Biosergen publishes prospectus due to rights issue of units
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Biosergen AB (publ) (“Biosergen” or the “Company”) has prepared an EU growth prospectus (the “Prospectus”) for the forthcoming issue of units consisting of shares and warrants with preferential rights for existing shareholders (the “Rights Issue”), which the board of directors decided on and announced on January 30, 2024, subject to approval from an extraordinary general meeting which was obtained on March 1, 2024. The Prospectus was approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority today. The Prospectus, containing complete terms and conditions, is now available on the Company’s website, www.biosergen.net, and will be made available on Mangold Fondkommission AB’s website, www.mangold.se. Application forms and other information about the Rights Issue will also be made available on the Company’s website, www.biosergen.net.
The record date for obtaining unit rights in the Rights Issue is March 5, 2024. The subscription period will run from March 7, 2024, up to and including March 21, 2024.
Advisors
Mangold Fondkommission AB is the financial advisor to Biosergen in connection with the Rights Issue. Hammarskiöld is the legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue.
For further information about Biosergen, please contact:
Tine Olesen, CEO
Telephone: +45 3135 5707
E-mail: tine.olesen@biosergen.net
Niels Lauren, CFO
Telephone: +45 4014 5059
E-mail: niels.laursen@biosergen.net
The Company’s Certified Adviser is Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ).
ABOUT BIOSERGEN
Biosergen is a biotechnology company in the clinical stage within the therapeutic field of life-threatening fungal diseases. Biosergen’ s mission is to develop the drug candidate BSG005, into a new first line treatment choice for resistant and/or difficult to treat invasive fungal infections, to save thousands of lives of immune-compromised cancer- transplant- and AIDS patients every year.
Important information
The information in this press release does not contain or constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe or otherwise trade in shares, warrants or other securities in Biosergen. No action has been taken and measures will not be taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdictions other than Sweden. Any invitation to the persons concerned to subscribe for units in Biosergen will only be made through the Prospectus published by the Company on March 5, 2024. The Prospectus has been approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and has been published on www.biosergen.net. The approval of the Prospectus by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority shall not be regarded as an approval of the shares, warrants or any other securities. This release is however not a prospectus in accordance with the definition in the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (“Prospectus Regulation” and this announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in shares, warrants or other securities in Biosergen. In order for investors to fully understand the potential risks and benefits associated with a decision to participate in the Rights Issue, any investment decision should only be made based on the information in the Prospectus. Thus, investors are encouraged to review the Prospectus in its entirety. In accordance with article 2 k of the Prospectus Regulation this press release constitutes an advertisement.
The information in this press release may not be released, distributed or published, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, South Africa, South Korea or any other jurisdiction in which such action would be unlawful or would require registration or any other measures than those required by Swedish law. Actions in violation of these restrictions may constitute a violation of applicable securities laws. No shares, warrants or other securities in Biosergen have been registered, and no shares, warrants or other securities will be registered, under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the securities legislation of any state or other jurisdiction in the United States of America and no shares, warrants or other securities may be offered, sold or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America, except under an available exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements under the Securities Act and in compliance with the securities legislation in the relevant state or any other jurisdiction of the United States of America.
Within the European Economic Area (“EEA”), no public offering of shares, warrants or other securities (“Securities”) is made in other countries than Sweden. In other member states of the EU, such an offering of Securities may only be made in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation. In other member states of the EEA which have implemented the Prospectus Regulation in its national legislation, any offer of Securities may only be made in accordance with an applicable exemption in the Prospectus Regulation and/or in accordance with an applicable exemption under a relevant national implementation measure. In other member states of the EEA which have not implemented the Prospectus Regulation in its national legislation, any offer of Securities may only be made in accordance with an applicable exemption under national law.
In the United Kingdom, this document and any other materials in relation to the securities described herein is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, “qualified investors” (within the meaning of the United Kingdom version of the EU Prospectus Regulation (2017/1129/ EU) which is part of United Kingdom law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) who are (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of “investment professionals” in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”); (ii) high net worth entities etc. falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order; or (iii) such other persons to whom such investment or investment activity may lawfully be made available under the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action on the basis of this press release and should not act or rely on it.
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