14:51 Wed 22 Jul 2020
Scancell Hlds - Result of Placing and Notice of General Meeting
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("Scancell" or the "Company")
Result of Placing
and
Notice of General Meeting
A total of 36,363,636 Placing Shares have been placed by
The Subscription Shares and Placing Shares to be issued represent approximately 27.3 per cent. of the Existing Ordinary Shares.
Dr
"We are delighted with the outcome of this fundraise and would like to thank our existing shareholders, especially Vulpes, for their continued support of Scancell's unique approach to fighting cancer and we look forward to welcoming the Redmile Funds as new shareholders. The monies raised will strengthen our balance sheet, providing the Company with further capital to support continuing partnering discussions for our antibody technology and initiate our planned future clinical trials for Modi-1 and SCIB1. The Company is currently experiencing an exciting evolution, including our efforts towards a vaccine for COVID-19, and we look forward to updating shareholders with future developments in due course."
Related Party Transaction
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On Admission |
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Number of Existing Ordinary Shares |
Percentage of Existing Ordinary Shares |
Number of Placing Shares subscribed for |
Number of Ordinary Shares* |
Percentage of Enlarged Issued Share Capital** |
Vulpes |
78,484,331 |
16.9% |
18,181,818 |
96,666,129* |
15.4 |
* see below regarding Vulpes' interest in the Convertible Loan Notes
** assuming the Open Offer is fully subscribed and excluding any potential conversion of the Convertible Loan Notes
In addition to the interest above in the Existing Ordinary Shares and the Placing Shares, Vulpes has subscribed for Convertible Loan Notes with a principal amount of
Circular, General Meeting, Admission and Shareholdings
Completion of the Capital Raise remains subject, inter alia, to the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting and to Admission. It is expected that Admission and dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence no later than
Assuming completion of the Subscription, the Placing and full take up of all Open
Upon Admission, the Subscription will result in the Redmile Funds having a holding of 90,909,090 Ordinary Shares and Convertible Loan Notes with a principal value of
A circular to Shareholders containing full details of the Open Offer and convening the General Meeting is expected to be posted by
Capitalised terms used in this announcement have the meaning as defined in the Placing Launch Announcement unless otherwise stated.
For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, the person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of the Company is
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Notes for Editors
About Scancell
Scancell is developing novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer based on its technology platforms, ImmunoBody®, Moditope® and AvidiMabTM, with four products in multiple cancer indications and development of a vaccine for COVID-19.
ImmunoBody® vaccines target dendritic cells and stimulate both parts of the cellular immune system. They have the potential to be used as monotherapy or in combination with checkpoint inhibitors and other agents. This platform has the potential to enhance tumour destruction, prevent disease recurrence and extend survival.
· SCIB1, the lead programme, is being developed for the treatment of melanoma. A phase 1/2 clinical trial has so far successfully demonstrated survival data of more than five years.
· SCIB2 is being developed for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and other solid tumours. Scancell has entered into a clinical development partnership with
COVIDITY: As COVID-19 research data emerges, it is becoming increasingly clear that the induction of potent and activated T cells may play a critical role in the development of long-term immunity and clearance of virus-infected cells. Scancell therefore plans to use its proven cancer vaccine concept to design a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Moditope® represents a completely new class of potent and selective immunotherapy agents based on stress-induced post-translational modifications (siPTM). It stimulates the production of killer CD4 T cells which overcome the immune suppression induced by tumours, allowing activated T cells to seek out and kill tumour cells that would otherwise be hidden from the immune system. Moditope® alone, or in combination with other agents, has the potential to treat a wide variety of cancers.
· Modi-1 is being developed for the treatment of solid tumours including triple negative breast cancer, ovarian cancer, renal cancer and head and neck cancer.
AvidiMab™ is a technology platform which increases the avidity of human antibodies by promoting non-covalent Fc-Fc interactions. This modification induces the direct tumour cell killing properties of Scancell's anti-glycan monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) but has broad potential to increase the avidity or potency of any therapeutic monoclonal antibody including those being developed for autoimmune diseases, as well as cancer
For further details, please see the Company's website: www.scancell.co.uk
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