UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

(Mark One)    
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
    For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2012
OR
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission File Number 001-33038

 

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

     

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

84-1475642

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1180 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10036

(646) 214-0700

 

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including

area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) 

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period than the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes: þ No: ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes: þ No: ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting company ¨
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes: ¨  No: þ

 

The number of shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.001 par value, outstanding as of July 29, 2012, was 79,567,946 shares.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Explanatory Note

 

ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2012 (“Form 10-Q”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 2, 2012, for the sole purpose of furnishing XBRL Interactive Data Files. Under Rule 405(a)(2) of Regulation S-T, a filer may submit its first Interactive Data File containing detail-tagged footnotes or schedules within 30-days of the original filing date of the Form 10-Q. No other changes have been made to the Form 10-Q.

 

Except as specifically described above, this Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Form 10-Q, does not update disclosures contained in the Form 10-Q and does not modify or amend the Form 10-Q.

 

Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL Interactive Data Files furnished as Exhibits 101.INS, 101.SCH, 101.CAL, 101.DEF, 101.LAB, and 101.PRE hereto are deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and otherwise are not subject to liability under such sections.

 

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Part II - Other Information

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

 

Exhibit

Number Exhibit Description

 

31.1*Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2*Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

101.INS* XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF* XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

* Filed herewith.

 

 

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

/s/ Jason A. Amello  

Jason A. Amello

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Duly Authorized Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Dated: August 28, 2012

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

31.1*Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2*Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

101.INS* XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF* XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE* XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Filed herewith.

 

 

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EXHIBIT 31.1

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Jonathan Lewis, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.;

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 28, 2012

 

/s/ Jonathan Lewis  

Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 
 

EXHIBIT 31.2

 

 

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, Jason A. Amello, certify that:

 

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc.;

 

2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)  Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.   The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: August 28, 2012

 

 

 

/s/ Jason A. Amello  

Jason A. Amello

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

 
 

 

EXHIBIT 32.1

 

 

CERTIFICATION

 

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of ZIOPHARM Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2012, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we Jonathan Lewis, the Principal Executive Officer of the Company and Jason A. Amello, the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to our knowledge:

 

(1)the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
(2)the information in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

Dated: August 28, 2012

 

 

/s/ Jonathan Lewis  

Jonathan Lewis, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

Dated: August 28, 2012

 

 

/s/ Jason A. Amello  

Jason A. Amello

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)