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Oculis Holding AG Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements Table of Contents Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim: Statements of Financial Position as of

Key Takeaway: Oculis Holding AG has released its unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the period ending March 31, 2026. The report indicates a loss for the quarter of CHF 28,852, an improvement from the CHF 33,213 loss reported in the same quarter of the previous year. Notably, the company's cash and cash equivalents have decreased, amounting to CHF 64,564 at the end of the period. Increased research and development expenses pose challenges, prompting scrutiny of the company's financial health and operational efficiency.

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CONCERNS & RISKS

  • The company reported a loss for the period of CHF 28,852, indicating ongoing financial challenges.
  • Research and development expenses increased, reaching CHF 14,046, compared to CHF 14,771 the previous year, highlighting potential cost management issues.
  • Cash and cash equivalents decreased significantly by CHF 17,250, raising concerns about liquidity.

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
Table of Contents
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim:
Statements of Financial Position as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 3
Statements of Loss for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 4
Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 5
Statements of Changes in Equity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 6
Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 7
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements 8
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position
As of March 31, As of December 31,
Note 2026 2025
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Property and equipment 503 534
Intangible assets 13,292 13,292
Right-of-use assets 2,365 2,463
Other non-current assets 796 785
Total non-current assets 16,956 17,074
Current assets
Other current assets 6 3,801 4,883
Accrued income 6 1,202 993
Short-term financial assets 8 157,470 131,684
Cash and cash equivalents 8 64,564 81,329
Total current assets 227,037 218,889
TOTAL ASSETS 243,993 235,963
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Shareholders' equity
Share capital 620 587
Share premium 579,217 551,731
Reserve for share-based payment 7 32,577 30,387
Actuarial loss on post-employment benefit obligations (1,928 ) (1,634 )
Treasury shares 4 (17 ) (7 )
Cumulative translation adjustments (455 ) (480 )
Accumulated losses (413,366 ) (384,514 )
Total equity 196,648 196,070
Non-current liabilities
Long-term lease liabilities 1,832 1,811
Defined benefit pension liabilities 1,650 1,335
Total non-current liabilities 3,482 3,146
Current liabilities
Trade payables 4,496 1,800
Accrued expenses and other payables 10 18,410 19,967
Short-term lease liabilities 416 502
Warrant liabilities 9 20,541 14,478
Total current liabilities 43,863 36,747
Total liabilities 47,345 39,893
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 243,993 235,963
The accompanying notes form an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Loss
(in CHF thousands, except loss per share data)
For the three months ended March 31,
Note 2026 2025
Grant income 209 285
Operating income 209 285
Research and development expenses 5 (14,046 ) (14,771 )
General and administrative expenses 5 (7,891 ) (5,488 )
Operating expenses (21,937 ) (20,259 )
Operating loss (21,728 ) (19,974 )
Finance income 367 493
Finance expense (173 ) (247 )
Fair value adjustment on warrant liabilities 9 (7,983 ) (11,911 )
Foreign currency exchange gain (loss) 2.(D) 567 (1,567 )
Finance result (7,222 ) (13,232 )
Loss before tax for the period (28,950 ) (33,206 )
Income tax benefit (expense) 98 (7 )
Loss for the period (28,852 ) (33,213 )
Loss per share:
Basic and diluted loss attributable to equity holders 11 (0.49 ) (0.69 )
The accompanying notes form an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Comprehensive Loss
For the three months ended March 31,
2026 2025
Loss for the period (28,852 ) (33,213 )
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Items that will not be reclassified to Statements of Loss:
Actuarial gain (loss) of defined benefit plans (294 ) 587
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to loss:
Foreign currency translation differences 25 (39 )
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period (269 ) 548
Total comprehensive loss for the period (29,121 ) (32,665 )
The accompanying notes form an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Equity
(in CHF thousands, except share numbers)
Share capital Treasury shares
Note Shares Share capital Shares Treasury shares Share premium Reserve for share-based payment Cumulative translation adjustment Actuarial gain (loss) on post-employment benefit obligations Accumulated losses Total
Balance as of January 1, 2025 44,662,402 446 (1,000,000 ) (10 ) 344,946 16,062 (271 ) (2,233 ) (285,557 ) 73,383
Loss for the period - - - - - - - - (33,213 ) (33,213 )
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Actuarial gain on post-employment benefit obligations - - - - - - - 587 - 587
Foreign currency translation differences - - - - - - (39 ) - - (39 )
Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period - - - - - - (39 ) 587 (33,213 ) (32,665 )
Share-based compensation expense 7 - - - - - 2,630 - - - 2,630
Issuance of ordinary shares related to underwritten offering 5,000,000 50 - - 90,177 - - - - 90,227
Transaction costs related to issuance of ordinary shares - - - - (6,982 ) - - - - (6,982 )
Vesting of earnout shares 1,422,723 14 - - (14 ) - - - - -
Issuance of shares to be held as treasury shares 2,500,000 25 (2,500,000 ) (25 ) - - - - - -
Warrants exercised 7 1,806,297 18 - - 35,701 - - - - 35,719
Stock options exercised and RSUs vested/released 7 169,078 2 - - 362 (50 ) - - - 314
Balance as of March 31, 2025 55,560,500 555 (3,500,000 ) (35 ) 464,190 18,642 (310 ) (1,646 ) (318,770 ) 162,626
Balance as of January 1, 2026 58,688,141 587 (703,703 ) (7 ) 551,731 30,387 (480 ) (1,634 ) (384,514 ) 196,070
Loss for the period - - - - - - - - (28,852 ) (28,852 )
Other comprehensive loss:
Actuarial loss on post-employment benefit obligations - - - - - - - (294 ) - (294 )
Foreign currency translation differences - - - - - - 25 - - 25
Total comprehensive loss for the period - - - - - - 25 (294 ) (28,852 ) (29,121 )
Share-based compensation expense 7 - - - - - 5,001 - - - 5,001
Issuance of ordinary shares pursuant to ATM program 4 - - 1,050,000 10 22,367 - - - - 22,377
Transaction costs related to the issuance of ordinary shares 4 - - - - (1,365 ) - - - - (1,365 )
Vesting of earnout shares 948,549 9 - - (9 ) - - - - -
Issuance of shares to be held as treasury shares 4 2,000,000 20 (2,000,000 ) (20 ) - - - - - -
Warrants exercised 9 147,821 1 - - 3,204 - - - - 3,205
Stock options exercised and RSUs vested/released 7 257,265 3 - - 3,289 (2,811 ) - - - 481
Balance as of March 31, 2026 62,041,776 620 (1,653,703 ) (17 ) 579,217 32,577 (455 ) (1,928 ) (413,366 ) 196,648
The accompanying notes form an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows
For the three months ended March 31,
Note 2026 2025
Operating activities
Loss before tax for the period (28,950 ) (33,206 )
Non-cash adjustments:
- Financial result (879 ) 215
- Depreciation of property and equipment and right-of-use assets 154 123
- Share-based compensation expense 7 5,001 2,630
- Post-employment loss 15 20
- Fair value adjustment on warrant liabilities 9 7,983 11,911
Working capital adjustments:
- De/(In)crease in other current assets 6 675 (8 )
- Increase in accrued income 6 (209 ) (301 )
- (De)/Increase in payables and accrued liabilities 10 881 (301 )
- Decrease in other operating assets (1 ) (32 )
Taxes paid (7 ) (14 )
Net cash outflow for operating activities (15,337 ) (18,963 )
Investing activities
Payment for short-term financial assets, net 8 (25,682 ) (50,605 )
Interest received 173 200
Payment for intangible assets - (1,087 )
Payment for purchase of property and equipment (7 ) (13 )
Net cash outflow for investing activities (25,516 ) (51,505 )
Financing activities
Proceeds from sale of shares in public offerings 4 22,377 90,227
Transaction costs related to financing activities 4 (392 ) (5,528 )
Proceeds from exercise of warrants, net 9 1,272 18,918
Proceeds from stock options exercised 8 481 314
Principal payment of lease obligations (102 ) (88 )
Interest paid (33 ) (12 )
Net cash inflow from financing activities 23,603 103,831
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (17,250 ) 33,363
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 8 81,329 27,708
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes 485 (1,198 )
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period 8 64,564 59,873
Net cash and cash equivalents variation (17,250 ) 33,363
Supplemental non-cash investing information
Interest receivable recorded in other current assets 194 293
Supplemental non-cash financing information
Transaction costs recorded in accrued expenses and other payables 1,172 1,506
The accompanying notes form an integral part of the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.
NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(All amounts presented in CHF thousands, except share numbers, unless otherwise noted)
1.CORPORATE INFORMATION
Oculis Holding AG ( the Company or Oculis ) is a stock corporation ( Aktiengesellschaft ) with its registered office at Bahnhofstrasse 20, CH-6300, Zug, Switzerland. It was incorporated under the laws of Switzerland on October 31, 2022, and controls seven wholly owned subsidiaries. The Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries form the Oculis Group (the Group ). Unless the context otherwise dictates, a reference to the Company us, we or our refers to Oculis and its subsidiaries.
Oculis is a global late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on breakthrough innovations to address significant unmet medical needs in neuro-ophthalmology and ophthalmology. Oculis' highly differentiated late-stage clinical pipeline includes three core product candidates: OCS-01, an eye drop in pivotal registration studies, aiming to become the first non-invasive topical treatment for diabetic macular edema (DME); Licaminlimab, a novel, topical anti-TNF in registrational trial, which is being developed with a genotype-based approach to drive precision medicine in dry eye disease (DED), and Privosegtor, a breakthrough neuroprotective candidate in the PIONEER program which consists of studies intended to support registration plans for treatment in optic neuropathies like optic neuritis (ON) and non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), with potentially broad clinical applications in various other neuro-ophthalmic and neurological diseases.
The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors approved the issuance of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements on May 8, 2026.
2.BASIS OF PREPARATION AND CHANGES TO THE COMPANY'S ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Company's accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The Board of Directors believes that based on the Company's current cash, cash equivalents and investments, the Company has the ability to meet its financial obligations for at least the next 12 months.
The Company is a late clinical-stage company and is exposed to all the risks inherent to establishing a business, including the substantial uncertainty as to whether current projects will succeed. The Company's success may depend in part upon its ability to (i) establish and maintain a strong patent position and protection; (ii) enter into collaborations with partners in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry; (iii) successfully move its product candidates through preclinical and clinical development; (iv) successfully obtain regulatory approval and commercialize its products; and (v) attract and retain key personnel. The Company's success is subject to its ability to raise capital to support its current and future operations. To date, the Company has financed its cash requirements primarily through the sale of equity shares. The Company will continue to evaluate additional funding through public or private financings, debt financing or collaboration agreements. The Company cannot be certain that additional funding will be available on acceptable terms, or at all. If the Company is unable to raise additional capital when required or on acceptable terms, it may have to (i) significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development of one or more of its product candidates; (ii) seek collaborators for product candidates at an earlier stage than otherwise would be desirable and on terms that are less favorable than might otherwise be available; or (iii) relinquish or otherwise dispose of rights to product candidates that the Company would otherwise seek to develop itself, on unfavorable terms.
(B)Material accounting policies
Due to their short-term nature, the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, short-term financial assets, other current assets excluding prepaid expenses, accrued income, lease liabilities, trade payables, accrued expenses and other payables approximates their fair value. There have been no material changes to the accounting policies that were applied by the Company in its audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, included in Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) on March 4, 2026 and available at www.sec.gov.
(C)Statement of compliance
These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements as of March 31, 2026 and for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard ( IAS ), IAS 34 - Interim Financial Reporting. They do not include all of the information required for a complete set of financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards ( IFRS ) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ( IASB ). In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements present a fair statement of its financial information for the interim periods reported.
(D)Functional currency
The unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of the Group are expressed in Swiss Francs ( CHF ), which is the Company's functional and the Group's presentation currency. The functional currency of the Company's subsidiaries is the local currency except for Oculis ehf, the Company's Icelandic subsidiary, whose functional currency is CHF. Included in the Company's finance result is foreign currency exchange gain of CHF 0.6 million and loss of CHF 1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, arising from favorable and unfavorable fluctuations, respectively, of the U.S. dollar and Euro against the Swiss Franc, impacting the valuation of the Company's cash and short-term financial assets balances and U.S. dollar denominated transactions and assets.
Assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated into CHF at the rate of exchange prevailing at the reporting date and their statements of profit or loss are translated at average monthly exchange rates. The exchange differences arising on translation for consolidation are recognized in other comprehensive income.
3.SUMMARY OF MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CRITICAL JUDGMENTS AND ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
(A)Critical judgments and accounting estimates
In preparing these unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the critical accounting estimates, assumptions and judgments made by management in applying the Company's accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those applied and discussed in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025.
(B)New accounting standards, interpretations, and amendments adopted by the Company
There are no new IFRS Accounting Standards, amendments to standards or interpretations that are mandatory for the financial year beginning on January 1, 2026, that have a material impact in the interim period. In April 2024, the IASB issued IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements. The standard, which will replace IAS 1, impacts the presentation of primary financial statements and notes, including the statement of profit and loss where companies will be required to present separate categories of income and expense for operating, investing, and financing activities with prescribed subtotals for each new category. It also requires disclosure of management defined performance measures, if applicable, and includes new requirements for aggregation and disaggregation of financial information. The standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027, and requires retrospective application. While IFRS 18 will not change recognition criteria or measurement bases, it may impact the presentation of information in the financial statements, in particular the profit and loss statement. Based on current analysis, the impact on the consolidated financial statements is expected to be limited to presentation and disclosure changes. At this stage, other quantitative effects cannot yet be reliably estimated.
4.FINANCING ACTIVITY
The Company's historical financing activities, including equity offerings, private placements, and debt arrangements, are described in detail in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on March 4, 2026.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, in connection with the ATM Program, the Company issued 2,000,000 ordinary shares out of its existing capital band with a nominal value of CHF 0.01 held as treasury shares. The Company sold 1,050,000 ordinary shares under the Company's existing at-the-market offering program (the ATM Program ) for gross proceeds of CHF 22.4 million, or $28.8 million. The Company had CHF 1.3 million of transaction costs that were offset against the proceeds and have been recorded as a reduction of share premium during the first quarter of 2026.
On November 3, 2025, the Company closed offerings of an aggregate of 5,432,098 ordinary shares at a price of $20.25 (CHF 16.33) per share for total gross proceeds of $110.0 million (CHF 88.7 million) before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses. The Company issued 2,635,801 shares out of the Company's existing capital band and 2,796,297 shares previously held in treasury.
On July 31, 2025, the Company amended its existing loan facility with Kreos Capital VII (UK) Limited (the Lender ), which are funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Inc. (the Amended Loan Agreement ). The Amended Loan Agreement is structured to provide the EUR equivalent of up to CHF 75.0 million in borrowing capacity (which may be increased to up to CHF 100.0 million), comprising tranches 1, 2 and 3, in the amounts of the EUR equivalents of CHF 25.0 million each, as well as an additional loan of the EUR equivalent of up to CHF 25.0 million. Pursuant to the Amended Loan Agreement, the Company is subject to a non-utilization fee of 0.75% per annum of any undrawn amount under tranches 1 and 2. Additionally, to the extent Loan 1 has not been drawn prior to its expiry date, an additional one-time fee of the EUR equivalent of CHF 2.6 million shall be payable, subject to certain conditions. No amounts were drawn under the Amended Loan Agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
In conjunction with the Loan, the Company entered into an amended warrant (the Amended BlackRock Warrant ) with Kreos Capital VII Aggregator SCSp, an affiliate of the Lender (the Holder ), under which the Holder can purchase up to 494,259 of the Company's ordinary shares, at a price per ordinary share equal to $12.17 (CHF 9.73) with respect to 361,011 shares from the prior warrant agreement, and $18.64 (CHF 14.91) with respect to the remaining 133,248 shares. At signing, the Amended BlackRock Warrant was immediately exercisable for 59,310 ordinary shares. Following the drawdown of each of Loans 1, 2 and 3, the Amended BlackRock Warrant will become exercisable for additional amounts of ordinary shares ratably based on the amounts of Loans 1, 2 and 3 that are drawn. The Amended BlackRock Warrant had not been exercised in part or in full as of March 31, 2026.
In February 2025, the Company closed an underwritten follow-on offering of 5,000,000 ordinary shares at a price of $20.00 (CHF 18.05) per share, for total gross proceeds of $100.0 million (CHF 90.2 million). In connection with this offering, the Company incurred $7.5 million (CHF 6.8 million) of transaction costs during the three months ended March 31, 2025 that are presented as a reduction of share premium within the statement of changes in equity.
5.OPERATING EXPENSES
The tables below show the breakdown of the operating expenses by category:
For the three months ended March 31,
Research and development expenses General and administrative expenses Total operating expenses
2026 2025 2026 2025 2026 2025
Personnel expenses 5,379 4,349 4,652 2,857 10,031 7,206
Payroll and related expenses 2,706 2,448 2,324 2,128 5,030 4,576
Share-based compensation 2,673 1,901 2,328 729 5,001 2,630
Other operating expenses 8,667 10,422 3,239 2,631 11,906 13,053
External service providers 8,142 10,187 2,530 2,068 10,672 12,255
Other operating expenses 435 159 645 516 1,080 675
Depreciation expense 90 76 64 47 154 123
Total operating expenses 14,046 14,771 7,891 5,488 21,937 20,259
Total operating expenses increased for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the prior year period. The increase was driven by a CHF 2.4 million increase in general and administrative expense, partially offset by a CHF 0.7 million decrease in research and development expense period over period.
The increase in general and administrative costs was primarily driven by personnel costs, specifically share-based compensation expense due to increased headcount and increased grant value for awards granted during the three months ended March 31, 2026 as compared to the same period in the prior year. The decrease in research and development expenses was primarily due to a decrease in external service provider expense driven by the DIAMOND-1 and DIAMOND-2 trials of OCS-01 in DME, which are approaching topline readout in June 2026.
6.OTHER CURRENT ASSETS AND ACCRUED INCOME
The table below shows the breakdown of other current assets by category:
As of March 31, 2026 As of December 31, 2025
Prepaid clinical and technical development expenses 1,778 1,590
Prepaid general and administrative expenses 1,649 2,492
VAT, withholding tax and interest receivables 374 801
Total 3,801 4,883
The decrease in prepaid general and administrative expenses as of March 31, 2026 compared to prior year end was due to capitalized transaction costs associated with the Company's ATM Program that were recorded as a reduction of share premium as a result of the ATM sale during the three months ended March 31, 2026.
The table below shows the movement of accrued income for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
2026 2025
Balance as of January 1, 993 629
Accrued income recognized during the period 209 285
Foreign exchange revaluation - 16
Balance as of March 31, 1,202 930
Accrued income is generated by incentives for research and development offered by the Icelandic government in the form of tax credits for innovation companies. These tax credits are either used to reduce the company's income tax liability or, if the credits exceed the tax due, they are paid out in cash. The tax credit is subject to companies having a research project approved as eligible for tax credit by the Icelandic Center for Research (Rann s).
7.SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION
2023 Employee Stock Option and Incentive Plan
On March 2, 2023, the Company adopted the 2023 Employee Stock Option and Incentive Plan ( 2023 ESOP ) which allows for the grant of equity incentives, including share-based options, stock appreciation rights ( SARs ), restricted stock units ( RSUs ) and other awards. The 2023 ESOP lays out the details for the equity incentives for talent acquisition and retention purposes. Each grant of share-based options made under the 2023 ESOP entitles the grantee to acquire ordinary shares with payment of the exercise price in cash. The Company intends to settle any options, RSUs and SARs granted only in ordinary shares.
Option awards and SARs
The fair value of option awards and SARs is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The weighted average grant date fair value for options and SARs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2026 was CHF 14.56 or $18.58 per share. The weighted average grant date fair value for options and SARs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was CHF 13.02 or $14.48 per share.
The following assumptions were used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model for determining the value of options and SARs granted during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
For the three months ended March 31,
2026 2025
Weighted average share price at the date of grant (1) $27.28 (CHF 21.38 ) $18.71 (CHF 16.82 )
Range of expected volatilities (%) (2) 73.00 - 86.38 90.50
Range of expected terms (years) (3) 5.50 - 6.25 6.25
Range of risk-free interest rates (%) (4) 3.75 - 4.08 4.06 - 4.14
Dividend yield (%) 0.00 0.00
(1) The equity award exercise price is denominated in USD.
(2) The expected volatility was derived from the historical stock volatilities of the Company, as well as comparable peer public companies within the Company's industry.
(3) The expected term represents the period that share-based awards are expected to be outstanding.
(4) The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the measurement date with maturities approximately equal to the expected terms.
The following table summarizes the Company's stock option and SAR activity under the 2023 ESOP for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
2026 2025
Number of awards Weighted average exercise price (CHF) Range of expiration dates Number of awards Weighted average exercise price (CHF) Range of expiration dates
Outstanding as of January 1, 5,163,946 8.32 2028 - 2035 4,687,054 6.82 2028 - 2034
Options granted 934,230 21.38 2036 973,931 16.82 2035
Forfeited (1) (34,188 ) 12.56 2033 - 2035 (278,821 ) 10.94 2033 - 2034
Exercised (1) (51,250 ) 9.50 2033 - 2034 (164,363 ) 1.88 2033
Outstanding as of March 31, 6,012,738 9.91 2028 - 2036 5,217,801 8.76 2028 - 2035
(1) Forfeited amount includes earnout options forfeited during the three month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025. No SARs had been exercised or forfeited during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
The number of options and SARs that were exercisable at March 31, 2026 and 2025 were 3,085,736 and 1,989,163, respectively. Excluding earnout options, which have an exercise price of CHF 0.01, options outstanding as of March 31, 2026 have exercise prices ranging from CHF 1.54 to CHF 22.75. The weighted average remaining contractual life of options and SARs outstanding as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025 was seven years.
Restricted stock units
Each RSU granted under the 2023 ESOP entitles the grantee to one ordinary share upon vesting of the RSU. The Company intends to settle all RSUs granted in equity. The fair value of RSUs is determined by the closing stock price on the date of grant and the related compensation cost is amortized over the vesting period of the award using the graded method. RSUs have time-based vesting conditions ranging from one to four years. The following is a summary of RSU activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
2026 2025
Number of awards Weighted average grant date fair value (CHF) Range of expiration dates Number of awards Weighted average grant date fair value (CHF) Range of expiration dates
Outstanding as of January 1, 1,007,636 13.93 2034 - 2035 467,478 9.81 2034
RSUs granted 717,872 20.97 2036 594,524 16.82 2035
RSUs vested/released (206,015 ) 14.00 2034 - 2035 (4,715 ) 10.73 2034
Outstanding as of March 31, 1,519,493 16.72 2034 - 2036 1,057,287 14.15 2034 - 2035
Share-based compensation expense
The total share-based compensation expense recognized in the statement of loss amounted to CHF 5.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, including CHF 2.2 million recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2026 related to RSUs outstanding. Total share-based compensation recognized in the statement of loss was CHF 2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, including CHF 0.9 million recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2025 related to RSUs outstanding. The reserve for share-based payment increased from CHF 30.4 million as of December 31, 2025 to CHF 32.6 million as of March 31, 2026.
As a result of the Company's 2023 business combination agreement with European Biotech Acquisition Corp ( BCA ), certain pre-BCA Oculis equity holders received consideration in the form of 3,793,995 earnout shares and 369,737 earnout options with an exercise price of CHF 0.01. Vesting of earnout shares and options was based on the achievement of post-acquisition-closing volume weighted average share price targets of
Oculis of $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00, in each case, for any 20 trading days within any consecutive 30 trading day period commencing after the acquisition closing date and ending on or prior to March 2, 2028. The price targets of $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00 were met in November 2024, February 2025 and February 2026, respectively, resulting in an aggregate of 3,793,995 earnout shares vesting and certain earnout options becoming exercisable. As of March 31, 2026, 215,986 earnout options were exercisable.
8.CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL ASSETS
The table below shows the breakdown of the cash and cash equivalents and short-term financial assets by currencies:
Cash and cash equivalents Short-term financial assets
by currency As of March 31, 2026 As of December 31, 2025 As of March 31, 2026 As of December 31, 2025
Swiss Franc 12,409 45,716 143,000 126,000
US Dollar 49,004 33,766 1,040 1,031
Euro 2,538 539 9,202 4,653
Iceland Krona 242 440 - -
Other 371 868 4,228 -
Total 64,564 81,329 157,470 131,684
Cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of cash balances held at commercial banks. Short-term financial assets consist of fixed term bank deposits with maturities between three and six months.
9.WARRANT LIABILITIES
The following table summarizes the Company's outstanding warrant liabilities by warrant type as of March 31, 2026 and 2025:
2026 2025
BCA Warrants Amended BlackRock Warrant Total Warrant Liabilities BCA Warrants BlackRock Warrant Total Warrant Liabilities
Balance as of January 1, 13,881 597 14,478 19,390 461 19,851
Fair value loss on warrant liability 7,771 212 7,983 11,867 44 11,911
Exercise of public and private warrants (1,920 ) - (1,920 ) (16,825 ) - (16,825 )
Balance as of March 31, 19,732 809 20,541 14,432 505 14,937
The BCA warrants represent public and private placement warrants assumed from European Biotech Acquisition Corp. as part of the BCA ( BCA Warrants ). The fair value of the public BCA Warrants, which are traded on Nasdaq, is based on the quoted Nasdaq market prices at the end of the reporting period for such warrants. Since the private placement BCA Warrants have identical terms to the public BCA Warrants, the Company determined that the fair value of each private placement BCA Warrant is equivalent to that of each public BCA Warrant. The public BCA Warrants are included in Level 1 and the private placement BCA Warrants in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. BCA Warrants are classified as short-term liabilities given that the Company cannot defer the settlement for at least 12 months.
The Company's Amended BlackRock Warrant, described in Note 4, is classified as a liability because its exercise prices are fixed in USD, which is not the functional currency of the Company and therefore it does not meet the requirements to be classified as equity under IFRS. The fair value of the Amended BlackRock Warrant is determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and is included in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.
The following assumptions were used in the Black-Scholes option-pricing model for determining the fair value of the Amended BlackRock Warrant as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025
Share price on valuation date $26.59 (CHF 21.27 ) $19.97 (CHF 15.83 )
Range of expected volatility (%) (1) 67.97 - 68.26 82.52 - 85.13
Range of expected term (years) (2) 2.58 - 3.17 2.71 - 3.29
Range of risk-free interest rate (%) (3) 3.80 - 3.82 3.53 - 3.58
Dividend yield (%) 0.00 0.00
(1) The expected volatility was derived from the historical stock volatilities of the Company, as well as comparable peer public companies within the Company's industry.
(2) The expected term represents the period that the Amended BlackRock Warrant is expected to be outstanding.
(4) The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the measurement date with maturities approximately equal to the expected terms.
For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 the Company recognized fair value losses of CHF 8.0 million and CHF 11.9 million, respectively, which were directly attributable to the increasing market price of outstanding public warrants during the periods.
In the event of exercise, warrant liabilities are reduced by the fair value on the date of exercise. The resulting fair value adjustment and cash received are recorded to share premium within the Statements of Changes in Equity. The movement of the warrant liability during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 is illustrated below:
2026 2025
Warrant liabilities Number of outstanding warrants Warrant liabilities Number of outstanding warrants
Balance as of January 1, 14,478 2,104,906 19,851 4,018,384
Fair value loss on warrant liability 7,983 - 11,911 -
Exercise of public and private warrants (1,920 ) (147,821 ) (16,825 ) (1,806,297 )
Balance as of March 31, 20,541 1,957,085 14,937 2,212,087
10.ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER PAYABLES
The table below shows the breakdown of the accrued expenses and other payables by category:

Frequently Asked Questions

What were the total assets as of March 31, 2026?

Total assets as of March 31, 2026, were CHF 243,993 thousand.

What is the loss per share for Q1 2026?

The loss per share for the first quarter of 2026 was CHF 0.49.

How much cash and cash equivalents were reported?

Cash and cash equivalents amounted to CHF 64,564 thousand as of March 31, 2026.

What were the total liabilities as of March 31, 2026?

Total liabilities as of March 31, 2026, stood at CHF 47,345 thousand.

What was the comprehensive loss for Q1 2026?

The total comprehensive loss for the first quarter of 2026 was CHF 29,121 thousand.

Last updated: May 11, 2026