XBRANE BIOPHARMA AB The Board of Directors of
Summary
- The Board of Directors in Xbrane has today resolved on, subject to a subsequent approval from the EGM, the Rights Issue and proposed to the EGM to resolve on necessary amendments of the articles of association in regard to the limitations for the number of shares and amount of share capital. The EGM is planned to be held on
22 February 2024 and the notice will be announced through a separate press release today. - All existing shareholders will receive one (1) unit right for each share held on the record date expected to be around
26 February 2024 . One (1) unit right entitles the holder to subscribe for one (1) unit. One (1) unit consists of fifty (50) new shares, and nine (9) warrants of series TO1. - The subscription price is
SEK 11.5 per unit, corresponding to a subscription price ofSEK 0.23 per share. The warrants are issued free of charge. The exercise price of the warrants of series TO1 will beSEK 0.29 per warrant, corresponding to an approximately 26.1 percent premium to the subscription price of the shares in the Rights Issue. The warrants will be available for trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. - The subscription price of
SEK 0.23 per share corresponds to a discount of approximately 39.0 percent compared to the theoretical price after separation of unit rights, based on the closing price of Xbrane’s share on Nasdaq Stockholm on19 January 2024 , the last trading day before announcement of the Rights Issue. - Upon full subscription of the Rights Issue, Xbrane will receive approximately
SEK 343 million before deductions for costs related to the Rights Issue. - Upon full exercise of the warrants of series TO1, lapsing
16 December 2024 , the Company will receive additional proceeds of up to approximatelySEK 78 million . - The subscription period in the Rights Issue is expected to run from
28 February 2024 , up to and including13 March 2024 . - Existing shareholders including
Systematic Group AB , as well as certain members of the Company’s management and Board of Directors, including CEO Martin Åmark, CFOAnette Lindqvist and Chairman of the BoardAnders Tullgren , have undertaken to, or expressed their intention to subscribe for units representing approximately 16.3 percent of the Rights Issue corresponding to approximatelySEK 55.8 million . - A number of investors including existing shareholder
Systematic Group AB and the bridge financing providers, have undertaken to guarantee approximately 66.7 percent of the Rights Issue, corresponding to approximatelySEK 229 million , at an underwriting commission of eleven (11) percent of the guaranteed amount in cash or shares. - In total, approximately 83.0 percent of the Rights Issue is covered by subscription commitments, intentions and guarantee commitments, corresponding to approximately
SEK 285 million . - Existing shareholders, representing approximately 22.7 percent of the total votes in the Company, have undertaken, or expressed their intention to vote in favor of approval of the Rights Issue at the EGM, including the necessary amendment of the articles of association.
- In connection with the announcement of the Rights Issue, the Company has entered into a bridge financing agreement of approximately
SEK 50 million at an interest rate of 1.0 percent per month. The Company expects to utilize this bridge financing until settlement of the Rights Issue.
Xbrane’s CEO Martin Åmark comments: “With this Rights Issue, we are creating the right conditions to reach our most important upcoming milestones: launching Ximluci® in the US, launching Ximluci® as a pre-filled syringe to accelerate sales in
Background and motive
Xbrane is a Swedish, commercial stage biosimilar developer with a proprietary manufacturing platform ensuring high yield and low products costs, validated through development and commercialisation partnerships with
The Company’s lead product, Ximluci®, is a biosimilar to VEGf+Fa inhibitor Luncentis® targeting a
The Company also develops the only known biosimilar candidate under development referencing TNF inhibitor Cimzia® together with Biogen and has a portfolio of two unpartnered oncology biosimilars that allow for near-term partnering.
Use of proceeds
The net proceeds from the Rights Issue, provided that the Rights Issue is subscribed to the amount intended to be covered by subscription commitments and intentions, as well as guaranteed commitments, will primarily finance:
- Launch of Ximluci® in US and launch of Ximluci® PFS (approx. 40 percent);
- Production of clinical material for BIIB801 triggering milestone payments from commercialization partner Biogen (approx. 10 percent);
- Development and production of clinical material for Xdivane™ (approx. 15 percent);
- General corporate purposes (approx. 7 percent); and
- Pre-payment of the next six (6) amortizations to
CVI, Inc. in cash of the convertible bonds (approx. 28 percent).
Provided successful execution of the business plan, including timely FDA approval for Ximluci® and a secured partnership for Xdivane™, the net proceeds from the Rights Issue are expected to fulfill the Company’s working capital requirement until Q1 2025, at which time the Company expects to have achieved positive operating cash-flow on a monthly basis. Should the Rights Issue be subscribed for an amount higher than the amount covered by subscription commitments and intentions, as well as guarantee commitments, the additional proceeds will be used to finance activities (i), (ii) and (iii) proportionally.
Upon full exercise of the warrant series, the Company is expected to raise up to approximately
Amendment to the convertible bonds agreement
In connection with the announcement of the Rights Issue, the Company has entered into an agreement with CVI to amend certain terms of the Company’s outstanding convertible bonds with CVI, materially:
- CVI to waive its right to have the conversion price of the bonds into shares to be modified to 125 per cent. of the placing price of an equity raise by the Company until
- CVI to waive all its rights to accelerate scheduled amortization payments in respect of the convertible bonds until
- CVI to defer upcoming amortization on
- Company to pay CVI for next six (6) amortization in cash from the proceeds of the envisaged Rights Issue
- Price at which convertible bonds may be converted to shares to remain at
- Convertible bonds to return to operating as originally signed from
These amendments will cease to take effect and the convertible bonds will return to operating as originally signed if the Rights Issue does not close prior to
Terms of the Rights Issue and bridge financing
Shareholders who are registered in the share register in Xbrane on the record date, expected to be around
Each warrant of series TO1 entitles the holder to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company during the period starting
Provided that the Rights Issue is fully subscribed, the number of shares in Xbrane will increase by a maximum of 1,490,518,200 shares, from 29,810,364 shares to a maximum of 1,520,328,564 shares. The share capital will increase by a maximum of approximately
Upon full exercise of the warrants of series TO1 covered by the Rights Issue, the number of shares will increase by 268,293,276 and the share capital will increase by approximately
The complete terms and conditions of the Rights Issue and information about the Company will be presented in a prospectus that is expected to be published on the Company's website around
In connection with the announcement of the Rights Issue, the Company has entered into a bridge financing agreement of approximately
Subscription undertakings and guarantee commitments
Existing shareholders including
A number of investors, including existing shareholder
In total, approximately 83.0 percent of the Rights Issue is covered by subscription commitments and guarantee commitments, corresponding to approximately
The Board of Directors’ resolution on the Rights Issue is conditional upon approval at the EGM. Existing shareholders, representing approximately 22.7 percent of the total votes in the Company, have undertaken, or expressed their intention to vote in favor of approval of the Rights Issue and the necessary amendments of the articles of association at the EGM.
Lock-up undertakings
Prior to the announcement of the Rights Issue, shareholding members of the Board of Directors and Senior Management of the Company have entered into lock-up undertakings, which, among other things and with customary exceptions, mean that they have undertaken not to sell shares in the Company. Existing shareholders
Furthermore, the Company has undertaken towards the Sole Manager and Bookrunner, subject to customary exceptions, not to issue additional shares or other share-related instruments for a period of 180 days after the end of the subscription period.
Preliminary timetable of the Rights Issue
The below timetable for the Rights Issue is preliminary and may be adjusted.
| Last day of trading including the right to receive unit rights | |
| Extraordinary general meeting for approval of the Rights Issue | |
| First day of trading without the right to receive unit rights | |
| Record date for participation in the Rights Issue with preferential rights | |
| Publication of the prospectus | |
| 28 February – | Trading in unit rights |
| 28 February – | Subscription period |
| 28 February – | Trading in BTUs (paid subscription units) |
| Expected announcement of the outcome of the Rights Issue | |
| Expected first day of trading in warrants of series TO1 on Nasdaq First North Growth Market | |
| 2 December – | Exercise period for warrants of series TO1 |
Advisors
For more information, please contact:
Martin Åmark, CEO
M: +46 (0) 76 309 37 77
E: martin.amark@xbrane.com
M: +46 (0) 76 325 60 90
E: anette.lindqvist@xbrane.com
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Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended (“MiFID II”); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the “MiFID II Product Governance Requirements”), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any “manufacturer” (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the shares in Xbrane have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that such shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the “Target Market Assessment”). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Distributors should note that: the price of the shares in Xbrane may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the shares in Xbrane offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the shares in Xbrane is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Rights Issue. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, the Sole Manager and Bookrunner will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the shares in Xbrane.
Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the shares in Xbrane and determining appropriate distribution channels.
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