funds or other investment vehicles whatever their form, governed by French or foreign law and investing on a regular basis in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological or medical technology sectors and/or companies, institutions or entities, whatever their form, governed by French or foreign law, that carry out a significant part of their activities in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic or chemical sectors or in medical devices and/or technology or in research in these sectors. The new ordinary shares will be admitted to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris and the issued ADSs will trade on Nasdaq.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from sales of any ADSs and ordinary shares issued under the ATM program primarily to fund the research and development of its product candidates, and for working capital and general corporate purposes.
On an illustrative basis, assuming the issue of 4,016,064 ADSs at a price of $7.47 (or €6.331) the last reported sale price of the ADSs on Nasdaq on September 17, 2020, for the maximum gross proceeds of $30,000,000 (or €25,430,1942), a holder of 1% of the outstanding Company’s share capital as of the date of this press release, would hold 0.83% of the outstanding Company’s share capital after the completion of the transaction (calculated on the basis of the number of outstanding shares on the date of publication of this press release).
During the term of the ATM program, the Company will publish a quarterly communication as part of the publication of its quarterly results, as well as an update after each capital increase on a dedicated location on its corporate website in order to inform investors about the main features of each issue that may be completed under the ATM program from time to time.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained from Cowen, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY, 11717, Attn: Prospectus Department, by email at PostSaleManualRequests@broadridge.com or by telephone at (833) 297-2926. No prospectus will be subject to the approbation of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (“AMF”).
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy the securities mentioned and no sale of such securities will be made in any state or province in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful until the securities are registered or their distribution is permitted under the securities laws of that state or province.
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No prospectus will be filed with the AMF. Detailed information concerning the Company, in particular with regard to its business, results, forecasts and corresponding risk factors, is provided in (i) the Company’s 2019 universal
1 | Based on a USD-EUR conversion rate of 1.1797. |
2 | Based on a USD-EUR conversion rate of 1.1797. |