Full year 2021 revenue increased 130% YoY to $1.55 million

As of December 31, 2021, the Company had $13.35 million in cash

LANGHORNE, Pa., March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NEXGEL, Inc. ("NEXGEL" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: "NXGL"), a leading provider of ultra-gentle, high-water-content hydrogel products for healthcare and consumer applications, today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year periods ended December 31, 2021.

"2021 was a milestone year for NEXGEL – we completed a $14.2 million initial public offering and began trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol NXGL. Furthermore, we brought on new leadership with deep experience in commercializing healthcare assets with the appointment of Miranda Toledano to the Board of Directors and Adam Drapczuk as Chief Financial Officer," said Adam Levy, NEXGEL Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Levy continued, "We believe we have growth opportunities in all three new operating verticals – medical devices, branded products, and white/custom label manufacturing, each of which leverage our unique and proprietary hydrogel manufacturing capabilities. We developed concrete milestones to execute on these opportunities and already have seen rapid growth in our branded products and white/custom label manufacturing verticals. We are pleased with the 130% and 428% year-over-year revenue growth for the 2021 full year and fourth quarter, respectively, and fully expect to continue to enjoy year-over-year revenue growth in 2022 while we prudently manage operating expenses. As of December 31, 2021, we had $13.35 million in cash, which is sufficient working capital to accelerate our growth going forward."

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Financial Highlights

• Revenue for the full year 2021 was $1.55 million, an increase of $877 thousand compared to revenue of $674 thousand for the year ago period. Revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $533 thousand, up $432 thousand compared to the three months ended December 31, 2020. The increase in fourth quarter and full year revenue was due to sales growth in our proprietary branded products and white/custom label manufacturing vertical.

• Gross profit for the twelve months ended December 31, 2021 was $9 thousand compared to a gross loss of $291 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2020. Gross profit reported for the quarter ended December 31, 2021 was $104 thousand, an increase of $242 thousand compared to the year ago quarter. The increase in gross profit for both periods was primarily due to the higher volume of sales against fixed facility and labor costs.

• Cost of revenue increased by $577 thousand to $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to $965 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2020. Cost of revenue reported for the quarter ended December 31, 2021 was $429 thousand, an increase of $190 thousand compared to the year ago quarter. The increase in quarterly and full year cost of revenue was attributable to the new product line growth.

• Operating Expenses, including Research and Development and Selling, General and Administrative expenses, increased by $610 thousand to $2.58 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, as compared to $1.97 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. Operating expenses for the three months ended December 31, 2021 were $991 thousand, an increase of $454 thousand compared to the three months ended December 31, 2020. The increase in operating expenses was primarily attributable to our costs for professional fees, driven by one-time costs associated with the NASDAQ listing, executive compensation, share-based compensation and other administrative expenses.

• Reported an EBITDA loss of $2.27 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to an EBITDA loss of $2.20 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.

• Reported $13.35 million of cash at December 31, 2021.

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Operational Highlights

1. Closed $14.2 million IPO and initiated trading of NEXGEL common stock and warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market on December 22, 2021, under the symbols "NXGL" and "NXGLW," respectively.
2. Appointed Miranda Toledano to its Board of Directors. Ms. Toledano brings over 20 years of biotech, principal investment and capital markets experience to NEXGEL. Since its founding in 2018, Ms. Toledano served as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Board member at TRIGR Therapeutics, a clinical stage immuno-oncology biotech company, recently acquired by Compass Therapeutics.
3. Appointed Steven Glassman and Yaakov Spinrad to its Board of Directors. Mr. Glassman and Mr. Spinrad have extensive capital markets networks and years of executive leadership experience across various industries.  
4. Closed $1.62 million private placement led by the Board of Directors. 
5. Appointed Adam Drapczuk as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Drapczuk is a seasoned healthcare executive who has led successful strategic financial initiatives for both privately held and public companies.

Conference Call Details
Management will host a conference call and webcast today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss its quarterly operational and financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2021.

For interested individuals unable to join today's conference call, a dial-in replay of the call will be available until March 28, 2022 and can be accessed by dialing +1-844-512-2921 (U.S. Toll Free) or +1-412-317-6671 (International) and entering replay pin number: 13728073.

About NEXGEL, INC.
NEXGEL is a leading provider of ultra-gentle, high-water-content hydrogels for healthcare and consumer applications. Based in Langhorne, Pa., the Company has developed and manufactured electron-beam, cross-linked hydrogels for over two decades. NEXGEL has formulated more than 200 different combinations to bring natural ingredients to gentle skin patches that can be worn for long periods of time with little to no irritation.

Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") (which Sections were adopted as part of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "prospects," "outlook," and similar words or expressions, or future or conditional verbs, such as "will," "should," "would," "may," and "could," are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company's actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any anticipated results, performance, or achievements for many reasons including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Company disclaims any intention to, and undertakes no obligation to, revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, a future event, or otherwise. For additional risks and uncertainties that could impact the Company's forward-looking statements, please see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, including but not limited to the discussion under "Risk Factors" therein, which the Company filed with the SEC and which may be viewed at http://www.sec.gov/.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures
From time to time, we may publicly disclose certain "non-GAAP" financial measures, such as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA"), during our investor presentations, earnings releases, earnings conference calls or other venues. A non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of historical or future performance, financial position or cash flow that excludes amounts, or is subject to adjustments that effectively exclude amounts, included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP in our consolidated financial statements, and vice versa for measures that include amounts, or are subject to adjustments that effectively include amounts, that are excluded from the most directly comparable measure as calculated and presented.

Non-GAAP financial measures are provided as additional information to investors in order to provide them with an alternative method for assessing our financial condition and operating results. These measures are not meant to be a substitute for GAAP, and may be different from or otherwise inconsistent with non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies.

To provide investors with additional information about our financial results, we disclose within this press release EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, of NexGel, Inc. These metrics are derived exclusively from the operations of NexGel, Inc. as reflected in our consolidated financial statements. We have provided below a reconciliation table between EBITDA and net income (loss).  Net income (loss) is the most directly comparable financial measure prepared in accordance with GAAP.

EBITDA is calculated as net income (loss) before interest expense, depreciation expense and amortization expense. Amortization expenses consist of amortization of intangibles and debt charges, including debt issuance costs, financing costs and the like.

We have included EBITDA in this press release because we believe it enhances investors' understanding of the operating results.  EBITDA is provided because management believes it is an important measure of financial performance commonly used to determine the value of companies, to define standards for borrowing from institutional lenders and because it is the primary measure used by management to evaluate our performance.

Some limitations of EBITDA are:

• EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense of, or the cash requirements necessary to, service interest or principal payments on our debts;
• EBITDA does not reflect income tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us;
• although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future; and
• other companies may calculate EBITDA differently or not at all, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.

Because of these limitations, you should consider EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including net income and audited historical financial results presented elsewhere in the report in accordance with GAAP.

Investor Contacts:
Valter Pinto / Nick Staab
KCSA Strategic Communications
212.896.1254 / 212.896.1254
valter@kcsa.com / nstaab@kcsa.com

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KCSA Strategic Communications
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