Sedana Medical AB (publ) has completed a directed new share issue of approximately SEK 112 million directed to institutional investors

Sedana Medical AB (publ) (”Sedana Medical” or the ”Company”), today announces that the Company has successfully completed a directed new share issue of approximately SEK 112 million.

Press release 5 June 2018, at 08:00 (CET) 

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The board of directors of Sedana Medical has, based on the issue authorization granted by the annual general meeting on 22 May 2018, and as indicated in the Company’s press release on 4 June 2018, resolved on a directed new share issue of 1,728,053 new shares to institutional investors the (the “Private Placement”). The Private Placement was, among others, subscribed for by Handelsbanken Fonder, Norron Asset Management, Alfred Berg Kapitalförvaltning, Swedbank Robur and Cliens Kapitalförvaltning. The investors have been selected based on an accelerated book building procedure (the “Bookbuilding”) which has been carried out by the Company’s financial advisor Pareto Securities AB (“Pareto Securities”).

The subscription price in the Private Placement is set to SEK 65 and has been determined through the Bookbuilding. Through the Private Placement, Sedana Medical will raise approximately SEK 112 million before transaction costs. The subscription price constitutes a discount of approximately 3.0 per cent compared the closing price on 4 June 2018.

The net proceeds of the Private Placement will primarily be used to finance the initiation of a registration process of AnaConDa and IsoConDa in the U.S., and to further fund and accelerate the commercialization in Europe. The Board has decided that now is an opportune time to accelerate the US registration process due to the high level of interest they have received from US based Key Opinion Leaders and centres that could potentially be part of the clinical trials.

“The interest in Sedana Medical and our therapy within inhalation sedation for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care is high and the capital contribution improves our ability to initiate the work to reach market approval in the U.S. as well as to increase the prerequisites for a successful commercialization in Europe after the approval ", says Christer Ahlberg CEO of Sedana Medical AB (publ).

The Private Placement entails a dilution of approximately 9.1 percent of the number of shares and votes in the Company. Through the Private Placement, the number of outstanding shares and votes will increase by 1,728,053 from 17,280,538 to 19,008,591. The share capital will increase by approximately SEK 172,805.30 from SEK 1,728,053.80 to SEK 1,900,859.10.

The reason for deviating from the shareholders’ preferential rights by conducting a directed new share issue is to broaden the shareholder base and that a directed share issue means lower costs and a faster process which collectively and with sufficient strength indicate that it is in the Company’s and the shareholders’ interest that the new share issue is made with deviation from the shareholders’ preferential rights.

In order to facilitate the delivery of shares to the investors in connection with the Private Placement, as expected for 8 June 2018, two of the Company’s main owners and board members, Sten Gibeck and Bengt Julander (through Linc AB), have jointly lent 1,728,053 shares to Pareto Securities. The shares will be returned to Sten Gibeck and Linc AB after the Private Placement has been registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office.

As indicated in the Company’s press release on 4 June 2018, Bengt Julander (through Linc AB) acquired 80,000 shares, from the three board members Sten Gibeck, Mike Ryan and Ola Magnusson (through Magiola Consulting AB). Sten Gibeck and Magiola Consulting AB sold 20,000 shares each and Mike Ryan sold 40,000 shares. In connection with the Private Placement, a new lock-up period of 90 calendar days[1] will be entered into by the selling shareholders and the rest of the board of directors of Sedana Medical.

Advisers

Pareto Securities AB is acting sole manager and bookrunner in connection with the Offering. Roschier Advokatbyrå AB is legal adviser for the Company and for Pareto Securities in connection with the Private Placement. Erik Penser Bank AB is certified adviser for Sedana Medical.

For additional information, please contact: 

Christer Ahlberg, CEO, Sedana Medical AB

Mobile: +46 70 675 33 30, E-mail: Christer.ahlberg@sedanamedical.com

Thomas Eklund, Chairman, Sedana Medical AB

Mobile: +46 70 824 20 25, E-mail: Thomas.eklund@investorab.com

Sedana Medical is listed on Nasdaq First North in Stockholm and Erik Penser Bank (+46 8 463 83 00) is certified adviser to Sedana Medical. 

This information is such that Sedana Medical AB (publ) is obliged to disclose pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact persons above, on 5 June 2018 at 08:00 (CET).

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Sedana Medical AB (publ) has developed and sells the medical device AnaConDa, for the administration of volatile anaesthetics to mechanically ventilated patients. A major clinical registration study is currently ongoing to obtain market approval in Europe for inhalation sedation in intensive care units with the pharmaceutical IsoConDa® (isoflurane).

Sedana Medical has direct sales in the Nordic countries, Germany, France and Spain as well as external distributors in the rest of Europe, Canada, Australia and South Korea. The company headquarters are based in Stockholm, Sweden with R&D operations in Ireland.

Important information

This announcement is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy or subscribe for any securities issued by Sedana Medical AB (publ) (the "Company") in any jurisdiction where such offer or sale would be unlawful. In any EEA Member State that has implemented Directive 2003/71/EC as amended (together with any applicable implementing measures in any member State, the “Prospectus Directive”), the securities referred to in this release may only be offered (a) to any legal entity which is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive; or (b) in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive.

The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Africa or South Korea. This document does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, any securities in the United States. Any securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. 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 offering of the securities in the United States.

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” (as defined in section 86(7) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) and 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”). Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action on the basis of this document and should not act or rely on it.

No prospectus will be made available in connection with the matters contained in this announcement and no such prospectus is required (in accordance with the Prospectus Directive) to be published.

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 new shares. Any investment decision to buy or subscribe for new shares in the share issue must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information, which has not been independently verified by Pareto Securities (the "Manager"). The Manager is acting for the Company in connection with the transaction and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to its clients nor for giving advice in relation to the transaction or any other matter referred to herein.

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This announcement does not constitute an invitation to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any securities in any jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning any investor’s option with respect to the share issue. Each investor or prospective investor should conduct his, her or its own investigation, analysis and evaluation of the business and data described in this announcement and publicly available information. The price and value of securities can go down as well as up. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Neither the content of the Company's website nor any website accessible by hyperlinks on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this announcement.

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[1] The lock-up period will commence after the settlement date in the Private Placement.