Successful completion of Retail Entitlement Offer
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ASX RELEASE
23 November 2023
Successful completion of Retail Entitlement Offer
Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX: PAR) (“Paradigm” or “the Company”), a
late-stage drug development company focused on delivering new therapies to address
unmet medical needs, is pleased to advise the results of the retail component of the fully
underwritten accelerated non renounceable entitlement offer announced on Monday, 30th
October 2023 to raise approximately $21m AUD (Entitlement Offer).
Under the Entitlement Offer, eligible institutional and retail shareholders were entitled to
for 1 fully paid ordinary share in Paradigm (Share) for every 10 Shares held, at an issue
price of $0.43 per Share, together with 3 options exercisable at $0.65 and expiring on 30
November 2024 (Options) for every 4 Shares subscribed for and issued under the
Entitlement Offer.
The retail component of the Entitlement Offer (Retail Offer) closed at 5:00pm (Sydney
time) on Monday, 20th November 2023.
Retail Offer
The Retail Offer was subscribed as follow:
Acceptance by Eligible Retail Shareholders
Acceptance by Eligible Retail Shareholders
under the Oversubscription Facility
Shortfall
4,613,469 shares
1,870,141 shares
14,711,667 shares
The shortfall under the Retail Offer will be placed by Bell Potter Securities Limited
(Underwriter) to its sub-underwriters, in accordance with the underwriting agreement
between the Company and the Underwriter as detailed in the Replacement Prospectus
released on Tuesday, 31st October 2023. The sub-underwriters to the to the Entitlement
Offer include domestic and international investors.
The Shares to be issued under the Retail Offer will rank equally with existing Shares in
all respects. The Shares under the Retail Offer are expected to be issued on Monday,
27th November 2023 and commence normal trading on Tuesday 28th November 2023.
The Company confirms it will also issue 9,371,500 options on the same terms as the
Options under the Entitlement Offer (Sub-Underwriter Options) to the Underwriter and
sub-underwriters of the Entitlement Offer.
Key Dates
Allotment of New Shares under the Retail Offer and
Attaching Options under Entitlement Offer
Monday, 27 November 2023
Normal trading of New Shares under the Retail Offer
and Attaching Options under Entitlement Offer
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
AGM to approve issue of Placement Attaching
Options and Sub-Underwriter Options
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Allotment of Placement Attaching Options and SubUnderwriter Options
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Normal Trading of Placement Attaching Options and
Sub-Underwriter Options
Thursday, 30 November 2023
* The above timetable is indicative only and is subject to change.
Capital Raising Overview
Bell Potter Securities Limited acted as sole lead manager and underwriter to the fully
underwritten $30.1 million (before costs) capital raising announced on Monday, 30th
October 2023, comprising:
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a placement to institutional investors to subscribe for approximately 42 million
Shares at an issue price of $0.43 per Share to raise approximately $18 million
(Placement);
an accelerated non-renounceable Entitlement Offer of 1 Share for every 10 Shares
held by eligible shareholders at an issue price of $0.43 per Share to raise
approximately $12.1 million; and
every 4 Shares subscribed for and issued under the Entitlement Offer and
Placement will be accompanied by 3 free-attaching Options.
The proceeds from the capital raise will be used to fund the Company’s phase 3 OA
clinical program and to pay for the costs of the Placement and Entitlement Offer. The
proceeds are expected to fund the Company’s OA phase 3 clinical program to the end of
CY2024 with the exercise of options expected to provide further runway to mid CY 2025
and past Paradigm’s expected top-line read out from the phase 3 clinical trial.
Refer to the Replacement Prospectus and the Company's announcements on 30 October
2023 and 31 October 2023 for further details.
Upcoming near-term Milestones
Event
Target Date
MPS VI phase 2 clinical trials – top-line data.
Q4 CY 2023
Phase 3 OA program – FDA protocol review next stage of
Phase 3 program.
TGA Provisional Approval OA - submission for next stage
determination application.
Phase 3 OA program – next stage enrollment commencement,
subject to regulatory agreement.
Q1 CY 2024
Q1 CY 2024
H1 CY 2024
Regional licensing agreement(s) in OA and MPS.
H1 CY 2024
TGA Provisional Approval OA - dossier submission, pending
determination of application approval.
Q3 CY 2024
The MPS I and PARA_OA_008 – Peer Review Publications.
CY 2024
Potential expedited or provisional approval submissions for
MPS program (Brazil, Australia).
CY 2024
About Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd.
Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (ASX:PAR) is a late-stage drug development
company driven by a purpose to improve patients’ health and quality of life by discovering,
developing, and delivering pharmaceutical therapies. Paradigm’s current focus is
developing injectable (subcutaneous) pentosan polysulfate sodium (iPPS) for the
treatment of diseases where inflammation plays a major pathogenic role, indicating a
need for the anti-inflammatory and tissue regenerative properties of iPPS, such as in
osteoarthritis (phase 3) and mucopolysaccharidosis (phase 2).
Forward Looking Statements
This Company announcement contains forward-looking statements, including statements
regarding anticipated commencement dates or completions dates of preclinical or clinical
trials, regulatory developments and regulatory approval. These forward-looking
statements are not guarantees or predictions of future performance, and involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond our control,
and which may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the
statements contained in this presentation. Readers are cautioned not to put undue
reliance on forward-looking statements.
Authorised for release by the Paradigm Board of Directors.
To learn more please visit: www.paradigmbiopharma.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Simon White
Director of Investor Relations
Tel: +61 404 216 467
Paradigm Biopharmaceuticals Ltd
ABN: 94 169 346 963
Level 15, 500 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC, 3000, AUSTRALIA
Email: investorrelations@paradigmbiopharma.com
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