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Financial liabilities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Disclosure of financial liabilities [abstract]  
Financial liabilities
Note 13. Financial liabilities

Accounting policies for financial liabilities are described in Note 15- Financial instruments included in the statement of financial position and impact on income.’
Details of financial liabilities
As of December 31,
(in thousands of euros)20242023
Lease liabilities – Short term1,261 1,199 
Repayable BPI loan advances - Short term689 592 
PGE Loans*2,543 2,583 
EIB Loan – Short term430 649 
Total current financial liabilities4,924 5,022 
Lease liabilities – Long term2,969 3,883 
Repayable BPI loan advances – Long term1,258 1,872 
PGE Loans*1,547 4,028 
EIB loan – Long term40,204 35,761 
Total non-current financial liabilities45,978 45,543 
Total financial liabilities50,902 50,565 
(*)”PGE”or in French “Prêts garantis par l’Etat” are state-guaranteed loans

Repayable BPI loan advances
The Company received repayable advances from Banque Publique d’Investissement (formerly known as OSEO Innovation). Some of these advances are interest-free and are fully repayable in the event of technical and/or commercial success.
The other advances bear 1.56% interest. The repayment of the period amounts to €0.5 million, while the amount to be reimbursed corresponds to €1.6 million (see Note 13.1. - Conditional advance, bank loan and loans from government and public authorities).
The conditional advance from Bpifrance obtained by Curadigm SAS in June 2020 of €500 thousand fully received in January 2023, acquired by Nanobiotix SA as part of the Curadigm merger from January 1, 2024 (see Note 3.1. basis of consolidation). The repayment of the 2024 period amounted to €75 thousand, while the remaining principal amount to be reimbursed corresponds to €342 thousand (see Note 13.1. - Conditional advance, bank loan and loans from government and public authorities).

EIB loan
Initial Contract
In July 2018, the Company obtained a fixed rate and royalties-based loan from the EIB. The loan could reach a maximum amount of €40 million, divided in three tranches. The first tranche, with a nominal value of €16 million, was received in October 2018 and would have been initially repaid in full in 2023. The accumulated fixed-rate interest related to this tranche was to be paid at the principal repayment date. The second tranche, with a nominal value of €14 million, was received in March 2019 and was initially to be repaid between 2021 and 2024. The accumulated fixed-rate interest related to this second tranche was initially to be paid twice a year together with the principal due.
The specific conditions for the third tranche were not fulfilled before the July 31, 2021 deadline. Accordingly, the third tranche is no longer available to the Company.
Amendment Agreement
Pursuant to the Amendment Agreement signed on October 18, 2022, as described in Note 4.4 - Financing Agreement with the European Investment Bank (“EIB”), the Company determined that the modifications to the agreement are substantial and it is to be accounted for as an extinguishment of the original financial liability and the recognition of a new financial liability in accordance with IFRS 9.
Therefore the Company estimated the fair value of the new debt that shall be recorded as a liability at the Amendment Agreement date. The fair value of the new debt was equal to the present value of the probable future cash flows based on management business plan using an average discount rate representing the prevailing market conditions at date. The estimation involved projecting debt cash outflows based on net sales included in the business plan as determined by the Company's strategic outlook:

Fixed flows, including principal repayments and interest payments at a fixed rate are consistent with the payments of a standard corporate borrowing or bond. To estimate the present value of these fixed flows, the
Company has determined a discounting rate consisting of a base rate and a credit spread. The base rate was estimated by considering EUR-denominated interest rate swaps at different maturities matching principal and interest payments at financing date (October 18, 2022), while the credit spread was determined by considering corporate bond spread curves of American and European healthcare groups at financing date, assuming a CCC rating for the Company. The average between EUR and USD curves was retained due to the Company’s international operations, and the high volatility of the EUR curve was also taken into account. The discount rate for fixed flows ranged from 14.95% to 16.09%, depending on the maturity, with the new financing denominated in euro.
Future royalty payments depend on the Company’s net sales forecast and therefore depends on its financial performance. Accordingly, in order to estimate the present value of royalty payments, the Company has retained a Weighted Average Cost of Capital (“WACC”) applicable to the Company, which is traditionally used to discount future operating cash flows which are exposed to standard operating risk (without taking into account the risk of unsuccessful development of studies which is already captured in the cashflows). Using a detailed calculation methodology, the Company has estimated the WACC on October 18, 2022 at 30%.

The combination of the above results is an average discount rate of 21.3%.

Consequently, for the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recognized a financial loss of €6.9 million arising from the difference between (i) the carrying amount of the financial liability extinguished (€27.5 million) and the fair value of the new financial liability (€34.4 million). After initial recognition of the new debt, this financial liability will be measured at amortized cost based on an average discount interest rate of 21.3%.

As of December 31, 2024, the fair value of the loan amounts to €43.1 million, with a market rate of 19.65%. The Company conducted a sensitivity analysis, changing the key assumptions used to determine the amortized cost and the fair value of the EIB loan :

Debt at amortized cost - sensitivity

Commercialization date sensitivity analysis
With constant average discount rate and cumulated net sales :
(in thousands of euros)
As of December 31, 2024
Commercialization date sensitivity
Total debt at amortized costP&L impactTotal impact
Base date40,635 — — 
1 year after *36,131 4,504 4,504 
(*) one year postponing versus first year of commercialization
Cumulated net sales sensitivity analysis
With constant average discount rate and commercialization date :
(in thousands of euros)
As of December 31, 2024
Cumulated net sales sensitivityTotal debt at amortized costP&L impactTotal impact
Net sales -10%40,058 577 577 
Base cumulated net sales40,635 — — 
Net sales +10%41,212 (577)(577)

Debt at fair value - sensitivity
Commercialization date sensitivity analysis
With the same average discount rate and cumulated net sales :
(in thousands of euros)
As of December 31, 2024
Commercialization date sensitivity
Total debt at fair value
Fair Value impact
Total impact
Base date43,115 — — 
1 year after *39,974 3,141 3,141 
(*) one year postponing versus first year of commercialization
Cumulated net sales sensitivity analysis
With constant average discount rate and commercialization date :
(in thousands of euros)
As of December 31, 2024
Cumulated net sales sensitivityTotal debt at fair value
Fair Value impact
Total impact
Net sales -10%42,742 373 373 
Base cumulated net sales43,115 — — 
Net sales +10%43,488 (373)(373)

PGE loans
The Company announced in June 2020 that it received approval for financing from both HSBC and Bpifrance for €5 million each in the form of state-guaranteed loans (“Prêts Garantis par l’État”, or “PGE” in France).
This “HSBC” loan is booked at amortized cost for a minimum of 12 months and allows the Company to delay the reimbursement of this 12 months loan by 1 to 5 years. The Company used this option and the reimbursement date was delayed by 1 year, starting in September 2022 and ending in June 2026. The effective interest rate amounts to 0.31%. During 2024 reference period, €1.3 million was repaid from HSBC PGE loan according to amortization plan (see below notes 13.1 & 13.4.).
On July 10, 2020, the Company entered into the second €5 million PGE loan with Bpifrance (the ‘‘Bpifrance PGE Loan’’). The Bpifrance PGE loan has a six-year term and is 90% guaranteed by the French State. The Bpifrance PGE loan did not bear any interest for the first 12-month period but, following such 12-month period and for the subsequent 5 years, bears an interest rate of 2.25% per annum, inclusive of an annual State guarantee fee of 1.61% per annum. The principal and interest of the Bpifrance PGE loan is being reimbursed in 20 quarterly installments as from October 31, 2021 until July 26, 2026. During 2024 reference period, €1.3 million was repaid from Bpifrance PGE loan according to amortization plan (see below notes 13.1 & 13.4.).

13.1. Conditional advance, bank loan and loans from government and public authorities

The table below shows the detail of liabilities recognized on the statements of financial position by type of conditional advances and loans from government and public authorities.
Conditional advances and loans from government and public authorities
(in thousands of euros)Bpifrance advanceInterest-free Bpifrance loanEIB LoanCuradigm Bpifrance advanceTotal
As of January 1, 20232,316 125 35,754 317 38,512 
Principal received— — — 150 150 
Impact of discounting and accretion16 — (285)(20)(289)
Accumulated fixed interest expense accrual34 — 2,385 — 2,419 
Accumulated variable interest expense accrual— — 5,195 — 5,195 
Repayment(300)(125)(6,639)(50)(7,114)
As of December 31, 20232,066  36,409 397 38,872 
Principal received— — — — — 
Impact of discounting and accretion12 — (2,832)20 (2,800)
Accumulated fixed interest expense accrual28 — 1,670 — 1,698 
Accumulated variable interest expense accrual— — 6,085 — 6,085 
Repayment(500)— (697)(75)(1,272)
As of December 31, 20241,606  40,635 342 42,583 

During the year ended December 31, 2024, the variations in the EIB’s debt are mainly due to a €7.8 million increase in accrued fixed and variable interests, partially offset by the interest repayments of €0.7 million and by a net impact of €2.8 million corresponding (i) to the accretion impact due to increase in estimated debt outflows beyond 2023 of €11.3 million (before discounting effect) linked to the revised forecasts of net sales and milestone considerations as per Janssen license agreement, and (ii) to the decrease linked to the discounting effect of €14.2 million.
The Company accounted for the debt at amortized cost using the original EIR at 21.30%.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, the changes in the EIB's debt is primarily attributable to the increase in accumulated accrued fixed and variable interests following the Amendment Agreement, almost fully offset by the repayments made during 2023, which the most significant is the €5.4 million PIK interest payment to EIB executed as of October 12, 2023 in accordance with the waiver removal conditions, and an aggregate amount of €0.8 million paid as advance milestones payments, including the advance payment in connection with the financial covenant waiver. (See Note 4.4. - Financing Agreement with the European Investment Bank (“EIB”))
Also, in the course of the year 2023, following the execution of the license agreement with Janssen (see Note 4.1. - Global License Agreement with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV and Share Purchase Agreement with Johnson & Johnson Innovations - JJDC), the Company reassessed the present value of estimated discounted future cash flows using the initial discount rate of 21.3%. Consequently, the Company recorded a catch-up adjustment to the debt through profit and loss for an amount of €0.3 million.
The expected royalty payments, previously estimated at €32.4 million as of December 31, 2022, have been updated to €36.6 million as of December 31, 2023, due to the adjusted sales forecast. As of December 31, 2024, the royalty payments to be made in the future are now estimated at €47.5 million, reflecting the latest revisions made to the sales forecast in 2024.

Bank loan
(in thousands of euros)
HSBC
“PGE” (1)
Bpifrance
“PGE” (1)
Total
As of January 1, 20234,409 4,717 9,127 
Principal received— — — 
Impact of discounting and accretion(9)(6)(15)
Accumulated fixed interest expense accrual (2)41 90 131 
Repayment(1,287)(1,345)(2,632)
As of December 31, 20233,155 3,457 6,612 
Principal received— — — 
Impact of discounting and accretion(13)(4)(17)
Accumulated fixed interest expense accrual (2)35 62 97 
Repayment(1,285)(1,317)(2,602)
As of December 31, 20241,891 2,198 4,089 
(1)”PGE”or in French “Prêts garantis par l’Etat” are state-guaranteed loans
(2) The fixed interest accrual refers to guaranteed fee of 0.25% of the principal of the HSBC PGE loan and to a guarantee fee of 0.25% added to a fixed interest rate of 1.36% for the Bpifrance PGE loan, respectively.

13.2. Lease liabilities

The table below shows the detail of changes in lease liabilities related to office space and manufacturing facilities,recognized on the statements of financial position over the periods disclosed:
(in thousands of euros)Lease liabilities
As of January 1, 20235,530 
New lease contracts— 
Indexation effect on current lease commitment376 
Impact of discounting and accretion(31)
Fixed interest expense203 
Repayment of lease(996)
Early termination of lease contracts— 
As of December 31, 20235,081 
New lease contracts— 
Indexation effect on current lease commitment245 
Impact of discounting and accretion(16)
Fixed interest expense170 
Repayment of lease(1,250)
Early termination of lease contracts— 
As of December 31, 20244,230 



13.3. Changes in liabilities arising from financing activities

The table below shows the detail of changes in liabilities arising from financing activities, including both changes arising from cash flows and non-cash changes.
(in thousands of euros)Bpifrance advanceInterest-free Bpifrance loanCuradigm Bpifrance advanceEIB LoanHSBC
“PGE”
Bpifrance
“PGE”
Lease LiabilitiesTotal
January 1, 20232,316 125 317 35,754 4,409 4,717 5,530 53,168 
Principal received— — 150 — — — — 150 
Decrease in loans and conditional advances(300)(125)(50)— (1,246)(1,250)— (2,971)
Interest paid— — — (6,639)(41)(95)— (6,775)
Interest paid (IFRS 16)— — — — — — (203)(203)
Payment of lease liabilities— — — — — — (793)(793)
Cash flows from (used in)
financing activities
(300)(125)100 (6,639)(1,287)(1,345)(996)(10,592)
Indexation effect on current lease commitment— — — — — — 376 376 
Impact of discounting and catch-up16 — (20)(285)(9)(6)(31)(335)
Accumulated fixed interest expense accrual34 — — 2,385 41 90 — 2,550 
Accumulated variable interest expense accrual— — — 5,195 — — 201 5,396 
Non-cash from financing activities50  (20)7,295 32 84 547 7,988 
As of December 31, 20232,066  397 36,409 3,155 3,457 5,081 50,565 
Principal received— — — — — — —  
Decrease in loans and conditional advances(500)— (75)— (1,250)(1,250)— (3,075)
Interest paid— — — (697)(48)(66)(810)
Interest paid (IFRS 16)— — — — — — (170)(170)
Payment of lease liabilities — — — — — — (1,080)(1,080)
Cash flows from
financing activities
(500) (75)(697)(1,298)(1,316)(1,250)(5,136)
Indexation effect on current lease commitment— — — — — — 245 245 
Impact of discounting and catch-up12 — 20 (2,832)(13)(4)(16)(2,833)
Accumulated fixed interest expense accrual28 — — 1,670 48 62 — 1,808 
Accumulated variable interest expense accrual— — — 6,085 — — 169 6,254 
Non-cash from financing activities40  20 4,923 35 58 398 5,474 
As of December 31, 20241,606  342 40,635 1,891 2,198 4,230 50,902 
13.4. Due dates of the financial liabilities

The due dates for repayment of the advances loans and lease liabilities at their nominal value and including fixed-rate interest are as follows:
As of December 31, 2024
(in thousands of euros)Less than 1 yearBetween 1 and
3 years
Between 3 and
5 years
More than
5 years
Bpifrance800 837 — — 
Interest-free Bpifrance loan— — — — 
Curadigm interest-free Bpifrance advance100 200 75 — 
HSBC “PGE” 1,272 631 — — 
Bpifrance “PGE”
1,289 948 — — 
EIB fixed rate loan467 19,942 40,784 39,196 
Lease liabilities1,282 2,131 866 216 
Total5,210 24,689 41,725 39,412 

As of December 31, 2023
(in thousands of euros)Less than 1 yearBetween 1 and
3 years
Between 3 and
5 years
More than
5 years
Bpifrance500 1,637 — — 
Interest-free Bpifrance loan— — — — 
Curadigm interest-free Bpifrance advance100 200 175 — 
HSBC “PGE” (1)
1,285 1,904 — — 
Bpifrance “PGE” (1)
1,317 2,237 — — 
EIB fixed rate loan692 19,946 17,872 51,246 
Lease liabilities1,219 2,434 1,227 621 
Total5,113 28,358 19,274 51,867 
(1)”The Company will reimburse the two “PGE”or (“Prêts garantis par l’Etat” or state-guaranteed loans) over 5 years with a deferral of 1 year (last reimbursement being in 2026)

The long-term debt obligations relate to the fixed and variable rate interest and principal payable on repayable advances, on interest-free Bpifrance loan, on EIB loan, PGE loans and lease liabilities. These amounts reflects the committed amounts under those contracts as of December 31, 2024.
As of December 31, 2024, the table above indicates that the EIB loan's outstanding balance is €100.4 million, which includes €33.9 million for the principal and fixed rate interest to be paid over the term of the loan, €19.0 million of milestones still to be paid under the Milestone advance payments mechanism schedule which will require prepayments equal to a tiered low single digit percentage of future equity or debt financing transactions raising up to an aggregate of €100 million, on a cumulative basis, increasing to a mid-single digit percentage for such financings greater than €100 million, and €47.5 million for the estimated royalty payments to be made in the future, based on the forecasted sales expected to be generated by the Company’s partners during the six-year period beginning upon NBTXR3 commercialization. See Notes 4.4 - Financing Agreement with the European Investment Bank (“EIB”) and 13.1 - Conditional advance, bank loan and loans from government and public authorities).
As of December 31, 2023, the table above indicates that the EIB loan's outstanding balance is €89.8 million, which includes €33.9 million for the principal and fixed rate interest to be paid over the term of the loan, €19.2 million of milestones still to be paid under the Milestone advance payments mechanism schedule which will require prepayments equal to a tiered low single digit percentage of future equity or debt financing transactions raising up to an aggregate of €100 million, on a cumulative basis, increasing to a mid-single digit percentage for such financings greater than €100 million, and €36.6 million for the estimated royalty payments to be made in the future, based on
the forecasted sales expected to be generated by the Company’s partners during the six-year period beginning upon NBTXR3 commercialization.
See Notes 4.4 - Financing Agreement with the European Investment Bank (“EIB”) and 13.1 - Conditional advance, bank loan and loans from government and public authorities).