Targovax ASA: Completion of private placement, registration of share capital increase
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Oslo, 7 July 2016: Reference is made to the stock exchange notice by Targovax ASA ("Targovax" or the "Company") published on 6 July 2016 regarding the approval by the extraordinary general meeting in the Company of the private placement announced by the Company on 20 June 2016 and 21 June 2016, and the issuance of 14,685,000 new shares, each with a nominal value of NOK 0.10.
The share capital increase pertaining to the private placement has now been registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises. The new share capital of the Company is NOK 4,159,036.70 divided into 41,590,367 Shares, with each Share having a nominal value of NOK 0.10.
The shares in the Company, including the new shares issued in the private placement, will be listed on Oslo Axess on 8 July 2016.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
For further information, please contact:
Gunnar Gårdemyr, CEO
Phone: +46 73 083 77 79
Email: ggardemyr@targovax.com
Øystein Soug, CFO
Phone: +47 906 56 525
Email: oystein.soug@targovax.com
ABOUT TARGOVAX:
Targovax is a clinical stage immuno-oncology company dedicated to the development of highly targeted immunotherapies for cancer patients. Targovax is developing two complementary and highly targeted approaches in immuno-oncology: a peptide-based immunotherapy platform for patients with RAS-mutated cancers and a virus-based immunotherapy platform based on engineered oncolytic viruses armed with potent immune-stimulating transgenes for patients with solid tumors.
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