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THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (COLLECTIVELY, THE
"UNITED STATES"), AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, CANADA, JAPAN, THE
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NOT CONSTITUTE OR CONTAIN ANY INVITATION, SOLICITATION,
RECOMMENDATION, ADVERTISING, OFFER OR ADVICE TO ANY PERSON TO
SUBSCRIBE FOR, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF ANY SECURITIES IN
ONDINE BIOMEDICAL INC OR ANY OTHER ENTITY IN ANY JURISDICTION.
NEITHER THIS ANNOUNCEMENT NOR THE FACT OF ITS DISTRIBUTION SHALL
FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED ON IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
INVESTMENT DECISION IN RESPECT OF ONDINE BIOMEDICAL
INC.
This Announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation No. 596/2014 as
retained as part of UK law by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 as amended ("EUWA") and as it may
be modified from time to time by or under domestic law
including, but not limited to, by the Market Abuse (Amendment) (EU
Exit) Regulations 2019/310). Upon the publication of this
Announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in
the public domain.
ONDINE BIOMEDICAL
INC.
("Ondine
Biomedical", "Ondine", or the "Company")
Updated Result of
Fundraise
All
references to C$ in this announcement are to Canadian
Dollars.
This
Announcement uses a C$:£ exchange rate of 1 : 0.5626 as at 16:30
(GMT) on 12 November 2024.
Capitalized terms used in this announcement (this
"Announcement") have the meanings given to them in the Proposed
Fundraise announcement, unless the context provides
otherwise.
Ondine Biomedical Inc. (LON:
OBI), a Canadian life sciences company, announces a further
update to its Private Placement announced on 24
September 2024 and the Fundraising announced on 1 November
2024.
The Company has no further clarity
on the timing of the completion of the Private Placement but remains confident that this should
complete in due course. Further updates will be provided when
available.
The Company announced on 1 November
that certain of the directors of the
Company have conditionally subscribed for, in aggregate,
2,479,035 Subscription Shares at the Issue
Price. Since then, Carolyn Cross, CEO, has indicated her intention
to subscribe for additional Subscription Shares and Nicolas Loebel,
President and CTO, has indicated an intention to subscribe for
Subscription Shares. In addition, the number of Subscription Shares
to be issued to the relevant directors as set out in the 1 November
announcement has been updated to take account of exchange rate
variations.
The Company can now confirm that
Carolyn Cross, CEO, Robert Cross, husband to Carolyn Cross and
Nicolas Loebel, President and CTO, intend to subscribe for a total
of 19,372,003 Subscription Shares at the Issue Price (being 8.5
pence per Share).
Furthermore, the Company has agreed
with certain of its employees and vendors to settle payables in
exchange for 1,816,670 shares in aggregate, also by way of
subscription, thereby increasing the total number of Subscription
Shares being subscribed for to 22,365,654 Subscription Shares.
Therefore, the Subscription is now expected to raise gross proceeds
of approximately C$3.6 million (c.£2.0 million).
The Placing conditionally raised
aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$15.6 million (£8.8
million) pursuant to the placing of 103,403,318 Placing Shares with
new and existing investors at the Issue Price.
Therefore, the total gross proceeds
from the Fundraising (being the Placing and the Subscription) is
now expected to be c. C$19.2 million (c.£10.8 million), increased
from c. C$16.2 million (£9.0 million announced on 1 November 2024.
The estimated net proceeds are expected to be approximately C$18.1
million (c.£10.2 million), increased from c. C$15.1 million (c.£8.3
million).
The Company confirms that admission
and settlement of the 103,403,318 Placing Shares and 12,437,111
Subscription Shares amounting to c. C$17.7 million (c.£10.0
million) is now expected to take place on 18 November 2024 with the
remaining 9,928,543 Subscription Shares amounting to C$1.5 million
(c.£0.8 million), expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on or
around 22 November 2024.
The 125,768,972 New Common Shares,
in aggregate to be issued pursuant to the Fundraising, represent
approximately 45.2% per cent of the existing issued share capital
of the Company.
All shares issued pursuant to the
Fundraising will be issued on a non pre-emptive basis under the
Company's existing authorities.
Increased Subscription & Related Party
Transactions
Certain of the directors of the
Company intend to subscribe for, in aggregate, 20,548,984 Subscription Shares, to
raise gross proceeds of approximately C$3.1 million (c.£1.75 million) for the Company,
representing approximately 16.3
per cent of the New Common Shares from the
completed Placing and the Subscription participations.
Carolyn Cross and Robert
Cross intend to subscribe for
18,710,100 New Common Shares. This is made
up of:
·
A c.$0.9 million repayment of some of the
outstanding balances due to Carolyn Cross, in exchange for
5,935,374 Subscription Shares. This is an increase of c.$0.7
million over the figure announced on 1 November 2024 ("Carolyn Cross' Enlarged
Subscription").
·
Conversion of C$130k (c. £73k) outstanding bonus
due to Carolyn Cross into 860,474 Subscription Shares.
·
A subscription from Robert Cross amounting to
11,914,252 Subscription Shares for C$1.8 million (c.£1.0 million),
to be paid in two tranches. The first tranche is for 1,985,709
Subscription Shares amounting to C$0.3 million (c.£0.17 million)
("Robert Cross' First
Subscription"). The second tranche is for 9,928,543
Subscription Shares amounting to C$1.5 million (c.£0.84 million)
("Robert Cross' Second
Subscription").
The number of New Common Shares, for
which each of the Directors intend to subscribe, and their
resulting shareholdings following the Admission of the Placing
Shares and the Subscription Shares subscribed for to date, are set
out below:
Director
|
Number of New Common Shares
subscribed for in the Subscription
|
Total Number of New Common
Shares held on Admission
|
% of issued share capital as
enlarged by the completed Placing and
Subscription2
|
Carolyn Cross1
|
18,710,100
|
155,864,029
|
38.58%
|
Nicolas Loebel
|
661,903
|
3,513,991
|
0.87%
|
Jean Duval
|
419,912
|
1,164,540
|
0.29%
|
Junaid Bajwa
|
384,920
|
1,194,623
|
0.30%
|
Margaret Shaw
|
197,186
|
214,328
|
0.05%
|
Michael Farrar
|
174,963
|
485,228
|
0.12%
|
1 Existing beneficial holding includes
111,295,529 shares held by Carolyn Cross, including via holdings in
100% owned companies, and 25,858,400 shares held by Robert Cross,
husband of Carolyn Cross. Following admission, the holdings will
increase to 118,091,377 and 37,772,652 shares
respectively.
2 Including issuance of 9,928,543 shares to
Robert Cross to close on or about 22 November
2024.
As previously announced, Carolyn
Cross, CEO, provided loans, in aggregate, of C$1.245 million, to
the Company (the "Loans")
for additional working capital. Following the Subscription, the
total outstanding loan balance is C$345,000, which may be repaid or
converted to shares at 8.5 pence at a later date, subject to Board
approval. The loan carries no interest and has no specific terms
for repayment.
The intended subscriptions by the
Participating Directors will constitute related party transactions
for the purposes of Rule 13 of the AIM Rules by virtue of such
Persons being Directors of the Company. These Directors intend to
participate at the same Issue Price as the Investors.
Use
of Proceeds and Further Funding
The combined funds will be used to
conduct the Company's US-based Phase 3 clinical trial for its
Steriwave® nasal photodisinfection system, drive
commercialization in approved markets, and support the Company's
working capital needs, securing a cash runway into late Q2 2025.
Together with the C$5 million (circa £2.8 million) Canadian Private
Placement announced 24 September 2024, which will be settled in due
course, the Company will have cash runway to early Q4 2025 and
anticipated Phase 3 topline results
In the event that the Company
concludes the ongoing discussions with a major U.S. healthcare
group regarding a potential investment of up to US$4 million (£3.1
million) the Company's expected cash runway would be into Q1
2027.
Admission, Settlement and Dealings
Admission of a total of 115,840,429
New Common Shares is expected to take place on or around 8.00 a.m.
on 18 November 2024 with dealings on AIM in the commencing at the
same time.
Admission of the 9,928,543 shares
under Robert Cross' Second Subscription is expected to take place
on or around 8.00 a.m. on 22 November 2024 with dealings on AIM in
the commencing at the same time.
Admission is conditional upon, among
other things, the Placing Agreement not having been terminated and
becoming unconditional in all respects.
The Placing Shares and Subscription
Shares when issued, will be fully paid and will rank pari passu in
all respects with the Existing Common Shares, including the right
to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or
paid after the date of issue.
-Ends-
Enquiries:
Ondine Biomedical Inc.
|
|
Angelika Vance, Corporate
Communications
|
+001 604
838 2702
|
Singer Capital Markets (Nominated Adviser)
|
Phil Davies, Sam Butcher
|
+44 (0)20
7496 3000
|
RBC
Capital Markets (Joint Broker and Joint
Bookrunner)
|
|
Rupert Walford, Kathryn
Deegan
|
+44 (0)20
7653 4000
|
Oberon Capital (Joint Broker to the Placing and Joint
Bookrunner)
|
|
Mike Seabrook, Jessica
Cave
|
+44 (0) 20
3179 5300
|
Orana Corporate LLP (Joint Broker to the
Placing)
|
|
Sebastian Wykeham
|
+33 6 7120
1513
|
Vane Percy & Roberts (Media Contact)
|
|
Simon Vane Percy, Amanda
Bernard
|
+44 (0)77
1000 5910
|
About Ondine Biomedical Inc.
Ondine Biomedical Inc. is a Canadian
life sciences company and leader innovating light-activated
antimicrobial therapies (also known as 'photodisinfection'). In
addition to Steriwave, Ondine has a pipeline of products, based on
its proprietary photodisinfection technology, in various stages of
development.
Ondine's nasal photodisinfection
system has a CE mark in Europe and the UK and is approved in Canada
and several other countries under the name Steriwave®.
In the US, it has been granted Qualified Infectious Disease Product
designation and Fast Track status by the FDA and is currently
undergoing clinical trials for regulatory approval. Products beyond
nasal photodisinfection include therapies for a variety of medical
indications such as chronic sinusitis, ventilator-associated
pneumonia, burns, and other indications.
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otherwise marked) and is subject to updating, revision and
amendment from time to time. No reliance may be placed for any
purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its
accuracy, fairness or completeness.
No undertaking, representation,
warranty or other assurance, express or implied, is made or given
by or on behalf of the Company or the Joint Bookrunners or any of
their respective directors, officers, partners, employees, agents
or advisers or any other person as to the accuracy or completeness
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INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ITS TERRITORIES AND
POSSESSIONS, ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA (COLLECTIVELY, THE "UNITED STATES"), AUSTRALIA, NEW
ZEALAND, CANADA, JAPAN, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, OR ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH PUBLICATION, RELEASE OR DISTRIBUTION IS
OR WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. FURTHER, THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION
PURPOSES ONLY, DOES NOT PURPORT TO BE FULL OR COMPLETE AND IS NOT
AN OFFER OF SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS
NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, NOR IS IT INTENDED
THAT IT WILL BE SO APPROVED.
This Announcement or any part of it
does not constitute or form part of any offer to issue or sell, or
the solicitation of an offer to acquire, purchase or subscribe for,
any securities in the United States. The Placing Shares have not
been and will not be registered under the United States Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "US
Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority
of any state or jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be
offered, sold or transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into
the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the US
Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities
laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There
will be no public offering of securities in the United
States.
This Announcement may contain and
the Company may make verbal statements containing "forward-looking
statements" with respect to certain of the Company's plans and its
current goals and expectations relating to its future financial
condition, performance, strategic initiatives, objectives and
results. By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve
risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and
circumstances which are beyond the control of the Company,
including amongst other things, United Kingdom domestic and global
economic business conditions, market-related risks such as
fluctuations in interest rates and exchange rates, the policies and
actions of governmental and regulatory authorities, the effect of
competition, inflation, deflation, the timing effect and other
uncertainties of future acquisitions or combinations within
relevant industries, the effect of tax and other legislation and
other regulations in the jurisdictions in which the Company and its
respective affiliates operate, the effect of volatility in the
equity, capital and credit markets on the Company's profitability
and ability to access capital and credit, a decline in the
Company's credit ratings, the effect of operational risks, and the
loss of key personnel. As a result, the actual future financial
condition, performance and results of the Company may differ
materially from the plans, goals and expectations set forth in any
forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements made in
this Announcement by or on behalf of the Company speak only as of
the date they are made. Except as required by applicable law or
regulation, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to publish any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements contained in this Announcement to
reflect any changes in the Company's expectations with regard
thereto or any changes in events, conditions or circumstances on
which any such statement is based.
Neither the content of the Company's
website (or any other website) nor the content of any website
accessible from hyperlinks on the Company's website (or any other
website) is incorporated into or forms part of this
announcement.
UK
Product Governance Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the
product governance requirements contained within chapter 3 of the
FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook
(the "UK Product Governance
Requirements") and disclaiming all and any liability,
whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any
"manufacturer" (for the purposes of the UK Product Governance
Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Placing
Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has
determined that the Placing 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 chapter 3 of the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business
Sourcebook ("COBS"); and
(ii) eligible for distribution through all permitted distribution
channels (the "UK Target Market
Assessment"). Notwithstanding the UK Target Market
Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Placing
Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their
investment; the Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no
capital protection; and an investment in Placing Shares 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 UK Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the
requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling
restrictions in relation to the Placing. Furthermore, it is noted
that, notwithstanding the UK Target Market Assessment, the Joint
Bookrunners will only procure investors who meet the criteria of
professional clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the UK
Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of
suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of chapters 9A or
10A respectively of the COBS; 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 Placing Shares. Each
distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market
assessment in respect of the shares and determining appropriate
distribution channels.
EU
Product Governance Requirements
Solely for the purposes of Article
9(8) of Commission Delegated Directive 2017/593 (the "Delegated Directive") regarding the
responsibilities of Manufacturers under the Product Governance
requirements contained within: (a) Directive 2014/65/EU on markets
in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of
the Delegated Directive; and (c) local implementing measures (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 Placing
Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has
determined that the Placing 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 (as defined within the MiFID II Product Governance
Requirements) should note that: the price of the Placing Shares may
decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment;
the Placing Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital
protection; and an investment in Placing Shares 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 proposed Placing. Furthermore, it is noted that,
notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, the Joint Bookrunners
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 of 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 Placing Shares. Each distributor is responsible for
undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the
Placing Shares and determining appropriate distribution
channels.
RBC is authorized and regulated by
the FCA in the United Kingdom and is acting exclusively for the
Company and no one else in connection with the Placing and RBC will
not be responsible to anyone (including any purchasers of the
Placing Shares) other than the Company for providing the
protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in
relation to the Placing or any other matters referred to in this
Announcement.
Oberon Capital is authorized and
regulated by the FCA in the United Kingdom and is acting
exclusively for the Company and no one else in connection with the
Placing, and Oberon will not be responsible to anyone (including
any purchasers of the Placing Shares) other than the Company for
providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing
advice in relation to the Placing or any other matters referred to
in this Announcement.
Orana is an appointed representative
of Ragnar Capital Partners LLP (FRN 593052) who are authorized and
regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom
and is acting exclusively for the Company and no one else in
connection with the Placing, and Orana will not be responsible to
anyone (including any purchasers of the Placing Shares) other than
the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients
or for providing advice in relation to the Placing or any other
matters referred to in this Announcement.
No representation or warranty,
express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to,
and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by the
Joint Bookrunners or by any of their respective affiliates or
agents as to, or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of
this Announcement or any other written or oral information made
available to or publicly available to any interested party or their
respective advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly
disclaimed.