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| Notes | As of September 30, 2020 | As of December 31, 2019 | ||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Non-current assets | ||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment | 5 | 3,785 | 3,917 | |||||
| Right-of-use assets | 6 | 1,932 | 2,255 | |||||
| Long-term financial assets | 8 | 304 | 304 | |||||
| Total non-current assets | 6,021 | 6,476 | ||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses | 7 | 2,764 | 2,788 | |||||
| Accrued income | 3 | 944 | 1,095 | |||||
| Other current receivables | 314 | 304 | ||||||
| Short-term financial assets | 8 | 70,000 | 95,000 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 8 | 176,567 | 193,587 | |||||
| Total current assets | 250,589 | 292,774 | ||||||
| Total assets | 256,610 | 299,250 | ||||||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | ||||||||
| Shareholders' equity | ||||||||
| Share capital | 1,539 | 1,437 | ||||||
| Share premium | 346,842 | 346,526 | ||||||
| Treasury shares | 10 | (100 | ) | - | ||||
| Accumulated losses | (115,038 | ) | (75,521) | |||||
| Total shareholders' equity | 233,243 | 272,442 | ||||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||||
| Long-term lease liabilities | 6 | 1,491 | 1,813 | |||||
| Net employee defined benefit liabilities | 8,029 | 7,485 | ||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 9,520 | 9,298 | ||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Trade and other payables | 1,020 | 142 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | 10,996 | 11,797 | ||||||
| Short-term deferred income | 3 | 1,080 | 4,477 | |||||
| Short-term financing obligation | 9 | 310 | 652 | |||||
| Short-term lease liabilities | 6 | 441 | 442 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 13,847 | 17,510 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 23,367 | 26,808 | ||||||
| Total shareholders' equity and liabilities | 256,610 | 299,250 |
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Interim Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited).
Statements of Income/(Loss)
(in CHF thousands except per share
| For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||
| Notes | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||
| Revenue | ||||||||||||
| Contract revenue | 3 | 1,123 | 33,208 | 14,487 | 109,596 | |||||||
| Total revenue | 1,123 | 33,208 | 14,487 | 109,596 | ||||||||
| Operating income/(expenses) | ||||||||||||
| Research & development expenses | (15,518 ) | (11,478 ) | (43,536 ) | (35,770) | ||||||||
| General & administrative expenses | (4,892 ) | (3,956 ) | (13,553 ) | (10,835) | ||||||||
| Other operating income/(expenses) | 3 | 482 | 203 | 807 | 368 | |||||||
| Total operating income/(expenses) | (19,928 ) | (15,231 ) | (56,282 ) | (46,237) | ||||||||
| Operating income/(loss) | (18,805 ) | 17,977 | (41,795 ) | 63,359 | ||||||||
| Finance expense, net | (146 ) | 249 | (552 ) | (1,564) | ||||||||
| Change in fair value of conversion feature | - | - | - | 4,542 | ||||||||
| Interest income | - | 73 | 78 | 237 | ||||||||
| Interest expense | (43 ) | (86 ) | (152 ) | (1,686) | ||||||||
| Finance result, net | 11 | (189 ) | 236 | (626 ) | 1,529 | |||||||
| Income/(loss) before tax | (18,994 ) | 18,213 | (42,421 ) | 64,888 | ||||||||
| Income tax expense | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Income/(loss) for the period | (18,994 ) | 18,213 | (42,421 ) | 64,888 | ||||||||
| Earnings/(loss) per share: | 4 | |||||||||||
| Basic income/(loss) for the period attributable to equity holders | (0.26 ) | 0.25 | (0.59 ) | 0.92 | ||||||||
| Diluted income/(loss) for the period attributable to equity holders | (0.26 ) | 0.25 | (0.59 ) | 0.92 |
| Statements of Comprehensive Income/(Loss) | For the Three Months ended September 30, | For the Nine Months ended September 30, | |||||
| (in CHF thousands) | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |||
| Income/(loss) for the period | (18,994 | ) | 18,213 | (42,421 ) | 64,888 | ||
| Other comprehensive income/(loss) not to be reclassified to income or loss in subsequent periods (net of tax): | |||||||
| Re-measurement losses on defined benefit plans | - | - | - | - | |||
| Total comprehensive income/(loss) for the period | (18,994 ) | 18,213 | (42,421 ) | 64,888 |
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Interim Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited).
Statements of Changes in Equity
| Share capital | Share premium | Accumulated losses | Total | |||||
| Balance as of January 1, 2019 | 1,351 | 298,149 | (121,877) | 177,623 | ||||
| Net income for the period | - | - | 64,888 | 64,888 | ||||
| Other comprehensive income/(loss) | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total comprehensive income | - | - | 64,888 | 64,888 | ||||
| Share-based payments | - | - | 2,027 | 2,027 | ||||
| Issuance of shares: | ||||||||
| conversion of note agreement, net of transaction costs | 73 | 47,705 | - | 47,778 | ||||
| restricted share awards | - | 570 | (570) | - | ||||
| exercise of options, net of transaction costs | 12 | 55 | - | 67 | ||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2019 | 1,436 | 346,479 | (55,532) | 292,383 |
| Share capital | Share premium | Treasury shares | Accumulated losses | Total | |||||||
| Balance as of January 1, 2020 | 1,437 | 346,526 | - | (75,521) | 272,442 | ||||||
| Net loss for the period | - | - | - | (42,421) | (42,421) | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income/(loss) | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Total comprehensive income | - | - | - | (42,421) | (42,421) | ||||||
| - | |||||||||||
| Share-based payments | - | - | - | 3,079 | 3,079 | ||||||
| Issuance of shares: | |||||||||||
| held as treasury shares, net of transaction costs | 100 | - | (100) | - | - | ||||||
| restricted share awards | - | 175 | - | (175) | - | ||||||
| exercise of options, net of transaction costs | 2 | 141 | - | - | 143 | ||||||
| Balance as of September 30, 2020 | 1,539 | 346,842 | (100) | (115,038) | 233,243 |
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Interim Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited).
Statements of Cash Flows
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||
| Notes | 2020 | 2019 | ||||
| Operating activities | ||||||
| Net income/(loss) for the period | (42,421 | ) | 64,888 | |||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss for the period to net cash flows: | ||||||
| Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 5 | 1,127 | 911 | |||
| Depreciation of right-of-use assets | 6 | 323 | 312 | |||
| Finance expense, net | 11 | 399 | 1,320 | |||
| Share-based compensation expense | 3,079 | 2,027 | ||||
| Change in net employee defined benefit liability | 544 | 433 | ||||
| Change in fair value of conversion feature | 11 | - | (4,542) | |||
| Interest expense | 11 | 152 | 1,686 | |||
| Changes in working capital: | ||||||
| (Increase) in prepaid expenses | 7 | (68 | ) | (633) | ||
| Decrease in accrued income | 151 | 2,728 | ||||
| (Increase) in other current receivables | (9 | ) | (2,734) | |||
| (Decrease) in accrued expenses | (827 | ) | (1,941) | |||
| (Decrease)/increase in deferred income | 3 | (3,390 | ) | 5,437 | ||
| Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables | 943 | (2,016) | ||||
| Cash (used in)/provided by operating activities | (39,997 | ) | 67,876 | |||
| Interest received | 78 | 237 | ||||
| Interest paid | (228 | ) | (138) | |||
| Finance costs | (7 | ) | (11) | |||
| Net cash flows (used in)/provided by operating activities | (40,154 | ) | 67,964 | |||
| Investing activities | ||||||
| Short-term financial assets, net | 8 | 25,000 | (60,000) | |||
| Purchases of property, plant and equipment | 5 | (837 | ) | (1,307) | ||
| Net cash flows provided by/(used in) investing activities | 24,163 | (61,307) | ||||
| Financing activities | ||||||
| Repayment of short-term debt obligation | 9 | (263 | ) | - | ||
| Principal payments of lease obligations | 6 | (323 | ) | (312) | ||
| Proceeds from issuance of common shares - option plan | 143 | 67 | ||||
| Proceeds from issuance of treasury shares, net of transaction costs | 10 | 100 | - | |||
| Proceeds from issuance of convertible loan | - | 50,278 | ||||
| Transaction costs on issuance of shares | - | (510) | ||||
| Proceeds from long-term financing | - | 101 | ||||
| Net cash flows (used in)/provided by financing activities | (343 | ) | 49,624 | |||
| Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents | (16,334 | ) | 56,281 | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at January 1 | 193,587 | 156,462 | ||||
| Exchange loss on cash and cash equivalents | (686 | ) | (286) | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents at September 30 | 176,567 | 212,457 | ||||
| Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents | (16,334 | ) | 56,281 |
Additional Information:
For the nine months ended September 30,
2020, the acquisition of CHF 0.2 million of property, plant and equipment was non-cash. For the nine months ended September 30,
2019, the Company settled its convertible loan via equity for CHF 48.3 million, gross of CHF 510 thousand for transaction costs.
accompanying notes form an integral part of these Interim Condensed Financial Statements (Unaudited).
Notes to the Interim Condensed Financial
Statements (Unaudited)
(in CHF thousands except for share and per share amounts)
"Company," "AC Immune," "ACIU," "we," "our," "ours," or
"us") is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company leveraging our two proprietary technology platforms to discover,
design and develop novel, proprietary medicines and diagnostics for prevention and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases associated
with protein misfolding. Misfolded proteins are generally recognized as the leading cause of neurodegenerative diseases, such as
Alzheimer's disease, or AD, and Parkinson's disease, or PD, with common mechanisms and drug targets, such as Abeta,
Tau and alpha-synuclein. Our corporate strategy is founded upon a three-pillar approach that targets Alzheimer's disease,
non-Alzheimer's neurodegenerative diseases, including NeuroOrphan indications, and diagnostics. We use our two unique proprietary
platform technologies, SupraAntigen (conformation-specific biologics) and Morphomer (conformation-specific small
molecules), to discover, design and develop novel medicines and diagnostics to target misfolded proteins.
The Interim Condensed
Financial Statements of AC Immune SA as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, were authorized for issuance
by the Company's Audit and Finance Committee on November 11, 2020.
Condensed Financial Statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, have been prepared in accordance
with International Accounting Standard 34 (IAS 34), Interim Financial Reporting, and such financial information should be
read in conjunction with the audited financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31, 2019, and any public announcements made by the Company during the interim reporting period.
Basis of measurement
statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The Company enters into licensing and collaboration
agreements ("LCAs") which are within the scope of IFRS 15, under which it licenses certain rights to its product candidates
and intellectual property ("IP") to third parties. The terms of these arrangements typically include payment to the
Company of one or more of the following: non-refundable, upfront license fees, development, regulatory and/or commercial milestone
payments; payments for research and clinical services the Company provides through either its full-time employees or third-party
vendors; and royalties on net sales of licensed products commercialized from the Company's IP. Each of these payments results
in license, collaboration and other revenues, which are classified as contract revenue on the statements of income/(loss), except
for revenues from royalties on net sales of products commercialized from the Company's IP, which are classified as royalty
intellectual property: If the license to the Company's IP is determined to be distinct from the other performance obligations
identified in the arrangement, the Company recognizes revenues from non-refundable, upfront fees allocated to the license when
the license is transferred to the customer and the customer is able to use and benefit from the license. For licenses that are
sold in conjunction with a related service, the Company uses judgment to assess the nature of the combined performance obligation
to determine whether the combined performance obligation is satisfied over time or at a point in time. If the performance obligation
is settled over time, the Company determines the appropriate method of measuring progress for purposes of recognizing revenue from
non-refundable, upfront fees. The Company evaluates the measure of progress each reporting period and, if necessary, adjusts the
measure of performance and related revenue recognition.
At the inception of each arrangement that includes development, regulatory and/or commercial milestone payments, the Company evaluates
whether the milestones are considered highly probable
of being reached and estimates the
amount to be included in the transaction price using the most likely amount method. If it is highly probable that a significant
revenue reversal would not occur in future periods, the associated milestone value is included in the transaction price. These
amounts for the performance obligations under the contract are recognized as they are satisfied. At the end of each subsequent
reporting period, the Company re-evaluates the probability of achievement of such milestones and any related constraint, and if
necessary, adjusts its estimate of the overall transaction price. Any such adjustments recorded would affect contract revenues
and earnings in the period of adjustment.
development services: The Company has certain arrangements with our collaboration partners that include contracting our employees
for research and development programs. The Company assesses if these services are considered distinct in the context of each contract
and, if so, they are accounted for as separate performance obligations. These revenues are recorded in contract revenue as the
services are performed.
revenues: The Company has certain arrangements with our collaboration partners that include provisions for sublicensing. The
Company recognizes any sublicense revenues at the point in time it is highly probable to obtain and not subject to reversal in
For arrangements that include sales-based royalties, including milestone payments based on the level of sales, and the license
is deemed to be the predominant item to which the royalties relate, the Company recognizes revenue at the later of (i) when the
related sales occur, or (ii) when the performance obligation to which some or all of the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied
(or partially satisfied). To date, the Company has not recognized any royalty revenue resulting from any of its LCAs.
The Company receives payments and determines credit terms from its customers for its various performance obligations based on billing
schedules established in each contract. The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in billed other
current receivables, accrued income (contract assets), and deferred income (contract liabilities) on the balance sheets. Amounts
are recorded as other current receivables when the Company's right to consideration is unconditional. The Company does not
assess whether a contract has a significant financing component if the expectation at contract inception is such that the period
between payment by the licensees and the transfer of the promised goods or services to the licensees will be one year or less.
the Company received grants from the Michael J. Fox Foundation ("MJFF") to support certain research projects. Grants
are recorded at their fair value in the statements of income/(loss) within other operating income/(expenses) when there is reasonable
assurance that the Company will satisfy the underlying grant conditions and the grants will be received. In certain circumstances,
grant income may be recognized before formal grantor acknowledgement of milestone achievements. To the extent required, grant income
is deferred and recognized on a systematic basis over the periods in which the Company expects to recognize the related expenses
for which the grants are intended to compensate.
Share issuance costs
In September 2020, the Company established
an "at the market offering program" for the sale of up to USD 80 (CHF 74.3) million worth of our common shares issued
from time to time by entering into an Open Market Sale Agreement ("Sales Agreement") with Jefferies LLC ("Jefferies")
as the sales agent. Issuance costs incurred in connection with establishing this facility and execution of the Sales Agreement
with Jefferies primarily consist of legal, accounting and other professional fees.
Issuance costs are capitalized as incurred
and will be shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds received from future offerings. Should a planned equity
offering not be assessed as probable, the issuance costs would be expensed immediately.
No common shares have been sold pursuant
to the Sales Agreement as of September 30, 2020. As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, CHF 0.5 million and
nil, respectively, of issuance costs were expensed in the statement of income/(loss) for the period.
Critical judgments and accounting
of the Company's Interim Condensed Financial Statements in conformity with IAS 34 requires management to make judgments,