UPDATE – Hyloris Launches Equity Offering by Means of a Private
Placement Via an Accelerated Bookbuild Offering
Hyloris Pharmaceuticals SA (Euronext Brussels:
HYL) (the “
Company” or
“
Hyloris”), a specialty biopharma company
committed to addressing unmet medical needs through reinventing
existing medications, announces today the launch of an equity
offering to raise an amount of approximately EUR 15 million by
means of a private placement via an accelerated bookbuild offering
(the "
Offering"), with the possibility to increase
the size of the offering.
Hyloris currently envisages using the net proceeds of the
Offering to:
- Primarily fund the development of
additional new product candidates; and
- Accelerate in-house R&D
activities, including repurposing and analytical expertise.
Details of the Offering
The accelerated bookbuilding will commence
immediately. The Company will announce the results of the Offering
as soon as possible after closing of the bookbuilding in a
subsequent press release (including the final number of the new
shares to be issued and the offer price).
Trading in Hyloris shares on Euronext Brussels
will be suspended during the bookbuilding period. Trading in the
shares is expected to resume following the publication of the
results of the Offering.
Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG
(“Berenberg”), KBC Securities NV ("KBC
Securities"), and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited
(“Stifel”) are acting as Joint Global Coordinators
and Joint Bookrunners in the Offering (jointly, the
"Underwriters").
The Offering will not be open to the public. The
new shares will be offered without preferential subscription rights
for existing shareholders to certain qualified and/or institutional
investors as provided in the applicable laws and regulations and,
as the case may be, to other investors, who may only acquire new
shares subject to committing to invest for a total consideration of
at least EUR 100,000 per investor. The shares will be offered in
Belgium and, subject to applicable limitations in the relevant
jurisdictions, other selected jurisdictions. The new shares will be
issued upon decision of the board of directors of the Company
within the framework of the authorised capital. The board of
directors of the Company has decided to cancel the preferential
subscription rights of the existing shareholders in the context of
the Offering.
The existing shareholders Noshaq SA and
S.R.I.W. SA are supportive of the Offering and have indicated
an intention to submit an order.
In relation to the Offering, the Company has
agreed with the Underwriters to a market customary 180-days
standstill period on future share issuances, waivable by the
Underwriters and subject to customary exceptions.
Additional information
Noshaq SA is the parent company of Noshaq
Partners SCRL, which is a director of the Company. Hence, Noshaq SA
could be considered as a “related party” of the Company in
accordance with article 7:97 of the Belgian Code of Companies and
Associations. In view thereof, prior to the launch of the Offering,
a committee of three independent directors of the Company (the
"Committee") has assessed the potential
participation of Noshaq SA and Noshaq Partners SCRL did not
participate to the meeting of the board of directors in relation to
the Offering. The assessment has been made as far as necessary and
as far as applicable under article 7:97 of the Belgian Companies
and Association Code.
In its conclusion, the Committee stated that it
believes that the envisaged Offering, including the possible
participation of Noshaq SA therein, is in the interest of the
Company and all of its shareholders. A successful capital raising
would be in the interest of the Company as, amongst other things,
it would allow the Company to have access to equity financing (as
the case may be, from related parties and/or other investors) in a
fast and efficient manner to fund its activities. In any event, the
Committee notes that the Offering is open to institutional,
qualified, professional and/or other investors as permitted under
applicable private placement exceptions, and any final allocation
to investors, as the case may be, will be made based on customary
objective and pre-identified criteria. No guarantee will be, or has
been, given as to the final allocation to any of the aforementioned
investors or other persons, that any allocation will be made to
them, or as to the size of any such allocation. The board of
directors did not deviate from the Committee's conclusion. The
Company's statutory auditor concluded: “Based on our assessment,
nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that
the financial and accounting information included in the opinion of
the committee of independent directors dated March 31, 2022 and in
the minutes of the board of directors dated March 31, 2022, which
justify the proposed transaction, are not fair and adequate in all
material respects and/or contain material inconsistencies, in light
of the information available to us in connection with our
engagement.”
For more information, contact:Hyloris
Pharmaceuticals, Investors and Media
investorrelations@hyloris.com
About Hyloris
Pharmaceuticals
Hyloris is a specialty biopharma company focused
on innovating, reinventing, and optimising existing medications to
address important healthcare needs and deliver relevant
improvements for patients, healthcare professionals and payors.
Hyloris has built a broad, patented portfolio of 14 reformulated
and repurposed value-added medicines that have the potential to
offer significant advantages over available alternatives. Outside
of its core strategic focus, the Company also has 4 high barrier
generic products in development and registration phase. Two
products are currently in initial phases of commercialisation with
partners: Sotalol IV for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, and
Maxigesic® IV, a non-opioid post-operative pain treatment. The
Company’s development strategy primarily focuses on the FDA’s
505(b)2 regulatory pathway, which is specifically designed for
pharmaceuticals for which safety and efficacy of the molecule have
already been established. This pathway can reduce the clinical
burden required to bring a product to market, and significantly
shorten the development timelines and reduce costs and risks.
Hyloris is based in Liège, Belgium. For more information, visit
www.hyloris.com and follow-us on LinkedIn.
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(except in the context of a private placement with Qualified
Investors, as defined below), the United States, Canada,
Switzerland (except in the context of a private placement with
Professional Clients, as defined below), Japan, Australia, the
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part of an offer of securities in the United States, or a
solicitation to purchase securities in the United States. The
securities referred to herein have not been and will not be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “US Securities Act”), or under the
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directly or indirectly within the United States except pursuant to
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laws of any state or jurisdiction of the United States. The issuer
of the securities has not registered, and does not intend to
register, any portion of the transaction in the United States.
There will be no public offer of securities in the United
States.
In relation to each Member State of the European
Economic Area (each a “Relevant Member State”) an
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addressed to and is only directed at qualified investors in that
Relevant Member State within the meaning of Regulation ((EU)
2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June
2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered
to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and
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the “Qualified Investors”).
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“qualified investors” within the meaning of Article 2 of the
Prospectus Regulation amended and transposed into the laws of the
United Kingdom law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act
of 2018 and the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (the
“UK Prospectus Regulation”) (all such persons together referred to
as the “UK Relevant Persons”).
In relation to Switzerland, this announcement is
only addressed to, and is only directed at, investors that qualify
as “professional clients” within the meaning of the Swiss Federal
Act on Financial Services (“Finanzdienstleistungsgesetz”) of 15
June 2018, as amended (“FinSA”) (such persons
referred to as “Professional Clients”).
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