DESCRIPTION OF SHARE CAPITAL AND CONSTITUTION
The following description of our share capital is a summary and does not purport to be complete. It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to Irish law, including without limitation the Irish Companies Act 2014 (as amended) (referred to herein as the Irish Companies Act), and by reference to our Constitution, a copy of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. We encourage you to review applicable Irish law and our Constitution for additional information.
The Company
We are a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Ireland. We were incorporated on March 29, 2021 to become a holding company for GH Research Ireland Limited. GH Research Ireland Limited was originally incorporated under the laws of Ireland on October 16, 2018 as GH Research Limited. GH Research Limited changed its name to GH Research Ireland Limited on March 29, 2021. Pursuant to the terms of the Corporate Reorganization (as defined below), all shareholders of GH Research Ireland Limited exchanged each of the shares held by them for shares in GH Research PLC of the same share classes with the same shareholder rights and, as a result, GH Research Ireland Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of GH Research PLC.
We are registered with the Companies Registration Office in Ireland under company registration number 691405 and our principal place of business is at Joshua Dawson House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 RY95, Ireland.
Our objects, detailed in Clause 3 of our memorandum of association, found in our Constitution, are varied and wide ranging and include, among other things, the carrying on of the business of a holding company and of the businesses of a researcher, developer, manufacturer, distributor, wholesaler, retailer, service provider, investor, trader and any other business which may seem to our Board of Directors capable of being conveniently carried on in connection with these objects or calculated directly or indirectly to enhance the value of or render more profitable any of our property. For a more fulsome description of our objects, we encourage you to review the full version of our Constitution, a copy of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
For further information on our Constitution, please see “—Key Provisions of our Constitution” below.
Authorized and Issued Share Capital
Pursuant to the terms of a share for share exchange agreement dated May 27, 2021, all shareholders of GH Research Ireland Limited exchanged each of the shares held by them for ordinary shares of GH Research PLC of the same share classes with the same shareholder rights as the shares held by them in GH Research Ireland Limited and, as a result, GH Research Ireland Limited became a wholly owned subsidiary of GH Research PLC (referred to herein as the Corporate Reorganization).
Pursuant to a shareholder resolution of GH Research PLC dated June 24, 2021, we effected (a) the conversion of (i) 5,923,079 Series A preferred shares of nominal value $0.01 each into 5,923,079 ordinary shares of nominal value $0.01 each and (ii) 25,379,047 Series B preferred shares of nominal value $0.01 each into 25,379,047 ordinary shares of nominal value $0.01 each and (b) the 2.50-for-one share consolidation of the ordinary shares of nominal value $0.01 each into ordinary shares of nominal value $0.025 each, such that the authorized share capital of the Company was thereafter $1,000,000,000 divided into 40,000,000,000 ordinary shares of nominal value $0.025 (collectively referred to herein as the Share Consolidation), immediately after the SEC declared the registration statement for our initial public offering effective.
As of December 31, 2022, the issued and outstanding share capital of GH Research PLC was 52,020,849 ordinary shares of nominal value $0.025 per share. We did not issue any ordinary shares in 2022.
Changes in Our Share Capital During the Last Three Fiscal Years
In this section, share amounts are presented as of the date of the relevant date and thus may not give effect to the Corporate Reorganization and/or the Share Consolidation. Since January 1, 2020, our share capital has changed as follows:
• | In November 2020, GH Research Ireland Limited increased its share capital through the issuance of 5,384,617 Series A preferred shares, nominal value €0.01 each; |
• | In December 2020, GH Research Ireland Limited increased its share capital through the issuance of 538,462 Series A preferred shares, nominal value €0.01 each; |