Benitec Biopharma Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Business

Benitec Biopharma Inc. (the “Company”, “we”, “our”) is a corporation formed under the laws of Delaware, United States of America, on November 22, 2019 and listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbol “BNTC”. Benitec Biopharma Inc. is the parent entity of a number of subsidiaries including the previous parent entity Benitec Biopharma Limited (“BBL”). BBL was incorporated under the laws of Australia in 1995 and was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, or ASX, from 1997 until April 15, 2020. On August 14, 2020, BBL reorganized as a Proprietary Limited company and changed its name to Benitec Biopharma Proprietary Limited. The Company’s business focuses on the development of novel genetic medicines. Our proprietary platform is called “Silence and Replace”

DNA-directed

RNA interference. The proprietary “Silence and Replace”

DNA-directed

RNA interference platform combines RNA interference, or RNAi, with gene therapy to create medicines that simultaneously facilitate sustained silencing of disease-causing genes and concomitant delivery of wildtype replacement genes following a single administration of the therapeutic construct.

During the year ended June 30, 2021, the Company completed an organization restructuring as part of the commercial desire to provide a more efficient structure for the future as the Company transitioned its operations to the United States.

The Company’s fiscal year end is June 30. References to a particular “fiscal year” are to our fiscal year end June 30 of that calendar year.

The consolidated financial statements of Benitec Biopharma Inc. are presented in United States dollars and consist of Benitec Biopharma Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries as listed below. Aside from Benitec Biopharma Proprietary Limited, the international subsidiaries are dormant.

2. Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The Company’s consolidated financial statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form

10-Q

have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form

10-Q

and Article 8 of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Regulation

S-X.

Accordingly, certain information and disclosures required by GAAP for annual financial statements have been omitted. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Interim financial results are not necessarily indicative of results anticipated for the full year. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the year ended June 30, 2024.

Reference is frequently made herein to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”). This is the source of authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied to

non-governmental

entities.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the Company’s accounts and the accounts of its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The most significant estimates and assumptions in the Company’s consolidated financial statements relate to accrued research and development expense and valuation of equity-based instruments issued for other than cash. These estimates and assumptions are based on current facts, historical experience and various other factors believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the recording of expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially and adversely from these estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and actual results, the Company’s future results of operations will be affected.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties common to early-stage companies in the biotechnology industry, including, but not limited to, development by competitors of new technological innovations, protection of proprietary technology, dependence on key personnel, reliance on single-source vendors and collaborators, availability of raw materials, patentability of the Company’s products and processes and clinical efficacy and safety of the Company’s products under development, compliance with government regulations and the need to obtain additional financing to fund operations.

There can be no assurance that the Company’s research and development will be successfully completed, that adequate protection for the Company’s intellectual property will be obtained or maintained, that any products developed will obtain necessary government regulatory approval or that any approved products will be commercially viable. Even if the Company’s product development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will generate significant revenue from product sales. The Company operates in an environment of rapid technological change and substantial competition from other pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. In addition, the Company is dependent upon the services of its employees, consultants and other third parties.

Segment Reporting

Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker in making decisions regarding resource allocation and assessing performance. The Company views its operations and manages its business in one operating segment.

Foreign Currency Translation and Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Company’s functional currency and reporting currency is the United States dollar. BBL’s functional currency is the Australian dollar (AUD). Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the reporting period. Equity transactions are translated at each historical transaction date spot rate. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a component of stockholders’ equity as “Accumulated other comprehensive loss.” Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency translation are included in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as other comprehensive income (loss).

Other comprehensive income (loss) for all periods presented consists entirely of foreign currency translation gains and losses.

Fair Value Measurements

The Company measures its financial assets and liabilities in accordance with GAAP using ASC 820,

Fair Value Measurements

. For certain financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their short maturities.

The Company follows accounting guidance for financial assets and liabilities. ASC 820 defines fair value, provides guidance for measuring fair value and requires certain disclosures. The guidance utilizes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand and at banks, short-term deposits with an original maturity of three months or less with financial institutions. There were no cash equivalents as of March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2024.

Restricted cash balances of $63 thousand and $63 thousand as of March 31, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively, are used to secure the Company’s credit card.

Concentrations of Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash. The Company maintains deposits at federally insured financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts, and management believes that the Company is not exposed to significant credit risk due to the financial position of the depository institutions in which those deposits are held.

Trade and Other Receivables

The Company adopted ASC 326—

Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326

) as of July 1, 2023. As such, the Company estimates current expected credit losses (CECL) on trade and other receivables on an ongoing basis, and will recognize those expected credit losses immediately. Estimates of current expected credit losses will be based on analyses of individual customer circumstances and historical

write-off

experience. The Company’s analyses will consider the aging of receivable accounts, customer creditworthiness, and general economic conditions.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and amortization. Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred; additions, renewals, and improvements are capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated depreciation and amortization are removed from the respective accounts, and any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment is calculated using the straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Property and equipment are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of long-lived assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated undiscounted future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the assets. Fair value is generally determined using the asset’s expected future discounted cash flows or market value, if readily determinable.

Trade and other payables

These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Company prior to the end of the period and which are unpaid. Due to their short-term nature, they are measured at cost and are not discounted. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid within 30 days of recognition.

Leases

At lease commencement, the Company records a lease liability based on the present value of lease payments over the expected lease term. The Company calculates the present value of lease payments using the discount rate implicit in the lease, unless that rate cannot be readily determined. In that case, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate, which is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow on a collateralized basis an amount equal to the lease payments over the expected lease term. The Company records a corresponding

lease asset based on the lease liability, adjusted for any lease incentives received and any initial direct costs paid to the lessor prior to the lease commencement date.

After lease commencement, the Company measures its leases as follows: (i) the lease liability based on the present value of the remaining lease payments using the discount rate determined at lease commencement; and (ii) the

lease asset based on the remeasured lease liability, adjusted for any unamortized lease incentives received, any unamortized initial direct costs and the cumulative difference between rent expense and amounts paid under the lease agreement. Any lease incentives received and any initial direct costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term. Rent expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the expected lease term.

Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when the Company is reasonably certain that it will exercise the option. Certain lease agreements may contain variable costs such as utilities and common area maintenance. Variable lease costs are expensed when the cost is incurred.

The Company elected the short-term lease practical expedient that allows entities to recognize lease payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term for leases with a term of 12 months or less. The Company has also elected the practical expedient under ASC Topic 842 allowing entities to not separate non-lease components from lease components, but instead account for such components as a single lease component for all leases.

Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share

Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus potential common shares. Stock options, warrants and convertible instruments are considered potential common shares and are included in the calculation of diluted net loss per share using the treasury stock method when their effect is dilutive. Potential common shares are excluded from the calculation of diluted net income (loss) per share when their effect is anti-dilutive. As of March 31, 2025, and June 30, 2024, there were 25,799,817 and 35,453,286 potential common shares, respectively, that were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effect was anti-dilutive.

Correction of Immaterial Error

During the third quarter of 2025, the Company identified an immaterial error in the Company’s previously issued consolidated financial statements related to weighted-average number of common shares outstanding within the net loss per share computation. The error pertains to the exclusion of pre-funded warrants from the weighted-average number of common shares used in the computation of net loss per share. The Company assessed materiality, including qualitative and quantitative factors, and determined the error is immaterial to both the current and prior periods. The Company has revised the comparative net loss per share information as presented and disclosed within these consolidated financial statements. The revision had no effect on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, or to reported net losses.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC 606—

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

(“ASC 606”). The core principle of ASC 606 is that entities are to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with that core principle by applying the following steps: Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer.

Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

Step 3: Determine the transaction price.

Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.

Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

The Company applies judgement in determining whether contracts entered into fall within the scope of ASC 606. In doing so, management considers the commercial substance of the transaction and how risks and benefits of the contract accrue to the various parties to the contract.

Management has also made the judgement that the grant of the license and transfer of associated

and materials are accounted for as one performance obligation as they are not considered to be distinct; they are highly interrelated and could not provide benefits to the customer independently from each other. Judgements were made in relation to the transfer of the license and

and whether this should be recognized over time or a point in time. The point in time has been determined with regard to the point at which the transfer of

has substantially been completed and the customer has control of the asset and the ability to direct the use of and receive substantially all of the remaining benefits.

Licensing revenues

Revenue from licensees of the Company’s intellectual property reflects the transfer of a right to use the intellectual property as it exists at the point in time in which the license is transferred to the customer. Consideration can be variable and is estimated using the most likely amount method and is constrained to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal will not occur. Revenue is recognized as or when the performance obligations are satisfied.

The Company recognizes contract liabilities for consideration received in respect of unsatisfied performance obligations and reports these amounts as other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet. Similarly, if the Company satisfies a performance obligation before it receives the consideration, the Company recognizes either a contract asset or a receivable in its consolidated balance sheet, depending on whether something other than the passage of time is required before the consideration is due.

Royalties

Revenue from licensees of the Company’s intellectual property reflect a right to use the intellectual property as it exists at the point in time in which the license is granted. Where consideration is based on sales of product by the licensee, revenue is recognized when the customer’s subsequent sales of products occur.

Services revenue

Revenue is earned (constrained by variable considerations) from the provision of research and development services to customers. Services revenue is recognized when performance obligations are either satisfied over time or at a point in time. Generally, the provision of research and development services under a contract with a customer will represent satisfaction of a performance obligation over time where the Company retains the right to payment for services performed but not yet completed.

Research and Development Expense

Research and development expenses relate primarily to the cost of conducting clinical and

pre-clinical

trials.

Pre-clinical

and clinical development costs are a significant component of research and development expenses. The Company records accrued liabilities for estimated costs of research and development activities conducted by third-party service providers, which include the conduct of

pre-clinical

studies and clinical trials, and contract manufacturing activities. The Company records the estimated costs of research and development activities based upon the estimated amount of services provided but not yet invoiced and includes these costs in trade and other payables on the consolidated balance sheets and within research and development expenses on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

The Company accrues for these costs based on factors such as estimates of the work completed and in accordance with agreements established with its third-party service providers. The Company makes significant judgments and estimates in determining the accrued liabilities balance at the end of each reporting period. As actual costs become known, the Company adjusts its accrued liabilities. The Company has not experienced any material differences between accrued costs and actual costs incurred.

Share-based Compensation Expense

The Company records share-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718,

Stock Compensation

. ASC 718 requires the fair value of all share-based compensation awarded to employees and

non-employees

to be recorded as an expense over the shorter of the service period or the vesting period. The Company determines employee and

non-employee

share-based compensation based on the grant-date fair value using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.

Common Stock Warrants

The Company classifies certain warrants for the purchase of shares of its common stock as equity on its consolidated balance sheets as these warrants are considered indexed to the Company’s shares of Common Stock. For warrants that do not meet the criteria of a liability warrant and are classified on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as equity instruments, the Company uses the Black-Scholes model to measure the value of the warrants at issuance.

Income Taxes

The Company is subject to Australia and United States income tax laws. The Company follows ASC 740,

Accounting for Income Taxes

, when accounting for income taxes, which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed annually for temporary differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in taxable or deductible amounts in the future based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount more likely than not to be realized. For uncertain tax positions that meet a “more likely than not” threshold, the Company recognizes the benefit of uncertain tax positions in the consolidated financial statements. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU

No. 2016-13:

Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326

). This ASU represents a significant change in the accounting for credit losses model by requiring immediate recognition of management’s estimates of current expected credit losses (CECL). Under the prior model, losses were recognized only as they were incurred. The Company adopted this ASU effective July 1, 2023 and determined that its impact on the accompanying consolidated financial statements is immaterial.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU

No. 2023-09,

Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures

, which enhances the transparency, effectiveness, and comparability of income tax disclosures by requiring consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information related to income tax rate reconciliations and the jurisdictions in which income taxes are paid. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the ASU on its income tax disclosures within the consolidated financial statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, ASC 220- Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which requires entities, in the notes to financial statements, to disclose specified information about certain costs and expenses. The guidance is effective for the Company’s annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is assessing the impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU

No. 2023-07,

Segment Reporting (Topic 280) – Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures

, which improves reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. This ASU also expands disclosure requirements to enable users of financial statements to better understand the entity’s measurement and assessment of segment performance and resource allocation. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years begi

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ing after Dec

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ber 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the ASU on its disclosures within the consolidated financial statements.

3. Liquidity

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. For the nine months ended March 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company incurred net losses of $21.8 million and $17.0 million, respectively, and used cash in operations of $15.4 million and $16.1 million, respectively. The Company expects to continue to incur additional operating losses in the foreseeable future.

The Company’s business focuses on the development of novel genetic medicines and, at this stage in the Company’s development, the Company has not established a source of revenue to cover its full operating costs, and as such, is dependent on funding operations through capital financing activities. As o

f

March

31, 202

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he Company had $103.6 million in cash and cash equivalents. On April 22, 2024 we closed a private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing in which we sold 5,749,152 shares of common stock at a price per share of $4.80 and, in lieu of shares of common stock,

warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,584,239 shares of common stock at a price per

warrant of $4.7999, to certain accredited institutional investors. The

warrants were immediately exercisable until exercised in full at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share of common stock. Gross proceeds from the financing totaled $40.0 million. The Company also received additional cash during the nine months ended March 31, 2025 due to warrant exercises, warrant issuances, and common stock issuances totaling $70.2 million. See Note 9. Stockholders Equity. We estimate that our cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operations for at least the next twelve months from the date of this report.

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to manage its net loss, become profitable, and obtain adequate financing. While the Company believes in its ability to generate revenue and raise additional funds, there can be no assurances to that effect. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern due to unsuccessful product development or commercialization, or the inability to obtain adequate financing in the future.

4. Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

5. Prepaid and other assets

6. Property and equipment, net

Depreciation and amortization expense was $13 thousand and $52 thousand for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2025, and $25 thousand and $61 thousand respectively, for the same periods in 2024.

7. Trade and other payables

During the

nine months

ended March 31, 2025, the Company agreed to resolve disputed trade payables and accrued clinical development project costs of $1.2 million with a vendor for $495 thousand. This settlement resulted in a gain of $764 thousand recorded in the statement of operations and other comprehensive loss under other income (expense) for the period.

8. Leases

The Company has entered into two operating leases for office spaces as of March 31, 2025. On February 1, 2025, the Company entered into a new lease which has an initial expiration date in 2026. On February 24, 2025, the Company entered into a

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mendment to an existing lease to extend the lease expiration date to 2027 and modify the remaining lease payments. The lease modification was not accounted for as a separate contract and instead the existing operating lease right-of-use asset and liability were remeasured during the period under agreements that expire in 2026 and 2027. Both leases contain options to extend for additional renewal periods. The leases require the Company to pay utilities, insurance, taxes, and other operating expenses. The Company’s lease does not contain any residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The tables below show the changes during the nine months ended March 31, 2025:

As of March 31, 2025, the Company’s operating leases have a

weighted average

lease term of 2.67 years and a

weighted average

discount rate of 6%.

The leases’ options to extend are not included within the remaining lease term as the Company is currently not reasonably certain to exercise such options. The maturities of the operating lease liabilities are as follows:

The Company recorded lease liabilities and

lease assets for the lease based on the present value of lease payments over the expected lease term, discounted using the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. The incremental borrowing rate was determined based on quoted rates by the Company’s business banker for collateralized debt with terms similar to the lease agreements. Rent

expense was $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2025, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.2 million

for the same periods in 2024, and is reported within general and administrative on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

9. Stockholders’ equity

Preferred Stock

On December 6, 2024, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to authorize the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001. As of March 31, 2025, there wereno preferred shares issued and outstanding.

Common Stock

On December 8, 2021, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment (the “Charter Amendment”) to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the total number of authorized shares of common stock of the Company from 10,000,000 to 40,000,000, which became effective on December 17, 2021. On December 7, 2022, the stockholders of the Company approved another amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock from 40,000,000 to 160,000,000. The Charter Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and became effective December 9, 2022. On July 26, 2023, the Company effected a

1-for-17

reverse stock split (the “Reverse Stock Split”) .

On October 11, 2024, the Company

entered

into a Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with Leerink Partners LLC (the “Agent”). Pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement, the Company may offer and sell shares of the Company’s common stock having an aggregate offering amount of up to $75 million from time to time through the Agent. The Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts, as the agent and subject to the terms of the Sales Agreement, to sell the shares offered. Sales of the shares, if any, may be made in sales deemed to be an

“at-the-market

offering” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company may also agree to sell shares to the Agent as principal for its own account on terms agreed to by the Company and the Agent. The Agent will be entitled to a commission from the Company of 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares sold under the Sales Agreement. In addition, the Company has agreed to reimburse certain expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with the offering.

Concurrently with the 2025 Underwritten Offering (as defined below), on March 25, 2025, the Company also entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement to which the Company issued and sold 900,000 shares of Common Stock in a registered direct offering at a purchase price of $13.00 per share. Gross proceeds from registered direct offering was $11.7 million less underwriter issuance costs of $0.7 million. The Company entered into a registration rights agreement in connection with the closing of the registered direct offering. The agreement required the Company to use its best efforts to register the shares for resale no later than 60 days following the closing of the registered direct offering.

Warrants and Common Stock

On December 6, 2019, investors were issued four Purchase Warrants that were exercisable into 12,600 fully paid shares of common stock should the Purchase Warrants be exercised in full (“Purchase Warrants”). The exercise price for the Purchase Warrants is $178.50 per share issued on exercise of a Purchase Warrant. The Purchase Warrants are exercisable, in whole or in part, any time from the date of issue until the fifth anniversary of the date of issue (December 6, 2024). On April 22, 2020, the Company issued 2,201 shares of common stock in connection with a cashless exercise of Purchase Warrants exercisable for 6,300 shares of common stock. The Company did not have an effective registration statement registering the resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder at the time the Holder wanted to exercise the warrant; therefore, the Holder carried out a cashless exercise. The formula for conducting a cashless exercise was outlined in the Warrant agreement.6,300 purchase warrants remained unexercised and expired in December 2024.

On September 15, 2022, we closed an underwritten public offering in which we issued and sold (i)1,037,520 shares of the Company’s common stock, (ii)12,171,628

warrants, which, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split, are currently exercisable into 715,979 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.0017 per share until exercised in full and (iii)29,809,471 Series 2 warrants (the “Series 2 Warrants”), which, after giving effect to the Reverse Stock Split, are currently exercisable into 1,753,503 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.22 per share. The Series 2 warrants sold in the offering became exercisable commencing December 9, 2022, the date on which the Company had both (a) received approval from its stockholders to increase the number of shares of common stock it is authorized to issue and (b) effected such stockholder approval by filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and will expire on the fifth anniversary of such initial exercise date. The combined purchase price for each share of common stock and accompanying common warrant was $10.20, which was allocated as $10.03 per share of common stock and $0.17 per common warrant. The Series 2 Warrants contain an exercise price adjustment mechanism providing that certain issuances of common stock (or common stock equivalents), if made at a price lower than the then existing exercise price of such Series 2 Warrants would reset the exercise price to such lower price. As a result of the August 11, 2023 public offering, the exercise price of the Series 2 Warrants has been automatically reset as of the closing time of such public offering to $1.9299. For the nine months ended March 31, 2024, we recorded a deemed dividend, for accounting purposes, during the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2024 of $618,987 as a result of an adjustment to the exercise price of its Series 2 Warrants due to an exercise price adjustment provision in such warrants.

On October 17, 2022 and October 27, 2022, investors exercised 117,939 and 9,804

warrants, respectively, at an exercise price of $0.0017 per share.

On August 11, 2023 we closed an underwritten public offering in which we sold 875,949 shares of common stock,15,126,226

warrants to purchase 15,126,226 shares of common stock, and 16,002,175 common warrants to purchase up to 16,002,175 shares of common stock. The combined purchase price for each share of common stock and accompanying common warrant was $1.93, which was allocated as $1.9299 per share of common stock and $0.0001 per common warrant. Each

warrant was sold together with one common warrant at a combined price of $1.9299, which was allocated as $1.9298 per

warrant and $0.0001 per common warrant. The

warrants were immediately exercisable until exercised in full at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share of common stock. The common warrants were immediately exercisable at an exercise price of $3.86 per share of common stock and will expire on the fifth anniversary of such initial exercisable date. In addition, the Company granted the underwriter a

30-day

option to purchase up to 2,331,606 additional shares of common stock and/or up to 2,331,606 additional common warrants. The underwriter partially exercised this option and purchased 458,134 additional shares of common stock and 458,134 additional common warrants. These additional shares are included in the total sold on August 11, 2023. Net proceeds from the offering, including the impact of the underwriter’s partial exercise of its option and net of underwriting discounts, commissions, and other offering expenses, totaled $27.9 million.

On October 17, 2023 an investor exercised 25,000

warrants at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. On November 24, 2023, an investor exercised 20,000 Series 2 warrants at an exercise price of $1.93 per share. On March 15, 2024 and March 18, 2024, investors exercised 105,888 and 26,472

warrants, respectively, at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share.

On April 10, 2024 and April 19, 2024, investors exercised 25,000 Series 2 warrants on each date, at an exercise price of $1.93 per share. On April 22, 2024, an investor exercised 28,039 Series 2 warrants at an exercise price of $1.93 per share. On April 23, 2024, May 8, 2024, and May 21, 2024, investors exercised 27,500,697,475, and 13,212 common warrants, respectively, at an exercise price of $3.86 per share.

On April 22, 2024 we closed a private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing in which we sold 5,749,152 shares of common stock at a price per share of $4.80 and, in lieu of shares of common stock,

warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,584,239 shares of common stock at a price per

warrant of $4.7999, to certain accredited institutional investors. The

warrants were immediately exercisable until exercised in full at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share of common stock. Gross proceeds from the financing totaled $40.0 million.

Net proceeds, net of commissions and other offering expenses, totaled approximately $37.1 million.

On April 26, 2024, April 28, 2024, and May 16, 2024, investors exercised 350,000,438,000, and 7,947

warrants, respectively, at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share.

On July 25, 2024, an investor exercised 269,609 Series 2 warrants at an exercise price of $1.93 per share. On September 12, 2024, an investor exercised 200,000

warrants at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share.

On August 29, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved the exercise of certain existing warrants issued in April 2024, September 15, 2022 and August 11, 2023 in accordance with the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market which otherwise would be subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation.

On September 26, 2024, investors exercised 1,368,180

warrants at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share and exercised 5,181,347 common warrants at an exercise price of $3.86 per share. Also on September 26, 2024, an investor exercised 588,236 Series 2 warrants at an exercise price of $1.93 per share. On September 27, 2024, an investor exercised 200,274

warrants on a cashless basis.

On October 15, 2024, an investor exercised 425,000

warrants at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share. On October 15, 2024, October 17, 2024, October 18, 2024, and October 29, 2024, investors exercised 1,496,214,308,803,950,000,1,554,404 common warrants, respectively, at an exercise price of $3.86 per share. Also on October 29, 2024, an investor exercised 588,239 Series 2 warrants at an exercise price of $1.93 per share.

On December 12, 2024, an investor exercised 181,129

warrants on a cashless basis. Also on December 18, 2024, investors exercised 53,921 Series 2 warrants at an exercise price of $1.93 per share.

On February 25, 2025, an investor exercised 51,813 common warrants, at an exercise price of $3.86 per share.

On March 25, 2025, the Company entered into an underwriting

agreement

to which the Company issued and sold (i)1,143,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share at a purchase price to investors of $13.00 per share, and

(ii) pre-funded

warrants to purchase 300,000 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.0001 per share at a purchase price to investors of $12.999 per warrant.

Total gross proceeds from underwriting offering (the “2025 Underwritten Offering”) was $18.8 million less underwriter issuance costs of $1.1 million and other cash issuance costs of $0.4 million. The pre-funded warrants are exercisable immediately and do not have an expiration date

.

Total

net

proceeds received by the Company during the nine-month period ended March 31, 202

from the issuance of common stock, prefunded warrants, and exercises of warrants totaled $67.9 million.

As of March 31, 2025, there were 21,147,677 warrants outstanding.

The activity related to warrants for the nine months ended March 31, 2025, is summarized as follows:

Equity Incentive Plan

Employee Share Option Plan

In connection with its

re-domiciliation

to the United States, the Company assumed BBL’s obligations with respect to the settlement of options that were issued by BBL prior to the

re-domiciliation

pursuant to the Benitec Officers’ and Employees’ Share Option Plan (the “Plan”). This includes the Company’s assumptions of the Plan and all award agreements pursuant to which each of the options were granted. Each option when exercised entitles the option holder to one share in the Company. Options are exercisable on or before an expiry date, do not carry any voting or dividend rights and are not transferable except on death of the option holder or in certain other limited circumstances. Employee options vest one third on each anniversary of the applicable grant date for three years. If an employee dies, retires, or otherwise leaves the organization, and certain other conditions have been satisfied, generally the employee has 12 months to exercise their options, or the options are cancelled. After the

Re-domiciliation,

no new options have been or will be issued under the Plan.

On July 1, 2024, the Plan and all options granted thereunder expired by its and their terms.

Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan

On December 9, 2020, the Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s 2020 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2020 Plan”). The 2020 Plan provides for the grant of various equity awards. Currently, only stock options are outstanding under the 2020 Plan. Each option when exercised entitles the option holder to one share of the Company’s common stock. Options are exercisable on or before an expiry date, do not carry any voting or dividend rights, and are not transferable except on death of the option holder or in certain other limited circumstances. Employee stock options vest in increments of

one-third

on each anniversary of the applicable grant date over three years.

Non-employee

director options vest in increments of

one-third

on the day prior to each of the Company’s next three annual stockholder meetings following the grant date. Executive Options granted on December 9, 2024, and December 27, 2024, vest in sixteen substantially equal quarterly installments on the last day of each full fiscal quarter of the Company ending after the grant date. If an option holder dies or terminates employment or service due to Disability (as defined in the 2020 Plan), the option holder generally has 12 months to exercise their vested options, or the options are cancelled. If an option holder otherwise leaves the Company, other than for a termination by the Company for Cause (as defined in the 2020 Plan), the option holder generally has 90 days to exercise their vested options, or the options are cancelled. The maximum contractual term of options granted under the 2020 Plan isten years. Upon the consummation of a Change in Control (as defined in the 2020 Plan), all unvested stock options will immediately vest as of immediately prior to the Change in Control.

On December 8, 2021, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the 2020 Plan, which increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved under the 2020 Plan to 108,823 (as adjusted for the Reverse Stock Split). For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, our named executive officers (“NEO’s”) were each granted equity incentive awards under the 2020 Plan. On December 6, 2023, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the 2020 Plan, which increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved under the 2020 Plan to 1,204,537. On August 29, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the 2020 Plan, which increased the number of shares of the Company’s common stock reserved under the 2020 Plan to 8,204,537.

Equity Awards

The activity related to equity awards, which are comprised of stock options during the nine months ended March 31, 2025 is summarized as follows:

Share-Based Compensation Expense

The classification of share-based compensation expense is summarized as follows:

As of March 31, 2025, there was $37.4 million of unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to stock options issued under the Share Option Plan and the 2020 Plan, which is

expected

to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.52 years.

10. Income taxes

For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2025, and March 31, 2024, respectively, the Company did not recognize a provision or benefit for income taxes as it has incurred net losses. In addition, the net deferred tax assets generated from net operating losses are fully offset by a valuation allowance as the Company believes it is not more likely than not that the benefit will be realized.

11. Commitments and contingencies

Contract commitments

The Company enters into contracts in the normal course of business with third-party contract research organizations, contract development and manufacturing organizations and other service providers and vendors. These contracts generally provide for termination on notice and, therefore, are cancellable contracts and not considered contractual obligations and commitments.

Contingencies

From time to time, the Company may become subject to claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company is not a party to any material legal proceedings, nor is it aware of any material pending or threatened litigation.

12. Related party transactions

During the

three and

nine month ended March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2024, the Company did not enter into any related party transactions.

13. Subsequent events

On April 11, 2025, an investor exercised 53,922 Series 2 war

rants

at an e

xercise price of $1.93 per share.