SenesTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNES) reported Q3 EPS of ($0.56), $0.03 better than the analyst estimate of ($0.59).

Third Quarter 2020 Highlights

• Revenue during the third quarter of 2020 was approximately $77,000 compared to approximately $36,000 in the third quarter of 2019.
• The California Ecosystems Protection Act of 2020 (AB 1788) was signed by California's Governor and goes into effect January 1, 2021. AB 1788 will prohibit the use of the four major Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) commonly used in rodent pest control under many circumstances, which opens up a potential $100 million annual market opportunity to alternative solutions, which includes ContraPest.
• San Francisco added ContraPest to the Reduced Risk Pesticide List, which now permits ContraPest's expanded use in San Francisco.
• On a GAAP basis, net loss for the third quarter of 2020 was $(1.9) million, compared with a net loss of $(2.6) million for third quarter of 2019.
• Adjusted EBITDA loss, which is a non-GAAP measure of operating performance, for the third quarter of 2020 was $(1.7) million versus $(2.3) million in the third quarter of 2019.
• In October 2020, the Company entered into an inducement agreement with an existing warrant holder to exercise certain outstanding warrants, which provided gross proceeds to the Company of approximately $2.9 million.
• Cash balance at the end of the third quarter of 2020, together with the net proceeds of the inducement agreement, was approximately $5.3 million.

Ken Siegel, CEO of SenesTech, commented, "We continued to achieve traction during the third quarter in the awareness and deployment of ContraPest, which resulted in a 114% increase in sales over the prior year period. Perhaps most notable during the quarter, was the passing of the California Ecosystems Protection Act of 2020, otherwise known as AB 1788, which will prohibit the use of the four major Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) commonly used in rodent pest control under many circumstances. SenesTech's ContraPest provides pest management professionals (PMP) with an alternative and complementary non-lethal approach to managing rodents through fertility control, and may be increasingly used to replace the SGARs. We are working closely with the PMPs in California to ensure continuity of service to their customers by offering ContraPest as part of their IPM programs once the bill goes effective on January 1, 2021."

"While we are increasingly focusing efforts within California, we continue to make progress on other key initiatives we set forth at the beginning of the year to drive long-term adoption of ContraPest. These include finalizing data sets within key industries, including poultry and municipal areas, driving pull through demand through a refocused sales and marketing program , as well as direct sales efforts through our e-commerce platform. As budgets become less encumbered by the effects of COVID-19, we believe these efforts, coupled with our repositioning of ContraPest as a component of an overall integrated pest management strategy, will increasingly gain traction," concluded Mr. Siegel.

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