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Filed by newsfilecorp.com Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements For the six months ended

Key Takeaway: Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. released its condensed interim consolidated financial statements for the six months ended March 31, 2026. The report reveals a considerable comprehensive loss of $18,024,945, which is a stark increase from the previous year's loss of $2,900,775. The company has a significant deficit of $64,603,262 since its inception and relies on external financing sources to cover its operating expenses. Despite substantial working capital of $308,460,046, the company faces challenges in achieving profitable operations.

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CONCERNS & RISKS

  • The company reported a comprehensive loss of $18,024,945 for the six months ended March 31, 2026, significantly higher than the previous year's loss of $2,900,775.
  • The company has accumulated a deficit of $64,603,262 since inception.
  • Despite having working capital of $308,460,046, they are not able to finance day-to-day activities through operations.

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Bright Minds Biosciences Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
For the six months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars)
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
(Expressed in Canadian dollars)
March 31, September 30,
As at Notes 2026 (unaudited) 2025 (audited)
$ $
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 9 309,691,863 82,908,589
Sales tax receivable 160,311 209,918
Interest receivable 8 979,600 203,153
Prepaids 1,460,959 987,911
312,292,733 84,309,571
Non-Current Assets
Right-of-use asset 11 72,378 111,968
TOTAL ASSETS 312,365,111 84,421,539
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 4, 6 3,750,557 2,250,839
Lease liability - current portion 11 82,130 84,528
3,832,687 2,335,367
Non-Current Liabilities
Lease liability - non-current portion 11 - 41,249
TOTAL LIABILITIES 3,832,687 2,376,616
Shareholders' equity
Share capital 5 365,779,008 123,249,838
Reserves 5 7,356,678 5,373,402
Deficit (64,603,262 ) (46,578,317 )
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 308,532,424 82,044,923
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 312,365,111 84,421,539
Nature and continuance of operations (Note 1)
Contractual obligations (Note 7)
Contingent liability (Note 12)
Approved on behalf of the Board of Directors:
"Ian McDonald" "Nils Bottler"
Director Director
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
(Expressed in Canadian dollars - Unaudited)
Notes Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 Six Months Ended March 31, 2026 Six Months Ended March 31, 2025
$ $ $ $
EXPENSES
Consulting fees 5,6 840,348 984 896,481 23,919
Directors' compensation 5,6 256,450 91,085 476,375 188,348
Foreign exchange (2,169,876 ) 107,685 (690,375 ) (1,562,258 )
Marketing, advertising, and investor relations 102,131 86,340 201,234 164,540
Office and administrative 11 748,736 276,656 1,100,270 354,224
Professional fees 6 281,581 221,095 644,099 486,057
Regulatory and filing 42,483 112,839 196,698 151,194
Research and development 5,6,10 13,047,694 2,563,082 18,708,348 3,608,450
Loss before other items (13,149,547 ) (3,459,766 ) (21,533,130 ) (3,414,474 )
Other items
Interest income 8 2,689,920 509,381 3,508,185 513,699
Net and comprehensive loss (10,459,627 ) (2,950,385 ) (18,024,945 ) (2,900,775 )
Basic and diluted loss per share (1.09 ) (0.42 ) (2.08 ) (0.44 )
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding 9,589,842 7,038,456 8,664,190 6,597,325
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars - Unaudited)
Share Capital
Number of shares Share capital Pre-funded warrants Reserves Deficit Total
$ $ $ $ $
Balance as at September 30, 2024 4,524,087 35,423,371 455,573 4,006,368 (34,348,969 ) 5,536,343
Private placement - common shares (Note 5) 1,612,902 48,628,964 - - - 48,628,964
Share issuance costs (Note 5) - (83,720 ) - - - (83,720 )
Pre-funded warrants exercised (Note 5) 72,950 455,937 (455,573 ) - - 364
Options exercised (Note 5) 150,300 2,004,104 - (824,004 ) - 1,180,100
Warrants exercised (Note 5) 608,000 2,589,000 - - - 2,589,000
RSUs exercised (Note 5) 115,000 877,250 - (877,250 ) - -
Share-based compensation (Note 5) - - - 792,299 - 792,299
Net loss for the period - - - - (2,900,775 ) (2,900,775 )
Balance as at March 31, 2025 7,083,239 89,894,906 - 3,097,413 (37,249,744 ) 55,742,575
Balance as at September 30, 2025 7,635,789 123,249,838 - 5,373,402 (46,578,317 ) 82,044,923
ATM financing - common shares (Note 5) 149,972 13,944,237 - - - 13,944,237
Public offering - common shares (Note 5) 1,945,000 243,249,480 - - - 243,249,480
Share issuance costs (Note 5) - (15,222,772 ) - - - (15,222,772 )
Options exercised (Note 5) 21,150 92,428 - (41,090 ) - 51,338
Share-based compensation (Note 5) - - - 2,490,163 - 2,490,163
RSU exercised (Note 5) 60,150 465,797 - (465,797 ) - -
Net loss for the period - - - - (18,024,945 ) (18,024,945 )
Balance as at March 31, 2026 9,812,061 365,779,008 - 7,356,678 (64,603,262 ) 308,532,424
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in Canadian Dollars - Unaudited)
For the six months ended Notes March 31, 2026 March 31, 2025
$ $
Operating activities
Net loss (18,024,945 ) (2,900,775 )
Non-cash items:
Depreciation - right-of-use asset 11 39,590 44,014
Foreign exchange 8,866 (1,618,062 )
Interest on lease liability 11 12,079 20,037
Share-based compensation 5 2,490,163 792,299
Changes in non-cash working capital items:
Sales tax receivable 49,607 (5,426 )
Interest and other receivable (776,447 ) (177,919 )
Prepaids (473,048 ) (184,761 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 1,612,134 110,917
Net cash used in operating activities (15,062,001 ) (3,919,676 )
Financing activities
Financing proceeds 5 257,193,717 48,628,964
Share issuance costs 5 (15,335,188 ) (83,720 )
Pre-funded warrant issuance proceeds 5 - 2,589,364
Option exercise proceeds 5 51,338 1,180,100
Principal portion of lease liability 11 (52,293 ) (48,420 )
Net cash from financing activities 241,857,574 52,266,288
Change in cash and cash equivalents 226,795,573 48,346,612
Effect of foreign exchange on cash (12,299 ) 1,613,212
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 82,908,589 5,720,092
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period 309,691,863 55,679,916
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Fair value of options exercised 41,090 877,250
Fair value of RSUs exercised 465,797 455,573
Fair value of Pre-funded warrants exercised - 824,004
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements
1. NATURE AND CONTINUANCE OF OPERATIONS
Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. (the "Company") was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act of British Columbia on May 31, 2019. The Company's objective is to generate income and achieve long term profitable growth through the development of therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with certain severe and life-altering diseases. On November 8, 2021, the Company started trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol "DRUG". The registered address of the Company is located at 1500 - 1055 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6E 4N7, Canada. The head office address of the Company is located at 19 Vestry Street, New York, NY 10013, USA.
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that the Company will be able to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business for the foreseeable future. As at March 31, 2026, the Company is not able to finance day to day activities through operations and has a comprehensive loss of $18,024,945 for six months ended March 31, 2026 (2024 - $2,900,775). The Company has a deficit of $64,603,262 since inception and negative operating cash flows. As at March 31, 2026, the Company has working capital of $308,460,046 (September 30, 2025 - $81,974,204). The continuing operations of the Company are dependent upon its ability to attain profitable operations and generate funds therefrom. Management intends to finance operating costs with equity financings, loans from directors and companies controlled by directors and/or private placement of common shares.
2. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE AND BASIS OF PREPARATION
Statement of compliance
The Company applies IFRS Accounting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB"). These unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 - Interim Financial Reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements required by IFRS as issued by the IASB. The policies applied in these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements are based on IFRSs issued and outstanding as of May 15, 2026, the date the Board of Directors approved the statements. The same accounting policies and methods of computation are followed in these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements as compared with the most recent annual financial statements as at and for the year ended September 30, 2025 except as noted below. Any subsequent changes to IFRS that are given effect in the Company's annual consolidated financial statements for the year ending September 30, 2026 could result in restatement of these unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
Basis of preparation
Depending on the applicable IFRS requirements, the measurement basis used in the preparation of these condensed interim consolidated financial statements is cost, net realizable value, fair value or recoverable amount. These condensed interim consolidated financial statements, except for the condensed interim consolidated statement of cash flows, are based on the accrual basis.
3. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION
Basis of consolidation
These condensed interim consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Bright Minds Biosciences LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and Bright Minds Bioscience Pty Ltd., a proprietary company registered under the Corporations Act of Australia on June 24, 2021. On June 10, 2021, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company transferred, assigned and conveyed all of his membership interests in Bright Minds Biosciences LLC to the Company.
A subsidiary is an entity that the Company controls, either directly or indirectly, where control is defined as the power to govern the financial and operating policies of an entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. The financial results of the Company's subsidiaries are included in the condensed interim consolidated financial statements from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases. The accounting policies of the Company's subsidiaries have been aligned with the policies adopted by the Company. When the Company ceases to control a subsidiary, the financial statements of that subsidiary are de-consolidated.
3. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION (continued)
Inter-company balances and transactions, and any income and expenses arising from inter-company transactions, have been eliminated in these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
Significant accounting estimates
The preparation of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognized in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any future periods affected.
Certain of the Company's accounting policies and disclosures require key assumptions concerning the future and other estimates that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities or disclosures within the next fiscal year. Where applicable, further information about the assumptions made is disclosed in the notes specific to that asset or liability. The significant accounting estimates and judgments set out below have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
Ability to continue as a going concern
Evaluation of the ability of the Company to realize its strategy for funding its future needs for working capital involves making judgments.
Share-based compensation
The fair value of stock options is measured using a Black Scholes option pricing model. Measurement inputs include the common share price on the grant date, the exercise price of the instrument, the expected common share price volatility, the weighted average expected life of the instruments, the expected dividends and the risk-free interest rate. Service and non-market performance conditions are not taken into account in determining fair value. The fair value of equity settled Restricted Share Units ("RSUs") is measured based on management's best estimate of the Company's share price on the grant date.
The share-based compensation recognized is also determined based on management's grant date estimate of the forfeitures that are expected to occur over the life of the stock options and equity settled RSUs. Cash settled RSUs outstanding are fair valued using a mark-to-market calculation based on the Company's closing common share price at the end of the period. The number of stock options and RSUs that actually vest could differ from the estimated number of awards expected to vest and any differences between the actual and estimated forfeitures are recognized prospectively as they occur.
Foreign currency translation
The functional currency of the Company, Bright Minds Biosciences LLC and Bright Minds Bioscience Pty Ltd. is the Canadian dollar and the presentation currency of the Company is the Canadian dollar. Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency are recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the transaction date. Monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are translated at the rates prevailing at each reporting date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are measured at fair value are retranslated to the functional currency at the exchange rate at the date the fair value was determined. Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated. Foreign currency translation differences are recognized in profit or loss.
Please refer to Note 3 of the audited consolidated financial statements of the company for the year ended September 30, 2025 for full disclosure of the material accounting policy information.
3. MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICY INFORMATION (continued)
Accounting Standards, Amendments and Interpretations
The following amendments were adopted by the Company:
a) Disclosure of Accounting Policies (Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2) - the amendments require that an entity discloses its material accounting policies, instead of its significant accounting policies. Further amendments explain how an entity can identify a material accounting policy.
b) Definition of Accounting Estimates (Amendments to IAS 8) - the amendments replace the definition of a change in accounting estimates with a definition of accounting estimates. Under the new definition, accounting estimates are "monetary amounts in consolidated financial statements that are subject to measurement uncertainty". Entities develop accounting estimates if accounting policies require items in consolidated financial statements to
be measured in a way that involves measurement uncertainty. The amendments clarify that a change in accounting estimate that results from new information or new developments is not the correction of an error.
There was no impact on the Company's condensed interim consolidated financial statements upon the adoption of these amendments.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements, which will replace IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements aims to improve how companies communicate in their financial statements, with a focus on information about financial performance in the statement of profit or loss, in particular additional defined subtotals, disclosures about management-defined performance measures and new principles for aggregation and disaggregation of information. IFRS 18 is accompanied by limited amendments to the requirements in IAS 7 Statement of Cash Flows. IFRS 18 is effective from January 1, 2027. Companies are permitted to apply IFRS 18 before that date.
In January 2020, the IASB issued amendments to IAS 1, Presentation of Financial Statements, to provide a more general approach to the presentation of liabilities as current or non current based on contractual arrangements in place at the reporting date.
specify that the rights and conditions existing at the end of the reporting period are relevant in determining whether the Company has a right to defer settlement of a liability by at least twelve months;
provide that management's expectations are not a relevant consideration as to whether the Company will exercise its rights to defer settlement of a liability; and
clarify when a liability is considered settled.
The Company has not yet determined the impact of these amendments on its condensed interim consolidated financial statements.
4. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
March 31, 2026 September 30, 2025
$ $
Accounts payable 3,629,907 1,710,290
Accrued liabilities 120,650 540,549
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities 3,750,557 2,250,839
Authorized share capital
Unlimited number of common shares without par value.
Issued share capital for the six months ended March 31, 2026
During the six months March 31, 2026, 149,972 common shares had been issued for gross proceeds of $13,944,237 (US$9,629,061) under the ATM Program (below) with total cash commissions paid of $418,327 (US$297,809).
On January 9, 2026, the Company completed a public offering of common shares pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company issued 1,945,000 common shares at a price of US$90 per share for gross proceeds of $243,249,480 (US$175,050,000). The Company paid an underwriters' fee of $14,594,968 (US$10,503,000) and other share issuances costs of $209,477 with respect to this offering.
During the six months ended March 31, 2026, an aggregate of 60,150 RSUs were exercised and $465,797 was reclassified from reserves to share capital upon the exercise.
During the six months ended March 31, 2026, an aggregate of 21,150 stock options were exercised for gross proceeds of $51,338. $41,090 was reclassified from reserves to share capital upon the exercise.
Issued share capital for the year ended September 30, 2025
On November 4, 2024, the Company closed a non-brokered private placement of 1,612,902 common shares for gross proceeds of $48,628,963 (US$35,000,000). The company incurred share issuance costs of $152,485 in connection with the private placement.
On August 25, 2025, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the "Agreement") with Piper Sandler & Co. and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (together, the "Agents") to establish an at-the-market equity offering program (the "ATM Program").
Under the ATM Program, the Company may, from time to time, issue and sell common shares having an aggregate offering price of up to US$100 million through the Agents, acting as sales agents, directly on the NASDAQ Stock Market or by such other methods as may be permitted under applicable securities laws and regulations. The Agreement provides the Agents with a commission based on a stated percentage of the gross proceeds from each sale, together with reimbursement of certain out-of-pocket expenses. The ATM Program will remain effective for a period of three years from the date the underlying registration statement became effective, unless earlier terminated by the Company or the Agents in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
The issuance of common shares under the ATM Program is qualified by a Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-289851), which was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on September 2, 2025.
The Company retains full discretion regarding the timing, number of shares, pricing, and size of any sales under the ATM Program. Proceeds, if any, are expected to be used for general corporate purposes, which may include research and development activities, capital expenditures, working capital, and other general administrative and operational expenditures.
During the year ended September 30, 2025, the company issued 546,700 common shares for net proceeds of $33,468,601 (US$24,225,667) under the ATM Program with total cash commissions paid of $1,035,162 (US$749,284). The company incurred share issuance costs of $320,069 in connection with the common shares issued under the ATM program.
During the year ended September 30, 2025, 115,450 RSUs were exercised and $900,236 was reclassified from reserves to share capital upon the exercise.
5. SHARE CAPITAL (continued)
During the year ended September 30, 2025, an aggregate of 608,000 warrants and 72,950 pre-funded warrants ("PFWs") were exercised for total gross proceeds of $2,589,365. $455,573 was reclassified from pre-funded warrants to share capital upon the exercise. Each PFW was exercised into one common share and one warrant of the Company.
During the year ended September 30, 2025, an aggregate of 155,700 stock options were exercised for gross proceeds of $1,340,850. $915,433 was reclassified from reserves to share capital upon the exercise.
The Company's stock option plan provides for stock options to be issued to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company, its subsidiaries and any personal holding company of such individuals so that they may participate in the growth and development of the Company. Subject to the specific provisions of the stock option plan, eligibility, vesting period, terms of the options and the number of options granted are to be determined by the Board of Directors at the time of grant. The stock option plan allows the Board of Directors to issue up to 10% of the Company's outstanding common shares as stock options.
Options granted during the six months ended March 31, 2026
On October 30, 2025, the Company granted 43,000 stock options to certain officers, directors and consultants of the Company. The stock options have an exercise price of US$54.47 per share, expire on October 30, 2030, and vest as follows: 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date, 25% on the second anniversary of the grant date, 25% on the third anniversary of the grant date, and 25% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. The fair value of these stock options was measured using the Black Scholes option pricing model using the following inputs: i) exercise price: US$54.47 (CA$76.19); ii) share price: $73.82; iii) term: 5 years; iv) volatility: 197.56%; v) discount rate: 2.71%; and dividends: nil.
Options granted during the year ended September 30, 2025
On October 3, 2024, the Company granted 70,000 stock options to an officer and the directors of the Company. The stock options have an exercise price of $1.65 per share, expire on October 3, 2029, and vest as follows: 50% immediately, 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date; and 25% on the second anniversary of the grant date. The fair value of these stock options was measured using the Black Scholes option pricing model using the following inputs: i) exercise price: $1.65; ii) share price: $1.60; iii) term: 5 years; iv) volatility: 117.93%; v) discount rate: 2.88%; and dividends: nil.
On February 26, 2025, the Company granted 161,000 stock options to the consultants, officers and directors of the Company. The stock options have an exercise price of US$35 per share, expire on February 26, 2030. 126,000 of the stock options vest as follows: 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date; 25% on the second anniversary of the grant date, 25% on the third anniversary of the grant date, and 25% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date, and 35,000 of the stock options vest in equal installments over a period of 24 months beginning on February 26, 2025. The fair value of these stock options was measured using the Black Scholes option pricing model using the following inputs: i) exercise price: US$35 (CA$50.19); ii) share price: $47.82; iii) term: 5 years; iv) volatility: 211.16%; v) discount rate: 2.70%; and dividends: nil.
5. SHARE CAPITAL (continued)
The following table summarizes the movements in the Company's outstanding stock options for the year ended September 30, 2025 and for the six months ended March 31, 2026:
Number of stock options Weighted average exercise price
Balance at September 30, 2024 340,400 $ 7.76
Granted 231,000 $ 35.48
Cancelled (1) (55,750 ) $ 16.26
Exercised (155,700 ) $ 8.61
Balance at September 30, 2025 359,950 $ 23.87
Granted 43,000 $ 75.93
Expired (12,800 ) $ 6.25
Exercised (21,150 ) $ 2.43
Balance at March 31, 2026 369,000 $ 31.16
(1) 30,000 and 25,750 options were forfeited 90 days after the termination of the services of a former Chief Medical Officer and a consultant of the Company.
As at March 31, 2026, the stock options have a weighted average remaining life of 3.57 years (September 30, 2025 - 3.76 years).
The following table summarizes the stock options issued and outstanding:
Stock Options Outstanding and Exercisable
Expiry Date Number of stock options Exercisable Exercise price Remaining life (Years)
February 16, 2028 25,000 16,500 $ 5.25 1.88
March 22, 2029 92,500 60,000 $ 1.84 2.98
October 3, 2029 47,500 30,000 $ 1.65 3.51
February 26, 2030 126,000 31,500 US$35.00 3.91
February 26, 2030 35,000 18,958 US$35.00 3.91
October 30, 2030 43,000 - US$54.47 4.59

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Bright Minds Biosciences' total assets as of March 31, 2026?

Bright Minds Biosciences has total assets of $312,365,111 as of March 31, 2026.

What was the net loss for Bright Minds for the six months ended March 31, 2026?

The net loss for Bright Minds for the six months ended March 31, 2026, was $18,024,945.

How much cash and cash equivalents does Bright Minds have?

As of March 31, 2026, Bright Minds has $309,691,863 in cash and cash equivalents.

What is Bright Minds' approach to financing operations?

Bright Minds plans to finance operations through equity financings, loans from directors, and private placements.

When did Bright Minds start trading on NASDAQ?

Bright Minds started trading on NASDAQ on November 8, 2021, under the symbol 'DRUG.'

Last updated: May 20, 2026