Celularity and Genting Leaders Comments on Closing $21 Million Financing Transactions
25 Gennaio 2024 - 3:00PM
Celularity Inc. (Nasdaq: CELU) (the “Company), a biotechnology
company developing allogeneic cell therapies and biomaterial
products, today announced that it closed two financing transactions
totaling $21 million in gross proceed.
As detailed in the Form 8-K filed by the
Company, one of the two financing transactions is a securities
purchase agreement with the Company’s largest investor, Dragasac
Limited (“Dragasac”) providing for the private placement of shares
of Celularity Class A common stock and accompanying warrants for an
aggregate purchase price of approximately $6 million. The other
financing transaction is an agreement amending and restating the
Company’s previously announced senior secured loan agreement with
Resorts World Inc Pte Ltd. (“RWI”) for an additional loan of $15.0
million. Both the Dragasac private placement and the RWI senior
secured loan agreement closed on January 16, 2024.
According to Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D.,
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and founder, “These transactions
are important in two fundamental ways. First, both Dragasac and RWI
increased their existing financial stakes in Celularity, Dragasac
through the $6 million private placement and RWI through the $15
million amended and restated senior secured loan. Second, the
transactions together infused $21 million of fresh capital into
Celularity, which we will apply to strengthen our balance sheet and
for other purposes. Importantly, this capital infusion allowed us
last week to repay in full all outstanding amounts owed to
Yorkville under the September 15, 2022, YA II PN, Ltd. pre-paid
advance agreement. We aligned with Dragasac and RWI around other
uses intended further to strengthen our balance sheet and provide
working capital. Along with revenue from our advanced biomaterial
products and biobanking businesses, contract manufacturing
operations, and cell therapy research collaborations, I believe the
$21 million in new capital from these financing transactions has
repositioned Celularity financially going into what I am optimistic
will be a positive year in 2024,” Hariri added.
Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay, Chairman and Chief
Executive of Genting Berhad, the parent company of Dragasac,
commented, “We believe Celularity’s platform businesses in cellular
medicine, advanced biomaterial products, and biobanking each have
significant growth opportunities, both in the United States as well
as in Asia, where there is a large and rapidly growing market for
regenerative medicine. Having now improved Celularity’s balance
sheet and provided additional working capital, we look for
Celularity in 2024 to concentrate on growing its operating revenue
and to capitalize on opportunities like those we see in the United
States and Asia.”
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, as well as within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other
than statements of historical facts are “forward-looking
statements,” including those relating to future events. In some
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“could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intends,” “may,”
“might,” “outlook,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,”
“project,” “seek,” “should,” “strive,” “target,” “will,” “would”
and the negative of terms like these or other comparable
terminology, and other words or terms of similar meaning. The
forward-looking statements include express or implied statements
regarding Celularity’s approach to cellular and regenerative
medicine, its expected net sales, its ability to build and maintain
sales momentum over prior periods, the advancement of its
biomaterial pipeline and new product launches, the ability to
expand its products into new markets and indications, its ability
to position itself as a regenerative medicine innovator in the
emerging science of aging and longevity, among others. Many factors
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
described in these forward-looking statements, including but not
limited to the risk that the research collaboration with Regeneron
is unsuccessful; the inherent risks in biotechnological
development; the regulatory status of its biomaterial and cell
therapy products; Celularity’s ability to develop and maintain
sales and marketing capabilities, whether alone or with potential
future collaborators; the risks associated with Celularity’s
current liquidity as well as developments relating to Celularity’s
competitors and industry, along with those risk factors set forth
under the caption “Risk Factors” in Celularity’s annual report on
Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
on March 31, 2023, and other filings with the SEC. If any of these
risks materialize or underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual
results could differ materially from the results implied by these
forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that
Celularity does not presently know, or that Celularity currently
believes are immaterial, that could also cause actual results to
differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In
addition, these forward-looking statements reflect Celularity’s
current expectations, plans, or forecasts of future events and
views as of the date of this communication. Subsequent events and
developments could cause assessments to change. Accordingly,
forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing Celularity’s views as of any subsequent date, and
Celularity undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities
laws.
Celularity Investor
Contact:
Carlos Ramirez, Senior Vice PresidentCelularity
Inc.Carlos.ramirez@celularity.com
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