NOXXON Secures EUR 17 Million Extension of Equity Linked Facility with Atlas to Advance NOX-A12 in Glioblastoma and Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Programs

BERLIN, December 29, 2021– (COMMERCIAL THREAD) – Regulatory news:
NOXXON Pharma NV (Euronext Growth Paris: ALNOX) (Paris: ALNOX), a biotechnology company focused on improving cancer treatments by targeting the tumor microenvironment (TME), today announced the extension of the agreement with Atlas Special Opportunities, LLC (ASO) for the additional supply of a maximum of ⬠17 million in equity-linked securities. In addition, NOXXON today issued 2,419 convertible bonds (including 44 convertible bonds issued under the transaction commission) for a total nominal amount of 2.419 million euros.
“This capital increase further strengthens the financial visibility of NOXXON and allows us to focus on achieving key operational goals, including completion of phase 1/2 of NOX-A12 GLORIA brain cancer, advancement of the arms GLORIA expansion testing additional combinations and the launch of two new studies: a Phase 2/3 pivotal phase in glioblastoma and a Phase 2 in pancreatic cancer. In addition, the Extended Capital Facility, if fully utilized, provides sufficient financing capacity to fund operations for substantially all of 2022, according to the current business plan,” said Bryan Jennings, CFO of NOXXON.
The flexible convertible bond agreement with ASO, originally disclosed on April 23, 2020 and amended on October 14, 2020, has now been amended again to increase its capacity. In total, 17 additional tranches with a nominal amount of ⬠1 million each will be added to the convertible bond when NOXXON draws the nominal amount currently available. The total remaining nominal capacity of the vehicle before this extension and today’s issuance amounts to ⬠10.45 million. Availability under the amended facility, including the extension of ⬠17 million, was ⬠27.5 million prior to today’s issuance.
All the characteristics, terms and conditions of the financing can be found in the 23 april, and October 14, 2020 press releases relating to the agreement and the dilutive potential of this latter amendment in the appendix to this press release. NOXXON maintains a summary table of convertible bonds issued in the Investors section of its website.
About NOXXON
NOXXON’s oncology-focused pipeline acts on the tumor microenvironment (TME) and the cancer immunity cycle by breaking down the tumor protective barrier and blocking tumor repair. By neutralizing the chemokines in TME, NOXXON’s approach works in combination with other forms of treatment to weaken tumor defenses against the immune system and allow greater therapeutic impact. NOXXON’s main program, NOX-A12, provided the final revenue data of a Keytruda® combined trial in patients with metastatic colorectal and pancreatic cancer published at the ESMO conference in September 2020 and July 2021, the company announced its phase 2 study, OPTIMUS, to further assess safety and efficacy NOX-A12 in combination with Keytruda from Merck® and two different chemotherapy regimens as second-line treatment in patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer. NOXXON is also studying NOX-A12 in brain cancer in combination with radiation therapy, which has been granted orphan drug status in the US and EU for the treatment of certain brain cancers. GLORIA, a trial of NOX-A12 in combination with radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed brain cancer who will not clinically benefit from standard chemotherapy, provided interim data from the first two cohorts showing consistent tumor reductions and objective tumor responses. The Company’s second clinical-stage active, NOX-E36, is a phase 2 TME active targeting the innate immune system. NOXXON plans to test NOX-E36 in patients with solid tumors. Further information can be found at: www.noxxon.com.
Keytruda® is a registered trademark of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
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About the GLORIA study
GLORIA (NCT04121455) is the phase 1/2 dose escalation study of NOXXON of NOX-A12 in combination with irradiation in patients with first-line glioblastoma (brain cancer) with a non-MGMT promoter. methylated (resistant to standard chemotherapy).
About the OPTIMUS study
OPTIMUS (NCT04901741) is NOXXON’s open-label, two-arm phase 2 study of NOX-A12 in combination with pembrolizumab and nanoliposomal irinotecan / 5-FU / leucovorin or gemcitabine / nab-paclitaxel in patients with ‘stable microsatellite metastatic pancreatic cancer.
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ANNEX
Table: Dilution potential of the convertible bond vehicle assuming a conversion price of ⬠0.27 per share |
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The description |
Price per |
Number of bonds |
Actions |
Nominal value |
Dilution |
Shareholder |
|
Existing Medium Tranche vehicle |
⬠0.27 |
475 |
1,759,259 |
⬠475,000 |
6.60% |
0.93% |
|
New installment of |
⬠0.27 |
1000 |
3,703,703 |
⬠1,000,000 |
12.95% |
0.87% |
|
The 17 new installments |
⬠0.27 |
17,000 |
62 962 962 |
⬠17,000,000 |
71.67% |
0.28% |
|
Conversion of all remaining un-called tranches and 17 New Tranches |
⬠0.27 |
27,450 |
101 666 666 |
⬠27,450,000 |
80.33% |
0.20% |
|
* Rounded up to simplify the presentation of amounts not used due to odd lots. |
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** The percentages indicated only take into account the dilutive effect of the transaction (s) specified in the Description column of the same row; these percentages are not cumulative with the lines above. |
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