Herantis Pharma Plc successfully completes private placement raising EUR 4.04 million
Herantis Pharma Plc
Company release, inside information, 15 September 2021 at 11:50 p.m. Eastern European Summer Time
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Herantis Pharma Plc ("Herantis" or the "Company") hereby announces the result of the offering of new shares (the "Placing Shares") in a private placement to institutional and other qualified investors (the "Placing"). The Company announced the launch of the Placing by way of a company release published on 15 September 2021. Herantis raises gross proceeds of EUR 4.04 million in the Placing.
In the Placing, the Company expects to issue a total of 1,346,500 Placing Shares in a directed share issue. The Placing Shares represent approximately 13.8 per cent. of the issued shares in Herantis prior to the Placing and approximately 12.1 per cent. of the issued shares in Herantis following the Placing. The total number of issued shares in the Company after the Placing will be 11,103,568.
The subscription price of the Placing Shares is EUR 3.00 per Placing Share, corresponding to a discount of 6.5 per cent to the closing price on First North Growth Market Finland immediately before the commencement of the Placing on 15 September 2021. The subscription price shall be recorded in the invested unrestricted equity reserve.
The Placing was carried out based on offers received in an accelerated book building and based on the authorisation given to the board of directors by the Company's extraordinary general meeting of 2 December 2020.
As previously announced, Acme Investments SPF Sarl, a company controlled by Timo Syrjälä, and Nanoform Finland Plc participated in the Placing among several other investors.
The Placing Shares (ISIN code FI4000087861) will be registered with the trade register maintained by the Finnish Patent and Registration Office on or about 16 September 2021. The Placing Shares are expected to be ready for delivery to the investors against payment through Euroclear Finland Oy or, as applicable, through Euroclear Sweden AB on or about 20 September 2021.
Herantis intends to make applications for the admission into trading of the Placing Shares on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland and on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Sweden. Trading in the Placing Shares is expected to commence on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland and Nasdaq First North Growth Market Sweden on or about 20 September 2021, subject to the respective listing applications being approved.
The CEO of Herantis, Craig Cook comments: "We are pleased with the support amongst existing as well as respected new shareholders in Herantis. The funds will clearly enable us to continue the important development activities of our novel disease-modifying CNS drugs rhCDNF and xCDNF (HER-096). These assets are the epitome of our ground-breaking science and have the potential to slow, stop or even reverse the progression of neurodegenerative diseases with high impact for patients and society. Herantis is well positioned to capitalize on this momentum and create value for our growing list of world class shareholders."
Swedbank AB (publ) is acting as the global coordinator and bookrunner of the Placing in association with Kepler Cheuvreux. Krogerus Attorneys Ltd is acting as the legal counsel to the Company as to Finnish law and Borenius Attorneys Ltd is acting as the legal counsel to the global coordinator and bookrunner of the Placing as to Finnish law.
Herantis Pharma Plc
Board of directors
For more information, please contact:
Julie Silber/Gabriela Urquilla
Tel: +46 (0)7 93 486 277/+46 (0)72-396 72 19
Email: ir@herantis.com
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Certified Advisor: UB Securities Ltd, Finland: +358 9 25 380 225, Sweden: +358 40 5161400
Company website: www.herantis.com
About Herantis Pharma Plc
Herantis focuses on disease modifying therapies for debilitating neurodegenerative diseases by restoring the neuronal protective mechanism of proteostasis, a key system in neurodegenerative disease. Proteostasis regulates proteins within the body and influences the fate of every protein from synthesis to degradation. Its failure results in a vicious cycle of pathological accumulation of protein aggregates, neuroinflammation and various forms of cellular stress that is widely implicated with the development of many neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s and other diseases. CDNF (a biological protein) is Herantis’ lead program and a clinical stage asset; and xCDNF (a synthetic peptide version of CDNF) is Herantis’ follow-on program. CDNF is a natural protein that occurs naturally in the body whose natural role is to protect neurons by balancing and supporting proteostasis, thereby preventing and counteracting disease generating mechanisms. Herantis is taking this natural ability and harnessing it as a treatment for neurodegenerative disease. Both CDNF and xCDNF, via their multimodal mechanism of action, have the potential to improve neuronal survival and stop the progression of Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases with a significant therapeutic impact on the quality of patients’ lives.
The shares of Herantis are listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland and Nasdaq First North Growth Market Sweden.
For more information, please visit www.herantis.com
Forward-looking statements
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In addition, even if Herantis' historical results of operations, including the company's financial condition and liquidity and the development of the industry in which the company operates, are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this company release, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods.
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This release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities in the United States. The shares may not be offered or sold within the United States absent of registration or an exemption under the U.S. Securities Act 1933 (as amended). The Company has not registered and it does not intend to register, any portion of the offering in the United States, and it does not intend to conduct a public offering in the United States.