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Prenetics Global Ltd (PRE)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OFFOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March 2023

Commission File Number 001-41401

Prenetics Global Limited

Unit 701-706, K11 Atelier King’s Road

728 King’s Road, Quarry Bay

Hong Kong

(Address ofprincipal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒             Form 40-F  ☐

Exhibit Index

Exhibit 99.1—Press Release

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Prenetics Global Limited
By: /s/ Stephen Lo
Name: Stephen Lo
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 14, 2023

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

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Prenetics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results

New Business Strategy Focused on Precision Oncology

LONDON AND HONG KONG, March 14, 2023 – Prenetics Global Limited (NASDAQ: PRE) (“Prenetics” or the “Company”), a leading genomics and precision oncology company, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022.

Financial Highlights

Revenue of US$275.8 million in the full year 2022
Revenue of US$52.3 million in the fourth quarter 2022
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Adjusted EBITDA of US$58.3 million in the full year 2022
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Adjusted EBITDA of US$12.1 million in the fourth quarter 2022
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Cash and other short–term assets^1^ of<br>US$242.1 million as of December 31, 2022
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Recent Highlights

Embarked on a new business strategy focused on precision oncology, as the Company exits the COVID-19 testing<br>business.
Acquired ACT Genomics, the first Asian company to receive FDA clearance for its comprehensive genomic profiling<br>test for solid tumors, a significant milestone for Prenetics in executing its new focus in precision oncology.
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Formed a new Scientific Advisory Board with a diverse group of highly respected experts in precision oncology<br>and genomics, to provide strategic input and guide the further development of Prenetics’ cancer genomics diagnostic platform.
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Reposition CircleDNA into a global consumer health business, leveraging on its 300,000+ global affluent<br>customers and over 1 million subscribers as an entry way into the precision oncology.
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Danny Yeung, Chief Executive Officer andCo-founder of Prenetics , said “Looking back over the last twelve months, we are pleased with our recent transformative progress. When the pandemic started three years ago, we made a strategic decision to pivot from our core genomics business to play a leading role in fighting COVID-19 in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. We are extremely proud to have safe-guarded those communities with more than 28 million COVID-19 tests processed. It was truly a monumental team effort and something that I’m sure my team and I will remember for the rest of our lives. With the pandemic behind us, our team has rehomed our focus back to our foundational genomics business. This has already been evidenced with the formation of our distinguished Scientific Advisory Board, our acquisition of ACT Genomics, enabling us to offer an FDA-cleared cancer genomics profiling test. Furthermore, I am immensely optimistic with our new business strategy in precision oncology. With our strong balance sheet, we intend to make significant investments to develop our oncology product pipeline, especially in early detection for cancer. Given our progress, we believe our current market cap (currently below cash and cash equivalent) is not reflective of our true value and will now look to execute upon our previously announced US$20 million share buy-back program in which we believe our shareholders will benefit from it.”

^1^ Represents current assets, including cash and cash equivalents and short–term deposits totaling<br>US$166.6 million, financial assets at fair value through profit or loss of US$17.5 million, and trade receivables of US$41.7 million, amongst other accounting line items under current assets.

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Danny continued: “We are also proactively restructuring our operations with a focus on streamlining resources and reducing cost, including executing a global workforce reduction of approximately 60% since December 2022, resulting in annual headcount reduction costs of approximately US$10 million. These are important moments to sharpen our focus, control our costs, and deploy our resources and capital to our highest priorities. While implementing such changes are challenging, we are confident this restructuring will allow us to effectively and efficiently achieve our new objective of delivering innovative solutions in precision oncology.”

New Business Strategy on Precision Oncology

Prenetics is focusing its business strategy to genomics and precision oncology, and is dedicated to transforming patients’ care through advanced genomic and molecular technologies. The acquisition of ACT Genomics marked Prenetics’ first milestone in positioning itself in the global precision oncology market. ACT’s flagship product ACTOnco+ is currently the first and only Asia-based product to receive FDA clearance for a comprehensive genomic profiling test for solid tumors.

Recently, the Company also appointed Prof. Tony S. K. Mok, Chairman of the Department of Clinical Oncology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, non-executive director of AstraZeneca PLC., independent director of HUTCHMED (China) Limited and a world-renowned expert in the application of precision medicine for advanced lung cancer, as Chairperson of its Scientific Advisory Board. Prof. Mok will lead the Scientific Advisory Board in advancing Prenetics’ mission to acquire, develop, and commercialize innovative solutions in the field of precision oncology, and overcome cancer through early detection and precision medicine.

COVID-19 Update and Rebalancing of Resources

Prenetics has been at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19 by providing highly accurate and rapid testing at scale and dedicating significant resources to the social responsibility of protecting our community. With the pandemic and COVID-19 testing now behind us, the company has been developing a new strategic focus on genomics and precision oncology. In view of the Company’s new strategic focus, it is undergoing a rebalancing of resources to improve efficiency, reduce costs in less strategic areas, and deploy resources and capital to areas of high priority. Prenetics believes that these initiatives are important to enable it to achieve its largest growth opportunities in genomics and precision oncology. Prenetics remains committed to investing in strategic areas of its business, aligning talent to delivering innovative solutions in genomics and precision oncology, especially in early detection of cancer.

Fourth Quarter 2022 FinancialHighlights

Revenue was US$52.3 million for the fourth quarter 2022 compared to US$64.7 million for the<br>fourth quarter 2021, a decrease of 19.2% year-over-year.
Gross margin was **** 51.6% for the fourth quarter 2022 compared to 36.7% for the fourth quarter 2021.<br>
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Profit from operations was US$4.6 million for the fourth quarter 2022 compared to loss from<br>operations of US$30.8 million for the fourth quarter 2021.
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Adjusted profit attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics^2^ **** was US$9.7 million for the fourth quarter 2022 compared to adjusted loss of US$10.3 million for the fourth quarter 2021.
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Adjusted EBITDA^3^ was US$12.1 million for the<br>fourth quarter 2022 compared to US$(5.9) million for the fourth quarter 2021.
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^2^ Adjusted profit (non-IFRS) represents profit/(loss) attributable to<br>equity shareholders of the Company under IFRS before employee equity-settled share-based payment expenses, other strategic financing, restructuring costs in relation to diagnostic business, transactional expense and<br>non-recurring expense and fair value adjustments. See the section titled “Unaudited Financial Information and Non-IFRS Financial Measures” and the table<br>captioned “Reconciliation of profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics under IFRS and adjusted profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics (Non-IFRS)” for more<br>details.
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^3^ Adjusted EBITDA (non-IFRS) represents profit/(loss) from operations<br>under IFRS before employee equity-settled share-based payment expenses, depreciation and amortization, other strategic financing, transactional expense, restructuring costs in relation to diagnostic business and<br>non-operating recurring expense, and finance income, exchange gain or loss. See the section titled “Unaudited Financial Information and Non-IFRS Financial<br>Measures” and the table captioned “Reconciliation of profit/(loss) from operations under IFRS and adjusted EBITDA (Non-IFRS)” for more details.
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Full Year 2022 Financial Highlights

Revenue was US$275.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to<br>US$275.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Gross margin was **** 47.7% for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to 38.5% for the year<br>ended December 31, 2021.
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Loss from operations was US$23.3 million for year ended December 31, 2022 compared to<br>US$10.2 million for year ended December 31, 2021, an increase of 128.1% year-over-year.
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Adjusted profit attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics **** was<br>US$39.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to adjusted loss of US$17.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
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Adjusted EBITDA was US$58.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to<br>US$34.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
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Full Year 2022 Financial Results

The Company had net loss for the year mainly due to non-cash and/or non-recurring: (i) impairment loss in respect of restructuring costs in relation to diagnostic business; (ii) fair value loss on preference shares liabilities; (iii) fair value loss on financial assets; and (iv) share-based payment on listing. After adjusting for such non-cash losses and other non-recurring items, the Company recorded an adjusted profit attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics of US$39.2 million and adjusted EBITDA was US$58.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Fair value loss on preference shares liabilities

This loss was attributable to Prenetics’ preference shares issued prior to our listing on NASDAQ. This is a non-cash loss and would not recur subsequent to our listing on May 18, 2022.

The Company had preference shares with mandatory conversion provision that required them to be converted in full to ordinary shares at time of listing. These preference shares were accounted for as financial liabilities under IFRS, and its conversion provision was recognized as derivative financial liabilities and measured at fair value through profit or loss. An increase of the equity value of the Company (prior to our listing) therefore would result in a corresponding increase in the derivative financial liabilities and a non-cash fair value loss.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the fair value loss on preference shares liabilities was US$60.1 million. At completion of our listing on NASDAQ on May 18, 2022, all of the preference shares were fully converted into ordinary shares, and therefore such fair value loss would not recur going forward.

Share-based payment on listing

Share-based payment on the listing was US$89.5 million and was non-cash and non-recurring in nature. Prenetics was listed on NASDAQ on May 18, 2022 via a de-SPAC transaction by merging with Artisan Acquisition Corp. (“Artisan”). This acquisition of the net assets of Artisan has been accounted for as a share-based compensation for the service of a stock exchange listing and is charged to our profit and loss upon the completion of the transaction. The amount of this payment is calculated based on the excess fair value of consideration transferred over the fair value of Artisan’s identifiable net assets acquired.

Fair value loss on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

This loss is unrealized. Fair value loss on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss was US$9.4 million due to market volatility.

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Restructuring costs (including assets write-downs) in relation to diagnostic business

This is a non-cash and non-recurring item. Restructuring costs (including assets write-downs) in relation to the diagnostic business were US$30.4 million, due to impairment loss arising from our exit from the COVID-19 testing business, recognised on (i) intangible assets of US$19.1 million; (ii) goodwill of US$3.3 million; (iii) property, plant and equipment of US$4.5 million; and (iv) write-off of prepayment of US$3.5 million.

The restructuring primarily involves realigning workforce to ensure the Company’s resources are focused on business areas with more robust growth prospects and higher profitability. This restructuring of operation will result in significant cost savings in the long run and position the Company for sustainable growth. Prenetics holds positive outlook toward the future of business and are committed to transparent communication with our stakeholders.

2023 Financial Guidance

The Company will be discussing guidance upon release of Q1 2023 results and providing an update on M&A discussions.

About Prenetics

Prenetics is a leading genomics and precision oncology company dedicated to transforming patient care through advanced genomic and molecular technologies. Our new business focus is on precision oncology, specifically on early detection and treatment. We recently acquired ACT Genomics, the only Asia-based company to receive FDA clearance for a comprehensive genomics profiling test for solid tumors. ACT has also enabled us to expand our capabilities and offer comprehensive cancer solutions to patients worldwide. Our team of world-class scientists, healthcare experts, and technology innovators are committed to driving forward precision oncology to improve patient outcomes. At Prenetics, we believe that every patient deserves personalized, effective, and affordable cancer care, and we are dedicated to making that a reality. Prenetics is listed on NASDAQ with the ticker PRE. To learn more about Prenetics, visit www.prenetics.com.

Investor Relations Contact:

investors@prenetics.com

ICR Westwicke:

Caroline Corner +1 415 202 5678 Email: caroline.corner@westwicke.com

Media contact:

Strategic Public Relations Group

Corinne Ho +852 2114 4911 Email: corinne.ho@sprg.com.hk

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the “safe harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about the Company’s goals, targets, projections, outlooks, beliefs, expectations, strategy, plans, objectives of management for future operations of the Company, and growth opportunities are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words or phrases such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “target,” “aim,” “estimate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “potential,” “continue,” “is/are likely to” or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and forecasts and reflect the views, assumptions, expectations, and opinions of the Company, which involve inherent risks and uncertainties, therefore should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of future results. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to: the Company’s ability to further develop its business, including new products and services; its ability to execute on its new business strategy in genomics and precision oncology; its ability to identify and execute on M&A opportunities, especially in precision oncology; its ability to reduce costs and improve efficiencies through its restructuring efforts; its expectations on ACT Genomics’ contribution to its revenues. In addition to the foregoing factors, you should also carefully consider the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s registration statement on Form F-1 and the prospectus therein, and the other documents filed by the Company from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and the Company does not undertake any duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

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Basis of Presentation

Unaudited Financial Information and Non-IFRS Financial Measures has been provided in the financial statements tables included at the end of this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below under the heading “Unaudited Financial Information and Non-IFRS Financial Measures.”

Unaudited Financial Information and Non-IFRS Financial Measures

To supplement Prenetics’ consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), the Company is providing non-IFRS measures, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted gross profit and adjusted profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics. These non-IFRS financial measures are not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by IFRS and are not necessarily comparable to similarly-titled measures presented by other companies. Management believes these non-IFRS financial measures are useful to investors in evaluating the Company’s ongoing operating results and trends.

Management is excluding from some or all of its non-IFRS results (1) Employee equity-settled share-based payment expenses, (2) depreciation and amortization, (3) finance income and exchange gain or loss, and (4) certain items that may not be indicative of our business, results of operations, or outlook, including but not limited to non-cash and/ or non-recurring items. These non-IFRS financial measures are limited in value because they exclude certain items that may have a material impact on the reported financial results. Management accounts for this limitation by analyzing results on an IFRS basis as well as a non-IFRS basis and also by providing IFRS measures in the Company’s public disclosures.

In addition, other companies, including companies in the same industry, may not use the same non-IFRS measures or may calculate these metrics in a different manner than management or may use other financial measures to evaluate their performance, all of which could reduce the usefulness of these non-IFRS measures as comparative measures. Because of these limitations, the Company’s non-IFRS financial measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with IFRS. Investors are encouraged to review the non-IFRS reconciliations provided in the tables captioned “Reconciliation of profit/(loss) from operations under IFRS and adjusted EBITDA (Non-IFRS)”, “Reconciliation of gross profit under IFRS and adjusted gross profit (Non-IFRS)” and “Reconciliation of profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics under IFRS and adjusted profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics (Non-IFRS)” set forth at the end of this document.

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PRENETICS GLOBAL LIMITED

Unaudited consolidated statements of financial position

(Expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated) ****

December 31,
2022 2021
****
Assets
Property, plant and equipment
Intangible assets
Goodwill
Interests in associates
Deferred tax assets
Deferred expenses
Other non-current assets
Non-current assets
Deferred expenses
Inventories
Trade receivables
Deposits, prepayments and other receivables
Amounts due from related companies
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
Short-term deposits
Cash and cash equivalents
Current assets
Total assets
Liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities
Preference shares liabilities
Warrant liabilities
Lease liabilities
Other non-current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Trade payables
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
Contract liabilities
Lease liabilities
Liabilities for puttable financial<br>instrument^4^
Tax payable
Current liabilities
Total liabilities
Equity
Share capital^5^
Reserves )
Total equity/(equity deficiency) attributable to equity shareholders of the Company )
Non-controlling interests )
Total equity/(equity deficiency) )
Total equity and liabilities

All values are in US Dollars.

^4^ In connection with the acquisition of ACT Genomics, the remaining shareholders of ACT Genomics - representing<br>25.61% of the fully diluted shareholding of ACT Genomics that Prenetics does not own - were granted put options which allow these remaining shareholders to put their remaining shares to Prenetics under certain conditions. The liabilities arising<br>from such put option are recorded as liabilities for puttable financial instrument, and are valued at the present value of the exercise price of the put option.
^5^ Represents number of authorized and issued shares as follows:
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2021
Number of authorized shares of 0.0001 each 500,000,000 500,000,000
Number of issued shares 136,983,110 14,932,033

All values are in US Dollars.

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Unaudited consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income

(Expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated) ****

Three Months EndedDecember 31, Year EndedDecember 31,
2022 2021 2022 2021
**** **** **** ****
Revenue
Direct costs ) ) ) )
Gross profit
Other income and other net gain/(losses) )
Selling and distribution expenses^6^ ) ) ) )
Research and development expenses^6^ ) ) ) )
Restructuring costs in relation to diagnostic business^7^ ) )
Administrative and other operating<br>expenses^6^ ) ) ) )
Profit/(loss) from operations ) ) )
Fair value loss on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss ) ) ) )
Share-based payment on listing )
Fair value loss on convertible securities )
Fair value loss on preference shares liabilities ) ) )
Fair value gain on warrant liabilities
Write-off on amount due from a shareholder )
Gain on bargain purchase
Loss on disposal of a subsidiary ) )
Other finance costs ) ) ) )
Profit/(loss) before taxation ) ) )
Income tax (expense)/credit ) ) )
Profit/(loss) for the period/year ) ) )
^6^   Includes equity-settled share-based payment<br>expenses (excluding share-based payment on listing) as follows:
Three Months EndedDecember 31, Year EndedDecember 31,
2022 2021 2022 2021
**** **** **** ****
Selling and distribution expenses
Research and development expenses
Administrative and other operating expenses
Total **** equity-settled share-based payment expenses (excluding share-based payment on<br>listing)
^7^   Includes restructuring costs in relation to diagnostic business as follows:
Three Months EndedDecember 31, Year Ended December 31,
2022 2021 2022 2021
**** **** **** ****
Impairment losses on intangible assets
Impairment losses on goodwill
Impairment losses on property, plant and equipment
Write-off of prepayment
Total **** restructuring costs in relation to diagnostic business

All values are in US Dollars.

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Unaudited consolidated statements of profit or loss and other comprehensive income

(Expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated)

Three Months EndedDecember 31, Year EndedDecember 31,
2022 2021 2022 2021
**** **** ****
Profit/(loss) for the period/year ) ) )
Other comprehensive income for the period/year
Item that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Exchange difference on translation of:
- financial statements of subsidiaries and a joint venture outside Hong Kong )
Total comprehensive income for the<br><br><br>period/year ) ) )
Profit/(loss) attributable to:
Equity shareholders of Prenetics ) ) )
Non-controlling interests ) ) )
) ) )
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Equity shareholders of Prenetics ) ) )
Non-controlling interests ) ) )
) ) )
Earnings/(loss) per share
Basic earnings/(loss) per share ) ) )
Diluted earnings/(loss) per share ) ) )
Weighted average number of common shares:
Basic
Diluted

All values are in US Dollars.

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Unaudited Financial Information and Non-IFRS Financial Measures

(Expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated)

Reconciliation of profit/(loss) from operations under IFRS and adjusted EBITDA (Non-IFRS)

Three Months EndedDecember 31, Year EndedDecember 31,
2022 2021 2022 2021
**** **** **** ****
Profit/(loss) from operations under IFRS ) ) )
Employee equity-settled share-based<br><br><br>payment expenses
Depreciation and amortization
Restructuring costs in relation to diagnostic<br><br><br>business
Other strategic financing, transactional<br><br><br>expense and non-recurring expenses
Finance income, exchange gain or loss, net ) )
Adjusted EBITDA (Non-IFRS) )

All values are in US Dollars.

Reconciliation of gross profit under IFRS and adjusted gross profit (Non-IFRS)

Three Months EndedDecember 31, Year EndedDecember 31,
2022 2021 2022 2021
Gross profit under IFRS
Depreciation and amortization
Adjusted gross profit (Non-IFRS)

All values are in US Dollars.

Reconciliation of profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Preneticsunder IFRS and adjusted profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics (Non-IFRS)

Three Months EndedDecember 31, Year EndedDecember 31,
2022 2021 2022 2021
**** **** **** ****
Profit(/loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics under IFRS ) ) )
Employee equity-settled share-based<br><br><br>payment expenses
Other strategic financing, transactional<br><br><br>expense and non-recurring expenses
Share-based payment on listing
Fair value loss on convertible securities
Fair value loss on preference shares liabilities
Fair value gain on warrant liabilities ) )
Fair value loss on financial assets at fair<br><br><br>value through profit or loss
Restructuring costs in relation to diagnostic<br><br><br>business
Adjusted profit/(loss) attributable to equity shareholders of Prenetics (Non-IFRS) )

All values are in US Dollars.