Press release from Companies
Publicerat: 2024-04-03 16:31:14
The board of CHOSA Oncology AB (publ) ("CHOSA" or the "Company") has today, 3. April 2024, performed a directed issue of 6 070 233 shares at a price of SEK 0,92 per share. The subscription price per share has been set under market conform conditions based upon Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) over a period of 10 trading days up to and including 2. April 2024, which was the last trading day for the share before the Board of Director’s decision on the Directed Issue. This will increase the number of shares from 64 873 913 to 70 944 146. In anticipation of the Directed Issue, the board has carefully considered the possibility of raising capital through a rights issue but has concluded that a rights issue, in comparison with the Directed Issue, (i) would be significantly more time-consuming and entail considerably higher costs and increased exposure to potential market volatility compared to a directed new issue, and (ii) would likely need to be done at a lower subscription price considering the discount levels that have been seen in the stock market lately. Other alternatives have been considered but either deemed to involve too high costs or not generate sufficient working capital and thus not considered to be in the interest of the Company or its shareholders. Furthermore, the directed issue entails that (i) the Company's shareholder base is broadened with new investors interested in the Company and its development, and (ii) the Company's ownership base is strengthened as a number of existing owners invest further in the Company. The reason why some existing shareholders are allowed to subscribe in the Directed Issue is due to their historical financial support to the Company.
Through the directed issue, CHOSA receives SEK 5,58 million before transaction costs. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the directed issue to start Key Opinion Leader (KOL) initiated DRP validation studies and to further increase its business development activities.
"We are happy to announce the support we have received from a majority of new investors as well as existing investors. Their investment will be a financial supplement for us to 1) substantiate important DRP validation studies in a number of cancer indications 2) intensify our business development activities further and 3) broaden the technology platforms of which our DRP can work. Our primary objective is to attract robust partners or potential buyers for our innovative products," said CEO, Peter Buhl Jensen. The DRP validation studies are a result of continued strong dialogues with internationally acknowledged cancer doctors so-called Key Opinion Leaders (KOL’s). "We believe using the cisplatin DRP test may lead to significantly more treatment successes also with immunotherapy like PD1 inhibitors when combined with any cisplatin and we believe that by using CHOSA’s liposomal version of cisplatin LiPlaCis® a more gentle and targeted cisplatin treatment can be offered to the patients," Peter Buhl Jensen further commented. In two independent lung cancer studies our platin tailored response predictor DRP® can precisely predict who will benefit. We believe we here have a strong tool to improve cure in platin combinations with immuno checkpoint inhibitors (PD-1 inhibitors) and we now have phase 2b data in metastatic breast cancer patients showing that the DRP® identify the patients who will benefit from liposomal cisplatin LiPlaCis®. Furthermore, LiPlaCis® has shown significant activity in a population that has undergone numerous treatment shifts, and it appears to have a gentler toxicity profile than conventional cisplatin. Our goal is to ensure these products reach cancer patients, providing them with the benefits they need. We are confident in the potential of our products and believe they will make a significant impact in the fight against cancer. This disclosure contains information that Chosa Oncology AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 03-04-2024 16:31 CET. For additional information contact:
Peter Buhl Jensen, CEO
Peter@chosa.bio
+ 45 2160 8922
