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Currency Risk
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Foreign Currency Risk [Abstract]  
Currency Risk

17. Currency Risk

The Company is exposed to the financial risk related to the fluctuation of foreign exchange rates and the degree of volatility of those rates. The foreign currency risk is limited to the portion of the Company’s business transactions denominated in currency other than USD.

The Company incurs a portion of its expenses in Canadian dollars, as well as other currencies to a lesser extent. A change in the currency exchange rates between the USD relative to the Canadian dollar could have a significant effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position, or cash flows. The Company does not enter into arrangements to hedge its currency risk exposure, although it maintains expected Canadian dollar cash requirements in Canadian dollars to form a natural hedge.

The Company is exposed to currency risk through its cash, research and development tax credits receivable, other receivables, accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities, as well as right-of-use lease liabilities denominated in thousands of Canadian dollars as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Cash

 

$

1,715

 

 

$

29,983

 

Restricted cash

 

 

270

 

 

 

270

 

Research and development tax credits receivable

 

 

2,559

 

 

 

1,403

 

Other receivables

 

 

5,228

 

 

 

2,566

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(1,322

)

 

 

(1,026

)

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

 

(2,722

)

 

 

(283

)

Lease liabilities

 

 

(4,847

)

 

 

(565

)

Net financial position exposure

 

$

881

 

 

$

32,348

 

 

Based on the above net exposure at December 31, 2020, and assuming that all other variables remain constant, a 10% depreciation of the USD against the Canadian dollar would result in an increase of $0.1 million in the Company’s net loss for the year ended December 31, 2020.

The Company is also exposed to currency risk through the Ono Agreement as future payments receivable under its collaboration with Ono, if any, are denominated in Japanese yen.