Capital/Financing Update • Nov 17, 2022
Capital/Financing Update
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Liege, Belgium, 17 November 2022 – 17:45 CET – Mithra (Euronext Brussels: MITRA), a company dedicated to Women's Health, today announces the issuance of a put option notice, according to the terms of the capital commitment agreement signed with LDA Capital Limited on April 24, 20201. Under the terms of this agreement extended in April 20222 , LDA Capital commits an amount of up to EUR 75 million in cash within a maximum of five years (until April 2025) in exchange for new ordinary shares in Mithra. This is the fifth put option notice related to this agreement3 . The first four drawings resulted in the issuance of 1,541,153 shares for a total amount of approximately EUR 21 million, leaving approximately EUR 54 million available to Mithra.
The completion of the capital increase is subject to the subscription of the new shares by LDA Capital, amounting to a maximum of 690,295 new shares, and for a maximum amount of EUR 3.7 million. The new shares will be issued at an issue price determined by the Volume Weighted Average Price (WVAP) of the Company's shares on Euronext Brussels during a period of 30 consecutive trading days, subject to certain adjustments specified in the capital commitment agreement.
Benoît Mathieu (IRO) : +32 473 35 80 18 – [email protected] Maud Vanderthommen (Press) : +32 473 58 61 04 – [email protected]
Mithra (Euronext: MITRA) is a Belgian biotech company dedicated to transforming Women's Health by offering new choices through innovation, with a particular focus on contraception and menopause. Mithra's goal is to develop products offering better efficacy, safety and convenience, meeting women's needs throughout their life span. Mithra explores the potential of the unique native estrogen estetrol in a wide range of applications in women health and beyond. After having successfully launched the first estetrol-based product in 2021, the contraceptive pill Estelle® , Mithra is now focusing on its second product Donesta® , the next-generation hormone therapy. Mithra also develops and manufactures complex therapeutics in the areas of contraception, menopause and hormonedependent cancers. It offers partners a complete spectrum of research, development and specialist manufacturing at its technological platform Mithra CDMO. Active in more than 100 countries around the world, Mithra has an approximate headcount of 300 staff members and is headquartered in Liège, Belgium. www.mithra.com
ESTELLE® , DONESTA® are registered trademarks of Mithra Pharmaceuticals or one of its affiliates.
1 Mithra's press release (24/04/2020)
2 Mithra's press release (18/04/2022)
3 The four previous draws took place respectively on May 29, 2020, July 2, 2020, December 20, 2021 and May 13, 2022
The contents of this announcement include statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the words "believes", "estimates," "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "may", "will", "plans", "continue", "ongoing", "potential", "predict", "project", "target", "seek" or "should", and include statements the Company makes concerning the intended results of its strategy. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. The Company's actual results may differ materially from those predicted by the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law.
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