Oxurion announces subscription agreement with Atlas providing the company with up to €20 million in funding
Oxurion NV (Euronext Brussels: OXUR) a biopharmaceutical company developing next generation standard of care ophthalmic therapies, with clinical stage assets in vascular retinal disorders, announced today that it has entered into a Subscription Agreement for Convertible Bonds with Atlas Special Opportunities, LLC (the Investor), providing for up to €20 million in financing (the “Subscription Agreement”).
Under the terms of the Subscription Agreement, the Investor has committed to subscribe to up to €20 million in mandatorily convertible bonds over a 24-month period at Oxurion’s discretion. The conversion price is set at an eight percent discount to the average VWAP over the three lowest days in the ten consecutive trading days prior to the conversion notice. The Company will pay a fee of €800,000 in bonds, which will be issued together with the first tranche, raising the total amount of the available bonds to €20.8 million.
The funding will be provided in nine tranches, with the first tranche including a Part A of €2.8 million (including the fee) and Part B of €2 million, and subsequent tranches of €2 million each with a cool-down period of 22 trading days between tranches (except for between Part A and Part B of the first tranche where there is no cool down period).
Provided the conditions precedent are met, the decision to issue one or more tranches is at the discretion of the Company. Certain of the conditions precedents are not within the Company’s control, including that the Company’s total trading volume in the prior 22 trading days exceeds €1.5 million and that its average market capitalization exceeds €4 million (or €2 million for a €1 million tranche).
Tom Graney, CEO of Oxurion, said: “We appreciate the financial support and vote of confidence that Atlas has given us by entering into the Subscription Agreement, which will enable Oxurion to move forward in completing our Phase 2, Part B KALAHARI study of THR-149. THR-149 is a novel therapy for the up to 50% of patients who respond suboptimally to current standard of care treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema (DME). We are eager to have the opportunity potentially to demonstrate the efficacy of our therapy in addressing this large unmet need.”
Mustapha Raddi, Founder and Managing Partner of Atlas Capital Markets, said: “We are very excited to embark on this journey to partner with Oxurion to strengthen its balance sheet as we have recognized the strong potential of its lead clinical candidate THR-149. We are confident Oxurion’s management team will achieve remarkable milestones for patients around the world. Atlas has built a decade long track record of supporting European biotech companies; our aim is to be a reliable supporter of our biotech partners to deliver important scientific progress.”
Kreos/Pontifax amendment
In addition, Oxurion has amended the terms of its convertible bond loan agreement with Kreos Capital and Pontifax Ventures, originally signed on November 22, 2021 (amended on June 30, 2022), to reduce the Company’s debt by approximately €1 million by making a prepayment in exchange for a corresponding reduction in its cash covenant and other benefits.