Ziccum intends to resolve on a rights issue of approximately SEK 30 million and raises a bridge loan

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The Board of Directors of Ziccum AB (publ) (“Ziccum” or the “Company”) announces today its intention to carry out a new issue of shares and warrants (“Units”) with pre-emption rights for the Company’s shareholders (the”Rights Issue”). The Board of Directors intends to publish a notice to an extraordinary general meeting planned to be held on 8 November 2024, to grant the Board of Directors an authorization to resolve on the Rights Issue and for the adoption of new articles of association. Each Unit consists of one (1) share and one (1) warrant free of charge of series TO 6 (“Warrants”). Upon full subscription in the Rights issue, the Company will initially receive approximately SEK 30 million in issue proceeds before issue costs. In connection with the Rights Issue, the Company has received subscription and guarantee undertakings amounting up to a total of approximately SEK 11.6 million, corresponding up to approximately 39 percent of the Rights Issue. The issue proceeds will primarily be used to further the technological development of LaminarPace®. To secure the Company’s liquidity needs until the completion of the Rights Issue, the Company has secured a SEK 6.5 million bridge loan from VIFC Nordic AB and Dariush Hosseinian.

Jonas Ekblom, Chairman of Ziccum says:

“A concentrated effort in technology and business advancement has brought Ziccum to this gateway. It is important to recognize that the attractive value potential of Ziccum depends on further investments into our platform. In this regard, we feel confident about our continued ability to advance the LaminarPace® technology. After careful evaluation of the company’s prospective capital needs and capital structure, Ziccum’s board has concluded that it is in the shareholders’ best interest to secure additional financing for such efforts. Although there is a financing agreement with American investor GCF, there is a strong preference of GCF to not exceed a 10% ownership threshold in Ziccum, motivating this capital raise.”

The Rights Issue in brief

  • The Rights Issue is comprised of Units and will initially, if fully subscribed, provide Ziccum with approximately SEK 30 million before issue costs. Each Unit will consist of one (1) share and one (1) Warrant. The Warrants are intended to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market.
  • The Board of Directors’ resolution on the Rights Issue, including the subscription price, increase of the share capital and number of shares and warrants issued, is intended to be announced no later than 14 November 2024. The subscription price is intended to be set based on a discount to TERP (theoretical share price after separation of unit rights) of approximately 30 percent based on the volume-weighted average share price of the Company’s share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market during the period from and including 1 November 2024 up to and including 14 November 2024 (the “Subscription Price”), however not less than the quota value of the share.
  • Provided that the authorization is granted by the extraordinary general meeting on 8 November 2024, the record date for the Rights Issue is expected to be 22 November 2024 and the subscription period is expected to run from and including 26 November 2024 up to and including 10 December 2024.
  • A number of the Company’s existing shareholders, including all members of the Company’s Board of Directors and management, have undertaken to subscribe for Units amounting to approximately SEK 0.3 million, which corresponds to approximately 1 percent of the Rights Issue. In addition, the Company has received guarantee undertakings from a consortium of external investors amounting to a total of approximately SEK 11.3 million, corresponding to approximately 38 percent of the Rights Issue. The Rights Issue is thus covered by subscription and guarantee undertakings amounting up to approximately 39 percent of the Rights Issue.
  • One (1) Warrant entitles the holder, during the exercise period from and including 4 February 2025 up to and including 18 February 2025, to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company at a subscription price per share amounting to 70 percent of the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market during the period from and including 17 January 2025 up to and including 30 January 2025, however, not less than the quota value of the share and not more than 125 percent of the Subscription Price in the Rights Issue. Thus, the Company may receive additional proceeds in February 2025 if the Warrants are exercised for subscription of new shares.
  • The full terms and conditions of the Rights Issue, along with information about the Company, will be presented in a prospectus which is expected to be published on or around 20 November 2024.
  • To secure the Company’s liquidity needs until the completion of the Rights Issue, the Company has secured a SEK 6.5 million bridge loan from VIFC Nordic AB and Dariush Hosseinian.

Background and purpose
Ziccum is a Swedish pharmaceutical technology platform company. Ziccum develops LaminarPace®, a unique technology for formulating and drying biological drugs and vaccines at room temperature. The method is based on mass transfer instead of heat transfer. By reducing the stress that the active substance is exposed to during drying with traditional methods, LaminarPace® offers an opportunity to produce thermostable biological drugs with particle technology in a robust dry powder preparation meeting high pharmaceutical quality specifications. The conversion to robust, dry powder forms enables significant cost savings in all phases of development, manufacturing, handling, transport and administration of the pharmaceutical product. The dry pharmaceutical forms are ideally suited to new dosage forms. The technology has been successfully applied to mRNA, peptides, proteins, antibodies, lipids and enzymes, as well as excipients and adjuvants, and is well suited for industrial applications.

Application of LaminarPace® offers an important possibility for particle engineering, to generate drug product particles with precise, desired properties, unlike other existing drying technologies. The powder can be engineered for adequate drug inhalation properties. This particle engineering possibility has been proven also for mRNA/LNP material, generally considered near impossible to engineer for inhalation. Inhalable mRNA/LNP offers increased storage stability compared to liquid formulations and simplified and preferred patient administration avoiding injections. Inhalable mRNA/LNP therapies are not available on the market today. In August 2024, the Company also published results from Ziccum’s internal development where a special effect has been discovered for certain lipid compositions, where the mRNA activity of the drug product is not only preserved but significantly increased after LaminarPace® treatment. The effect is being studied by measuring protein expression in live cells treated with mRNA.

Following the appointment of the new CEO Ann Gidner in May 2022, a new focused business strategy was implemented, which is based on a technology licensing business model. Following the implementation of the new strategy, a broad pipeline of customer dialogues has been created with revenue generation through paid feasibility studies. Four feasibility studies were signed in 2023/H1 2024, demonstrating progress and delivery under the new business model.

It is the Company’s assessment that the existing working capital is not sufficient for the current needs during the coming twelve-month period. The Company believes that the capital raised through the Rights Issue will enable continued progress for the Company through the completion of ongoing projects, the establishment of new projects (through continued industry dialogues), the generation of additional milestone data through studies and collaborative projects and the strengthening of intellectual property rights and, ultimately, work for licensing agreements.

Upon full subscription in the Rights Issue, the Company will raise approximately SEK 30 million before issue costs. The costs related to the Rights Issue are estimated to amount to a maximum of SEK 4 million upon full subscription, of which approximately SEK 1.5 million is attributable to guarantee compensation. The expected net proceeds from the Rights Issue, upon full subscription, are thus estimated to amount to approximately SEK 26 million. The net proceeds, after repayment of the bridge loans, are intended to be used for the following purposes, listed in order of priority and with an approximate share indicated in brackets:

  • Technology development of LaminarPace® to commercial scale and GMP production and expansion of current capacity (80 percent)
    • A prerequisite for being an attractive licence partner is to be able to offer an industrial version of LaminarPace® suitable for commercial scale and GMP production. Ziccum is running two projects for this purpose. The first is the LaminarPace® Master plan, an internal technology development project that refines and optimises LaminarPace® and its capabilities. The second project is LaPaSim, where Ziccum is using leading expertise from the ICP Institute of computational physics at the Zurich University of Technology (ZHAW). The 3D modelling is performed to build a complete digital model of the LaminarPace® process, optimise design and process parameters, explore optimal capacity loads and create a digital twin ready for tech transfer to licensees.
  • Pipeline expansion, adding additional projects and partners to the project portfolio. Project development, continued work and progress on existing projects, and data generation in the form of data from ongoing and future projects with partners (20 percent)
    • Ongoing external feasibility studies, as well as ongoing internal data generation, are crucial for the continued quality, pace and volume of business development. It is of great importance to ensure continued strong efforts to build up data proving the applicability of the LaminarPace® technology. The commercialisation of the valuable LaminarPace® offering has been successfully launched and according to the Company has received global attention. The primary data generation will consist of factorial experiments with LaminarPace® runs to select optimal process parameters, followed by animal experiments with selected materials to investigate further typical preclinical parameters.

In February 2025, the Company may receive additional proceeds if the Warrants issued in the Rights Issue are exercised for subscription of shares. The proceeds from the exercise of Warrants are intended to be used with a corresponding allocation as for the proceeds in the Rights Issue.

Terms and conditions of the Rights Issue
The Board of Directors has today resolved on the intention to carry out the Rights Issue. Through the Rights Issue, Ziccum may receive initial issue proceeds of approximately SEK 30 million, excluding the additional proceeds that may be received upon exercise of the Warrants that are issued in the Rights Issue. Those who are registered as shareholders in the Company on the record date 22 November 2024 are expected to be entitled to subscribe for units with pre-emption rights. 
 
The Board of Directors’ resolution on the Rights Issue, including the subscription price, increase of the share capital and number of shares and warrants issued, is intended to be announced no later than 14 November 2024. Each Unit will consist of one (1) share and one (1) Warrant. The subscription price is intended to be set based on a discount to TERP (theoretical share price after separation of unit rights) of approximately 30 percent based on the volume-weighted average share price of the Company’s share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market during the period from and including 1 November 2024 up to and including 14 November 2024, however, not less than the quota value of the share.

Provided that the authorization is granted by the extraordinary general meeting on 8 November, the record date for the Rights Issue is expected to be 22 November 2024 and the subscription period is expected to run from and including 26 November 2024 up to and including 10 December 2024.

One (1) Warrant entitles the holder, during the exercise period from and including 4 February 2025 up to and including 18 February 2025, to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company at a subscription price per share amounting to 70 percent of the volume-weighted average price of the Company’s share on Nasdaq First North Growth Market during the period from and including 17 January 2025 up to and including 30 January 2025, however, not less than the quota value of the share and not more than 125 percent of the Subscription Price in the Rights Issue. Thus, the Company may receive additional proceeds in February 2025 if the Warrants are exercised for subscription of new shares. The Warrants are intended to be admitted to trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market.

Allocation principles
In the event that not all Units are subscribed for with unit rights, the Board of Directors shall, within the limits of the maximum amount of the Rights Issue, resolve on allotment of Units subscribed for without unit rights. Allotment shall then be made in accordance with the following allocation principles.

  • Firstly, allotment shall be made to those who have subscribed for Units with the support of unit rights, regardless of whether the subscriber was a shareholder on the record date or not, pro rata in relation to the number of unit rights exercised for subscription and, to the extent this cannot be done, by drawing lots.
  • Secondarily, allocation shall be made to others who have applied for subscription without unit rights. In the event that these cannot receive full allotment, allotment shall be made pro rata in relation to the number of shares for which each person has applied for subscription and, to the extent this cannot be done, by drawing lots.
  • Thirdly and finally, any remaining shares shall be allocated to the parties that have undertaken to guarantee the Rights Issue, in proportion to the guarantee undertakings made.

Subscription and guarantee undertakings
A number of the Company’s existing shareholders, including all members of the Company’s Board of Directors and management, have undertaken to subscribe for Units amounting to approximately SEK 0.3 million, which corresponds to approximately 1 percent of the Rights Issue. In addition, the Company has received guarantee undertakings from a consortium of external investors amounting to a total of approximately SEK 11.3 million, corresponding to approximately 38 percent of the Rights Issue. The Rights Issue is thus covered by subscription and guarantee undertakings amounting up to approximately 39 percent of the Rights Issue.

No compensation is paid for the subscription undertakings. Compensation for the guarantee undertakings is paid with thirteen (13) percent of the guaranteed amount in cash or fifteen (15) percent of the guaranteed amount in the form of newly issued units in the Company, with the same terms and conditions as for Units in the Rights Issue, however, the subscription price per unit shall correspond to the Subscription Price in the Rights Issue. The subscription and guarantee undertakings are not secured through bank guarantees, restricted funds, pledged assets or similar arrangements.

A subscription of units in the Rights Issue (other than by exercising pre-emption rights) which result in an investor acquiring a shareholding corresponding to or exceeding a threshold of ten (10) percent or more of the total number of votes in the Company following the completion of the Rights Issue, must prior to the investment be filed with the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (Sw. Inspektionen för strategiska produkter). To the extent any guarantors’ fulfilment of their guarantee commitment entails that the investment must be approved by the Inspectorate of Strategic Products in accordance with the Swedish Screening of Foreign Direct Investments Act (Sw. lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar), such part of the guarantee is conditional upon notification that the application of the transaction is left without action or that approval has been obtained from the Inspectorate of Strategic Products.

Indicative timetable for the Rights Issue

20 November 2024 Expected date for the publication of the prospectus
20 November 2024 Last day of trading in the share including the right to receive unit rights
21 November 2024 First day of trading in the share excluding the right to receive unit rights
22 November 2024 Record date for participation in the Rights Issue
26 November – 5 December 2024 Trading in unit rights
26 November – 10 December 2024 Subscription period
26 November – around 31 December 2024 Trading in BTUs (paid subscribed units)

Lock-up agreements
In connection with the Rights Issue, all shareholding members of the Board of Directors and management in Ziccum have undertaken towards Vator Securities AB, subject to customary exceptions, not to sell or carry out other transactions with a similar effect as a sale unless, in each individual case, first having obtained written approval from Vator Securities AB. Decisions to give such written consent are resolved upon by Vator Securities AB and an assessment is made in each individual case. Consent may depend on both individual and business reasons. The lock-up undertakings only cover the shares held prior to the Rights Issue and the lock-up period lasts for 180 days after the announcement of the Rights Issue.  

Extraordinary General Meeting
The Board of Directors’ resolution on the Rights Issue is subject to an extraordinary general meeting resolving to grant the Board of Directors an authorization to issue shares and warrants and to adopt new articles of association. The extraordinary general meeting is planned to be held on 8 November 2024 and the notice will be published through a separate press release.

Bridge loans
To secure the Company’s liquidity needs until the completion of the Rights Issue, the Company has entered into agreements on bridge loans from VIFC Nordic AB and Dariush Hosseinian of a total of approximately SEK 6.5 million. The bridge loans have an arrangement fee of 5 percent of the loan amount and carries an interest rate of initially 1.25 percent per month and shall be repaid with the proceeds from the Rights Issue.

Prospectus
The full terms and conditions of the Rights Issue, along with information about the Company, will be presented in a prospectus (available in Swedish only), which is expected to be published on the Company’s website on or around 20 November 2024.

Advisors
Vator Securities AB is acting as financial advisor and issuing agent and Fredersen Advokatbyrå AB is acting as legal advisor to Ziccum in connection with the Rights Issue.

Important information
The information in this press release does not contain or constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe or otherwise trade in units, shares, warrants or other securities in Ziccum. No action has been taken and measures will not be taken to permit a public offering in any jurisdictions other than Sweden. Any invitation to the persons concerned to subscribe for units, shares or warrants in Ziccum will only be made through the prospectus that Ziccum estimates to publish on or around 20 November 2024 on Ziccum’s website. The upcoming approval of the prospectus by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority shall not be regarded as an approval of the Company’s shares, warrants or any other securities. This press release is not a prospectus in accordance with the definition in the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (“Prospectus Regulation”) and has not need approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. This announcement does not identify or suggest, or purport to identify or suggest, the risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in shares, warrants or other securities in Ziccum. In order for investors to fully understand the potential risks and benefits associated with a decision to participate in the Rights Issue, any investment decision should only be made based on the information in the Prospectus. Thus, investors are encouraged to review the Prospectus in its entirety.

The publication, announcement or distribution of this press release may, in certain jurisdictions, be subject to legal restrictions and persons in the jurisdictions where this press release has been published or distributed should inform themselves about and observe such legal restrictions. The recipient of this press release is responsible for using this press release and the information contained herein in accordance with the applicable rules in each jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire or subscribe for any securities in Ziccum in any jurisdiction, neither from Ziccum nor from anyone else.

This press release does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ”Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of such securities in the United States. The information contained in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, Belarus or any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of this information would be contrary to applicable law or where such action is subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than those required by Swedish law. Actions in contravention of this guidance may constitute a breach of applicable securities laws.

The Company considers that it carries out protection-worthy activities under the Swedish Screening of Foreign Direct Investments Act (Sw. lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar) (the FDI Act”). According to the FDI Act, the Company must inform presumptive investors that the Company’s activities may fall under the regulation and that the investment may be subject to mandatory filing. If an investment is subject to mandatory filing, it must prior to its completion, be filed with the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (the ISP). investor should consult an independent legal adviser on the possible application of the Swedish FDI Act in relation to the participation in the Rights Issue by the individual investor.

Forward-looking statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s intentions, beliefs or expectations regarding the Company’s future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, anticipated growth, strategies and opportunities and the markets in which the Company operates. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate to historical facts and can be identified by the fact that they contain expressions such as ”believes”, ”expects”, ”anticipates”, ”intends”, ”estimates”, ”will”, ”may”, ”assumes”, ”should”, ”could” and, in each case, negatives thereof, or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on various assumptions, many of which are based on additional assumptions. Although the Company believes that the assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will materialise or that they are accurate. Because these assumptions are based on assumptions or estimates and are subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release. The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this press release are correct and any reader of this press release should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements expressed or implied herein speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to change. Neither the Company nor anyone else undertakes to review, update, confirm or publicly announce any revision to any forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this press release, unless required by law or applicable listing rules.

Ziccum avser att genomföra en företrädesemission om cirka 30 miljoner kronor och upptar brygglån

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Styrelsen för Ziccum AB (publ) ("Ziccum" eller "Bolaget") offentliggör idag sin avsikt att genomföra en nyemission av aktier och teckningsoptioner ("Units") med företrädesrätt för Bolagets aktieägare ("Företrädesemissionen"). Styrelsen avser att offentliggöra en kallelse till en extra bolagsstämma planerad att hållas den 8 november 2024, för att ge styrelsen bemyndigande att besluta om Företrädesemissionen och för antagande av en ny bolagsordning. Varje Unit består av en (1) aktie och en (1) vederlagsfri teckningsoption av serie TO 6 ("Teckningsoptionerna"). Vid full teckning i Företrädesemissionen kommer Bolaget initialt att tillföras cirka 30 miljoner kronor i emissionslikvid före emissionskostnader. I samband med Företrädesemissionen har Bolaget erhållit tecknings- och garantiåtaganden uppgående till totalt cirka 11,6 miljoner kronor, motsvarande upp till cirka 39 procent av Företrädesemissionen. Emissionslikviden kommer i första hand att användas för att fortsätta den tekniska utvecklingen av LaminarPace®. För att säkerställa Bolagets likviditetsbehov fram till dess att Företrädesemissionen slutförts har Bolaget säkrat brygglån om 6,5 miljoner kronor från VIFC Nordic AB och Dariush Hosseinian.

Jonas Ekblom, styrelseordförande i Ziccum, säger:

”En koncentrerad satsning på teknik- och affärsutveckling har tagit Ziccum till denna nyckelposition. Det är viktigt att inse att Ziccums stora värdepotential är beroende av ytterligare investeringar i vår plattform. I detta avseende känner vi oss trygga med vår fortsatta förmåga att utveckla LaminarPace®-teknologin. Efter en noggrann utvärdering av bolagets framtida kapitalbehov och kapitalstruktur har Ziccums styrelse kommit fram till att det ligger i aktieägarnas bästa intresse att säkra ytterligare finansiering för sådana satsningar. Även om det finns ett finansieringsavtal med den amerikanska investeraren GCF, finns det en stark preferens hos GCF att inte överskrida en ägarandel om 10% i Ziccum, vilket motiverar denna kapitalanskaffning.”

Sammanfattning av Företrädesemissionen

  • Företrädesemissionen består av Units och kommer initialt, vid full teckning, att tillföra Ziccum cirka 30 miljoner kronor före emissionskostnader. Varje Unit kommer att bestå av en (1) aktie och en (1) Teckningsoption. Teckningsoptionerna avses att tas upp till handel på Nasdaq First North Growth Market.
  • Styrelsens beslut om Företrädesemissionen, innefattande teckningskurs, ökning av aktiekapitalet och antal aktier och teckningsoptioner som emitteras, avses offentliggöras senast den 14 november 2024. Teckningskursen avses fastställas baserat på en rabatt till TERP (teoretisk aktiekurs efter avskiljande av uniträtter) om cirka 30 procent baserat på den volymvägda genomsnittliga aktiekursen för Bolagets aktie på Nasdaq First North Growth Market under perioden från och med den 1 november 2024 till och med den 14 november 2024 ("Teckningskursen"), dock ej lägre än aktiens kvotvärde.
  • Förutsatt att bemyndigandet godkänns av den extra bolagsstämman den 8 november 2024 förväntas avstämningsdagen för Företrädesemissionen vara den 22 november 2024 och teckningsperioden förväntas löpa från och med den 26 november 2024 till och med den 10 december 2024.
  • Ett antal av Bolagets befintliga aktieägare, inklusive samtliga medlemmar i Bolagets styrelse och ledning, har åtagit sig att teckna Units uppgående till cirka 0,3 miljoner kronor, vilket motsvarar cirka 1 procent av Företrädesemissionen. Därutöver har Bolaget erhållit garantiåtaganden från ett konsortium av externa investerare uppgående till totalt cirka 11,3 miljoner kronor, motsvarande cirka 38 procent av Företrädesemissionen. Företrädesemissionen omfattas således av tecknings- och garantiåtaganden uppgående till cirka 39 procent av Företrädesemissionen.
  • En (1) Teckningsoption ger innehavaren rätt att under perioden från och med den 4 februari 2025 till och med den 18 februari 2025 teckna en (1) ny aktie i Bolaget till en teckningskurs per aktie uppgående till 70 procent av den volymvägda genomsnittskursen för Bolagets aktie på Nasdaq First North Growth Market under perioden från och med den 17 januari 2025 till och med den 30 januari 2025, dock lägst aktiens kvotvärde och högst 125 procent av Teckningskursen i Företrädesemissionen. Bolaget kan således komma att tillföras ytterligare medel i februari 2025 om Teckningsoptionerna utnyttjas för teckning av nya aktier.
  • De fullständiga villkoren för Företrädesemissionen, tillsammans med information om Bolaget, kommer att presenteras i ett prospekt som förväntas offentliggöras omkring den 20 november 2024.
  • För att säkerställa Bolagets likviditetsbehov fram till dess att Företrädesemissionen slutförts har Bolaget säkrat brygglån om 6,5 miljoner kronor från VIFC Nordic AB och Dariush Hosseinian.

Bakgrund och syfte
Ziccum är ett svenskt plattformsföretag inom läkemedelsteknologi. Ziccum utvecklar LaminarPace®, en unik teknologi för formulering och torkning av biologiska läkemedel och vacciner vid rumstemperatur. Metoden är baserad på massöverföring istället för värmeöverföring. Genom att minska den stress som den aktiva substansen utsätts för vid torkning med traditionella metoder, erbjuder LaminarPace® en möjlighet att producera termostabila biologiska läkemedel med skräddarsydda partikelegenskaper i en robust torrpulverberedning som uppfyller läkemedelsindustrin höga kvalitetsspecifikationer. Omvandlingen till robusta, torra pulverformer möjliggör betydande kostnadsbesparingar i alla faser av utveckling, tillverkning, hantering, transport och patientadministrering av läkemedlet. De torra läkemedelsformerna lämpar sig utmärkt för nya doseringsformer. Tekniken har framgångsrikt tillämpats på mRNA, peptider, proteiner, antikroppar, lipider och enzymer, samt hjälpämnen och adjuvanser, och lämpar sig väl för industriella tillämpningar.

Användning av LaminarPace® ger en viktig möjlighet till skräddarsydda partikelegenskaper, för att generera läkemedelspartiklar med exakta, önskade egenskaper, till skillnad från andra befintliga torktekniker. Pulvret kan konstrueras för att ge inhalationsegenskaper för läkemedlet. Denna möjlighet till partikelteknik har även visat sig gälla för mRNA/LNP-material, som i allmänhet anses vara nära nog omöjligt att tillämpa för inhalation. Inhalerbart mRNA/LNP erbjuder ökad lagringsstabilitet jämfört med flytande formuleringar och förenklad och föredragen patientbehandling som undviker injektioner. Inhalerbara mRNA/LNP-terapier finns inte tillgängliga på marknaden idag. I augusti 2024 publicerade Bolaget också resultat från Ziccums interna utveckling där en speciell effekt har upptäckts för vissa lipidkompositioner, där mRNA-aktiviteten hos läkemedelsprodukten inte bara bevaras utan ökar signifikant efter behandling med LaminarPace®. Effekten studeras genom att mäta proteinuttryck i levande celler som behandlats med mRNA.

Efter utnämningen av den nya VD:n Ann Gidner i maj 2022 implementerades en ny fokuserad affärsstrategi, som bygger på en affärsmodell för tekniklicensiering. Efter implementeringen av den nya strategin har en bred pipeline av kunddialoger skapats med intäktsgenerering genom betalda genomförbarhetsstudier. Fyra genomförbarhetsstudier tecknades under 2023/H1 2024, vilket visar på goda framsteg och leverans enligt den nya affärsmodellen.

Det är Bolagets bedömning att det befintliga rörelsekapitalet inte är tillräckligt för de aktuella behoven under den kommande tolvmånadersperioden. Bolaget bedömer att det kapital som tillförs genom Företrädesemissionen kommer att möjliggöra fortsatta framsteg för Bolaget genom färdigställande av pågående projekt, etablering av nya projekt (genom fortsatta branschdialoger), generering av ytterligare milstolpedata genom studier och samarbetsprojekt samt stärkande av immateriella rättigheter och, i förlängningen, arbete för licensavtal.

Vid full teckning i Företrädesemissionen tillförs Bolaget cirka 30 miljoner kronor före emissionskostnader. Kostnaderna relaterade till Företrädesemissionen beräknas uppgå till högst 4 miljoner kronor vid full teckning, varav cirka 1,5 miljoner kronor är hänförliga till garantiersättning. Den förväntade nettolikviden från Företrädesemissionen, vid full teckning, beräknas således uppgå till cirka 26 miljoner kronor. Nettolikviden, efter återbetalning av brygglånen, avses att användas för följande ändamål, listade i prioritetsordning och med en ungefärlig andel angiven inom parentes:

  • Teknikutveckling av LaminarPace® till kommersiell skala och GMP-produktion samt utbyggnad av nuvarande kapacitet (80 procent)
    • En förutsättning för att vara en attraktiv licenspartner är att kunna erbjuda en industriell version av LaminarPace® som lämpar sig för kommersiell skala och GMP-produktion. Ziccum driver två projekt för detta ändamål. Det första är LaminarPace® Master plan, ett internt teknikutvecklingsprojekt som förfinar och optimerar LaminarPace® och dess möjligheter. Det andra projektet är LaPaSim, där Ziccum använder sig av ledande expertis från ICP Institute of computational physics vid Zürichs tekniska universitet (ZHAW). 3D-modelleringen utförs för att bygga en komplett digital modell av LaminarPace®-processen, optimera design- och processparametrar, utforska optimala kapacitetsbelastningar och skapa en digital tvilling redo för tekniköverföring till licenstagare.
  • Expansion av pipeline, tillägg av ytterligare projekt och partners till projektportföljen. Projektutveckling, fortsatt arbete och framsteg i befintliga projekt samt datagenerering i form av data från pågående och framtida projekt med partners (20 procent)
    • Pågående externa genomförbarhetsstudier, liksom pågående intern datagenerering, är avgörande för den fortsatta kvaliteten, takten och volymen i affärsutvecklingen. Det är av stor vikt att säkerställa fortsatt kraftfulla insatser för att bygga upp data som bevisar tillämpbarheten av LaminarPace®-tekniken. Kommersialiseringen av det värdefulla erbjudandet LaminarPace® har framgångsrikt lanserats och har enligt Bolaget fått global uppmärksamhet. Den primära datagenereringen kommer att bestå av faktoriella experiment med LaminarPace®-körningar för att välja optimala processparametrar, följt av djurförsök med utvalda material för att undersöka ytterligare typiska prekliniska parametrar.

I februari 2025 kan Bolaget komma att tillföras ytterligare medel om de Teckningsoptioner som emitterats i Företrädesemissionen utnyttjas för teckning av aktier. Likviden från utnyttjandet av Teckningsoptionerna avses att användas med motsvarande fördelning som för likviden i Företrädesemissionen.

Villkor för Företrädesemissionen
Styrelsen har idag beslutat om avsikten att genomföra Företrädesemissionen. Genom Företrädesemissionen kan Ziccum komma att tillföras en initial emissionslikvid om cirka 30 miljoner kronor, exklusive den ytterligare emissionslikvid som kan komma att tillföras vid utnyttjande av de Teckningsoptioner som emitteras i Företrädesemissionen. De som på avstämningsdagen 22 november 2024 är registrerade som aktieägare i Bolaget förväntas äga rätt att teckna units med företrädesrätt.
 
Styrelsens beslut om Företrädesemissionen, inklusive teckningskurs, ökning av aktiekapitalet och antal aktier och teckningsoptioner som emitteras, avses offentliggöras senast den 14 november 2024. Varje Unit kommer att bestå av en (1) aktie och en (1) Teckningsoption. Teckningskursen avses fastställas baserat på en rabatt till TERP (teoretisk aktiekurs efter avskiljande av uniträtter) om cirka 30 procent baserat på den volymvägda genomsnittliga aktiekursen för Bolagets aktie på Nasdaq First North Growth Market under perioden från och med den 1 november 2024 till och med den 14 november 2024, dock ej lägre än aktiens kvotvärde.

Förutsatt att bemyndigandet godkänns av den extra bolagsstämman den 8 november förväntas avstämningsdagen för Företrädesemissionen vara den 22 november 2024 och teckningsperioden förväntas löpa från och med den 26 november 2024 till och med den 10 december 2024.

En (1) Teckningsoption ger innehavaren rätt att under perioden från och med den 4 februari 2025 till och med den 18 februari 2025 teckna en (1) ny aktie i Bolaget till en teckningskurs per aktie uppgående till 70 procent av den volymvägda genomsnittskursen för Bolagets aktie på Nasdaq First North Growth Market under perioden från och med den 17 januari 2025 till och med den 30 januari 2025, dock lägst aktiens kvotvärde och högst 125 procent av Teckningskursen i Företrädesemissionen. Bolaget kan således komma att tillföras ytterligare medel i februari 2025 om Teckningsoptionerna utnyttjas för teckning av nya aktier. Teckningsoptionerna avses att tas upp till handel på Nasdaq First North Growth Market.

Tilldelningsprinciper
För det fall inte samtliga Units tecknats med stöd av uniträtter ska styrelsen, inom ramen för Företrädesemissionens högsta belopp, besluta om tilldelning av Units som tecknats utan stöd av uniträtter. Tilldelning ska då ske i enlighet med följande tilldelningsprinciper.

  • I första hand ska tilldelning ske till dem som tecknat Units med stöd av uniträtter, oavsett om tecknaren var aktieägare på avstämningsdagen eller inte, pro rata i förhållande till det antal uniträtter som utnyttjats för teckning och, i den mån detta inte kan ske, genom lottning.
  • I andra hand ska tilldelning ske till andra som anmält sig för teckning utan stöd av uniträtter. För det fall dessa inte kan erhålla full tilldelning ska tilldelning ske pro rata i förhållande till det antal aktier som var och en anmält för teckning och, i den mån detta inte kan ske, genom lottning.
  • I tredje och sista hand ska eventuella återstående aktier tilldelas de parter som åtagit sig att garantera Företrädesemissionen, i proportion till gjorda garantiåtaganden.

Tecknings- och garantiåtaganden
Ett antal av Bolagets befintliga aktieägare, inklusive samtliga medlemmar i Bolagets styrelse och ledning, har åtagit sig att teckna Units uppgående till cirka 0,3 miljoner kronor, vilket motsvarar cirka 1 procent av Företrädesemissionen. Därutöver har Bolaget erhållit garantiåtaganden från ett konsortium av externa investerare uppgående till totalt cirka 11,3 miljoner kronor, motsvarande cirka 38 procent av Företrädesemissionen. Företrädesemissionen omfattas således av tecknings- och garantiåtaganden uppgående till cirka 39 procent av Företrädesemissionen.

Ingen ersättning utgår för teckningsåtagandena. Ersättning för garantiåtaganden utgår med tretton (13) procent av det garanterade beloppet kontant eller femton (15) procent av det garanterade beloppet i form av nyemitterade units i Bolaget, med samma villkor som för Units i Företrädesemissionen, dock att teckningskursen per unit ska motsvara Teckningskursen i Företrädesemissionen. Tecknings- och garantiåtagandena är inte säkerställda genom bankgaranti, spärrmedel, pantsättning eller liknande arrangemang.

Teckning av units i Företrädesemissionen (på annat sätt än med stöd av företrädesrätt), som medför att en investerare förvärvar ett aktieinnehav motsvarande eller överstigande ett tröskelvärde om tio (10) procent eller mer av det totala antalet röster i Bolaget efter Företrädesemissionens genomförande, måste anmälas till Inspektionen för Strategiska Produkter innan investeringen genomförs. I den mån en garants fullgörande av sitt garantiåtagande förutsätter att investeringen godkänns av Inspektionen för Strategiska Produkter i enlighet med lagen (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar, är den delen av garantin villkorad av att anmälan om investeringen lämnas utan åtgärd eller att godkännande erhållits från Inspektionen för Strategiska Produkter.

Indikativ tidplan för Företrädesemissionen

20 november 2024 Beräknat datum för offentliggörande av prospektet
20 november 2024 Sista dag för handel i aktien inklusive rätt att erhålla uniträtter
21 november 2024 Första dag för handel i aktien exklusive rätt att erhålla uniträtter
22 november 2024 Avstämningsdag för deltagande i Företrädesemissionen
26 november – 5 december 2024 Handel i uniträtter
26 november – 10 december 2024 Teckningsperiod
26 november – omkring 31 december 2024 Handel i BTU (betalda tecknade units)

Lock up-avtal
I samband med Företrädesemissionen har samtliga aktieägande styrelseledamöter och ledande befattningshavare i Ziccum åtagit sig gentemot Vator Securities AB att, med sedvanliga undantag, inte sälja eller genomföra andra transaktioner med liknande effekt som en försäljning utan att först ha erhållit skriftligt godkännande från Vator Securities AB i varje enskilt fall. Beslut om sådant skriftligt godkännande fattas av Vator Securities AB, och en bedömning görs i varje enskilt fall. Godkännande kan bero på såväl individuella som affärsmässiga skäl. Lock-up-åtagandena omfattar endast de aktier som innehas före Företrädesemissionen och lock-up-perioden varar i 180 dagar efter offentliggörandet av Företrädesemissionen.

Extra bolagsstämma
Styrelsens beslut om Företrädesemissionen förutsätter att en extra bolagsstämma beslutar att ge styrelsen ett bemyndigande att emittera aktier och teckningsoptioner samt att anta en ny bolagsordning. Den extra bolagsstämman är planerad att hållas den 8 november 2024 och kallelse kommer att offentliggöras genom ett separat pressmeddelande.

Brygglån
För att säkerställa Bolagets likviditetsbehov fram till Företrädesemissionens genomförande har Bolaget ingått avtal om brygglån med VIFC Nordic AB och Dariush Hosseinian om totalt cirka 6,5 miljoner kronor. Brygglånen har en uppläggningsavgift om 5 procent av lånebeloppet och löper med en räntesats om initialt 1,25 procent per månad och ska återbetalas med likviden från Företrädesemissionen.

Prospekt
De fullständiga villkoren för Företrädesemissionen, tillsammans med information om Bolaget, kommer att presenteras i ett prospekt (endast tillgängligt på svenska) som förväntas offentliggöras på Bolagets hemsida omkring den 20 november 2024.

Rådgivare
Vator Securities AB agerar finansiell rådgivare och emissionsinstitut och Fredersen Advokatbyrå AB agerar legal rådgivare till Ziccum i samband med Företrädesemissionen.

Viktig information
Informationen i detta pressmeddelande innehåller inte och utgör inte ett erbjudande att förvärva, teckna eller på annat sätt handla med units, aktier, teckningsoptioner eller andra värdepapper i Ziccum. Inga åtgärder har vidtagits eller kommer att vidtas för att tillåta ett erbjudande till allmänheten i någon annan jurisdiktion än Sverige. Inbjudan till berörda personer att teckna units, aktier eller teckningsoptioner i Ziccum kommer endast att ske genom det prospekt som Ziccum beräknar offentliggöra omkring den 20 november 2024 på Ziccums hemsida. Finansinspektionens kommande godkännande av prospektet ska inte ses som ett godkännande av Bolagets aktier, teckningsoptioner eller några andra värdepapper. Detta pressmeddelande är inte ett prospekt enligt definitionen i prospektförordningen (EU) 2017/1129 ("Prospektförordningen") och har inte blivit godkänt av någon tillsynsmyndighet i någon jurisdiktion. Detta pressmeddelande varken identifierar eller föreslår, eller utger sig för att identifiera eller föreslå, de risker (direkta eller indirekta) som kan vara förenade med en investering i aktier, teckningsoptioner eller andra värdepapper i Ziccum. För att investerare fullt ut ska förstå de potentiella risker och fördelar som är förknippade med ett beslut att delta i Företrädesemissionen bör ett investeringsbeslut endast fattas baserat på informationen i Prospektet. Investerare uppmanas därför att ta del av Prospektet i dess helhet.

Offentliggörande, publicering eller distribution av detta pressmeddelande kan i vissa jurisdiktioner vara föremål för legala restriktioner och personer i de jurisdiktioner där detta pressmeddelande har offentliggjorts eller distribuerats bör informera sig om och följa sådana legala restriktioner. Mottagaren av detta pressmeddelande är ansvarig för att använda detta pressmeddelande och informationen häri i enlighet med tillämpliga regler i respektive jurisdiktion. Detta pressmeddelande utgör inte ett erbjudande om, eller inbjudan att, förvärva eller teckna några värdepapper i Ziccum i någon jurisdiktion, varken från Ziccum eller från någon annan.

Detta pressmeddelande utgör inte ett erbjudande om eller inbjudan att förvärva eller teckna värdepapper i USA. De värdepapper som omnämns häri får inte säljas i USA utan registrering eller undantag från registrering enligt den vid var tid gällande U.S. Securities Act från 1933 ("Securities Act") och får inte erbjudas eller säljas i USA utan registrering eller undantag från, eller i en transaktion som inte omfattas av, registreringskraven i Securities Act. Det finns ingen avsikt att registrera några värdepapper som omnämns i detta pressmeddelande i USA eller att lämna ett offentligt erbjudande av sådana värdepapper i USA. Informationen i detta pressmeddelande får inte offentliggöras, publiceras, kopieras, reproduceras eller distribueras, direkt eller indirekt, helt eller delvis, i eller till USA, Australien, Hongkong, Japan, Kanada, Nya Zeeland, Schweiz, Singapore, Sydafrika, Sydkorea, Ryssland, Belarus eller någon annan jurisdiktion där sådant offentliggörande, publicering eller distribution av denna information skulle stå i strid med gällande lagstiftning eller där sådan åtgärd är föremål för legala restriktioner eller skulle kräva ytterligare registrering eller andra åtgärder än de som följer av svensk rätt. Åtgärder i strid med denna vägledning kan utgöra brott mot tillämplig värdepapperslagstiftning.

Bolaget anser att det bedriver skyddsvärd verksamhet enligt lagen (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar ("FDI-lagen"). I enlighet med FDI-lagen måste Bolaget informera presumtiva investerare om att Bolagets verksamhet kan falla inom regleringens tillämpningsområde och att investeringen kan vara anmälningspliktig. I det fall en investering är anmälningspliktig måste den, innan den genomförs, anmälas till Inspektionen för Strategiska Produkter (ISP). Varje investerare bör rådfråga en oberoende juridisk rådgivare om den eventuella tillämpningen av FDI-lagen i förhållande till Företrädesemissionen för den enskilde investeraren.

Framåtblickande uttalanden
Detta pressmeddelande innehåller framåtriktade uttalanden som återspeglar Bolagets avsikter, bedömningar eller förväntningar avseende Bolagets framtida resultat, finansiella ställning, likviditet, utveckling, framtidsutsikter, förväntad tillväxt, strategier och möjligheter samt de marknader inom vilka Bolaget är verksamt. Framåtriktade uttalanden är uttalanden som inte avser historiska fakta och kan identifieras genom att de innehåller uttryck som "anser", "förväntar", "förutser", "avser", "uppskattar", "kommer", "kan", "antar", "bör", "kan" och, i varje enskilt fall, negationer därav, eller liknande uttryck. De framåtriktade uttalandena i detta pressmeddelande är baserade på olika antaganden, varav många är baserade på ytterligare antaganden. Även om Bolaget anser att de antaganden som återspeglas i dessa framåtriktade uttalanden är rimliga, kan det inte garanteras att de kommer att förverkligas eller att de är korrekta. Eftersom dessa antaganden baseras på antaganden eller uppskattningar och är föremål för risker och osäkerheter, kan de faktiska resultaten eller utfallen skilja sig väsentligt från dem i de framåtblickande uttalandena av en rad olika skäl. Sådana risker, osäkerheter, oförutsedda händelser och andra viktiga faktorer kan leda till att faktiska händelser skiljer sig väsentligt från de förväntningar som uttrycks eller antyds i de framåtriktade uttalandena i detta pressmeddelande. Bolaget garanterar inte att de antaganden som ligger till grund för de framåtriktade uttalandena i detta pressmeddelande är korrekta och läsare av detta pressmeddelande bör inte fästa otillbörlig vikt vid de framåtriktade uttalandena i detta pressmeddelande. Den information, de åsikter och de framåtriktade uttalanden som uttrycks eller antyds i detta pressmeddelande gäller endast per dagen för detta pressmeddelande och kan komma att ändras. Varken Bolaget eller någon annan åtar sig att se över, uppdatera, bekräfta eller offentligt meddela någon revidering av något framåtriktat uttalande för att återspegla händelser som inträffar eller omständigheter som förekommer avseende innehållet i detta pressmeddelande, såvida inte detta krävs enligt lag eller tillämpliga noteringsregler.

Ziccum announces change of Certified Adviser to Vator Securities

Ziccum AB (publ) hereby announces that the company has retained Vator Securities AB (“Vator Securities”) to serve as its Certified Adviser. The appointment of Vator Securities as Ziccum's Certified Adviser (CA) shall come into effect on September 27, 2024.

Ziccum announces outcome of exercise of warrants of series TO5

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, RUSSIA, BELARUS OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL, REQUIRE REGISTRATION OR ANY OTHER MEASURES THAN THOSE REQUIRED BY SWEDISH LAW. SEE ALSO THE SECTION ”IMPORTANT INFORMATION” BELOW.

Today, 17 September 2024, Ziccum AB (publ) (”Ziccum” or the ”Company”) announces the outcome of the exercise of warrants of series TO5 (the ”Warrants”), which were issued in connection with the Company’s rights issue of units that ended in February 2024. In total, 23,880 Warrants, corresponding to approximately 2.53 percent of the number of outstanding Warrants, were exercised for subscription of 23,880 shares at an exercise price of SEK 4.91 per share. Through the exercise of the Warrants, Ziccum will receive approximately SEK 117,000 in issue proceeds before issue costs.

The exercise period for the Warrants took place from and including 2 September 2024 up to and including 13 September 2024. The exercise price for the Warrants amounted to SEK 4.91 per share. A total of 23,880 Warrants were exercised for the subscription of 23,880 shares, meaning that approximately 2.53 percent of all outstanding Warrants were exercised for subscription of shares. As a result of the exercise of the Warrants, Ziccum will receive approximately SEK 117,000 in issue proceeds before issue costs.

Exercised Warrants have been replaced with interim shares pending registration with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. The conversion of interim shares to ordinary shares is expected to take place within three weeks.

Share capital and dilution
Through the exercise of the Warrants, the Company’s registered share capital will increase by SEK 3,980, from SEK 2,655,815.833336 to SEK 2.659,795.833336, and the number of shares will increase by 23,880 shares, from 15,934,895 shares to 15,958,775 shares. For existing shareholders who did not exercise any Warrants, the dilution effect amounts to approximately 0.15 percent of the number of shares and votes in the Company.

Advisors
Vator Securities AB is acting as issuing agent and Fredersen Advokatbyrå AB is acting as legal advisor to Ziccum in connection with the exercise of the Warrants.

Important information
The information in this press release does not contain or constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe for or otherwise trade in shares, warrants or other securities in Ziccum. This press release is not a prospectus within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the ”Prospectus Regulation”) and this press release does not identify or purport to identify risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in shares, warrants or other securities in Ziccum. No prospectus will be prepared by the Company and published on the Company’s website in connection with the exercise of Warrants.

The publication, announcement or distribution of this press release may, in certain jurisdictions, be subject to legal restrictions and persons in the jurisdictions where this press release has been published or distributed should inform themselves about and observe such legal restrictions. The recipient of this press release is responsible for using this press release and the information contained herein in accordance with the applicable rules in each jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire or subscribe for any securities in Ziccum in any jurisdiction, neither from Ziccum nor from anyone else.

This press release does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ”Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of such securities in the United States. The information contained in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, Belarus or any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of this information would be contrary to applicable law or where such action is subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than those required by Swedish law. Actions in contravention of this guidance may constitute a breach of applicable securities laws.

The Company considers that it carries out protection-worthy activities under the Swedish Screening of Foreign Direct Investments Act (2023:560) (the FDI Act”) (Sw. lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar). According to the FDI Act, the Company must inform presumptive investors that the Company’s activities may fall under the regulation and that the investment may be subject to mandatory filing. If an investment is subject to mandatory filing, it must prior to its completion, be filed with the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (the ISP). Each warrant holder should consult an independent legal adviser on the possible application of the Swedish FDI Act in relation to the warrant exercise for the individual warrant holder.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s intentions, beliefs or expectations regarding the Company’s future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, anticipated growth, strategies and opportunities and the markets in which the Company operates. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate to historical facts and can be identified by the fact that they contain expressions such as ”believes”, ”expects”, ”anticipates”, ”intends”, ”estimates”, ”will”, ”may”, ”assumes”, ”should”, ”could” and, in each case, negatives thereof, or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on various assumptions, many of which are based on additional assumptions. Although the Company believes that the assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will materialise or that they are accurate. Because these assumptions are based on assumptions or estimates and are subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release. The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this press release are correct and any reader of this press release should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements expressed or implied herein speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to change. Neither the Company nor anyone else undertakes to review, update, confirm or publicly announce any revision to any forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this press release, unless required by law or applicable listing rules.

The exercise period for warrants of series TO5 in Ziccum commences today

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, RUSSIA, BELARUS OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL, REQUIRE REGISTRATION OR ANY OTHER MEASURES THAN THOSE REQUIRED BY SWEDISH LAW. SEE ALSO THE SECTION ”IMPORTANT INFORMATION” BELOW.

Today, 2 September 2024, the exercise period for Ziccum AB (publ)’s (”Ziccum” or the ”Company”) warrants of series TO5 (the ”Warrants”), issued in connection with the rights issue of units that ended in February 2024, begins. One (1) unit consisted of one (1) share and one (1) free of charge Warrant. According to the terms and conditions for the Warrants, each Warrant entitles the holder to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company at an exercise price corresponding to the lowest of i) SEK 8.00 or ii) the subscription price of the most recently resolved share issue, in the event that the Company has resolves on a new issue of shares with deviation from the shareholders’ pre-emption rights between 1 February 2024 and 31 August 2024. In accordance with previous communication, the Company resolved on a new issue of shares with deviation from the shareholders’ pre-emption rights to Global Corporate Finance (“GCF”) on 25 June 2024. The subscription price in that new issue of shares amounted to approximately SEK 4.91 per share, and thus the exercise price for the Warrants has been set at SEK 4.91. The exercise period for the Warrants runs up to and including 13 September 2024.

Summarized terms for the Warrants

  • Exchange ratio: For each one (1) Warrant, the holder may subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company.
  • Exercise period: 2 September 2024 – 13 September 2024.
  • Exercise price: 4.91 SEK per share.
  • Issue volume: 943,745 Warrants. Upon full exercise, 943,745 new shares will be issued, and the Company will receive approximately SEK 4.6 million in issue proceeds before issue costs.
  • Trading in Warrants: The Warrants are admitted to trading on Nasdaq First North Growth Market under the ticker ”ZICC TO5” with ISIN code SE0021512308.
  • Last day of trading in the Warrants: 11 September 2024.

Please note that the Warrants that are not exercised for subscription of shares on the 13 September 2024 at the latest, or are sold no later than 11 September 2024, will expire without value. For the Warrants not to lose their value, holders must actively exercise their Warrants for subscription of new shares or sell their Warrants within the above stated time. Please also note that some banks/nominees may close their application earlier than 13 September 2024, and for this reason, holders who have their holdings of Warrants nominee-registered are encouraged to contact their bank or nominee at an early stage.

Complete terms and conditions for the Warrants are available on the Company’s website (www.ziccum.com).

How the Warrants are exercised

Nominee-registered Warrants
Subscription and payment of new shares, by exercise of Warrants, shall be made to the account-holding bank/nominee with which the Warrants are registered. The subscription and payment shall be made in accordance with instructions from each such bank or nominee.

Directly registered Warrants
No payment instructions will be sent out. Subscription shall be made by simultaneous cash payment in accordance with the instructions on the subscription form. The Warrants will then be replaced with interim shares pending registration with the Swedish Companies Registration Office.

A subscription form with instructions for payment is available on the Company’s website (www.ziccum.com) and on the website of the issuing agent Vator Securities AB (www.vatorsecurities.se).

Share capital and dilution
Upon exercise of all Warrants, the registered share capital will increase by approximately SEK 157,290.83, from approximately SEK 2,655,815.83 to approximately SEK 2,813,106.67, and the number of shares will increase by 943,745 shares, from 15,934,895 shares to 16,878,640 shares. The dilution upon exercise of all Warrants amounts to approximately 5.59 percent of the number of shares and votes in the Company.

Advisors
Vator Securities AB is acting as issuing agent and Fredersen Advokatbyrå AB is acting as legal advisor to Ziccum in connection with the exercise of the Warrants.

Important information
The information in this press release does not contain or constitute an offer to acquire, subscribe for or otherwise trade in shares, warrants or other securities in Ziccum. This press release is not a prospectus within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the ”Prospectus Regulation”) and this press release does not identify or purport to identify risks (direct or indirect) that may be associated with an investment in shares, warrants or other securities in Ziccum. No prospectus will be prepared by the Company and published on the Company’s website in connection with the exercise of Warrants.

The publication, announcement or distribution of this press release may, in certain jurisdictions, be subject to legal restrictions and persons in the jurisdictions where this press release has been published or distributed should inform themselves about and observe such legal restrictions. The recipient of this press release is responsible for using this press release and the information contained herein in accordance with the applicable rules in each jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire or subscribe for any securities in Ziccum in any jurisdiction, neither from Ziccum nor from anyone else.

This press release does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ”Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of such securities in the United States. The information contained in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, Belarus or any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of this information would be contrary to applicable law or where such action is subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than those required by Swedish law. Actions in contravention of this guidance may constitute a breach of applicable securities laws.

The Company considers that it carries out protection-worthy activities under the Swedish Screening of Foreign Direct Investments Act (2023:560) (the FDI Act”) (Sw. lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar). According to the FDI Act, the Company must inform presumptive investors that the Company’s activities may fall under the regulation and that the investment may be subject to mandatory filing. If an investment is subject to mandatory filing, it must prior to its completion, be filed with the Inspectorate of Strategic Products (the ISP). Each warrant holder should consult an independent legal adviser on the possible application of the Swedish FDI Act in relation to the warrant exercise for the individual warrant holder.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s intentions, beliefs or expectations regarding the Company’s future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, anticipated growth, strategies and opportunities and the markets in which the Company operates. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate to historical facts and can be identified by the fact that they contain expressions such as ”believes”, ”expects”, ”anticipates”, ”intends”, ”estimates”, ”will”, ”may”, ”assumes”, ”should”, ”could” and, in each case, negatives thereof, or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on various assumptions, many of which are based on additional assumptions. Although the Company believes that the assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will materialise or that they are accurate. Because these assumptions are based on assumptions or estimates and are subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release. The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this press release are correct and any reader of this press release should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements expressed or implied herein speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to change. Neither the Company nor anyone else undertakes to review, update, confirm or publicly announce any revision to any forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this press release, unless required by law or applicable listing rules.

Ziccum calls for a second investment tranche in accordance with its financing agreement with GCF

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The board of directors of Ziccum AB (publ) (“Ziccum” or the “Company”) has called for a second investment tranche in accordance with the previously communicated financing agreement between the Company and Global Corporate Finance (“GCF”), and in connection therewith resolved to carry out a directed share issue.

On 22 January 2024, the Company announced in a press release, inter alia, that it had entered into a long-term financing agreement with GCF (the “Financing Agreement”), pursuant to which Ziccum has the unilateral right to call for investments from GCF in separate tranches totaling the equivalent of USD 2.7 million over a period of 30 months, thereby securing rapid access to capital injections to cover the Company’s budgeted costs until 2025.

The board of directors of Ziccum has now called for a second investment tranche under the Financing Agreement and has today resolved, based on the authorization granted by the Annual General Meeting on 29 May 2024, to carry out a directed share issue to GCF of a total of 538,928 shares for proceeds of approximately SEK 2,650,253 (the “Directed Share Issue”). The subscription price in the Directed Share Issue has been set at SEK 4.91764 per share in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Financing Agreement and as further described in the Company’s press release dated 22 January 2024.

Prior to the Directed Share Issue, the Company’s board of directors has made an overall assessment and carefully considered the possibility of raising capital through a new share issue with pre-emption rights for the Company’s existing shareholders. However, the board of directors considers that there are reasons to deviate from the shareholders’ pre-emption rights given that the Directed Share Issue can be carried out in a more time-efficient manner, at a lower cost and with less complexity than a rights issue. In addition, the board of directors considers the speed and predictability of the procedure with the Directed Share Issue, in light of the Financing Agreement, as a significant advantage, as it is deemed to facilitate the Company to act in the current market and to safeguard the Company’s interests, in line with the Company’s strategy and overall objectives. Taking into account the above, the board of directors considers, after an overall assessment, that the Directed Share Issue is the most appropriate and favorable option for Ziccum and all its shareholders.

As the subscription price in the Directed Share Issue has been determined in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Financing Agreement, it is the board of directors’ assessment that the subscription price has been secured on market terms.

Through the Directed Share Issue, the number of outstanding shares and votes in Ziccum increases by 538,928 from a total of 15,372,258 to a total of 15,911,186 shares and votes. The share capital increases by SEK 89,821.333333 from SEK 2,562,043.000003 to SEK 2,651,864.333336. Further, the Directed Share Issue entails a dilution of approximately 3.39 per cent of the number of shares and votes in the Company following the completion of the Directed Share Issue. Taking into account also the exercise of the series 2021/2024 warrants relating to LTI 2021:1, which was communicated by press release on 3 June 2024 and has yet to be registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office, the number of outstanding shares and votes in Ziccum will increase by a further 23,709 to a total of 15,934,895 shares and votes. The share capital will increase by a further SEK 3,951.50 to SEK 2,655,815.833336 and the dilution effect will be a further 0.15 percentage points, totaling approximately 3.54 per cent.

Important information
The publication, announcement or distribution of this press release may, in certain jurisdictions, be subject to legal restrictions and persons in the jurisdictions where this press release has been published or distributed should inform themselves about and observe such legal restrictions. The recipient of this press release is responsible for using this press release and the information contained herein in accordance with the applicable rules in each jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire or subscribe for any securities in Ziccum in any jurisdiction, neither from Ziccum nor from anyone else.

This press release is not a prospectus within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the ”Prospectus Regulation”) and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. No prospectus will be prepared by the Company and published on the Company’s website in connection with the Directed Share Issue.

This press release does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ”Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of such securities in the United States. The information contained in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, Belarus or any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of this information would be contrary to applicable law or where such action is subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than those required by Swedish law. Actions in contravention of this guidance may constitute a breach of applicable securities laws.

In the United Kingdom, this document and other materials relating to the securities referred to herein are only being distributed and directed to, and any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, ”qualified investors” (as defined in section 86(7) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) who are (i) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of ”investment professionals” in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the ”Order”); or (ii) ”high net worth entities” as referred to in Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as ”relevant persons”). An investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available in the United Kingdom only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action based on this announcement and should not act or rely on it.

The Company considers that it carries out activities worthy of protection under the Swedish Screening of Foreign Direct Investments Act (2023:560) (the “FDI Act”). In accordance with the FDI Act, the Company must inform prospective investors that the Company’s activities may fall within the scope of the regulation and that the investment may be notifiable. In the event that an investment is notifiable, it must be notified to the Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP) prior to it being carried out.

Forward-looking statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s intentions, beliefs or expectations regarding the Company’s future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, anticipated growth, strategies and opportunities and the markets in which the Company operates. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate to historical facts and can be identified by the fact that they contain expressions such as ”believes”, ”expects”, ”anticipates”, ”intends”, ”estimates”, ”will”, ”may”, ”assumes”, ”should”, ”could” and, in each case, negatives thereof, or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on various assumptions, many of which are based on additional assumptions. Although the Company believes that the assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will materialise or that they are accurate. Because these assumptions are based on assumptions or estimates and are subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release. The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this press release are correct and any reader of this press release should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements expressed or implied herein speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to change. Neither the Company nor anyone else undertakes to review, update, confirm or publicly announce any revision to any forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this press release, unless required by law or First North’s Rulebook for Issuers.

Exercise of Employee Stock Options of Series LTI 2021:1 at Ziccum AB (publ)

On 27 April 2021, the Annual General Meeting of Ziccum AB (publ) ("Ziccum" or the "Company") resolved on a directed issue of not more than 46,000 employee stock options of series LTI 2021:1 (the "Stock Options") to certain employees and consultants in the Company. Today, Ziccum announces that 14,819 warrants of series 2021/2024 (the "Warrants"), related to LTI 2021:1, have been exercised for subscription of 23,709 new shares in the Company.

At the Annual General Meeting of Ziccum on 27 April 2021, it was resolved to adopt a long-term incentive program directed to senior executives and key employees in the Company, whereby 42,456 Stock Options were subscribed, of which 14,819 Stock Options have been exercised by the participants in the incentive program who, in accordance with the terms and conditions of LTI 2021:1, are entitled to exercise the Stock Options for allotment of Warrants, which in turn entitle the holder to subscribe for new shares in the Company. Each Stock Option entitles the holder to acquire one Warrant, which in turn entitles the holder to subscribe for, after recalculation in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Warrants, 1.60 new shares in the Company during the exercise period running from and including 1 May 2024 up to and including 31 May 2024, at a subscription price per share corresponding to SEK 0.17. All non-expired Stock Options have been exercised for allotment of Warrants.

The Warrants have been exercised by the Company's Scientific Director Fabrice Rose for subscription of 6,691 shares, the Company's Technical Operations Manager Rasmus Lund for subscription of 6,836 shares and the Company's former CFO Frida Hjelmberg for subscription of 10,182 shares.

A total of 14,819 Warrants have thereby been exercised for subscription of 23,709 new shares in the Company, which means that Ziccum will receive SEK 4,030.53. The exercise of the Warrants means that the Company’s share capital will increase by SEK 3,951.50, from SEK 2,562,043.000003 to SEK 2,565,994.500003, and the number of shares in the Company will increase by 23,709 shares, from 15,372,258 shares to 15,395,967 shares, corresponding to a dilution effect of approximately 0.15 percent of the number of shares and votes in the Company.

Ziccum meddelar sista dag för handel med BTU

EJ FÖR OFFENTLIGGÖRANDE, PUBLICERING ELLER DISTRIBUTION, HELT ELLER DELVIS, DIREKT ELLER INDIREKT, I ELLER TILL USA, AUSTRALIEN, HONGKONG, JAPAN, KANADA, NYA ZEELAND, SCHWEIZ, SINGAPORE, SYDAFRIKA, SYDKOREA, RYSSLAND, BELARUS ELLER I NÅGON ANNAN JURISDIKTION DÄR OFFENTLIGGÖRANDE, DISTRIBUTION ELLER PUBLICERING AV DETTA PRESSMEDDELANDE SKULLE VARA OLAGLIG, KRÄVA REGISTRERING ELLER ANDRA ÅTGÄRDER ÄN SÅDANA SOM FÖLJER AV SVENSK RÄTT. SE ÄVEN AVSNITTET ”VIKTIG INFORMATION” NEDAN.

Företrädesemissionen i Ziccum AB (publ) (”Bolaget” eller ”Ziccum”), som offentliggjordes genom pressmeddelande den 22 januari 2024, är nu registrerad hos Bolagsverket och BTU (betalda tecknade units) kommer att ersättas med aktier och teckningsoptioner av serie TO5.

Sista dag för handel med BTU på Nasdaq First North Growth Market är den 1 mars 2024 och stoppdag hos Euroclear är den 5 mars 2024. De nya aktierna och teckningsoptionerna beräknas bokas in på respektive aktieägares VP-konto/depå den 7 mars 2024. Första dag för handel i teckningsoptionerna av serie TO5 är den 7 mars 2024.

Rådgivare
Fredersen Advokatbyrå är legal rådgivare och Aqurat Fondkommission agerar emissionsinstitut i samband med Företrädesemissionen.

För mer information, vänligen kontakta
Ann Gidner, VD
E-post: gidner@ziccum.com
Mobil: +46 722140141

Fredrik Sjövall, styrelseordförande
E-post: sjovall@ziccum.com
Mobil: +46 70 645 08 75

Certified Adviser
Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ)

Kort om Ziccum
Ziccum utvecklar LaminarPace, en unik metod för torkning av biologiska läkemedel och vacciner i rumstemperatur. Metoden bygger på massöverföring istället för värmeöverföring. Tekniken licensieras ut till utvecklare och tillverkare av vaccin och biologiska läkemedel inom den globala läkemedelsindustrin. Genom att minska den stress som den aktiva substansen utsätts för under torkningen erbjuder LaminarPace en unik möjlighet att ta fram termostabila biologiska läkemedel med partikel-teknologi i en torr pulverberedning. Dessa är enkla att hantera och transportera och lämpar sig utmärkt för nya administreringssätt. Tekniken har framgångsrikt tillämpats på mRNA, peptider, proteiner, antikroppar, lipider och enzymer, samt på hjälpämnen och adjuvanter, och lämpar sig väl för industriell tillämpning. Ziccum är noterat på Nasdaq First North Growth Market.

VIKTIG INFORMATION
Publicering, offentliggörande eller distribution av detta pressmeddelande kan i vissa jurisdiktioner vara föremål för restriktioner enligt lag och personer i de jurisdiktioner där detta pressmeddelande har offentliggjorts eller distribuerats bör informera sig om och följa sådana legala restriktioner. Mottagaren av detta pressmeddelande ansvarar för att använda detta pressmeddelande och informationen häri i enlighet med tillämpliga regler i respektive jurisdiktion. Detta pressmeddelande utgör inte ett erbjudande om, eller inbjudan att, förvärva eller teckna några värdepapper i Ziccum i någon jurisdiktion, varken från Ziccum eller från någon annan.

Detta pressmeddelande är inte ett prospekt enligt betydelsen i förordning (EU) 2017/1129 (”Prospektförordningen”) och har inte blivit godkänt av någon regulatorisk myndighet i någon jurisdiktion. Inget prospekt kommer att upprättas av Bolaget och publiceras på Bolagets hemsida i samband med Företrädesemissionen.

Detta pressmeddelande utgör inte ett erbjudande om eller inbjudan avseende att förvärva eller teckna värdepapper i USA. Värdepapperna som omnämns häri får inte säljas i USA utan registrering, eller utan tillämpning av ett undantag från registrering, enligt den vid var tid gällande U.S. Securities Act från 1933 (”Securities Act”), och får inte erbjudas eller säljas i USA utan att de registreras, omfattas av ett undantag från, eller i en transaktion som inte omfattas av registreringskraven enligt Securities Act. Det finns ingen avsikt att registrera några värdepapper som omnämns häri i USA eller att lämna ett offentligt erbjudande avseende sådana värdepapper i USA. Informationen i detta pressmeddelande får inte offentliggöras, publiceras, kopieras, reproduceras eller distribueras, direkt eller indirekt, helt eller delvis, i eller till USA, Australien, Hongkong, Japan, Kanada, Nya Zeeland, Schweiz, Singapore, Sydafrika, Sydkorea, Ryssland, Belarus eller någon annan jurisdiktion där sådant offentliggörande, publicering eller distribution av denna information skulle stå i strid med gällande regler eller där en sådan åtgärd är föremål för legala restriktioner eller skulle kräva ytterligare registrering eller andra åtgärder än vad som följer av svensk rätt. Åtgärder i strid med denna anvisning kan utgöra brott mot tillämplig värdepapperslagstiftning.

I Storbritannien distribueras och riktas detta dokument, och annat material avseende värdepapperen som omnämns häri, endast till, och en investering eller investeringsaktivitet som är hänförlig till detta dokument är endast tillgänglig för och kommer endast att kunna utnyttjas av, ”qualified investors” (enligt definitionen i paragraf 86(7) i den brittiska Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) som är (i) personer som har professionell erfarenhet av affärer som rör investeringar och som faller inom definitionen av ”investment professionals” i artikel 19(5) i den brittiska Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (”Föreskriften”); eller (ii) ”high net worth entities” som avses i artikel 49(2)(a)-(d) i Föreskriften (alla sådana personer benämns gemensamt ”relevanta personer”). En investering eller en investeringsåtgärd som detta meddelande avser är i Storbritannien enbart tillgänglig för relevanta personer och kommer endast att genomföras med relevanta personer. Personer som inte är relevanta personer ska inte vidta några åtgärder baserat på detta pressmeddelande och inte heller agera eller förlita sig på det.

Då Ziccum har gjort bedömningen att Bolaget bedriver skyddsvärd verksamhet enligt lag (2023:560) om granskning av utländska direktinvesteringar kan vissa investeringar i Företrädesemissionen förutsätta prövning av Inspektionen för strategiska produkter. För mer information, vänligen besök Inspektionen för strategiska produkters hemsida, www.isp.se, eller kontakta Bolaget.

FRAMÅTRIKTADE UTTALANDEN
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Ziccum announces last day of trading in BTU

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, RUSSIA, BELARUS OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE RELEASE, DISTRIBUTION OR PUBLICATION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL, REQUIRE REGISTRATION OR ANY OTHER MEASURES THAN THOSE REQUIRED BY SWEDISH LAW. SEE ALSO THE SECTION ”IMPORTANT INFORMATION” BELOW.

The rights issue in Ziccum AB (publ) (the ”Company” or ”Ziccum”), which was announced through a press release on 22 January 2024, is now registered with the Swedish Companies Registration Office and BTU (paid subscribed units) will be replaced with shares and warrants of series TO5.

The last day for trading in BTUs on Nasdaq First North Growth Market is 1 March 2024 and the stop day at Euroclear is 5 March 2024. The new shares and warrants are expected to be booked into the respective shareholders’ VP account/depository on 7 March 2024. The first day of trading in the warrants of series TO5 is 7 March 2024.

Advisors
Fredersen Advokatbyrå is legal advisor and Aqurat Fondkommission acts as issuing agent in connection with the Rights Issue.

For more information, please contact
Ann Gidner, CEO
E-mail: gidner@ziccum.com
Mobile: +46 722140141

Fredrik Sjövall, Chairman of the Board
E-mail: sjovall@ziccum.com
Mobile: +46 70 645 08 75

Certified Adviser
Carnegie Investment Bank AB (publ)

About Ziccum
Ziccum is developing LaminarPaceTM, a unique drying method for biopharmaceuticals and vaccines based on mass transfer, not heat transfer. The technology is offered by licensing to vaccine and biologics developers and manufacturers in the global pharmaceutical industry. By reducing drying stress to the active ingredient, LaminarPaceTM uniquely enables particle-engineered, thermostable dry powder biopharmaceuticals which can be easily handled and transported and are highly suitable for novel administration routes. The technology has been successfully applied to mRNA, peptides, proteins, antibodies, lipids and enzymes as well as excipients and adjuvants, and is well suited for industrial application. Ziccum is listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The publication, announcement or distribution of this press release may, in certain jurisdictions, be subject to legal restrictions and persons in the jurisdictions where this press release has been published or distributed should inform themselves about and observe such legal restrictions. The recipient of this press release is responsible for using this press release and the information contained herein in accordance with the applicable rules in each jurisdiction. This press release does not constitute an offer or an invitation to acquire or subscribe for any securities in Ziccum in any jurisdiction, neither from Ziccum nor from anyone else.

This press release is not a prospectus within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (the ”Prospectus Regulation”) and has not been approved by any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. No prospectus will be prepared by the Company and published on the Company’s website in connection with the Rights Issue.

This press release does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase or subscribe for securities in the United States. The securities referred to herein may not be sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ”Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There is no intention to register any securities referred to herein in the United States or to make a public offering of such securities in the United States. The information contained in this press release may not be announced, published, copied, reproduced or distributed, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States, Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Switzerland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Russia, Belarus or any other jurisdiction where such announcement, publication or distribution of this information would be contrary to applicable law or where such action is subject to legal restrictions or would require additional registration or other measures than those required by Swedish law. Actions in contravention of this guidance may constitute a breach of applicable securities laws.

In the United Kingdom, this document and other materials relating to the securities referred to herein are only being distributed and directed to, and any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to, and will be engaged in only with, ”qualified investors” (as defined in section 86(7) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) who are (i) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of ”investment professionals” in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the ”Order”); or (ii) ”high net worth entities” as referred to in Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as ”relevant persons”). An investment or investment activity to which this communication relates is available in the United Kingdom only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Persons who are not relevant persons should not take any action based on this announcement and should not act or rely on it.

As Ziccum has made the assessment that the Company conducts activities worthy of protection under the Act (2023:560) on review of foreign direct investments, certain investments in the Rights Issue may require review by the Swedish Inspectorate for Strategic Products. For more information, please visit the Swedish Inspectorate for Strategic Products’ website, www.isp.se, or contact the Company.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s intentions, beliefs or expectations regarding the Company’s future results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, performance, prospects, anticipated growth, strategies and opportunities and the markets in which the Company operates. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate to historical facts and can be identified by the fact that they contain expressions such as ”believes”, ”expects”, ”anticipates”, ”intends”, ”estimates”, ”will”, ”may”, ”assumes”, ”should”, ”could” and, in each case, negatives thereof, or similar expressions. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on various assumptions, many of which are based on additional assumptions. Although the Company believes that the assumptions reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will materialise or that they are accurate. Because these assumptions are based on assumptions or estimates and are subject to risks and uncertainties, the actual results or outcomes may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Such risks, uncertainties, contingencies and other important factors could cause actual events to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements in this press release. The Company does not guarantee that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements in this press release are correct and any reader of this press release should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements in this press release. The information, opinions and forward-looking statements expressed or implied herein speak only as of the date of this press release and are subject to change. Neither the Company nor anyone else undertakes to review, update, confirm or publicly announce any revision to any forward-looking statement to reflect events that occur or circumstances that arise in relation to the content of this press release, unless required by law or Nasdaq First North Growth Market Rulebook for Issuers of Shares.

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