COMPASS Pathways plc

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

⊠ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

OR

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________ to ________

Commission File Number:001-39522

COMPASS Pathways plc

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

33 Broadwick Street

London W1F 0DQ

United Kingdom

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

+1 (716)676-6461

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No☒

The aggregate market value of ordinary shares held by non-affiliates of the Registrant as of June 30, 2023, the last business day of the most recently completed second fiscal quarter, was $215.7 million. This calculation does not reflect a determination that certain persons are affiliates of the Registrant for any other purpose.

The registrant had 64,227,371 shares of common stock outstanding as of February 23, 2024.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated herein by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the extent stated herein. Such proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the Registrant’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act,” and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act”. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions. The forward-looking statements and opinions contained in this Form 10-K are based upon information available to our management as of the date of this Form 10-K, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. Forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include, but are not limited to, statements about:

•the timing, progress and results of our Phase 3 clinical program for treatment-resistant depression, or TRD and our other clinical trials of investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment, including statements regarding the timing of initiation and completion of trials or studies and related preparatory work, our expectations regarding results of discussions with the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, regarding our trial design and protocols, and our expectations regarding the periods during which the results of our clinical trials will become available;

•our estimates regarding our expenses, capital requirements, the sufficiency of our cash resources, our expected cash runway and needs for and ability to raise additional financing;

•the potential for all of the warrants issued in our private placement financing in August 2023, or the PIPE Warrants, to be exercised in full for cash, and any expected proceeds from the exercise of the PIPE Warrants, including the risk that the pending exercises of certain PIPE Warrants for approximately $8.9 million in proceeds will not settle;

•our reliance on the success of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment;

•the timing, scope or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals;

•our expectations regarding the size of the eligible patient populations for COMP360 psilocybin treatment, if approved for commercial use;

•our ability to identify third-party clinical sites to conduct our trials and our ability to identify and train appropriately qualified therapists to administer COMP360 psilocybin treatment in our clinical trials;

•our ability to implement our business model and our strategic plans for our business and our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment;

•our ability to identify new indications for COMP360 beyond our current primary focus on TRD, post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD and anorexia nervosa;

•our ability to identify, develop or acquire digital technologies to enhance our administration of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment;

•our ability to leverage our technology and drug development candidates to advance new psychedelic compounds in other areas of unmet mental health need;

•our ability to successfully establish and maintain Centers of Excellence and our ability to achieve our goals with respect to the Center for Mental Health Research and Innovation;

•our commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy;

•the pricing, coverage and reimbursement of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment, if approved;

•the scalability and commercial viability of our manufacturing methods and processes;

•the rate and degree of market acceptance and clinical utility of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment, in particular, and psilocybin-based treatments, in general;

•our ability to establish or maintain collaborations or strategic relationships or obtain additional funding;

•our expectations regarding potential benefits of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment and our treatment approach generally;

•our expectations around feedback from and discussions with regulators, regulatory development paths and with respect to Controlled Substances Act designation;

•the scope of protection we and any current or future licensors or collaboration partners are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering COMP360;

•our ability to operate our business without infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights and proprietary technology of third parties;

•regulatory developments in the United States, under the laws and regulations of England and Wales, and other jurisdictions;

•developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry;

•the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting;

•our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and key personnel;

•our ability to meet milestones to draw down additional amounts in accordance with the terms of our Loan and Security Agreement, or the Loan Agreement, with Hercules Capital, Inc., or Hercules, and our ability to comply with the operating and financial covenants in our Loan Agreement;

•the effect of global financial and economic conditions and geopolitical events, including instability in the banking system, fluctuating interest rates and inflation, and foreign exchange fluctuations, particularly the Pound Sterling to U.S. Dollar, the risk of economic slowdown or recession in the United States, overall market volatility in the United States or the United Kingdom, including as a result of, among other factors, the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, a potential government shutdown in the United States, the upcoming presidential election in the United States. or similar events, on our business;

•the effect of public health crises, pandemics or epidemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and any future mitigation efforts, and current or future economic effects, on any of the foregoing or other aspects of our business or operations;

•whether we are classified as a controlled foreign corporation, or CFC, or a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for current and future periods; and

•the future trading price of the American Depositary Shares, or the ADSs, and impact of securities analysts’ reports on these prices.

We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Form 10-K.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events, which speak only as of the date made. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. The outcomes of the events described in these forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We cannot assure you that the results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise required by the securities laws of the United States, we disclaim any obligation to subsequently revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

SUMMARY OF THE MATERIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR BUSINESS

Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that you should be aware of in evaluating our business. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:

•We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company and have incurred significant losses since our inception. We expect to incur losses for the foreseeable future and may never achieve or maintain profitability;

•We will need substantial additional funding to complete the development and commercialization of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment. Our ability to raise additional funds may be adversely impacted by macroeconomic conditions and disruptions to and volatility in the credit and financial markets in the United States and worldwide, including instability in the banking system, fluctuating interest rates and inflation and the risk of credit-rating downgrades and economic slowdown or recession in the United States. Failure to obtain additional funding when needed or on favorable terms may force us to delay, limit or terminate certain or all of our product discovery, therapeutic development, research operations or commercialization efforts or grant rights to develop and market products or therapeutic candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves;

•Raising additional capital through the sale of equity securities, including through the exercise of the PIPE Warrants, may cause significant dilution to holders of our ordinary shares and ADSs, and raising additional capital through debt financings or strategic partnerships or collaborations may restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to COMP360 or any future therapeutic candidates;

•We are dependent on the successful development of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment. We cannot give any assurance that COMP360 will successfully complete clinical trials or receive regulatory approval, which is necessary before it can be commercialized;

•COMP360 is, and any future therapeutic candidates we may develop may be, subject to controlled substance laws and regulations in the jurisdictions where our products, if approved, may be marketed, and failure to comply with these laws and regulations, or the cost of compliance with these laws and regulations, or changes in these laws and regulations may adversely affect the results of our business operations, both during clinical development and post approval, and our financial condition. In addition, during the review process of COMP360, and prior to any potential approval, the FDA and/or other regulatory bodies may require additional data, including with respect to whether COMP360 has abuse or misuse potential, which may delay approval and any potential rescheduling process;

•COMP360 contains controlled substances, the use of which may generate public controversy. Adverse publicity or public perception regarding COMP360, in particular, and psilocybin-based treatments, in general, or our current or future investigational treatments using psilocybin may negatively influence the success of these treatments;

•Clinical drug development is a lengthy and expensive process with uncertain timelines and uncertain outcomes. If clinical trials of COMP360 psilocybin treatment or any future therapeutic candidates are prolonged or delayed, we or our current or future collaborators may be unable to obtain required regulatory approvals, and therefore we will be unable to commercialize our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment or any future therapeutic candidates on a timely basis or at all, which will adversely affect our business;

•COMP360 psilocybin treatment and any future therapeutic candidates we may develop may have serious adverse, undesirable or unacceptable side effects which may delay or prevent marketing approval. If such side effects are identified during the development of COMP360 psilocybin treatment or any future therapeutic candidates or following approval, if any, we may need to abandon our development of such therapeutic candidates, the commercial profile of any approved label may be limited, or we may be subject to other significant negative consequences;

•Research and development of drugs targeting the central nervous system is particularly difficult, which makes it difficult to predict and understand why the drug has a positive effect on some patients but not others;

•We have never commercialized a therapeutic candidate before and may lack the necessary expertise, personnel and resources to successfully commercialize our treatments on our own or with suitable collaborators;

•The future commercial success of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment or any future therapeutic candidates will depend on the degree of market access and acceptance of our potential treatments among healthcare professionals, patients, healthcare payors, health technology assessment bodies and the medical community at large;

•Our business and commercialization strategy for our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment depends on our ability to identify, qualify, prepare, and support third-party treatment centers. If we are unable to do so, our commercialization prospects would be limited and our business, financial condition and results of operations would be harmed;

•We currently rely on specially trained therapists working at third-party clinical trial sites to administer our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment in our clinical trials and we expect this to continue upon approval, if any, of COMP360 or any future psychedelic-based drug candidates. If third-party sites fail to recruit and retain a sufficient number of therapists or effectively manage their therapists, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially harmed;

•Intellectual property rights of third parties could adversely affect our ability to develop or commercialize our investigational treatments, such that we could be required to litigate or obtain licenses from third parties in order to develop or market our investigational treatments. Such litigation or licenses could be costly or not available on commercially reasonable terms;

•Others may claim an ownership interest in our intellectual property and our product candidates, which could expose us to litigation and have a significant adverse effect on our prospects;

•Our failure to comply with the financial and other covenants or payment obligations under our existing Loan Agreement with Hercules could result in a default or an event of default, which may result in increased interest charges, acceleration of our repayment obligations or other actions by Hercules, any of which could negatively impact our business, financial condition and results of operations;

•Enacted and future legislation may increase the difficulty and cost for us to obtain marketing approval of and commercialize our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment or any future therapeutic candidates and could have a material adverse effect on our business;

•We rely on third parties to supply and manufacture the psilocybin and psilocin incorporated in COMP360 and expect to continue to rely on third parties to supply and manufacture any future therapeutic candidates, and we will rely on third parties to manufacture these substances for commercial supply, if approved. If any third-party provider fails to meet its obligations to manufacture COMP360 or our future therapeutic candidates, or fails to maintain or achieve satisfactory regulatory compliance, the development of such substances and the commercialization of any treatments, if approved, could be stopped, delayed or made commercially unviable, less profitable or may result in enforcement actions against us;

•There are a number of third parties who conduct investigator-initiated studies, or IISs, using COMP360 provided by us. Any failure by a third party to meet its obligations with respect to the clinical development of our investigational COMP360 psilocybin treatment or any future therapeutic candidates may delay or impair our ability to obtain regulatory approval for COMP360. IISs of COMP360 or any future therapeutic candidates may generate clinical trial data that raises concerns regarding the safety or effectiveness of COMP360 and any data generated in IISs may not be predictive of the results in populations or indications in which we are conducting, or plan to conduct, clinical trials;

•Unfavorable global economic conditions could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. Economic uncertainty and worsening or deteriorating global economic conditions and volatile financial market conditions in the United States or the United Kingdom, as a result of, among other factors, instability in the banking system, fluctuating inflation and interest rates, the risk of economic slowdown or recession or a government shutdown in the United States, the upcoming presidential elections in the United Statesand the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war or similar events, may materially and adversely affect our business, including our ability to raise capital and our financial results;

•A pandemic, epidemic, or outbreak of an infectious disease, or new variants of COVID-19, may materially and adversely affect our business, including our preclinical studies, clinical trials, third parties on whom we rely, our supply chain, our ability to raise capital, our ability to conduct regular business and our financial results;

•We face substantial competition and our competitors may discover, develop or commercialize treatments before or more successfully than us, which may result in the reduction or elimination of our commercial opportunities;

•Our business is subject to economic, political, regulatory and other risks associated with international operations; and

•We may face business interruptions, data loss, unauthorized access to or disclosure of personal health information or other personally identifiable information, failures or significant downtime of our information technology systems, negative publicity or reputational damage resulting from cyber-attacks on our systems or other cybersecurity incidents.