ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.ARWR

ARROWHEAD PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. Commitments Disclosure

10-KFiled Nov 25, 20252 min read
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation
From time to time, the Company may be subject to various claims and legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. If the potential loss from any claim, asserted or unasserted, or legal proceeding is considered probable and the amount is reasonably estimable, the Company will accrue a liability for the estimated loss. There were no contingent liabilities recorded as of September 30, 2025 and 2024.
On September 10, 2025, the Company filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Ionis”) to declare that the United States Patent No. 9,593,333 (“the ’333 patent”) is invalid and not infringed by the Company’s planned commercialization of investigational plozasiran. On September 11, 2025, Ionis filed a Complaint for Patent Infringement against the Company in the United States District Court for the Central District of California alleging patent infringement of the ’333 patent by the Company’s planned commercialization of investigational plozasiran and seeking damages. There were no contingent liabilities recorded related to this litigation.
Commitments
The Company owns land in the Verona Technology Park in Verona, Wisconsin, where it has constructed an approximately 160,000 square foot drug manufacturing facility and an approximately 140,000 square foot laboratory and office facility to support the Company’s manufacturing, process development, and analytical activities.
As of September 30, 2025, the build-out of these facilities was substantially completed, with total costs incurred of $296.4 million. These costs included $173.4 million capitalized to building related to the drug manufacturing facility, $78.0 million capitalized to building related to the laboratory and office facility, $18.6 million capitalized to manufacturing equipment, $15.9 million in construction in progress and $7.9 million capitalized to research equipment and $2.6 million capitalized to furniture.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Nov 25, 2025Showing above
2024Nov 26, 2024
2023Nov 29, 2023
2022Nov 28, 2022
2021Nov 22, 2021
2020Nov 23, 2020
2019Nov 25, 2019
2018Dec 11, 2018
2017Dec 12, 2017
2016Dec 14, 2016
2015Dec 14, 2015

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.

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