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ImmuPharma plcReport and Consolidated Financial StatementsFor the Year Ended 31 December 2021Contents

Chairman’s Report

Financial Review

Strategic Report

Business Overview and Prospects

Business Strategy and Objectives

Product Pipeline

Key objectives and performance 

Principal Risks and Uncertainties

Forward-Looking Statements

Board of Directors

Scientific Collaborators

Officers and Professional Advisers

Corporate Governance Report

Directors’ Report

Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities

Independent Auditor’s Report

Consolidated Income Statement

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Company Statement of Financial Position

Company Statement of Changes in Equity

Company Statement of Cash Flows

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Glossary of Technical Terms

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ImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021Chairman’s Report

2021 was a year of successful evolution and transition for 
ImmuPharma. Key board and management restructuring 
was at the heart of these changes. This was combined 
with a complete re-evaluation of our pipeline, focusing 
on the key assets, which we believe, can deliver long term 
shareholder value. 

As echoed in recent statements, whilst being one of the 
most challenging periods we have been involved with 
at ImmuPharma, it has been one of the most exciting 
periods in the Company’s history. This would not have 
been possible without the enormous amount of teamwork 
involved, from both the ImmuPharma team, its partners 
and collaborators. 

At the epicentre of ImmuPharma throughout 2021, was the 
continued progress of our late-stage program, Lupuzor™, 
in conjunction with our US partner, Avion Pharmaceuticals 
(“Avion”), as we moved closer to commencing the 
pivotal Phase 3 study in 2022. During the second half 
of 2021, ImmuPharma started preparations  for the 
commencement of the pharmacokinetic (“PK”) study, 
as requested by the US Food and Drug Administration 
(“FDA”). The PK study has been successfully completed in 
April 2022.

In December 2021 we successfully raised £3.55m (gross), 
which was supported by our US partner, Avion and 
longstanding shareholder, Lanstead Capital. Outside of 
the US, ImmuPharma continued to explore opportunities 
with other potential commercial partners for Lupuzor™ 
and also within the Company’s extended pipeline.

Lupuzor™ – Opportunity and next steps
There are an estimated five million people globally 
suffering from lupus, with approximately 1.5 million 
patients in the US, Europe and Japan (Source: Lupus 
Foundation of America). Current ‘standard of care’ 
treatments, including steroids and immunosuppressants, 
can potentially have either serious side effects for patients 
or limited efficacy, with over 60 per cent of patients not 
adequately treated. 

ImmuPharma believes Lupuzor™ has the potential to be 
a novel specific drug therapy for the treatment of Lupus 
by specifically modulating the immune system and halting 
disease progression in a substantial proportion of patients.

Lupuzor™ has a unique mechanism of action that does 
not suppress the immune system and which normalises  
the over-activity of CD4 T-cells which are involved in the 
cell-mediated immune response which leads to the lupus 
disease. Lupuzor™, taken over the long term, as indicated 
in earlier stage clinical trials, has the potential to prevent 
the progression of lupus rather than just treating its 
symptoms, with the rest of the immune system retaining 
the ability to work normally.

The Board is confident that there are a number of 
routes to market for Lupuzor™, including corporate 
collaborations. Such a collaboration was successfully 
completed at the end of November 2019, resulting in a 
signed exclusive Trademark, License and Development 
Agreement with Avion in the US. Positive discussions 
with a number of potential commercial partners 
for Lupuzor™ in key territories outside of the US 
are continuing.

Lupuzor™ and Avion Pharmaceuticals | 
Background
On 28 November 2019, ImmuPharma and Avion signed 
an exclusive Trademark, License and Development 
Agreement for Lupuzor™, with Avion agreeing to fund 
a new international Phase 3 trial and commercialising 
Lupuzor™ in the US. Since then, both companies 
have been working closely on the clinical trial design 
and strategy, bolstered by consultation with an 
eminent group of key opinion leaders. This tripartite 
Phase 3 protocol development approach provided 
thorough and detailed support for developing the 
most relevant clinical trial for Lupuzor™ in systemic 
lupus erythematosus (“SLE”) patients. Data and results 
from the first Phase 3 clinical study were analysed and 
considered in detail and, as a result, a new optimised 
international Phase 3 study protocol was approved on 
the 22 July 2021 by the FDA, subject to prior successful 
completion of the PK study.

In the first half of 2021 ImmuPharma provided progress 
updates to the market in respect to guidance meetings 
between the FDA and Avion. 

As part of this feedback and as announced on 9 February 
2021, the FDA requested that Avion and ImmuPharma 
develop and validate a bioanalytical assay in order 
to confirm the unique pharmacokinetic (“PK”) profile 
of Lupuzor™/ P140. Principally to demonstrate that 
P140 shows a positive result within plasma at the 
subcutaneous level. 

On 24 June 2021 it was announced that following 
submission by Avion of the PK methodology study, the 
FDA would, by written response, approve the PK study 
around the end of July 2021. 

On 12 August 2021 ImmuPharma announced that the FDA 
had approved the commencement of the PK study.

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The PK study is a Phase 1 study to assess the presence 
of Lupuzor™ in the body after administration of a single 
dose. The study was carried out in a total of 24 healthy 
male volunteers. 

Since the approval of the commencement of the PK study 
by the FDA, we worked with Avion and our specialist 
Contract Research Organisation (“CRO”), Simbec Orion 
in respect to this study. In preparing the study drug 
material, we have taken the opportunity to greatly improve 
the product characterisation and analytical method 
validations. This has resulted in a new proprietary synthesis 
of P140 which gives greater IP protection and lowers the 
cost of production.

P140 PK study has been successfully completed as 
announced on 13 April 2022, with all key endpoints 
requested by FDA being met. The key highlights from the 
study were summarised as below.

Subcutaneous injection of P140 (in both 200 microgram 
(“mcg”) and 800 mcg doses (note: 1mcg = 1 millionth of 
a gram) showed a clear time and dose-related PK profile, 
which is detectable in the blood of human volunteers and 
applicable for all potential clinical dosing regiments of P140.

The final group of subjects completed dosing on 
30 March 2022. This was a group of subjects that received 
an intravenous injection of a 800 mcg dose of P140, 
which showed successful measurement of the absolute 
bioavailability of the drug (as a control). In-line with all 
human dosing to date, P140 was safe and well tolerated 
across all doses and in all subjects.

Avion, our US partner, has been integral to the 
development, initiation and successful conclusion of this 
PK study. 

Centre National de la Recherche 
Scientifique (CNRS) 
ImmuPharma continues to have important collaboration 
arrangements with the Centre National de la Recherche 
Scientifique (“CNRS”), the French National Council 
for Scientific Research and the largest basic research 
organisation in Europe. This is where Lupuzor™ /P140 
platform was invented by Prof. Sylviane Muller, Emeritus 
Research Director at the CNRS. Through this partnership, 
the CNRS will be entitled to receive from ImmuPharma, 
low double-digit royalty payments of funds received 
by ImmuPharma from Avion through the Licence and 
Development Agreement.

Pipeline Overview  
In the second half of 2021, the Board completed a full 
review of the R&D activities across the Group which 
resulted in the Board having the following conclusions:

There is a depth of scientific knowledge and innovation 
within the R&D team in Bordeaux and with the new 
scientific leadership we expect there to be a significant 
improvement in productivity and achievement of product 
development targets in the future. There is a need for 
a focus on those product developments (see below) 
which offer the highest probability of both scientific and 
commercial success. 

Management will concentrate more of their time on 
identifying and concluding commercial collaborations and 
licensing deals across the product portfolio.

Having assessed our current portfolio and resources, the 
focus will now be on Autoimmunity, Anti-infection and 
those product developments which offer near-term and 
commercially viable opportunities:

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Autoimmunity & Inflammation
The increasing knowledge of P140’s mode of action and 
its relevance to many autoimmune and inflammatory 
conditions provides a depth of disease states for 
ImmuPharma and its partners to explore in the near future. 
The therapeutic potential of P140 goes beyond just lupus, 
with Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy 
(“CIDP”) being the next step. This expanding insight is 
fundamentally driven by the excellent research partnership 
between the Company and Prof. Sylviane Muller, inventor 
of P140 and Emeritus Research Director CNRS, France. 
Key highlights within the progression of the P140 platform 
are summarized below:

•  Lupuzor™ (P140) – successfully completed PK study 

prior to the commencement of the optimized Phase 3 
study in lupus.

•  P140 - CIDP a neurological disorder targeting the 
body’s nerves. Active preparation for a phase 2/3 
clinical study has now been initiated.

•  P140 – Other indications. Further clinical applications 
based on further preclinical investigation include 
asthma, Sjogrens syndrome, renal inflammation in 
diabetes, periodontitis and gout. 

•  P140 – Second generation. Our pre-clinical team in 
Bordeaux, ‘ImmuPharma Biotech’ has commenced 
work to develop a pharmacologically improved 
version of P140, a second generation product 
that aims to further strengthen the IP position 
and provide therapies with different improved 
administration modalities, yet still maintaining 
P140 as the active moiety.

Anti-Infection
The innovative peptide technology at ImmuPharma 
Biotech has been a huge success and very recently has 
given rise to a number of novel development programs, 
out of which we have identified two core programs, in 
pre-clinical development; BioAMB and BioCin, which we 
believe have the best commercial opportunity and speed 
to market. 

•  BioAMB, a novel peptide-based drug that offers 
a potential improvement on the limiting side 
effects and poor administration regime of current 
Amphotericin-B (“AMB”) formulations. AMB is 
one of a last line of agents against serious and 
life-threatening fungal infections caused by the 
aspergillus family of fungi.

•  BioCin, a novel peptide-based drug based on an 
existing potent antibacterial used in high medical 
need cases and in many cases the last line of defense. 
BioCin has the potential to offer improved safety 
and/or administration benefits.

Euronext de-listing
After careful review of our listing on the Euronext Growth 
Brussels Exchange (“Euronext”), it became apparent 
that the cost of the listing outweighed the benefits, as 
the vast majority of the trades in the Company’s shares 
were conducted through our primary listing on AIM, 
rather than Euronext. Taking this into account and the 
best interests of shareholders, the Board made the 
decision to de-list from Euronext with the effective date 
of 18 October 2021.

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Board changes and corporate reorganisation
During 2021, a number of key Board changes happened. 
In June 2021, Dr Robert Zimmer, co-founder of 
ImmuPharma and Chief Scientific Officer, retired to pursue 
other endeavours after 16 years of service. As a substantial 
shareholder in ImmuPharma and to demonstrate his 
continued support of the Company, Dr Zimmer entered 
into a lock-in agreement, to not dispose of shares in 
which he has an interest, for a period of three years or, if 
earlier than three years, the date of the reporting by the 
Company of the preliminary results of the next Phase 3 
clinical trial of Lupuzor™. 

On 16 July 2021, Dr Tim Franklin, Chief Operating 
Officer, was appointed to the Board of Directors. Tim 
has worked for ImmuPharma for over three years, 
initially as a consultant and more recently appointed 
as Chief Operating Officer in November 2020.  His key 
responsibilities include working closely with ImmuPharma’s 
product development team and scientific advisors, in 
addition to exploring business development opportunities 
with potential partners. These activities aim to progress 
the Company’s drug development portfolio, both through 
in house development and partnering opportunities. 

On 30 July 2021, as part of a Board Changes announcement, 
it was confirmed that Dimitri Dimitriou, co-founder and CEO 
of ImmuPharma, for over 16 years, had decided to step 
down from his position, in order to pursue a number of other 
external opportunities. Tim McCarthy, Chairman, has been 
appointed as CEO. The Company has initiated a process 
to identify a suitable person to take over as Non-Executive 
Chair of the Company and during this interim period Tim 
McCarthy will continue as Chairman. 

Further, on 30 July 2021, Dr Franco di Muzio, Senior NED 
and Dr Stéphane Méry, NED stepped down from the 
Board, following 14 and 6 years in these roles respectively. 

On 30 July 2021, Dr Sanjeev Pandya was appointed as 
Senior Independent NED. In addition, Lisa Baderoon was 
appointed to the Board as a NED.

The corporate reorganisation initiatives (including the 
Board changes) are expected to result, from 2022, in 
overall cost savings across the Group of approximately 
£1.1m per annum. This is a decrease of around 50% 
(compared to 2020), in the Company’s committed 
overhead costs (excluding R&D project costs). Included 
in this overall cost saving are reductions in the costs 
relating to the Board and connected parties amounting to 
approximately £0.5m per annum.

Interest in Incanthera Plc
ImmuPharma has a 13.37% interest in Oncology specialist, 
Incanthera plc, which trades on Aquis Stock Exchange 
(“AQSE”) under the ticker (TIDM:INC).

ImmuPharma also has 7,272,740 warrants options in 
Incanthera at an exercise price of 9.5p pence, being the 
price at which new shares have been issued in the Placing 
accompanying Incanthera’s listing.

As a major shareholder, ImmuPharma remains supportive 
of Incanthera.

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Convertible loan notes 
On 15 December 2021, the Company repaid in full the 
remaining outstanding balance of $950,000 (£837,859) 
principal and $160,278 (£121,120) of accrued interest, 
the total of $1,110,278 (£958,979) due to L1 Capital Global 
Opportunities Master Fund (“L1”). 

By 15 December 2021, both convertible security deeds 
with L1 and Lind Global Macro Fund, LP (“Lind”) have 
been repaid and/or converted.

L1 and Lind each have 12,820,127 Options in the 
Company, which may be exercised at any time up to 
10 June 2023 with an exercise price of 11p, which, if all 
exercised, would amount to $3.60 million (£2.82 million).

Capital subscription
On 20 December 2021 ImmuPharma announced 
subscriptions and placing to raise in total £3.55m (before 
expenses) through the issue of 32,272,727 new ordinary 
shares of 10 pence each in ImmuPharma at a price of 
11p per ordinary share (“Issue Price”). The Company 
has also entered into a sharing agreement (“Sharing 
Agreement”) with Lanstead Capital Investors L.P. 
(“Lanstead”), see below. 

The subscriptions comprised of 10,909,091 new ordinary 
shares by Alora Pharmaceuticals LLC (“Alora”), the 
parent company of Avion, to raise £1.2m and a further 
£2.2m subscription for 20,000,000 new ordinary shares 
with Lanstead Capital Investors LP (“Lanstead”), at an 
Issue Price of 11 pence per share, together with a related 
Sharing Agreement. The Chelverton Asset Management 
placing secured £150k for 1,363,636 new ordinary shares.

The £2.2 million gross proceeds of the Lanstead 
subscription was followed by the Sharing Agreement 
with Lanstead for 100% of these shares with a reference 
price of 14.6667p per share (“Benchmark Price”). The 
Sharing Agreement is for a 24 month period and the 
Company will receive 24 equal monthly settlements, 
as measured against Benchmark Price. The actual 
consideration is variable depending upon ImmuPharma’s 
share price and provides the opportunity for 
ImmuPharma to benefit from a positive future share price 
performance.

The Company also agreed to issue Lanstead 
1,400,000 ordinary shares in connection with entering into 
the Sharing Agreement (“Value Payment Shares”).

The Company also issued 90,909 and 1,000,000 new 
Ordinary Shares (“Fee Shares”) at an issue price of 
11 pence per share to SPARK and Stanford Capital 
Partners respectively, in lieu of fees. 

The Issue Price of 11 pence represented a 80 percent 
premium to the closing mid-market price (of 6.1p) 
of the Ordinary Shares on 17 December 2021, the 
latest business date prior to the Subscriptions and 
Placing.

Warrants
On 23 December 2021, for each ordinary share subscribed 
for, as detailed above, two warrants were issued by 
ImmuPharma. The warrants are exercisable for 10 years at 
an exercise price of 11 pence. In total 64,545,454 warrants 
were issued under the Subscriptions and Placing.

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Current Activities and Outlook
2021 brought significant changes in the leadership of the 
ImmuPharma. We have created positive and constructive 
changes within the business, with a focus on delivery of 
product development, value added milestones and a 
much more commercially driven corporate strategy. 

With now fully reviewed and assessed R&D development 
programs, we remain focused on bringing our two 
late-stage clinical assets, Lupuzor™ and CIDP closer to 
the market, whilst ensuring earlier stage assets, specifically 
within anti-infectives progress, with a key focus on 
partnering opportunities. 

We were delighted to secure the successful fundraising 
in late 2021, as it demonstrated that our corporate 
repositioning efforts, since the Board changes, were 
recognised by our existing shareholders and partner, 
Avion (Alora Pharmaceuticals).

In closing, we look forward to sharing value enhancing 
newsflow over the next period and we would like to 
thank our shareholders for their support as well as our 
staff, corporate and scientific advisers and our partners 
including, CNRS and Avion.

Tim McCarthy
Chairman & CEO

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Results
The Group recorded a loss for the year of £8.2 million 
(2020: £6.9 million). Basic and diluted loss per share was 
3.25p (2020: 3.43p). In accordance with the Group’s loss 
making position, no dividend is proposed.

Total Voting Rights
The Company had a total of 284,984,933 ordinary shares 
in issue at 31 December 2021 with each share carrying the 
right of one vote. 

Treasury Policy
The policy continues to be that surplus funds of the 
Group are held in interest-bearing bank accounts on 
short or medium maturities, until commitments to future 
expenditure are made, when adequate funds are released 
to enable future expenditure to be incurred. The Group’s 
Treasury Policy and controls are straightforward and 
approved by the Board. 

Financial Strategy 
The overall strategy is to maintain a tight control over 
cash resources whilst enabling continued progress of 
the Company’s development assets. 

On behalf of the Board
Tim McCarthy
Director

Financial Review

The financial results of the ImmuPharma Group in this report 
cover the year ended 31 December 2021. The Group’s 
principal activity is that of research and development of 
novel drugs to treat serious medical conditions.

Income Statement and Statement of 
Comprehensive Income 
The operating loss for the year ended 31 December 2021 
was £6.6 million, up from £5.6 million for the year ended 
31 December 2020. The research and development 
expenditure was £3.7 million, up from £2.4 million in 
2020. P140 related expenditure was the main reason for 
this increase. Administrative expenses were £1.0 million 
(2020: £1.8 million). The operating loss for the year 
includes exceptional costs of £1.4m (2020: £Nil) in respect 
of corporate reorganisation, including the departures of 
Board members (including Dr Robert Zimmer and Dimitri 
Dimitriou) and respective settlement agreements. 

Finance income has decreased from £41k in 2020 to £1k 
in 2021. Finance costs amounted to £2.4 million, up from 
£1.7 million in 2020, caused largely by the loss on the 
Lanstead derivative financial asset. The loss after tax for 
the year was £8.2 million, an increase from £6.9 million 
in 2020.

The amounts recognised directly in the Statement of 
Comprehensive Income include the total fair value loss 
of £1.0 million (2020: fair value gain of £1.5 million) which 
comprises the following components: fair value loss on 
shares held in Incanthera plc of £584k (2020: fair value gain 
of £852k) and fair value loss on Incanthera’s warrants of 
£418k (2020: fair value gain of £626k). Total comprehensive 
loss for the year was £9.2 million, an increase from 
£5.3 million in 2020.

Statement of Financial Position 
The Group cash and cash equivalents at 31 December 
2021 amounted to £1.6 million (2020: £5.9 million) with 
the decrease caused by the research and development 
expenditure related to PK study, exceptional costs and 
repayment of convertible loan notes. The convertible loan 
notes liability has been repaid in full in 2021 totalling £838k 
(2020: £635k). Trade and other payables increased to £1.6 
million (2020: £0.6 million) and was largely due to PK study 
related expenditure. The total value of the financial asset 
equated to £1.4 million, comprising of shares in Incanthera 
of £1.2 million (2020: £1.8 million) and warrants in Incanthera 
of £0.2 million (2020: £0.6 million). At 31 December 2021 
the Lanstead derivative financial asset amounted to £0.9 
million (2020: £1.2 million). The decrease was a result of the 
fair value calculation performed at year end, reflecting the 
decrease in ImmuPharma’s share price, further details can 
be seen in note 14.

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Strategic Report

The Board of ImmuPharma present their Strategic Report 
for the Group for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Vision and Values
ImmuPharma is an ethical organisation with the vision to 
develop novel drugs to treat serious medical conditions, 
delivering value to patients, medical professionals, 
healthcare payers and our shareholders.

Business Overview and Prospects
ImmuPharma plc is a specialty biopharmaceutical 
company that discovers and develops peptide-based 
therapeutics, headquartered in London and listed the 
AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (IMM). Its 
main research operations are in France. ImmuPharma is 
dedicated to the development of novel drugs, largely 
based on peptide therapeutics, to treat serious medical 
conditions such as autoimmune diseases characterised by:

•  high unmet medical need;

•  low marketing costs; and

•  relatively low development costs.

Founded first in Basel, Switzerland in 1999 and led by 
an experienced management team, ImmuPharma now 
has important research and development collaboration 
arrangements with highly respected health and medical 
research laboratories in Europe.  

ImmuPharma’s strategy and risk-averse business model 
is different from many of its peers, and its management 
team has extensive experience in senior positions in some 
of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

ImmuPharma has adopted an outsourcing model 
where development activities are assigned to contract 
research organisations (“CROs”), maintaining low costs. 
ImmuPharma continues to manage the development of 
its own assets up to commercialisation, but will also seek 
collaborative agreements with larger pharmaceutical 
companies at an earlier stage, where viable.

ImmuPharma’s most currently reviewed portfolio 
includes novel peptide therapeutics within autoimmunity 
and anti-infectives. The lead program, Lupuzor™, is 
a first-in class autophagy immunomodulator which is 
in Phase III development for the treatment of lupus. 
Preclinical analysis suggests therapeutic activity for 
many other autoimmune diseases that share the same 
autophagy mechanism of action. ImmuPharma and Avion 
Pharmaceuticals LLC (“Avion”) signed on 28 November 
2019, an exclusive Licence and Development Agreement 
and Trademark Agreement for Lupuzor™ to fund a new 
optimised international Phase III trial for Lupuzor™ and 
commercialise it in the United States.

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Collaboration with Centre National de la 
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
ImmuPharma has important collaboration arrangements 
with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 
the French National Council for Scientific Research 
and the largest basic research organisation in Europe. 
ImmuPharma also has links with the Institut National de 
la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), France’s 
national institute for health and medical research.  

As part of the collaboration arrangements, ImmuPharma 
has entered into a research agreement with the CNRS 
which relates to the therapeutic use of peptides and 

peptide derivatives. ImmuPharma has been granted the 
worldwide exclusive rights to exploit all discoveries made 
pursuant to this agreement and will co-own the relevant 
intellectual property with the CNRS.

The CNRS has granted additional exclusive worldwide 
licences to ImmuPharma covering rights to discoveries 
made prior to this agreement but related to it. 
Applications for additional patents, to be jointly owned by 
the CNRS and ImmuPharma, have already been and are 
being filed. The CNRS is entitled to a share of the revenue 
generated by ImmuPharma from the exploitation of the 
CNRS’ licensed and co-owned rights.

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Business Strategy and Objectives

ImmuPharma focuses on developing pioneering and 
novel drugs in specialist therapeutic areas where there is a 
distinct lack of existing treatments, avoiding primary care 
(diseases treated by GPs) where many treatments exist. 
This is consistent with the trends in the pharmaceutical 
industry.

Since our foundation, our research strategy has been 
to work closely with the largest fundamental research 
organisation in Europe, the CNRS in France. This 
collaboration enables us to access innovative research 
with substantial embedded value at a relatively low cost, 
and to work with many leading scientists and doctors.

Our market strategy is to develop drug candidates to 
a point where further value can be added by licensing 
our assets to partners (primarily major pharmaceutical 
corporations) that are well placed to further develop 
and/or commercialise them. Our corporate deal with 
Cephalon Pharmaceuticals in 2009 and most recently 
with Avion Pharmaceuticals signed in 2019, encompassing 
an exclusive Agreement for Lupuzor™, our lead drug 
candidate for the treatment of lupus, to fund a new 
international Phase III trial and commercialise in the US, 
are successful examples of this strategy in action.

ImmuPharma’s principal business objective is to 
enhance shareholder value through the development 
and commercialisation of novel drugs.  Its strategies for 
achieving this objective include:

•  pursuing a low cost model of accessing world class 

research through our collaboration with the CNRS in 
France;

•  selecting specialist therapeutic areas where there are 

high unmet needs; 

•  managing the clinical development of novel drug 

candidates;

•  seeking collaborative agreements with partner 
companies to further the development and 
commercialisation of novel drug candidates; and

•  maintaining a small corporate infrastructure to 

minimise costs.

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Pipeline Overview

ImmuPharma’s pipeline is focused on two core therapeutic 
areas:

•  Autoimmunity & Inflammation

•  Anti-Infectives

Each of these programs and respective drug candidates, 
many being novel peptide therapeutics, are proprietary 
and represent a novel approach to therapy. The Company 
managed to significantly enhance two core therapy areas 
in the most recent period.

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Strategic Report (continued)
Product Pipeline 
Product Pipeline

Autoimmunity and Inflammation
Lupuzor™
ImmuPharma’s lead product candidate, Lupuzor™, 
also known by its scientific name Forigerimod / ‘P140’, 
targets lupus, an autoimmune disease for which there is 
currently no cure or specific treatment. Lupuzor™ was 
successfully licensed to US Cephalon Pharmaceuticals in 
February 2009, in which ImmuPharma received upfront 
payments totalling US$45 million, with a US$500 million 
cash milestone payment structure plus high royalties 
on future sales. In late 2011, following the acquisition 
of Cephalon by Teva Pharmaceuticals, ImmuPharma 
regained all product rights to Lupuzor™. On 28 November 
2019, ImmuPharma and Avion Pharmaceuticals signed an 
exclusive trademark, licence and development agreement 
for Lupuzor™ to fund a new optimised international Phase 
III trial for Lupuzor™ using a theragnostic biomarker based 
approach and commercialise in the US. Avion will fund the 
Phase III trial and pay ImmuPharma milestones and tiered 
double-digit royalties. Successful PK study results from 
April 2022 pave the way to the commencement of the new 
optimised international Phase 3 trial of Lupuzor™.

Lupus (frequently manifested as Systemic Lupus 
Erythematosus or SLE) is a chronic, life-threatening 
autoimmune, inflammatory disease with a pattern of 
flares and remission.  Lupus can affect multiple organs 
such as skin, joints, kidneys, blood cells, heart and lungs. 
It can appear in a multitude of forms, making diagnosis 
difficult with patients presenting to several different 
specialists (mainly dermatologists, rheumatologists and 
nephrologists). Awareness of the disease has steadily 

increased in recent years and should continue to do so 
due to well-organised patient groups and increased 
research and development activity into new treatments. 
New diagnostic tools are now in place and are increasingly 
used by physicians, which coupled with greater awareness, 
should lead to an increase in diagnosis rates. Our 
theragnostic strategy, targeting patients most likely to 
respond to P140 therapy will help more patients get 
access to P140 therapy. Approximately 60% of all ‘active’ 
SLE patients will have the presence of the theragnostic i.e. 
the presence of double stranded DNA antibodies.

There are an estimated five million people globally 
suffering from lupus, with approximately 1.5 million 
patients in the US, Europe and Japan (source: Lupus 
Foundation of America). Current ‘standard of care’ 
treatments, including steroids and immunosuppressants, 
can potentially have either serious side effects for patients 
or limited effectiveness, with over 60% of patients not 
adequately treated. GlaxoSmithKline’s Benlysta is the 
first lupus drug approved in over 50 years and paves the 
path to market for Lupuzor™. Based on conservative 
estimates and taking into account that Benlysta is priced 
currently at approximately US$35k per patient per year, 
Lupuzor™ would be entering a market with the potential 
for multi-billion sales. On 22 January 2021 FDA approved 
Aurinia Pharmaceutical’s Voclosporin (Lupkynis™). 
According to Aurinia’s predictions, Voclosporin expected 
average annualised net revenue per patient is US$65k, 
with potential peak annual U.S. net sales of greater than 
$1 billion. 

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ImmuPharma believes that Lupuzor™, which was invented 
by Professor Sylviane Muller, previous Chair of Therapeutic 
Immunology at the CNRS, has the potential to be a 
novel specific first-line drug therapy for the treatment of 
lupus by specifically modulating the immune system and 
halting disease progression in a substantial proportion 
of patients. Lupuzor™, taken over the long term, is 
intended to prevent the progression of lupus rather 
than just treating its symptoms. Lupuzor™ has a unique 
mechanism of action that modulates the activity of CD4 
T cells which are involved in the cell-mediated immune 
response which leads to the lupus disease. The Company 
has demonstrated that Lupuzor™ leaves the rest of the 
immune system working normally.

Lupuzor™ successfully completed Phase IIb clinical trials 
demonstrating a response rate of 65% after 3 months 
treatment and has also completed a Phase III clinical 
trial. Lupuzor™ was given a Special Protocol Assessment 
(SPA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 
to conduct Phase III trials with Fast Track Designation. In 
2015, ImmuPharma signed an agreement with Simbec-
Orion to complete a pivotal Phase III clinical study of 
Lupuzor™. Simbec-Orion is a full service international 
Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) specialising in rare 
and orphan conditions and has previous direct experience 
of lupus trials.

The Phase III trial was a double-blind, randomised, 
placebo-controlled trial. The study involved patients 
being dosed for one year, receiving 0.2mg once every 
month via subcutaneous injection. 293 patients were 
screened illustrating the demand from physicians for a 
new, safe and effective treatment for lupus. Of these, the 
required 202 patients were successfully recruited and 
randomised (dosed).  Patients participated in the trial in 
seven countries across 28 sites.  The dosing of patients 
was completed in January 2018 and top line results 
announced in April 2018. Although the study missed the 
overall primary endpoint, there was a clear evidence that 
if patients had been randomised to the study on the basis 
of biomarker positive status then they would more likely 
respond to P140 therapy. The randomisation of patients on 
theragnostic selection was not carried out in the previous 
phase III study.  

P140 - (“CIDP”) Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating 
Polyneuropathy 
Outside of lupus the unique mechanism of action of 
Lupuzor™ (also known as Forigerimod or P140) has 
demonstrated in a number of pre-clinical trials that 
it has the potential to also be effective within other 
auto-immune diseases. One disease of key interest 
to ImmuPharma’s team is Chronic Inflammatory 
Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (“CIDP”) where compelling 
pre-clinical data* has been generated. 

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Product Pipeline

Current therapies for CIDP involve patients receiving 
regular infusions of intravenous immunoglobulin G, 
which involves long and arduous visits to hospitals or 
specialist centres and is very costly. The administration of 
P140-CIDP would be a simple monthly injection, which 
could be delivered by the patients’ general practitioner or 
self-administered using an autoinjector pen. ImmuPharma 
appointed a specialist CRO, which has completed the 
protocol for a pivotal adaptive Phase 2/3 clinical trial 
suitable for registration. This will shortly be presented to 
regulatory authorities for review and approval. 

Alongside our CRO, the Company appointed Professor 
Jerome de Seze, a Professor in Neurology and PhD in 
Immunology and Head of the Neuroimmunological 
department of Strasbourg hospital. He is a recognised 
specialist in CIDP and principal investigator for our 
forthcoming CIDP trial and has been involved in 
many CIDP trials. Professor Sylviane Muller, who has a 
longstanding relationship with Professor de Seze and his 
work within CIDP, will provide any necessary support for 
this programme.

Our CIDP programme is also expected to be designated 
as an “orphan drug” indication, which has many 
advantages in terms of its regulatory pathway to market 
and subsequent market exclusivity. 

In addition, this programme has much shorter clinical 
timelines than our Lupus programme, meaning that this 

clinical trial could complete ahead of our Lupuzor™ 
Phase 3 trial and potentially reach registration and 
commercialisation up to a year earlier than the Lupus 
indication.

The CIDP programme is gaining a lot of interest from 
pharmaceutical companies who are attracted to orphan 
indications and who specialise in the Neuropathy area. 

The prevalence of CIDP ranges from 0.7 to 10.3 cases 
per 100,000 and its sales potential can reach of over 
$750 million annually, with currently no effective approved 
drug on the market.

The Company is in active discussions with potential 
commercial partners on this programme.

*Results were published in 2018 in the ‘Journal of 
Autoimmunity 92 (2018) 114–125’ entitled: “An autophagy-
targeting peptide to treat chronic inflammatory 
demyelinating polyneuropathies”. 

P140 - Other indications
As part of the ongoing research into P140, a number of 
new indications have been revealed. They all share the 
same common cause at the mechanistic level of the cell. 
Pre-clinical studies have now confirmed P140 activity in 
asthma (acute and chronic), gout and periodontitis. There 
have been no new significant drug classes addressing 
these indications for many years.

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P140 – Second generation
Our pre-clinical team in Bordeaux, ‘ImmuPharma Biotech’ 
headed up by Dr Sebastien Goudreau, has commenced 
work to develop a pharmacologically improved version 
of P140, a second generation product that aims to further 
strengthen the IP position and provide therapies with 
different improved administration modalities, yet still 
maintaining P140 as the active moiety and to enable the 
product’s potential in additional indications.

Anti-Infectives
Anti-infectives was chosen as a core therapy focus 
because of the ever-looming threat of new and resistant 
organisms, with few significant new products or even 
classes having been discovered or developed now for 
many years.  Our proprietary peptide technology lends 
itself well to taking established products and greatly 
improving their pharmacology.

The World Health Organisation has stated that resistance 
to antibiotics is one of the biggest threats to global health, 
costs and mortality. Pandemic disease events could cost 
the global economy over $6 trillion in the 21st century 
(National Academy of Medicine: 2016).

It is worth to note that clinical trials within anti-infectives 
therapy area are generally much shorter than for chronic 
diseases, so this is an attractive therapy area for speed to 
market and lower cost of trials. 

BioAMB
BioAMB is our most advanced anti-infective candidate. 
It is an improved form of amphotericin-B (“AMB”), a 
well-established systemic antifungal drug. It is usually 
reserved for 3rd line therapy due to the severe side 
effects associated with most AMB formulations.  The 
toxicity associated with AMB, especially nephrotoxicity, 
has always been a key challenge for this group of drugs. 
Pre-clinical studies on BioAMB have demonstrated 
both efficacy and none of the usual toxicity side effects 
associated with existing AMB formulations. We expect 
further significant updates in the first half of 2022 as 
we complete further pre-clinical studies. Sales of AMB 
formulations in 2021 were $540 million. Similar to the 
P140-CIDP programme, BioAMB has attracted a lot of 
attention from pharmaceutical companies who recognise 
the obvious competitive profile that BioAMB offers and 
we are currently in active discussions with two potential 
commercial partners on this programme.

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Product Pipeline

BioCin
BioCin is an improved form of vancomycin, a systemic 
antibacterial which is highly effective against Methicillin 
Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) and orally 
against Clostridium Difficile infections. However, 
Vancomycin is not absorbed from the gut and so requires 
administration by infusion which is a very challenging 
and expensive regimen for patients and their healthcare 
providers. We have identified where we can improve 
a number of aspects of the drug’s pharmacology with 
BioCin. Whilst this programme is at an earlier stage of 
development than BioAMB, we expect to gain further 
insights from pre-clinical studies (PK, pharmacodynamics, 
efficacy and toxicity) in 2022.

Key Performance Indicators
ImmuPharma is a drug discovery and development 
group. In keeping with organisations at a similar stage of 
development in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology 
sector, ImmuPharma’s main activity involves incurring 
research and development expenditure. The overall 
strategy is to maintain a tight control over cash resources 
whilst enabling controlled development of the potential 
product portfolio.

Going Concern
The Company and Group do not generate any material 
cash revenues as its pipeline products are currently at 
research and development stage and therefore rely on 
external finance in order to fund its operation. As set out 

in the Chairman’s Report, in December 2021 the Company 
secured a total of £3.55 million gross proceeds from the 
issue of new share capital, of which £2.2 million is subject 
to the Lanstead Sharing Agreement with 24 monthly 
settlements starting from March 2022 (see note 14).

The directors have prepared cashflow forecasts covering 
a period of more than 12 months from the date of the 
approval of these financial statements. These forecasts 
include a number of cash inflows to the Company and 
Group including the variable cash receipts under the 
Lanstead Sharing Agreement. No new equity fundraising 
has been assumed. Some of the cash inflows have a level 
of uncertainty in respect of timing of receipt and absolute 
quantum which have been modelled through sensitivity 
analysis. These uncertainties are such that potential 
actions may not be sufficient to mitigate all reasonably 
possible downsides. 

Based on the above, the directors believe it remains 
appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going 
concern basis. However, these circumstances represent a 
material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt upon 
the company’s ability to continue as a going concern and, 
therefore to continue realising its assets and discharging 
its liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial 
statements do not include any adjustments that would 
result from the basis of preparation being inappropriate.

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Annual ReviewObjective

Key progress during the period

Successfully find a suitable partner(s) for 
and/or sufficient funding for the clinical 
development of Lupuzor™

•  Exclusive US license and commercial partnership with “Avion” to fund a 

new optimised Phase III clinical trial for Lupuzor™ for up to $25 million with 
up to $70 million milestone payments and tiered double - digit royalties on 
US sales. 

•  On 12 August 2021, FDA approved the commencement of PK study, as part 

of the new optimised international Phase 3 trial for Lupuzor™.

•  Since this approval, new proprietary synthesis of P140 had been prepared, 

with appointed CROs. PK study results were reported in April 2022.

Develop potential product portfolio

•  Collaboration with the European Institute of Chemistry and Biology at the 

University of Bordeaux continues to develop the Group’s peptide technology 
platform.

•  Collaboration with CNRS, new broad agreement is under way to explore P140 

platform opportunities created by Professor Sylviane Muller.

•  Collaboration with Imperial College London on innovative peptide assets.

Maintain strong cash position

•  Consolidated cash balance at 31 December 2021 was £1.6 million. 

•  Shares subscriptions and placement of £3.55 million (gross), inclusive of 

“Lanstead Sharing Agreement” of £2.2m over 24 months. 

•  Continued tight financial control to ensure effective overall expenditure. 

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Directors’ duties in relation to s172 Companies Act 2006

The directors consider that they have acted in the way 
they believe, in good faith, to promote the success of the 
Company for the benefit of its members as a whole and, in 
doing so, have regard (amongst other matters) to: 

•  the likely consequences of any decisions in the 

long-term,

•  the interests of the Company’s employees,

•  the need to foster the Company’s business 

relationships with suppliers, customers and others,

•  the impact of the Company’s operations on the 

community and environment,

•  the desirability of the Company maintaining a 

reputation for high standards of business conduct, and 

•  the need to act fairly between the shareholders of the 

Company.

Long term value
The aim of all business resources allocation is to 
create a long-term value, being a development and 
commercialisation of novel drugs. For further details, 
please see pages 16-20.

Our people
Being a small group with only on average 14 employees 
(including Executive Directors), there is a high level of 
visibility between Board and employees. For further 
details, please see pages 27-30.

Business relationships
The Board is aware of the importance of maintaining good 
relationship with its key suppliers whilst safeguarding its 
resources. For further details, please see pages 40-41 for 
stakeholder engagement.

Community and environment
The Board seeks to support as many interactions with 
research and development community as possible through 
regular meetings and continuous collaborations. For 
further details, please see pages 40-41 for stakeholder 
engagement.

Business Conduct
The Board seeks to maintain a reputation for high 
standards of business conduct. For further details, please 
see pages 35-38 for corporate governance.

Shareholders
Shareholder communication is conducted regularly via 
press releases, Proactive Investor platform, annual and 
interim reports, AGM. For further details, please see 
pages 40-41 for stakeholder engagement.

Principal Risks and Uncertainties
ImmuPharma operates within a complex business 
environment and an industry that is fundamentally driven 
by regulatory processes. A robust understanding of the 
risks and uncertainties involved in a pharmaceutical drug 
development business is fundamental to ImmuPharma’s 
success. The Board regularly considers these principal risks 
and uncertainties and reviews its strategies for minimising 
any adverse impact to the Company or its investors.

The principal risks and uncertainties have been grouped 
into three categories: pharmaceutical environment, 
financial and operational. The table below does not 
illustrate the list of all risks faced by ImmuPharma.

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Pharmaceutical Environment Risks
Drug Development 

Mitigating factors

Change in year

If the clinical trials of any of ImmuPharma’s drug candidates 
fail, that drug candidate will not be marketed, which would 
result in a complete absence of revenue from the failed 
product. The drug development process and achievement of 
regulatory approvals is complex and uncertain. Because of the 
cost and duration of clinical trials, the directors may decide to 
discontinue development of drug candidates that are either 
unlikely to show good results in the trials or unlikely to help 
advance a product to the point of a meaningful collaboration. 
Positive results from pre-clinical studies and early clinical trials 
do not ensure positive results in clinical trials designed to 
permit application for regulatory approval.

ImmuPharma’s management team 
have many years of experience in 
drug development and a robust 
understanding of the clinical trial 
design process.  This experience 
should help ensure that such 
risks are minimised. In addition, 
ImmuPharma has established 
scientific advisors and an advisory 
board in the case of Lupuzor™, 
P140 for lupus and CIDP and 
BioAMB for systemic aspergillosis.

Failure to Protect Products

Mitigating factors

Change in year

Since its inception, ImmuPharma 
has developed a significant patent 
portfolio. By utilising reputable 
external advisers, the Company 
mitigates the risk of patent 
infringement. 

The commercial success of ImmuPharma depends upon its 
ability to obtain patent protection for its products globally. 
No assurance is given that ImmuPharma will develop products 
that are patentable, or that patents will be sufficiently broad 
in their scope to provide protection for ImmuPharma’s 
intellectual property rights and exclude competitors with 
similar technology. Competitors may obtain patents that may 
relate to products competitive with those of ImmuPharma. 
If this is the case then ImmuPharma may have to obtain 
appropriate licences under these patents or cease and/or alter 
certain activities or processes, or develop or obtain alternative 
technology. There can be no assurance that, if any licences are 
required, ImmuPharma will be able to obtain any of them on 
commercially favourable terms, if at all. 

Regulatory Framework

Mitigating factors

Change in year

Changes in government regulations or enforcement policies 
could impose more stringent requirements on ImmuPharma, 
compliance with which could adversely affect its business. 
Failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements 
could result in enforcement action, including withdrawal of 
marketing authorisation, injunction, seizure of products and 
liability for civil and/or criminal penalties. 

It is essential that ImmuPharma 
complies with all regulatory 
requirements and it continually 
monitors regulatory developments 
to ensure that any issues are 
factored into decision making 
and projected timelines. External 
advice is sought after for new 
legislation or where resources are 
not available internally.

Environmental Hazards

Mitigating factors

Change in year

ImmuPharma and its third party contractors are subject to laws, 
regulations and policies relating to environmental protection, 
disposal of hazardous or potentially hazardous substances, 
healthy and safe working conditions, manufacturing practices 
and fire hazard control. There can be no assurance that 
ImmuPharma or its collaborators will not be required to 
incur significant costs to comply with future laws, regulations 
and policies relating to these or similar matters. The risk of 
accidental contamination or injury from certain materials 
cannot be eliminated. In the event of such an accident, 
ImmuPharma could be held liable for any damage that results 
and any such liability could exceed its resources. 

ImmuPharma works with reputable 
third party organisations that 
provide assurance regarding their 
working practices and conditions. 
In addition, the Group maintains 
corporate insurance to mitigate 
this risk.

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Financial Risks
Availibility of Finance

As ImmuPharma is not yet at the stage of generating profit, it 
relies on external funding to develop its programs. It could be 
several years, if ever, before ImmuPharma receives royalties from 
any future licence agreements or revenues directly from product 
sales. If ImmuPharma fails to obtain additional financing, it may 
be unable to complete the development and commercialisation 
of its drug candidates or continue its research and development 
programmes. 

Mitigating factors

Change in year

The Board remains focus 
on ensuring it has sufficient 
capital funds to progress its 
product portfolio. In December 
2021 ImmuPharma secured 
the fundraising of £3.55m 
(before expenses). It also 
has a good oversight on all 
major cash expenditures, 
including budgeting, internal 
cash forecasting and quarterly 
reporting. 

Operational Risks
Reliance on Third Parties

Mitigating factors

Change in year

ImmuPharma relies heavily upon other parties (including CROs) 
for many key stages of its drug development programmes, 
including execution of some pre-clinical studies and later-
stage development for its compounds and drug candidates, 
management of its clinical trials, management of its regulatory 
function, and manufacturing, sales, marketing and distribution 
of its drug candidates. Underperformance by any of these other 
parties could adversely impact the Company’s ability to operate 
effectively.

During 2021, respectable CROs 
have been engaged for three 
main Company’s programs. Their 
performance was monitored 
closely by weekly updates on 
progress status.

Reliance on Key Personnel

Mitigating factors

Change in year

ImmuPharma is dependent on the principal members of its 
management and scientific staff. Recruiting and retaining 
qualified personnel, consultants and advisers will be important 
to its success. There can be no assurance that ImmuPharma 
will be able to recruit the new staff or retain its personnel on 
acceptable terms given the competition for such personnel 
from competing businesses. The loss of service of any of 
ImmuPharma’s personnel could impede the achievement of its 
objectives. 

The Board actively considers 
succession planning for its 
key roles. During 2021 the 
Company went through a 
major reorganisational change, 
appointing new executive 
and non-executive Directors. 
ImmuPharma anticipates 
completing the key appointments 
before the end of H1 2022.

The Company offers share 
option scheme to its employees 
alongside with training and 
development opportunities. 
The Group’s virtual organisation 
structure has also made 
an attractive employment 
proposition.

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Competition

Mitigating factors

Change in year

ImmuPharma’s competitors include amongst others, major 
pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare companies with 
substantially greater resources than those of the Group. There 
is no assurance that competitors will not succeed in developing 
products that are more effective or economical than those 
being developed by ImmuPharma.

Furthermore, there is no guarantee that the drug candidates 
being developed by ImmuPharma have either a better safety 
profile, dosing profile and/or efficacy profile than products that 
are already marketed by its competitors and this may adversely 
affect the sales of any new products. 

The Group remains aware of the 
continually evolving competitive 
landscape of the therapeutic areas 
in which it operates. It’s expected 
that the level of competitive risk 
will continue to be significant. 
This awareness is factored into its 
decision making for its pipeline 
programs.

Covid-19

Mitigating factors

Change in year

The COVID-19 outbreak has impacted ImmuPharma’s 
operations throughout the financial year. As other organisations 
within life science sector, we are prone to experience the 
following disruptions:

•  Delays in the timing of any action by the regulators: MHRA, 

FDA, including the delays of its review process. 

•  Delays or difficulties in enrolling patients in our clinical trials.

The Group actively assesses 
its contingency planning for 
the delays of regulatory review 
process. The group keeps a close 
dialogue with regulators, so it 
can have an early visibility of any 
potential delays.

The Group proactively seek to 
address this issue by ensuring the 
careful selection of CROs. The 
CROs chosen are appropriately 
selected in terms of reputation, 
level of expertise complexity of 
the study and ability for regular 
operational monitoring and 
updates. The CROs management 
of potential pandemic disruption 
(i.e. remote monitoring, video 
consultations etc.) is also a factor 
in determining the final choice.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains certain statements that are not 
historical facts and may be forward-looking statements 
that are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties. 
There are a number of important factors that could cause 
actual results to differ materially from those projected or 
suggested in any forward-looking statement made herein. 

These factors include, but are not limited to: 
(i) ImmuPharma’s and/or ImmuPharma’s partners’ 
ability to successfully complete product research 
and development, including pre-clinical and clinical 
studies and commercialisation; (ii) ImmuPharma’s 
and/or ImmuPharma’s partners’ ability to obtain 
required governmental approvals, including product 
and patent approvals, the impact of pharmaceutical 
industry regulation, the difficulty of predicting FDA and 
other regulatory authority approvals, the regulatory 
environment and changes in the health policies and 
structure of various countries; (iii) the acceptance and 
demand for new pharmaceutical products and new 
discovery-enabling technologies such as the use of cells 
and (iv) ImmuPharma’s ability to attract and/or maintain 
manufacturing, sales, distribution and marketing partners; 
and (v) ImmuPharma’s and/or ImmuPharma’s partners’ 
ability to develop and commercialise products before its 
competitors and the impact of competitive products and 
pricing, the availability and pricing of ingredients used 
in the manufacture of products, uncertainties regarding 
market acceptance of innovative products newly launched, 
currently being sold or in development. In addition, 
significant fluctuations in financial results may occur as a 
result of the timing of milestone payments and the timing 
of costs and expenses related to ImmuPharma’s research 
and development programme. 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no 
assurance is given as to when ImmuPharma’s products 
will be launched or licensed, or whether that launch or 
licensing will be commercially successful, and words 
such as “may”, “will”, “to”, “expect”, “plan”, “believe”, 
“anticipate”, “intend”, “could”, “would”, “estimate” or 
“continue” or the negative or other variations thereof 
or comparable terminology is intended to identify 
forward-looking statements. 

If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialises, 
or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, the 
Group’s actual results may vary materially from those 
expected, estimated or projected. Given these risks and 
uncertainties, potential investors should not place any 
reliance on forward-looking statements. 

Neither the directors nor the Company undertake any 
obligation to update forward-looking statements or risk 
factors other than as required by AIM or by applicable law, 
whether as a result of new information, future events or 
otherwise. 

Tim McCarthy
Signed on behalf of the Board of ImmuPharma Plc
24 May 2022

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Lisa Baderoon
Non – Executive Director and Head of Investor Relations

Lisa joined the Board in July 2021. She has spent 
over 25 years working within the City of London being 
involved with a diverse portfolio of clients from a variety of 
sectors but with a leaning towards emerging, high growth 
businesses advising both private and public companies 
on their financial and corporate strategies aligned to 
stakeholder and investor interests, as well as a strong 
acumen in media communication. During this time, she has 
been involved in a multitude of client transactions spanning 
private fund raisings, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), 
secondary high profile capital raisings and mergers and 
acquisitions both in the UK and internationally.

Dimitri Dimitriou, MSc 
Chief Executive Officer 

Dimitri Dimitriou resigned from the Board of Directors in 
July 2021. 

Dr Robert Zimmer, MD, PhD 
President and Chief Scientific Officer 

Dr Robert Zimmer resigned from the Board of Directors in 
June 2021.

Dr Franco Di Muzio 
Senior Non-Executive Director

Dr Franco Di Muzio resigned from the Board of Directors in 
July 2021.

Board of Directors

Tim McCarthy, FCCA, MBA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Tim was appointed as CEO in July 2021. He has over 
40 years’ international experience in high growth biotech, 
healthcare and technology companies. He is also Chairman 
of Incanthera plc and 4basebio plc. Mr McCarthy has 
previously been Chief Executive Officer and Finance 
Director of a number of UK listed public and private 
companies, including Alizyme plc and Peptide Therapeutics 
Group plc, and has a core understanding of AIM and its 
regulatory processes. Co-founding a number of healthcare 
and biotechnology companies, Mr McCarthy has raised 
substantial amounts of equity capital and also advised and 
worked at Board level for a diverse range of companies 
internationally, in areas such as business strategy, mergers & 
acquisitions, due diligence and licensing.

Dr Tim Franklin, PhD, MBA
Chief Operating Officer

Tim joined the Board in July 2021. He has 30 years’ 
experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. He worked 
in clinical research, sales & marketing, and global strategic 
marketing for Warner Lambert, Wellcome and SmithKline 
Beecham. He later moved to the capital markets where he 
became a top-ranked pharmaceuticals analyst at Dresdner 
Kleinwort investment bank. He applied his experience to 
stock selection at hedge funds and advised several small 
biotechnology companies on corporate and commercial 
strategy and access to capital. He holds a BSc in Medicinal 
Chemistry and a PhD in Pharmacology from Loughborough 
University and an MBA from Warwick Business School.

Dr Sanjeev Pandya, MBA
Senior Non-Executive Director

Sanjeev joined the Board in July 2021. He has over 25 years 
of healthcare and international management experience. 
He was formerly CEO of Advanced Oncotherapy Plc, a 
specialist cancer radiotherapy business listed on AIM. 
During his leadership, he raised over $100m and developed 
and secured partnerships in the USA, EU, China, Singapore, 
India, Australia, Asia and South America. Formerly, he had 
a number of leadership roles in several global clinical trials 
at Pfizer and was head of Europe Regulatory and Medical 
at Reckitt Benckiser. Sanjeev trained and worked as an 
orthopedic surgeon in the NHS and various Third World 
countries. He has a medical degree from Trinity College, 
Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD.

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Board of Directors (continued)
Board of Directors

Dr Stephane Mery, DVM, MBA 
Non-Executive Director 

Dr Stéphane Méry resigned from the Board of Directors in 
July 2021.

Company Secretary
Orana Corporate LLP “Orana”

On 29 April 2020 ImmuPharma appointed “Orana” as 
a Company Secretary. “Orana” is a boutique corporate 
advisory and service practice. Their team consists 
of Chartered Accountants and Corporate Finance 
professionals (FINSIA), all of whom have extensive 
experience dealing with quoted and private companies 
operating in variety sectors and jurisdictions. Orana 
stepped down from its role in January 2021.

Ewa Flynn, FCCA 
Chief Financial Officer

Ewa held several lead financial positions in various listed 
and private companies, including online retailers, notably 
within the Amazon Group. Ewa has been an ACCA qualified 
Chartered Accountant since 2015 and holds an M.A. in 
International Relations from Jagiellonian University in 
Cracow. She was appointed as Company Secretary on 
15 January 2021.

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Scientific Collaborators

Prof Sylviane Muller, Phd
Co-founder of ImmuPharma France SA

Dr Gilles Guichard, PhD 
Co-founder of ImmuPharma France SA 

Professor Muller is Professor at the Institute of Advanced 
Studies of the Strasbourg University where she holds the 
chair in Therapeutic immunology; Emeritus Research 
Director at the CNRS; former Director of the CNRS Unit 
Immunopathology and therapeutic chemistry (2001-2017) 
and former Director of the CNRS Institute of Molecular and 
Cellular Biology (2016-2017). She is the current Director of 
the Drug discovery Center for cancer and inflammation 
Medalis awarded ‘Laboratory of Excellence’ (2011-2020; 
with 200 persons) and future Director of the Strasbourg 
Institute for drug development and discovery (2021-2028; 
250 persons). She received several awards (CNRS Silver 
Medal, CNRS Innovation Award, Léon Velluz Prize from 
the French Academy of Sciences, finalist of the 2017 
European Inventor Award). In 2020, she became an elected 
member of the European Academy of Sciences. Most 
recently, in September 2021 she was awarded the highly 
prestigious Legion d’honneur Award. Her expertise in 
peptide immunochemistry, combined with insights into 
the molecular and cellular pathways behind autoimmune 
disease, led to the discovery of Lupuzor™.  Professor 
Muller has filed over 30 patents and published more than 
380 papers and reviews.

Dr Guichard is senior researcher in the chimie et 
immunologie des peptides-medicaments unit of the Centre 
National de la Recherche Scientifique, France’s scientific 
research institution and is co-inventor of the heterocyclic 
ureas and oligoureas chemistry. He leads various research 
groups in the field of chemistry and peptide mimicry 
including one dedicated to the development and process 
improvement of the heterocyclic urea library. He received 
the CNRS bronze award for the excellence of his research 
activities and has made eight patented discoveries. 

Dr Jean-Paul Briand, PhD 
Co-founder of ImmuPharma France SA 

Dr Briand is Research Director of the immunologie et chimie 
therapeutiques unit of the Centre National de la Recherche 
Scientifique, France’s scientific research institution, and 
co-inventor of the heterocyclic ureas and oligoureas 
chemistry. He has extensive industry experience in peptide 
chemistry and synthesis in Peninsula, USA and was also a 
founder of NeoMPS, a leading peptide development and 
manufacturing company.

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Officers and Professional Advisers

Directors
Mr Tim McCarthy – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dr Tim Franklin – Chief Operating Officer
Dr Sanjeev Pandya – Senior Non-Executive Director
Lisa Baderoon – Head of Investor Relations and 
Non-Executive Director

Secretary
Ewa Flynn 

Investor Relations
Lisa Baderoon

Registered Office
1 Bartholomew Close
London EC1A 7BL 

Nominated Adviser
SPARK Advisory Partners Limited
5 St John’s Lane 
London  EC1M 4BH

Joint Broker
Stanford Capital Partners
15-17 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LD

Joint Broker
SI Capital
46 Bridge Street
Godalming
Surrey GU7 1HL

Auditors
Nexia Smith & Williamson
Chartered Accountants
45 Gresham St
London  EC2V 7BG

Solicitors
BDB Pitmans
One, Bartholomew Close
London EC1A 7BL

Principal Bankers
Royal Bank of Scotland plc
62/63 Threadneedle Street
London  EC2R 8LA

Registrars
Computershare Investor Services Plc
PO Box 82,
The Pavilions
Bridgwater Road, 
Bristol BS99 7NH

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Annual ReviewCorporate Governance Report

The Group’s directors recognise the importance of sound 
corporate governance. As such the Board has adopted the 
Quoted Companies Alliance Corporate Governance Code 
(“the QCA Code”).

Tim McCarthy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, has 
assumed responsibility for ensuring that the Group has 
appropriate corporate governance standards and that 
these standards are applied throughout the Group.

The Board, through its adoption of the QCA Code, believes 
in the value of putting the necessary systems and processes 
in place to support the medium to long-term delivery of the 
Company’s strategic objectives. The Board is aware of the 
importance of communicating these strategic objectives 
to stakeholders and in reporting performance in a manner 
that encourages constructive dialogue to support the 
production of sustainable value in the long term. The Board 
recognise their role in setting the strategic direction of 
the business as well as in establishing the organisation’s 
risk appetite. This is supported with a strong belief in 
appropriate accountability and performance measures. 
Further, the Board is cognisant of the key role it plays in 
setting the tone and culture of the entire Group.

The Board currently consists of 4 directors, 2 of which are 
executive and 2 are non-executive.

The Board has considered each of the 10 principles 
contained within the QCA Code and where the Group 
does not fully comply with each principle an explanation is 
provided as to why it does not currently do so.

In addition, the Company has implemented a code of 
conduct for dealing in the shares of the Company by 
directors and employees (see Principle 9, pages 37-38 for 
more information).

Principle 1 – Establish a strategy and 
business model which promote long-term 
value for shareholders
ImmuPharma is an ethical organisation with the vision to 
develop novel drugs to treat serious medical conditions, 
delivering value to patients, medical professionals, 
healthcare payers and its shareholders.

ImmuPharma’s principal business objective is to 
enhance shareholder value through the development 
and commercialisation of novel drugs. Its strategies for 
achieving this objective include:

•  Pursuing a low cost model of accessing world class 
research through collaboration with the CNRS in 
France;

•  Selecting specialist therapeutic areas where there are 

high unmet needs;

•  Managing clinical development of novel drug candidates;

•  Seeking collaborative agreements with partner 
companies to further the development and 
commercialisation of novel drug candidates; and

•  Maintaining a small corporate infrastructure to 

minimise costs.

Key activities and discussions in 2021, in relation to 
strategy and performance were revolving around product 
pipeline (see Strategic Report on pages 16-20 for more 
information), Lupuzor regulatory progress, including 
PK study as part of phase III clinical trials (see Chairman 
Statement on pages 3-4 for further details), capital 
subscriptions and repayment of Convertible Loan Notes 
(see Chairman Statement on page 7 for more information).

Principle 2 – Seek to understand and meet 
shareholder needs and expectations
ImmuPharma strives to engage in active dialogue with 
shareholders through regular communication including 
investor events, participation in conferences, the 
Company’s Annual General Meeting, any meetings that 
are held throughout the year and one-on-one discussions.

Over the past 12 months, ImmuPharma’s shareholder 
communications have included participation at investor 
events, regular announcements regarding the Company’s 
clinical trial progress, the Annual General Meeting and 
numerous one-on-one meetings and interviews. These 
meetings seek to foster a mutual understanding of 
both the Company’s and shareholders’ objectives. Such 
meetings are conducted in a format to protect price 
sensitive information that has not already been made 
generally available to all the Company’s shareholders.

Similar guidelines also apply to other communications 
between the Company and other parties, such as financial 
analysts, brokers and the media.

In addition, the Board is provided with market summary 
reports which detail share price and share register 
movements. 

All members of the Board are scheduled to attend 
the Annual General Meeting. Notice of the Meeting 
is dispatched to shareholders at least 21 working days 
before the Meeting. The information sent to shareholders 
includes a summary of the business to be covered, with a 
separate resolution prepared for each substantive matter.

Due to Covid-19 disruptions and as per UK government 
guidance on public gatherings restrictions, in 2021 the 
Company AGM was held with the minimum attendance 
required to form a quorum. In order to ensure that 
shareholders were able to follow the proceedings of the 
AGM, the Company provided a live broadcast of the AGM 
through the Investor Meet Company (“IMC”) platform. 
Shareholders were invited to submit written questions for 
the Board to answer either in advance or during the AGM 

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itself. The votes were submitted via proxies ahead of the 
AGM and its results were announced to the London Stock 
Exchange and displayed on the Company’s website. 

Principle 3 – Take into account wider 
stakeholder and social responsibilities and 
their implications for long-term success.
The Board recognises the importance of its wider 
stakeholders – employees, contractors, suppliers, 
regulators and advisors – to its long-term success. 
The Board has established expectations that these key 
resources and relationships are valued and monitored. 
In particular, the Company’s business model of 
outsourcing clinical trials requires reliable dialogue with 
contractors to ensure the success pursuit of long-term 
strategic objectives.  Furthermore, the Board actively 
seek to engage regularly with our corporate advisers to 
ensure proactive communication regarding the Company’s 
activities. In doing so, the Company is able to take any 
feedback into account and adjust its actions accordingly to 
ensure it stays focused on long-term performance.

The Board recognises that the Company operates within 
the wider pharmaceutical industry and strives to remain 
alert to developments in a wider industry/society context. 
See stakeholder engagement within Strategic Report for 
further details on the pages 40-41.

Principle 4 – Embed effective risk 
management, considering both opportunities 
and threats, throughout the organisation
ImmuPharma operates within a complex business 
environment and an industry that is fundamentally 
driven by regulatory processes. The Board has set out its 
understanding of the principal risks and uncertainties in 
its Strategic Report and regularly reviews its strategies 
for minimising any adverse impact to the Company or its 
investors.

Risk assessment is a priority for the Board. The major risks 
to the business are laid out in detail in the Company’s 
Strategic Report on pages 22-25. They concern mainly 
the control and timely progress of clinical trials and 
the obtaining of regulatory approval and profitable 
agreements with other parties, with adequate financial 
resources to achieve these objectives.  

Where a material new risk or opportunity is identified, or 
an existing risk escalates, the Board will communicate and 
meet outside of the regular Board meetings to ensure the 
required actions are taken and are effective.

Principle 5 – Maintain the board as a well-
functioning, balanced team led by the 
Chairman
The Board members have a collective responsibility and 
legal obligation to promote the interests of the company. 

In the table below, details of the Board of Directors are 
summarised:

Name
Tim McCarthy Chief 

Title

Independent

Committee 
Memberships

Tim Franklin

Executive 
Officer and 
Chairman
Chief 
Operational 
Officer

Sanjeev Pandya Senior 

Non-
Executive 
Director
Lisa Baderoon Head of 
Investor 
Relations 
and Non-
Executive 
Director

X

X

Audit, 
Remuneration

Audit, 
Remuneration

Brief biographies of each Director are set out on 
pages 27-30. The Company believes that the skills and 
experience of each Director are of the appropriate mix 
to provide effective governance and management of the 
business. The Board was supported in its governance 
and finance responsibilities by Ewa Flynn, Chief Financial 
Officer and Company Secretary, who is not a Director 
(appointed as a Company Secretary in January 2021).

The Board is supported by a team of Scientific Collaborators, 
further details of which can be found on page 32.

Following major changes in the Board structure in 2021, 
Tim McCarthy was appointed as CEO, while maintaining 
the position of Chairman. The Company has initiated the 
process to identify a suitable person to take over as Non-
Executive Chair of the Company and during this interim 
period Tim will continue as Chairman.

The Company also appointed its new non-executive 
directors, taken into consideration their independency and 
shareholders’ interest. The newly appointed independent 
directors have considerable relevant experience to 
sufficiently question and hold the executive directors to 
account. 

Each Director is required to devote as much time is 
required to carry out the roles and responsibilities 
required.

The Company has adopted the practice of requiring all 
directors to be subject to re-election every three years.

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The executive directors are employed under service 
agreements requiring 12 months’ notice by either 
party. Non-executive directors receive payments under 
appointment letters, which are terminable by three 
months’ notice by either party.

The Board meets regularly throughout the year with 
all decisions concerning the direction and control of 
the business made by a quorum of the Board. As of 
31 December 2021, the Board met 20 times with the 
attendance records of the directors as follows:

Tim McCarthy, Chief Executive Officer and 
Chairman – 20/20
Tim Franklin, Chief Operational Officer (appointed on  
16 July 2021) - 7/20
Sanjeev Pandya, Senior Non-Executive Director 
(appointed on 29 July 2021) - 7/20
Lisa Baderoon, Head of Investor Relations and  
Non-Executive Director (appointed on 29 July 2021) - 7/20
Dimitri Dimitriou, Chief Executive Officer (stepped down 
on 29 July 2021) – 13/20
Robert Zimmer, President and Chief Scientific Officer 
(stepped down on 28 June 2021) – 2/20
Franco di Muzio, Senior Non-Executive Director (stepped 
down on 29 July 2021) – 13/20
Stephane Mery, Non-Executive Director (stepped down on 
29 July 2021) – 13/20

Principle 6 – Ensure that between them the 
directors have the necessary up-to-date 
experience, skills and capabilities
The Board has extensive mixture of skills and experience, 
which enable the delivery of Group’s strategy for the 
shareholders over the medium to long-term. These 
include scientific expertise, public market requirements, 
business acumen and financial knowledge. Please refer to 
Director biographies on pages 27-30.

Principle 7 – Evaluate board performance 
based on clear and relevant objectives, 
seeking continuous improvement
Internal evaluation of the Board, the Audit Committee and 
Remuneration Committee as well as individual directors 
is undertaken on an informal basis at present. The review 
takes the form of peer appraisal and discussions to 
determine the overall effectiveness of individual directors 
and the Board as a whole. Specific consideration will be 
given to evaluating the continued independence of the 
Group’s non-executive directors. Senior management 
appointments are discussed at the Board Meetings 
and are managed by the Chief Executive Officer and 
Chief Operational Officer with additional support from 
Non-Executive Directors where appropriate.

Principle 8 – Promote a corporate culture 
that is based on ethical values and 
behaviours
The Board recognises its role in establishing and monitoring 
not only the strategic direction and risk appetite but also the 
tone and culture of the organisation. As a pharmaceutical 
drug development company, an ethical approach is essential. 
As such, the Board places great importance on the serious 
pursuit of therapeutic innovation and making effective use 
of limited resources. It applies to the directors as well as all 
group employees and consultants. It is a key belief of the 
Company and helps to define its competitive advantage in 
relation to its peers.

Upon joining the Company, employee has an induction 
meeting in relation to the Company’s code of conduct 
and ethics. This includes example behaviours that are 
considered unacceptable by the Group. 

Principle 9 – Maintain governance structures 
and processes that are fit for purpose and 
support good decision-making by the Board
The Board is responsible for long-term success of the 
Company. There is a schedule of matters reserved for the 
Board that guides the Board’s activities.

An Audit Committee and a Remuneration Committee 
have been established with formally delegated duties 
and responsibilities. As summarised under Principle 5, 
the members of both committees are the Non-Executive 
Directors.

Audit Committee
The Audit Committee, which determines the engagement 
of the Company’s auditors and, in consultation with them, 
the scope of their audit. The Audit Committee meets a 
minimum of two times per year. The Audit Committee 
receives and reviews reports from management and 
the auditors relating to the interim and annual financial 
statements and the accounting and internal control 
systems in use by the Company. It has unrestricted access 
to the auditors.  

The Board and the Audit Committee review the need for 
an internal audit function on an annual basis and currently 
do not consider it necessary at this stage in the Company’s 
development.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for the 
Group’s system of internal financial controls. They have 
during the year ended 31 December 2021, carried out a 
review of internal financial controls, strengthening and 
updating the Company and its subsidiaries internal control 
policies. The Group’s financial reporting arrangements 
are designed to provide the directors with reasonable 
assurance that problems are identified on a timely basis 
and dealt with appropriately. 

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Financial and Corporate InformationCorporate Governance Report (continued)

In 2021 Audit Committee has deliberated two times. At 
these meetings the main point of discussion were annual 
and interim financial statements and working capital, the 
presentation of the annual report, audit report from Nexia 
Smith & Williamson, the audit fees and audit plan, updates 
on cash position, financial instruments and overall function 
of the committee and its members.

Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee reviews the scale and 
structure of the executive directors’ remuneration and 
benefits and the terms of their service contracts. The 
remuneration of the non-executive directors is determined 
by the Board as a whole.  

The Committee has formal terms of reference and meets 
at least twice a year. It is the duty of the Committee, inter 
alia, to determine and agree with the Board the framework 
or broad policy for the remuneration of the Company’s 
executive Board members. The remuneration packages 
are designed to motivate and retain executive directors to 
ensure the continuing development of the Company and 
to reward them for enhancing value to shareholders.

On 29 July 2021 Franco di Muzio (Chair of Remuneration 
Committee and Senior Non-Executive Director) and 
Stephane Mery (Non-Executive Director) stepped down 
from the Board following 14 and 6 years in these roles 
respectively.

On 29 July 2021 Lisa Baderoon has been appointed to 
the Board as a Non-Executive Director and the Chair of 
Remuneration Committee.

On 29 July 2021 Sanjeev Pandya has been appointed to 
the Board as a Senior Non-Executive Director and the 
Chair of the Audit Committee.

In 2021 the Remuneration Committee met four times. 
Amongst others, it dealt with the Directors’ resignations 
and its related settlement agreements (including Robert 
Zimmer’s lock - in deed and voting deed) and new 
Directors’ appointments.

Nominations committee
The directors consider that the Company is not currently 
of a size to warrant the need for a separate nominations 
committee and any decisions which would usually be 
taken by the nomination committee will be taken by the 
Board as a whole. 

Share Dealing Code
The Company has adopted a Share Dealing Code given 
the importance of having a clear and effective policy that 
sets out the rules and procedures for share dealings by the 
directors and other applicable employees.  

Principle 10 – Communicate how the 
company is governed and is performing by 
maintaining a dialogue with shareholders 
and other relevant stakeholders. 
The Board is committed to maintaining good 
communication with its shareholders and in promoting 
effective dialogue regarding the Company’s strategic 
objectives and performance. Institutional shareholders 
and analysts have the opportunity to discuss issues and 
provide feedback via meetings with the Company. The 
Annual General Meeting and any other General Meetings 
that are held throughout the year are for shareholders 
to attend and question the directors on the Company’s 
performance. The results of any general meetings are 
released through LSE AIM RNS news as soon as practically 
possible. The Annual Reports and notice of all general 
meetings are available on the Group’s website.

The directors also periodically promote ImmuPharma’s 
activities, following the publication of regulatory 
announcements, through various media platforms such as 
Proactive Investors, Investor Meets Company.

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Financial and Corporate InformationDirectors’ Report

Company Number:  03929567
The directors present their report and the audited financial statements of ImmuPharma plc (the “Company”, and 
collectively with the subsidiary companies, the “Group”) for the year ended 31 December 2021. 

Principal Activities
The principal activity of the Group and Company in the year under review was that of pharmaceutical research and 
development.

Results and Dividends 
The Consolidated Income Statement is set out on page 50.

The directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend.

Business Review, Research and Development and Future Developments
The Strategic Report includes a review of the business, as well as a commentary regarding research and development, 
and future developments. The principal risks and uncertainties facing the Group are considered on pages 22 to 25. 

Subsequent Events
There were no subsequent events.

Directors
The following directors of the Company have held office since 1 January 2021:

Tim McCarthy
Tim Franklin (appointed on 16 July 2021)
Sanjeev Pandya (appointed on 29 July 2021)
Lisa Baderoon (appointed on 29 July 2021)
Dimitri Dimitriou (stepped down on 29 July 2021)
Robert Henri Zimmer (stepped down on 28 June 2021)
Franco Di Muzio (stepped down on 29 July 2021)
Stephane Mery (stepped down on 29 July 2021)

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Stakeholder engagement
The Board seeks to understand and consider the views of the Group’s key stakeholders in Board discussions and decision 
making.

Key Stakeholders and concerns

Board Considerations

Key Outcomes

Employees 

Our present and future employees 
are key for the future success of the 
business.

Executive directors update the 
Board with details of employee 
changes, concerns and recruitment 
prospects. An open, collaborative 
working environment with attractive 
remuneration packages aligns 
employees’ with shareholders’ goals.

Shareholders

Our Shareholders have been 
highly supportive. We are actively 
encouraging retention of their 
investment whilst trying to secure new 
Shareholders and funding.

The Board is in regular communication 
with its Shareholders via press 
releases, Annual and Interim Report, 
AGM. The Board receives updates 
on the views of shareholders through 
the feedbacks from brokers, other 
advisors. 

Business Partners

We have worked closely with our 
suppliers to set up new commercial 
and development agreements.

Research and Development 
Community

The collaboration with the CNRS, 
University of Bordeaux, Simbec Orion, 
Imperial College and others is at the 
heart of our business

The Board is aware of the importance 
of maintaining good relationships 
with key suppliers, remaining 
trustworthy, while safeguarding the 
Group’s assets. It receives regular 
updates on main supply agreements 
and maintain long-term mutually 
beneficial co- operations.

The Board seeks to support as 
many interactions with research and 
development community as possible 
through regular meetings (remote 
and in person) and continuous 
collaborations. 

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•  Continuing to focus on open 

culture creation, which motivates 
all employees.

•  All our employees participate in 

share based incentives.

•  In light of Covid-19, Company 

supported full employment, with 
no employees furloughed and 
flexibility to those with caring 
responsibilities.

•  Training and development 

opportunities.

The Company meets (virtually 
or in person) periodically with its 
Shareholders. Summary of these 
events are below:

•  AGM, June 2021 (AGM conducted 

via live broadcast with Q&A 
embedded into “Investor Meets 
Company” platform).

•  Investor conferences; 

•  EBD Biotech Showcase, San 
Francisco USA, January 2021

•  Interviews: audio, print and 
TV with Proactive Investor 
(November 2021), and “Investor 
Meet Company”.

New supplier agreements with 
material threshold need to be 
approved by the Board. Payment to 
suppliers of over £10k need to be 
approved by two Directors.

The Board supported the research 
and development community in 
France and United Kingdom. In 2021 
the Company made donations to 
CNRS to support its P140 platform. 
Most notably, in November 2021 
ImmuPharma signed a 2-year 
collaboration agreement with 
Imperial College.

Financial and Corporate InformationDirectors’ Report (continued)

Key Stakeholders and concerns

Board Considerations

Key Outcomes

Environment

The Group is conscious of the need 
to protect the environment 

Reputation

Maintaining a strong reputation and 
acting within laws and regulations 
impacts the Group’s relationships with 
all stakeholders

ImmuPharma’s operations are 
relatively low in their impact on the 
environment. The Board is committed 
to reduce further the environmental 
footprint.

Policies and procedures approved 
by the Board are concentrated on 
maintaining the strong reputation 
of the Group within its employees, 
Shareholders, suppliers, regulators 
and other key stakeholders.

During the year, employees reduced 
their domestic and international travel 
substantially, using digital technology 
enabled conferencing instead.

ImmuPharma continuously monitors 
and assesses all regulatory 
developments to ensure that any 
issues are being addressed in 
decision making.

Directors Remuneration
The following amounts were payable to the directors of ImmuPharma plc across the Group in relation to the year ended 
31 December 2021:

Director

Robert Zimmer
Dimitri Dimitriou
Tim McCarthy
Tim Franklin
Franco di Muzio
Stephane Mery
Sanjeev Pandya
Lisa Baderoon

Total

Salary/Fees 
£

Pension 
£

Compensation 
for loss of office 
2021  
£

Total 
remuneration 
2021 
£

Total 
remuneration 
2020 
£

105,708
340,405
287,333
105,000
26,397
32,083
22,915
20,369

940,210

-
-
-
660
-
-
-
-

660

265,000
242,226
-
-
25,888
27,500
-
-

560,614

370,708
582,631
287,333
105,660
52,285
59,583
22,915
20,369

356,387
320,302
260,000
-
54,600
46,666
-
-

1,501,484

1,037,955

The Company does not operate a health plan or company car plan. The director received pension contributions as 
stated in the table above. There were no bonus payments to directors in 2021. Of the amount disclosed above £258,738 
was paid in lieu of directors’ fees to D Dimitriou and £151,667 was paid to T McCarthy in lieu of directors’ fees until the 
date he was appointed CEO. For further information, please refer to Note 22.

The following share options were outstanding to the directors of ImmuPharma plc as at 31 December 2021 (see note 20 
for more detail):

Director

Tim McCarthy
Dimitri Dimitriou
Tim Franklin
Lisa Baderoon
Franco di Muzio
Stephane Mery
Robert Zimmer

Options 
granted 
2 June  
2016

Options 
granted 
30 March 
2017

Options 
granted 
12 July 
2017

Options 
granted  
24 November 
2017

Options 
granted  
25 November 
2020

Share 
options 
outstanding 
2021

Share 
options 
outstanding 
2020

500,000
-
-
100,000
100,000
100,000
-

-
1,000,000
-
250,000
-
-
1,000,000

1,000,000
-
-
-
200,000
200,000
-

1,500,000
1,500,000
-
375,000
300,000
300,000
1,500,000

1,500,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
375,000
300,000
300,000
1,500,000

4,500,000
4,000,000
1,500,000
1,100,000
900,000
900,000
-

4,500,000
4,000,000
1,500,000
1,100,000
900,000
900,000
4,000,000

Total

800,000

2,250,000

1,400,000

5,475,000

6,975,000

12,900,000

16,900,000

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Third Party Indemnity Provision for Directors
Qualifying third party indemnity provision for the benefit for the directors was in force during the financial year and as at 
the date this report is approved.

Financial Instruments and Financial Risk Management 
Information regarding the use of financial instruments and the approach to financial risk management is detailed in 
notes 1 and 2 of the financial statements.

Disclosure of information to the Auditors 
In the case of each person who was a director at the time this report was approved they have:

•  taken all the necessary steps to make themselves aware of any information relevant to the audit and to establish that 

the auditors are aware of that information; and 

•  so far as they are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the auditors have not been made aware.

This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of s418 of the Companies 
Act 2006.

Auditors
A resolution to reappoint the auditors, Nexia Smith & Williamson, will be proposed at the next Annual General Meeting.

On behalf of the Board 
Tim McCarthy 
Director 
24 May 2022

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Financial and Corporate InformationStatement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Directors’ Report and the financial statements in 
accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the 
directors have elected to prepare the group and parent company financial statements in accordance with UK-adopted 
international accounting standards. Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless 
they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Company and of the Group and of the 
profit or loss of the Group for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

•  select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

•  make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

•  state that the financial statements comply with UK-adopted international accounting standards subject to any 

material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

•  prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company 

will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the 
Company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Company and 
the Group and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also 
responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and 
detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The directors are also responsible for ensuring that they meet their responsibilities under the AIM Rules.

The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on 
the Company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial 
statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

ImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021

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Financial and Corporate InformationIndependent auditor’s report 
To the members of ImmuPharma plc
Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of ImmuPharma plc (the ‘Parent Company’) and its subsidiaries (the ‘Group’) 
for the year ended 31 December 2021 which comprise the Consolidated Income Statement, the Consolidated Statement 
of Comprehensive Income, the Consolidated and Company Statements of Financial Position, the Consolidated and 
Company Statements of Changes in Equity, the Consolidated and Company Statements of Cash Flows, and the notes 
to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies.  The financial reporting framework that has been 
applied in their preparation is applicable law and UK-adopted international accounting standards.

In our opinion, the financial statements:

•  give a true and fair view of the state of the Group’s and of the Parent Company’s affairs as at 31 December 2021 and 

of the Group’s loss for the year then ended;  

•  have been properly prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international accounting standards; and

•  have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law.  Our 
responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial 
statements section of our report.  We are independent of the Group and Parent Company in accordance with the ethical 
requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard as 
applied to listed entities, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.  
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. 

Material uncertainty related to going concern 
We draw attention to note 1 of the financial statements which indicates there is a material uncertainty relating to the 
Group and Parent Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. 

The Group and Company do not generate any material revenues as its pipeline products are currently at research and 
development stage and therefore the Group relies on external finance in order to fund its operations. The directors 
have prepared cashflow forecasts covering a period of more than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial 
statements. These forecasts indicate the Group will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due.

However, these forecasts include a number of cash inflows to the Company and Group including the variable cash 
receipts under the Lanstead Sharing Agreement. No new equity fundraising has been assumed. Some of the cash inflows 
have a level of uncertainty in respect of timing of receipt and absolute quantum which have been modelled through 
sensitivity analysis. These uncertainties are such that potential actions may not be sufficient to mitigate all reasonably 
possible downsides. These conditions, along with the other matters explained in note 1, represent a material uncertainty 
that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s and the Parent Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter. 

Notwithstanding the above, in auditing the financial statements we have concluded that the directors’ use of the going 
concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant 
sections of this report.

Our evaluation of the directors’ assessment of the Group and Parent company’s ability to continue to adopt the going 
concern basis of accounting included:

•  Review of the future cash flow forecast prepared by management and challenging the inputs and assumptions 

included in the forecast. Where appropriate, we corroborated the inputs and assumptions to supporting information.

•  Review of the current cash reserves and comparing these to the cash outflows forecast.

•  Review of sensitivity analysis prepared by management to assess the impact of changing key assumptions and 

performing additional stress testing of the forecast

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Emphasis of matter – Valuation of the Parent Company’s receivables and investments in subsidiaries
We draw attention to the disclosures made in note 13 to the financial statements concerning the carrying values of 
investments in subsidiaries and to the disclosures made in note 15 to the financial statements concerning the carrying 
value of the receivables due from group undertakings. 

The carrying value of £41.1 million investments in subsidiaries and £12.2 million receivables due from group undertakings 
is dependent on future pharmaceutical sales within the Group, which are dependent on obtaining regulatory approval 
and being taken to market, including their successful commercialisation.

The ultimate outcome of these matters cannot presently be determined, and the Parent Company financial statements 
do not reflect any provision that may be required if the £41.1 million investments in subsidiaries and £12.2 million 
receivables due from group undertakings cannot be recovered in full. Our opinion is not modified in respect of these 
matters.

Our approach to the audit 
The Group has four reporting components. The Parent Company financial statements were audited by us. 

Two out of the three components subject to audit were based in France and their audits were carried out by a 
component auditor in France. We held a telephone meeting with the component auditor in France as part of planning 
and discussed the component auditor’s risk assessments and directed their planned audit approach. In addition to this 
meeting, we sent detailed instructions to the component audit teams and reviewed their key audit working papers.

For the remaining component, we performed analysis at a Group level to re-examine our assessment that there were no 
significant risks of material misstatement within it.

The three audited components covered: 58% of Group revenue, 99% of Group loss before tax and 100% of Group net 
assets.

Key audit matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the 
financial statements of the current period, and include the most significant assessed risks of material misstatement 
(whether or not due to fraud) we identified, including those which had the greatest effect on: the overall audit strategy; 
the allocation of resources in the audit; and directing the efforts of the engagement team.  These matters were 
addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we 
do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key audit matter

Description of risk

Carrying value of the Parent 
Company’s investment in subsidiaries 
and receivables due from group 
companies (note 13 and note 15)

The Parent Company has significant 
balances relating to investments in 
subsidiaries and receivables due from 
group companies.

The investments are largely 
represented by the ownership of 
ImmuPharma (France) SA and Ureka 
Pharma SAS and amounts owed by 
those companies. The carrying value 
of the investments in and receivables 
due from those companies is 
underpinned by the future financial 
viability of those companies, and 
therefore is a matter of significant 
judgment.

How the matter was addressed in 
the audit

We reviewed management’s assessment 
of impairment of investments in 
subsidiaries and the recoverability of 
receivables due from group companies. 
We challenged assumptions and 
assertions made by management in their 
assessment and considered whether the 
presence of impairment indicators should 
result in an impairment charge.

ImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021

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Independent auditor’s report To the members of ImmuPharma plc (continued)Key audit matter

Description of risk

How the matter was addressed in 
the audit

As part of our procedures we:

•  Discussed with management 
the underlying future planned 
activities, including research and 
development programmes, for 
ImmuPharma (France) SA and 
Ureka Pharma SAS.

•  Considered the implications of 

the level of market capitalisation 
of the Parent Company for the 
valuation of these balances.

•  Reviewed third party reports such 

as investor analysis.

•  Reviewed the discounted 

cash flow model for valuation 
purposes. The assumptions 
to which the model was most 
sensitive were the discount rate, 
growth rates, exchange rates, tax 
rate and probability weighting of 
successful product launches. As 
part of this work we corroborated 
management’s assumptions with 
reference to historical data and 
external data.

•  Reviewed sensitivity analysis 

performed by management on 
key assumptions and performed 
further sensitivity analysis on these 
assumptions. 

Our application of materiality
The materiality for the Group financial statements as a whole (“group FS materiality”) was set at £630,000. This has 
been determined with reference to the benchmark of the Group’s gross expenditure, which we consider to be one of 
the principal considerations for members of the Parent Company in assessing the performance of the Group. Group 
FS materiality represents 10% of the Group’s gross expenditure as presented on the face of the Consolidated Income 
Statement.

The materiality for the Parent Company financial statements as a whole (“parent FS materiality”) was set at £409,500.  
This has been determined with reference to the benchmark of the Parent Company’s total assets, which we consider to 
be an appropriate measure as the Parent Company exists primarily as a holding company for the Group. This has been 
capped at Group performance materiality.  

Performance materiality for the Group financial statements was set at £409,500, being 65% of group FS materiality, for 
purposes of assessing the risks of material misstatement and determining the nature, timing and extent of further audit 
procedures.  We have set it at this amount to reduce to an appropriately low level the probability that the aggregate of 
uncorrected and undetected misstatements exceeds group FS materiality.  We judged this level to be appropriate based 
on our understanding of the Group and its financial statements, as updated by our risk assessment procedures and our 
expectation regarding current period misstatements including considering experience from previous audits. It was set at 
65% to reflect the fact that in our historical experience management are keen to process adjustments, of which there are 
some, and there are some areas of judgement and estimation in the Group financial statements. 

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Independent auditor’s report To the members of ImmuPharma plc (continued)Performance materiality for the Parent Company financial statements was set at £266,175, being 65% of parent 
FS materiality. It was set at 65% to reflect the fact that in our historical experience management are keen to process 
adjustments, of which there are some, and there are some areas of judgement and estimation in the Parent Company 
financial statements. 

Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the Report and Consolidated Financial Statements, other 
than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon.  The directors are responsible for the other information 
contained within the Report and Consolidated Financial Statements.  Our opinion on the financial statements does not 
cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any 
form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider 
whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in 
the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.  If we identify such material inconsistencies or 
apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in 
the financial statements themselves.  If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material 
misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. 

We have nothing to report in this regard. 

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

•  the information given in the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the financial 

statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

•  the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the Parent Company and their environment obtained 
in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Directors’ Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to 
report to you if, in our opinion:

•  adequate accounting records have not been kept by the Parent Company, or returns adequate for our audit have not 

been received from branches not visited by us; or

•  the Parent Company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

•  certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or

•  we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement set out on page 43 the directors are responsible for 
the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal 
control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from 
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the Group’s and the Parent Company’s 
ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going 
concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or the Parent Company or to cease 
operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

ImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021

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Independent auditor’s report To the members of ImmuPharma plc (continued)Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from 
material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion.  

Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with 
ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.  Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are 
considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic 
decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. 

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations.  We design procedures in line 
with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud.  
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below: 

We obtained a general understanding of the Parent Company and Group’s legal and regulatory framework through 
enquiry of management concerning: their understanding of relevant laws and regulations; the policies and procedures 
regarding compliance; and how they identify, evaluate and account for litigation claims. We also drew on our existing 
understanding of the Parent Company and Group’s industry and regulation and had a discussion at the planning stage 
with the component auditors.

We understand that the Parent Company and Group comply with the framework through:

•  Outsourcing payroll and the accounting function to external experts.

•  Subscribing to relevant updates from external experts and making changes to internal procedures and controls as 

necessary.

•  Engaging tax experts. 

•  The directors’ close involvement in the day-to-day running of the business, meaning that any litigation or claims 

would come to their attention directly.

•  The directors’ relevant knowledge and expertise of the pharmaceutical industry, and related laws and regulations. 

In the context of the audit, we considered those laws and regulations: which determine the form and content of the 
financial statements; which are central to the Parent Company and Group’s ability to conduct its business; and where 
failure to comply could result in material penalties. We identified the following laws and regulations as being of 
significance in the context of the Parent Company and Group: 

•  The Companies Act 2006 and IFRS in respect of the preparation and presentation of the financial statements; 

•  AIM regulations and Market Abuse Regulations;

•  Health and safety and associated environmental regulation in respect of pre-clinical trials; and 

•  FDA and EMA regulations in respect of clinical trials. 

We performed the following specific procedures to gain evidence about compliance with the significant laws and 
regulations identified above:

•  Made enquiries of management;

•  Inspected correspondence with regulators;

•  Reviewed board meeting minutes held during the year and post year-end; and

•  Obtained written management representations regarding the adequacy of procedures in place.

The senior statutory auditor led a discussion with senior members of the engagement team regarding the susceptibility 
of the Parent Company and Group’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. 
The key area identified in this discussion was with regard to the manipulation of the financial statements through manual 
journal entries.

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Independent auditor’s report To the members of ImmuPharma plc (continued)These areas were communicated to the other members of the engagement team who were not present at the 
discussion.

The procedures we carried out to gain evidence in the above areas included testing of manual journal entries, 
selected based on specific risk assessments applied based on the group and parent company’s processes and controls 
surrounding manual journal entries.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/
auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report 
This report is made solely to the Parent Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the 
Companies Act 2006.  Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the parent company’s members 
those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent 
permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Parent Company and the Parent 
Company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Sancho Simmonds 
Senior Statutory Auditor, for and on behalf of 
Nexia Smith & Williamson 
Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants 

45 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7BG

Date: 24 May 2022

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Independent auditor’s report To the members of ImmuPharma plc (continued)Consolidated Income Statement

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Continuing operations

Revenue

Research and development expenses

Exceptional items

Administrative expenses

Share based payment expense

Operating loss

Finance costs

Finance income

Loss before taxation

Tax

Loss for the year

Attributable to:

Equity holders of the parent company

Loss per ordinary share

Basic and diluted

Notes

1 & 3

5

5

6

7

8

9

Year  
ended
31 December 
2021
£

Year  
ended
31 December 
2020
£

118,350

(3,650,400)

(1,427,084)

(1,011,398)

(616,423)

126,667

(2,372,834)

-

(1,764,897)

(1,578,368)

(6,586,955)

(5,589,432)

(2,354,872)

(1,697,832)

1,107

41,089

(8,940,720)

(7,246,175)

766,815

386,248

(8,173,905)

(6,859,927)

(8,173,905)

(6,859,927)

(3.25)p

(3.43)p

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Financial and Corporate InformationImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Loss for the financial period

Other comprehensive income

Year
ended  
31 December
2021
£

Year
ended  
31 December
2020
£

(8,173,905)

(6,859,927)

Notes

Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

Fair value (loss)/gain on investment

Fair value (loss)/gain on warrants

12

12

(584,355)

(418,068)

851,772

625,576

Total items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

(1,002,423)

1,477,348

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

Total items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss

Other comprehensive (loss)/income for the period

Total comprehensive loss for the period

(36,177)

(36,177)

42,207

42,207

(1,038,600)

1,519,555

(9,212,505)

(5,340,372)

ImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021

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Financial and Corporate InformationConsolidated Statement of Financial Position

as at 31 December 2021

Notes

10

11

14

12

15

14

16

17

18

17,24

19

Non-current assets

Intangible assets

Property, plant and equipment

Derivative financial asset

Financial assets

Total non-current assets

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Derivative financial asset

Cash and cash equivalents

Current tax asset

Total current assets

Current liabilities

Financial liabilities - borrowings

Trade and other payables

Convertible loan notes

Total current liabilities

Net current assets

Net assets

EQUITY

Ordinary shares

Share premium

Merger reserve

Other reserves

Retained earnings

Total equity

31 December 
2021
£

31 December 
2020
£

477,553

352,996

405,489

1,415,835

2,651,873

427,199

508,167

1,649,374

761,188

3,345,928

(700)

(1,583,604)

-

484,042

411,606

174,488

2,418,258

3,488,394

161,998

1,016,635

5,862,057

386,590

7,427,280

(6,939)

(619,037)

(634,902)

(1,584,304)

(1,260,878)

1,761,624

6,166,402

4,413,497

9,654,796

28,498,494

27,237,329

106,148

5,153,159

25,022,130

27,237,329

106,148

3,255,536

(56,581,633)

(45,966,347)

4,413,497

9,654,796

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 24 May 2022
They were signed on its behalf by:

Tim McCarthy

Director

Tim Franklin

Director

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Financial and Corporate InformationImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Other 
reserves - 
Acquisition 
reserve 
£

Other 
reserves - 
Translation 
reserve 
£

Other 
reserves - 
Share 
based 
payment 
reserve 
£

Other 
reserves - 
Convertible 
option 
reserve 
£

Other 
reserves - 
Warrant 
reserve 
£

Retained 
earnings 
£

Total 
equity 
£

Share 
capital 
£

Share 
premium 
£

Merger 
reserve 
£

At 1 January 2020

16,736,093 27,187,316 106,148 (3,541,203) (1,350,687) 6,322,227

Loss for the financial 
year

Exchange differences 
on translation 
of foreign operations

Transactions with 
owners:

Share based payments

Equity component of 
convertible loan notes

New issue of 
equity capital

Costs of new issue 
of equity capital

Fair value gain on 
investments

Fair value gain on 
share warrants

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8,286,037

665,281

-

-

-

(615,268)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

42,207

-

-

- 1,751,369

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

31,623

-

-

-

-

- (40,190,680) 5,269,214

-

(6,859,927)

(6,859,927)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

42,207

1,751,369

31,623

8,951,318

(393,088) (1,008,356)

851,772

851,772

625,576

625,576

At 31 December 2020 25,022,130 27,237,329 106,148 (3,541,203) (1,308,480) 8,073,596

31,623

- (45,966,347) 9,654,796

Loss for the financial 
year

Exchange differences 
on translation of 
foreign operations

Transactions with 
owners:

Share based payments

New issue of equity 
capital

Costs of new issue of 
equity capital

Fair value loss on 
investments

Fair value loss on share 
warrants

Settlement of 
convertible loans 
reserve

Issue of warrants

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,476,364

322,727

-

-

-

-

-

(322,727)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(36,177)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

616,423

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(31,623)

-

(8,173,905)

(8,173,905)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(36,177)

616,423

(1,349,000) 2,450,091

(121,581)

(444,308)

(584,355)

(584,355)

(418,068)

(418,068)

31,623

-

- 1,349,000

-

1,349,000

At 31 December 2021 28,498,494 27,237,329 106,148 (3,541,203) (1,344,657) 8,690,019

- 1,349,000 (56,581,633) 4,413,497

Attributable to:-

Equity holders of the 
parent company

28,498,494 27,237,329 106,148 (3,541,203) (1,344,657) 8,690,019

- 1,349,000 (56,581,633) 4,413,497

ImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021

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Financial and Corporate InformationConsolidated Statement of Cash Flows

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash used in operations

Tax received

Interest paid

Net cash used in operating activities

Investing activities

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

Interest received

Purchase of investments

Net cash used in investing activities

Financing activities

Decrease in bank overdraft

Loan repayments

Settlements from Sharing Agreement

Gross proceeds from issue of new share capital

Share capital issue costs

Funds deferred per Sharing Agreement

Notes

21

6

7

12

Year  
ended
31 December 
2021
£

Year  
ended
31 December
2020
£

(5,222,446)

(3,879,936)

392,217

(2,943)

606,157

(55,622)

(4,833,172)

(3,329,401)

(50,934)

651

-

(50,283)

(211)

(6,028)

328,495

3,550,000

(132,350)

(2,200,000)

(360,290)

41,089

(250,000)

(569,201)

(184)

(21,256)

1,292,393

8,000,000

(702,133)

(1,300,000)

Gross proceeds from issue of convertible loan notes

-

2,152,252

Interest paid on convertible loan notes

Convertible loan notes issue costs

Convertible loan notes repaid

Net cash generated from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year  
(excluding overdraft)

16

16

(121,120)

-

(716,739)

702,047

(4,181,408)

5,862,057

(31,275)

(235,552)

(815,166)

8,370,354

4,471,752

1,364,840

25,465

1,649,374

5,862,057

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Financial and Corporate InformationImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021Company Statement of Financial Position

as at 31 December 2021

31 December  
2021
£

As restated
31 December 
2020
£

As restated
31 December 
2019
£

Notes

11

12

14

15

13

15

14

16

18

24

19

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment

Financial assets

Derivative financial asset

Trade and other receivables

Investment in subsidiaries

Total non-current assets 

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Derivative financial asset

Cash and cash equivalents

Current tax asset

Total current assets

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Convertible loan notes

Total current liabilities

Net current assets

Net assets

EQUITY

Ordinary shares

Share premium

Merger reserve

Equity shares to be issued

Convertible option reserve

Warrant reserve

Retained earnings

Total equity

13,682

1,415,835

405,489

12,249,280

41,111,393

11,607

2,418,258

174,488

11,779,540

41,063,122

11,215

690,910

843,147

9,950,510

40,872,730

55,195,679

55,447,015

52,368,512

144,283

508,167

1,524,730

343,246

121,403

1,016,635

5,375,364

-

80,527

1,456,714

834,464

-

2,520,426

6,513,402

2,371,705

(804,717)

-

(253,181)

(634,902)

(241,071)

-

(804,717)

(888,083)

(241,071)

1,715,709

5,625,319

2,130,634

56,911,388

61,072,334

54,499,146

28,498,494

27,237,329

19,093,750

8,690,019

-

1,349,000

25,022,130

27,237,329

19,093,750

8,073,596

31,623

-

16,736,093

27,187,316

19,093,750

6,322,227

-

-

(27,957,204)

(18,386,094)

(14,840,240)

56,911,388

61,072,334

54,499,146

The Company’s loss for the year ended 31 December 2021 was £7,129,729 (2020: loss of £4,630,114).

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 24 May 2022.

They were signed on its behalf by:

Tim McCarthy

Director

Tim Franklin

Director

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Financial and Corporate InformationCompany Statement of Changes in Equity

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Share 
capital 
£

Share 
premium 
£

Merger
Reserve 
£

Share 
based 
payment 
reserve 
£

Convertible 
option 
reserve 
£

Warrant 
reserve 
£

Retained
earnings 
£

Total
Equity 
£

At 1 January 2020

16,736,093

27,187,316

19,093,750

6,322,227

Loss for the financial

year

Transactions with owners:

Share based payments

Fair value gain on 
investments

New issue of equity 
capital

Costs of new issue of 
equity capital

Fair value gain on 
share warrants

Equity component of 
convertible loan notes

-

-

-

-

-

8,286,037

665,281

-

-

-

(615,268)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,751,369

-

-

-

-

-

At 31 December 2020

25,022,130

27,237,329

19,093,750

8,073,596

Loss for the financial

year

Transactions with owners:

Share based payments

Fair value loss on 
investments

New issue of equity 
capital

Costs of new issue of 
equity capital

Fair value loss on share 
warrants

Settlement of convertible 
loan reserve

Issue of warrants

-

-

-

-

-

3,476,364

322,727

-

-

-

-

(322,727)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

616,423

-

-

-

-

-

-

At 31 December 2021

28,498,494

27,237,329

19,093,750

8,690,019

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

31,623

31,623

-

-

-

-

-

-

(31,623)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(14,840,240) 54,499,146

(4,630,114)

(4,630,114)

-

1,751,369

851,772

851,772

-

8,951,318

(393,088)

(1,008,356)

625,576

625,576

-

31,623

(18,386,094) 61,072,334

(7,129,729)

(7,129,729)

-

616,423

(584,355)

(584,355)

(1,349,000)

2,450,091

(121,581)

(444,308)

(418,068)

(418,068)

31,623

-

1,349,000

-

1,349,000

1,349,000

(27,957,204) 56,911,388

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Financial and Corporate InformationImmuPharma plc Report and Consolidated Financial Statements December 2021Company Statement of Cash Flows

for the year ended 31 December 2021

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash used in operations

Interest paid

Net cash used in operating activities

Investing activities

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

Purchase of investments

Finance income

Loans issued to subsidiary undertakings

Net cash used in investing activities

Notes

21

12

Financing activities

Settlements from Sharing Agreement

Gross proceeds from issue of new share capital

Share capital issue costs

Funds deferred per Sharing Agreement

Gross proceeds from issue of convertible loan notes

Interest paid on convertible loan notes

Convertible loan notes issue costs

Convertible loan notes repaid

Net cash generated from financing activities

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

16

16

Year ended
31 December 
2021
£

Year ended
31 December
2020
£

(3,234,047)

(2,037)

(3,236,084)

(6,535)

-

648

(1,321,850)

(1,327,737)

328,495

3,550,000

(132,350)

(2,200,000)

-

(121,120)

-

(716,739)

708,286

(3,855,535)

5,375,364

4,901

1,524,730

(2,308,524)

(55,470)

(2,363,994)

(5,520)

(250,000)

494

(1,243,292)

(1,498,318)

1,292,393

8,000,000

(702,133)

(1,300,000)

2,152,252

(235,552)

(815,166)

8,391,794

4,529,482

834,464

11,418

5,375,364

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Financial and Corporate InformationNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 December 2021

ImmuPharma plc (the “Company”) is a public limited company registered in England and Wales (company number 
03929567). The Company is limited by shares and the registered office of the Company is located at 1 Bartholomew 
Close, EC1A 7BL, London. ImmuPharma plc and its subsidiaries focus on the research, development and 
commercialisation of pioneering and novel drugs in specialist therapeutic areas within the pharmaceutical industry. 

1 

Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies are summarised below. They have all been applied consistently throughout the 
financial years contained in these financial statements.  

Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international accounting standards.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and on a going concern basis. 
Further commentary on the Group’s plan for the continuing funding of activities is provided in the Strategic 
Report. The Company has taken advantage of the exemption provided under section 408 of the Companies Act 
2006 not to publish its individual Income Statement and statement of comprehensive income and related notes. 

Going concern
The Company and Group do not generate any material cash revenues as its pipeline products are currently at 
research and development stage and therefore rely on external finance in order to fund its operation. As set out 
in the Chairman’s Report, in December 2021 the Company secured a total of £3.55 million gross proceeds from 
the issue of new share capital, of which £2.2 million is subject to the Lanstead Sharing Agreement with 24 monthly 
settlements starting from March 2022 (see note 14).

The directors have prepared cashflow forecasts covering a period of more than 12 months from the date of the 
approval of these financial statements. These forecasts include a number of cash inflows to the Company and 
Group including the variable cash receipts under the Lanstead Sharing Agreement. No new equity fundraising has 
been assumed. Some of the cash inflows have a level of uncertainty in respect of timing of receipt and absolute 
quantum which have been modelled through sensitivity analysis. These uncertainties are such that potential 
actions may not be sufficient to mitigate all reasonably possible downsides. 

Based on the above, the directors believe it remains appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a 
going concern basis. However, these circumstances represent a material uncertainty that may cast significant 
doubt upon the company’s ability to continue as a going concern and, therefore to continue realising its assets 
and discharging its liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any 
adjustments that would result from the basis of preparation being inappropriate.

Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting practice requires 
management to make estimates and judgements that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as 
well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the Statement of financial position date and the 
reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting year. Estimates and judgements are continually 
evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that 
are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Management have had to make judgements in the following areas:

•  Financial instruments – fair value measurement

A number of assets and liabilities included in the Group’s financial statements require measurement at, 
and/or disclosure of, fair value. The fair value measurement of the Group’s financial and non-financial 
assets and liabilities utilises market observable inputs and data as far as possible. Inputs used in 
determining fair value measurements are categorised into different levels based on how observable the 
inputs used in the valuation technique utilised are (the ‘fair value hierarchy’): 

-  Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical items (unadjusted)

-  Level 2: Observable direct or indirect inputs other than Level 1 inputs 

-  Level 3: Unobservable inputs (i.e. not derived from market data).

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for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 

Accounting policies (continued)
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty (continued)

  The classification of an item into the above levels is based on the lowest level of the inputs used that 

has a significant effect on the fair value measurement of the item. Transfers of items between levels are 
recognised in the period they occur.

•  Financial asset – Other investments 

The Group and the Company hold 13.37% of the issued share capital in Incanthera plc. Incanthera plc 
investment is held at fair value through other comprehensive income. The investment included above 
represents investments in quoted equity securities. Under IFRS 7 Financial instruments: Disclosures 
and IFRS 13 Fair value measurement this is classified under the fair value hierarchy as level 2, because 
the AQSE as previously defined is not considered sufficiently active to denote Level 1. This strategic 
investment is classified as fair value through other comprehensive income. The fair value has been 
assessed at 31 December 2021 and is based on the share price and holding at 31 December 2021 on the 
ImmuPharma plc shareholding of Incanthera plc. The value of ImmuPharma’s retained 9,904,319 shares 
amounted to £1,208,327 being the fair value of the investment in Incanthera plc as of 31 December 2021. 
Fair value loss of £584,355 has been recorded in Other Comprehensive Income.

•  Derivative financial asset 

The Group and the Company has placed shares with Lanstead and at the same time entered into a 
Sharing Agreement. The amount receivable under the Sharing Agreement each month, over a 24 month 
period will be dependent on the Company’s share price performance. The nature of the Sharing 
Agreement with Lanstead requires the calculation of the fair value as at the end of the accounting 
period and it is based on the estimation of the Company’s share price and discount rate. Under IFRS 7 
Financial instruments: Disclosures and IFRS 13 Fair value measurement, the value of the derivative 
financial asset has been assessed under the Fair value hierarchy as a Level 2 input, as the instrument 
is not quoted in an active market, but is linked to the quoted ImmuPharma share price. Any change 
in the fair value of the derivative financial asset is reflected in the Income Statement. The derivative 
was initially recognised at the date the Sharing Agreement was entered into and was subsequently 
re-measured to its fair value at the reporting date. The resulting gain or loss was recognised in finance 
income within profit and loss. As at 31 December 2021, the Company completed a calculation of fair 
value of the derivative financial asset that resulted in a finance loss of £2,148,972 At the reporting date, 
the derivative had a positive fair value and therefore is recognised as a financial asset, whereas if it had 
a negative fair value it would be recognised as a financial liability. The derivative is presented as both 
current asset and non current asset.

•  Warrants financial asset 

The Group and the Company has been issued warrants for 7,272,740 shares at 9.5p in Incanthera Plc. 
These warrants represent financial asset, measured at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income. 
At the reporting date, warrants financial asset was revalued to its fair value amounted to £207,508. Fair 
value loss of £418,068 has been recorded in Other Comprehensive Income. 

  The fair value was measured using the “Black – Scholes” valuation model, in which there were several 
inputs, based on details specified in warrant agreement and estimations described further in Note 12. 
The IFRS 13 classifies those inputs as Level 2.

•  Share options 

The Group and the Company operates share option incentive scheme. The fair value of options granted 
is recognised as an expense in the income statement with a corresponding increase in equity. The fair 
value is measured at grant date, spread over the period which the employees become unconditionally 
entitled to the options. The fair value of the options is measured using the “Black – Scholes” valuation 
model, in which there are several inputs, most of which are based on available market information or 
details specified within the share options agreements.

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Financial and Corporate InformationNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 

Accounting policies (continued)
Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty (continued)

Management have applied estimates in the following areas:

•  Investment in Subsidiaries 

For the Company Statement of Financial Position, management has considered whether there has been 
any impairment to the carrying value and has applied estimates including taking account of various 
factors and available evidence in assessing the recoverable amounts in arriving at the conclusion.

  At 31 December 2021, the Company’s investment in its subsidiaries, ImmuPharma (France) SA and 

Ureka Pharma (SAS) was £30,412,515 and £10,656,202 respectively.  The directors have assessed the 
carrying value of the Company’s investment in subsidiaries taking into account the various factors and 
available evidence as at that date and concluded that no impairment is required against this investment 
at the year-end date.  

•  Amounts owed by group undertakings 

For the Company Statement of Financial Position, management needs to consider whether these 
balances are recoverable or an impairment is required and applies estimates including taking account 
of various factors and available evidence in arriving at the conclusion.  

  At 31 December 2021, ImmuPharma Plc was due £9,601,086, £2,559,263 and £88,932 from its 

subsidiaries ImmuPharma (France) SA, Ureka Pharma (SAS) and ImmuPharma AG respectively. At that 
date, ImmuPharma (France) SA and Ureka Pharma (SAS) had net liabilities of £9,904,271 and £1,102,859 
respectively and are not in a position to repay this balance without realising value from its intangible 
assets. 

  Following the announcement of the results of the LupuzorTM clinical trial in April 2018 and Avion 
agreement in November 2019, the directors have reviewed the future prospects of ImmuPharma 
(France) SA. Using the information which would have been available at 31 December 2021 and believe 
that going forward, there is sufficient value in ImmuPharma (France) SA’s underlying activities, the 
directors are confident that the subsidiary will generate sufficient cash to enable this balance to be 
repaid.  As a result, no impairment of this debt is considered necessary at the year-end date. Similarly, 
using the information available at 31 December 2021 and the future possibilities of Ureka Pharma (SAS) 
underlying activities, the directors believe that the subsidiary will generate sufficient cash to enable this 
balance to be repaid.  As a result, no impairment has been charged in 2021.

•  Derivative Financial Asset – the nature of the Sharing Agreement with Lanstead requires the calculation 
of the fair value at the end of the accounting period and it is based on the estimation of the Company’s 
share price and discount rate. 

Changes in accounting policies and disclosures
(a)  New and amended Standards and Interpretations adopted by the Group and Company
There are no changes to accounting standards adopted by the Group in the year ended 31 December 2021. 

(b) New and amended Standards and Interpretations issued but not effective for the financial year beginning 
1 January 2021

Amendments to IFRS 16 addressing Covid-19 related rent concessions became effective for annual reporting 
periods beginning on or after 1 June 2020. As neither the Group nor Company has received such concessions, 
this is not relevant. 

Interest rate benchmark reform – phase 2 – amendments provided a practical expedient when accounting for a 
modification of a financial instrument when an old interest rate benchmark is replaced with an alternative (SONIA) 
as a result of the reform. As neither the Group nor Company has such financial instruments, this is not relevant.

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for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 

Accounting policies (continued)
Changes in accounting policies and disclosures (continued)

(c) New and amended Standards and Interpretations issued but not effective for the financial year beginning 
1 January 2021: 

•  Amendment to IAS 1: “Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-current” 

•  Amendment to IAS 12 ‘Deferred tax related to assets and liabilities arising from a single transaction’ 

•  IAS 8: Definition of accounting estimates 

•  IAS 1: Disclosure initiative – accounting policies 

•  IFRS 9: Fees in the ’10 per cent’ test for derecognition of financial liabilities 

•  IAS 37: Onerous contracts – cost of fulfilling a contract 

•  IAS 16: PPE: Proceeds before intended use 

•  IAS 41: Taxation in fair value measurements 

•  IFRS 17: Insurance Contracts

Basis of consolidation
Both the consolidated and the Company’s financial statements are for the year ended 31 December 2021 and 
present comparative information for the year ended 31 December 2020. All intra-group transactions, balances, 
income and expenditure are eliminated upon consolidation.

The Group’s financial statements incorporate the financial statements of ImmuPharma plc and other entities 
controlled by the Company (‘the subsidiaries’). The control principle in IFRS 10 sets out the following three 
elements of control: power over the investee; exposure, or rights, to variable returns from involvement with the 
investee; and. the ability to use power over the investee to affect the amount of those returns. The financial 
statements of these other entities cease to be included in the Group financial statements from the date that 
control ceases.

Revenue
Grant income
Revenue is recognised under IAS 20 and relates to grants received by Ureka Pharma SAS. In respect of certain 
grants, the proportion of the grant received recognised as revenue in the year is based upon the proportion of 
the relevant project costs actually incurred as at the year-end, compared with the projected total costs over the 
life of that project. For other grants, the amount of grant receivable is based upon the costs of specific research 
staff and in respect of these grants, the amount recognised as revenue is matched to the cost incurred.

Foreign currency
Income statement 
The presentational and functional currency of ImmuPharma plc is sterling (£). Transactions in foreign currency are 
recorded at the rates of exchange prevailing on the dates of the transactions. At each reporting date, monetary assets 
and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing on the reporting date. 
Any gains or losses arising on translation are taken to the Income Statement as finance income or costs. 

Taxation
The tax expense or credit represents the sum of the tax currently payable and any deferred tax less tax credits 
recognised in relation to research and development tax incentives. 

The tax currently receivable is based on tax credits for the year. Taxable loss differs from net loss as reported in 
the Income Statement as it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years 
and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The Company’s receivable for current tax is 
calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year-end date.

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Financial and Corporate InformationNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 

Accounting policies (continued)
Taxation (continued)

Deferred tax is the tax expected to be payable or recoverable on differences between the carrying amounts of 
assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of 
taxable profit and is accounted for using the Statement of Financial Position liability method. Deferred tax assets 
are recognised to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which deductible 
temporary differences can be utilised.  

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is 
no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.

Investments in subsidiaries 
Investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less any provision for impairment.

Whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an investment in a subsidiary 
undertaking may not be recoverable the investment is reviewed for impairment. An investment’s carrying value is 
written down to its estimated recoverable amount if that is less than the investment’s carrying amount.

Intangible assets 
Research and development expenditure is charged to the Income Statement in the period in which it is incurred. 
Development expenditure is capitalised when the criteria for recognising an asset are met, usually when a regulatory 
filing has been made in a major market and approval is considered highly probable. Property, plant and equipment 
used for research and development is capitalised and depreciated in accordance with the Group’s policy.

In process research and development acquired as part of a business combination is recognised separately from 
goodwill where the associated project meets the definition of an intangible asset and its fair value can be measured 
reliably. In process, research and development assets arising because of a business combination are amortised on a 
straight-line basis over their useful lives from the point in time at which the asset is available for use. 

Patents are stated at purchase cost and are amortised on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 
15 years from the date of patent registration.  

Property, plant and equipment
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost, net of depreciation and provision for any impairment. Depreciation is 
calculated to write off the cost of all tangible fixed assets to estimated residual value by equal annual instalments 
over their expected useful lives as follows:

-  Fixtures, fittings and equipment: 2 – 5 years 

Impairment of tangible and intangible assets
At each year-end date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets to determine 
whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, 
the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). 
An impairment loss is immediately recognised as an expense, in the Income Statement.  

Share based payments 
The Company issues equity-settled share based payments to their employees and third parties. These are measured 
at fair value (excluding the effect of non-market based vesting conditions) at the date of grant. The fair value 
determined at the grant date is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Group’s 
estimate of shares that will eventually vest and adjusted for the effect of non market-based vesting conditions. 

Fair value is measured by use of the Black Scholes model. The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, 
based on management’s best estimate, for the effects of non-transferability, exercise restrictions and behavioural 
considerations. For share options issued to suppliers, the value is measured using an estimate of the fair value of 
the services.

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for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 

Accounting policies (continued)
Provisions
In respect of National Insurance contributions on share option gains, the Company provides in full for all vested 
options and on a pro-rata basis over the vesting period for options that have not yet vested for the employer’s 
National Insurance liability estimated to arise on the future exercise of the unapproved share options granted. 
The amount of National Insurance payable will depend on the number of employees who remain with the 
Company and exercise their options, the market price of the Company’s Ordinary shares at the time of exercise 
and the prevailing National Insurance rate at that time. 

Warrants issued
The Company issues warrants to third party investors giving the counterparty a right to subscribe for a fixed 
number of the entity’s shares for a fixed amount of cash. These are measured at fair value (excluding the effect of 
non-market based vesting conditions) at the date of grant.

Equity and Warrant Reserve
Share capital is determined using the nominal value of shares that have been issued.

The Share premium account includes any premiums received on the initial issuing of the share capital. Any 
transaction costs associated with the issuing of shares are deducted from the Share premium account.

The Merger reserve represents the difference between the nominal value and the market value at the date of 
issue of shares issued in connection with the acquisition by the Group of an interest in over 90% of the share 
capital of another company.

The Acquisition reserve includes those adjustments arising on reverse acquisition of the Company by 
ImmuPharma (UK) Limited.

Foreign currency differences arising on the retranslation of overseas subsidiaries are included in the translation reserve.

Equity-settled share-based payments are credited to the Equity shares to be issued reserve as a component of 
equity until related options or warrants are exercised.

Convertible option reserve represents equity portion of convertible loan notes.

The warrants reserve will be transferred to share capital account upon the exercise of warrants. The balance of 
warrants reserve in relation to the unexercised warrants at the expiry of the warrants period will be transferred to 
retained earnings. 

Retained earnings includes all current and prior period results as disclosed in the Income Statement.

Financial instruments
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised on the Statement of Financial Position when the Group 
becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. An equity instrument is any contract that 
evidences a residual interest in the assets of the group after deducting all of its liabilities and when issued by the 
Group is recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

Warrants in respect of Incanthera shares is a derivative financial instrument, initially and subsequently measured at 
fair value through other comprehensive income. 

Investments other than investments in subsidiaries are classified as either held-for-trading or not at initial 
recognition. Those investments and financial assets are initially measured at fair value less transaction costs and 
are subsequently measured at fair value. At the year-end date all investments are classified as not held for trading. 
An irrevocable election has been made to recognise changes in fair value in other Comprehensive Income.

Trade and other receivables are measured at initial recognition at fair value and are subsequently measured at 
amortised cost using the effective interest method. A provision for impairment is established based on lifetime 
expected credit losses. The amount of any provision is recognised in profit or loss.

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Financial and Corporate InformationNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 December 2021

1 

Accounting policies (continued)
Financial instruments (continued)
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash held by the Group and short-term bank deposits with an original 
maturity of three months or less. 

Trade and other payables are initially measured at fair value, and are subsequently measured at amortised cost, 
using the effective interest rate method.  

Non-interest bearing loans and overdrafts are initially recorded at fair value and are subsequently measured at 
amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.

Derivative financial assets are initially measured at fair value less transaction costs and are subsequently measured 
at fair value. 

2 

Financial risk management 
The Group uses a limited number of financial instruments, cash, short-term deposits, overdrafts, and various 
items such as trade receivables and payables, which arise directly from operations. The Group does not trade in 
financial instruments.

Financial risk factors
The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including currency risk, and interest rate 
risk), credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow interest rate risk. The Group’s overall risk management programme 
focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimise potential adverse effects on the 
Group’s financial performance.

a)  Foreign exchange risk

The Group operates internationally and is exposed to foreign exchange risk arising from various currency 
exposures, primarily with respect to Sterling, the Euro, the Swiss Franc and the US Dollar. Foreign exchange risk 
arises from future commercial transactions, recognised assets, liabilities, and net investments in foreign operations.

Foreign exchange risk arises when future commercial transactions or recognised assets or liabilities are 
denominated in a currency that is not the entity’s functional currency.

The Group has certain investments in foreign operations, whose net assets are exposed to foreign exchange risks.

The Group did not enter into any arrangements to hedge this risk, as the directors did not consider this risk 
significant. The directors will review this policy as appropriate in the future.

b)  Credit risk

The Group has no significant concentrations of credit risk because the majority of the debtors are government 
bodies.

c)  Liquidity risk

Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient cash and available funding through an 
adequate amount of committed facilities. The Group ensures it has adequate cover through the availability of 
funding and facilities.

d)  Cash flow and interest rate

The Group finances its operations through a mix of equity finance and borrowings. Borrowings are both 
non-interest bearing and interest bearing. 

e)  Equity price risk

The Group is exposed to equity price risk due to the possibility that the value of the Company’s shares 
will fluctuate. This can affect the amount of any proceeds in any fundraise the Company might undertake. 
In addition, any adverse share price change will negatively affect the amount of proceeds the Company will 
receive under both current Lanstead “Sharing Agreements”.

f)  Exposure to equity investments

The Group’s exposure to equity securities price risk arises from investments held by the Group and classified 
in the Statement of Financial Position at fair value.  

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for the year ended 31 December 2021

3 

Segment information
- Group

IFRS 8 requires operating segments to be identified on the basis of internal reports about components of the 
Group that are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker to allocate resources to the segments 
and to assess their performance. In accordance with IFRS 8, the chief operating decision maker has been 
identified as the Board of Directors. They review the Group’s internal reporting in order to assess performance 
and allocate resources. The Board of Directors consider that the business comprises a single activity, being the 
development and commercialisation of pharmaceutical products. Therefore, the Group is organised into one 
operating segment and there is one primary reporting segment. The segment information is the same as that set 
out in the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated 
Statement of Financial Position, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity and Consolidated Statement of 
Cash Flows. 

Revenue of £68,107 (2020: £105,142) originates in France and £50,243 (2020: £21,525) originates in Switzerland. Of 
the loss before taxation, £2,200,259 (2020: £1,922,938) originates in France, with loss before taxation of £6,669,868 
(2020: £5,332,972) and loss of £70,594 (2020: profit of £9,734) originating in the United Kingdom and Switzerland 
respectively.

Of the total non-current assets, £816,861 (2020: £884,037) originates in France and £1,835,012 (2020: £2,604,358) 
from the United Kingdom.

4 

Staff costs
The average monthly number of employees across the Group and the Company (including executive directors) was:

Drug research and development, and 
commercial operations

Administration and management

The aggregate remuneration 
comprised:

Wages and salaries

Social security costs

Pension costs

Share-based payment

Group 
Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
No.

Group 
Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
No.

Company 
Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
No.

Company 
Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
No.

9

5

14

14

4

18

2

2

4

2

4

6

Group 
Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
£

Group 
Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
£

Company 
Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
£

Company 
Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
£

2,253,406

1,619,125

1,580,441

1,065,434

353,637

2,636

616,423

195,216

1,095

1,578,368

115,082

2,636

568,157

43,361

1,095

1,387,974

3,226,102

3,393,804

2,266,316

2,497,864

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Financial and Corporate InformationNotes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

for the year ended 31 December 2021

4 

Staff costs (continued)
Directors’ emoluments
The following disclosures are in respect of emoluments payable to the directors of ImmuPharma plc across the 
Group and the Company:

Fees

Salaries and benefits

Group 
Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
£

Group 
Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
£

Company 
Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
£

Company 
Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
£

522,272

979,212

541,567

496,388

522,272

979,212

541,567

496,388

1,501,484

1,037,955

1,501,484

1,037,955

Please refer to information in the Directors Report on page 41 in respect for amounts paid to individual directors.

Refer to note 22 for details of amounts paid to related parties in lieu of directors’ fees and bonus payments.

The emoluments of the highest paid director, amounts included above are:

Salaries and benefits 

Group 
Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
£

Group 
Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
£

Company 
Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
£

Company 
Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
£

582,631

582,631

356,387

356,387

582,631

582,631

356,387

356,387

Key management are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the 
activities of the entity. In the opinion of the Board, the key management of the Group and the Company comprises the 
Executive and Non-executive Directors of ImmuPharma plc. Information regarding their emoluments is set out below. 

The following disclosures are in respect of employee benefits, including National Insurance, payable to the 
directors of ImmuPharma plc across the Group and the Company and are stated in accordance with IFRS:

Group
Year ended
31 December 
2021 
£

Group
Year ended
31 December 
2020 
£

Company
Year ended
31 December
2021 
£

Company
Year ended
31 December
2020 
£

1,501,484

1,037,955

1,501,484

1,037,955

161,426

879,489

161,426

879,489

1,662,910

1,917,444

1,662,910

1,917,444

Short-term employee benefits 
(salaries and benefits)

Share based payments

Directors’ emoluments

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Operating loss
- Group

Operating loss is stated after charging/(crediting):

Share based payments charge

Exceptional items

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

- owned

Amortisation of intangible assets

- patents

Services provided by Company auditors:

- Audit services

- Other services relating to tax compliance services

- Audit services – interim review

Audit services provided by other auditors

Year ended 
31 December  
2021 
£

616,423

1,427,084

81,995

32,124

77,700

-

16,000

34,314

Year ended 
31 December  
2020 
£

1,578,368

-

136,844

34,111

73,900

7,025

20,600

23,726

The exceptional items of £1.4m (2020: £nil) relate to termination benefit packages paid out in the year to 
departing Directors, their service companies and related parties (£1.3m), as well as legal fees in relation to these 
termination fees (£62k).

6 

Finance costs
- Group

Interest payable on loans and overdraft

Interest payable on convertible loan notes

Loss on foreign exchange

Loss on derivative financial asset (note 14)

Loss on revaluation of convertible loan notes

7 

Finance income
- Group

Bank interest receivable

Gain on foreign exchange

Year ended 
31 December  
2021 
£

Year ended 
31 December  
2020 
£

2,943

121,120

-

2,148,972

81,837

2,354,872

31,638

199,190

145,373

1,116,345

205,286

1,697,832

Year ended 
31 December  
2021 
£

651

456

1,107

Year ended 
31 December  
2020 
£

41,089

-

41,089

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Taxation
- Group

Current tax:

Corporation tax

Total current tax credit for the year

Year ended 
31 December  
2021 
£

Year ended 
31 December  
2020 
£

(766,814)

(766,814)

(386,248)

(386,248)

The difference between the total current tax shown above and the amount calculated by applying the standard 
rate of UK corporation tax to the loss before tax is as follows:

Loss before taxation

Tax on loss (at the average rate 19%)

(2020: 19%)

Effects of:

Expenses not allowable for tax purposes

Depreciation in excess of capital allowances

Rate differences

Research and development tax credit

Current year losses carried forward

Current tax credit for year

Year ended  
31 December 
 2021 
£

Year ended  
31 December 
 2020 
£

(8,940,720)

(7,246,175)

(1,698,737)

(1,376,773)

2,395

86,757

13,413

(766,814)

1,596,172

(766,814)

2,074

35,107

(1,849)

(386,248)

1,341,441

(386,248)

As at 31 December 2021, the Group has unused tax losses of £48,202,705 (2020: £46,606,533) available for offset 
against future profits in the jurisdiction in which the loss arises. No deferred tax asset has been recognised due to 
the unpredictability of future profit streams in the relevant jurisdictions. 

9 

Loss per share
- Group

Year ended  
31 December  
2021

£

Year ended  
31 December  
2020

£

Loss

Loss for the purposes of basic loss per share being net loss after 
tax attributable to equity shareholders

(8,173,905)

(6,859,927)

Number of shares

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for the purposes of 
basic earnings per share

Basic loss per share

Diluted loss per share

251,164,361

200,176,156

(3.25)p

(3.25)p

(3.43)p

(3.43)p

The Group has granted share options in respect of equity shares to be issued, the details of which are disclosed in note 20. 

There is no difference between basic loss per share and diluted loss per share as the share options and warrants 
are anti-dilutive.

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Intangible assets
- Group

Cost

At 1 January 2020

Exchange rate movements

At 1 January 2021

Exchange rate movements

At 31 December 2021

Amortisation

At 1 January 2020

Exchange rate movements

Charge for the period

At 1 January 2021

Exchange rate movements

Charge for the period

At 31 December 2021

Net book amount

At 31 December 2021

At 31 December 2020

Research and 
development 
£

404,095

-

404,095

-

404,095

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

404,095

404,095

Patents 
£

458,331

27,903

486,234

(35,625)

450,609

383,466

(11,290)

34,111

406,287

(61,260)

32,124

377,151

73,458

79,947

Total 
£

862,426

27,903

890,329

(35,625)

854,704

383,466

(11,290)

34,111

406,287

(61,260)

32,124

377,151

477,553

484,042

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Property, plant and equipment
- Group

Cost

At 1 January 2020

Exchange rate movements

Additions

At 1 January 2021

Exchange rate movements

Additions

At 31 December 2021

Depreciation

At 1 January 2020

Exchange rate movements

Charge for the period

At 1 January 2021

Exchange rate movements

Charge for the period

At 31 December 2021

Net book amount

At 31 December 2021

At 31 December 2020

Fixtures, fittings 
and equipment 
£

834,490

(72,207)

360,290

1,122,573

(74,613)

50,934

1,098,894

627,746

(53,623)

136,844

710,967

(47,064)

81,995

745,898

352,996

411,606

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Property, plant and equipment (continued)
- Company

Cost

At 1 January 2020

Additions

At 1 January 2021

Additions

At 31 December 2021

Depreciation

At 1 January 2020

Charge for the period

At 1 January 2021

Charge for the period

At 31 December 2021

Net book amount

At 31 December 2021

At 31 December 2020

Fixtures, fittings 
and equipment 
£

62,144

5,520

67,664

6,535

74,199

50,929

5,128

56,057

4,460

60,517

13,682

11,607

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Financial assets

- Group and Company

Valuation

At 31 December 2020

Additions

Fair value movement

At 31 December 2021

Shares in 
listed entity
£

Warrants in 
listed entity
£

Total
£

1,792,682

625,576

2,418,258

-

-

-

(584,355)

(418,068)

(1,002,423)

1,208,327

207,508

1,415,835

As of 31 December 2021 ImmuPharma held 9,904,319 shares in Incanthera plc, representing a 13.37% position in 
the share capital of Incanthera plc.

Under IFRS 7 Financial instruments: Disclosures and IFRS 13 Fair value measurement investment in shares of listed 
entity is classified under the fair value hierarchy as level 2. The fair value of ImmuPharma’s 9,904,319 shares held in 
Incanthera Plc equated to £1,208,327 as at 31 December 2021 (2020: £1,792,682), which has resulted in a fair value 
loss of £584,355 recognised through other comprehensive income.

Warrants in Incanthera Plc
ImmuPharma had been issued warrants for 7,272,740 shares at 9.5p per share of Incanthera plc. These warrants 
represent a financial asset, measured at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income. At 31 December 2021, 
the fair value amounting to £207,508 was calculated using the “Black – Scholes” valuation model, in which there 
were several inputs, based on the contractual details and estimations. The inputs below have been taken into 
account in 2021:

-  Expected volatility of share price – 11% (2020: 18.30%)

-  Risk free rate – 0.821% (2020: 0.083%)

-  Market value of share price at issue year end 12.20p (2020: 18.10p)

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)for the year ended 31 December 2021Financial and Corporate Information13 

Investment in subsidiaries

- Company 

Cost and fair value

At 31 December 2020

Additions

At 31 December 2021

Shares in 
subsidiary 
undertakings 
£

41,063,122

48,271

41,111,393

Details of the Company’s subsidiaries as at 31 December 2021 are as follows:

Name of company
ImmuPharma (France) SA

Holding
Ordinary

% voting rights 
and shares held
100

ImmuPharma AG

Ordinary

100

Ureka Pharma SAS (formerly 
Ureka SARL)

Ordinary

100

Nature of business & 
country of incorporation
Pharmaceutical research 
and development – 
France

Pharmaceutical research 
and development – 
Switzerland

Pharmaceutical research 
and development – 
France

Registered Office 
Address
5, rue du Rhône
F-68100 Mulhouse
France

Poststrasse 10
CH-6060
Sarnen OW
Switzerland

Bâtiment 13, 2 Rue 
Robert Escarpit 
33600 Pessac
France

Investments are recorded at cost, which is the fair value of the consideration paid.

The Company assessed the fair value of its Investment in Subsidiaries as at 31 December 2021 and has concluded 
that there has been no impairment to their value and that the carrying value remains as stated above. In order to 
reach this conclusion, the directors considered several points. Central to this assessment was a discounted cash 
flow analysis of the Group’s lead program that supported this conclusion. Key assumptions included the discount 
rate, growth rate, exchange rate, tax rate as well as probability weighting. These assumptions were tested for 
sensitivity, which supported the conclusion of no impairment. Sensitivity analysis of the key assumptions showed 
that an adverse 10% change to any of these factors did not change this conclusion. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)for the year ended 31 December 2021Financial and Corporate Information14  Derivative financial asset

Group
31 December 
2021
£

Group
31 December 
2020
£

Company
31 December
2021
£

Company
31 December
2020
£

Balance brought forward

Value of derivative at inception

1,191,123

2,200,000

2,299,861

1,300,000

1,191,123

2,200,000

2,299,861

1,300,000

Settlements received

(328,495)

(1,292,393)

(328,495)

(1,292,393)

Loss recognised through income 
statement

(2,148,972)

(1,116,345)

(2,148,972)

(1,116,345)

913,656

1,191,123

913,656

1,191,123

Due within one year

Due after one year

At 31 December

31 December 
2021 
£

31 December 
2020 
£

508,167

405,489

913,656

1,016,635

174,488

1,191,123

As part of the placement completed in June 2019, the Company issued 26,565,200 new ordinary shares to 
Lanstead Capital Investors L.P. (“Lanstead”) at a price of 10p per share for an aggregate subscription price of 
£2.66m before expenses. In the placement completed in March 2020, the Company issued 13,000,000 new 
ordinary shares to Lanstead at a price of 10p per share to raise £1.3m gross. In December 2021, the Company 
issued 20,000,000 new ordinary shares to Lanstead at a price of 11p per share to raise £2.2m before expenses. 
All Subscriptions proceeds were pledged under the Sharing Agreement, under which Lanstead made and will 
continue to make, subject to the terms and conditions of that Sharing Agreement, monthly settlements to the 
Company that are subject to adjustment upwards or downwards depending on the Company’s share price 
performance.

In December 2021 the Company also issued, 1,400,000 new ordinary shares to Lanstead as value payments in 
connection with the Share Subscription and the Sharing Agreement. Monthly settlements under the Sharing 
Agreement from June 2019 completed in September 2021. The settlements from remaining agreements 
(March 2020 and December 2021) will continue until 2024, completing in June 2022 and March 2024 respectively.

At the end of the accounting period the amount receivable has been adjusted to fair value based upon the share 
price of the Company at that date. Any change in the fair value of the derivative financial asset is reflected in the 
income statement. As at 31 December 2021, the Company completed a calculation of fair value of the derivative 
financial asset that resulted in a finance loss of £2,148,972 which was recorded in the income statement. The 
restatement to fair value will be calculated at the end of each accounting period during the course of the Sharing 
Agreement and will vary according to the Company’s share price performance.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)for the year ended 31 December 2021Financial and Corporate Information15 

Trade and other receivables

Current 

Other debtors

Prepayments

Non-current

Amounts owed by group undertakings

Group
31 December 
2021
£

Group
31 December 
2020
£

As restated
Company
31 December 
2021
£

As restated
Company
31 December 
2020
£

373,253

53,946

427,199

95,339

66,659

90,338

53,945

56,583

64,820

161,998

144,283

121,403

Group
31 December 
2021
£

Group
31 December 
2020
£

As restated
Company
31 December 
2021
£

As restated
Company
31 December 
2020
£

-

-

-

-

12,249,280

11,779,540

12,249,280

11,779,540

The Group’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its other debtors. The Company’s credit risk is primarily 
attributable to the intercompany loan balances due from French subsidiaries. Based on prior experience and an 
assessment of the current economic environment, the directors did not consider any provision for irrecoverable 
amounts was required and consider that the carrying value of these assets approximates to their fair value. 

The Company’s receivables due from Group undertakings are intercompany loan balances due from its French 
subsidiaries. As of 31 December 2021, the directors believe that there has been no impairment to these values.

The Company considers that the amounts included in receivables due from group undertakings will prove 
recoverable. However, the timing of and the ultimate repayment of these amounts will depend primarily on the 
growth of revenues for the relevant group companies. Amounts owed by group undertakings of £12,249,280 
(2020: £11,779,540) are included in non-current assets. These are unsecured, interest free, and have no fixed date 
of repayment. During the year these loans have been restated as non-current assets, which has been reflected as 
a prior year adjustment as set out further in note 26. 

The total carrying amount of financial assets for the Group is £4,406,064, (2020: £9,566,777), consisting of trade 
and other receivables of £427,199 (2020: £95,339), investment in Incanthera Plc £1,415,835 (2020: £2,418,258), 
derivative financial asset £913,656 (2020: £1,191,123) and cash and cash equivalents of £1,649,374 (2020: 
£5,862,057).

The total carrying amount of financial assets for the Company is £16,250,785 (2020: £20,885,688), consisting of 
trade and other receivables of £12,393,563 (2020: £11,900,943), investment in shares in Incanthera Plc £1,208,327 
(2020: £1,792,682), investment in warrants in Incanthera Plc £207,508 (2020: £625,576), derivative financial asset 
£913,656 (2020: £1,191,123) and cash and cash equivalents of £1,524,730 (2020: £5,375,364).

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)for the year ended 31 December 2021Financial and Corporate Information16  Cash and cash equivalents

Group 
31 December 
2021 
£

Group 
31 December 
2020 
£

Company 
31 December 
2021 
£

Company 
31 December 
2020 
£

Cash and cash equivalents

1,649,374

5,862,057

1,524,730

5,375,364

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash held by the Group and short-term bank deposits with an original 
maturity of three months or less at varying rates of interest over the period between 0.0% and 0.5%. 

The directors consider that the carrying value of these assets approximates to their fair value. 

The credit risk on liquid funds is limited because the counter-party is a bank with a high credit rating.

Included within the above is £50,000 held separately in a Royal Bank of Scotland bank account in respect of a 
charge held over cash balances with reference to the Company’s credit card facility.

17 

Financial liabilities – borrowings
- Group

Total borrowings within one year comprises:

Bank overdraft

Other loans

Convertible loan notes (note 24)

Please refer to note 23 for details of maturity. 

18 

Trade and other payables

31 December 
2021 
£

31 December 
2020 
£

105

595

-

700

316

6,623

634,902

641,841

Trade payables

Other taxes and social security

Accruals and other creditors

Group 
31 December 
2021 
£

Group 
31 December 
2020 
£

Company 
31 December 
2021 
£

Company 
31 December 
2020 
£

1,155,897

268,927

158,780

1,583,604

418,072

90,267

110,698

619,037

645,936

142,483

-

158,781

804,717

-

110,698

253,181

The directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates to their fair value.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)for the year ended 31 December 2021Financial and Corporate Information19 

Share capital
At 31 December 2021, the Company had no limit on its authorised share capital.

Allotted, called up and fully paid

2021 No.

2020 No.

2021 £

2020 £

At start of year:

Ordinary shares of £0.10 each

250,221,297

250,221,297

25,022,130

25,022,130

Movements during year:

Shares issued on 23 December 2021

34,763,636

-

 3,476,364

-

At end of year

284,984,933

250,221,297

28,498,494

25,022,130

During the financial year, the Company issued in total 34,763,636 new ordinary shares.

Details of new shares issued during the financial year 2021 are summarised as follows:

On 23 December 2021 the Company issued 21,400,000 new ordinary shares with nominal amount of £2,140,000, 
with share premium of £200,000 and £140,000 deducted from reserves in relation to value payment shares, as 
explained below. The gross proceeds amounted to £2,200,000 and were deferred under the Sharing Agreement.

On 23 December 2021 the Company issued 12,272,727 new ordinary shares with nominal amount of £1,227,273 
and gross proceeds of £1,350,000 with share premium of £122,454.

On 23 December 2021 the Company issued 1,090,909 new ordinary shares with nominal amount of £109,091 and 
£10,909 share premium, with £120,000 deducted from reserves as explained below.

The total costs incurred in relation to the issue of new equity capital amounted to £444,308 of which £322,727 was 
debited against share premium and the remaining £121,581 against retained earnings as there was not sufficient 
share premium credit for that new equity capital raised.

Retained earnings were debited where the listed share price was lower than the nominal value of the shares 
issued as the listed share price is reflective of fair value.

20 

Share based payments
Equity- settled and warrants 
The Company adopted a new share option plan in March 2017 to replace the previous scheme, which had expired.

Details of the share options and warrants outstanding during the period are as follows:

Outstanding as at 31 December 2020

25,200,000

Number 
of share 
options

Expired during 2021

Lapsed during 2021

Granted during 2021

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price (£) 
of share 
options

0.58

0.01

0.26

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price (£) of 
warrants 
options

Total number 
of options 
(Share 
options and 
Warrants 
options)

Number of 
warrants 
options

29,137,149

0.11

54,337,149

-

-

-

-

300,000

7,787,500

-

-

64,545,455

0.11

64,545,455

300,000

7,787,500

Outstanding as at 31 December 2021

17,112,500

0.58

93,682,604

0.11

110,795,104

Exercisable as at 31 December 2020

15,575,000

0.50

29,137,149

Granted and exercisable during 2021

-

-

64,545,455

Lapsed during 2021

3,162,500

-

44,712,149

64,545,455

0.11

0.11

-

Exercisable as at 31 December 2021

12,412,500

0.52

93,682,604

0.11

106,095,104

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Share based payments (continued)
Equity-settled and warrants (continued)
The options and warrants outstanding as at 31 December 2021 had a weighted average remaining contractual 
life of 7 years.

Number of warrants issued in 2021 had a contractual life of 10 years.

The options and warrants outstanding as at 31 December 2021 had exercise prices between £0.10 and 
£1.530 (2020: £0.10 and £1.530)

Equity-settled share option scheme
The total value of options granted during 2017 and 2020 was calculated using the Economic Research Institute’s 
Black-Scholes pricing model. The inputs into the pricing model were as follows:

Option grant date

Option value

Share price at grant date 

Exercise price

Volatility

Vesting period

Expected life

Expected dividend yield

Risk free interest rate

30 March 
2017

£833,000

£0.5025

£0.5025

47%

3 years

7 years

0%

0.382%

13 July  
2017

24 November 
2017

1 December 
2017

25 November 
2020

£400,950

£3,928,838

£707,760

£913,958

£0.5675

£0.5675

47%

3 years

7 years

0%

0.382%

£0.9862

£0.9862

51%

3 years

7 years

0%

0.382%

£1.5300

£1.5300

52%

3 years

7 years

0%

0.382%

£0.129

£0.20

144%

3 years

7 years

0%

-0.024%

Expected volatility was determined by calculating the historical volatility of the Company’s share price to the 
date of the grant over a 3 year period. Expected life was determined by examining the exercise history of 
the Company’s option holders. No market-based conditions were used as inputs into the pricing model.

The total value of options granted during 2020 was calculated as above at £913,958. Of this amount, £25,388 has 
been charged in the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020. 

For the year ended 31 December 2021, the Company has charged £616,423 for the value of share options in 
relation to grant from 2020. Out of this amount £467,662 was related to an accelerated charge in respect of 
leaving employees (including directors). 

The remaining balance of £272,143 will be charged over the next 2 financial years ending 31 December 2023. 

The total value of options granted during 2017 was calculated as above at £5,870,548. The total of this amount 
has been already charged in the financial statements in prior years and there is no remaining amount to be 
charged in the year ending 31 December 2021. (2020: £ 1,552,980).

The total value of all other options granted in previous years has been fully charged in the financial statements in 
prior years.

Warrants
Warrant holder/grant date

01/04/20 Stanford Capital

10/06/20 L1 Capital

10/06/20 Lind Capital

02/09/20 SI Capital

02/09/20 Stanford Capital

23/12/21 Alora Pharmaceuticals, LLC

23/12/21 Lanstead Capital Investors LP

23/12/21 Chelverton Asset Management

Exercise price

No of warrants

Expected life

£0.10

£0.11

£0.11

£0.11

£0.11

£0.11

£0.11

£0.11

915,205

12,820,127

12,820,127

1,213,920

1,213,920

21,818,182

40,000,000

2,727,273

10 years

3 years

3 years

10 years

10 years

10 years

10 years

10 years

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Share based payments (continued)
Warrants (continued)
The above warrants have been granted in connection to the funding raised in 2020 and 2021. The warrants 
granted in 2020 have been valued based on estimated cost of service and it was calculated at £173,000. 

21  Cash used in operations

Group
31 December 
2021  
£

Group
31 December 
2020
£

Company
31 December 
2021
£

Company
31 December 
2020
£

Operating loss

(6,586,955)

(5,589,432)

(4,260,273)

(3,537,507)

Depreciation and amortisation

Share-based payments

(Increase) in trade and other 
receivables

Increase in trade and other payables

(Gain)/loss on foreign exchange

114,119

616,423

(265,201)

896,798

2,370

170,954

1,578,368

(8,380)

113,926

(145,372)

4,459

568,157

(22,880)

483,767

(7,277)

5,128

1,387,974

(40,876)

12,111

(135,354)

Cash used in operations

(5,222,446)

(3,879,936)

(3,234,047)

(2,308,524)

22  Related Party Transactions

a) Group 

D Dimitriou received part of his remuneration through a consultancy company owned by him, Dragon Finance 
AG. During the year ImmuPharma AG was charged £258,738 (2020: £180,302) for the provision of management 
services by Dragon Finance AG. During the year, until his resignation in July 2021, D Dimitriou was a director of 
ImmuPharma (France) SA and ImmuPharma plc. All amounts received by D Dimitriou via Dragon Finance AG are 
incorporated in the remuneration table in the Directors Report on page 41.

During the year, until the CEO appointment in July 2021, T McCarthy received £151,667 (2020: £260,000) for the 
provision of Chairman’s fees through a service company owned by him, Unnamed Ltd. The amounts received by 
T McCarthy via Unnamed Ltd are incorporated in the remuneration table in the Directors Report on page 41.

During the year, ImmuPharma plc was charged £84,000 (2020: £109,000) for the provision of consultancy services 
by Just B Communications Limited, a company owned by L Baderoon.

During the year, an amount of £124,297 (2020: £119,369) was paid to the wife of Dr R Zimmer in respect of services 
provided to ImmuPharma plc, ImmuPharma (France) SA and Ureka Pharma SAS. During the year ImmuPharma 
AG was charged £590,938 (2020: £129,995) for the provision of consultancy services by Luca and Associates AG, 
a company which Dr R Zimmer is connected to. Of the amount of £590,938, £514,390 relates to payments made 
to terminate the arrangement in the year. An amount of £55,196 (2020: £40,191) was also paid to the daughter of 
Dr R Zimmer in respect of services provided to ImmuPharma (France) and Ureka Pharma SAS. Dr R Zimmer issued 
loans to ImmuPharma (France) SA and Ureka Pharma SAS of £nil (2020: £2,929) and £nil (2020: £4,105) respectively. 

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b) Company

During the year ended 31 December 2021, management charges of £304,480 (2020: £568,562) were rendered 
by ImmuPharma plc to ImmuPharma (France) SA. This amount was due to the Company at 31 December 2021. 
The Company also loaned the sum of £328,039 (2020: £nil) to ImmuPharma (France) SA during the year ended 
31 December 2021. The total balance due to the Company from ImmuPharma (France) SA at 31 December 2021 
was £9,601,086 (2020: £9,663,806). 

During the year ended 31 December 2021, management charges of £76,120 (2020: £142,141) were rendered 
by ImmuPharma plc to Ureka Pharma SAS. This amount was due to the Company at the 31 December 2021. 
The Company also loaned the sum of £526,695 (2020: £539,522) to Ureka Pharma SAS during the year ended 
31 December 2021. The total balance due to the Company from Ureka Pharma SAS at 31 December 2021 was 
£2,559,263 (2020: £2,121,596). 

During the year ended 31 December 2021, management charges of £86,448 (2020: £326,675) were rendered by 
ImmuPharma plc to ImmuPharma AG. This amount was due to the Company at the 31 December 2021. The total 
balance due to the Company from Immupharma AG at 31 December 2021 was £88,932 (2020: £nil). 

23 

Financial instruments
The Group’s financial instruments comprise of cash and cash equivalents, investment in Incanthera plc, derivative 
financial asset, borrowings and items such as trade payables, which arise directly from its operations. The main 
purpose of these financial instruments is to provide finance for the Group’s operations.

The Group’s operations expose it to a variety of financial risks including liquidity risk, interest rate risk, equity 
price risk and foreign exchange rate risk. Given the size of the Group, the directors have not delegated the 
responsibility of monitoring financial risk management to a sub-committee of the Board. The Company’s finance 
department implements the policies set by the Board of Directors.

The principal financial instruments used by the Group from which financial instrument risk arises are as follows:-

Trade and other receivables

Shares in listed entity

Warrants in listed entity

Derivative financial asset

Cash and cash equivalents

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities – borrowings due within 1 year

Trade and other payables

Convertible loan notes

Total financial liabilities

Year ended 
31 December 
2021 
£

Year ended 
31 December 
2020 
£

373,253

1,208,327

207,508

913,656

1,649,374

4,352,118

700

1,583,604

-

95,339

1,792,682

625,576

1,191,123

5,862,057

9,566,777

6,939

528,770

634,902

1,584,304

1,170,611

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Financial instruments (continued)
Liquidity risk
Group
The Group actively maintains a mixture of long term and short-term debt finance that is designed to ensure it has 
sufficient available funds for operations and planned expansions. The Group monitors its levels of working capital 
to ensure that it can meet its debt repayments as they fall due.

The following table shows the contractual maturities of the Group’s financial liabilities, all of which are measured 
at amortised cost:

Trade and 
other payables
£

Borrowings
£

Convertible 
liability
£

At 31 December 2021

6 months or less

6 – 12 months

1 – 2 years

2 – 5 years

1,583,604

-

-

-

Total contractual cash flows

1,583,604

Carrying amount of financial liabilities 
measured at amortised cost

1,583,604

700

-

-

-

700

700

-

-

-

-

-

-

At 31 December 2020

6 months or less

6 – 12 months

1 – 2 years

2 – 5 years

Trade and 
other payables
£

Borrowings
£

Convertible 
liability
£

528,770

6,939

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

634,902

-

-

Total
£

1,584,304

-

-

-

1,584,304

1,584,304

Total
£

535,709

634,902

-

-

Total contractual cash flows

528,770

6,939

634,902

1,170,611

Carrying amount of financial liabilities 
measured at amortised cost

528,770

6,939

634,902

1,170,611

Company
The Company’s financial liabilities comprise trade and other payables with a carrying amount equal to gross cash 
flows payable of £645,936 (2020: £142,483), accrued purchases with a carrying amount of £158,781 (2020: £110,698) 
and convertible loan notes of £nil (2020: £634,902), all of which are payable within 6-12 months. 

Interest rate risk
Group
The Group has both interest bearing assets and interest bearing liabilities. Interest bearing assets comprise cash 
and cash equivalents denominated in Sterling, the Euro, the Swiss Franc and the US Dollar which earn interest at a 
variable rate. The directors will revisit the appropriateness of this policy should the Group’s operations change in 
size or nature. 

During the year, the Group’s cash and cash equivalents earned interest at a variable rate between 0.0% and 
0.5% (2020: 0.0% and 0.5%).

As at 31 December 2021, if LIBOR had increased by 0.5% with all other variables held constant, the post-tax profit 
and equity would have been higher by £18,728 (2020: £27,985). Conversely, if LIBOR had fallen by 0.5% with all 
other variables held constant, the post-tax profit and equity would have been lower by £18,728 (2020: £27,985)

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Financial instruments (continued)
Liquidity risk (continued)
Group (continued)

Details of the terms of the Group’s borrowings are disclosed in note 17.

The Group also has non-interest bearing borrowings, which are carried at amortised cost, and therefore the risk 
is the change in the fair value of the borrowings. Changes in the market interest rates of these liabilities do not 
affect loss or equity and therefore no sensitivity analysis is required under IFRS 7.

Company
The Company has both interest bearing assets and interest bearing liabilities. Interest bearing assets comprise of 
cash and cash equivalents denominated in Sterling, which earn interest at a variable rate.  

During the year, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents earned interest at a variable rate between 0.0% and 
0.5% (2020: 0.0% and 0.5%).

As at 31 December 2021, if LIBOR had increased by 0.5% with all other variables held constant, the post-tax loss 
would have been lower and equity would have been higher by £16,739 (2020: £18,631).  Conversely, if LIBOR had 
fallen by 0.5% with all other variables held constant, the post-tax loss would have been higher and equity would 
have been lower by £16,739 (2020: £18,631).

Foreign exchange rate risk
Group
The Group is exposed to foreign exchange rate risk as a result of having cash balances in Euros, Swiss Francs and 
US Dollars. During the year, the Group did not enter into any arrangements to hedge this risk, as the directors 
did not consider the exposure significant given the short-term nature of the balances. The Group will review this 
policy as appropriate in the future.

As at 31 December 2021, if the Euro had weakened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held constant, 
the post-tax profit and equity would have been lower by £8,730 (2020: £32,500).  Conversely, if the Euro had 
strengthened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held constant, the post-tax profit and equity would 
have been higher by £8,730 (2020: £32,500).  

As at 31 December 2021, if the US Dollar had weakened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held 
constant, the post-tax profit and equity would have been lower by £100 (2020: £25,700). Conversely, if the 
US Dollar had strengthened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held constant, the post-tax profit and 
equity would have been higher by £100 (2020: £25,700).

As at 31 December 2021, if the Swiss Franc had weakened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held 
constant, the post-tax profit and equity would have been lower by £5,800 (2020: £16,500). Conversely, if the Swiss 
Franc had strengthened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held constant, the post-tax profit and equity 
would have been higher by £5,800 (2020: £16,500).

Company
The Company is exposed to foreign exchange rate risk through the payment of non-Sterling amounts, 
intercompany balances in Euros and Swiss Francs and as a result of having cash balances in Euros and US Dollars. 
The Company’s convertible loan notes are also held in US Dollars. During the year, the Company did not enter 
into any arrangements to hedge this risk, as the directors did not consider the exposure significant. The Company 
will review this policy as appropriate in the future.

As at 31 December 2021, if the Euro had weakened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held constant, 
the post-tax profit and equity would have been lower by £2,600 (2020: £3,000). Conversely, if the Euro had 
strengthened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held constant, the post-tax profit and equity would 
have been higher by £2,600 (2020: £3,000).

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Financial instruments (continued)
Foreign exchange rate risk (continued)
Company (continued)

As at 31 December 2021, if the US Dollar had weakened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held 
constant, the post-tax profit and equity would have been lower by £100 (2020: £27,000). Conversely, if the 
US Dollar had strengthened 10% against Sterling with all other variables held constant, the post-tax profit and 
equity would have been higher £100 (2020: £27,000). 

Equity price risk
Group and Company
The Group holds the investment in shares in Incanthera plc, trading on AQSE, described in further detail in Note 
12. The Group and Company are exposed to equity price risk as the sale of any Incanthera plc shares will fluctuate 
depending on the future share price. If ImmuPharma sold its shares in Incanthera for 10% less than the Incanthera 
plc share price at year end, this would indicate a reduction in investment value of £120,833 which would increase 
the Group’s and Company’s loss by £120,833. If ImmuPharma sold its shares for 10% more than the Incanthera’s 
share price at year end, this would indicate an increase in fair value of £120,833 which would decrease the Group’s 
and Company’s loss by £120,833.

The Group has also entered into a derivative transaction during the year 2021, details of which can be found at 
note 14. The risk associated with this transaction is the variable consideration receivable, which depends on the 
Company’s share price. During the year, the Group did not enter into any arrangements to hedge this risk, as the 
directors did not consider the exposure significant given the short term nature of the balance. The Group will 
review this policy as appropriate in the future.

If the Company’s share price had weakened 10% with all other variables held constant, the post-tax loss would 
have been higher and equity would have been lower by £32,849. Conversely, if the Company’s share price had 
strengthened by 10% with all other variables held constant, the post-tax loss would have been lower and equity 
would have been higher by £32,849.

The following is a comparison by category of the carrying amounts and fair values of the Group’s financial assets 
and liabilities at 31 December 2021. Set out below the table is a summary of the methods and assumptions used 
for each category of instrument.

Trade and other receivables at 
amortised cost

Derivative financial asset

Shares in listed entity

Warrants in listed entity

Carrying 
amount 
2021
£

427,199

913,656

Fair
Value
2021
£

427,199

913,656

1,208,327

1,208,327

207,508

207,508

Financial liabilities at amortised cost

1,583,604

1,583,604

Carrying 
amount
2020
£

95,339

1,191,123

1,792,682

625,576

1,170,611

Fair
Value
2020
£

95,339

1,191,123

1,792,682

625,576

1,170,611

4,340,294

4,340,294

4,875,331

4,875,331

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Financial instruments (continued)
Equity price risk (continued)
Group and Company (continued)

Trade and other receivables at amortised cost

The fair value approximates to the carrying amount because of the short maturity of these instruments.

Derivative financial asset

The asset is recorded at fair value and is calculated based on ImmuPharma’s share price at the year end. 

Financial liabilities at amortised cost

The fair value approximates to the carrying amount because the majority are associated with variable-rate interest 
payments that are re-aligned to market rates at intervals of less than one year.

Shares in listed entity 

The balances are recorded at fair value and are determined by using published price quotations in the AQSE 
market.

Warrants in listed entity 

The balances are recorded at fair value and are determined by using a Black-Scholes valuation model.

Fair value measurement 

The Group measures the fair value of its financial assets and liabilities in the Statement of Financial Position in 
accordance with the fair value hierarchy. The hierarchy groups financial assets and liabilities into three levels 
based on the significance of inputs used in measuring the fair value of the financial assets and liabilities. The fair 
value hierarchy has the following levels:

Level 1 fair value measurements are those derived from unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical 
assets and liabilities;

Level 2 fair value measurements are those derived from inputs, other than quoted prices included within level 1, 
that are observable either directly (i.e. as prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices);

Level 3 fair value measurements are those derived from valuation techniques that include inputs for the asset or 
liability that are not based on observable market data.

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Financial instruments (continued)
Equity price risk (continued)
Fair value measurement (continued)

The following table presents the Group’s financial assets that are measured at fair value at 31 December 2021:

Shares in listed entity

Warrants in listed entity

Derivative financial asset

As at 31 December 2021

Level 1
£

-

-

-

Level 2
£

1,208,327

207,508

913,656

2,329,491

Level 3
£

-

-

-

Total
£

1,208,327

207,508

913,656

2,329,491

Summary of financial assets held at level 2 fair value:

As at 1 January 2021

Additions

Revaluation at fair value

As at 31 December 2021

Warrants in 
listed entity
£ 

Shares in 
listed entity
£

Total
£

625,576

1,792,682

2,418,258

-

-

-

(418,068)

(584,355)

(1,002,423)

207,508

1,208,327

1,415,835

The fair value has been assessed at 31 December 2021 and is based on the ImmuPharma Plc shareholding of 
13.37% of Incanthera plc.

Fair value brought forward

Fair value at inception

Payments received under Sharing Agreement

Net losses recognised in Income Statement

As at 31 December 2021

Derivative financial asset
£

1,191,123

2,200,000

(328,495)

(2,148,972)

913,656

The consideration receivable is variable depending on the Company’s share price and the derivative financial 
asset is revalued through the Income Statement with reference to the Company’s closing share price. The 
valuation methodology and inputs are detailed in note 14.  

Capital Risk
Group and Company

The Group and Company considers its capital under management to be its cash and cash equivalents and 
share capital and reserves. The Group and Company’s overall objective in managing its capital is to support 
the strategic objectives of the business: the development of potential new drugs. Decisions regarding the 
management of capital are taken by the Board in conjunction with regular strategic planning and budget reviews.  

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Group
31 December 
2021
£

Group 
31 December 
2020
£

Company 
31 December 
2021
£

Company 
31 December 
2020
£

Balance brought forward

634,902

-

634,902

-

Value of loan at inception

Issue costs

Equity component

Value of shares converted

-

-

-

-

2,153,824

(232,263)

(31,623)

(799,846)

-

-

-

-

Repurchased during the year

(837,859)

(815,166)

(837,859)

Exchange differences on revaluation

-

(44,500)

Interest expense

Loss on revaluation

121,120

81,837

-

199,190

205,286

634,902

-

121,120

81,837

-

On 31 December 2020 the liability had a fair value of £635k.

2,153,824

(232,263)

(31,623)

(799,846)

(815,166)

(44,500)

199,190

205,286

634,902

On 15 December 2021, the Company repaid in full the remaining outstanding balance of convertible loan notes 
of $950,000 (£837,859) principal and $160,278 (£121,120) of accrued interest, the total of $1,110,278 (£958,979) due 
to L1 Capital Global Opportunities Master Fund (“L1”).

By 15 December 2021, both convertible loan notes with L1 and Lind Global Macro Fund, LP (“Lind”) have been 
repaid in full and/or converted.

The summary of the key terms of the loan notes is as follows.

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Term

Conversion price

Conversion by the Company

18 months.

17.96p, which is equivalent to 120% of the 
Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of the 
ordinary shares for 09 June 2020.

On 2 September 2020, (as the result of additional 
placing) the conversion price has been adjusted 
downwards to 11p.

During the maturity period, if the VWAP on each 
of at least 20 consecutive trading days shall be 
equal to or have exceeded 35.92p (200% of the 
Conversion Price)

Conversion by the Investors

At any time during the maturity period.

Security

Coupon & Payment

Redemption

All amounts falling due under the Convertible Loan 
Notes will be secured by debenture constituting a 
first-ranking fixed and floating charge over all the 
assets of the Company (the “Debenture”)

10% per annum, payable quarterly in arrears

The Convertible loan notes can be redeemed:

-in the event of additional funds receipt by the 
Company, Investors have rights to repurchase 
any unconverted securities to the value of up to 
25% of the gross proceeds of financing, at 105% 
of face value;

-upon Nasdaq listing ImmuPharma can offer to 
redeem all or part of the unsecured convertible 
notes at 105% of face value plus accrued interest;

-otherwise, automatically at the end of the term.

25 

26 

Subsequent events
There were no subsequent events.

Prior year restatement 
Following a review against IFRS standards, it was identified that amounts owed by Group undertakings of 
£12,249,280 (2020: £11,779,540) had previously been presented within current assets, however should have been 
presented within non-current assets. Although the amounts were repayable on demand, there was no expectation 
that they would be repaid within twelve months and therefore, they did not meet the criteria to be classified as 
current assets. The prior period Company financial statements have been restated to show these balances within 
non-current assets. The restatement had no impact on the loss for the year ended 31 December 2020 or the net 
assets of the Company as at that date.

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measurable biological responses used as predictors of clinical effects. 

contract research organisation. 

having the potential to become a drug product candidate due to its physical and 
chemical characteristics. 

an autoimmune inflammatory disease of unknown etiology. 

peptide to drug converting technology. 

a molecule comprised of a series of amino acids (or a small subpart of a protein). 

abbreviation for “Pharmaceutical”; sometimes in the industry “pharma” also denotes 
a pharmaceutical company. 

the stage of development of a drug candidate before the first administration to man, 
during which all mandatory data required by regulatory bodies such as the FDA or the 
EMEA is generated and filed. 

the stage of development of a drug candidate during which it is administered to man 
(usually healthy volunteers) for the first time. Phase I studies are designed to assess 
primarily the safety and tolerability of the drug candidate and gather information on 
its ADME. This phase is also used whenever possible to evaluate surrogate markers 
which are indicative of the clinical efficacy of the drug candidate. 

the stage of development of a drug candidate during which therapeutic studies are 
conducted in limited numbers of patients using data generated in Phase I studies to 
determine dose regimen and primary efficacy, and to examine therapeutic outcomes 
and monitor safety in patients. 

the stage of development of a drug candidate during which it is tested in large 
scale pivotal trials on, typically, between 200 to 4000 patients to demonstrate 
overall efficacy, tolerability and safety with a dose regimen as determined in Phase 
II. The drug candidate must generally prove to be statistically better than placebo 
or the current best therapy in terms of efficacy, safety or quality of life.

 ‘CRO’  

‘drug-like’  

‘Lupus’  

‘PDCT’  

‘peptide’  

‘Pharma’  

‘Phase 0’  

‘Phase I’  

‘Phase II’  

‘Phase III’  

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