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Kancera publishes prospectus in connection with the company’s rights issue
Prenumeration
Beskrivning
| Land | Sverige |
|---|---|
| Lista | First North Stockholm |
| Sektor | Hälsovård |
| Industri | Bioteknik |
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Kancera AB (”Kancera” or the ”Company”) announced on February 23, 2024, that the board of directors has resolved to carry out a new issue of shares with preferential rights for existing shareholders in the Company, corresponding to approximately SEK 121.9 million before deduction of costs attributable to the rights issue (the “Rights Issue”). The Company has received subscription commitments and guarantee undertakings of approximately SEK 73.0 million corresponding to approximately 59.9 percent of the Rights Issue. A prospectus that has been prepared in connection with the Rights Issue has today been approved by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (the "SFSA") and published on the Company’s website, www.kancera.com and Vator Securities’ website, www.vatorsecurities.se.
Publication of the prospectus
Complete information regarding the Rights Issue is included in the prospectus that has been prepared by the board of directors of the Company and which today has been approved by the SFSA. The prospectus has been published by the Company and is available on Kancera’s website, www.kancera.com and Vator Securities’ website, www.vatorsecurities.se. The prospectus has only been prepared in a Swedish language version. The prospectus will also shortly be published on the SFSA's website https://www.fi.se/sv/vara-register/prospektregistret/.
The prospectus has been prepared as a simplified prospectus for secondary issuances in accordance with article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the "Prospectus Regulation"). The SFSA, as the Swedish national competent authority, has approved the prospectus in accordance with Article 20 of the Prospectus Regulation. The SFSA only approves the prospectus as meeting the standards of completeness, comprehensibility and consistency imposed by the Prospectus Regulation. The approval should not be considered as an endorsement of the Company or of the securities described in the prospectus. The SFSA does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the factual information contained in the prospectus. Each investor is advised to make its own assessment of whether it is appropriate to invest in the Company.
Application forms
The subscription period will commence on March 5, 2024. Application forms for the subscription of shares with and without subscription rights can be obtained from the Company's and Nordic Issuing’s (www.nordic-issuing.se) respective websites.
Indicative timetable for the Rights Issue
| March 5, 2024 - March 14, 2024 | Trading in subscription rights |
| March 5, 2024 - March 19, 2024 | Subscription period |
| March 5, 2024 - Until the Rights Issue is registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office | Trading in paid subscribed shares |
| March 21, 2024 | Publication of the final outcome of the Rights Issue |
Advisors
Vator Securities AB is acting as Sole Global Coordinator and Advokatfirman Lindahl KB is legal advisor to the Company in connection with the Rights Issue.
For more information:
www.kancera.com
or contact:
Peter Selin
CEO, Kancera AB
peter.selin@kancera.com or phone: +46 (0)8-5012 60 80
About Kancera AB (publ)
Kancera is developing a new class of small molecule drugs targeting the fractalkine axis. Kancera’s main focus is to develop its candidate drugs for treatment of severe inflammatory diseases and cancer that currently lack effective treatments. The stock is traded on the Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market. FNCA Sweden AB is the Company's Certified Adviser.
Important information
The publication, announcement or distribution of this press release may, in certain jurisdictions, be subject to restrictions and the recipients of this press release in jurisdictions where this press release has been published or distributed shall inform themselves of and follow such legal restrictions. The recipient of this press release is responsible for using this press release, and the information contained herein, in accordance with applicable rules in each jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute an offer, or a solicitation of any offer, to buy or subscribe for any securities in Kancera in any jurisdiction, neither from Kancera nor from someone else.
This press release is not a prospectus for the purposes of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 (the “Prospectus Regulation“) and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. A prospectus regarding the Rights Issue has been prepared and published by the Company and is available on the Company's website.
This announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in the Company. The information relating to the Rights Issue contained in this announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this announcement or its accuracy or completeness. Vator Securities is acting for Kancera in connection with the Rights Issue and for no one else. Vator Securities will not be responsible to anyone other than Kancera for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for giving advice in relation to the Rights Issue or any other matter referred to herein.
This press release does not constitute or form part of an offer or solicitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act“), and may not be offered or sold within the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offer of the securities in the United States. The information in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, within or into the USA, Australia, Belarus, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zeeland, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland or in any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of the information would not comply with applicable laws and regulations or where such actions are subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than what is required under Swedish law. Actions taken in violation of this instruction may constitute a crime against applicable securities laws and regulations.
In the United Kingdom, this document and any other materials in relation to the securities described herein is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, and any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, “qualified investors” who are (i) persons having professional experience in matters relating to investments who fall within the definition of “investment professionals” in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order“); or (ii) high net worth entities falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons“). In the United Kingdom, any investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action on the basis of this press release and should not act or rely on it.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s intentions, beliefs, or current expectations about and targets for the Company’s and the group’s future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, anticipated growth, strategies and opportunities and the markets in which the Company and the group operates. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “may”, “plan”, “estimate”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “aim” or “might”, or, in each case, their negative, or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurances that they will materialize or that the assumptions on which it is based is correct. Because these statements are based on assumptions or estimates and are subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results or outcome could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies, and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in this release by such forward-looking statements. The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this press release are free from errors and readers of this press release should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements that are expressly or implicitly contained herein speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to change without notice. Neither the Company nor anyone else undertake to review, update, confirm or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this press release, unless it is required by law or Nasdaq First North Growth Market Rulebook for Issuers of Shares.