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Item 3 — Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Biocryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 10-Q · Q2 FY2026 · Period ended Jun 30, 2026
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Interest Rate Risk
We are subject to interest rate risk on our investment portfolio and borrowings under our Blackstone Loan Agreement. The Term Loans under the Blackstone Loan Agreement accrue interest each quarter at a rate equal to the three-month Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), which shall be no less than 1.75%, plus 4.50% per annum, plus 0.50% per annum for each quarterly interest period in which a Blackstone PIK Interest Payment (as defined in “Note 8—Debt” in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report) is made. Accordingly, increases in interest rates will increase the associated interest payments that we are required to make on the Term Loans. For the three months ended June 30, 2026, interest was accrued at an effective rate of 8.50% on the Term Loans under the Blackstone Loan Agreement.
We invest in marketable securities in accordance with our investment policy. The primary objectives of our investment policy are to preserve capital, maintain proper liquidity to meet operating needs and earn a competitive level of return. Our investment policy specifies credit quality standards for our investments and limits the amount of credit exposure to any single issue, issuer or type of investment. We place our excess cash with high credit quality financial institutions, commercial companies, and government agencies in order to limit the amount of credit exposure. Some of the securities we invest in may have market risk. This means that a change in prevailing interest rates may cause the principal amount of the investment to fluctuate.
Our investment exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates relates to the increase or decrease in the amount of interest income we can earn on our portfolio, changes in the market value due to changes in interest rates and other market factors, as well as the increase or decrease in any realized gains and losses. Our investment portfolio includes only marketable securities and instruments with active secondary or resale markets to help ensure portfolio liquidity. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase or decrease in interest rates along the entire interest rate yield curve would not significantly affect the fair value of our interest sensitive financial instruments, including our borrowings, but may affect our future earnings and cash flows. We generally have the ability to hold our fixed-income investments to maturity and, therefore, do not expect that our operating results, financial position or cash flows will be materially impacted due to a sudden change in interest rates. However, our future investment income may fall short of expectations due to changes in interest rates, or we may suffer losses in principal if forced to sell securities which have declined in market value due to changes in interest rates or other factors, such as changes in credit risk related to the securities’ issuers. To minimize this risk, we schedule our investments to have maturities that coincide with our expected cash flow needs, thus avoiding the need to redeem an investment prior to its maturity date. Accordingly, we do not believe that we have material exposure to interest rate risk arising from our investments. Generally, our investments are not collateralized. We have not realized any significant losses from our investments.
We do not use interest rate derivative instruments to manage exposure to interest rate changes. We ensure the safety and preservation of invested principal funds by limiting default risk, market risk and reinvestment risk. We reduce default risk by investing exclusively in investment grade securities.
Foreign Currency Risk
Most of our revenues and expenses are denominated in U.S. dollars. Our royalties from Torii are in Japanese Yen. We also had other transactions denominated in foreign currencies during the six months ended June 30, 2026, including contract manufacturing and ex-U.S. clinical trial activities, and we expect to continue to do so. Our limited foreign currency exposure relative to our operations is primarily to fluctuations in the Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollar, and Euro. We do not anticipate that foreign currency transaction gains or losses will be significant at our current level of operations.
Inflation Risk
Inflation generally impacts us by potentially increasing our operating expenses, including cost of product sales, clinical trial costs and selling activities. We do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our business or
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results of operations during the periods for which the condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in this report. Significant adverse changes in inflation could negatively impact our future results of operations.