Santhera Reports Closing of Juvantia Acquisition and Final Upfront Payment from Partner Biovail
Santhera Pharmaceuticals announced the final closing of the acquisition of Oy Juvantia Pharma Ltd of Turku, Finland. Santhera issued 105,973 previously reserved shares from its authorized share capital to Juvantia investors, as announced when exercising its option to acquire Juvantia on August 17, 2009. The closing of the transaction triggers a final upfront payment of USD 4 million from Biovail Laboratories International SRL, a subsidiary of Biovail Corporation, Santhera's licensing partner for the further development and marketing of JP-1730/fipamezole to treat dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease in the United States and Canada.
The new shares issued to the former Juvantia shareholders as a consideration for their sale of Juvantia to Santhera are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Upon this transaction, the share capital of Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding AG will consist of 3,629,266 listed shares with a nominal value of CHF 1 each. The available amount of authorized share capital will be reduced accordingly by CHF 105,973 to CHF 323,945.
In August 2009, Biovail acquired the US and Canadian rights to develop and commercialize JP1730/fiapmezole for the treatment of levodopa-induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease. Under the terms of the agreement Santhera received a partial upfront payment of USD 8 million and is entitled to up to USD 180 million in development and commercialization milestones and royalties of 8 to 15% on future net sales. Following the closing of the acquisition of Juvantia, Santhera is now entitled to a final upfront payment from Biovail in the amount of USD 4 million.
Upon application by Santhera Pharmaceuticals Holding AG, the Regulatory Board of the SIX Swiss Exchange granted an exemption from the obligation to produce a prospectus in connection with the listing of 105,973 newly issued shares
Exemption from the obligation to produce a listing prospectus was granted upon analysis of the overall situation of the listing of new shares in connection with the acquisition of Juvantia. In particular, the Regulatory Board decided to grant this exemption due to the fact that the collaboration with Juvantia and the option agreement with former shareholders of Juvantia defining the terms and conditions for the potential acquisition of Juvantia were already fully disclosed in the offering memorandum and listing prospectus of the IPO of Santhera back in 2006.
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