Incannex Healthcare — Expanding base with A$13m private placement

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Incannex Healthcare — Expanding base with A$13m private placement

Incannex Healthcare has announced a fund-raise of A$13m (US$8.7m) in gross proceeds through a private placement to a healthcare-focused group of institutional investors. It will issue 63.4m new shares of common stock at A$0.205/share (a c 10.9% discount to the 2 December closing price). Proceeds of the raise will primarily be used to develop Incannex’s clinical pipeline (including assets acquired as part of APIRx acquisition). After the private placement, Incannex is expected to have a pro-forma cash position of around A$45m (US$30.6m) that, according to management, should be adequate to fund its operations into CY25. As a result of rolling our model forward, including newly issued shares and updating the cash position, we value Incannex at US$736.6m or US$11.7 per ADR.

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Incannex Healthcare

Expanding base with A$13m private placement

Financing update

Pharma and biotech

7 December 2022

Price

US$3.26

Market cap

US$205m

ADR/Ord conversion ratio 1:25

Pro forma net cash + gross proceeds (US$m) at 5 December 2022

30.6

ADRs in issue

63.0m

ADR code

IXHL

ADR exchange

NASDAQ-GM

Underlying exchange

ASX

Depository

DBK

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(16.9)

(26.6)

N/A

Rel (local)

(20.5)

(27.2)

N/A

52-week high/low

US$35.5

US$3.26

Business description

Incannex Healthcare is an Australian dual-listed biotech company focused on developing medicinal cannabis pharmaceutical products and psychedelic medicine therapies. These therapies are being designed to target indications with unmet need, including obstructive sleep apnea, generalized anxiety disorder, trauma and inflammatory conditions.

Next events

Phase IIa Psi-GAD interim data readouts

CY Q123

Open FDA IND for IHL-42X

CY Q123

Analysts

Soo Romanoff

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Nidhi Singh

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Dr Adam McCarter

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Incannex Healthcare is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Incannex Healthcare has announced a fund-raise of A$13m (US$8.7m) in gross proceeds through a private placement to a healthcare-focused group of institutional investors. It will issue 63.4m new shares of common stock at A$0.205/share (a c 10.9% discount to the 2 December closing price). Proceeds of the raise will primarily be used to develop Incannex’s clinical pipeline (including assets acquired as part of APIRx acquisition). After the private placement, Incannex is expected to have a pro-forma cash position of around A$45m (US$30.6m) that, according to management, should be adequate to fund its operations into CY25. As a result of rolling our model forward, including newly issued shares and updating the cash position, we value Incannex at US$736.6m or US$11.7 per ADR.

Year end

Revenue
(A$m)

PBT*
(A$m)

EPS*
(c)

DPS
(c)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

06/21

2.0

(8.2)

(0.83)

0.0

N/A

N/A

06/22

0.8

(14.9)

(1.25)

0.0

N/A

N/A

06/23e

0.0

(20.6)

(1.35)

0.0

N/A

N/A

06/24e

0.0

(33.4)

(2.12)

0.0

N/A

N/A

Note: *PBT and EPS are normalised, excluding amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and share-based payments.

Attached options may extend cash runway

As part of the placement, subscribers will also be offered an equivalent number (63.4m) of new options, exercisable at A$0.285 per option. If fully exercised, these options may raise a further A$18.1m in proceeds. With the A$13.0m in gross proceeds from the current financing, excluding the effect of the attached options, we now expect Incannex will require A$55m in additional funding (from A$70m previously) before reaching profitability in FY26 with the launch of IHL-42X.

Busy clinical pipeline continues momentum

Although we had not anticipated any immediate financing requirements, Incannex’s raise comes at a crucial stage for the company with the upcoming investigational new drug (IND) application filing with the FDA in Q1 CY23 to initiate a pivotal Phase II/III study of its lead asset, IHL-42X. Incannex is looking to progress development of the assets from the APIRx pharmaceuticals acquisition, having recently announced it will start manufacturing its addiction treatments (CannQuit-N and CannQuit-O) and skin therapeutics (ReneCann) for use in upcoming clinical trials.

Valuation: US$736.6m or US$11.7 per ADR

We value Incannex at US$736.6m or US$11.7 per ADR (US$714.7m or US$11.74 per ADR previously). Our valuation has been affected by rolling our model forward three months and including the newly issued shares; however, our underlying long-term assumptions remain unchanged. Based on the company’s burn rate and our projections, we estimate the pro forma net cash position of A$45.0m at December 2022 provides a cash runway into CY25.

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

Accounts: IFRS, Yr end: June 30, AUD$:000s

 

 

2020

2021

2022

2023e

2024e

PROFIT & LOSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total revenues

 

 

822

1,973

789

77

79

Cost of sales

 

 

(450)

(912)

(6)

(6)

(6)

Gross profit

 

 

372

1,061

782

71

72

Total operating expenses

 

 

(4,301)

(9,225)

(15,686)

(20,678)

(33,482)

Research and development expenses

 

 

(2,111)

(4,750)

(5,372)

(9,848)

(21,600)

SG&A

 

 

(864)

(1,236)

(3,027)

(3,399)

(4,157)

Operating income (reported)

 

 

(3,929)

(8,164)

(14,904)

(20,607)

(33,409)

Finance income/(expense)

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Exceptionals and adjustments

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Net loss from discontinued operations

 

 

(768)

0

0

0

0

Profit before tax (reported)

 

 

(4,698)

(8,164)

(14,904)

(20,607)

(33,409)

Profit before tax (normalised)

 

 

(4,698)

(8,164)

(14,904)

(20,607)

(33,409)

Income tax expense (includes exceptionals)

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Net income (reported)

 

 

(4,698)

(8,164)

(14,904)

(20,607)

(33,409)

Net income (normalised)

 

 

(4,698)

(8,164)

(14,904)

(20,607)

(33,409)

Basic average number of shares, m

 

 

684.0

978.0

1,191.2

1,525.0

1,574.0

Basic EPS (cents per share)

 

 

(0.69)

(0.83)

(1.25)

(1.35)

(2.12)

Adjusted EPS (cents per share)

 

 

(0.69)

(0.83)

(1.25)

(1.35)

(2.12)

Dividend per share (cents per share)

 

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE SHEET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tangible assets

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Intangible assets

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Right-of-use assets

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Other non-current assets

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Total non-current assets

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Cash and equivalents

 

 

3,603

9,124

37,501

29,126

20,764

Current tax receivables

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Trade and other receivables

 

 

413

169

295

292

307

Inventory

 

 

183

0

0

0

0

Other current assets

 

 

36

36

84

84

84

Total current assets

 

 

4,236

9,329

37,880

29,502

21,155

Non-current loans and borrowings

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Non-current lease liabilities

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Total non-current liabilities

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Accounts payable

 

 

955

755

2,011

1,240

1,302

Illustrative debt

 

 

0

0

0

0

25,000

Current lease obligations

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Other current liabilities

 

 

117

0

0

0

0

Total current liabilities

 

 

1,072

755

2,011

1,240

26,302

Equity attributable to company

 

 

3,164

8,574

35,869

28,262

(5,147)

 

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

CASH FLOW STATEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 

(4,698)

(8,164)

(14,904)

(20,607)

(33,409)

Depreciation and amortisation

 

 

37

0

0

0

0

Share based payments

 

 

565

1,172

1,465

0

0

Other adjustments

 

 

97

91

(594)

0

0

Movements in working capital

 

 

91

(10)

1,226

(768)

47

Cash from operations (CFO)

 

 

(3,907)

(6,910)

(12,807)

(21,375)

(33,362)

Capex

 

 

13

0

0

0

0

Acquisitions & disposals net

 

 

0

29

0

0

0

Other investing activities

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Cash used in investing activities (CFIA)

 

 

13

29

0

0

0

Capital changes

 

 

7,469

12,401

41,185

13,000

0

Debt changes

 

 

(65)

0

0

0

25,000

Other financing activities

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Cash from financing activities (CFF)

 

 

7,404

12,401

41,185

13,000

25,000

Cash and equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

93

3,603

9,124

37,501

29,126

Increase/(decrease) in cash and equivalents

 

 

3,510

5,520

28,377

(8,375)

(8,362)

Effect of FX on cash and equivalents

 

 

0

0

0

0

0

Cash and equivalents at end of period

 

 

3,603

9,124

37,501

29,126

20,764

Net (debt)/cash

 

 

3,603

9,124

37,501

29,126

20,764

Source: Incannex Healthcare, Edison Investment Research

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