Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information
On May 6, 2020 BioNTech SE (“BioNTech”) acquired Neon Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (“Neon”; formerly Nasdaq: NTGN), a biotechnology company developing novel neoantigen-based T-cell therapies (“the Merger”). Through the acquisition, BioNTech will be able to leverage Neon’s expertise in the development of neoantigen therapies, with both vaccine and T cell capabilities. Under the merger agreement by and among BioNTech, Neon and BioNTech’s wholly owned subsidiary, Endor Lights, Inc., New York, United States, Endor Lights, Inc. merged with and into Neon. The new subsidiary operates under the name BioNTech US Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of BioNTech SE, and serves as BioNTech’s headquarters in the United States. Based on the acquisition date share price, the aggregate value of the merger consideration was k€89,890 (k$97,144) financed by issuing 1,935,488 American Depositary Shares representing BioNTech’s ordinary shares as a stock transaction and including a de minimis cash consideration which was paid to settle Neon’s outstanding stock options.
The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information are based on BioNTech’s historical consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the IASB, or IFRS, and Neon’s historical consolidated financial statements as adjusted to give effect to BioNTech’s acquisition of Neon. Prior to the acquisition, Neon prepared its financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, and used U.S. dollars as its reporting currency; consequently, adjustments have been made to convert Neon’s financial statements to IFRS and its reporting currency to Euros. Please see Notes 2 and 3 to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for a discussion of the adjustments made to convert Neon’s financial information from U.S. GAAP to IFRS.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the six months ended June 30, 2020 give effect to this transaction as if it had occurred on January 1, 2019. Neon’s pre-acquisition interim operating results cover the stub period through May 5, 2020. From the date of acquisition on, Neon’s financial information is prepared under IFRS and included in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of BioNTech SE and its subsidiaries. Accordingly, the transaction is already reflected in the interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position as of June 30, 2020.
The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information is based on the provisional fair values and values in accordance with IFRS 3 of the identifiable net assets of Neon as at the date of acquisition as they were presented within BioNTech’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes as of and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.
As indicated in Note 5 to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, BioNTech has adjusted the historical financial information of BioNTech and Neon to eliminate nonrecurring charges that are directly attributable to the transaction.
Additionally, as indicated in Note 2 to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, estimated effects related to the application of IFRS for the year ended 2019 and the stub period ended May 5, 2020 have been based on approximate assessments and as indicated in Note 3 to the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information, the reporting currency has been applied based on a simplified method. Actual results of a combined entity might differ materially from this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.
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