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| Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Biotech Inc | NASDAQ:PRTG | NASDAQ | Common Stock |
| Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.10 | 2.21% | 4.62 | 2.15 | 15.91 | 5.00 | 4.2911 | 4.4217 | 47,374 | 05:00:02 |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2024
Commission File Number:
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This report on Form 6-K (including the exhibits attached hereto) shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-275842) of Portage Biotech Inc. (including any prospectuses forming a part of such registration statement) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
EXHIBITS
| Exhibit No. | Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024. Unaudited - Prepared by Management as of August 26, 2024. | |
| 99.2 | Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the three months ended June 30, 2024. | |
| 101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance Document. | |
| 101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |
| 101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | |
| 101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document | |
| 101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | |
| 101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: August 26, 2024 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
| By: | /s/ Allan Shaw | |
| Allan Shaw | ||
| Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
For the Three Months Ended
(Unaudited – Prepared by Management as of August 26, 2024)
(U.S. Dollars)
Portage Biotech Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
NOTICE TO READER OF CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Portage Biotech Inc. are comprised of the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position as of June 30, 2024 and the consolidated statement of financial position as of March 31, 2024, the condensed consolidated interim statements of operations and other comprehensive income (loss) for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 and the condensed consolidated interim statements of changes in shareholders’ equity and the condensed consolidated interim statements of cash flows for each of the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 and are the responsibility of Portage Biotech Inc.’s management.
The condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Portage Biotech Inc. have been prepared by Portage Biotech Inc.’s management and include the selection of appropriate accounting principles, judgments and estimates necessary to prepare these condensed consolidated interim financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.
| /s/ Allan Shaw | /s/ Ian Walters |
| Allan Shaw, Chief Financial Officer | Ian Walters, MD, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer |
| DATE: August 26, 2024 |
| F-1 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Financial Position
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited – see Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
| Notes | June 30, 2024 | March 31, 2024 | ||||||||
| (Audited) | ||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 4 | $ | $ | |||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | 5 | |||||||||
| Total current assets | ||||||||||
| Non-current assets | ||||||||||
| Right to use asset | ||||||||||
| Other assets, including equipment, net | ||||||||||
| Total non-current assets | ||||||||||
| Total assets | $ | $ | ||||||||
| Liabilities and Equity | ||||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 9 | $ | $ | |||||||
| Lease liability - current, including interest | ||||||||||
| Other current liabilities | ||||||||||
| Total current liabilities | ||||||||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||||||
| Lease liability - non-current | ||||||||||
| Warrant liability | 8 | |||||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities | ||||||||||
| Shareholders’ Equity | ||||||||||
| Capital stock | 11 | |||||||||
| Stock option reserve | 12 | |||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Total equity attributable to owners of the Company | ||||||||||
| Non-controlling interest | 18 | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| Total equity | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities and equity | $ | $ | ||||||||
| Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Note 14) | ||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
| F-2 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(U.S. Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited – see Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
| Note | Three Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||
| Expenses | ||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | $ | ||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | ||||||||||
| Loss from operations | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | ||||||||||
| Change in fair value of deferred purchase price payable - Tarus and deferred obligation - iOx milestone | 15, 16 | ( | ) | |||||||
| Share of loss in associate accounted for using equity method | 6 | ( | ) | |||||||
| Foreign exchange transaction (loss) gain | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Depreciation expense | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Interest income, net | ||||||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit | 10 | ( | ) | |||||||
| Net loss | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | ||||||||||
| Net unrealized gain on investments | 6, 7 | |||||||||
| Total comprehensive loss for period | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Net loss attributable to: | ||||||||||
| Owners of the Company | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Non-controlling interest | 18 | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| Net loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Comprehensive loss attributable to: | ||||||||||
| Owners of the Company | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Non-controlling interest | 18 | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||
| Total comprehensive loss for period | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Loss per share | 13 | |||||||||
| Basic and diluted | $ | ) | $ | ) | ||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding | 13 | |||||||||
| Basic and diluted | ||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
| F-3 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
(Unaudited – see Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
| Accumulated | Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | Stock | Other | Attributable | Non- | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| of | Capital | Option | Comprehensive | (Accumulated | to Owners | Controlling | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Stock | Reserve | Loss | Deficit) | of Company | Interest | Equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In 000’ | In 000’$ | In 000’$ | In 000’$ | In 000’$ | In 000’$ | In 000’$ | In 000’$ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, April 1, 2024 (Pre-Split) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, April 1, 2024 (After 1-for-20 reverse stock split) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-Funded warrants exercised | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss for period | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, June 30, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, April 1, 2023 (Pre-Split) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, April 1, 2023 (After 1-for-20 reverse stock split) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued under ATM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Share issuance costs | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued or accrued for services | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net unrealized gain on investments | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss for period | - | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, June 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
| F-4 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Cash Flows
For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
(U.S. Dollars in thousands)
(Unaudited – see Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss for the period | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Adjustments for non-cash items: | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | ||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | ( | ) | ||||||
| Change in fair value of deferred purchase price payable – Tarus and deferred obligation – iOx milestone | ||||||||
| Decrease in deferred tax liability | ( | ) | ||||||
| Share of loss in associate | ||||||||
| Fair value of shares issued for services | ||||||||
| Depreciation | ||||||||
| Changes in operating working capital: | ||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other assets | ( | ) | ||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants | ||||||||
| Proceeds from shares issued under ATM and Committed Purchase Agreement | ||||||||
| Share issuance costs | ( | ) | ||||||
| Repayment of lease liability | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | ( | ) | ||||||
| Decrease in cash and cash equivalents during period | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | $ | ||||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | ||||||||
| Right to use asset acquired | $ | $ | ||||||
| Lease liability incurred | $ | $ | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
| F-5 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Portage Biotech Inc. (the “Company” or “Portage”) is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) with its registered office located at Clarence Thomas Building, P.O. Box 4649, Road Town, Tortola, BVI. Its USA agent, Portage Development Services Inc. (“PDS”), is located at 59 Wilton Road, Westport, CT, 06880, USA.
The Company is a foreign private issuer under the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) rules. It is also a reporting issuer under the securities legislation of the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Its ordinary shares were listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”) under the symbol “PBT.U”. On February 25, 2021, the ordinary shares of the Company began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PRTG”. As the principal market for the Company’s ordinary shares is Nasdaq, the Company voluntarily delisted from the CSE on April 23, 2021.
Portage is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company advancing treatments the Company believes will be first-in class therapies that target known checkpoint resistance pathways to improve long-term treatment response and quality of life in patients with invasive cancers. Portage’s access to next-generation technologies coupled with a deep understanding of biological mechanisms enables the identification of clinical therapies and product development strategies that accelerate these medicines through the translational pipeline. After a review of the Company’s future funding needs for clinical development of its programs as well as the current capital raising market for biotechnology companies, the Company made the decision to discontinue the Company sponsored trial for the invariant natural killer T-cell (“iNKT”) program and pause further patient accrual to the Company sponsored adenosine trial for both PORT-6 and PORT-7. The Company is exploring strategic alternatives, which may include finding a partner for one or more of its assets, a sale of the company, a merger, restructurings, both in and out of court, a company wind down, further financing efforts or other strategic action.
On August 13, 2018, the Company reached a definitive agreement to acquire
In September 2021, the Company, through SalvaRx, exchanged certain notes,
accrued interest, warrants and receivables in exchange for shares of iOx representing % of the outstanding shares of iOx. As a result
of this exchange, the Company, through SalvaRx, increased its ownership of iOx from
Reverse Stock Split
The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a reverse stock split of its ordinary shares at a ratio of 1-for-20. Beginning with the opening of trading on August 15, 2024, the Company’s ordinary shares began trading on Nasdaq on a split-adjusted basis under the existing trading symbol “PRTG”.
The reverse stock split was implemented to increase the per share trading price of the Company’s ordinary shares for the purpose of ensuring a share price high enough to comply with the minimum $1.00 bid price requirement for continued listing on Nasdaq.
| F-6 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Cont’d)
As a result of the reverse stock split, every twenty (20) pre-split ordinary shares were converted into one (1) post-split ordinary share. Any fractional shares resulting from the reverse stock split were rounded up to the nearest whole post-split ordinary share. The reverse stock split affected all shareholders uniformly and did not alter any shareholder’s percentage interest in the Company’s ordinary shares, except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares. All outstanding options and warrants entitling their holders to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares were adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split, in accordance with the terms of each such security. In addition, the number of ordinary shares reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans were also appropriately adjusted. The number of authorized ordinary shares was not proportionately reduced because the Company has an unlimited number of authorized ordinary shares available for issuance, as permitted under the laws of the British Virgin Islands.
All share and per share information included in the condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the impact of the reverse stock split as if the stock split occurred at the beginning of the periods presented. The shares of ordinary shares authorized remained at an unlimited number of ordinary shares without par value.
NOTE 2. GOING CONCERN
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of
approximately $
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance is decreasing, and the Company did not generate positive cash flows from operations for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (“Fiscal 2024”).
In late Fiscal 2024, because of continued liquidity constraints, the Company made the decision to discontinue further clinical development of its iNKT sponsored trial and pause further patient accrual to its sponsored adenosine program for both PORT-6 and PORT-7. The Company is exploring strategic alternatives, which may include finding a partner for one or more of its assets, a sale of our company, a merger, restructurings, both in and out of court, company wind down, further financing efforts or other strategic action. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position.
The Company has incurred significant operating losses since inception and expects to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future and may never become profitable. The losses result primarily from its conduct of research and development activities. As previously discussed, the Company has discontinued its iNKT sponsored trial and paused further patient accrual to the Company sponsored adenosine program in order to preserve cash resources. Additionally, during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2024, the Company sold its shares in Intensity on Nasdaq.
The Company historically has funded its operations principally from proceeds from issuances of equity and debt securities. The Company will require significant additional capital to make the investments it needs to execute its longer-term business plan, beyond the potential proceeds that could be reasonably generated from its “at-the-market” (“ATM”) program and Committed Purchase Agreement (as defined below) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln”) given the Company’s current trading volume on Nasdaq. The Company’s ability to successfully raise sufficient funds through the sale of debt or equity securities when needed is subject to many risks and uncertainties and, future equity issuances would result in dilution to existing stockholders and any future debt securities may contain covenants that limit the Company's operations or ability to enter into certain transactions. See Note 11, “Capital Stock and Reserves,” for a further discussion.
| F-7 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 2. GOING CONCERN (Cont’d)
There can be no assurance that the Company’s evaluation of
strategic alternatives will result in any agreements or transactions, or that, if completed, any agreements or transactions will be
successful or on attractive terms. Any potential transaction would be dependent on a number of factors that may be beyond the
Company’s control, including, among other things, market conditions, industry trends, the interest of third parties in a
potential transaction with the Company and the availability of financing to the Company or third parties in a potential transaction
with the Company on reasonable terms. The process of reviewing strategic alternatives may require the Company to incur additional
costs and expenses. It could negatively impact the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate key employees, and expose
the Company to potential litigation in connection with this process or any resulting transaction. If the Company is unable to
effectively manage the process, the Company’s financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. In
addition, any strategic alternative that may be pursued and completed ultimately may not deliver the anticipated benefits or enhance
shareholder value. There can be no guarantee that the process of evaluating strategic alternatives will result in the Company
entering into or completing a potential transaction within the anticipated timing or at all. There is no set timetable for this
evaluation and the Company does not intend to disclose developments with respect to this evaluation unless and until the Company
determines that further disclosure is appropriate or legally required. As of July 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $
NOTE 3. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Statement of Compliance and Basis of Presentation
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) 34 Interim Financial Reporting and interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee. These 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 audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2024.
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared on an historical cost basis except for items disclosed herein at fair value (see Note 16, “Financial Instruments and Risk Management”). In addition, these condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting, except for cash flow information.
The Company has only one reportable operating segment.
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were approved and authorized for issuance by the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board on August 26, 2024.
| F-8 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 3. BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Cont’d)
Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and:
| (a) | SalvaRx, a wholly-owned subsidiary, incorporated on May 6, 2015 in the British Virgin Islands; |
| (b) | iOx, a wholly-owned subsidiary incorporated in the U.K. on February 10, 2015. In September 2021, the Company, through SalvaRx, exchanged
certain notes, accrued interest, warrants and receivables in exchange for shares of iOx representing % of the outstanding shares
of iOx. As a result of this exchange, the Company, through SalvaRx, increased its ownership of iOx from |
| (c) | Saugatuck, a |
| (d) | Tarus Therapeutic Holdings Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary incorporated in the British Virgin Islands; |
| (e) | PDS, a |
| (f) | SalvaRx LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary through SalvaRx incorporated in Delaware; |
| (g) | Saugatuck Rx LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saugatuck incorporated in Delaware; and |
| (h) | Tarus Therapeutics, LLC (“Tarus”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Portage incorporated in Delaware. |
All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Non-controlling interest in the equity of a subsidiary
is accounted for and reported as a component of stockholders’ equity. As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, non-controlling interest
represents the
Functional and Presentation Currency
The Company’s functional and presentation currency is the U.S. Dollar.
Use of Estimates and Judgments
The preparation of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make judgments, estimates 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.
| F-9 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 3. BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Cont’d)
Significant areas where estimates are made include valuation of financial instruments, deferred tax assets and liabilities, warrant liabilities, research and development costs, fair value used for acquisition of intangible assets, contingent consideration assumed and measurement of share-based compensation. Significant areas where critical judgments are applied include assessment of impairment of investments, in-process research and development and warrant liabilities.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts between accounts payable and accrued liabilities have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.
NOTE 4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies are set out in Note 4 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for Fiscal 2024. These policies have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
IFRS Pronouncements Issued
Impact of Adoption of Significant New IFRS Standards in Fiscal 2025
| (a) | Amendments to IFRS 16: Leases on Sale and Leaseback |
The amendments to IFRS 16, “Leases,” include requirements for sale and leaseback transactions to explain how an entity accounts for a sale and leaseback after the date of the transaction.
| (b) | Amendment to IAS 1: Non-current Liabilities with Covenants |
The amendments to IAS 1, “Presentation of Financial Statements,” clarify how conditions with which an entity must comply within twelve months after the reporting period affect the classification of a liability. The amendments also aim to improve information an entity provides related to liabilities subject to these conditions.
The amendments to IFRS 16 and IAS 1 were effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024. The adoption of these amendments did not have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
| (c) | Amendment to IAS 7 and IFRS 7: Supplier Finance |
The amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7, “Statement of Cash Flows,” require disclosures to enhance the transparency of supplier finance arrangements and their effects on an entity’s liabilities, cash flows and exposure to liquidity risk. The amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 were effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024 (with transitional reliefs in the first year). The adoption of these amendments did not have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
| F-10 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont’d)
New Accounting Standards, Interpretations and Amendments
Standards issued but not yet effective up to the date of issuance of the Company’s condensed consolidated interim financial statements is listed below. This is of standards and interpretations issued, which the Company reasonably expects to be applicable at a future date. The Company intends to adopt this standard when it becomes effective.
Amendments to IAS 21 – Lack of Exchangeability
An entity is impacted by the amendments to IAS 21, “The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates,” when it has a transaction or an operation in a foreign currency that is not exchangeable into another currency at a measurement date for a specified purpose. A currency is exchangeable when there is an ability to obtain the other currency (with a normal administrative delay), and the transaction would take place through a market or exchange mechanism that creates enforceable rights and obligations. The amendments to IAS 21 are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025, unless earlier adopted. The Company is evaluating whether the adoption of the amendments to IAS 21 would have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or its condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
NOTE 5. PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
| As of , | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | As of June 30, 2024 | As of March 31, 2024 | ||||||
| Prepaid clinical research costs | $ | $ | ||||||
| Prepaid insurance | ||||||||
| Tax deposits | ||||||||
| Other prepaid expenses | ||||||||
| Other receivables | ||||||||
| Total prepaid expenses and other receivables | $ | $ | ||||||
| F-11 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 6. INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE
Details of the Company’s associate, Stimunity S.A. (“Stimunity”), as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024 are as follows:
| Name | Principal Activity | Place of Incorporation and Principal Place of Business | Voting Rights Held as of June 30, 2024 | Voting Rights Held as of March 31, 2024 | ||||
The following table is a roll-forward of the Company’s investment in Stimunity as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:
| As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Share of loss | ( | ) | ||||||
| Balance, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
The Company accounted for its investment in Stimunity under the equity
method and, accordingly, recorded its share of Stimunity’s earnings or loss based on its ownership percentage. The Company recorded
loss in equity in Stimunity of $
NOTE 7. INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC COMPANY
The following is a discussion of the Company’s investment in Intensity.
Intensity Therapeutics, Inc.
In connection with the SalvaRx Acquisition in fiscal 2019, the Company
acquired a $
On July 5, 2023, Intensity completed an IPO of its common stock selling
shares at a price of $ per share generating net proceeds of approximately $
| F-12 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 7. INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC COMPANY (Cont’d)
The Company’s lock-up with respect to Intensity shares expired
on January 2, 2024. The Board authorized and, in January 2024, began selling its shares in Intensity on Nasdaq. In accordance with the
accounting for the investment in Intensity as fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVTOCI”), the cumulative OCI of $
In addition, the Company recorded an unrecognized gain of $
NOTE 8. WARRANT LIABILITY
The following table summarizes the changes in the warrant liability during the three months ended June 30, 2024:
| Schedule of changes in the warrant liability | ||||||||||||
| Exercise Price | Warrants | Fair Value Balance | ||||||||||
| In 000’$ | ||||||||||||
| Warrant liability as of April 1, 2023 | $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Fair value of warrants at issuance on October 3, 2023: | ||||||||||||
| Class B Warrants | $ | |||||||||||
| Class C Warrants | $ | |||||||||||
| Placement Agent Warrants | $ | |||||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Warrant liability as of March 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | ( | ) | ||||||||||
| Warrant liability as of June 30, 2024 | $ | |||||||||||
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional and accredited investor in connection with a registered direct offering (the “the Registered Direct Offering”) and a concurrent private placement (the “Private Placement”) and together with the Registered Direct Offering, the “Offerings”). The Offerings closed on October 3, 2023.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, in the Registered Direct Offering,
the Company sold (i)
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 8. WARRANT LIABILITY (Cont’d)
In the Private Placement, the Company issued to such institutional and
accredited investor unregistered warrants to purchase up to ordinary shares (the “Series A Warrants”), unregistered
warrants to purchase up to ordinary shares (the “Series B Warrants”), and unregistered warrants to purchase up to
ordinary shares (the “Series C Warrants,” together with the Series A Warrants and the Series B Warrants, the “Private
Warrants”), together exercisable for an aggregate of up to 473,685 ordinary shares (the “Private Warrant Shares”). Pursuant
to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, for each ordinary share and Pre-Funded Warrant issued in the Registered Direct Offering, an accompanying
Series A Warrant, Series B Warrant and Series C Warrant were issued to such institutional and accredited investor. Each Series A Warrant
is exercisable for one Private Warrant Share at an exercise price of $ per share, is immediately exercisable and will expire 18 months
from the date of issuance. Each Series B Warrant is exercisable for one Private Warrant Share at an exercise price of $ per share,
is immediately exercisable and will expire three years from the date of issuance. Each Series C Warrant is exercisable for one Private
Warrant Share at an exercise price of $ per share, is immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance.
The net proceeds to the Company from the Offerings were approximately $ million, after deducting placement agent’s fees and estimated
offering expenses of approximately $
Pursuant to an engagement letter, dated as of August 26, 2023, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”), the Company paid the Placement Agent a total cash fee equal to % of the aggregate gross proceeds received in the Offerings, or $ million. The Company also paid the Placement Agent in connection with the Offerings a management fee equal to % of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Offerings ($ million), $ for non-accountable expenses and $ for clearing fees. In addition, the Company issued to the Placement Agent, or its designees, warrants to purchase up to ordinary shares (the “Placement Agent Warrants,” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Private Warrants, the “Warrants”), which represented % of the aggregate number of ordinary shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the Registered Direct Offering. The Placement Agent Warrants have substantially the same terms as the Series B Warrants and the Series C Warrants, except that the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to $, or 125% of the offering price per ordinary share sold in the Registered Direct Offering and will be exercisable for five years from the commencement of the sales pursuant to the Offerings. The Private Warrants, Private Warrant Shares, Placement Agent Warrants and ordinary shares underlying the Placement Agent Warrants were registered for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 that was declared effective by the SEC on November 7, 2023 (the “Resale Registration Statement”).
The Series B Warrants, the Series C Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants
include the obligation, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, as defined in the Series B Warrants, the Series C Warrants and the
Placement Agent Warrants, for the Company or the successor entity to purchase the warrants from the holder at the discretion of the holder
and at the Black-Scholes value, as defined in the warrant agreements. As a result, management concluded that, in line with IAS 9, “Financial
Instruments” and IAS 32, “Financial Instruments: Presentation,” such warrants will be accounted for as financial liabilities
on the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position with the changes in fair value recognized in the condensed consolidated
interim statement of operations and other comprehensive income (loss). The Company allocated the net proceeds of $
The Company filed the Resale Registration Statement to register for the resale of the Private Warrant Shares and the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, which was declared effective by the SEC on November 7, 2023. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company is obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until such institutional and accredited investor (and its successors and assigns) no longer owns any Private Warrants or ordinary shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 8. WARRANT LIABILITY (Cont’d)
On May 29, 2024, Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. exercised its Pre-Funded Warrants at an exercise price of $ per share increasing the Company’s total shares outstanding to .
The accounting for the Series A Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants is detailed below in Note 11, “Capital Stock and Reserves.”
Series B Warrants
A fair value of $ per each Series B Warrant was identified at the issue date of October 3, 2023. A fair value of $ per each warrant has been identified as of June 30, 2024.
The inputs associated with calculating the fair value are reflected below.
| Schedule of fair value | ||||
| October 3, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | |||
| Exercise price | $ | $ | ||
| Share price | $ | $ | ||
| Expected life | years | years | ||
| Expected volatility | % | % | ||
| Risk-free interest rate | % | % | ||
| Dividend yield |
Series C Warrants
A fair value of $ per each Series C Warrant was identified at the issue date of October 3, 2023. A fair value of $ per each warrant has been identified as of June 30, 2024.
The inputs associated with calculating the fair value are reflected below.
| Schedule of fair value | ||||
| October 3, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | |||
| Exercise price | $ | $ | ||
| Share price | $ | $ | ||
| Expected life | years | years | ||
| Expected volatility | % | % | ||
| Risk-free interest rate | % | % | ||
| Dividend yield |
Placement Agent Warrants
A fair value of $ per each Placement Agent Warrant was identified at the issue date of October 3, 2023. A fair value of $ per each warrant has been identified as of June 30, 2024.
The inputs associated with calculating the fair value are reflected below.
| Schedule of fair value | ||||
| October 3, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | |||
| Exercise price | $ | $ | ||
| Share price | $ | $ | ||
| Expected life | years | years | ||
| Expected volatility | % | % | ||
| Risk-free interest rate | % | % | ||
| Dividend yield |
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 9. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
| As of | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | June 30, 2024 | March 31, 2024 | ||||||
| Accounts payable and amounts accrued to CRO | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued bonuses and other payroll-related expenses | ||||||||
| Accrued accounting and auditing fees | ||||||||
| Accrued legal fees | ||||||||
| Accrued other professional fees | ||||||||
| Other accounts payable | ||||||||
| Accrued clinical and R&D services | ||||||||
| Other | ||||||||
| Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | $ | ||||||
NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES
The Company is a BVI business company. The BVI government does not, under existing legislation, impose any income or corporate tax on corporations.
PDS is a U.S. corporation and is subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes, as applicable.
iOx is subject to U.K. taxes.
The (expense) benefit from income taxes consists of the following for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (U.S. Dollars in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Current: | ||||||||
| Federal | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| State and local | ||||||||
| Foreign | ||||||||
| Total current | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Deferred: | ||||||||
| Federal | ||||||||
| State and local | ||||||||
| Foreign | ||||||||
| Total deferred | ||||||||
| (Expense) benefit from income taxes | $ | ( | ) | $ | ||||
The following is a reconciliation of the U.S. taxes to the effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (U.S. Dollars in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Loss on ordinary activities before tax | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Statutory U.S. income tax rate | % | % | ||||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit at statutory income tax rate | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense recognized for financial statement purposes | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Other losses (unrecognized) | ( | ) | ||||||
| Utilization of losses not previously benefitted | ||||||||
| Income tax (expense) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| F-16 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES (Cont’d)
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $
indefinitely but are limited to 80% of taxable income when utilized and $0.4 million of items
deducted for financial statements but not for federal income tax purposes, excluding share-based compensation. As of each June 30, 2024
and March 31, 2024, the Company had U.S. deferred tax assets of $
The following is a reconciliation of the U.K. taxes to the effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (U.S. Dollars in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Loss on ordinary activities before tax | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Statutory U.K. income tax rate | % | % | ||||||
| Income tax benefit at statutory income tax rate | ||||||||
| Derecognition of deferred tax assets | ( | ) | ||||||
| Foreign currency effect and other | ( | ) | ||||||
| Income tax benefit | $ | $ | ||||||
Research and development credit
receivables of $
The following is a reconciliation of financial statement income (loss) to tax basis income (loss) (in thousands):
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States | BVI | United Kingdom | Total | United States | BVI | United Kingdom | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pre-tax loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||
| Share-based compensation expense for financial statement purposes for which no benefit was taken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss for which no benefit was taken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses not subject to tax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utilization of losses not previously benefitted | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxable income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||||||||||||||||
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES (Cont’d)
As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities in the U.K. consisted of the effects of temporary differences attributable to the following (U.S. Dollars in thousands):
| As of | ||||||||
| June 30, 2024 | March 31, 2024 | |||||||
| Deferred tax assets: | ||||||||
| Net operating loss | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Deferred tax asset (unrecognized) | ||||||||
| Deferred tax asset | ||||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||||||||
| In-process research and development | ||||||||
| Deferred tax liability | ||||||||
| Net deferred tax liability | $ | $ | ||||||
As of each of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, iOx had a net deferred tax liability of nil.
There is no expiration date for accumulated tax losses in the U.K. entities.
NOTE 11. CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES
Authorized ordinary shares: Unlimited number of Portage ordinary shares without par value.
On August 15, 2024, the Company effected a reverse stock split of its ordinary shares at a ratio of 1-for-20. The effect of this reverse stock split was to decrease the number of ordinary shares outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and 2023, from and to and , respectively. All share and per share information included in the condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the impact of the reverse stock split. The number of ordinary shares authorized remained at an unlimited number of common shares without par value.
| 1. | The following is a roll-forward of Portage’s ordinary shares for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023: |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Ordinary Shares | Amount | Ordinary Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||
| In 000’ | In 000’$ | In 000’ | In 000’$ | |||||||||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Share issued from exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants | ||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued under ATM, net of issue costs | ||||||||||||||||
| Shares issued or accrued for services | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 11. CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES (Cont’d)
Portage filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC in order to sell ordinary shares, debt securities, warrants and units in one or more offerings from time to time, which became effective on March 8, 2021 (“March 2021 Registration Statement”). In connection with the March 2021 Registration Statement, Portage has filed with the SEC:
| · | a base prospectus, which covered the offering, issuance and sale by Portage of up to $200 million in the aggregate of the securities identified above from time to time in one or more offerings; |
| · | a prospectus supplement, which covered the offer, issuance and sale by Portage in its ATM offering of up to a maximum aggregate offering
price of $ |
| · | a prospectus supplement dated June 24, 2021, for the offer, issuance and sale by Portage of ordinary shares for gross proceeds
of approximately $ |
| · | a prospectus supplement dated August 19, 2022, for the resale of up to $ million in ordinary shares that Portage may sell from time to time to Lincoln and an additional shares that were issued to Lincoln; and |
| · | a prospectus supplement dated September 29, 2023 for the offer, issuance and sale by Portage in a registered direct public offering
through H.C. Wainwright & Co., the placement agent, to an institutional and accredited investor of (i) ordinary shares at a
purchase price of $ |
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 11. CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES (Cont’d)
On July 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Committed Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln, under which it may require Lincoln to purchase ordinary shares of the Company having an aggregate value of up to $30 million (the “Purchase Shares”) over a period of 36 months. Upon execution of the Committed Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to Lincoln ordinary shares, representing a 3% commitment fee. Pursuant to the Committed Purchase Agreement, Lincoln will be obligated to purchase the Purchase Shares in three different scenarios that are based on various market criteria and share amounts. The Company has the right to terminate the Committed Purchase Agreement for any reason, effective upon one business day prior written notice to Lincoln. Lincoln has no right to terminate the Committed Purchase Agreement. The requirement that Lincoln must make a purchase will be suspended based on various criteria such as there not being an effective registration statement for Lincoln to be able to resell the ordinary shares it is committed to purchase and market criteria such as the Company continuing to be Depository Trust Company eligible, among other things. The Committed Purchase Agreement does not impose any financial or business covenants on the Company, and there are no limitations on the use of proceeds. The Company may raise capital from other sources in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the Company shall not enter into any similar agreement for the issuance of variable priced equity-like securities until the three-year anniversary of the date of the Committed Purchase Agreement, excluding, however, an ATM transaction with a registered broker-dealer, which includes any sales under the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald.
During Fiscal 2024, the Company sold ordinary shares under the ATM
program, generating net proceeds of approximately $
The Company’s March 2021 Registration Statement expired on March 8, 2024. In order to issue additional shares under its ATM program or the Committed Purchase Agreement in the future, the Company would be required to file a new registration statement, which must be declared effective by the SEC prior to use, and to file a prospectus supplement related to the ATM program and the Committed Purchase Agreement, as the case may be.
Furthermore, the ATM program and the Committed Purchase Agreement with
Lincoln are generally limited based on, among other things, the Company’s Nasdaq trading volume. Under General Instruction I.B.5
to Form F-3 (the “Baby Shelf Rule”), the amount of funds the Company can raise through primary public offerings of securities
in any 12-month period using a registration statement on Form F-3 is limited to one-third of the aggregate market value of the ordinary
shares held by the Company’s non-affiliates, which limitation may change over time based on its stock price, number of ordinary
shares outstanding and the percentage of ordinary shares held by non-affiliates. Accordingly, the Company is limited by the Baby Shelf
Rule as of the filing of this Form 20-F, until such time as its non-affiliate public float exceeds $
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with an institutional and accredited investor in connection with the Registered Direct Offering and the Private Placement. The Offerings closed on October 3, 2023.
| F-20 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 11. CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES (Cont’d)
The Company filed the Resale Registration Statement to register for resale the Private Warrant Shares and the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of Placement Agent Warrants, which was declared effective by the SEC on November 7, 2023. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company is obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until such institutional and accredited investor (and its successors and assigns) no longer owns any Private Warrants or ordinary shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
If a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) occurs, then the successor entity will succeed to, and be substituted for the Company, and may exercise every right and power that the Company may exercise and will assume all of the Company’s obligations under the Warrants with the same effect as if such successor entity had been named in the Warrants themselves. If holders of ordinary shares are given a choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in such a Fundamental Transaction, then the holders of the Warrants shall be given the same choice as to the consideration they would receive upon any exercise of the Warrants following such a Fundamental Transaction. Additionally, as more fully described in the Series B Warrants, Series C Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants, in the event of certain Fundamental Transactions, the holders of the Series B Warrants, Series C Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants will be entitled to receive cash consideration in an amount equal to the Black-Scholes value of the Series B Warrants, Series C Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants, as the case may be, upon the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction.
See Note 8, “Warrant Liability,” for a discussion of the Registered Direct Offering.
Series A Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants
The Series A Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants are classified as a component of equity because they are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the ordinary shares with which they were issued, are immediately exercisable, do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, and permit the holders to receive a fixed number of ordinary shares upon exercise. In addition, the Series A Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants do not provide any guarantee of value or return.
On the October 3, 2023 issue date, the calculated fair value of the Series A Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants as of March 31, 2024 was $ million ($ per such warrant). Because the fair value of the warrants accounted for as liabilities exceeded the net proceeds from the Registered Direct Offering, the proceeds allocated to the Common Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Series A warrants was zero.
Series A Warrants
The inputs associated with calculating the fair value are reflected below.
| Schedule of fair value | ||
| October 3, 2023 | ||
| Exercise price | $ | |
| Share price | $ | |
| Expected life | years | |
| Expected volatility | % | |
| Risk-free interest rate | % | |
| Dividend yield |
| F-21 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 11. CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES (Cont’d)
| 2. | Nature and Purpose of Reserves |
| (a) | Stock Option Reserve |
The stock option reserve reflects the reserve of compensation expense recognized over the vesting period based upon the grant date fair value of the Company’s equity settled grants calculated in accordance with IFRS 2, “Share-based Payment”. See Note 12, “Stock Option Reserve,” below for a further discussion.
| (b) | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
| As of | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | June 30, 2024 | March 31, 2024 | ||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ | $ | ( | ) | ||||
| Investment in public company at FVTOCI - net change in fair value | ||||||||
| Derecognition of investment in public company at FVTOCI | ||||||||
| Investment in associate at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”) - net change in fair value | ( | ) | ||||||
| Investment in associate at FVTPL - recognition of net change in fair value | ( | ) | ||||||
| Other investments - derecognition of investment at FVTOCI | ||||||||
| Balance, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| (a) | The following table provides the activity for the Company’s stock option reserve for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023: |
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| (In thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ | $ | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | ||||||||
| Balance, end of period | $ | $ | ||||||
Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and Grants of Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units
On January 19, 2022, the Board unanimously approved the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan”). The Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan provides for:
| (1) | An increase of aggregate number of ordinary shares available for awards to 100,091, which is equal to 15% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of the Company as of January 19, 2022 subject to discretionary annual increases (on a cumulative basis) as may be approved by the Board in future years by a number of ordinary shares not to exceed an additional 5% of the aggregate number of shares then outstanding; |
| (2) | The authorization of incentive stock options under the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan; and |
| (3) | The provision of dividend equivalent rights to be issued when authorized. |
| F-22 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 12. STOCK OPTION RESERVE (Cont’d)
As of June 30, 2024, shares were issued (including shares bought back in cashless exercise), shares were reserved for awards previously granted and shares were available for future awards under the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
| (b) | The changes in the number of options issued for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 were: |
| PBI Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | ||||||||
| Expired or forfeited | ( | ) | ||||||
| Balance, end of period | ||||||||
| Exercisable, end of period | ||||||||
| (c) | The following is the weighted average exercise price and the remaining contractual life for outstanding options by plan as of June 30, 2024 and 2023: |
| Schedule of weighted average exercise price and the remaining contractual life | ||||||||
| As of June 30, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| PBI Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan | ||||||||
| Weighted average exercise price | $ | |||||||
| Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years) | ||||||||
The vested options can be exercised at any time in accordance with the applicable option agreement. The exercise price was greater than the market price for all options outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024.
The Company recorded approximately $ million and $ million of share-based compensation expense with respect to the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan in the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
| F-23 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to ordinary equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.
Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to ordinary equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares. Shares issuable under Pre-Funded Warrants are considered outstanding for this purpose.
The calculation of Basic and Diluted EPS reflects the Pre-Funded Warrants as outstanding shares.
The following table reflects the loss and share data used in the basic and diluted EPS calculations (U.S. Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):
| Schedule of basic and diluted EPS calculations | ||||||||
| Three Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Numerator (in 000’$) | ||||||||
| Net loss attributable to owners of the Company | $ | ( | ) | $ | ( | ) | ||
| Denominator (in 000’) | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares – Basic and Diluted | ||||||||
| Basic and diluted loss per share | $ | ) | $ | ) | ||||
Number of ordinary shares are retroactively adjusted to reflect the impact of the 1-for-20 reverse stock split on August 15, 2024.
The inclusion of the Company’s share purchase warrants (other than Pre-Funded Warrants, as described above), stock options and RSUs in the computation of diluted loss per share would have an anti-dilutive effect on loss per share and are therefore excluded from the computation. Consequently, there is no difference between basic loss per share and diluted loss per share for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. The following table reflects the Company’s outstanding securities by year that would have an anti-dilutive effect on loss per share and, accordingly, were excluded from the calculation.
| Schedule of anti-dilutive shares | ||||||||
| As of June 30, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Warrants | ||||||||
| Stock options | ||||||||
| Restricted stock units | ||||||||
| F-24 |
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Effective March 15, 2022, iOx entered into a Master Services Agreement
(the “MSA”) with Parexel International (IRL) Limited (“Parexel”) under which Parexel agreed to act as clinical
service provider (CRO) pursuant to a work order (“Work Order”) effective June 1, 2022. Pursuant to such Work Order, Parexel
will operate a Phase 2 trial of IMM60 and pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma and non-small lung cancer. The MSA provides for a five-year
term, and the Work Order provides for a term to be ended upon the completion of the services required. The budget provides for service
fees and pass-through expenses and clinical sites totaling $11.5 million. During the year ended March 31, 2023 (“Fiscal 2023”),
the Company executed two change orders resulting in a $0.6 million increase in the overall estimated budgeted costs. As a result of the
Company’s decision to discontinue the development with respect to this program, the Company provided a notice of termination under
the MSA. The Company is in negotiations to settle all obligations with respect to the MSA. The Company reflected $
On March 1, 2023, Tarus entered into a clinical service agreement with
Fortrea Inc. (formerly Labcorp Drug Development Inc.), a third-party CRO. The term of the agreement is through the earlier of August 14,
2025 or the completion of provision of services and the payment of contractual obligations. The budgeted costs for the services to be
provided is approximately $
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
SalvaRx Acquisition
Two of the Company’s directors are also directors of SalvaRx Group plc, a company which owns approximately 4.1% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares as of June 30, 2024.
Investments
The Company has entered into related party transactions and certain services agreements with its investees. Key management personnel of the Company have also entered into related party transactions with investees. Key management personnel are those persons having the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, including directors and senior management of the Company.
The following subsidiaries and associates are considered related parties:
| (a) | Stimunity. The Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of Portage is one of three members of the board of directors of Stimunity. The Company wrote-off its investment in Stimunity to nil in the Fiscal 2024 period. |
| (b) | iOx. Upon execution of the iOx Share Exchange on July 18, 2022, the non-Portage director resigned from the iOx board leaving two Portage insiders as directors. The CEO of Portage is also the CEO of iOx, and the management team of Portage comprises the management team of iOx. See below for a discussion of the Company’s purchase of the non-controlling interest in iOx through its wholly-owned subsidiary SalvaRx. |
| (c) | Saugatuck. The Chairman and CEO of the Company is the sole director of Saugatuck. Saugatuck is 70% owned by the Company and is controlled by Portage. |
| (d) | Intensity. The CEO of Portage previously served as a part-time officer of Intensity until becoming a consultant in 2023. Additionally,
Intensity provided services (primarily rent) to Portage through April 2023. For the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company paid
$ |
| (e) | Portage Development Services Inc. PDS provides human resources and other services to each operating subsidiary of Portage through shared services agreements. |
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Cont’d)
Transactions between the parent company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, have been eliminated in consolidation and are not disclosed in this note.
On September 8, 2021,
Employment Agreements
PDS entered into a Services Agreement with the Company’s CEO effective
December 15, 2021 (the “CEO Services Agreement”). The CEO Services Agreement originally provided for a base salary of $
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Cont’d)
Under the CEO Services Agreement, the CEO may terminate his employment with PDS at any time for Good Reason (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement). PDS may terminate the CEO’s employment immediately upon his death, upon a period of disability or without Just Cause (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement). In the event that the CEO’s employment is terminated due to his death or Disability (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), for Good Reason or without Just Cause, he will be entitled to accrued obligations (accrued unpaid portion of base salary, accrued unused vacation time and any unpaid expenses). Additionally, he may be entitled to Severance Benefits (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), which include his then current base salary and the average of his annual bonus for the prior two completed performance years, paid over 12 monthly installments. Additionally, the CEO will be entitled to life insurance benefits and medical and dental benefits for a period of 12 months at the same rate the CEO and PDS shared such costs during his period of employment.
Finally, all stock options (and any other unvested equity incentive award) held by the CEO relating to shares of the Company will be deemed fully vested and exercisable on the Termination Date (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), and the exercise period for such stock options will be increased by a period of two years from the Termination Date.
If the CEO’s employment by PDS is terminated by PDS or any successor entity without Just Cause (not including termination by virtue of the CEO’s death or Disability) or by the CEO for Good Reason within 12 months following the effective date of a Change in Control (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), then, in addition to paying or providing the CEO with the Accrued Obligations (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), the Company will provide the following Change in Control Severance Benefits (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement):
| (1) | PDS will pay the base salary continuation benefit for 18 months; |
| (2) | PDS will pay the life insurance benefit for 18 months; |
(3) PDS will pay an additional amount equivalent to the CEO’s target annual bonus calculated using the bonus percentage for the performance year in which the CEO’s termination occurs. This bonus will be paid in 12 equal installments commencing on the first payroll date that is more than 60 days following the date of termination of the CEO’s employment, with the remaining installments occurring on the first day of the month for the 11 months thereafter;
| (4) | PDS will provide the CEO with continued medical and dental benefits, as described above, for 18 months; and |
| (5) | All stock options (and any other unvested equity incentive award) held by the CEO relating to shares of the Company will be deemed fully vested and exercisable on the Termination Date, as defined, and the exercise period for such stock options will be increased by a period of two years from the Termination Date. |
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Cont’d)
PDS entered into services agreements (individually, an “Executive
Service Agreement,” and collectively, the “Executive Service Agreements”) with each of the Company’s five other
members of senior management (individually, “Executive” and collectively, “Executives”), three of which are dated
as of December 1, 2021, one of which is dated December 15, 2021 and one of which is dated June 1, 2022. Each of the Executive Services
Agreements provides for an initial term of two years that is automatically renewed for one-year periods (except two of the Executive Services
Agreement, which provides for an initial term of one year and that is automatically renewed for one-year periods). The Executive Services
Agreements initially provide for annual base salaries ranging from $
Two of the Executive Service Agreements were terminated on a voluntary basis during the year ended March 31, 2024.
On December 19, 2022, the Compensation Committee approved executive compensation
(other than for the CEO) for Fiscal Year 2024 for annual base salaries ranging from $
The Executive Services Agreements can be terminated by PDS without Just Cause, by death or Disability, or by the Executive (except one) for Good Reason (each as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements). In such instances, the Executive Services Agreements provide for the payment of accrued obligations (accrued unpaid portion of base salary, accrued unused vacation time and any unpaid expenses). Additionally, the Executives (except two) are entitled to 50% of base salary plus 50% of average annual bonus earned over the prior two performance years, as well as prevailing life insurance benefits for a period of six months and medical and dental benefits for a period of six months at the prevailing rate PDS and the Executive were sharing such expenses.
Additionally, all stock options (and any other unvested equity incentive award) held by the Executives relating to shares of the Company will be deemed fully vested and exercisable on the Termination Date (as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements), and the exercise period for such stock options will be increased by a period of two years from the Termination Date.
If an Executive’s employment by PDS is terminated by the Company or any successor entity without Just Cause (not including termination by virtue of the Executive’s death or Disability) or by the Executive (except one) for Good Reason within 12 months following the effective date of a Change in Control (as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements), then, in addition to paying or providing the Executive with the Accrued Obligations (as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements), the Company will provide the following Change in Control Severance Benefits (as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements), except in two cases in which the Executive is entitled to Item (5) and 50% of Items (1) and (3) below:
| (1) | PDS will pay the base salary continuation benefit for 12 months; |
| (2) | PDS will pay the life insurance benefit for 12 months; |
| (3) | The Company will pay an additional amount equivalent to the Executive’s target annual bonus calculated using the bonus percentage for the performance year in which the Executive’s termination occurs. This bonus will be payable in 12 equal installments commencing on the first payroll date that is more than 60 days following the date of termination of the Executive’s employment, with the remaining installments occurring on the first day of the month for the 11 months thereafter; |
| (4) | PDS will provide the Executive with continued medical and dental benefits, as described above, for 12 months; and |
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Cont’d)
| (5) | All stock options (and any other unvested equity incentive award) held by the Executive relating to shares of PDS or the Company will be deemed fully vested and exercisable on the Termination Date and the exercise period for such stock options will be increased by a period of two years from the Termination Date. |
The Executive Services Agreements also include customary confidentiality, as well as provisions relating to assignment of inventions. The Executive Services Agreements also includes non-competition and non-solicitation of employees and customers provisions that run during the Executive’s employment with PDS and for a period of one year after termination of employment.
Board Resignations and Appointments
On April 25, 2024, Mark Simon resigned all of his positions on the Board of Directors, and on April 26, 2024, Linda Kozick and Dr. Robert Glassman resigned all of their positions on the Board of Directors. On April 30, 2024, Dr. Jean -Christophe Renondin and Dr. Justin Stebbing were elected to the Board.
Bonuses & Board Compensation Arrangements
In December 2022, the Board approved
executive performance bonuses, as recommended by the Compensation Committee, totaling $
Effective January 1, 2022, each non-employee Board member is entitled
to receive cash Board fees of $40,000 per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. Additionally, each non-employee Board member is entitled
to an annual grant of 345 options to purchase Portage ordinary shares, which would vest the first annual anniversary of the grant date.
The Company incurred Board fees totaling $
Non-employee Board chairpersons are entitled to an annual cash fee of
$30,000, payable quarterly in arrears. In lieu of a non-executive chairperson, the lead director is entitled to an annual cash fee of
$20,000 per annum paid quarterly in arrears.
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 16. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
The Company’s financial instruments recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position consist of the following:
Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about financial instruments. These estimates are subject to and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment; and therefore, these estimates cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect these estimates.
The following table summarizes the Company’s financial instruments as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024:
| As of June 30, 2024 | As of March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortized Cost | FVTOCI | FVTPL | Amortized Cost | FVTOCI | FVTPL | |||||||||||||||||||
| Financial assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||
| As of June 30, 2024 | As of March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Amortized Cost | FVTPL | Amortized Cost | FVTPL | |||||||||||||
| Financial liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Warrant liability | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
A summary of the Company’s risk exposures as it relates to financial instruments are reflected below.
Fair value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial assets and liabilities are comprised of cash and cash equivalents, receivables and investments in equities and public entities, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, lease liability, warrant liability, deferred purchase price payable and deferred obligation.
The Company classifies the fair value of these transactions according to the following fair value hierarchy based on the amount of observable inputs used to value the instrument:
| · | Level 1 – Values are based on unadjusted quoted prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. |
| · | Level 2 – Values are based on inputs, including quoted forward prices for commodities, time value and volatility factors, which can be substantially observed or corroborated in the marketplace. Prices in Level 2 are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. |
| · | Level 3 – Values are based on prices or valuation techniques that are not based on observable market data. Investments are classified as Level 3 financial instrument. |
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 16. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT (Cont’d)
Assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the placement within the fair value hierarchy.
Management has assessed that the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, other receivables and accounts payable approximate their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate their fair values:
Investment in Public Company: Upon Intensity’s IPO effective
June 30, 2023, the fair value of the investment was determined by the quoted market price (Level 1).The Company sold this investment in
the year ended March 31, 2024. In addition, the Company recorded an unrecognized gain of $
Warrant Liability: The fair value is estimated using a Black-Scholes model and in certain cases, a Monte Carlo simulation (Level 3) (see Note 8, “Warrant Liability”).
Deferred Purchase Price Payable - Tarus: The fair value is
the estimated value of a future contingent obligation based upon a fair value analysis performed in accordance with IFRS 3 at
acquisition date, adjusted at each reporting date for any change in fair value (Level 3). The fair value was determined using the
Income Approach and was primarily based upon the analysis on the Tarus clinical plan, the timing of development events and the
probabilities of success determined primarily based upon empirical third-party data and Company experience, as well as the relevant
cost of capital. These are primarily unobservable inputs within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, which can be further impacted
by other unobservable inputs such as market changes and unknown timing delays. The Company is also impacted by its liquidity
constraints. The deferred purchase price payable is correlated to the value of the Tarus in-process research and development
(“IPR&D”) and will increase or decrease based upon the amounts realized, if any, on the sale or licensing of the
IPR&D. The Company has determined the probability of events based upon the clinical work performed to date, the current capital
and biotech markets and the Company’s remaining liquidity. During the year ended March 31, 2024, the Company fully impaired
its investment in Tarus IPR&D and accordingly, wrote-off the related deferred purchase price payable. The Company recorded a
gain from the change (decrease) in the fair value of the liability of $
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 16. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT (Cont'd)
Deferred Obligation - iOx Milestone: The fair value is the estimated
value of a future contingent obligation based upon a fair value analysis performed in accordance with IFRS 3 as of July 18, 2022, the
date of the Share Exchange Agreement, adjusted at each reporting date for any change in fair value (Level 3). The fair value was determined
using the Income Approach and based on factors including the clinical plan, the timing of development events and the probabilities of
success determined primarily based upon empirical third-party data and Company experience, as well as the relevant cost of capital. In
connection with the decision by the Company to discontinue further clinical development of its iNKT sponsored trial, the Company performed
an impairment analysis which resulted in an impairment loss of $
Fair Value Hierarchy
The investment in public company (Intensity) was transferred from Level 3 to Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy for the year ended March 31, 2024 as the result of Intensity’s IPO. The investment was sold prior to March 31, 2024.
The Company’s financial instruments are exposed to certain financial risks: Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk and Foreign Currency Risk.
Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk of loss associated with a counterparty’s inability to fulfill its payment obligations. The credit risk is attributable to various financial instruments, as noted below. The credit risk is limited to the carrying value as reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position.
Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and amounts invested in underlying treasury and money market funds that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with three months or less from date of acquisition and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, cash equivalents was comprised of a money market account with maturities less than 90 days from the date of purchase. Cash and cash equivalents are held with major international financial institutions and therefore the risk of loss is minimal.
Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in satisfying financial obligations as they become due.
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 16. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT (Cont'd)
The Company’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions without incurring unacceptable losses or risking harm to the Company’s reputation. The Company holds sufficient cash and cash equivalents to satisfy current obligations under accounts payable and accruals.
The Company monitors its liquidity position regularly to assess whether it has the funds necessary to meet its operating needs and needs for investing in new projects.
As a biotech company at an early stage of development and without significant internally generated cash flows, there are inherent liquidity risks, including the possibility that additional financing may not be available to the Company, or that actual drug development expenditures may exceed those planned. The current uncertainty in global capital markets could have an impact on the Company’s future ability to access capital on terms that are acceptable to the Company. There can be no assurance that required financing will be available to the Company. See Note 2, “Going Concern,” and Note 11, “Capital Stock and Reserves,” for a discussion of the Company’s share offering.
Foreign Currency Risk
While the Company operates in various jurisdictions, substantially all of the Company’s transactions are denominated in the U.S. Dollar, except the deferred tax liability in the U.K. settleable in British pound sterling.
NOTE 17. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
The Company considers the items included in shareholders’ equity
as capital. The Company had accounts payable and accrued liabilities of approximately $
The Company manages the capital structure and makes adjustments to it in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets.
As of June 30, 2024, shareholders’ equity attributable to the owners of the Company was approximately $ million (approximately $.0 million as of March 31, 2024).
The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements and does not presently utilize any quantitative measures to monitor its capital. There have been no changes to the Company’s approach to capital management during the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
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PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements
(U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited – See Notice to Reader dated August 26, 2024)
NOTE 18. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST
| Schedule of non-controlling interest | ||||
| (In thousands) | Saugatuck and subsidiary | |||
| Non-controlling interest as of April 1, 2024 | $ | ( | ) | |
| Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest | ( | ) | ||
| Non-controlling interest as of June 30, 2024 | $ | ( | ) | |
| (In thousands) | Saugatuck and subsidiary | |||
| Non-controlling interest as of April 1, 2023 | $ | ( | ) | |
| Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest | ( | ) | ||
| Non-controlling interest as of June 30, 2023 | $ | ( | ) | |
Saugatuck and subsidiary includes Saugatuck and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Saugatuck Rx LLC.
NOTE 19. EVENT AFTER THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DATE
Retention Agreement and General Release
On July 22, 2024, the Company and Portage Development Services, Inc. entered
into a Retention Agreement and General Release (“Retention Agreement”) with each of Allan Shaw (“Employee”) and
Joseph Ciavarella (“Consultant”). Under the terms of each of the Retention Agreements, Employee’s current employment
agreement and Consultant’s current consulting agreement both terminated on July 22, 2024, except with respect to certain provisions.
In return for continuing to provide services to the Company and its affiliates and completing certain Applicable Retention Events, as
defined in the respective Retention Agreements, the Company will pay an aggregate $
The Company accrued the Retention Amount, as well as the monthly pay
totaling $
Additionally, Employee and Consultant will be entitled to receive bonuses
accrued in Fiscal 2023 totaling $
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Exhibit 99.2
PORTAGE BIOTECH INC.
THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Prepared as of August 26, 2024
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Management Discussion and Analysis
The following discussion and analysis by management of the financial condition and financial results for Portage Biotech Inc. for the three months ended June 30, 2024, should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024, together with the related Management’s Discussion and Analysis and audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2024, and the annual report on Form 20-F (our “Annual Report”) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (“Fiscal 2024”).
This document includes “forward-looking statements.” All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included herein or incorporated by reference herein, including without limitation, statements regarding our business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations and those statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words “believe,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “targets,” “projects,” “predicts,” “plans,” “potential,” or “continue,” or similar expressions or variations on such expressions are forward-looking statements. We can give no assurances that such forward-looking statements will prove to be correct.
Each forward-looking statement reflects our current view of future events and is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any results expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements.
We have made the decision to discontinue our sponsored trial for the invariant natural killer T-cell (“iNKT”) program and pause further patient accrual to our sponsored adenosine program for both PORT-6 and PORT-7. In the event that we resume these clinical trials and further development of our programs, our risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
| · | our plans and ability to develop and commercialize product candidates and the timing of these development programs; |
| · | clinical development of our product candidates, including the timing for availability and release of results of current and future clinical trials; |
| · | our expectations regarding regulatory communications, submissions or approvals; |
| · | the potential functionality, capabilities, benefits and risks of our product candidates as compared to others; |
| · | our maintenance and establishment of intellectual property rights in our product candidates; |
| · | our need for financing and our estimates regarding our capital requirements and future revenues and profitability; |
| · | our estimates of the size of the potential markets for our product candidates; and |
| · | our selection and licensing of product candidates |
Our business focus has been that of a pharmaceutical development business subject to all of the risks of a pharmaceutical development business. In the event that we resume enrollment in the clinical trials and further development of our programs, we do not anticipate directly engaging in the commercialization of the product candidates we develop.
These statements are based on assumptions and analyses made by us in light of our experience and our perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments based on the focus of our business activities on biotechnology, as well as other factors we believe are appropriate in particular circumstances. However, whether actual results and developments will meet our expectations and predictions depends on a number of risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, including the risks set forth in Item 3 “Key Information – Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended March 31, 2024.
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Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis are qualified by these cautionary statements. We cannot assure you that the actual results or developments anticipated by us will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected effect on us or our business or operations.
Unless the context indicates otherwise the terms “Portage Biotech Inc.,” “the Company,” “our Company,” “Portage,” “we,” “us” or “our” are used interchangeably in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis and mean Portage Biotech Inc. and its subsidiaries. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to such terms in our unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
Nature of Operations and Overview
Due to our future funding needs for clinical development of our programs as well as the current capital raising market for biotechnology companies, we made the decision to discontinue the IMPORT-201 trial (PORT-2) and to pause further patient accrual to the ADPORT-601 trial (PORT-6 and PORT-7). The PORT-3 investigator trial is continuing, and all existing patients in the ADPORT-601 study will continue until disease progression. We are continuing to collect and analyze data from these patients. We plan to replace a patient who withdrew and is unevaluable for the 28-day dose limiting toxicity (“DLT”) period. We are exploring strategic alternatives, which may include finding a partner for one or more of our assets, a sale of our company, a merger, restructurings, both in and out of court, company wind down, further financing efforts or other strategic action. The following discussion reflects our operations in the event we were to raise additional capital to fund the clinical development of our programs.
We are a clinical stage immune-oncology company advancing treatments we believe will be first-in-class therapies that target known checkpoint resistance pathways to improve long-term treatment response and quality of life in patients with invasive cancers.
Our access to next-generation technologies provides the capability to identify and understand biological mechanisms, clinical therapies and product development strategies that could accelerate these programs through the translational pipeline.
We source and develop early- to mid-stage treatments that we believe will be first-in-class therapies for a variety of cancers, by funding, implementing viable, cost-effective product development strategies, clinical counsel/trial design, shared services, financial and project management to enable efficient, turnkey execution of commercially informed development plans. Our drug development pipeline portfolio encompasses product candidates or technologies based on biology addressing known resistance pathways/mechanisms of current checkpoint inhibitors with established scientific rationales.
Our Board of Directors approved a reverse stock split of our ordinary shares at a ratio of 1-for-20. Beginning with the opening of trading on August 15, 2024, our ordinary shares began trading on Nasdaq on a split-adjusted basis under the existing trading symbol “PRTG”.
The Portage Approach
Our mission has been to advance and grow a portfolio of innovative, early-stage oncology assets based on the latest scientific breakthroughs focused on overcoming immune resistance and expanding the addressable patient population. Given these foundations, we have managed capital allocation and risk as much as we have overseen drug development. By focusing our efforts on translational medicine and pipeline diversification, we have sought to mitigate overall exposure to many of the inherent risks of drug development.
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Our approach has been guided by the following core elements:
| · | Portfolio diversification to mitigate risk and maximize optionality; |
| · | Capital allocation based on risk-adjusted potential, including staged funding to pre-specified scientific and clinical results; |
| · | Virtual infrastructure and key external relationships to maintain a lean operating base; |
| · | Internal development capabilities complemented by external business development; |
| · | Rigorous asset selection for broad targets with disciplined ongoing evaluation; |
| · | Focus on translational medicine and therapeutic candidates with single agent activity; |
| · | Conduct randomized trials early and test non-overlapping mechanisms of action; and |
| · | Improve potential outcomes for patients with invasive cancers. |
We have executed such approach through our internal core team and our network of experts, contract labs and academic partners.
Our Science Strategy
Prior to our decision to discontinue our iNKT IMPORT-201 sponsored trial and pause further patient accrual in the adenosine program, our goal has been to develop immuno-oncology therapeutics that will dramatically improve the standard-of-care for patients with cancer. The key elements of our scientific strategy have been to:
| · | Build a pipeline of differentiated oncology therapeutic candidates that are diversified by mechanism, broad targets, therapeutic approach, modality, stage of development, leading to a variety of deal types that can be executed with partners; |
| · | Expand our pipeline through research collaborations, business development and internally designed programs; |
| · | Continue to advance and evolve our pipeline; and |
| · | Evaluate strategic opportunities to accelerate development timelines and maximize the value of our portfolio. |
Our Pipeline
We have built a pipeline of immuno-oncology therapeutic candidates and programs that are diversified by mechanism, therapeutic approach, modality and stage of development. Prior to our decision to discontinue further development of our iNKT sponsored trial and pause further patient accrual to our sponsored adenosine program, we rigorously assessed each of our programs on an ongoing basis using internally defined success criteria to justify continued investment and determine proper capital allocation. When certain programs do not meet our de-risking criteria for advancement, we look to monetize or terminate those programs and preserve our capital and resources to invest in programs with greater potential.
The charts below set forth, as of August 26, 2024, the state of our immuno-oncology therapeutic product candidates and programs before development activities were discontinued and/or paused except for PORT-3, which is being evaluated as part of an investigator sponsored study without funding from us. Additionally, notwithstanding our decision to pause further development, PORT-7 remains in Phase 1a from an IND perspective, though we have not commenced dosing patients. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Before you make an investment decision regarding us, you should make your own analysis of forward-looking statements and our projections about candidate and program development and results.
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Our Business Model
We are a development organization that is structured to facilitate flexibility in financing and ease of partnering, licensing, and merger/acquisition of individual assets and or technology platforms. The intellectual property (“IP”) for each platform is held in separate private entities. Our employees and consultants work across the pipeline of assets and we believe that this can (i) enhance operational efficiency, (ii) maintain an optimal cost structure, (iii) attract leading collaborators, and (iv) promote asset flexibility, as further described below. If we were to resume enrollment in our clinical programs, we believe our experience and approach would continue to leverage the operating and cost structures that are further described below.
| · | Enhance operational efficiency: We allocate resources while empowering managers to make program-level decisions in order to increase productivity and speed. We believe this model enables a flexible organizational structure that can achieve scale through the addition of programs without increasing burdensome bureaucracy or redundant infrastructure. |
| · | Maintain an optimal cost structure: We have a relatively small number of employees and have partnered with a number of service providers to leverage their infrastructure and expertise as needed instead of embarking on capital-intensive lab, manufacturing, and equipment expenditures. By reducing overhead costs, we believe we can increase the likelihood that we can generate a return on invested capital. |
| · | Attract leading collaborators and licensors: Our pipeline is comprised of therapies we believe will be first-in-class therapies for a variety of cancers sourced via our industry contacts and relationships (including academia and pharmaceutical industry executives). On preclinical programs/technology, we initially established development structures enabling us to keep licensors economically incentivized at the program level. We believe that our experienced drug development leadership team and approach to resource allocation differentiate us from other potential licensees. |
| · | Leverage the commoditized checkpoint marketplace and explore the potential to further enhance long-term clinical benefits for patients with cancer and also expand the eligible population to include those who do not currently receive anti-PD-1 therapy: Presently there are multiple approved checkpoint therapeutics that lack differentiation, resulting in a competitive market dynamic, which will favor combination therapy. There remains opportunity for potential expansion in the PD-1 market with our adenosine antagonists. Studies show that 70-80% of patients do not respond or have a limited response to existing monotherapies, such as PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors. We see potential for our unique approach of using adenosine antagonists to initiate an immune response in tumors that have become refractory to checkpoint therapy or to increase the number of front-line patients achieving more durable responses. Combinations can improve this but often come at the cost of significant additional toxicity. The market is saturated with at least 14 approved PD-1 antibodies, and every major pharmaceutical company competes in this space. Extending the use of PD-1 antibodies could still provide a significant potential upside for companies competing for market share. |
| · | Promote asset flexibility: Our structure is designed to maximize flexibility and cost efficiency. This allows us to efficiently pursue various subsidiary-level transactions, such as stock or asset sales, licensing transactions, strategic partnerships and/or co-development arrangements. It also provides us with the flexibility to terminate programs with minimal costs if results do not meet our de-risking criteria for advancement. |
We are a BVI business company incorporated under the BVI Business Companies Act (Revised Edition 2020, as amended) with our registered office located at Clarence Thomas Building, P.O. Box 4649, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, VG1110. Our U.S. agent, Portage Development Services Inc., is located at 59 Wilton Road, Westport, CT 06880.
We currently are a foreign private issuer under SEC rules. We are also a reporting issuer under the securities legislation of the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Our ordinary shares were listed on the CSE under the symbol “PBT.U”. On February 25, 2021, our ordinary shares began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “PRTG”. As the principal market for our ordinary shares is Nasdaq, we voluntarily delisted from the CSE on April 23, 2021.
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The following table summarizes financial information for the quarter ended June 30, 2024, and the preceding eight quarters (all amounts in 000’US$ except net loss per share, which are actual amounts).
All share and per share amounts reflect the 1-for-20 reverse stock split effected August 15, 2024.
| Quarter ended | June 30, | Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | Sept. 30, | June 30, | Mar. 31, | Dec. 31, | Sept. 30 | June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to owners of the Company | (1,656 | ) | (24,889 | ) | (39,373 | ) | (5,158 | ) | (5,919 | ) | (94,448 | ) | (7,485 | ) | (949 | ) | (1,729 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive loss attributable to the owners of the Company | (1,656 | ) | (28,371 | ) | (36,398 | ) | (6,458 | ) | (4,150 | ) | (95,714 | ) | (11,502 | ) | (949 | ) | (1,729 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Working capital (1) to (4) | 2,191 | 4,816 | 4,808 | 3,131 | 8,254 | 11,811 | 13,110 | 15,737 | 21,138 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equity attributable to owners of the Company | 2,511 | 4,022 | 31,999 | 67,661 | 73,307 | 76,045 | 168,945 | 178,434 | 120,682 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss per share - Basic | (1.58 | ) | (23.74 | ) | (37.68 | ) | (5.79 | ) | (6.68 | ) | (108.81 | ) | (8.79 | ) | (1.13 | ) | (2.60 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss per share - Diluted | (1.58 | ) | (23.74 | ) | (37.68 | ) | (5.79 | ) | (6.68 | ) | (108.81 | ) | (8.79 | ) | (1.13 | ) | (2.60 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| (1) | September 30, 2022 working capital is net of warrant liability of $8 settleable on a non-cash basis. |
| (2) | June 30, 2022 working capital is net of warrant liability of $32 settleable on a non-cash basis. |
The following table summarizes the number of our ordinary shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2024 and August 26, 2024:
| As of, | June 30, 2024 | August 26, 2024 | ||||||
| Shares issued (a) (b) | 1,048,927 | 1,048,927 | ||||||
| Shares outstanding (a) (b) | 1,048,765 | 1,048,765 | ||||||
| (a) | These amounts reflect the 1-for-20 reverse stock split effected August 15, 2024. |
| (b) | These amounts excludes an aggregate of 12,150 restricted stock units granted to our executive chairman and an employee on January 13, 2021, which vested immediately on the date of grant and are subject to certain restrictions for the settlement and delivery of the ordinary shares underlying the restricted stock units and 6,787 restricted stock units granted to employees (one of whom is executive chairman) on January 19, 2022, which vested immediately on the date of grant and are subject to certain restrictions for the settlement and delivery of the ordinary shares underlying the restricted stock units, of which 6,317 were outstanding at August 26, 2024. 470 were exercised by an employee upon his resignation on a cashless basis, with 308 shares issued and 162 shares purchased into treasury to pay related payroll taxes. |
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Business Environment – Risk Factors
Please refer to the Annual Report for Fiscal 2024 for detailed information as the economic and industry factors that are substantially unchanged as of the date hereof.
Our Programs and Technology – Recent Developments
After a review of our future funding needs for clinical development of our programs as well as the current capital raising market for biotechnology companies, we made the decision to discontinue our iNKT sponsored trial (the investigator sponsored trial of PORT-3 is ongoing without financial support from us) and pause further patient accrual in our sponsored adenosine program. We are exploring strategic alternatives, which may include finding a partner for one or more of our assets, a sale of our company, a merger, restructurings, both in and out of court, a company wind down, further financing efforts or other strategic action. Below is a discussion of our clinical programs and the status of such programs prior to our decision to discontinue our iNKT sponsored trial and pause further patient accrual to our sponsored studies.
Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Platform
A critical mechanism of cancer immune evasion is the generation of high levels of immunosuppressive adenosine within the tumor microenvironment (“TME”). Research suggests that the TME has significantly elevated concentrations of extracellular adenosine. Engagement with adenosine receptors type 2A (“A2A”) and type 2B (“A2B”) triggers a dampening effect on the immune response, suppressing effector cell function and stabilizing immunosuppressive regulatory cells. Over-expression of the A2A and A2B receptors leads to a poor prognosis in multiple cancers, including prostate cancer, colorectal cancer and lung adenocarcinoma, driven by a reduced ability to generate an immune response against the tumor.
These findings have made A2A and A2B high-priority targets for immunotherapeutic intervention. Before pausing, we were advancing four adenosine antagonists that we believe to be first-in-class, which together represent a broad suite of adenosine-targeting approaches and were expected to enable a comprehensive exploration of how targeting the adenosine pathway could potentially improve response in multiple cancer and non-cancer indications. By modulating the adenosine pathway in four different ways, we expected to determine the optimal approach to maximize the impact of the mechanism of action on different tumors.
We have designed the ADPORT-601 clinical trial to evaluate the activity and safety of PORT-6 and PORT-7 alone and in combination. If we resume accrual, we would expect this trial to adapt over time and also include safety cohorts for these two agents with other immune activating agents including others from our internal pipeline. Depending on the data, it can be expanded to evaluate either agent as monotherapy or a randomized comparison of either agent plus standard of care versus standard of care alone.
PORT-6 (TT-10)
PORT-6 is an A2A antagonist being studied for the treatment of A2A expressing solid tumors. We believe PORT-6 is more potent, more durable and more selective than other clinical stage A2A agents.
Prior to pausing patient enrollment in the clinical study, the ADPORT-601 Phase 1a trial for PORT-6 dosed its first patient in June 2023. We have fully enrolled and completed the first two dose escalation cohorts. In the third cohort, one patient experienced a serious adverse event (blurry vision and stroke) that the investigator initially determined could possibly be related to PORT-6. With further follow-up, this event was classified as unrelated to treatment. There are two patients who continue on the study for more than six months with prolonged stable disease. The plan is to accrue one more patient to replace a patient who dropped out due to an unrelated adverse event prior to DLT assessment. We originally activated eight sites in the U.S. to complete the Phase 1, and are currently keeping four active while we evaluate strategic alternatives.
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PORT-7 (TT-4)
PORT-7 is an A2B antagonist for the treatment of solid tumors. PORT-7 has a very selective profile that focuses on A2B. PORT-7 is in Phase 1a from an IND perspective, though we have not commenced dosing patients.
PORT-8 (TT-53)
PORT-8 is a dual inhibitor of adenosine receptors 2A and 2B (A2A/A2B) to address solid tumors.
PORT-9 (TT-3)
PORT-9 is an A2B antagonist designed to treat colorectal and gastrointestinal cancers. The PORT-9 program is a pre-clinical stage program.
In connection with the adenosine program, we will focus on solid tumor types with high adenosine expression of receptors A2A and A2B and enrich for patients that have high adenosine expression and therefore have potential to benefit most from treatment.
Other Pipeline and Investee Programs
Prior to our decision to discontinue our iNKT sponsored trial and pause further development of our adenosine program, we were focused on delivering clinical data with the adenosine program described above and prioritizing the allocation of financial resources to that program. Developmental work continued on some of the other developmental assets, through collaborations such as that with the U.S. National Cancer Institute (“NCI”) and other academic groups, as further described below. These developmental assets may be re-evaluated at a future point depending on market conditions, ongoing data, funding priorities and status.
Invariant Natural Killer T-cells (iNKT cells) Platform
iNKT cells play an important role in anti-tumor immune responses and are a distinct class of T lymphocyte displaying a limited diversity of T-cell receptors. They recognize lipid antigens on the surface of tumor cells and produce large amounts of cytokines within hours of stimulation without the need for clonal expansion. Furthermore, iNKT cells activate multiple immune system components, including dendritic cells (“DC”), T-cells and B-cells and stimulate an antigen-specific expansion of these cells. Our operating subsidiary, iOx Therapeutics Ltd. (“iOx”), holds an exclusive license (with the right to sub-license) from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (the “Ludwig Institute”) to use, research, develop and commercialize iNKT cell engagers, for the treatment of various forms of human disease, including cancer, under the Ludwig Institute’s intellectual property and know-how.
PORT-2 (IMM60)
PORT-2 is an iNKT cell engager formulated in a liposome with a six-member carbon head structure that has been shown to activate both human and murine iNKT cells, resulting in DC maturation and the priming of Ag-specific T and B cells.
In animal models, PORT-2 enhanced the frequency of tumor specific immune responses. iNKT cells are unique lymphocytes defined by their co-expression of surface markers associated with NK cells along with a T-cell antigen receptor. They recognize amphipathic ligands such as glycolipids or phospholipids presented in the context of the non-polymorphic, MHC class I-like molecule CD1d. Activated iNKT cells rapidly produce IFN-gamma and IL-4 and induce DC maturation and IL-12 production.
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In August 2021, we dosed the first patient in the IMP-MEL PORT-2 clinical trial, a Phase 1/2 dose escalation and randomized expansion trial. Prior to discontinuing the PORT-2 trial, it was expected to enroll up to 88 patients with melanoma or non-small cell lung carcinoma (“NSCLC”) in order to evaluate safety and efficacy. In November 2022, we announced that we had entered into a clinical trial collaboration with Merck to evaluate PORT-2 in combination with pembrolizumab for patients with NSCLC. Under the terms of the collaboration, Merck supplied pembrolizumab for our Phase 1/2 trial of PORT-2 in patients with NSCLC and melanoma. The trial was closed in June 2024. The Merck collaboration terminated in December 2023.
Preliminary Phase 1 data from the IMP-MEL PORT-2 clinical trial, presented at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer in November 2023, suggests PORT-2 was well tolerated when administered as a monotherapy, with no related severe or serious adverse events. All possibly related adverse events were mild to moderate and did not limit dosing. Given the favorable safety profile observed in the clinical trials to date, the clinical protocol for the IMP-MEL PORT-2 clinical trial was amended to include a higher Phase 1 dose level as our near-term focus is defining the recommended Phase 2 dose. Prior to our decision to discontinue further development of our iNKT platform, the combination safety cohort with pembrolizumab was being conducted in parallel with the ongoing high dose monotherapy cohort. As of November 2023, two patients had received the combination with pembrolizumab, and no related severe or serious adverse events were reported. The adverse event profile was consistent with pembrolizumab. Previously reported biomarker data confirmed the mechanism of action (i.e., both activation of the innate and adaptive arms of the immune system). The following figure illustrates the different lesion responses. Although these are preliminary results, several lesions showed shrinkage, and the responses in liver metastases were encouraging.
Prior to our decision to discontinue our iNKT sponsored trial, we were encouraged by the patient data set that we believe supports proof of concept for using an iNKT engager in cancer treatment. Preliminary Phase 1 data suggests that PORT-2 has a favorable safety and tolerability profile as a monotherapy at all doses tested to date (as noted above), has demonstrated evidence of single agent activity, and biomarkers confirm mechanistic potential of PORT-2 to activate both the adaptive and innate immune systems.
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The clinical trial agreement has been transferred from the University of Oxford to us through our iOx subsidiary and the trial was converted to a program sponsored by iOx.
Prior to our decision to discontinue the iNKT sponsored trial, the protocol was being amended, given the safety data shown at the highest planned doses, to escalate patient dosing to include one additional higher dose to identify the recommended Phase 2 dose. We are exploring strategic alternatives, which may include finding a partner for one or more of our assets, a sale of our company, a merger, restructurings, both in and out of court, a company wind down, further financing efforts or other strategic action.
PORT-3 (IMM65)
PORT-3 is a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (“PLGA”)-nanoparticle formulation of PORT-2 (IMM60) combined with a NY-ESO-1 peptide vaccine. Biodegradable PLGA-nanoparticles function as a delivery platform for immunomodulators and tumor antigens to induce a specific anti-tumor immune response. PLGA has minimal (systemic) toxicity and is used in various drug-carrying platforms as an encapsulating agent. Furthermore, co-formulating an iNKT engager with a peptide vaccine in a particle has shown to be approximately five times more potent in killing cancer cells and generating an antigen-specific CD8 T-cell response than giving the two agents individually.
NY-ESO-1 is a cancer-testis antigen expressed during embryogenesis and in the testis, an immune privileged site. Furthermore, NY-ESO-1 expression is observed in several advanced cancers: Lung (2-32%), melanoma (40%), bladder (32-35%), prostate (38%), ovarian (30%), esophageal (24-33%), and gastric cancers (8-12%). Clinical trials have shown the safety and tolerability of Good Manufacturing Practices-grade NY-ESO-1 peptides in patients with cancer.
PORT-3 is being evaluated as part of an investigator sponsored study without funding from us. The first patient was dosed in 2021 and patients continue to enroll in the PRECIOUS Phase 1 trial of PORT-3 in patients with solid tumors. The Phase 1 portion of the trial is expected to enroll 15 patients. The trial was having difficulty identifying tumors that expressed NY-ESO-1, so the trial protocol was amended to include all solid tumors regardless of expression to facilitate assessment of safety. This platform is designed to demonstrate proof of concept. The combination of NY-ESO-1 and IMM-60 is being evaluated to determine its ability to prime and boost an anti-tumor immune response. Our patent position extends to other known tumor antigens, and, if we resume further development of our iNKT platform, we are prepared to rapidly launch other assets into the clinic if we see strong activity of this formulation. Preliminary safety data for repeat dosing of PORT-3 in the PRECIOUS Phase 1 trial shows a favorable safety profile. The investigators with who we work with have continued to explore next generation targeted nanoparticles.
PORT-4, Nanolipogel (“NLG”) co-formulation Platform
Scientists are interested in novel ways to deliver multiple signals to the immune system in order to better activate an anti-tumor response. We have been impressed with a platform from Yale University that allows different types of agents to be packaged together and will concentrate them in tumors. We have licensed the platform for delivery of DNA aptamers and certain aptamer-small molecule-based combination products. In order to have multiple proprietary agents with known mechanisms of action, we have licensed rights to create DNA aptamers for immune-oncology targets and the first one developed is a proprietary PD1 aptamer, which has been placed in the NLG formulation. Early testing has shown the formulation properly modulates PD1 signaling in vitro similar to a PD1 antibody I. In non-clinical, in vivo experiments, the NLG-PD1 performed favorably compared to a mouse PD1 antibody. We have conducted further research with the technology licensed from Yale University to co-deliver a PD1 blocking signal with a small molecule vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor.
As of June 30, 2024, we owned approximately 70% of the outstanding shares of Saugatuck Therapeutics, Ltd., the subsidiary on which the PORT-4 platform is managed.
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PORT-5, STING Agonist Platform
Proprietary immune priming and boosting technology (using a STING agonist delivered in a virus-like particle) has shown proof of concept in animal models. This platform was developed to offer multiple ways to target immune stimulation towards the cancer, as well as to co-deliver multiple signals in a single product. The PORT-5 STING platform’s advantage over chemical intratumoral approaches was potent immune priming and boosting pathway within a virus-like particle to enable convenient systemic administration and traffic to the correct targets. This technology would target dendritic cells, which is differentiated from other chemical STING approaches. To that end, Stimunity S.A. (“Stimunity”) received grant funding to study this technology with any COVID-19 vaccine to evaluate if it is possible to boost the immune response for immunocompromised or elderly patients. During April 2022, the American Association for Cancer Research showcased PORT-5 preclinical data at a late-breaking session that shows that one or more targeted immunotherapy agents could be packaged within a virus-like particle to increase potency, while enabling a selective immune activation. Stimunity was unable to raise any outside funding, and activities were scaled back due to our own liquidity issues.
In December 2023, we completed a transfer of our equity in Stimunity and the Stimunity Convertible Note to iOx. In connection with that transfer, the Stimunity Convertible Note was converted into 1,768 Class A shares of Stimunity.
As of June 30, 2024, we owned approximately 48.9% of the outstanding shares of Stimunity, the subsidiary on which the PORT-5 platform is managed. We have made the decision not to further fund Stimunity’s operations and wrote-down the remaining balance of our investment of $1.0 million to nil as of March 31, 2024.
Early-Stage Research and Development Collaborations
We have also been interested in evaluating and testing new antibody targets in the suppressive tumor microenvironment with the goal to down regulate or remove MDSC, TAMs, Tregs and other signals that impede the immune response from clearing cancer cells.
| · | We continue to collaborate with Dr. Robert Negrin and his team at Stanford University in an investigator sponsored trial (“IST”) study to evaluate the use of PORT-2 with iNKT cell therapies in animals. This work was intended to evaluate if an engager co-administered with expanded or transformed iNKT cells can further activate the transplanted and endogenous cells inside the patient. The Stanford collaboration was also expected to study the impact iNKT engagers have on driving an adaptive immune response and correcting the suppressive tumor microenvironment. This IST remains operational as of the date of this report. |
| · | We entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (“CRADA”) with the NCI. We and NCI planned to advance preclinical and potential clinical development of STING agonists and anti-RAGE agents for cancer vaccines. After the acquisition of Tarus Therapeutics, LLC (“Tarus”), we amended the CRADA to include exploration of the different adenosine compounds. We did not extend the CRADA beyond its current term and made a termination payment of $62,500 in June 2024 as required under the contract. |
| · | We have a collaboration with Dr. Carmela de Santos at University of Birmingham for the use of iNKT agents to treat sarcomas. Dr. de Santos has tested PORT-2 in human sarcoma cell lines and has grant funding to test it in animal models. |
| · | We have a collaboration to study the use of adenosine 2A and adenosine 2B agents in mesothelioma with Drs. Luciano Mutti from Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Department of Biology, College of Science and Technology, Temple University and Dr. Steven Gray of St. James Hospital in Dublin. |
| · | There are other collaborations with experts in the products areas for which we provide access to our compounds and collaborates on studies. |
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023
(All Amounts in 000’$)
The following details major expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2024, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2023:
| Three months ended June 30, | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| In 000’$ | In 000’$ | |||||||
| Operating expenses | $ | (2,839 | ) | $ | (4,997 | ) | ||
| Change in fair value of warrant liability | 1,142 | - | ||||||
| Change in fair value of deferred purchase price payable - Tarus and deferred obligation - iOx milestone | - | (1,111 | ) | |||||
| Share of loss in associate accounted for using equity method | - | (50 | ) | |||||
| Foreign exchange transaction (loss) gain | (2 | ) | 18 | |||||
| Depreciation expense | (8 | ) | (11 | ) | ||||
| Interest income, net | 45 | 80 | ||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (1,662 | ) | (6,071 | ) | ||||
| Income tax (expense) benefit | (2 | ) | 145 | |||||
| Net loss | (1,664 | ) | (5,926 | ) | ||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | ||||||||
| Net unrealized gain on investments | - | 1,769 | ||||||
| Total comprehensive loss for period | $ | (1,664 | ) | $ | (4,157 | ) | ||
| Comprehensive loss attributable to: | ||||||||
| Owners of the Company | $ | (1,656 | ) | $ | (4,150 | ) | ||
| Non-controlling interest | (8 | ) | (7 | ) | ||||
| Total comprehensive loss for period | $ | (1,664 | ) | $ | (4,157 | ) | ||
Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2024 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023
We incurred a net loss of approximately $1.7 million during the three months ended June 30, 2024 (the “Fiscal 2025 Quarter”), compared to a net loss of approximately $4.2 million during the three months ended June 30, 2023 (the “Fiscal 2024 Quarter”), a decrease in net loss of $2.5 million, quarter-over-quarter.
The components of the change in net loss and total comprehensive loss are as follows:
| · | Operating expenses, which include research and development (“R&D”) costs and general and administrative (“G&A”) expenses, were $2.8 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, compared to $5.0 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter, a decrease of $2.2 million, which is discussed more fully below. |
| · | A $1.1 million non-cash gain from the change in the fair value of certain warrants accounted for as liabilities issued in connection with such equity offering in October 2023. |
| · | A non-cash loss totaling $1.1 million comprised of the change (increase) in the fair value of the deferred obligation - iOx milestone of $0.4 million, and the change (increase) in the fair value of the deferred purchase price payable to the former Tarus shareholders of $.07 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter. |
| · | Additionally, we reflected a marginal income tax expense in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, compared to a net deferred income tax benefit of $.01 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter. For the Fiscal 2024 Quarter, we recognized an increase in net deferred tax liability of $0.3 million to reflect the effect of the change in exchange rates on the liability during the period and the recognition $0.4 million of current period losses in the U.K. |
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Total comprehensive loss in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter was nil, compared to $1.8 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter. The difference between net loss and total comprehensive loss in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter was due to the effect of the unrealized non-cash gain with respect to our investment in Intensity Therapeutics, Inc. (“Intensity”). We recognized a non-cash unrealized gain of $1.8 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter, representing the change in the fair value of the investment in Intensity based on the Nasdaq listed price of the shares during the period.
Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses are comprised of the following:
| Three months ended June 30, | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| In 000’$ | In 000’$ | |||||||
| Research and development | $ | 1,305 | $ | 3,627 | ||||
| General and administrative expenses | 1,534 | 1,370 | ||||||
| Total operating expenses | $ | 2,839 | $ | 4,997 | ||||
Research and Development Costs
R&D costs are comprised of the following:
| Three months ended June 30, | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| In 000’$ | In 000’$ | |||||||
| Research and development – Clinical | $ | 706 | $ | 1,023 | ||||
| Payroll-related expenses | 249 | 480 | ||||||
| Consulting fees | 121 | 213 | ||||||
| Manufacturing costs | 94 | 747 | ||||||
| Research and development – CRADA | 62 | 31 | ||||||
| Licensing fees | 38 | 112 | ||||||
| Legal regarding patents’ registration | 23 | 8 | ||||||
| Research and development services and storage | 12 | 90 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | - | 423 | ||||||
| Contractual milestone | - | 500 | ||||||
| Total research and development costs | $ | 1,305 | $ | 3,627 | ||||
R&D costs decreased by approximately $2.3 million, or approximately 64%, from approximately $3.6 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to approximately $1.3 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter. The decrease was primarily attributable to the winding down of clinical trial costs (principally CRO-related), which decreased by approximately $0.3 million, from $1.0 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to $0.7 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, as activities ramped down throughout the period since we made the decision to pause enrollment in our sponsored clinical trials in the third and fourth quarters of Fiscal 2024. Manufacturing-related costs decreased by $0.7 million, from $0.8 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to $0.1 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter. These decreases reflect the winding down of clinical activity and manufacturing-related costs resulting from our decision to discontinue our sponsored clinical trial for the iNKT program and pause further patient accrual to our sponsored adenosine program. R&D non-cash share-based compensation expense decreased from $0.4 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to nil in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter. Payroll-related expenses decreased by $0.2 million, from $0.5 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to $0.3 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, due to the resignation of two employees in January 2024. Additionally, in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter, we incurred a milestone payment of $0.5 million for dosing our first adenosine patients, a decrease in consulting fees of approximately $0.1 million from $0.2 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to $0.1 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, to reflect the decrease in activity period-over-period, and, finally, a decrease of $0.1 million due to fees paid with respect to the transition of the iNKT trial prior to discontinuing the study in Fiscal 2024.
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General and Administrative Expenses
Key components of G&A expenses are the following:
| Three months ended June 30, | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| In 000’$ | In 000’$ | |||||||
| Professional fees | $ | 543 | $ | 469 | ||||
| Payroll-related expenses | 637 | 225 | ||||||
| D&O insurance | 160 | 175 | ||||||
| Office and general expenses | 43 | 68 | ||||||
| Directors’ fees | 7 | 83 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation expense | 144 | 347 | ||||||
| Consulting fees | - | 3 | ||||||
| Total general and administrative expenses | $ | 1,534 | $ | 1,370 | ||||
G&A expenses increased by approximately $0.1 million, or approximately 7%, from approximately $1.4 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to approximately $1.5 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter. Professional fees increased by $1.0 million, from $0.5 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to $0.6 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, primarily attributable to legal fees associated with regulatory filings, corporate matters and related audit fees. Payroll-related expenses increased by $0.4 million from $0.2 million in the Fiscal 2024 Quarter to $0.6 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter due to the amounts associated with retention agreements executed with an employee and a consultant. Additionally, G&A non-cash share-based compensation expense decreased by $0.2 million due to the continued vesting of stock options, partially offset by recording all share-based compensation expense as G&A expenses as the result of the discontinuation of the iNKT trial and the pause of further patient accrual in the adenosine program. Additionally, directors’ fees decreased by $0.1 million in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, compared to the Fiscal 2024 Quarter, as all directors, except for two directors who resigned in April 2024, waived their fees in the Fiscal 2025 Quarter.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Capital Resources
We filed the March 2021 Registration Statement with the SEC in order to sell ordinary shares, debt securities, warrants and units in one or more offerings from time to time, which became effective on March 8, 2021. In connection with the March 2021 Registration Statement, we have filed with the SEC:
| · | a base prospectus, which covers the offering, issuance and sale by us of up to $200 million in the aggregate of the securities identified above from time to time in one or more offerings; |
| · | a prospectus supplement, which covers the offer, issuance and sale by us in an ATM offering program of up to a maximum aggregate offering price of $50 million of our ordinary shares that may be issued and sold from time to time under the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., the sales agent; |
| · | a prospectus supplement dated June 24, 2021, for the offer, issuance and sale by us of 57,500 ordinary shares for gross proceeds of approximately $26.5 million in a firm commitment underwritten public offering with Cantor Fitzgerald; |
| · | a prospectus supplement dated August 19, 2022, for the resale of up to $30 million in ordinary shares that we may sell from time to time to Lincoln and an additional 4,726 shares that were issued to Lincoln; and |
| · | a prospectus supplement dated September 29, 2023 for the offer, issuance and sale by us in a registered direct public offering through H.C. Wainwright & Co., the placement agent, to an institutional and accredited investor of (i) 98,500 of our ordinary shares at a purchase price of $38.00 per share and (ii) Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 59,395 of our ordinary shares, at a purchase price of $37.98 per Pre-Funded Warrant), for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $6 million (the “2023 Equity Financing”). All Pre-Funded Warrants, which were exercisable for one ordinary share at an exercise price of $0.02 per share, were exercised in full on May 29, 2024. |
The Sales Agreement permits us to sell in an ATM program up to $50 million of ordinary shares from time to time. The sales under the prospectus will be deemed to be made pursuant to an ATM program as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
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During Fiscal 2024, we sold 9,331 ordinary shares under the ATM program, generating net proceeds of approximately $0.7 million.
The March 2021 Registration Statement expired on March 8, 2024. In order to issue additional shares under our ATM program or the Committed Purchase Agreement in the future, we would be required to file a new registration statement, which must be declared effective by the SEC prior to use, and to file a prospectus supplement related to the ATM program or the Committed Purchase Agreement, as the case may be.
Furthermore, our ATM program and the Committed Purchase Agreement with Lincoln are generally limited based on, among other things, our Nasdaq trading volume. Under the Baby Shelf Rule, the amount of funds we can raise through primary public offerings of securities in any 12-month period using a registration statement on Form F-3 is limited to one-third of the aggregate market value of the ordinary shares held by our non-affiliates, which limitation may change over time based on our stock price, number of ordinary shares outstanding and the percentage of ordinary shares held by non-affiliates. We are therefore limited by the Baby Shelf Rule as of the filing of this Form 6-K, until such time as our non-affiliate public float exceeds $75 million.
On March 1, 2023, we, through Tarus, entered into a clinical service agreement with a third-party service provider. The term of the agreement is through the earlier of August 14, 2025 or the completion of provision of services and the payment of contractual obligations. The agreement provides for budgeted costs totaling approximately $12.1 million.
In connection with the 2023 Equity Financing, on September 29, 2023, we entered into the Purchase Agreement with an institutional and accredited investor in connection with the Registered Direct Offering and the concurrent private placement. The Offerings closed on October 3, 2023.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, in the Registered Direct Offering, we sold (i) 98,500 of our ordinary shares, at a purchase price of $38.00 per share and (ii) Pre-Funded Warrants to purchase up to 59,395 Pre-Funded Warrant Shares. All Pre-Funded Warrants, which were immediately exercisable for one ordinary share at an exercise price of $0.02 per share, were exercised in full on May 29, 2024.
In the Private Placement, we issued to such institutional and accredited investor unregistered Series A Warrants to purchase up to 157,895 ordinary shares, unregistered Series B Warrants to purchase up to 157,895 ordinary shares, and unregistered Series C Warrants to purchase up to 157,895 ordinary shares, together exercisable for an aggregate of up to 473,685 Private Warrant Shares. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, for each ordinary share and Pre-Funded Warrant issued in the Registered Direct Offering, an accompanying Series A Warrant, Series B Warrant and Series C Warrant were issued to such institutional and accredited investor. Each Series A Warrant is exercisable for one Private Warrant Share at an exercise price of $38.00 per share, is immediately exercisable and will expire 18 months from the date of issuance. Each Series B Warrant is exercisable for one Private Warrant Share at an exercise price of $45.20 per share, is immediately exercisable and will expire three years from the date of issuance. Each Series C Warrant is exercisable for one Private Warrant Share at an exercise price of $45.20 per share, is immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. The net proceeds to us from the Offerings were approximately $5.3 million, after deducting placement agent’s fees and estimated offering expenses.
Pursuant to an engagement letter, dated as of August 26, 2023, between us and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”), we paid the Placement Agent a total cash fee equal to 6.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds received in the Offerings, or $0.36 million. We also agreed to pay the Placement Agent in connection with the Offerings a management fee equal to 1.0% of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Offerings ($0.06 million), $75,000 for non-accountable expenses and $15,950 for clearing fees. In addition, we agreed to issue to the Placement Agent, or its designees, Placement Agent Warrants to purchase up to 7,895 ordinary shares, which represents 5.0% of the aggregate number of ordinary shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the Registered Direct Offering. The Placement Agent Warrants have substantially the same terms as the Private Warrants, except that the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to $47.50, or 125% of the offering price per ordinary share sold in the Registered Direct Offering, and will be exercisable for five years from the commencement of the sales pursuant to the Offerings.
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Going Concern
The accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024 have been prepared on a basis that assumes that we will continue as a going concern and that contemplates the continuity of operations, the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024 do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or amounts of liabilities that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
As of June 30, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $3.3 million and total current liabilities of approximately $3.0 million. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, we are reporting a net loss of approximately $1.7 million, and cash used in operating activities of approximately $1.7 million. As of July 31, 2024, we had approximately $3.1 million (approximately $2.9 million as of August 23, 2024) of cash and cash equivalents on hand.
In late Fiscal 2024, because of continued liquidity constraints, we made the decision to discontinue our iNKT sponsored trial and pause further patient accrual to our adenosine program. We are exploring strategic alternatives, which may include finding a partner for one or more of our assets, a sale of our company, a merger, restructurings, both in and out of court, a company wind down, further financing efforts or other strategic action.
There can be no assurance that our evaluation of strategic alternatives will result in any agreements or transactions, or that, if completed, any agreements or transactions will be successful or on attractive terms. Any potential transaction would be dependent on a number of factors that may be beyond our control, including, among other things, market conditions, industry trends, the interest of third parties in a potential transaction with us and the availability of financing to us or third parties in a potential transaction with us on reasonable terms. The process of reviewing strategic alternatives may require us to incur additional costs and expenses. It could negatively impact our ability to attract, retain and motivate key employees, and expose us to potential litigation in connection with this process or any resulting transaction. If we are unable to effectively manage the process, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. In addition, any strategic alternative that may be pursued and completed ultimately may not deliver the anticipated benefits or enhance shareholder value. There can be no guarantee that the process of evaluating strategic alternatives will result in our company entering into or completing a potential transaction within the anticipated timing or at all. There is no set timetable for this evaluation and we do not intend to disclose developments with respect to this evaluation unless and until we determine that further disclosure is appropriate or legally required. As of July 31, 2024, we had approximately $3.1 million (approximately $2.9 million as of August 23, 2024) of cash and cash equivalents on hand, which we expect is only sufficient to cover our operating needs through December 2024. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of the consolidated statement of financial position. There were no adjustments made to reflect the effect of this doubt.
We have incurred significant operating losses since inception and expect to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future and may never become profitable. The losses result primarily from our conduct of research and development activities. As previously discussed, we have discontinued further development of our iNKT sponsored trial and paused further patient accrual to our adenosine program in order to preserve cash resources. Additionally, during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2024, we sold our shares in Intensity on Nasdaq.
We historically have funded our operations principally from proceeds from issuances of equity and debt securities. We will require significant additional capital to make the investments we need to execute our longer-term business plan. Our ability to successfully raise sufficient funds through the sale of debt or equity securities when needed is subject to many risks and uncertainties and, future equity issuances would result in dilution to existing shareholders and any future debt securities may contain covenants that limit our operations or ability to enter into certain transactions.
As of the date of this filing, we currently anticipate that current cash and cash equivalents, is only sufficient to cover our operating needs through December 2024. These factors raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of the consolidated statement of financial position.
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Cash Flows From Operating Activities
During the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, we used cash of $1.7 million to fund operating activities, compared to $3.5 million used during the Fiscal 2024 Quarter. We made the decision in the last half of Fiscal 2024 to discontinue and pause further patient accrual in the respective clinical programs.
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
There were no cash flows from investing activities during both the Fiscal 2025 Quarter and the Fiscal 2024 Quarter.
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
During the Fiscal 2025 Quarter, we used net cash of $0.008 million from financing activities. During the Fiscal 2024 Quarter, we generated cash of $0.6 million from financing activities related to net proceeds from sales under the ATM program.
Details of contractual obligations, commitments and contingent liabilities are provided in Note 16, “Commitments and Contingent Liabilities,” to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
Master Services Agreement
Effective March 15, 2022, through iOx, we entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “MSA”) with Parexel International (IRE) Limited (“Parexel”) under which Parexel agreed to act as clinical service provider (CRO) pursuant to a work order (“Work Order”) effective June 1, 2022. Pursuant to such Work Order, Parexel will operate a Phase 2 trial of IMM60 and pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma and NSCLC. The MSA provides for a five-year term, and the Work Order provides for a term to be ended upon the completion of the services required. The budget provides for service fees and pass-through expenses and clinical sites totaling $11.5 million. During Fiscal 2023, we executed two change orders resulting in a $0.6 million increase in the overall estimated budgeted costs. As a result of our decision to pause the development with respect to this program, we provided a notice of termination under the MSA. We are in negotiations to settle any obligations with respect to the MSA.
Clinical Service Agreement
On March 1, 2023, we, through Tarus, entered into a clinical service agreement with Fortrea Inc. (formerly Labcorp Drug Development Inc.), a third-party CRO. The term of the agreement is through the earlier of August 14, 2025, or the completion of provision of services and the payment of contractual obligations. The budgeted costs for the services to be provided is approximately $12.1 million.
iOx (iNKT) License
On July 1, 2015, iOx entered into a licensing agreement with Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd. (“LICR”), which covers certain technology, intellectual property and know-how and development with respect to iNKT cell agonists to treat human diseases. Under the terms of the licensing agreement (“LICR License”), LICR granted to iOx an exclusive worldwide license, with the right to grant sublicenses, under the Licensed Patent and Licensed Technology, each as defined in the LICR License, in each case, to develop, make, have made, use, sell, offer for sale and import Licensed Products, as defined in the LICR License, subject to certain rights retained by LICR for academic and research purposes. The LICR License provides for a royalty term of ten years after the first commercial sale, on a Licensed Product by Licensed Product, country by country basis. Upon the expiration of the applicable royalty term, the license with respect to such Licensed Product in such country will convert to a non-exclusive, fully paid-up license.
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LICR is entitled to 15,000 GBP as an annual license fee on each annual anniversary of the effective date of the LICR License until royalties become duly payable and 15,000 GBP as a patent reimbursement fee until LICR has been fully reimbursed for all patent costs incurred prior to the LICR License.
Additionally, LICR is entitled to milestone payments totaling up to 20.45 million GBP based upon the first Licensed Product achieving specific clinical, regulatory and sales-based milestones. LICR is also entitled to milestone payment totaling up to 10.25 million GBP based upon a second Licensed Product achieving specific clinical, regulatory and sales-based milestones.
Finally, LICR is entitled to a low-single digit royalty on net sales of Licensed Products that marginally escalates upon sales levels all determined by territory. LICR is also entitled to a percentage of any sublicensing income that gradually decreases based on the stage of development of the most advanced Licensed Product that is the subject of the applicable sublicense agreement.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the LICR License, LICR is responsible for managing the preparation, filing, prosecution and maintenance of all Licensed Patent Rights, as defined in the LICR License. iOx will reimburse LICR for all reasonable patent costs it incurs after the effective date of the LICR License. Further, the LICR License provides that both parties have the right to termination for material breach or default in the performance of obligations under the LICR License by the other party and in the event of insolvency of the other party.
Tarus (adenosine) License
On July 1, 2022, we acquired Tarus Therapeutics, Inc. Pursuant to the license agreement entered into by Tarus Therapeutics, Inc. and Impetis Biosciences Limited (“Impetis”) dated October 29, 2019 (“Impetis License”), Impetis granted to Tarus an exclusive sublicensable worldwide license to develop and commercialize the adenosine receptor antagonists for all indications and certain other assets which were granted upon exercise of a call option on November 5, 2020.
Under the terms of the Impetis License, Impetis is eligible to receive payments totaling up to $38 million on an Impetis Compound (as defined in the Impetis License) based upon achievement of certain clinical and commercial milestones. Milestone payments due in the amount of USD $1 million for achievement of certain regulatory milestones were paid in July 2022 and a $0.5 million milestone was paid upon dosing the first patient in September 2023.
Additionally, commencing upon the First Commercial Sale (as defined in the Impetis License) of a Licensed Product (as defined in the Impetis License), Impetis is entitled to royalties on worldwide net sales that begin in the mid-single digits and escalate through multiple tiers, with net sales over $1 billion receiving low double digit royalties.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Impetis License, Tarus has exclusive and full authority to manage all intellectual property (whether licensed or not) underlying the assets covered by the Impetis License and any other aspects related to exploitation, development and commercialization thereof at its own cost, and Impetis must provide Tarus reasonable assistance as requested at Tarus’ cost and expense. Further, the Impetis License provides that both parties have the right to termination for material breach by the other party and in the event that the other party undergoes certain events such as a voluntary winding-up, a liquidation or entry into receivership.
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Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, including any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnership to enhance perceived liquidity.
Transactions with Related Parties
Significant related party transactions are detailed in Note 16, “Related Party Transactions,” to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
Financial and Derivative Instruments
Our financial instruments recognized in our condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position consist of the following:
Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about financial instruments. These estimates are subject to and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment; and therefore, these estimates cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect these estimates.
The following table summarizes our financial instruments as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024:
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| Amortized Cost | FVTOCI | FVTPL | Amortized Cost | FVTOCI | FVTPL | |||||||||||||||||||
| Financial assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 3,334 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 5,028 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | $ | 1,862 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | 2,667 | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||
| As of June 30, 2024 | As of March 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Amortized Cost | FVTPL | Amortized Cost | FVTPL | |||||||||||||
| Financial liabilities | ||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 2,965 | $ | - | $ | 2,836 | $ | - | ||||||||
| Warrant liability | $ | - | $ | 422 | $ | - | $ | 1,564 | ||||||||
A summary of our risk exposures as it relates to financial instruments are reflected below.
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Fair value of Financial Instruments
Our financial assets and liabilities are comprised of cash and cash equivalents, receivables and investments in equities and public entities, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, lease liability, warrant liability, deferred purchase price payable and deferred obligation.
We classify the fair value of these transactions according to the following fair value hierarchy based on the amount of observable inputs used to value the instrument:
| · | Level 1 – Values are based on unadjusted quoted prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. |
| · | Level 2 – Values are based on inputs, including quoted forward prices for commodities, time value and volatility factors, which can be substantially observed or corroborated in the marketplace. Prices in Level 2 are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. |
| · | Level 3 – Values are based on prices or valuation techniques that are not based on observable market data. Investments are classified as Level 3 financial instrument. |
Assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the placement within the fair value hierarchy.
Management has assessed that the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, other receivables and accounts payable approximate their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate their fair values:
Investment in Associate: The fair value of the Stimunity investment was determined based on an IAS 36 fair value analysis evaluating the likelihood of various scenarios given the then-current market conditions, the increasing cost of capital and development delays associated with Stimunity’s lack of liquidity (Level 3). We recorded a provision of impairment of $0.607 million with respect to the investment in Stimunity decreasing the carrying value of the investment in Stimunity to $0.806 million as of March 31, 2023. In the year ended March 31, 2024, we determined that we would not fund additional operations at Stimunity and accordingly, recorded provisions for impairment totaling $1.0 million, reducing the investment to nil at March 31, 2024.
Investment in Public Company: Upon Intensity’s IPO effective June 30, 2023, the fair value of the investment was determined by the quoted market price (Level 1). We sold this investment in the year ended March 31, 2024. We recorded an unrecognized gain of $1.769 million through OCI during the three months ended June 30, 2023.
Warrant Liability: The fair value is estimated using a Black-Scholes model and in certain cases, a Monte Carlo simulation (Level 3).
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Deferred Purchase Price Payable - Tarus: The fair value is the estimated value of a future contingent obligation based upon a fair value analysis performed in accordance with IFRS 3 at acquisition date, adjusted at each reporting date for any change in fair value (Level 3). The fair value was determined using the Income Approach and was primarily based upon the analysis on the Tarus clinical plan, the timing of development events and the probabilities of success determined primarily based upon empirical third-party data and our experience, as well as the relevant cost of capital. These are primarily unobservable inputs within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, which can be further impacted by other unobservable inputs such as market changes and unknown timing delays. We are also impacted by its liquidity constraints. The deferred purchase price payable is correlated to the value of the Tarus in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) and will increase or decrease based upon the amounts realized, if any, on the sale or licensing of the IPR&D. We have determined the probability of events based upon the clinical work performed to date, the current capital and biotech markets and our remaining liquidity. During the year ended March 31, 2024, we fully impaired our investment in Tarus IPR&D and accordingly, wrote-off the related deferred purchase price payable. We recorded a gain from the change (decrease) in the fair value of the liability of $7.179 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. We recorded a (loss) from the change (increase) in fair value of the liability of $0.685 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The deferred purchase price payable - Tarus balance was nil as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024.
Deferred Obligation - iOx Milestone: The fair value is the estimated value of a future contingent obligation based upon a fair value analysis performed in accordance with IFRS 3 as of July 18, 2022, the date of the Share Exchange Agreement, adjusted at each reporting date for any change in fair value (Level 3). The fair value was determined using the Income Approach and based on factors including the clinical plan, the timing of development events and the probabilities of success determined primarily based upon empirical third-party data and our experience, as well as the relevant cost of capital. In connection with the decision by us to discontinue further clinical development of our iNKT program, we performed an impairment analysis, which resulted in an impairment loss of $46.9 million recognized at December 31, 2023. Based on this analysis, it was determined that the deferred consideration obligation would not be realized. Accordingly, we recorded a gain from the change (decrease) in the fair value of the liability of $4.126 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. We recorded a (loss) from the change (increase) in fair value of the liability of $0.426 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The deferred obligation - iOx milestone balance was nil as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024.
Fair Value Hierarchy
The investment in public company (Intensity) was transferred from Level 3 to Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy for the year ended March 31, 2024 as the result of Intensity’s IPO. The investment was sold prior to March 31, 2024.
Our financial instruments are exposed to certain financial risks: Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk and Foreign Currency Risk.
Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk of loss associated with a counterparty’s inability to fulfill its payment obligations. The credit risk is attributable to various financial instruments, as noted below. The credit risk is limited to the carrying value as reflected in our condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position.
Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and amounts invested in underlying treasury and money market funds that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with three months or less from date of acquisition and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, cash equivalents was comprised of a money market account with maturities less than 90 days from the date of purchase. Cash and cash equivalents are held with major international financial institutions and therefore the risk of loss is minimal.
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Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in satisfying financial obligations as they become due.
Our approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions without incurring unacceptable losses or risking harm to our reputation. We hold sufficient cash and cash equivalents to satisfy current obligations under accounts payable and accruals.
We monitor our liquidity position regularly to assess whether we have the funds necessary to meet our operating needs and needs for investing in new projects.
As a biotech company at an early stage of development and without significant internally generated cash flows, there are inherent liquidity risks, including the possibility that additional financing may not be available to us, or that actual drug development expenditures may exceed those planned. The current uncertainty in global capital markets could have an impact on our future ability to access capital on terms that are acceptable to us. There can be no assurance that required financing will be available to us.
Foreign Currency Risk
While we operate in various jurisdictions, substantially all of our transactions are denominated in the U.S. Dollar, except the deferred tax liability in the U.K. settleable in British pound sterling and the Stimunity Convertible Note receivable settleable in euros.
Use of Estimates and Judgments
The preparation of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make judgments, estimates 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.
Significant areas where estimates are made include valuation of financial instruments (including deferred tax assets and liabilities, warrant liabilities, research and development costs, fair value used for acquisition of intangible assets, contingent consideration assumed and measurement of share-based compensation. Significant areas where critical judgments are applied include assessment of impairment of investments, in-process research and development and warrant liabilities.
New Accounting Standards, Interpretations and Amendments
We are also unaware of any applicable but not-yet-adopted standards that are expected to materially affect our financial statements for future periods.
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Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Our management, including the CEO and CFO, is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act). Our internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and our Board regarding the reliability of financial reporting and preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
| 1. | pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; |
| 2. | provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and |
| 3. | provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that have a material effect on the financial statements. |
All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2024. In making this assessment, it used the criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on the evaluation under these criteria, management identified material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting and, as a result, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of June 30, 2024.
Management identified the following material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting.
| · | Management was unable to perform an effective risk assessment or monitor internal controls over financial reporting; |
| · | Management lacks the number of skilled persons that it requires given the complexity of the reporting requirements that it has to make, which more specifically include the staff and expertise to (i) properly segregate duties and perform oversight of work performed and to perform compensating controls over the finance and accounting functions, (ii) establish and perform fair value estimates or subsequently monitor fluctuations in fair value estimates, and (iii) apply complex accounting principles, including those relating to business combination accounting, income taxes, warrant liabilities and fair value estimates; and |
| · | There are insufficient written policies and procedures in place to ensure the correct application of accounting and financial reporting with respect to the current requirements of IFRS and SEC disclosure requirements, some of which specifically relate to investment accounting and fair value measures, assessment of in-process R&D assets, share-based payments, carrying amounts of goodwill and intangible assets and business combination accounting. |
Additional information, including our annual information in our Annual Report, is filed with the Canadian Securities Administrators at www.sedar.com and with the SEC at www.edgar.com.
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Cover |
3 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2024 | |
| Cover [Abstract] | |
| Document Type | 6-K |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| Document Period End Date | Jun. 30, 2024 |
| Document Fiscal Period Focus | Q1 |
| Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2025 |
| Current Fiscal Year End Date | --03-31 |
| Entity File Number | 001-40086 |
| Entity Registrant Name | Portage Biotech Inc. |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001095435 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | Clarence Thomas Building |
| Entity Address, Address Line Two | P.O. Box 4649 |
| Entity Address, Address Line Three | Road Town |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Tortola |
| Entity Address, Country | VG |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | VG1110 |
NATURE OF OPERATIONS |
3 Months Ended |
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| Nature Of Operations | |
| NATURE OF OPERATIONS | NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Portage Biotech Inc. (the “Company” or “Portage”) is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) with its registered office located at Clarence Thomas Building, P.O. Box 4649, Road Town, Tortola, BVI. Its USA agent, Portage Development Services Inc. (“PDS”), is located at 59 Wilton Road, Westport, CT, 06880, USA.
The Company is a foreign private issuer under the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) rules. It is also a reporting issuer under the securities legislation of the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. Its ordinary shares were listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange (“CSE”) under the symbol “PBT.U”. On February 25, 2021, the ordinary shares of the Company began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PRTG”. As the principal market for the Company’s ordinary shares is Nasdaq, the Company voluntarily delisted from the CSE on April 23, 2021.
Portage is a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company advancing treatments the Company believes will be first-in class therapies that target known checkpoint resistance pathways to improve long-term treatment response and quality of life in patients with invasive cancers. Portage’s access to next-generation technologies coupled with a deep understanding of biological mechanisms enables the identification of clinical therapies and product development strategies that accelerate these medicines through the translational pipeline. After a review of the Company’s future funding needs for clinical development of its programs as well as the current capital raising market for biotechnology companies, the Company made the decision to discontinue the Company sponsored trial for the invariant natural killer T-cell (“iNKT”) program and pause further patient accrual to the Company sponsored adenosine trial for both PORT-6 and PORT-7. The Company is exploring strategic alternatives, which may include finding a partner for one or more of its assets, a sale of the company, a merger, restructurings, both in and out of court, a company wind down, further financing efforts or other strategic action.
On August 13, 2018, the Company reached a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of SalvaRx Limited (“SalvaRx”) in exchange for ordinary shares of the Company (the “SalvaRx Acquisition”). The SalvaRx Acquisition was completed on January 8, 2019 (the “Acquisition Date”) upon receiving shareholder and regulatory approval. In connection with the SalvaRx Acquisition, the Company acquired interests in SalvaRx’s five research and development invested entities and subsidiaries: iOx Therapeutics Ltd. (“iOx”) (60.49% interest), Nekonal Oncology Limited, Intensity Therapeutics, Inc. (“Intensity”), Saugatuck Therapeutics, Ltd. (“Saugatuck”) and Rift Biotherapeutics Inc.
In September 2021, the Company, through SalvaRx, exchanged certain notes, accrued interest, warrants and receivables in exchange for shares of iOx representing % of the outstanding shares of iOx. As a result of this exchange, the Company, through SalvaRx, increased its ownership of iOx from 60.49% to 78.32%. On July 18, 2022, the Company purchased the remaining non-controlling interest of iOx.
Reverse Stock Split
The Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved a reverse stock split of its ordinary shares at a ratio of 1-for-20. Beginning with the opening of trading on August 15, 2024, the Company’s ordinary shares began trading on Nasdaq on a split-adjusted basis under the existing trading symbol “PRTG”.
The reverse stock split was implemented to increase the per share trading price of the Company’s ordinary shares for the purpose of ensuring a share price high enough to comply with the minimum $1.00 bid price requirement for continued listing on Nasdaq.
As a result of the reverse stock split, every twenty (20) pre-split ordinary shares were converted into one (1) post-split ordinary share. Any fractional shares resulting from the reverse stock split were rounded up to the nearest whole post-split ordinary share. The reverse stock split affected all shareholders uniformly and did not alter any shareholder’s percentage interest in the Company’s ordinary shares, except for adjustments that may result from the treatment of fractional shares. All outstanding options and warrants entitling their holders to purchase the Company’s ordinary shares were adjusted as a result of the reverse stock split, in accordance with the terms of each such security. In addition, the number of ordinary shares reserved for future issuance pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans were also appropriately adjusted. The number of authorized ordinary shares was not proportionately reduced because the Company has an unlimited number of authorized ordinary shares available for issuance, as permitted under the laws of the British Virgin Islands.
All share and per share information included in the condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the impact of the reverse stock split as if the stock split occurred at the beginning of the periods presented. The shares of ordinary shares authorized remained at an unlimited number of ordinary shares without par value.
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| GOING CONCERN | NOTE 2. GOING CONCERN
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $3.3 million and total current liabilities of approximately $3.0 million. For the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company is reporting a net loss of approximately $1.7 million, and cash used in operating activities of approximately $1.7 million. As of July 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $3.1 million (approximately $2.9 million as of August 23, 2024) of cash and cash equivalents on hand.
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance is decreasing, and the Company did not generate positive cash flows from operations for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and fiscal year ended March 31, 2024 (“Fiscal 2024”).
In late Fiscal 2024, because of continued liquidity constraints, the Company made the decision to discontinue further clinical development of its iNKT sponsored trial and pause further patient accrual to its sponsored adenosine program for both PORT-6 and PORT-7. The Company is exploring strategic alternatives, which may include finding a partner for one or more of its assets, a sale of our company, a merger, restructurings, both in and out of court, company wind down, further financing efforts or other strategic action. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position.
The Company has incurred significant operating losses since inception and expects to continue to incur significant operating losses for the foreseeable future and may never become profitable. The losses result primarily from its conduct of research and development activities. As previously discussed, the Company has discontinued its iNKT sponsored trial and paused further patient accrual to the Company sponsored adenosine program in order to preserve cash resources. Additionally, during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2024, the Company sold its shares in Intensity on Nasdaq.
The Company historically has funded its operations principally from proceeds from issuances of equity and debt securities. The Company will require significant additional capital to make the investments it needs to execute its longer-term business plan, beyond the potential proceeds that could be reasonably generated from its “at-the-market” (“ATM”) program and Committed Purchase Agreement (as defined below) with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, LLC (“Lincoln”) given the Company’s current trading volume on Nasdaq. The Company’s ability to successfully raise sufficient funds through the sale of debt or equity securities when needed is subject to many risks and uncertainties and, future equity issuances would result in dilution to existing stockholders and any future debt securities may contain covenants that limit the Company's operations or ability to enter into certain transactions. See Note 11, “Capital Stock and Reserves,” for a further discussion.
There can be no assurance that the Company’s evaluation of strategic alternatives will result in any agreements or transactions, or that, if completed, any agreements or transactions will be successful or on attractive terms. Any potential transaction would be dependent on a number of factors that may be beyond the Company’s control, including, among other things, market conditions, industry trends, the interest of third parties in a potential transaction with the Company and the availability of financing to the Company or third parties in a potential transaction with the Company on reasonable terms. The process of reviewing strategic alternatives may require the Company to incur additional costs and expenses. It could negatively impact the Company’s ability to attract, retain and motivate key employees, and expose the Company to potential litigation in connection with this process or any resulting transaction. If the Company is unable to effectively manage the process, the Company’s financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. In addition, any strategic alternative that may be pursued and completed ultimately may not deliver the anticipated benefits or enhance shareholder value. There can be no guarantee that the process of evaluating strategic alternatives will result in the Company entering into or completing a potential transaction within the anticipated timing or at all. There is no set timetable for this evaluation and the Company does not intend to disclose developments with respect to this evaluation unless and until the Company determines that further disclosure is appropriate or legally required. As of July 31, 2024, the Company had approximately $3.1 million (approximately $2.9 million as of August 23, 2024) of cash and cash equivalents on hand, which the Company expects is only sufficient to cover its operating needs through December 2024. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date of the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position. There were no adjustments made to reflect the effect of this doubt.
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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION | NOTE 3. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Statement of Compliance and Basis of Presentation
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”), International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) 34 Interim Financial Reporting and interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee. These 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 audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the year ended March 31, 2024.
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared on an historical cost basis except for items disclosed herein at fair value (see Note 16, “Financial Instruments and Risk Management”). In addition, these condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared using the accrual basis of accounting, except for cash flow information.
The Company has only one reportable operating segment.
These condensed consolidated interim financial statements were approved and authorized for issuance by the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board on August 26, 2024.
Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and:
All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Non-controlling interest in the equity of a subsidiary is accounted for and reported as a component of stockholders’ equity. As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, non-controlling interest represents the 30% shareholder ownership interest in Saugatuck and subsidiary, which is consolidated by the Company.
Functional and Presentation Currency
The Company’s functional and presentation currency is the U.S. Dollar.
Use of Estimates and Judgments
The preparation of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make judgments, estimates 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.
Significant areas where estimates are made include valuation of financial instruments, deferred tax assets and liabilities, warrant liabilities, research and development costs, fair value used for acquisition of intangible assets, contingent consideration assumed and measurement of share-based compensation. Significant areas where critical judgments are applied include assessment of impairment of investments, in-process research and development and warrant liabilities.
Reclassifications
Certain prior year amounts between accounts payable and accrued liabilities have been reclassified for consistency with the current year presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.
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| SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | NOTE 4. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies are set out in Note 4 to the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for Fiscal 2024. These policies have been applied consistently to all periods presented in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
IFRS Pronouncements Issued
Impact of Adoption of Significant New IFRS Standards in Fiscal 2025
The amendments to IFRS 16, “Leases,” include requirements for sale and leaseback transactions to explain how an entity accounts for a sale and leaseback after the date of the transaction.
The amendments to IAS 1, “Presentation of Financial Statements,” clarify how conditions with which an entity must comply within twelve months after the reporting period affect the classification of a liability. The amendments also aim to improve information an entity provides related to liabilities subject to these conditions.
The amendments to IFRS 16 and IAS 1 were effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024. The adoption of these amendments did not have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
The amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7, “Statement of Cash Flows,” require disclosures to enhance the transparency of supplier finance arrangements and their effects on an entity’s liabilities, cash flows and exposure to liquidity risk. The amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 were effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024 (with transitional reliefs in the first year). The adoption of these amendments did not have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
New Accounting Standards, Interpretations and Amendments
Standards issued but not yet effective up to the date of issuance of the Company’s condensed consolidated interim financial statements is listed below. This is of standards and interpretations issued, which the Company reasonably expects to be applicable at a future date. The Company intends to adopt this standard when it becomes effective.
Amendments to IAS 21 – Lack of Exchangeability
An entity is impacted by the amendments to IAS 21, “The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates,” when it has a transaction or an operation in a foreign currency that is not exchangeable into another currency at a measurement date for a specified purpose. A currency is exchangeable when there is an ability to obtain the other currency (with a normal administrative delay), and the transaction would take place through a market or exchange mechanism that creates enforceable rights and obligations. The amendments to IAS 21 are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025, unless earlier adopted. The Company is evaluating whether the adoption of the amendments to IAS 21 would have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or its condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
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| INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE | NOTE 6. INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE
Details of the Company’s associate, Stimunity S.A. (“Stimunity”), as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024 are as follows:
The following table is a roll-forward of the Company’s investment in Stimunity as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023:
The Company accounted for its investment in Stimunity under the equity method and, accordingly, recorded its share of Stimunity’s earnings or loss based on its ownership percentage. The Company recorded loss in equity in Stimunity of $50,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2023. At March 31, 2024, the Company reduced the investment to nil .
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| INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC COMPANY | NOTE 7. INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC COMPANY
The following is a discussion of the Company’s investment in Intensity.
Intensity Therapeutics, Inc.
In connection with the SalvaRx Acquisition in fiscal 2019, the Company acquired a $4.5 million interest in Intensity, a private clinical stage biotechnology company, of .0 million shares, which represented a 7.5% equity interest in Intensity. The investment was recorded at fair value (which approximates cost) at the Acquisition Date. The investment in Intensity has been irrevocably designated as a financial asset recorded at fair value with gains and losses recorded through other comprehensive income (“OCI”). Upon Intensity’s initial public offering (“IPO”) effective June 30, 2023, discussed below, the fair value of the asset is determined by quoted market price.
On July 5, 2023, Intensity completed an IPO of its common stock selling shares at a price of $ per share generating net proceeds of approximately $16.2 million. In connection with the offering, Intensity’s common stock began trading on Nasdaq on June 30, 2023, under the ticker symbol “INTS.” The Company received an additional shares in connection with the offering pursuant to certain anti-dilution rights. Intensity sold its overallotment shares totaling shares, which closed on July 7, 2023.
The Company’s lock-up with respect to Intensity shares expired on January 2, 2024. The Board authorized and, in January 2024, began selling its shares in Intensity on Nasdaq. In accordance with the accounting for the investment in Intensity as fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVTOCI”), the cumulative OCI of $3.7 million at March 31, 2023 was transferred to accumulative deficit in connection with the sale of Intensity in 2024. During the quarter ended March 31, 2024, the Company sold 100% of its investment in Intensity for proceeds of $2.812 million and recognized a gain of $0.725 million.
In addition, the Company recorded an unrecognized gain of $1.769 million through OCI during the three months ended June 30, 2023.
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| WARRANT LIABILITY | NOTE 8. WARRANT LIABILITY
The following table summarizes the changes in the warrant liability during the three months ended June 30, 2024:
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with an institutional and accredited investor in connection with a registered direct offering (the “the Registered Direct Offering”) and a concurrent private placement (the “Private Placement”) and together with the Registered Direct Offering, the “Offerings”). The Offerings closed on October 3, 2023.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, in the Registered Direct Offering, the Company sold (i) 98,500 shares of the Company’s ordinary shares at a purchase price of $ per share and (ii) pre-funded warrants (the “Pre-Funded Warrants”) to purchase up to ordinary shares, at a purchase price of $ per Pre-Funded Warrant. All Pre-Funded Warrants, which were exercisable for one ordinary share at an exercise price of $ per share, were exercised in full on May 29, 2024.
In the Private Placement, the Company issued to such institutional and accredited investor unregistered warrants to purchase up to ordinary shares (the “Series A Warrants”), unregistered warrants to purchase up to ordinary shares (the “Series B Warrants”), and unregistered warrants to purchase up to ordinary shares (the “Series C Warrants,” together with the Series A Warrants and the Series B Warrants, the “Private Warrants”), together exercisable for an aggregate of up to 473,685 ordinary shares (the “Private Warrant Shares”). Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, for each ordinary share and Pre-Funded Warrant issued in the Registered Direct Offering, an accompanying Series A Warrant, Series B Warrant and Series C Warrant were issued to such institutional and accredited investor. Each Series A Warrant is exercisable for one Private Warrant Share at an exercise price of $ per share, is immediately exercisable and will expire 18 months from the date of issuance. Each Series B Warrant is exercisable for one Private Warrant Share at an exercise price of $ per share, is immediately exercisable and will expire three years from the date of issuance. Each Series C Warrant is exercisable for one Private Warrant Share at an exercise price of $ per share, is immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of issuance. The net proceeds to the Company from the Offerings were approximately $ million, after deducting placement agent’s fees and estimated offering expenses of approximately $0.7 million.
Pursuant to an engagement letter, dated as of August 26, 2023, between the Company and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (the “Placement Agent”), the Company paid the Placement Agent a total cash fee equal to % of the aggregate gross proceeds received in the Offerings, or $ million. The Company also paid the Placement Agent in connection with the Offerings a management fee equal to % of the aggregate gross proceeds raised in the Offerings ($ million), $ for non-accountable expenses and $ for clearing fees. In addition, the Company issued to the Placement Agent, or its designees, warrants to purchase up to ordinary shares (the “Placement Agent Warrants,” and together with the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Private Warrants, the “Warrants”), which represented % of the aggregate number of ordinary shares and Pre-Funded Warrants sold in the Registered Direct Offering. The Placement Agent Warrants have substantially the same terms as the Series B Warrants and the Series C Warrants, except that the Placement Agent Warrants have an exercise price equal to $, or 125% of the offering price per ordinary share sold in the Registered Direct Offering and will be exercisable for five years from the commencement of the sales pursuant to the Offerings. The Private Warrants, Private Warrant Shares, Placement Agent Warrants and ordinary shares underlying the Placement Agent Warrants were registered for resale under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-1 that was declared effective by the SEC on November 7, 2023 (the “Resale Registration Statement”).
The Series B Warrants, the Series C Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants include the obligation, in the event of a Fundamental Transaction, as defined in the Series B Warrants, the Series C Warrants and the Placement Agent Warrants, for the Company or the successor entity to purchase the warrants from the holder at the discretion of the holder and at the Black-Scholes value, as defined in the warrant agreements. As a result, management concluded that, in line with IAS 9, “Financial Instruments” and IAS 32, “Financial Instruments: Presentation,” such warrants will be accounted for as financial liabilities on the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position with the changes in fair value recognized in the condensed consolidated interim statement of operations and other comprehensive income (loss). The Company allocated the net proceeds of $5.3 million for the Registered Direct Offering to the warrant liability and recognized the excess of the fair value of the warrant liabilities at inception of $3.1 million as a loss on the Registered Direct Offering of $2.4 million and offering expenses of $0.7 million. The Company also recorded a gain of $1.1 million from the change in the fair value of the warrant liabilities for the three months ended June 30, 2024, resulting in a warrant liability balance at June 30, 2024 of $0.4 million.
The Company filed the Resale Registration Statement to register for the resale of the Private Warrant Shares and the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Placement Agent Warrants, which was declared effective by the SEC on November 7, 2023. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company is obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until such institutional and accredited investor (and its successors and assigns) no longer owns any Private Warrants or ordinary shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
On May 29, 2024, Armistice Capital Master Fund Ltd. exercised its Pre-Funded Warrants at an exercise price of $ per share increasing the Company’s total shares outstanding to .
The accounting for the Series A Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants is detailed below in Note 11, “Capital Stock and Reserves.”
Series B Warrants
A fair value of $ per each Series B Warrant was identified at the issue date of October 3, 2023. A fair value of $ per each warrant has been identified as of June 30, 2024.
The inputs associated with calculating the fair value are reflected below.
Series C Warrants
A fair value of $ per each Series C Warrant was identified at the issue date of October 3, 2023. A fair value of $ per each warrant has been identified as of June 30, 2024.
The inputs associated with calculating the fair value are reflected below.
Placement Agent Warrants
A fair value of $ per each Placement Agent Warrant was identified at the issue date of October 3, 2023. A fair value of $ per each warrant has been identified as of June 30, 2024.
The inputs associated with calculating the fair value are reflected below.
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| INCOME TAXES | NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES
The Company is a BVI business company. The BVI government does not, under existing legislation, impose any income or corporate tax on corporations.
PDS is a U.S. corporation and is subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes, as applicable.
iOx is subject to U.K. taxes.
The (expense) benefit from income taxes consists of the following for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (U.S. Dollars in thousands):
The following is a reconciliation of the U.S. taxes to the effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (U.S. Dollars in thousands):
As of June 30, 2024, the Company had $0.5 million of federal net operating losses, which carryforward indefinitely but are limited to 80% of taxable income when utilized and $0.4 million of items deducted for financial statements but not for federal income tax purposes, excluding share-based compensation. As of each June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the Company had U.S. deferred tax assets of $0.1 million.
The following is a reconciliation of the U.K. taxes to the effective income tax rates for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023 (U.S. Dollars in thousands):
Research and development credit receivables of $0.2 million was included in prepaid expenses and other receivables on the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position as of June 30, 2023. The receivable was collected in July 2023.
The following is a reconciliation of financial statement income (loss) to tax basis income (loss) (in thousands):
As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities in the U.K. consisted of the effects of temporary differences attributable to the following (U.S. Dollars in thousands):
As of each of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, iOx had a net deferred tax liability of nil.
There is no expiration date for accumulated tax losses in the U.K. entities.
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| CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES | NOTE 11. CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES
Authorized ordinary shares: Unlimited number of Portage ordinary shares without par value.
On August 15, 2024, the Company effected a reverse stock split of its ordinary shares at a ratio of 1-for-20. The effect of this reverse stock split was to decrease the number of ordinary shares outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and 2023, from and to and , respectively. All share and per share information included in the condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the impact of the reverse stock split. The number of ordinary shares authorized remained at an unlimited number of common shares without par value.
Portage filed a shelf registration statement with the SEC in order to sell ordinary shares, debt securities, warrants and units in one or more offerings from time to time, which became effective on March 8, 2021 (“March 2021 Registration Statement”). In connection with the March 2021 Registration Statement, Portage has filed with the SEC:
The Sales Agreement permits the Company to sell in an ATM program up to $50 million of ordinary shares from time to time. The sales under the prospectus will be deemed to be made pursuant to an ATM program as defined in Rule 415(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Act.
On July 6, 2022, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Committed Purchase Agreement”) with Lincoln, under which it may require Lincoln to purchase ordinary shares of the Company having an aggregate value of up to $30 million (the “Purchase Shares”) over a period of 36 months. Upon execution of the Committed Purchase Agreement, the Company issued to Lincoln ordinary shares, representing a 3% commitment fee. Pursuant to the Committed Purchase Agreement, Lincoln will be obligated to purchase the Purchase Shares in three different scenarios that are based on various market criteria and share amounts. The Company has the right to terminate the Committed Purchase Agreement for any reason, effective upon one business day prior written notice to Lincoln. Lincoln has no right to terminate the Committed Purchase Agreement. The requirement that Lincoln must make a purchase will be suspended based on various criteria such as there not being an effective registration statement for Lincoln to be able to resell the ordinary shares it is committed to purchase and market criteria such as the Company continuing to be Depository Trust Company eligible, among other things. The Committed Purchase Agreement does not impose any financial or business covenants on the Company, and there are no limitations on the use of proceeds. The Company may raise capital from other sources in its sole discretion; provided, however, that the Company shall not enter into any similar agreement for the issuance of variable priced equity-like securities until the three-year anniversary of the date of the Committed Purchase Agreement, excluding, however, an ATM transaction with a registered broker-dealer, which includes any sales under the Sales Agreement with Cantor Fitzgerald.
During Fiscal 2024, the Company sold ordinary shares under the ATM program, generating net proceeds of approximately $0.7 million.
The Company’s March 2021 Registration Statement expired on March 8, 2024. In order to issue additional shares under its ATM program or the Committed Purchase Agreement in the future, the Company would be required to file a new registration statement, which must be declared effective by the SEC prior to use, and to file a prospectus supplement related to the ATM program and the Committed Purchase Agreement, as the case may be.
Furthermore, the ATM program and the Committed Purchase Agreement with Lincoln are generally limited based on, among other things, the Company’s Nasdaq trading volume. Under General Instruction I.B.5 to Form F-3 (the “Baby Shelf Rule”), the amount of funds the Company can raise through primary public offerings of securities in any 12-month period using a registration statement on Form F-3 is limited to one-third of the aggregate market value of the ordinary shares held by the Company’s non-affiliates, which limitation may change over time based on its stock price, number of ordinary shares outstanding and the percentage of ordinary shares held by non-affiliates. Accordingly, the Company is limited by the Baby Shelf Rule as of the filing of this Form 20-F, until such time as its non-affiliate public float exceeds $75 million.
On September 29, 2023, the Company entered into the Purchase Agreement with an institutional and accredited investor in connection with the Registered Direct Offering and the Private Placement. The Offerings closed on October 3, 2023.
The Company filed the Resale Registration Statement to register for resale the Private Warrant Shares and the ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of Placement Agent Warrants, which was declared effective by the SEC on November 7, 2023. Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company is obligated to use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Resale Registration Statement effective at all times until such institutional and accredited investor (and its successors and assigns) no longer owns any Private Warrants or ordinary shares issuable upon exercise thereof.
If a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Warrants) occurs, then the successor entity will succeed to, and be substituted for the Company, and may exercise every right and power that the Company may exercise and will assume all of the Company’s obligations under the Warrants with the same effect as if such successor entity had been named in the Warrants themselves. If holders of ordinary shares are given a choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in such a Fundamental Transaction, then the holders of the Warrants shall be given the same choice as to the consideration they would receive upon any exercise of the Warrants following such a Fundamental Transaction. Additionally, as more fully described in the Series B Warrants, Series C Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants, in the event of certain Fundamental Transactions, the holders of the Series B Warrants, Series C Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants will be entitled to receive cash consideration in an amount equal to the Black-Scholes value of the Series B Warrants, Series C Warrants and Placement Agent Warrants, as the case may be, upon the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction.
See Note 8, “Warrant Liability,” for a discussion of the Registered Direct Offering.
Series A Warrants and Pre-Funded Warrants
The Series A Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants are classified as a component of equity because they are freestanding financial instruments that are legally detachable and separately exercisable from the ordinary shares with which they were issued, are immediately exercisable, do not embody an obligation for the Company to repurchase its shares, and permit the holders to receive a fixed number of ordinary shares upon exercise. In addition, the Series A Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants do not provide any guarantee of value or return.
On the October 3, 2023 issue date, the calculated fair value of the Series A Warrants and the Pre-Funded Warrants as of March 31, 2024 was $ million ($ per such warrant). Because the fair value of the warrants accounted for as liabilities exceeded the net proceeds from the Registered Direct Offering, the proceeds allocated to the Common Shares, the Pre-Funded Warrants and the Series A warrants was zero.
Series A Warrants
The inputs associated with calculating the fair value are reflected below.
The stock option reserve reflects the reserve of compensation expense recognized over the vesting period based upon the grant date fair value of the Company’s equity settled grants calculated in accordance with IFRS 2, “Share-based Payment”. See Note 12, “Stock Option Reserve,” below for a further discussion.
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| STOCK OPTION RESERVE |
Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and Grants of Stock Options and Restricted Stock Units
On January 19, 2022, the Board unanimously approved the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan”). The Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan provides for:
As of June 30, 2024, shares were issued (including shares bought back in cashless exercise), shares were reserved for awards previously granted and shares were available for future awards under the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
The vested options can be exercised at any time in accordance with the applicable option agreement. The exercise price was greater than the market price for all options outstanding as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024.
The Company recorded approximately $ million and $ million of share-based compensation expense with respect to the Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan in the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
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Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to ordinary equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.
Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing the net loss attributable to ordinary equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period plus the weighted average number of ordinary shares that would be issued on conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares. Shares issuable under Pre-Funded Warrants are considered outstanding for this purpose.
The calculation of Basic and Diluted EPS reflects the Pre-Funded Warrants as outstanding shares.
The following table reflects the loss and share data used in the basic and diluted EPS calculations (U.S. Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts):
Number of ordinary shares are retroactively adjusted to reflect the impact of the 1-for-20 reverse stock split on August 15, 2024.
The inclusion of the Company’s share purchase warrants (other than Pre-Funded Warrants, as described above), stock options and RSUs in the computation of diluted loss per share would have an anti-dilutive effect on loss per share and are therefore excluded from the computation. Consequently, there is no difference between basic loss per share and diluted loss per share for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. The following table reflects the Company’s outstanding securities by year that would have an anti-dilutive effect on loss per share and, accordingly, were excluded from the calculation.
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| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES | NOTE 14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Effective March 15, 2022, iOx entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “MSA”) with Parexel International (IRL) Limited (“Parexel”) under which Parexel agreed to act as clinical service provider (CRO) pursuant to a work order (“Work Order”) effective June 1, 2022. Pursuant to such Work Order, Parexel will operate a Phase 2 trial of IMM60 and pembrolizumab in advanced melanoma and non-small lung cancer. The MSA provides for a five-year term, and the Work Order provides for a term to be ended upon the completion of the services required. The budget provides for service fees and pass-through expenses and clinical sites totaling $11.5 million. During the year ended March 31, 2023 (“Fiscal 2023”), the Company executed two change orders resulting in a $0.6 million increase in the overall estimated budgeted costs. As a result of the Company’s decision to discontinue the development with respect to this program, the Company provided a notice of termination under the MSA. The Company is in negotiations to settle all obligations with respect to the MSA. The Company reflected $1.5 million of payables to Parexel in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and approximately $1.1 million in deposits in prepaid expenses and other receivables in the condensed consolidated interim statement of financial position at June 30, 2024.
On March 1, 2023, Tarus entered into a clinical service agreement with Fortrea Inc. (formerly Labcorp Drug Development Inc.), a third-party CRO. The term of the agreement is through the earlier of August 14, 2025 or the completion of provision of services and the payment of contractual obligations. The budgeted costs for the services to be provided is approximately $12.1 million. Because of the Company’s decision to discontinue and pause further accrual of all clinical studies, the Company is negotiating a revision to the services required under the change in circumstances.
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| RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | NOTE 15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
SalvaRx Acquisition
Two of the Company’s directors are also directors of SalvaRx Group plc, a company which owns approximately 4.1% of the Company’s issued and outstanding ordinary shares as of June 30, 2024.
Investments
The Company has entered into related party transactions and certain services agreements with its investees. Key management personnel of the Company have also entered into related party transactions with investees. Key management personnel are those persons having the authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Company, including directors and senior management of the Company.
The following subsidiaries and associates are considered related parties:
Transactions between the parent company and its subsidiaries, which are related parties, have been eliminated in consolidation and are not disclosed in this note.
On September 8, 2021, the Company, through SalvaRx, completed a settlement of loans (including interest) to and receivables from iOx for services rendered in exchange for 23,772 ordinary shares of iOx at a price of £162. Simultaneously, the Company entered into an agreement with Oxford Sciences Innovation, Plc (“OSI”), the holder of $0.15 million notes plus accrued interest under which OSI exchanged the notes plus accrued interest for 820 shares of iOx. The Company followed the guidance provided by an IFRS Discussion Group Public Meeting dated November 29, 2016, following the general tenets of IAS 39, “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement,” and IFRIC 19, “Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments,” and recorded the exchange at historical cost. Additionally, no profit or loss was recorded in connection with the exchange. As a result of these transactions, the Company, through SalvaRx, increased its ownership of iOx from 60.49% to 78.32%.
Employment Agreements
PDS entered into a Services Agreement with the Company’s CEO effective December 15, 2021 (the “CEO Services Agreement”). The CEO Services Agreement originally provided for a base salary of $618,000, plus cost-of-living increases. On December 19, 2022, the Compensation Committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) approved the CEO compensation of $642,700 for Fiscal 2024. The CEO Services Agreement provides for annual increases based upon the review of the base salary by the Board prior to the anniversary of the CEO Services Agreement provided that the annual increase cannot be less than the cost-of-living increase. The CEO Services Agreement also provides that the CEO is eligible to receive an annual performance-based bonus targeted at 59% of the applicable year’s base salary (subject to annual increase by the Board in its sole discretion), which bonus is earned based on the achievement of performance targets, as determined annually by the Board and communicated to the CEO in the first quarter of the year. Any annual bonus, to the extent earned, is to be paid no later than March 15 of the following year. The CEO Services Agreement is for an initial term of three years, after which it will automatically renew annually unless terminated in accordance with the CEO Services Agreement.
Under the CEO Services Agreement, the CEO may terminate his employment with PDS at any time for Good Reason (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement). PDS may terminate the CEO’s employment immediately upon his death, upon a period of disability or without Just Cause (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement). In the event that the CEO’s employment is terminated due to his death or Disability (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), for Good Reason or without Just Cause, he will be entitled to accrued obligations (accrued unpaid portion of base salary, accrued unused vacation time and any unpaid expenses). Additionally, he may be entitled to Severance Benefits (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), which include his then current base salary and the average of his annual bonus for the prior two completed performance years, paid over 12 monthly installments. Additionally, the CEO will be entitled to life insurance benefits and medical and dental benefits for a period of 12 months at the same rate the CEO and PDS shared such costs during his period of employment.
Finally, all stock options (and any other unvested equity incentive award) held by the CEO relating to shares of the Company will be deemed fully vested and exercisable on the Termination Date (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), and the exercise period for such stock options will be increased by a period of two years from the Termination Date.
If the CEO’s employment by PDS is terminated by PDS or any successor entity without Just Cause (not including termination by virtue of the CEO’s death or Disability) or by the CEO for Good Reason within 12 months following the effective date of a Change in Control (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), then, in addition to paying or providing the CEO with the Accrued Obligations (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement), the Company will provide the following Change in Control Severance Benefits (as defined in the CEO Services Agreement):
(3) PDS will pay an additional amount equivalent to the CEO’s target annual bonus calculated using the bonus percentage for the performance year in which the CEO’s termination occurs. This bonus will be paid in 12 equal installments commencing on the first payroll date that is more than 60 days following the date of termination of the CEO’s employment, with the remaining installments occurring on the first day of the month for the 11 months thereafter;
PDS entered into services agreements (individually, an “Executive Service Agreement,” and collectively, the “Executive Service Agreements”) with each of the Company’s five other members of senior management (individually, “Executive” and collectively, “Executives”), three of which are dated as of December 1, 2021, one of which is dated December 15, 2021 and one of which is dated June 1, 2022. Each of the Executive Services Agreements provides for an initial term of two years that is automatically renewed for one-year periods (except two of the Executive Services Agreement, which provides for an initial term of one year and that is automatically renewed for one-year periods). The Executive Services Agreements initially provide for annual base salaries ranging from $175,000 to $348,000 (pro-rated for services rendered) and annual bonus targets ranging from 30% to 40%. They also provide for long-term incentives in the form of equity awards from time to time under the Portage Biotech Inc. Amended and Restated 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. Two of the Executive Service Agreements were terminated on a voluntary basis during the year ended March 31, 2024.
On December 19, 2022, the Compensation Committee approved executive compensation (other than for the CEO) for Fiscal Year 2024 for annual base salaries ranging from $183,750 to $469,000 (pro-rated for services rendered) and annual bonus targets ranging from 30% to 40%.
The Executive Services Agreements can be terminated by PDS without Just Cause, by death or Disability, or by the Executive (except one) for Good Reason (each as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements). In such instances, the Executive Services Agreements provide for the payment of accrued obligations (accrued unpaid portion of base salary, accrued unused vacation time and any unpaid expenses). Additionally, the Executives (except two) are entitled to 50% of base salary plus 50% of average annual bonus earned over the prior two performance years, as well as prevailing life insurance benefits for a period of six months and medical and dental benefits for a period of six months at the prevailing rate PDS and the Executive were sharing such expenses.
Additionally, all stock options (and any other unvested equity incentive award) held by the Executives relating to shares of the Company will be deemed fully vested and exercisable on the Termination Date (as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements), and the exercise period for such stock options will be increased by a period of two years from the Termination Date.
If an Executive’s employment by PDS is terminated by the Company or any successor entity without Just Cause (not including termination by virtue of the Executive’s death or Disability) or by the Executive (except one) for Good Reason within 12 months following the effective date of a Change in Control (as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements), then, in addition to paying or providing the Executive with the Accrued Obligations (as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements), the Company will provide the following Change in Control Severance Benefits (as defined in the respective Executive Services Agreements), except in two cases in which the Executive is entitled to Item (5) and 50% of Items (1) and (3) below:
The Executive Services Agreements also include customary confidentiality, as well as provisions relating to assignment of inventions. The Executive Services Agreements also includes non-competition and non-solicitation of employees and customers provisions that run during the Executive’s employment with PDS and for a period of one year after termination of employment.
Board Resignations and Appointments
On April 25, 2024, Mark Simon resigned all of his positions on the Board of Directors, and on April 26, 2024, Linda Kozick and Dr. Robert Glassman resigned all of their positions on the Board of Directors. On April 30, 2024, Dr. Jean -Christophe Renondin and Dr. Justin Stebbing were elected to the Board.
Bonuses & Board Compensation Arrangements
In December 2022, the Board approved executive performance bonuses, as recommended by the Compensation Committee, totaling $0.6 million, which is equivalent to 73.5% of original annual targets established by the Board in December 2021. The bonuses were approved based upon the original performance targets established. The Board further approved a payment structure of 25% of approved bonuses, which were paid in January 2023, with the balance of amounts due payable upon a new financing. The accrued, unpaid amount of approximately $0.4 million is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position as of each of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024. No executive performance bonus has been approved by the Compensation Committee or the Board for Fiscal Year 2024.
Effective January 1, 2022, each non-employee Board member is entitled to receive cash Board fees of $40,000 per annum, payable quarterly in arrears. Additionally, each non-employee Board member is entitled to an annual grant of 345 options to purchase Portage ordinary shares, which would vest the first annual anniversary of the grant date. The Company incurred Board fees totaling $7,205 and $82,500 during the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Non-employee Board chairpersons are entitled to an annual cash fee of $30,000, payable quarterly in arrears. In lieu of a non-executive chairperson, the lead director is entitled to an annual cash fee of $20,000 per annum paid quarterly in arrears. Additionally, the chairperson of each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee of the Board is entitled to annual fees of $15,000, $12,000 and $8,000, respectively, payable quarterly in arrears. Members of those committees are entitled to annual fees of $7,500, $6,000 and $4,000, respectively, payable quarterly in arrears. All non-executive board members waived their right to board fees for the three months ended June 30, 2024, except for the non-executive board members who resigned in late April 2024.
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The Company’s financial instruments recognized in the Company’s condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position consist of the following:
Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information and information about financial instruments. These estimates are subject to and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment; and therefore, these estimates cannot be determined with precision. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect these estimates.
The following table summarizes the Company’s financial instruments as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024:
A summary of the Company’s risk exposures as it relates to financial instruments are reflected below.
Fair value of Financial Instruments
The Company’s financial assets and liabilities are comprised of cash and cash equivalents, receivables and investments in equities and public entities, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, lease liability, warrant liability, deferred purchase price payable and deferred obligation.
The Company classifies the fair value of these transactions according to the following fair value hierarchy based on the amount of observable inputs used to value the instrument:
Assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the placement within the fair value hierarchy.
Management has assessed that the fair values of cash and cash equivalents, other receivables and accounts payable approximate their carrying amounts largely due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate their fair values:
Investment in Public Company: Upon Intensity’s IPO effective June 30, 2023, the fair value of the investment was determined by the quoted market price (Level 1).The Company sold this investment in the year ended March 31, 2024. In addition, the Company recorded an unrecognized gain of $1.769 million through OCI during the three months ended June 30, 2023.
Warrant Liability: The fair value is estimated using a Black-Scholes model and in certain cases, a Monte Carlo simulation (Level 3) (see Note 8, “Warrant Liability”).
Deferred Purchase Price Payable - Tarus: The fair value is the estimated value of a future contingent obligation based upon a fair value analysis performed in accordance with IFRS 3 at acquisition date, adjusted at each reporting date for any change in fair value (Level 3). The fair value was determined using the Income Approach and was primarily based upon the analysis on the Tarus clinical plan, the timing of development events and the probabilities of success determined primarily based upon empirical third-party data and Company experience, as well as the relevant cost of capital. These are primarily unobservable inputs within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, which can be further impacted by other unobservable inputs such as market changes and unknown timing delays. The Company is also impacted by its liquidity constraints. The deferred purchase price payable is correlated to the value of the Tarus in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) and will increase or decrease based upon the amounts realized, if any, on the sale or licensing of the IPR&D. The Company has determined the probability of events based upon the clinical work performed to date, the current capital and biotech markets and the Company’s remaining liquidity. During the year ended March 31, 2024, the Company fully impaired its investment in Tarus IPR&D and accordingly, wrote-off the related deferred purchase price payable. The Company recorded a gain from the change (decrease) in the fair value of the liability of $7.179 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. The Company recorded a (loss) from the change (increase) in fair value of the liability of $0.685 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The deferred purchase price payable - Tarus balance was nil as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024.
Deferred Obligation - iOx Milestone: The fair value is the estimated value of a future contingent obligation based upon a fair value analysis performed in accordance with IFRS 3 as of July 18, 2022, the date of the Share Exchange Agreement, adjusted at each reporting date for any change in fair value (Level 3). The fair value was determined using the Income Approach and based on factors including the clinical plan, the timing of development events and the probabilities of success determined primarily based upon empirical third-party data and Company experience, as well as the relevant cost of capital. In connection with the decision by the Company to discontinue further clinical development of its iNKT sponsored trial, the Company performed an impairment analysis which resulted in an impairment loss of $46.9 million recognized at December 31, 2023. Based on this analysis, it was determined that the deferred consideration obligation would not be realized. Accordingly, the Company recorded a gain from the change (decrease) in the fair value of the liability of $4.126 million for the year ended March 31, 2024. The Company recorded a (loss) from the change (increase) in fair value of the liability of $0.426 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The deferred obligation - iOx milestone balance was nil as of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024.
Fair Value Hierarchy
The investment in public company (Intensity) was transferred from Level 3 to Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy for the year ended March 31, 2024 as the result of Intensity’s IPO. The investment was sold prior to March 31, 2024.
The Company’s financial instruments are exposed to certain financial risks: Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk and Foreign Currency Risk.
Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk of loss associated with a counterparty’s inability to fulfill its payment obligations. The credit risk is attributable to various financial instruments, as noted below. The credit risk is limited to the carrying value as reflected in the Company’s condensed consolidated interim statements of financial position.
Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and amounts invested in underlying treasury and money market funds that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash with three months or less from date of acquisition and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. As of June 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, cash equivalents was comprised of a money market account with maturities less than 90 days from the date of purchase. Cash and cash equivalents are held with major international financial institutions and therefore the risk of loss is minimal.
Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will encounter difficulty in satisfying financial obligations as they become due.
The Company’s approach to managing liquidity is to ensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions without incurring unacceptable losses or risking harm to the Company’s reputation. The Company holds sufficient cash and cash equivalents to satisfy current obligations under accounts payable and accruals.
The Company monitors its liquidity position regularly to assess whether it has the funds necessary to meet its operating needs and needs for investing in new projects.
As a biotech company at an early stage of development and without significant internally generated cash flows, there are inherent liquidity risks, including the possibility that additional financing may not be available to the Company, or that actual drug development expenditures may exceed those planned. The current uncertainty in global capital markets could have an impact on the Company’s future ability to access capital on terms that are acceptable to the Company. There can be no assurance that required financing will be available to the Company. See Note 2, “Going Concern,” and Note 11, “Capital Stock and Reserves,” for a discussion of the Company’s share offering.
Foreign Currency Risk
While the Company operates in various jurisdictions, substantially all of the Company’s transactions are denominated in the U.S. Dollar, except the deferred tax liability in the U.K. settleable in British pound sterling.
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The Company considers the items included in shareholders’ equity as capital. The Company had accounts payable and accrued liabilities of approximately $3.0 million and lease liability - current of $0.037 million as of June 30, 2024 (accounts payable and accrued liabilities of approximately $2.8 million as of March 31, 2024 and lease liability - current of $0.040 million as of March 31, 2024) and current assets of approximately $5.2 million as of June 30, 2024 (approximately $7.7 million as of March 31, 2024). The Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in order to pursue new business opportunities and to maintain a flexible capital structure, which optimizes the costs of capital at an acceptable risk.
The Company manages the capital structure and makes adjustments to it in light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets.
As of June 30, 2024, shareholders’ equity attributable to the owners of the Company was approximately $ million (approximately $.0 million as of March 31, 2024).
The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements and does not presently utilize any quantitative measures to monitor its capital. There have been no changes to the Company’s approach to capital management during the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.
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Saugatuck and subsidiary includes Saugatuck and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Saugatuck Rx LLC.
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| EVENT AFTER THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DATE | NOTE 19. EVENT AFTER THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DATE
Retention Agreement and General Release
On July 22, 2024, the Company and Portage Development Services, Inc. entered into a Retention Agreement and General Release (“Retention Agreement”) with each of Allan Shaw (“Employee”) and Joseph Ciavarella (“Consultant”). Under the terms of each of the Retention Agreements, Employee’s current employment agreement and Consultant’s current consulting agreement both terminated on July 22, 2024, except with respect to certain provisions. In return for continuing to provide services to the Company and its affiliates and completing certain Applicable Retention Events, as defined in the respective Retention Agreements, the Company will pay an aggregate $201,250 (the “Retention Amount”) to Employee and Consultant, in addition to their monthly pay through September 30, 2024.
The Company accrued the Retention Amount, as well as the monthly pay totaling $201,000 through September 30, 2024, in the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024 as the material terms of the Retention Agreements were known and agreed upon at June 30, 2024.
Additionally, Employee and Consultant will be entitled to receive bonuses accrued in Fiscal 2023 totaling $100,000, in the form of fully vested ordinary shares. Unless the Company provides notice in writing to the Employee or the Consultant, the Employee’s employment and the Consultant’s consulting relationship with the Company and its affiliates will end on September 30, 2024. . |
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IFRS Pronouncements Issued
Impact of Adoption of Significant New IFRS Standards in Fiscal 2025
The amendments to IFRS 16, “Leases,” include requirements for sale and leaseback transactions to explain how an entity accounts for a sale and leaseback after the date of the transaction.
The amendments to IAS 1, “Presentation of Financial Statements,” clarify how conditions with which an entity must comply within twelve months after the reporting period affect the classification of a liability. The amendments also aim to improve information an entity provides related to liabilities subject to these conditions.
The amendments to IFRS 16 and IAS 1 were effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024. The adoption of these amendments did not have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
The amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7, “Statement of Cash Flows,” require disclosures to enhance the transparency of supplier finance arrangements and their effects on an entity’s liabilities, cash flows and exposure to liquidity risk. The amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 were effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2024 (with transitional reliefs in the first year). The adoption of these amendments did not have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or the condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2024.
New Accounting Standards, Interpretations and Amendments
Standards issued but not yet effective up to the date of issuance of the Company’s condensed consolidated interim financial statements is listed below. This is of standards and interpretations issued, which the Company reasonably expects to be applicable at a future date. The Company intends to adopt this standard when it becomes effective.
Amendments to IAS 21 – Lack of Exchangeability
An entity is impacted by the amendments to IAS 21, “The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates,” when it has a transaction or an operation in a foreign currency that is not exchangeable into another currency at a measurement date for a specified purpose. A currency is exchangeable when there is an ability to obtain the other currency (with a normal administrative delay), and the transaction would take place through a market or exchange mechanism that creates enforceable rights and obligations. The amendments to IAS 21 are effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2025, unless earlier adopted. The Company is evaluating whether the adoption of the amendments to IAS 21 would have a material effect on the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements or its condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
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STOCK OPTION RESERVE (Tables) |
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LOSS PER SHARE (Tables) |
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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT (Tables) |
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NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST (Tables) |
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NATURE OF OPERATIONS (Details Narrative) - shares |
1 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Aug. 13, 2018 |
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| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Percentage of outstanding shares | 17.83% | |
| Bottom of range [member] | ||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Percentage of ownership subsidiary | 60.49% | |
| Top of range [member] | ||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Percentage of ownership subsidiary | 78.32% | |
| Salva Rx Group Plc [Member] | ||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Percentage of acquire | 100.00% | |
| Exchange of ordinary shares | 8,050,701 |
GOING CONCERN (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Aug. 23, 2024 |
Jul. 31, 2024 |
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| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 3.3 | ||
| Total current liabilities | 3.0 | ||
| Net loss | 1.7 | ||
| Cash used in operating activities | $ 1.7 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents on hand | $ 2.9 | $ 3.1 |
PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER RECEIVABLES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] | ||
| Prepaid clinical research costs | $ 1,322 | $ 1,924 |
| Prepaid insurance | 412 | 575 |
| Tax deposits | 63 | 64 |
| Other prepaid expenses | 42 | 65 |
| Other receivables | 23 | 39 |
| Total prepaid expenses and other receivables | $ 1,862 | $ 2,667 |
BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Details Narrative) |
1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
|---|---|---|---|
Sep. 30, 2021 |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
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| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Percentage of outstanding shares | 17.83% | ||
| Saugatuck [Member] | |||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Non-controlling interest | 30.00% | 30.00% | |
| Country Of British Virgin Islands [Member] | |||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Percentage of ownership subsidiary | 70.00% | ||
| Country Of Delaware [Member] | |||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Percentage of ownership subsidiary | 100.00% | ||
| Bottom of range [member] | |||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Percentage of ownership subsidiary | 60.49% | ||
| Top of range [member] | |||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Percentage of ownership subsidiary | 78.32% |
INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE (Details) - Stimunity SA [Member] |
3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
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| Name | Associate: Stimunity S.A. | Associate: Stimunity S.A. |
| Principal Activity | Biotechnology | Biotechnology |
| Place of Incorporation and principal place of business | Paris, France | Paris, France |
| Voting rights held | 48.90% | 48.90% |
INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
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| Investment In Associate | ||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ 806 | |
| Share of loss | (50) | |
| Balance, end of period | $ 756 | |
INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE (Details Narrative) - Stimunity SA [Member] - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2023 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
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| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Equity in (loss) income | $ 50,000 | |
| Investment reduced | $ 0 |
INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC COMPANY (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands |
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Jul. 07, 2023 |
Jul. 05, 2023 |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
Mar. 31, 2023 |
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| Cumulative other comprehensive income | $ (4,325) | |||||
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| Number of shares sold | 585,000 | 3,900,000 | ||||
| Price per share | $ 5.00 | |||||
| Proceeds from sales of biological assets | $ 16,200 | |||||
| Additional antidilution shares | 2,659 | |||||
| Cumulative other comprehensive income | $ 3,700 | |||||
| Investment value | 2,812 | |||||
| Recognized a gain | $ 725 | |||||
| Unrecognized gain | $ 1,769 | |||||
| Intensity [Member] | Acquisition Of Salva Rx [Member] | ||||||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||||||
| Investment | $ 4,500 | |||||
| Number of shares purchased | 1,000,000 | |||||
| Percentage of equity held | 7.50% | |||||
WARRANT LIABILITY (Details 1) - Series B Warrants [Member] - $ / shares |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Oct. 03, 2023 |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
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| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Exercise price | $ 45.20 | $ 45.20 |
| Share price | $ 39.40 | $ 4.20 |
| Expected life | 3 years 3 days | 2 years 3 months 3 days |
| Expected volatility | 90.40% | 123.14% |
| Risk free interest rate | 4.95% | 4.66% |
| Dividend yield |
WARRANT LIABILITY (Details 2) - Series C Warrants [Member] - $ / shares |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Oct. 03, 2023 |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
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| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Exercise price | $ 45.20 | $ 45.20 |
| Share price | $ 39.40 | $ 4.20 |
| Expected life | 5 years | 4 years 3 months 3 days |
| Expected volatility | 100.70% | 107.50% |
| Risk free interest rate | 4.80% | 4.40% |
| Dividend yield |
WARRANT LIABILITY (Details 3) - Placement Agent Warrants [Member] - $ / shares |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Oct. 03, 2023 |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
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| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Exercise price | $ 47.60 | $ 47.60 |
| Share price | $ 39.40 | $ 4.20 |
| Expected life | 4 years 11 months 26 days | 4 years 3 months 3 days |
| Expected volatility | 100.70% | 107.50% |
| Risk free interest rate | 4.80% | 4.40% |
| Dividend yield |
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts Payable And Accrued Liabilities | ||
| Accounts payable and amounts accrued to CRO | $ 1,484 | $ 1,413 |
| Accrued bonuses and other payroll-related expenses | 873 | 525 |
| Accrued accounting and auditing fees | 162 | 189 |
| Accrued legal fees | 142 | 194 |
| Accrued other professional fees | 91 | 157 |
| Other accounts payable | 76 | 136 |
| Accrued clinical and R&D services | 42 | 179 |
| Other | 95 | 43 |
| Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ 2,965 | $ 2,836 |
INCOME TAXES (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| Current: | ||
| Federal | $ (2) | $ (3) |
| State and local | ||
| Foreign | ||
| Total current | (2) | (3) |
| Deferred: | ||
| Federal | ||
| State and local | ||
| Foreign | 148 | |
| Total deferred | 148 | |
| (Expense) benefit from income taxes | $ (2) | $ 145 |
INCOME TAXES (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] | ||
| Loss on ordinary activities before tax | $ (104) | $ (605) |
| Statutory U.S. income tax rate | 21.00% | 21.00% |
| Income tax (expense) benefit at statutory income tax rate | $ 21 | $ 127 |
| Share-based compensation expense recognized for financial statement purposes | (28) | (142) |
| Other losses (unrecognized) | (2) | |
| Utilization of losses not previously benefitted | 7 | 12 |
| Income tax (expense) | $ (2) | $ (3) |
INCOME TAXES (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] | ||
| Loss on ordinary activities before tax | $ (507) | $ (1,576) |
| Statutory U.K. income tax rate | 25.00% | 25.00% |
| Income tax benefit at statutory income tax rate | $ 127 | $ 394 |
| Derecognition of deferred tax assets | (127) | |
| Foreign currency effect and other | (246) | |
| Income tax benefit | $ 148 | |
INCOME TAXES (Details 4) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Deferred tax assets: | ||
| Net operating loss | $ (5,717) | $ (5,590) |
| Deferred tax asset (unrecognized) | 5,717 | 5,590 |
| Deferred tax asset | ||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||
| In-process research and development | ||
| Deferred tax liability | ||
| Net deferred tax liability |
INCOME TAXES (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
3 Months Ended | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2023 |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|
| Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] | |||
| Federal net operating losses | $ 0.5 | ||
| Deferred tax assets | $ 0.1 | $ 0.1 | |
| Research and development credit receivables | $ 0.2 |
CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES (Details) - Issued capital [member] - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Ordinary shares beginning balance, shares | 989 | 880 |
| Ordinary shares beginning balance, amount | $ 219,499 | $ 218,782 |
| Share issued from exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants, shares | 60 | |
| Share issued from exercise of Pre-Funded Warrants, amount | $ 1 | |
| Shares issued under ATM, net of issue costs, shares | 9 | |
| Shares issued under ATM, net of issue costs, amount | $ 613 | |
| Shares issued or accrued for services, shares | ||
| Shares issued or accrued for services, amount | $ 30 | |
| Ordinary shares ending balance, shares | 1,049 | 889 |
| Ordinary shares ending balance, amount | $ 219,500 | $ 219,425 |
CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES (Details 1) - Series A Warrants [Member] |
Oct. 03, 2023
$ / shares
|
|---|---|
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |
| Exercise price | $ 38.00 |
| Share price | $ 39.40 |
| Expected life | 1 year 6 months |
| Expected volatility | 96.00% |
| Risk free interest rate | 5.32% |
| Expected dividend |
CAPITAL STOCK AND RESERVES (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|
| Capital Stock And Reserves | ||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income at beginning balance | $ (4,325) | |
| Investment in public company at FVTOCI - net change in fair value | ||
| Derecognition of investment in public company at FVTOCI | 3,711 | |
| Investment in associate at FVTPL - net change in fair value | (12) | |
| Investment in associate at FVTPL - recognition of net change in fair value | (27) | |
| Other investments - derecognition of investment at FVTOCI | 653 | |
| Accumulated other comprehensive income at ending balance |
STOCK OPTION RESERVE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] | ||
| Balance, beginning of period | $ 23,841 | $ 21,204 |
| Share-based compensation expense | 144 | 769 |
| Balance, end of period | $ 23,985 | $ 21,973 |
STOCK OPTION RESERVE (Details 1) - PBI 2021 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] - shares |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Balance, beginning of period | 90,281 | 98,171 |
| Expired or forfeited | (13,019) | |
| Balance, end of period | 77,262 | 98,171 |
| Exercisable, end of period | 48,307 | 38,222 |
STOCK OPTION RESERVE (Details 2) - PBI 2021 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] - $ / shares |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Weighted average exercise price | $ 188.40 | $ 210.60 |
| Weighted average remaining contractual life (in years) | 7 years 9 months 3 days | 8 years 7 months 9 days |
STOCK OPTION RESERVE (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Share based compensation expense | $ 144 | $ 769 |
| PBI 2021 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] | ||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Shares issued | 470 | |
| Shares bought back in cashless exercise | 95,730 | |
| Shares available for future awards | 47,850 | |
LOSS PER SHARE (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| Numerator (in 000’$) | ||
| Net loss attributable to owners of the Company | $ (1,656) | $ (5,919) |
| Denominator (in 000’) | ||
| Weighted average number of shares - Basic | 1,049 | 885 |
| Weighted average number of shares - Diluted | 1,049 | 885 |
| Basic loss per share | $ (1.58) | $ (6.69) |
| Diluted loss per share | $ (1.58) | $ (6.69) |
LOSS PER SHARE (Details 1) - shares |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Warrants [member] | ||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Anti-dilutive effect on loss per share | 481,580 | |
| Stock Options [Member] | ||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Anti-dilutive effect on loss per share | 77,262 | 98,171 |
| Restricted Stock Units [Member] | ||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Anti-dilutive effect on loss per share | 18,467 | 18,937 |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Millions |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 02, 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] | ||
| Payables to parexel in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ 1.5 | |
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | $ 1.1 | |
| Service costs | $ 12.1 |
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details Narrative) - USD ($) |
3 Months Ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Dec. 19, 2022 |
Dec. 15, 2021 |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||||||
| Portage paid intensity | $ 10,000.00 | |||||
| Annual base salary | $ 618,000 | |||||
| Compensation committee | $ 600,000 | |||||
| Original annual targets percentage | 73.50% | |||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ 400,000 | $ 400,000 | ||||
| Incurred Board fees total | $ 7,205 | $ 82,500 | ||||
| Annual fees description | Additionally, the chairperson of each of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating Committee of the Board is entitled to annual fees of $15,000, $12,000 and $8,000, respectively, payable quarterly in arrears. Members of those committees are entitled to annual fees of $7,500, $6,000 and $4,000, respectively, payable quarterly in arrears. All non-executive board members waived their right to board fees for the three months ended June 30, 2024, except for the non-executive board members who resigned in late April 2024. | |||||
| Bottom of range [member] | ||||||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||||||
| Annual base salary | $ 183,750 | $ 175,000 | ||||
| Annual bonus targets ranging percentage | 30.00% | 30.00% | ||||
| Top of range [member] | ||||||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||||||
| Annual base salary | $ 469,000 | $ 348,000 | ||||
| Annual bonus targets ranging percentage | 40.00% | 40.00% | ||||
| SalvaRx [Member] | ||||||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||||||
| Issuance of unsecured notes, description | the Company, through SalvaRx, completed a settlement of loans (including interest) to and receivables from iOx for services rendered in exchange for 23,772 ordinary shares of iOx at a price of £162. Simultaneously, the Company entered into an agreement with Oxford Sciences Innovation, Plc (“OSI”), the holder of $0.15 million notes plus accrued interest under which OSI exchanged the notes plus accrued interest for 820 shares of iOx. The Company followed the guidance provided by an IFRS Discussion Group Public Meeting dated November 29, 2016, following the general tenets of IAS 39, “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement,” and IFRIC 19, “Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments,” and recorded the exchange at historical cost. Additionally, no profit or loss was recorded in connection with the exchange. As a result of these transactions, the Company, through SalvaRx, increased its ownership of iOx from 60.49% to 78.32%. | |||||
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
Mar. 31, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial assets | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 3,334 | $ 5,028 | $ 7,698 | $ 10,545 |
| Amortized Cost [Member] | ||||
| Financial assets | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3,334 | 5,028 | ||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | 1,862 | 2,667 | ||
| Financial liabilities | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 2,965 | 2,836 | ||
| Warrant liability | ||||
| Fair Value To Other Comprehensive Income [Member] | ||||
| Financial assets | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | ||||
| Fair Value Through Profit Or Loss [Member] | ||||
| Financial assets | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | ||||
| Prepaid expenses and other receivables | ||||
| Financial liabilities | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | ||||
| Warrant liability | $ 422 | $ 1,564 |
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK MANAGEMENT (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|---|
Dec. 31, 2023 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|
| Tarus [Member] | |||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Gain on change in fair value of the liability | $ 685 | $ 7,179 | |
| IOX [Member] | |||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Gain on change in fair value of the liability | 426 | $ 4,126 | |
| Impairment loss | $ 46,900 | ||
| IPO [Member] | |||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | |||
| Unrecognized gain | $ 1,769 |
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Mar. 31, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Capital Management | ||
| Accounts payables and accrued liabilities | $ 3,000 | $ 2,800 |
| Lease liability - current | 37 | 40 |
| Current assets | 5,200 | 7,700 |
| Shareholders' equity attributable to owners | $ 2,500 | $ 4,000 |
NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Jun. 30, 2024 |
Jun. 30, 2023 |
|
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Non-controlling interest, at beginning | $ (693) | |
| Non-controlling interest, at ending | (701) | |
| Saugatuck [Member] | ||
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Non-controlling interest, at beginning | (693) | $ (650) |
| Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest | (8) | (7) |
| Non-controlling interest, at ending | $ (701) | $ (657) |
EVENT AFTER THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION DATE (Details Narrative) - Nonadjusting Event [Member] - Employee And Consultant [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |
|---|---|---|
Mar. 31, 2023 |
Jul. 22, 2024 |
|
| IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items] | ||
| Retention amount | $ 201,250 | |
| Retention amount, accrued | $ 201,000 | |
| Accrued bonuses | $ 100,000 |
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