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.
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References
Summary of fund procurementCounterparty | 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 | - |
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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.
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