berkeley Lights' Beacon and Lightning systems and Culture Station instrument are: FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.

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SOURCE Berkeley Lights, Inc.