SCANDION ONCOLOGY PUBLISHES PROSPECTUS RELATING TO THE RIGHTS ISSUE
Scandion Oncology ("Scandion" or the "Company") announces that the prospectus relating to the Company's rights issue of units (the "Rights Issue") has been approved and registered by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Dk. Finanstilsynet) and is available on the Company's website (www.scandiononcology.com) and Vator Securities' website (www.vatorsecurities.se). Additional information related to the Rights Issue is also available on the Company's website.
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Sw. Finansinspektionen) will issue a certificate of European passport today, on 31 May 2024. A summary of the prospectus in Swedish will be available on the above websites when the certificate is issued.
Application forms for subscription without preferential rights will be available on the above websites as the subscription period commences.
Timetable
The last day of trading in the Scandion share including the right to subscribe for units with unit rights was 30 May 2024.
31 May 2024 | First day of trading in the Scandion share excluding the rights to subscribe for units with unit rights |
3 June 2024 | Record date for the right to subscribe for units by exercising unit rights |
5 June 2024 – 17 June 2024 | Trading in unit rights |
5 June 2024 – 20 June 2024 | Subscription period |
Around 25 June 2024 | Announcement of the outcome of the Rights Issue |
Advisors
Vator Securities acts as financial adviser and issuing agent and Horten Advokatpartnerselskab (as to Danish law) and Advokatfirman Schjødt (as to Swedish law) act as legal advisers in connection with the Rights Issue.
For further information, please contact:
Johnny Stilou, CFO
Phone: +45 2960 3532
E-mail: jos@scandiononcology.com
About this information
The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, on 31 May, 2024, at 12.00 CET.
About Scandion
Scandion is a clinical-stage biotech company using an innovative drug efflux pump inhibition technique with biomodulation capabilities on ABCG2 and UGT1A1 targets to revert drug resistance.
Drug resistance remains a massive problem in cancer treatment and in the development of new medicines. Scandion’s lead compound SCO-101 is currently studying metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) in its Phase 2 CORIST trial, while the PANTAX Phase 1 program is developing SCO-101 for pancreatic cancer.
Scandion is based in Copenhagen and is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Sweden (ticker: SCOL). Västra Hamnen Corporate Finance is the Company's certified advisor on Nasdaq First North Growth Market.
Important information
The information in this press release does not contain or constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe or otherwise trade in shares or other securities in Scandion. No action has been taken and measures will not be taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdictions other than Denmark and Sweden.
This release is not a prospectus in accordance with the definition in the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (“Prospectus Regulation”) and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. 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 shares or other securities in Scandion. A prospectus has been prepared in connection with the Rights Issue and been reviewed and approved by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Dk. Finanstilsynet) which is the national competent authority in Denmark with regard to the Prospectus Regulation. In order for investors to fully understand the potential risks and benefits associated with a decision to participate in the Rights Issue, any investment decision should only be made based on the information in the prospectus. Thus, investors are encouraged to review the prospectus in its entirety. In accordance with article 2 k of the Prospectus Regulation this press release constitutes an advertisement.
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