Capital/Financing Update • Aug 22, 2022
Capital/Financing Update
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Liege, Belgium, 22 August 2022 – 17:45 CET – Mithra Pharmaceuticals SA (Euronext Brussels: MITRA) (the "Company" or "Mithra"), a company dedicated to Women's Health, today announces that, following the first drawdown by the Company under the loan facility concluded with funds managed by Highbridge Capital Management, LLC ("Highbridge") and funds managed by Whitebox Advisors, LLC ("Whitebox", and together with Highbridge, each a "Lender"), other portions of the loans were contributed in kind by the Lenders against the issuance of new shares.
Following the drawdown, other portions of the loans (including accrued interest, as relevant, and an option payment amount) were contributed in kind for an aggregate amount of EUR 4,829,523.30 through the issuance of 799,861 new shares at an issue price of respectively (i) EUR 6.03 per share for the 733,662 shares issued to the profit of Highbridge and (ii) EUR 6.08 per share for the 66,199 shares issued to the profit of Whitebox.
On August 8th 2022, the Company and the Lenders entered into a three-year term senior secured convertible facilities agreement for an amount of up to EUR 100,000,000, which can be drawn in three tranches. The first tranche of EUR 50,000,000 was drawn upon signing of the agreement. Following these last contributions in kind, the outstanding principal amount of the loans already drawn is EUR 38,850,000.00.
In accordance with article 15 of the Belgian Act of 2 May 2007 on the disclosure of major participations in issuers of which shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market and regarding miscellaneous provisions, following this capital increase's completion Mithra now has 52,643,560 outstanding shares carrying voting rights (against 51,843,669 outstanding shares carrying voting rights previously). Therefore, Mithra publishes the following updated information:
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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
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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