August 31, 2021

Company name:

SanBio Co., Ltd.

Representative:

Keita Mori, Representative Director and

President

(TSE Mothers Code: 4592)

Contact:

Yoshihiro Kakutani, Corporate Officer of

Management Administration

(TEL. +81-3-6264-3481)

Notice on Conclusion of Committed Credit Line Agreement with MUFG Bank, Ltd.

SanBio Company Limited (hereafter, "the Company") hereby announces that it has entered into a new committed credit line agreement with MUFG Bank, Ltd. The new agreement is to succeed the existing committed credit line agreement the Company concluded with MUFG Bank in November 2018, set to expire in November 2021.

The expiry of the existing committed credit line agreement and the summary of the new agreement between the company and MUFG Bank are outlined below. The funds secured from the new agreement will be allocated to the establishment of post-launch manufacture, distribution, and marketing infrastructure for SB623 indicated for chronic effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI program). The funds will only become available once the Company has filed for regulatory approval of the pipeline drug.

Agreement with MUFG Bank set to expire on November 30, 2021

Loan type

Total committed amount

Agreement

Expiration date

Remarks

(of which, used credit)

date

(repayment date)

Committed credit

2.0 billion yen

Nov. 2018

Nov. 2021

NA

line

(700 million yen)

(Nov. 2021)

New agreement entered with MUFG Bank on August 31, 2021

Loan type

Total committed amount

Agreement

Expiration date

Remarks

(of which, used credit)

date

(repayment date)

Committed credit

2.0 billion yen

Aug. 2021

Nov. 2024

Terms and conditions: The committed

line

(NA)

(Nov. 2024)

credit line will come into effect on

November 30, 2021,

and will only become available once the

Company has filed for approval of SB623

for chronic effects of traumatic brain

injury as regenerative medicine in Japan.

The new committed credit line agreement is expected to have only a minor impact on the Company Group's

consolidated earnings performance for the fiscal year ending January 2022.

1

References

Summary of fund procurement

Counterparty

Funding method

Amount of funds

Agreement (or

Use of funds

(lender)

procured

approval) date

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Committed credit

2.0 billion yen

Dec. 2020

-

Establishment of post-launch

line with an option

manufacture, distribution, and

to extend the term

marketing infrastructure for SB623

of the loan

Mizuho Bank

Term loan with a

2.6 billion yen

Dec. 2020

-

Establishment of post-launch

commitment period

manufacture, distribution, and

marketing infrastructure for SB623

Total 4.6 billion yen

Counterparty

Funding method

Amount of funds

Agreement (or

Use of funds

(lender)

procured

approval) date

Equity financing

7.1 billion yen

- Increase in the number of contract

(accelerated book

manufacturers to enhance mass

building [ABB])

production capabilities in

anticipation of higher demand in

Europe and the US

- Manufacturing to build inventory of

SB623 for chronic effects of

traumatic brain injury in Japan

Counterparty

Funding method

Amount of funds

Agreement (or

Use of funds

(lender)

procured

approval) date

Mizuho Bank

Committed credit

2.0 billion yen

Dec. 2018*1

-

Establishment of post-launch

line

manufacture, distribution, and

marketing infrastructure for SB623

MUFG Bank

Committed credit

2.0 billion yen

Nov. 2018

-

Establishment of post-launch

line

manufacture, distribution, and

marketing infrastructure for SB623

Sumitomo Mitsui

Committed credit

1.0 billion yen

Nov. 2018

-

Establishment of post-launch

Banking Corp.

line

manufacture, distribution, and

marketing infrastructure for SB623

Equity financing

11.0 billion yen

-

Establishment of post-launch

(warrants with a

manufacture, distribution, and

provision to revise

marketing infrastructure for SB623

exercise price, via

- Development of SB623 for chronic

third-party

effects of ischemic stroke in Japan,

allotment)

and R&D to expand development

regions for the drug with an eye

toward future sales

- R&D to expand indications for

SB623 and to in-license new

substances

Total 16.0 billion yen

-

2

Counterparty

Funding method

Amount of funds

Agreement (or

Use of funds

(lender)

procured

approval) date

MUFG Bank*2

Loan

900 million yen

Mar. 2017

- Development of SB623 for chronic

effects of ischemic stroke in the US,

and for chronic effects of traumatic

brain injury in Japan and the US

California Institute

Subsidy

19 million US dollars

Jun. 2017

- Development of SB623 for chronic

for Regenerative

effects of ischemic stroke in the US

Medicine (CIRM)

Mizuho Bank

Committed credit

1.6 billion yen

Aug. 2017*1

- Reserve for development of SB623

line

for chronic effects of traumatic brain

injury in Japan and the US

MUFG Bank*2

Committed credit

500 million yen

Oct. 2017*1

- Reserve for development of SB623

line

for chronic effects of traumatic brain

injury in Japan and the US

Total 5.09 billion yen

Counterparty

Funding method

Amount of funds

Agreement (or

Use of funds

(lender)

procured

approval) date

Mizuho Bank

Committed credit

1.0 billion yen

Mar. 2016*1

Reserve for development of SB623 for

line

chronic effects of traumatic brain injury

in Japan and the US

Note 1: As of August 31, 2021, these agreements had expired due to the end of their terms.

Note 2: Due to restructuring by function of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., the counterparty (lender) was changed from Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. to MUFG Bank, Ltd.

3

Attachments

  • Original document
  • Permalink

Disclaimer

SanBio Co. Ltd. published this content on 31 August 2021 and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 31 August 2021 07:01:08 UTC.