Pixium Vision — Shareholder loan extends runway

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Pixium Vision — Shareholder loan extends runway

Pixium Vision recently announced that it has received a €3m bridge financing loan from shareholders Sofinnova (€1m) and Bpifrance (€2m), which extend its cash runway through to the end of November. The loan will bear interest at 12% pa and mature on 31 July 2024. The loan is a positive step and signal of confidence from these two institutional investors as Pixium works towards securing broader additional financing to bring it past the conclusion of the PRIMAvera European pivotal study, for which results are still anticipated in or around year-end 2023. We maintain our pipeline rNPV valuation of €140.1m but our equity valuation per pre-consolidation basic share is €0.90 (vs €0.92 previously) after adjusting for estimated H123 net debt.

Written by

Pooya Hemami

Analyst - Healthcare

Healthcare

Pixium Vision

Shareholder loan extends runway

Financing update

Healthcare equipment
and services

11 August 2023

Price

€0.06

Market cap

€9m

$1.10/€

Estimated net debt (€m) at 30 June 2023 excluding €0.8m in lease liabilities

5.9

Shares in issue (pre-consolidation)

149.0m

Free float

N/A

Code

ALPIX

Primary exchange

Euronext Growth Paris

Secondary exchange

N/A

Share price performance

%

1m

3m

12m

Abs

(7.9)

(3.7)

(76.7)

Rel (local)

(11.4)

(4.6)

(79.2)

52-week high/low

€0.26

€0.03

Business description

Pixium Vision develops bionic vision systems for patients with severe vision loss. Its lead product, Prima, is a wireless subretinal implant system designed for dry age-related macular degeneration. The company completed implantations in Q422 for the PRIMAvera European pivotal study.

Next events

H123 financial results

September 2023

Analyst

Pooya Hemami, OD, MBA, CFA

+1 646 653 7026

Pixium Vision is a research client of Edison Investment Research Limited

Pixium Vision recently announced that it has received a €3m bridge financing loan from shareholders Sofinnova (€1m) and Bpifrance (€2m), which extend its cash runway through to the end of November. The loan will bear interest at 12% pa and mature on 31 July 2024. The loan is a positive step and signal of confidence from these two institutional investors as Pixium works towards securing broader additional financing to bring it past the conclusion of the PRIMAvera European pivotal study, for which results are still anticipated in or around year-end 2023. We maintain our pipeline rNPV valuation of €140.1m but our equity valuation per pre-consolidation basic share is €0.90 (vs €0.92 previously) after adjusting for estimated H123 net debt.

Year
end

Revenue
(€m)

PBT*
(€m)

EPS*
(€)

DPS
(€)

P/E
(x)

Yield
(%)

12/21

2.7

(10.9)

(0.23)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/22

2.0

(10.3)

(0.21)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/23e

1.8

(12.3)

(0.09)

0.0

N/A

N/A

12/24e

0.8

(13.0)

(0.09)

0.0

N/A

N/A

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

PRIMAvera milestone expected near year-end 2023

Having completed the required 38 implantations in late 2022, PRIMAvera is assessing the safety and clinical benefits of the wireless Prima System in patients with geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration (GA-AMD). We view the Prima System as a potentially transformative treatment in GA-AMD given the visual function improvements already shown in the earlier five-patient 36-month European feasibility study, including a median visual acuity among evaluable subjects improving from 20/500 pre-implantation to 20/71 (device-assisted with magnification). Prima also holds FDA Breakthrough Device designation, which suggests that the FDA recognises GA-AMD is an irreversibly debilitating human disease and that Prima System has the potential to provide an effective treatment. If PRIMAvera study results are positive, a CE Mark regulatory marketing submission can be filed in 2024, which could lead to commercialisation in H125.

Valuation: Mild revisions pre-consolidation

Pixium plans a 1 for 50 reverse stock split and shares are expected to trade on a post-consolidation basis on 21 September. The company reported a gross debt position of €10.3m at end-FY22 and, given the Q123 gross cash position of €4.7m, the c €2.4m in ESGO debt converted to equity in the year to date and the receipt of a €1.8m research tax credit (RTC) in June, we estimate €5.9m (H123) net debt. We have adjusted our estimates for the RTC and we now estimate a FY23 net operating burn rate of €16.1m (vs €17.6m previously). We maintain a pipeline rNPV valuation of €140.1m, resulting in an equity valuation of €134.2m after including net debt, or €0.90 per basic share (vs €0.92 previously), on a pre-consolidation basis. We assume Pixium will require €36m in funding to reach profitability (in FY25) and, if this need is met through equity issuances at the current market price (€0.057/share) and if outstanding ESGO debt (€1.25m) is also converted at this price, the resulting equity valuation would be €0.21 per share (pre-consolidation).

Exhibit 1: Financial summary

€000s

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023e

2024e

31-December

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

IFRS

PROFIT & LOSS

Revenue

 

 

1,598

1,782

2,092

2,655

1,955

1,800

800

Cost of Sales

(41)

0

0

0

0

0

0

General & Administrative

(2,019)

(3,572)

(4,008)

(5,084)

(4,650)

(5,398)

(6,628)

Research & Development

(5,297)

(6,563)

(5,704)

(7,282)

(8,793)

(7,800)

(4,500)

EBITDA

 

 

(5,758)

(8,352)

(7,620)

(9,712)

(11,488)

(11,398)

(10,328)

Depreciation

(677)

(448)

(366)

(549)

(456)

(277)

(226)

Amortization

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Operating Profit (before exceptionals)

 

(6,435)

(8,801)

(7,986)

(10,261)

(11,944)

(11,675)

(10,554)

Exceptionals

(5,859)

(69)

(448)

0

0

0

0

Other

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Operating Profit

(12,294)

(8,870)

(8,434)

(10,261)

(11,944)

(11,675)

(10,554)

Net Interest

(1,277)

(1,006)

(699)

(669)

1,632

(652)

(2,442)

Profit Before Tax (norm)

 

 

(7,712)

(9,806)

(8,685)

(10,930)

(10,312)

(12,328)

(12,996)

Profit Before Tax (FRS 3)

 

 

(13,571)

(9,876)

(9,133)

(10,930)

(10,312)

(12,328)

(12,996)

Tax

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Profit After Tax and minority interests (norm)

(7,712)

(9,806)

(8,685)

(10,930)

(10,312)

(12,328)

(12,996)

Profit After Tax and minority interests (FRS 3)

(13,571)

(9,876)

(9,133)

(10,930)

(10,312)

(12,328)

(12,996)

Average Number of Shares Outstanding (m)

18.5

22.3

34.0

47.4

48.9

139.1

149.0

EPS - normalised (€)

 

 

(0.42)

(0.44)

(0.26)

(0.23)

(0.21)

(0.09)

(0.09)

EPS - normalised and fully diluted (€)

 

 

(0.42)

(0.44)

(0.26)

(0.23)

(0.21)

(0.09)

(0.09)

EPS - (IFRS) (€)

 

 

(0.73)

(0.44)

(0.27)

(0.23)

(0.21)

(0.09)

(0.09)

Dividend per share (€)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

BALANCE SHEET

Fixed Assets

 

 

3,666

4,507

3,410

2,684

2,030

1,798

1,592

Intangible Assets

2,623

2,361

1,727

1,341

983

983

983

Tangible Assets

1,042

2,145

1,683

1,343

1,047

815

609

Current Assets

 

 

17,756

9,107

12,721

16,945

10,344

7,201

17,411

Short-term investments

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Cash

15,629

6,792

10,566

14,505

7,687

4,544

14,667

Other

2,126

2,316

2,155

2,440

2,657

2,657

2,745

Current Liabilities

 

 

(2,044)

(2,880)

(3,885)

(6,483)

(8,698)

(4,651)

(4,651)

Creditors

(2,044)

(2,880)

(3,349)

(4,895)

(4,374)

(327)

(327)

Short term borrowings

0

0

(536)

(1,588)

(4,324)

(4,324)

(4,324)

Long Term Liabilities

 

 

(8,023)

(7,033)

(7,682)

(7,332)

(6,525)

(17,095)

(40,095)

Long term borrowings

(7,870)

(5,787)

(6,604)

(6,500)

(5,990)

(16,560)

(39,560)

Other long term liabilities

(153)

(1,246)

(1,078)

(832)

(535)

(535)

(535)

Net Assets

 

 

11,355

3,700

4,564

5,814

(2,849)

(12,748)

(25,743)

CASH FLOW

Operating Cash Flow

 

 

(6,174)

(7,282)

(6,207)

(8,160)

(12,960)

(15,445)

(10,415)

Net Interest

(1,277)

(1,006)

(699)

(669)

1,632

(652)

(2,442)

Tax

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Net Operating Cash Flow

(7,450)

(8,288)

(6,906)

(8,829)

(11,328)

(16,097)

(12,857)

Capex

(31)

(34)

(82)

(48)

(92)

(45)

(20)

Acquisitions/disposals

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Financing

14,068

2,034

9,055

13,170

(927)

2,430

0

Net Cash Flow

6,587

(6,288)

2,067

4,293

(12,347)

(13,712)

(12,877)

Opening net debt/(cash)

 

 

(1,401)

(7,760)

(1,004)

(3,426)

(6,417)

2,627

16,340

HP finance leases initiated

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other

(228)

(468)

354

(1,302)

3,303

0

0

Closing net debt/(cash)

 

 

(7,760)

(1,004)

(3,426)

(6,417)

2,627

16,339

29,217

Lease debt

na

1,346

1,258

1,045

765

765

765

Closing net debt/(cash) inclusive of IFRS16 lease debt

(7,760)

342

(2,168)

(5,372)

3,392

17,104

29,982

Source: Edison Investment Research, company accounts


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