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5 December 2024
Scancell Holdings plc
("Scancell" or the "Company")
Oversubscribed Placing upsized to
Scancell Holdings plc (AIM: SCLP), the developer of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, is pleased to announce, conditional on Admission, completion of a significantly oversubscribed placing and subscription as announced by the Company yesterday on 4 December 2024 (the "Launch Announcement").
A total of 97,467,141 Placing Shares have been placed by Panmure Liberum Limited ("Panmure Liberum") and WG Partners LLP ("WG Partners") at the Issue Price of 10.5 pence per Ordinary Share. Concurrently with the Placing, a Director of the Company has conditionally subscribed for 190,476 Subscription Shares pursuant to the Subscription at the Issue Price.
Together, the Placing Shares and the Subscription Shares in aggregate comprise 97,657,617 new Ordinary Shares, raising total gross proceeds of approximately
RETAIL OFFER
As announced yesterday, the Company also launched the Retail Offer through the Winterflood Retail Access Platform to raise up to approximately a further
Phil L'Huillier, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are pleased to have secured this additional funding, which will allow us to further progress our lead cancer vaccine, SCIB1, and the next generation iSCIB1+, whilst also extending our cash runway to H2 2026. The data generated to date from the SCOPE study, showing progression free survival of 80% with a 20% complete response rate, is very promising and gives us continued confidence in the potential of SCIB1 as a treatment for advanced melanoma. Our focus continues to be on its continued clinical development, and we are actively working on preparations for the next stage of development. I would like to thank our investors, new and existing, for their support, and we look forward to providing further updates on our pipeline in due course."
Related Party Transactions
Redmile Group, LLC ("Redmile") and Vulpes Investment Management ("Vulpes"), existing shareholders of the Company, have agreed to conditionally subscribe for 28,571,428 and 10,476,190 Placing Shares respectively, at the Issue Price, both of whom are considered to be related parties of the Company in accordance with Rule 13 of the AIM Rules for Companies by virtue of their status as substantial shareholders of the Company.
Additionally, Sath Nirmalananthan, a Director and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, who is deemed to be a related party pursuant to Rule 13 of the AIM Rules for Companies, has conditionally subscribed for 190,476 Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price as part of the Subscription (together, the "Related Party Transactions"):
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Redmile** |
268,616,936 |
28.9% |
28,571,429 |
297,188,364 |
28.66% |
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Vulpes |
117,729,029 |
12.7% |
10,476,190 |
128,205,219 |
12.37% |
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Sath Nirmalananthan |
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190,476 |
190,476 |
0.02% |
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* These numbers and percentages are calculated assuming that the Placing and the Subscription complete and the 9,523,809 Retail Offer Shares are issued under the Retail Offer and that none of the outstanding share options are exercised or Convertible Loan Notes are converted.
** excluding any potential conversion of the Convertible Loan Notes
Dr Jean-Michel Cosséry, Dr Phil L'Huillier, Professor Lindy Durrant, Susan Clement Davies and Dr Ursula Ney, being the Directors independent of the Related Party Transactions, having consulted with the Company's nominated adviser, Panmure Liberum, consider that the terms of the Related Party Transactions are fair and reasonable insofar as Shareholders are concerned.
Admission
An application has been made to London Stock Exchange plc for the Placing Shares and the Subscription Shares to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission and settlement of the Placing Shares, the Subscription Shares and such number of Retail Offer Shares as are subscribed for pursuant to the Retail Offer, will become effective and dealings in the Placing Shares and the Subscription Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on or around 10 December 2024. The Placing and the Subscription are conditional upon, among other things, Admission becoming effective.
The Placing Shares, the Subscription Shares and the Retail Offer Shares, when issued, will be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with the Company's then existing Ordinary Shares, including the right to receive all dividends and other distributions declared, made or paid on or in respect of such shares after the date of issue.
Panmure Liberum is acting as Joint Bookrunner, Joint Broker and Nominated Adviser in relation to the Placing and WG Partners is acting as Joint Bookrunner and Joint Broker in relation to the Placing.
Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meaning as defined in the Launch Announcement unless otherwise stated.
For the purposes of
For further information, please contact:
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Scancell Holdings plc |
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Phil L'Huillier, CEO |
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Professor Lindy Durrant, CSO Dr Jean-Michel Cosséry, Non-Executive Chairman +44 (0) 20 3709 5700
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Panmure Liberum Limited (Joint Bookrunner, Joint Broker and Nominated Advisor) |
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Emma Earl, Will Goode, Mark Rogers (Corporate Finance) |
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Rupert Dearden (Corporate Broking) +44 (0) 20 7886 2500 |
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WG Partners LLP (Joint Bookrunner and Joint Broker) David Wilson, Claes Spang, Satheesh Nadarajah, Erland Sternby +44 (0) 20 3705 9330
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ICR Healthcare |
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Mary-Jane Elliott, Angela Gray, Lindsey Neville +44 (0) 20 3709 5700 scancell@icrhealthcare.com
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Notes for Editors
About Scancell
Scancell is a clinical stage immunotherapy company that is leveraging its proprietary research, built up over many years of studying the human adaptive immune system, to generate novel medicines to treat significant unmet needs in cancer.
The Company is building a pipeline of innovative products by utilising its four technology platforms: Moditope® and ImmunoBody® for vaccines and GlyMab® and AvidiMab® for antibodies. Adaptive immune responses include antibodies and T cells (CD4 and CD8), both of which can recognise damaged or infected cells. In order to destroy such cancerous or infected cells, Scancell uses either vaccines to induce immune responses or monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to redirect immune cells or drugs.
The Company's approaches are that vaccines (ImmunoBody® and Moditope®) use unique receptors to target antigens to activated antigen presenting cells whereas its mAb portfolio targets glycans or sugars that are added onto proteins and / or lipids (GlyMab®) or enhances the potency of antibodies and their ability to directly kill tumour cells (AvidiMab®).
The Company's lead assets are the cancer vaccines, SCIB1 and the next generation iSCIB1+, which is being evaluated in a Phase 2 SCOPE trial for the treatment of advanced melanoma.
For further information about Scancell, please visit: https://www.Scancell.co.uk/
NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS BY PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND PERSONS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THEM
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Sath Nirmalananthan
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Scancell Holdings plc |
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Ordinary Shares of |
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Important Notice
This Announcement and the information contained in it is restricted and is not for release, publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in, into or from
This Announcement has been issued by, and is the sole responsibility, of the Company. No representation or warranty express or implied, is or will be made as to, or in relation to, and no responsibility or liability is or will be accepted by Panmure Liberum, WG Partners or by any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents as to or in relation to, the accuracy or completeness of this Announcement or any other written or oral information made available to or publicly available to any interested party or its advisers, and any liability therefore is expressly disclaimed. Neither Panmure Liberum nor WG Partners has authorised the contents of, or any part of, this Announcement.
Panmure Liberum, which is authorised and regulated in the
WG Partners, which is authorised and regulated in the
No public offering of New Ordinary Shares is being made in the
The information in this Announcement may not be forwarded or distributed to any other person and may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever. Any forwarding, distribution, reproduction, or disclosure of this information in whole or in part is unauthorised. Failure to comply with this directive may result in a violation of the Securities Act or the applicable laws of other jurisdictions.
There are matters set out within this Announcement that are forward-looking statements. Such statements are only predictions, and actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of important factors which could cause actual results to differ from forward-looking statements, refer to the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the period ended 30 April 2024. None of the Company, Panmure Liberum or WG Partners undertake any obligation to update publicly, or revise, forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Announcement. No statement in this Announcement is or is intended to be a profit forecast or profit estimate or to imply that the earnings of the Company for the current or future financial periods will necessarily match or exceed the historical or published earnings of the Company. The price of Ordinary Shares and the income from them may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of the Ordinary Shares.
It is expected that any New Ordinary Shares in the Company to be issued pursuant to the Capital Raise will not be admitted to trading on any stock exchange other than to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. This Announcement is not an offering document, prospectus, prospectus equivalent document or AIM admission document. It is expected that no offering document, prospectus, prospectus equivalent document or AIM admission document will be required in connection with the Capital Raise and no such document has been or will be prepared or submitted to be approved by the FCA or submitted to the London Stock Exchange in relation to the Capital Raise.
Neither the content of the Company's website nor any links on the Company's website is incorporated in, or forms part of, this Announcement.
Product Governance Disclaimer
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within the FCA Handbook Product Intervention and Product Governance Sourcebook (the "
For the avoidance of doubt, the
EU Product Governance Requirements
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the New Ordinary Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that the New Ordinary Shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "Target Market Assessment").
Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the New Ordinary Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the New Ordinary Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the New Ordinary Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the New Ordinary Shares. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, the Joint Bookrunners have only procured investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the New Ordinary Shares.
Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the New Ordinary Shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.
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