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Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive income Three months ended June 30, Six months ended

Key Takeaway: GH Research PLC reported its unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial results for the three and six months ending June 30, 2023. The company saw an increase in research and development expenses, contributing to greater operating losses which totaled $9,925 for Q2 2023. For the first half of the year, GH Research recorded a total comprehensive loss of $17,835. The total cash and cash equivalents declined significantly during this period, highlighting financial pressures faced by the company.

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CONCERNS & RISKS

  • Increased operating loss for the second quarter, reaching $9,925 compared to $6,750 in the same period last year.
  • A significant total comprehensive loss of $17,835 for the first half of 2023, compared to $14,744 in the same half of 2022.
  • A notable decrease in cash and cash equivalents from $165,955 at the start of the year to $96,895 by June 30, 2023.

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Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive income
Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30,
2023 2022 2023 2022
Note $'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Operating expenses
Research and development 3 ( 7,176 ) ( 4,240 ) ( 14,482 ) ( 8,954 )
General and administration 3 ( 2,749 ) ( 2,510 ) ( 5,862 ) ( 5,802 )
Loss from operations ( 9,925 ) ( 6,750 ) ( 20,344 ) ( 14,756 )
Finance income 4 2,122 - 3,611 -
Finance expense 4 ( 179 ) - ( 350 ) -
Movement of expected credit loss 217 - 18 -
Foreign exchange gain/(loss) 3 36 7,084 ( 1,601 ) 9,327
Total other income 2,196 7,084 1,678 9,327
(Loss)/profit before tax ( 7,729 ) 334 ( 18,666 ) ( 5,429 )
Tax charge/(credit) - - - -
(Loss)/profit for the period ( 7,729 ) 334 ( 18,666 ) ( 5,429 )
Other comprehensive (expense)/income
Items that may be reclassified to profit or loss
Fair value movement on marketable securities ( 1,512 ) - ( 788 ) -
Currency translation adjustment ( 57 ) ( 7,054 ) 1,619 ( 9,315 )
Total comprehensive loss for the period ( 9,298 ) ( 6,720 ) ( 17,835 ) ( 14,744 )
Attributable to owners:
(Loss)/profit for the period ( 7,729 ) 334 ( 18,666 ) ( 5,429 )
Total comprehensive loss for the period ( 9,298 ) ( 6,720 ) ( 17,835 ) ( 14,744 )
(Loss)/earnings per share
Basic and diluted (loss)/earnings per share (in USD) 15 ( 0.15 ) 0.01 ( 0.36 ) ( 0.10 )
Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position
At June 30, At December 31,
2023 2022
Note $'000 $'000
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 5 96,895 165,955
Other financial assets 5 54,728 -
Marketable securities 6 13,761 -
Other current assets 7 1,015 2,586
Total current assets 166,399 168,541
Non-current assets
Marketable securities 6 72,697 85,724
Property, plant and equipment 8 1,176 97
Total non-current assets 73,873 85,821
Total assets 240,272 254,362
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Trade payables 9 2,912 1,868
Lease liability 10 267 -
Other current liabilities 11 3,378 2,678
Total current liabilities 6,557 4,546
Non-current liabilities
Lease liability 10 732 -
Total non-current liabilities 732 -
Total liabilities 7,289 4,546
Equity attributable to owners
Share capital 1,301 1,301
Additional paid-in capital 291,448 291,448
Other reserves 2,809 2,595
Foreign currency translation reserve ( 11,416 ) ( 13,035 )
Accumulated deficit ( 51,159 ) ( 32,493 )
Total equity 232,983 249,816
Total liabilities and equity 240,272 254,362
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, 2022 1,301 291,448 366 ( 5,903 ) ( 10,037 ) 277,175
Loss for the period - - - - ( 5,429 ) ( 5,429 )
Translation adjustment - - - ( 9,315 ) - ( 9,315 )
Total comprehensive loss for the period - - - ( 9,315 ) ( 5,429 ) ( 14,744 )
Share-based compensation expense - - 793 - - 793
Total transactions with owners - - 793 - - 793
At June 30, 2022 1,301 291,448 1,159 ( 15,218 ) ( 15,466 ) 263,224
At January 1, 2023 1,301 291,448 2,595 ( 13,035 ) ( 32,493 ) 249,816
Loss for the period - - - - ( 18,666 ) ( 18,666 )
Other comprehensive (expense)/income - - ( 788 ) 1,619 - 831
Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the period - - ( 788 ) 1,619 ( 18,666 ) ( 17,835 )
Share-based compensation expense - - 1,002 - - 1,002
Total transactions with owners - - 1,002 - - 1,002
At June 30, 2023 1,301 291,448 2,809 ( 11,416 ) ( 51,159 ) 232,983
Unaudited condensed consolidated interim statement of cash flows
Six months ended June 30,
2023 2022
$'000 $'000
Cash flows from operating activities
Loss for the period ( 18,666 ) ( 5,429 )
Depreciation 157 22
Share-based compensation expense 1,002 793
Finance income ( 3,611 ) -
Finance expense 350 -
Movement of expected credit loss ( 18 ) -
Foreign exchange loss/(gain) 1,601 ( 9,327 )
Movement in working capital 3,173 2,654
Cash flows used in operating activities ( 16,012 ) ( 11,287 )
Finance expense paid ( 280 ) -
Finance income received 1,381 -
Net cash used in operating activities ( 14,911 ) ( 11,287 )
Cash flows used in investing activities
Purchase of other financial assets ( 54,000 ) -
Purchase of property, plant and equipment ( 68 ) ( 34 )
Cash flows used in investing activities ( 54,068 ) ( 34 )
Cash flows used in financing activities
Payment of lease liability ( 107 ) -
Net decrease in cash ( 69,086 ) ( 11,321 )
Cash at the beginning of the period 165,955 276,776
Impact of foreign exchange on cash 26 ( 78 )
Cash at the end of the period 96,895 265,377
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 August 23, 2023.
Basis of preparation
Compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards
The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 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, 2022 which were prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as issued 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, 2022, are expected to be filed with the Companies Registration Office by November 26, 2023.
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, 2023, that are relevant
to the Group and that have had any material impact in the interim period. New standards, amendments to standards and interpretations that are not yet effective, have been deemed by the Group as currently not relevant and are not listed here.
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 June 30, 2023. As a result, the Group is not exposed to liquidity risk through requests for early
As of June 30, 2023, the Group's cash and cash equivalents amounted to $96.9
million (December 31, 2022: $166.0 million). The Group also held marketable securities of $86.5 million and other financial assets of $54.7 million as of
June 30, 2023, (December 31, 2022: marketable securities of $85.7 million and other financial assets of $nil). The Group's marketable securities are quoted in active markets and are an additional source of liquidity.
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
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.
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, 2022.
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 except for the amendments and new accounting
policies set out below.
Other financial assets
Other financial assets represent money market funds with a weighted average maturity of more than 90 days and are carried at fair value through profit or loss as the cash flows from these funds do not represent solely payments of principal and interest.
Leases and right-of-use assets
The Group recognizes a right-of-use ("ROU") asset and a corresponding lease liability for all arrangements in which it is a lessee, except for leases with a term of
12 months or less (short-term leases) and low-value leases. Under IFRS 16 the Group recognizes a ROU asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement date at the present value of the future lease payments, discounted at the Group's
incremental borrowing rate. The ROU asset is subsequently depreciated using the straight-line method over the lease term within depreciation expenses and an interest expense on lease liabilities is recognized within finance expense in the Group's
unaudited condensed consolidated interim income statement. The interest expense is calculated based on the incremental borrowing rate of the Group.
For short-term or low value leases, the Group
recognizes the lease payments as an operating expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.
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 six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, 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.
Loss and earnings per share
Basic loss and earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net loss or profit attributable to shareholders by the weighted average number of shares in issue
during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the treasury method which adjusts for the potential dilutive effect of other share options if such share options were exercised and are not anti-dilutive.
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
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.
The following table provides the consolidated statement of comprehensive income classification of our expense by nature:
Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30,
2023 2022 2023 2022
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
External research and development expenses 5,489 3,118 11,314 7,001
Employee expenses 1 1,626 1,025 3,045 1,823
Depreciation 10 7 20 15
Other expenses 51 90 103 115
Total research and development expenses 7,176 4,240 14,482 8,954
External costs 1,839 1,932 4,109 4,681
Employee expenses 2 840 574 1,616 1,114
Depreciation 70 4 137 7
Total general and administrative expenses 2,749 2,510 5,862 5,802
Total operating expenses 9,925 6,750 20,344 14,756
1Included in employee expenses is share based compensation expense of $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, relating to employees in the research and development department (three and
six months ended June 30, 2022, $0.3 million and $0.4 million, respectively).
2 Included in employee expenses is share based compensation expense of $0.2 million and $0.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, relating to employees in the general and administrative department (three
and six months ended June 30, 2022, $0.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively).
Foreign exchange gain
Foreign exchange gain of $36 thousand for the three
months ended June 30, 2023 (3 months ended June 30, 2022, gain of $7.1 million), and foreign exchange loss of $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 (6 months ended June 30, 2022, gain of $9.3 million) 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, 2022.
At June 30, 2023, 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 six months
ended June 30, 2023, would have been $8.1 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.
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
Three months ended June 30, Six months ended June 30,
2023 2022 2023 2022
$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000
Finance income
Gain on cash equivalents and other financial assets at fair value through profit and loss 1,089 - 1,554 -
Interest income under effective interest rate method at fair value through other comprehensive income ("FVOCI") 1,033 - 2,057 -
Finance income 2,122 - 3,611 -
Finance expense
Finance expense on investments ( 163 ) - ( 316 ) -
Finance expense on lease liability ( 16 ) - ( 34 ) -
Finance expense ( 179 ) - ( 350 ) -
June 30, December 31,
2023 2022
$'000 $'000
Cash at bank and in hand 60,397 130,252
Cash equivalents 36,498 35,703
96,895 165,955
During the six months ended June 30, 2023, an investment of $54.0
million was made in a money market fund. This investment was classified as other financial assets.
Marketable securities
$'000
Fair value
At January 1, 2023 85,724
Additions -
Accrued interest 2,057
Interest received ( 553 )
Fair value movement ( 770 )
At June 30, 2023 86,458
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
The Group holds government and corporate listed bonds which comprise marketable securities measured at FVOCI. These marketable securities had a fair value of $86.5 million at June 30, 2023, (December 31, 2022: $85.7
million). The impairment loss allowance for expected credit losses at the reporting date was $0.1 million (December 31, 2022: $0.1 million). At June 30, 2023, the maturity of the Group's marketable securities ranges from seven months to four 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 Group is exposed to credit risk on its cash and cash equivalents, other financial assets and marketable securities in the event of default of the counterparties.
The Group's cash balance is maintained with well established, highly rated financial institutions. The Group's marketable securities are mainly comprised of investment grade bonds. The Group monitors the credit risk of its investments on a
A reconciliation of the movement through OCI relating to marketable securities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, is as follows:
Three months ended June 30, 2023
$'000
At April 1, 2023 ( 1,282 )
Revaluation adjustments 1,295
Movement of expected credit losses on assets measured at FVOCI 217
At June 30, 2023 230
Six months ended June 30, 2023
$'000
At January 1, 2023 ( 558 )
Revaluation adjustments 770
Movement of expected credit losses on assets measured at FVOCI 18
At June 30, 2023 230
Other current assets primarily represent prepayments, VAT receivable and research and development tax credit receivable.
GH RESEARCH PLC
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
Property, plant and equipment increased to $1.2
million at June 30, 2023, from $0.1 million at December 31, 2022, an increase of $1.1 million. This was due to a lease for office space which the Group entered into during the period. The term of the lease is four years and nine months and annual cashflows associated with it are $0.3
Right of Use Asset - Office
$'000
At January 1, 2023 -
Additions 1,179
Depreciation expense ( 125 )
At June 30, 2023 1,054
At the lease commencement date, a ROU asset was recognized at the present value of the future lease payments, discounted at the Group's incremental borrowing rate.
Trade payables primarily represents amounts incurred for the provision of manufacturing, research and consulting services and legal and professional fees, which have
been billed and are outstanding at the end of the period. Trade payables are due to be settled at different times within 12 months.

Frequently Asked Questions

What were GH Research's total current assets as of June 30, 2023?

Total current assets were $166,399,000.

What is the loss per share reported for June 2023?

The loss per share was $0.15 for the period.

How much was spent on research and development in Q2 2023?

Research and development expenses were $7,176,000.

What was GH Research's total equity at June 30, 2023?

Total equity was $232,983,000.

What were the liabilities for GH Research as of June 30, 2023?

Total liabilities amounted to $7,289,000.

Last updated: Aug 23, 2023