Cynata Completes Oversubscribed Share Purchase Plan
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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
10 May 2023
Cynata Completes Oversubscribed Share Purchase Plan
Melbourne, Australia; 10 May 2023: Cynata Therapeutics Limited (ASX: “CYP”, “Cynata”, or the
“Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company specialising in cell therapeutics, is pleased to
announce that it has successfully completed an oversubscribed share purchase plan (“SPP”) following
the closing of the SPP on 8 May 2023 (“Closing Date”).
Key highlights
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Cynata has completed an SPP after a $5.0m placement announced to ASX on 6 April
2023 (“Placement”)
Valid applications received for ~$2.05 m worth of shares under the SPP
Total proceeds of ~$7.0m from the Placement and SPP will be used for the upcoming
phase 2 clinical trial in acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) and for working capital
In conjunction with the Placement, the Company announced an SPP to offer existing eligible
shareholders the opportunity to subscribe for up to $30,000 worth of new shares. Under the SPP, new
shares were offered at the lower of the Offer Price under the Placement, being $0.215, and the price
representing a 2.5% discount to the volume weighted average price of Shares during the five trading
days up to the Closing Date, rounded to the nearest half cent (without any brokerage costs).
As at the Closing Date, the Company had received valid applications for ~$2.05m worth of new shares
under the SPP. In accordance with the pricing mechanism described above, SPP shares have been
priced at $0.155 per share, representing a 2.5% discount to the volume weighted average price of
shares during the five trading days up to the Closing Date (i.e. $0.159768), rounded to the nearest half
cent.
The SPP sought to raise a maximum of $2.0 million and accordingly was oversubscribed by ~$0.05m.
As a result, the Board has determined to apply an equal scale-back of applications such that each
applicant will receive ~97.63% of the new shares they applied for. This will result in the issue of
12,903,296 of new shares under the SPP.
The new shares will be issued under the SPP on Thursday, 11 May 2023 and trading of the SPP shares
is expected to commence on Friday, 12 May 2023.
Participants in the SPP will receive free attaching options, with an exercise price of $0.30 and an expiry
date of 1 April 2025 (“Options”), on the basis of one Option for every two new shares subscribed for.
The Company will apply for quotation of the Options.
The issue of the Options is conditional on shareholder approval at the General Meeting to be held on
Thursday, 25 May 2023 and, if approved by shareholders, is expected to occur on Wednesday, 31 May
2023. The Company expects to issue a total of 6,451,687 Options to SPP participants.
A description of how the scale-back applies to the number of new shares and Options to be issued is
set out in the table below.
Cynata Therapeutics Limited
Level 3, 100 Cubitt Street, Cremorne, Victoria 3121, Australia
PO Box 7165, Hawthorn North, Victoria 3122
T: + 613 9824 5254 F: + 613 9822 7735 E: info@cynata.com
ABN - 98 104 037 372
Application
Size
Scale-back %
Scale-back
Amount
Refund
amount
Number
of Number
new shares
Options
$1,000
97.63%
$976.32
$23.68
6,299
3,150
$2,500
97.63%
$2,440.81
$59.19
15,748
7,874
$5,000
97.63%
$4,881.62
$118.38
31,495
15,748
$7,500
97.63%
$7,322.43
$177.57
47,242
23,621
$10,000
97.63%
$9,763.24
$236.76
62,989
31,495
$15,000
97.63%
$14,644.86
$355.14
94,483
47,242
$20,000
97.63%
$19,526.48
$473.52
125,978
62,989
$30,000
97.63%
$29,289.72
$710.28
188,966
94,483
of
The Company’s share registry will process refunds, by direct credit or cheque, on 15 May 2023.
The Board is grateful to be able to successfully complete the Placement and SPP in difficult market
conditions and particularly wishes to thank shareholders for their participation in the SPP.
-ENDSAuthorised for release by Dr Ross Macdonald, Managing Director & CEO
CONTACTS:
Dr Ross Macdonald, CEO, Cynata Therapeutics, +61 (0)412 119 343, ross.macdonald@cynata.com
Lauren Nowak, Media Contact, +61 (0)400 434 299, littlebigdealconsulting@gmail.com
About Cynata Therapeutics (ASX: CYP)
Cynata Therapeutics Limited (ASX: CYP) is an Australian clinical-stage stem cell and regenerative medicine
company focused on the development of therapies based on Cymerus™, a proprietary therapeutic stem cell
platform technology. Cymerus™ overcomes the challenges of other production methods by using induced
pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and a precursor cell known as mesenchymoangioblast (MCA) to achieve economic
manufacture of cell therapy products, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), at commercial scale without
the limitation of multiple donors.
Cynata’s lead product candidate CYP-001 met all clinical endpoints and demonstrated positive safety and
efficacy data for the treatment of steroid-resistant acute graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in a Phase 1 trial.
Planning for a Phase 2 clinical trial in GvHD under a cleared US FDA IND is presently underway. Clinical trials of
Cymerus products in osteoarthritis (Phase 3) and diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) are currently ongoing. In addition,
Cynata has demonstrated utility of its Cymerus technology in preclinical models of numerous diseases, including
the clinical targets mentioned above, as well as critical limb ischaemia, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, asthma,
heart attack, sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and cytokine release syndrome.
Cynata Therapeutics encourages all current investors to go paperless by registering their details with the
designated registry service provider, Automic Group.
Cynata Therapeutics Limited
Level 3, 100 Cubitt Street, Cremorne, Victoria 3121, Australia
PO Box 7165, Hawthorn North, Victoria 3122
T: + 613 9824 5254 F: + 613 9822 7735 E: info@cynata.com
ABN - 98 104 037 372
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