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GH RESEARCH PLC Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive income Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended

Key Takeaway: GH Research PLC reported its unaudited interim financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. The company has experienced a significant total comprehensive loss of $30.014 million during the period, reflecting increased operating expenses. Despite these losses, cash and cash equivalents rose to $90.1 million, indicating some financial stability. The report outlines ongoing investments in research and development, particularly in innovative therapeutic approaches for psychiatric conditions.

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POSITIVE FACTORS

  • Cash and cash equivalents increased to $90.1 million.
  • Marketable securities held amount to $71.3 million.
  • Despite losses, the company continues to maintain significant cash reserves.

CONCERNS & RISKS

  • Total comprehensive loss increased significantly to $30.014 million for the period.
  • Operating loss widened compared to previous periods, reflecting increased expenses.
  • Accrued losses have escalated from $24.315 million to $30.159 million over the nine-month period.

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Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive income
Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
Note $ '000 $ '000 $ '000 $ '000
Operating expenses
Research and development 3 ( 8,397 ) ( 7,088 ) ( 26,810 ) ( 21,570 )
General and administration 3 ( 4,224 ) ( 2,631 ) ( 10,558 ) ( 8,493 )
Loss from operations ( 12,621 ) ( 9,719 ) ( 37,368 ) ( 30,063 )
Finance income 4 2,535 2,438 7,760 6,049
Finance expense 4 ( 181 ) ( 184 ) ( 538 ) ( 534 )
Movement of expected credit loss ( 2 ) ( 17 ) 45 1
Foreign exchange (loss)/gain ( 1,845 ) 1,833 ( 58 ) 232
Total other income 507 4,070 7,209 5,748
Loss before tax ( 12,114 ) ( 5,649 ) ( 30,159 ) ( 24,315 )
Tax charge/(credit) - - - -
Loss for the period ( 12,114 ) ( 5,649 ) ( 30,159 ) ( 24,315 )
Other comprehensive income/(expense)
Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss
Fair value movement on marketable securities 908 ( 428 ) 258 ( 1,216 )
Currency translation adjustment 1,622 ( 1,780 ) ( 113 ) ( 161 )
Total comprehensive loss for the period ( 9,584 ) ( 7,857 ) ( 30,014 ) ( 25,692 )
Attributable to owners:
Loss for the period ( 12,114 ) ( 5,649 ) ( 30,159 ) ( 24,315 )
Total comprehensive loss for the period ( 9,584 ) ( 7,857 ) ( 30,014 ) ( 25,692 )
Loss per share
Basic and diluted loss per share (in USD) 13 ( 0.23 ) ( 0.11 ) ( 0.58 ) ( 0.47 )
Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position
At September 30, At December 31,
2024 2023
Note $'000 $'000
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 5 90,059 78,420
Other financial assets 5 32,517 55,615
Marketable securities 6 27,461 27,525
Other current assets 7 4,909 2,529
Total current assets 154,946 164,089
Non-current assets
Marketable securities 6 43,806 61,142
Property, plant and equipment 859 1,069
Total non-current assets 44,665 62,211
Total assets 199,611 226,300
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Trade payables 8 2,946 3,490
Lease liability 275 343
Other current liabilities 9 6,566 2,868
Total current liabilities 9,787 6,701
Non-current liabilities
Lease liability 458 631
Total non-current liabilities 458 631
Total liabilities 10,245 7,332
Equity attributable to owners
Share capital 1,301 1,301
Additional paid-in capital 291,463 291,463
Other reserves 4,866 4,651
Foreign currency translation reserve ( 10,620 ) ( 10,507 )
Accumulated deficit ( 97,644 ) ( 67,940 )
Total equity 189,366 218,968
Total liabilities and equity 199,611 226,300
Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of changes in equity
Attributable to owners
Share capital Additional paid-in capital Other reserves Foreign currency translation reserve Accumulated deficit Total
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
At January 1, 2023 1,301 291,448 2,595 ( 13,035 ) ( 32,493 ) 249,816
Loss for the period - - - - ( 24,315 ) ( 24,315 )
Other comprehensive expense - - ( 1,216 ) ( 161 ) - ( 1,377 )
Total comprehensive loss for the period - - ( 1,216 ) ( 161 ) ( 24,315 ) ( 25,692 )
Share-based compensation expense - - 1,649 - - 1,649
Share option exercises - - ( 140 ) - 140 -
Total transactions with owners - - 1,509 - 140 1,649
At September 30, 2023 1,301 291,448 2,888 ( 13,196 ) ( 56,668 ) 225,773
At January 1, 2024 1,301 291,463 4,651 ( 10,507 ) ( 67,940 ) 218,968
Loss for the period - - - - ( 30,159 ) ( 30,159 )
Other comprehensive income/(expense) - - 258 ( 113 ) - 145
Total comprehensive loss for the period - - 258 ( 113 ) ( 30,159 ) ( 30,014 )
Share-based compensation expense - - 412 - - 412
Transfer of share options - - ( 455 ) - 455 -
Total transactions with owners - - ( 43 ) - 455 412
At September 30, 2024 1,301 291,463 4,866 ( 10,620 ) ( 97,644 ) 189,366
Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of cash flows
Nine months ended September 30,
2024 2023
$'000 $'000
Cash flows from operating activities
Loss for the period ( 30,159 ) ( 24,315 )
Depreciation 237 237
Share-based compensation expense 412 1,649
Finance income ( 7,760 ) ( 6,049 )
Finance expense 538 534
Movement of expected credit loss ( 45 ) ( 1 )
Foreign exchange loss/(gain) 58 ( 232 )
Movement in working capital 812 1,119
Cash flows used in operating activities ( 35,907 ) ( 27,058 )
Finance expense paid ( 700 ) ( 466 )
Finance income received 4,768 2,273
Net cash used in operating activities ( 31,839 ) ( 25,251 )
Cash flows from/(used in) investing activities
Purchase of other financial assets - ( 54,000 )
Purchase of property, plant and equipment ( 24 ) ( 76 )
Proceeds from sale of other financial assets 25,000 -
Proceeds from redemptions and disposals of marketable securities 18,828 -
Cash flows from/(used in) investing activities 43,804 ( 54,076 )
Cash flows used in financing activities
Payment of lease liability ( 245 ) ( 163 )
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 11,720 ( 79,490 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 78,420 165,955
Impact of foreign exchange on cash and cash equivalents ( 81 ) ( 26 )
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 90,059 86,439
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
GH Research PLC (the "Company") was incorporated on March 29, 2021. The registered office of the Company is located at Joshua Dawson House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2,
The Company and its subsidiary, GH Research Ireland Limited, (together the "Group" or "GH Research") are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to
transforming the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders. Its initial focus is on developing the novel and proprietary mebufotenin (5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine, or 5-MeO-DMT) therapies for the treatment of patients with Treatment
Resistant Depression, or TRD. Its portfolio currently includes GH001, a proprietary inhalable mebufotenin product candidate, GH002, a proprietary intravenous mebufotenin product candidate, and GH003, a proprietary intranasal mebufotenin product
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements were presented to the board of directors and approved by them for issue on November 14, 2024.
Basis of preparation
Compliance with IFRS Accounting Standards
The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2024, have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting". The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements do not include all of the information required for full annual
financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, which were prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards as adopted by the International Accounting
Standards Board ("IASB"). These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are presented in U.S. dollar ("USD" or "$"), which is the Company's functional currency and the Group's presentation currency.
The financial information presented in this interim report does not represent full statutory accounts as defined by the Companies Act 2014. The statutory accounts of
GH Research PLC for the year ended December 31, 2023, are expected to be filed with the Companies Registration Office by November 26, 2024.
New and amended IFRS standards
There are no new IFRS standards, amendments to standards or interpretations that are mandatory for the financial year beginning on January 1, 2024, that are relevant
to the Group and that have had any material impact in the interim period. The review of the impact of new standards on the Group's financial statements which are not yet effective and which have not been early adopted by the Group is ongoing. This includes the recently issued IFRS 18 "Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements". There are no other
amendments to standards and interpretations that are not yet effective which have been deemed relevant to the Group.
GH Research is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapeutics. The Group is exposed to all risks inherent in establishing and
developing its business, including the substantial uncertainty that current projects will succeed. Research and development expenses have been incurred from the start of the Group's activities, generating negative cash flows from operating
activities since formation.
Since its incorporation, the Group has funded its growth through capital increases. The Group has no bank loans or other debt outstanding, except lease liabilities, as of September 30, 2024. As a result, the Group is not exposed to liquidity risk through requests for
early repayment of loans.
As of September 30, 2024, the Group's cash and cash equivalents amounted to $90.1 million (December 31, 2023: $78.4 million). The Group also held marketable securities of $71.3 million and other financial assets of $32.5
million as of September 30, 2024 (December 31, 2023: marketable securities of $88.7 million and other financial assets of $55.6 million). The marketable securities held by the Group are quoted in active markets and are an additional source of liquidity. The board of
directors believes that the Group has sufficient financial resources available to cover its planned cash outflows for at least the next twelve months from the date of issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial
statements. The Group, therefore, continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
Use of estimates and judgments
The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the
application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expense. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
In preparing these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by management in applying the Group's accounting
policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty are consistent with those that applied in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
The accounting policies, presentation and methods of computation followed in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements are consistent with
those applied in the Group's most recent annual financial statements and have been applied consistently to all periods presented in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Current and deferred income tax
The interim income tax expense is calculated based on the Company's estimate of the weighted average effective annual income tax rate expected for the full year. The
current and deferred income tax charge was $nil for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, which is in line
with the Company's estimate for the full year. No deferred tax assets have been recognized as there is no certainty that sufficient
taxable profits will be generated within the required timeframe to be able to utilize these tax loss carry-forwards in full.
Research and development tax credits
As explained in the Group's consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, research and development tax credits have been
claimed and are recognized at their fair value where there is reasonable assurance that the tax credits will be received, and the Group will comply with all conditions attaching to them. Qualifying expenditures largely comprise employment
costs for research staff for which an estimate of time spent directly or indirectly supporting the pursuit of research and development activities is made, consumables and outsourced contract research organization costs.
In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, an amount of $1.2 million and $2.0 million has been recognized, respectively. A portion of the research and
development tax credit claimed remains unrecognized at September 30, 2024, as management has assessed that some uncertainty remains and therefore, reasonable assurance has not been achieved. Reasonable assurance is achieved using internal
experience, judgment and assistance from our professional advisors. If the portion of the research and development tax credit which remains unrecognized at September 30, 2024, increased or decreased by 5%, this would not have a material impact on the financial statements.
Management considers the Group to have only a single
segment: Research and Development ("R&D"). This is consistent with the way that information is reported internally within the Group for the purpose of allocating resources and assessing performance.
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
The following table provides the consolidated statement of comprehensive income classification of our expense by nature:
Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
External research and development expenses 6,728 5,207 21,651 16,521
Employee expenses 1, 3 1,606 1,812 4,964 4,857
Depreciation 5 8 16 28
Other expenses 58 61 179 164
Total research and development expenses 8,397 7,088 26,810 21,570
External costs 3,016 1,725 7,253 5,834
Employee expenses 2, 3 1,134 834 3,084 2,450
Depreciation 74 72 221 209
Total general and administrative expenses 4,224 2,631 10,558 8,493
Total operating expenses 12,621 9,719 37,368 30,063
1 Included in employee expenses is
a share based compensation expense of $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, relating to employees in the research and development department (three and nine months ended September
30, 2023, $0.4 million and $1.0
million, respectively).
2 Included in employee
expenses is share based compensation expense of $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively, relating to employees in the general and administrative department (three and nine months ended
September 30, 2023, $0.2 million and $0.7
million, respectively).
3 Includes termination expenses incurred in the nine months
ended September 30, 2024.
Foreign exchange gain/loss
Foreign exchange loss of $1.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 (gain of $1.8
million for the three months ended September 30, 2023), and foreign exchange loss of $0.1 million for the nine months ended September
30, 2024 (gain of $0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023) consists primarily of gains and losses related to the
translation of the U.S. dollar cash and other financial assets balance into euro in the accounts of the Company's subsidiary, GH Research Ireland Limited, whose functional currency is euro as explained in the Group's consolidated financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
At September 30, 2024, if the U.S. dollar had weakened/strengthened by 10%
against the euro with all other variables held constant, the loss before tax for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, would have been $3.4
million higher/lower, mainly related to the translation of cash and other financial assets held in U.S. dollar in the Company's subsidiary, GH Research Ireland Limited. This would be offset by an equivalent amount within Other Comprehensive
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Finance income
Finance income on cash, cash equivalents a nd other financial assets 567 141 1,647 141
Gain on cash equivalents and other financial assets at fair value through profit and loss ("FVTPL") 1,097 1,257 3,235 2,811
Interest income under effective interest rate method at fair value through other comprehensive income ("FVOCI") 871 1,040 2,878 3,097
Finance income 2,535 2,438 7,760 6,049
Finance expense
Finance expense on investments ( 169 ) ( 168 ) ( 500 ) ( 484 )
Finance expense on lease liability ( 12 ) ( 16 ) ( 38 ) ( 50 )
Finance expense ( 181 ) ( 184 ) ( 538 ) ( 534 )
September 30, December 31,
2024 2023
$'000 $'000
Cash at bank and in hand 27,646 41,390
Cash equivalents 62,413 37,030
90,059 78,420
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, proceeds of $25.0 million were received from the sale of
a portion of other financial assets which were used to fund the operating activities of the Group, and proceeds of $19.8 million were received from the redemption of marketable securities, which includes accrued interest. On redemption of the
marketable securities, the funds are invested in cash equivalents.
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
Marketable securities
$'000
Fair value
At January 1, 2024 88,667
Accrued interest 2,878
Interest received ( 801 )
Redemptions and disposals of marketable securities ( 19,780 )
Revaluation adjustment 303
At September 30, 2024 71,267
The Group holds government and corporate listed bonds which comprise marketable securities measured at FVOCI. These marketable securities had a fair value of $71.3 million at September 30, 2024 (December 31, 2023: $88.7
million). During the nine month period ended September 30, 2024, a number of marketable securities were redeemed. This resulted in total proceeds of $19.8
million in the period, which includes accrued interest. The impairment loss allowance for expected credit losses at the reporting date was $0.1 million (December 31, 2023: $0.1
million). At September 30, 2024, the maturity of the Group's marketable securities ranges from one month to three years. This maturity has been reflected in the allocation of current and non-current assets in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim
statement of financial position.
The movement through OCI for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, is shown in the table below as follows:
Three months ended September 30, Nine months ended September 30,
2024 2023 2024 2023
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Revaluation adjustments 906 ( 445 ) 303 ( 1,215 )
Movement of expected credit losses on assets measured at FVOCI 2 17 ( 45 ) ( 1 )
Movement on marketable securities through OCI 908 ( 428 ) 258 ( 1,216 )
Other current assets primarily represent prepayments and research
and development tax credit receivable.
Trade payables primarily represents amounts incurred for the provision of manufacturing, research and consulting services and legal and professional fees, which are
outstanding at the end of the period. Trade payables are due to be settled at different times within 12 months.
Other current liabilities primarily represent accruals for operating expenses and employee tax payable and are expected to be settled within one year.
September 30, 2024, there were no material contingencies which required adjustment or disclosure in the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements (2023: none).

Frequently Asked Questions

What were the operating expenses for GH Research in 2024?

Operating expenses for GH Research in 2024 were $26,810,000 for R&D and $10,558,000 for G&A.

What was GH Research's loss for the period ending September 2024?

GH Research reported a loss of $30,159,000 for the period ending September 2024.

How much cash and cash equivalents did GH Research have in 2024?

As of September 30, 2024, GH Research had cash and cash equivalents of $90.1 million.

What are the total assets of GH Research as of September 2024?

Total assets for GH Research at September 30, 2024, were $199.6 million.

What was GH Research's loss per share for September 2024?

The basic and diluted loss per share for GH Research in September 2024 was $0.23.

Last updated: Nov 14, 2024