2019 compared to $487,000 for the same quarter last year and $1,770,000 for the nine-month period ended August 31, 2019 and $1,280,000 for the same period last year.
General and administrative expenses in the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2019 amounted to $1,772,000 and $5,072,000 compared to $1,482,000 and $3,963,000 reported in the comparable periods of fiscal 2018.
The increase in general and administrative expenses is mainly associated with business growth, the listing on NASDAQ, additional investor relations initiatives and increased activity in Europe.
Finance income, consisting of interest income, for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2019 was $253,000 and $880,000 compared to $175,000 and $332,000 in the comparable periods of fiscal 2018.
Higher finance income is mostly associated with a higher average liquidity position.
Finance costs for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2019 were $1,253,000 and $3,805,000 compared to $1,247,000 and $1,686,000 in the comparable periods of fiscal 2018. Finance costs in the third quarter of 2019 and for the nine-month period ended August 31, 2019 mostly represent interest of $847,000 and $2,493,000, respectively on the senior convertible notes issued on June 18, 2019, compared to $661,000 for the three- and nine-month periods last year.
Finance costs also included accretion expense, which was $428,000 for the third quarter of 2019 and $1,233,000 for the nine-month period ended August 31, 2019 compared to $269,000 and $682,000 for the same periods last year. In the third quarter of 2019, the accretion expense was mainly associated with the senior convertible notes and the long-term obligation payable to TaiMed (See Note 4 of Interim Financial Statement). Previously, accretion expense related to the long-term obligation with EMD Serono, which was settled during the third quarter of 2018.
Adjusted EBITDA for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2019 was $1,566,000 and $3,540,000 compared to $2,092,000 and $(332,000) in the comparable periods of fiscal 2018. See“Non-IFRS Financial Measures” below.
Taking into account the revenue and expense variations described above, we recorded anet loss of $1,639,000 or $0.02 per share in the third quarter of fiscal 2019 and a net loss of $6,041,000 or $0.08 per share for the nine-month period ended August 31, 2019 compared to a net profit of $282,000 or nil per share in the three months ended August 31, 2018 and a net loss of $3,717,000 or $0.05 per share compared for the nine-month period ended August 31, 2018.
For the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2019,cash flow generated by (used in) operating activities was $4,557,000 and $(3,095,000) compared to $1,037,000 and $(2,091,000) for the same periods last year.
In the third quarter of fiscal 2019, changes in operating assets and liabilities had a positive impact on cash flow of $3,621,000. These changes include a decrease in trade and other receivables of $2,042,000 and an increase in provisions of $720,000, both
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